Viking's Way (FR)
Viking's Way is a Martaline gelding who was yet to win from five starts on turf. He raced at five different courses between Oct 2022 and Feb 2023, failing to place on each occasion. His official rating reached a highest ever mark of 90 and stood at 87 when he finished 8 of 10 in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Southwell in Feb 2023. He contested a range of trips from 1m5f to over 3m, mainly on good ground.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 90Highest OR
- 28dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 77
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 77B | 70 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 77B | 72.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,345 runs since Jan 2008 (723 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 70 | 14 | 20% | +5.8 | — |
| Good | 1,272 | 186 | 14.6% | +0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,025 | 149 | 14.5% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 3,136 | 408 | 13% | −1.2 | — |
| Heavy | 1,709 | 272 | 15.9% | +1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 128 | 12 | 9.4% | −4.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | +1.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 120 | 12 | 10% | −4.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 269 | 29 | 10.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,521 | 236 | 15.5% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,523 | 516 | 14.6% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,495 | 204 | 13.6% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 375 | 40 | 10.7% | −3.5 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Vanillier (FR) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m2½f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Vanillier (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanillier (FR) | 33 | 5 | 2m3f–3m1f | Grade 1 |
| Vif Ardent (FR) | 23 | 2 | 2m2½f–2m6½f | — |
| No No Jolie (FR) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Version Soft (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vicomte Le Brave (FR) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Bridget Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fergus Gillard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 08 Feb 23+39d | Southwell | Weekly Free 5 Bet At Vickers.Bet Handicap Hurdle | 8/10 | 27 | 11-4 | 87 | 70C | 81C | Harry Skelton | 10/1 |
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Dec 22+40d | Uttoxeter | John Pye Auctions Handicap Hurdle | 8/14 | 3 | 11-4 | 90 | 59C | 90C | Bridget Andrews | 33/1 |
| 21 Nov 22+9d | Kempton | EBF Stallions 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 8/10 | 1½ | 11-0 | — | 64C | 94C | Harry Skelton | 150/1 |
| 12 Nov 22+24d | Wetherby | Dransfields CIU Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 8/14 | 13 | 10-11 | — | 68C | 84C | Fergus Gillard | 20/1 |
| 19 Oct 22 | Fontwell | Cazoo Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 5/7 | 2 | 11-4 | — | 77B | 91B | Harry Skelton | EvensF |
Quick answers
- How many races has Viking's Way won?
- Viking's Way (FR) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2022 and 2023.
- Who trained Viking's Way?
- Viking's Way (FR) was trained by Dan Skelton on the most recent run on record, at Southwell on 8 February 2023.
- Who is Viking's Way's sire?
- Viking's Way (FR) is by Martaline (GB) out of Virgata (FR), whose sire is Turgeon.
- What is Viking's Way's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 8 February 2023. The highest on record is 90.
- What is Viking's Way's sire's record?
- Martaline (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,345 runs since Jan 2008 (723 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
- Who are Viking's Way's siblings?
- Out of Virgata (FR), Viking's Way (FR) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Vanillier (FR) (5). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Vanillier (FR)). The wins came over 2m2½f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.