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Horse profile

Vilja Song (IRE)

6yo mare (at last run, Mar 2025) · Last trainer Ray Hackett · Last owner Eamon Stapleton
by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Mariettas Song (IRE) (Getaway)
9 runs · 7 courses · from May 2024
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Mar 2025 — 599 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2025 · 11th of 20 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 89
KTB Profile

Vilja Song is a maiden who has won none of nine starts on turf though she placed once. Her best effort came when third of 16 at Kilbeggan in Sep 2024. The mare last ran at Gowran Park in Mar 2025 where she finished 11 of 20 in the HPR Fleet Management Handicap Hurdle having been held. She raced in first-time headgear that day off an official rating of 89.

Based on 9 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 93 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kilbeggan, 4 Sep 2024

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 →

Jumps 9 figures · best 118B · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft593B17—
Good3118B91—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m591C9—
2m1f – 2m4f4118B85.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 88C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 9 Nov 2024 Official rating 89 at the last run, 8 Mar 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 9 figures · best 107A · median 88
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft5101A88—
Good3107A93—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m593A82—
2m1f – 2m4f4107A94.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 4 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 from 7 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Prominent 3 (43%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 2 (29%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (14%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (14%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Dylan Thomas (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,491 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm50612%+1.5—
Good to Firm6467912.2%+1.7—
Good2,07424011.6%+1.10 from 3
Good to Soft1,1391119.7%−0.8—
Soft1,7121549%−1.50 from 5
Heavy6496510%−0.50 from 1
Standard (AW)1,22013210.8%+0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1923417.7%+7.2—
6f – 7f691608.7%−1.8—
1m – 1m1f1,21412510.3%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1,24812710.2%−0.3—
1m5f – 2m1,81218210%−0.50 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f1,55217111%+0.50 from 4
2m5f – 3m6466610.2%−0.3—
Over 3m1362216.2%+5.7—

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

Dam
Mariettas Song (IRE) (Getaway)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Success Mode (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Liam Quinlan 7 0 0% −7.00
Mr B Dunleavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss A B O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 8 0 0% −8.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 7 0 0% −7.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 7 0 0% −7.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 2 runs
08 Mar 25+39d Gowran Park HPR Fleet Management Handicap Hurdle 16f · Soft · 20 ran Held up towards the back - improved into 9th and up to 4th - dropped away after 3 out - beaten a long way by the finish 11/20 85 10-2 89-57C79C Liam Quinlan 33/1
28 Jan 25+80d Limerick Limerick Races On Thursday 13th March Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 16f · Heavy · 7 ran Held up early - still back in touch after 5th then 7th - drifting off the pace in 6th driven from 4 out - lost more ground after 3 out and finished well behind 6/7 86 11-2 91-40C83C Liam Quinlan 25/1
2024 · 7 runs
09 Nov 24+21d Gowran Park Pat Carroll's Pub Kilkenny Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 20f · Yielding · 15 ran Sat close to the front pair early - disputed second at halfway - driven and slipped to fifth with three left - found little in the straight and finished well beaten 14/15 30 11-9 9317C88C Liam Quinlan 14/1
19 Oct 24+19d Limerick Limerick Show Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 16.5f · Good · 18 ran Sat close to the pace - into 5th at halfway then 6th and driven approaching 2 out - lost touch with little response and dropped away before the last 10/18 1 10-9 9388B93A Liam Quinlan 22/1
30 Sep 24+26d Roscommon Thomas A. Murray Bar Roscommon Mares Maiden Hurdle 20.5f · Yielding · 16 ran Raced handy early - dropped into midfield - urged for effort before 3 out - unable to find more late and finished 8th 8/16 1¼ 10-10 —78B88A Liam Quinlan 25/1
04 Sep 24+26d Kilbeggan www.kilbegganraces.com Mares Maiden Hurdle 19f · Yielding · 16 ran Settled in the pack towards the outside early - moved up to 2nd by the 5th - dropped to 3rd 4 out and still there when pressed 2 out - unable to close on the front pair - stayed on at one speed to finish third 3/16 9½ 10-10 —93B101A Liam Quinlan 20/1
09 Aug 24+21d Wexford Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race 16.5f · Good · 13 ran Set the pace early - driven for effort with pressure applied approaching 2f out - lost the advantage there - unable to find more and dropped away steadily from a furlong out - finished well beaten in 7th 7/13 3½ 11-4 —91C76C Mr B Dunleavy 50/1
19 Jul 24+64d Killarney Christy Lucey Transport Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race 17f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 1¾ 11-4 —118B107A Miss A B O'Connor 66/1
16 May 24 Clonmel Tote Guarantee Available On-Course & Tote.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 14 ran 11/14 31 10-8 —9C82C Liam Quinlan 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Vilja Song won?
Vilja Song (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2024 and 2025. Placed 1 time in total (11.1% of starts).
Who trained Vilja Song?
Vilja Song (IRE) was trained by Ray Hackett on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 8 March 2025.
Who is Vilja Song's sire?
Vilja Song (IRE) is by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Mariettas Song (IRE), whose sire is Getaway.
What is Vilja Song's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 89, from the run on 8 March 2025. The highest on record is 93.
What is Vilja Song's sire's record?
Dylan Thomas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,491 runs since Jan 2008 (533 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
Who are Vilja Song's siblings?
Out of Mariettas Song (IRE), Vilja Song (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.