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Horse profile

Violet Dancer (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2016) · Last trainer Gary Moore · Last owner D Bessell Galloping On The South Downs
by Bertolini (USA) out of Another Secret (GB) (Efisio)
22 runs · 15 courses · from Apr 2013
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Feb 2016 — 3,896 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2016 · 1st of 3 Won last time out 7 wins · 5 courses Last raced off OR 143
KTB Profile

Violet Dancer (GB) is 7 from 22, including a Grade 2 win. Won last time out in the 7bets4free.com Kingmaker Novices' Chase at Warwick — a first Grade 2 win in our archive. 6 of 13 starts with soft in the ground have ended in wins — 1 from 6 on quicker. Last raced off a career-high mark of 143.

Based on 22 archived runs · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating143At career-high mark
143 75–143

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 152C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Warwick, 13 Feb 2016 Official rating 143 at the last jumps run, 13 Feb 2016

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 82B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 21 Jan 2015 Official rating 75 at the last flat run, 21 Jan 2015

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.

Jumps 18 figures · best 152C · median 130.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
Soft10152C134—
Good4121A117—
Good to Soft2133A121—
Good to Firm1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m14152C130.5—
2m1f – 2m4f4145B132—
Flat 4 figures · best 82B · median 71.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)382B78—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f382B78—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 22 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Bertolini (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 7,851 runs since Jan 2008 (518 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10698.5%+0.5—
Good to Firm1,5791076.8%−1.21 from 1
Good1,5061077.1%−0.90 from 5
Good to Soft692557.9%−0.11 from 2
Soft789617.7%−0.35 from 10
Heavy233198.2%+0.20 from 1
Standard (AW)2,9452679.1%+1.10 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,5161238.1%+0.1—
6f – 7f3,4982637.5%−0.5—
1m – 1m1f1,067868.1%+0.10 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f917788.5%+0.50 from 3
1m5f – 2m531448.3%+0.36 from 14
2m1f – 2m4f2702810.4%+2.41 from 4
2m5f – 3m4936.1%−1.9—
Over 3m300%−8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Another Secret (GB) (Efisio)

5 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Smokey Ryder (GB) (7 wins).

The wins came over 5f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Chris Pea Green (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Smokey Ryder (GB)2475f–6fClass 4
Smokey Rye (GB)2766f–1m½fClass 5
Chris Pea Green (GB)2651m5½f–2m1fClass 2
Moresweets 'n Lace (GB)1331m2fClass 5
Dazza (GB)1525f–6fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 10 5 50% +28.58
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +1.25
Good to Firm 1 1 100% +2.25
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 9 2 22% +21.00
Class 3 5 3 60% +2.33
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 2 100% +5.75
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 3 2 67% +20.88
Plumpton 3 2 67% +2.70
Cheltenham 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 1 1 100% +8.00
Towcester 1 1 100% +2.25
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 1 100% +2.25
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 14 6 43% +29.88
2m1f – 2m4f 4 1 25% −2.80
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jamie Moore 10 3 30% +6.75
Joshua Moore 6 4 67% +22.33
George Baker 2 0 0% −2.00
Shane Kelly 2 0 0% −2.00
Leighton Aspell 1 0 0% −1.00
Harry Haynes 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 2 14% −6.25
Cheekpieces 8 5 63% +29.33

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 1 1 100% +8.00
2015 8 4 50% +20.33
2014 7 0 0% −7.00
2013 6 2 33% +1.75

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 3 23% +15.75
Chase 5 4 80% +11.33
Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
13 Feb 16+46d Warwick 7bets4free.com Kingmaker Novices' Chase (Grade 2) Class 1 · 16f · Soft · 3 ran 1/3 11-4 143152C Jamie Moore 8/1
29 Dec 15+29d Newbury Betfred 'Be Part Of The Action' Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (For The Hallowe'en Trophy) Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-8 140131C Joshua Moore 15/8F
30 Nov 15+14d Plumpton 188bet Novices' Chase Class 3 · 17f · Soft · 3 ran 1/3 11-5 140136C Joshua Moore 1/5F
16 Nov 15+40d Plumpton Sis Novices' Chase Class 3 · 19.5f · Soft · 6 ran 2/6 6 11-6 —145B Joshua Moore 5/1
07 Oct 15+172d Towcester Dalepak Ltd Novices' Chase Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 1/4 11-0 —130B Joshua Moore 9/4
18 Apr 15+36d Ayr QTS Scottish Champion Hurdle (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) Class 1 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 12/14 29 10-7 14097C Leighton Aspell 14/1
13 Mar 15+34d Cheltenham Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Class 1 · 17f · Soft · 24 ran 10/24 1 11-7 141128A Jamie Moore 20/1
07 Feb 15+17d Newbury Betfair Hurdle (Grade 3 Handicap) Class 1 · 16.5f · Soft · 23 ran 1/23 10-9 132148A Joshua Moore 20/1
21 Jan 15+25d Lingfield (AW) coral.co.uk Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 5 ran 2/5 ½ 9-9 7582B George Baker 1/5F
27 Dec 14+30d Kempton William Hill World Darts Championship Tonight Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 shd 11-0 128146A Harry Haynes 10/1
27 Nov 14+26d Newbury bet365 Intermediate Hurdle (Registered As The Gerry Feilden Hurdle) (Listed Limited Handicap) Class 1 · 16.5f · Soft · 8 ran 3/8 9 10-4 128132A Jamie Moore 12/1
01 Nov 14+14d Ascot William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Class 1 · 15.5f · Good · 11 ran 9/11 1 10-3 130113A Jamie Moore 12/1
18 Oct 14+198d Cheltenham Masterson Holdings Hurdle Class 2 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 4/4 ½ 10-12 130109B Jamie Moore 25/1
03 Apr 14+22d Aintree Injured Jockeys Fund 50th Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) Class 1 · 17f · Good · 15 ran 9/15 ¾ 11-0 130121A Jamie Moore 40/1
12 Mar 14+34d Cheltenham Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 24 ran 10/24 2¼ 11-1 130121A Jamie Moore 20/1
06 Feb 14+40d Huntingdon 32Red Juvenile Hurdle (For the Chatteris Fen Trophy) Class 2 · 16f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 6 11-6 132120A Joshua Moore 5/1
28 Dec 13+22d Chepstow coral.co.uk Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) Class 1 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 16 11-0 134119B Jamie Moore 11/4
06 Dec 13+32d Sandown Headmasters Juvenile Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 11-4 —133A Jamie Moore 9/4
04 Nov 13+140d Plumpton Attheraces.com Exclusive Barry Geraghty Blog Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 1/7 10-12 —131B Jamie Moore 7/2
17 Jun 13+26d Kempton (AW) Betvictor.com Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 2/8 nk 8-13 —78A Shane Kelly 10/1
22 May 13+23d Kempton (AW) 200 Free Bets At Betdaq Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 5/12 nk 9-0 —65A Shane Kelly 25/1
29 Apr 13 Windsor Family Fun Day May 6th Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 3¼ 9-5 —44A George Baker 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Violet Dancer (GB) won?
Violet Dancer (GB) won 7 of 22 archived starts between 2013 and 2016, a strike rate of 31.8%. Placed 12 times in total (54.5% of starts).
Who trained Violet Dancer (GB)?
Violet Dancer (GB) was trained by Gary Moore on the most recent run on record, at Warwick on 13 February 2016.
Who is Violet Dancer (GB)'s sire?
Violet Dancer (GB) is by Bertolini (USA) out of Another Secret (GB), whose sire is Efisio.
What going does Violet Dancer (GB) prefer?
Violet Dancer (GB) has the best record on soft going: 5 wins from 10 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Violet Dancer (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 143, from the run on 13 February 2016. That is also the highest on record.
What is Violet Dancer (GB)'s sire's record?
Bertolini (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 7,851 runs since Jan 2008 (518 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Violet Dancer (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Another Secret (GB), Violet Dancer (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Smokey Ryder (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Chris Pea Green (GB)). The wins came over 5f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2013. 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.