Violet Love (GB)
Violet Love won three of eight starts between Mar 2024 and Aug 2024, all on turf. Each win came on a first visit to the course, two of them under 6f on good to soft and good to firm, the third at 6f-7f on good at Ripon in Jul 2024 off an official rating of 85. The filly, by Havana Grey out of a Bated Breath mare, was last seen finishing 10 of 13 in the Class 1 St Hugh's Stakes at Newbury in Aug 2024 when racing off her career-high mark of 90.
- 3–8Wins / Runs
- 37.5%Strike rate
- 6 (75%)Placed
- +0.92£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.37Fair A/E n=8 · 1.18 incl. margin
- 90Highest OR
- 20dAvg 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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 101C | 83 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 77A | 77 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 83C | 77 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 101C | 85 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 4,539 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses).
Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 16.3% from 104. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10.3% from 408.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 22 | 6 | 27.3% | +14 | — |
| Good to Firm | 924 | 144 | 15.6% | +2.3 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 1,103 | 148 | 13.4% | +0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 415 | 44 | 10.6% | −2.7 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 428 | 54 | 12.6% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 88 | 7 | 8% | −5.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,559 | 202 | 13% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,365 | 217 | 15.9% | +2.6 | 2 from 5 |
| 6f – 7f | 2,651 | 329 | 12.4% | −0.9 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 408 | 42 | 10.3% | −3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 104 | 17 | 16.3% | +3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.12 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 2 | 40% | −0.58 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Egan | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Billy Loughnane | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pat Cosgrave | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Aug 24+11d | Newbury | Highclere Thoroughbred Racing St Hugh's Stakes (Fillies' Listed) Sat close to the front in the middle of the track - pushed along and gave up second place with 2f left - dropped away inside the final furlong - finished 10th | 10/13 | 1½ | 9-2 | 90 | 83C | 70A | David Egan | 18/1 |
| 05 Aug 24+28d | Naas | Irish EBF Ballyhane Stakes (Median Auction Race) Up with the pace on the rail - under pressure 2f out and unable to make any headway - one-paced and faded in the closing stages to finish 8th | 8/21 | 1½ | 9-3 | 90 | 85C | 84A | Billy Loughnane | 6/1 |
| 08 Jul 24+15d | Ripon | ripon-races.co.uk Book Now For Saturday July 20th Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/14 | 10-2 | 85 | 101C | 109A | David Egan | 7/2F | |
| 23 Jun 24+8d | Pontefract | Northern Commercials Your Local Iveco Dealership EBF Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/6 | ½ | 9-12 | — | 77A | 85B | William Buick | 11/10F |
| 15 Jun 24+7d | Bath | Sporting Family Change Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/8 | 9-6 | — | 69A | 77A | Pat Cosgrave | 4/5F | |
| 08 Jun 24+49d | Chepstow | Vickers.Bet Independent Family Owned Bookmaker EBF Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/9 | 9-2 | — | 77A | 85A | Billy Loughnane | 13/8F | |
| 20 Apr 24+20d | Brighton | bet365 EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB race) | 2/8 | ½ | 9-2 | — | 77A | 75A | Billy Loughnane | 5/2F |
| 31 Mar 24 | Southwell (AW) | N&L Franklin Developments EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/7 | ¾ | 9-2 | — | 50A | 63B | David Egan | 11/8F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Violet Love (GB) won?
- Violet Love (GB) won 3 of 8 archived starts in 2024, a strike rate of 37.5%. Placed 6 times in total (75% of starts).
- Who trained Violet Love (GB)?
- Violet Love (GB) was trained by George Boughey on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 16 August 2024.
- Who is Violet Love (GB)'s sire?
- Violet Love (GB) is by Havana Grey (GB) out of Passionate Love (IRE), whose sire is Bated Breath.
- What going does Violet Love (GB) prefer?
- Violet Love (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Violet Love (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 16 August 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Violet Love (GB)'s sire's record?
- Havana Grey (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 4,539 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 16.3% from 104. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10.3% from 408.
- Who are Violet Love (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Passionate Love (IRE), Violet Love (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.