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Horse profile

Virginia Reel (GB)

2yo filly (at last run, Nov 2006) · Last trainer Mark Johnston · Last owner Jumeirah Racing
by King's Best (USA) out of Golden Dancer (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Sep 2006
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Nov 2006 — 7,282 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2006 · 9th of 9 Last raced off OR 56
KTB Profile

Virginia Reel (GB) is yet to win from 4 starts. Best effort: 4th of 10 at Leicester (Oct 2006).

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 6 Nov 2026

Progeny in our archive

Produce record

As a dam, Virginia Reel (GB) has 1 produce in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
My Elliemay (GB)50——

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 78C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leicester, 3 Oct 2006 Official rating 56 at the last run, 28 Nov 2006

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 4 figures · best 78C · median 35.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)229C26.5—
Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
6f – 7f378C42—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
King's Best (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 7,763 runs since Jan 2008 (574 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.8% from 249.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm701420%+10.1—
Good to Firm1,1541018.8%−1.1—
Good1,8891678.8%−1.10 from 1
Good to Soft95211612.2%+2.3—
Soft1,21612810.5%+0.60 from 1
Heavy427399.1%−0.8—
Standard (AW)2,0532019.8%−0.10 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f156149%−0.9—
6f – 7f1,6051489.2%−0.70 from 3
1m – 1m1f1,70217910.5%+0.60 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,90119610.3%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m1,3781299.4%−0.5—
2m1f – 2m4f7187810.9%+1—
2m5f – 3m249176.8%−3.1—
Over 3m54611.1%+1.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Golden Dancer (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Along The Shore (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m3½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Along The Shore (IRE)2311m3½f—
Expert Witness (IRE)10——
Asteya (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kevin Darley 2 0 0% −2.00
Adrian Nicholls 1 0 0% −1.00
Joe Fanning 1 0 0% −1.00

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
2006 · 4 runs
28 Nov 06+33d Southwell (AW) Sponsor A Race At Southwell Nursery Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 9 ran 9/9 4 8-3 5624C Adrian Nicholls 12/1
26 Oct 06+23d Lingfield (AW) EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 13/14 4 9-0 5629C Kevin Darley 20/1
03 Oct 06+29d Leicester E.B.F. Hare Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 4 9-0 5678C Kevin Darley 20/1
04 Sep 06 Warwick E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 14 ran 9/14 ½ 9-0 —42C Joe Fanning 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Virginia Reel won?
Virginia Reel (GB) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2006.
Who trained Virginia Reel?
Virginia Reel (GB) was trained by Mark Johnston on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 28 November 2006.
Who is Virginia Reel's sire?
Virginia Reel (GB) is by King's Best (USA) out of Golden Dancer (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
What is Virginia Reel's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 56, from the run on 28 November 2006. That is also the highest on record.
What is Virginia Reel's sire's record?
King's Best (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 7,763 runs since Jan 2008 (574 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.8% from 249.
Who are Virginia Reel's siblings?
Out of Golden Dancer (IRE), Virginia Reel (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Along The Shore (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m3½f. As at Nov 2026.
Has Virginia Reel produced winners?
As a dam, Virginia Reel (GB) has 1 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2006. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.