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Horse profile

Watamu Bay (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2011) · Last trainer Paul Nicholls · Last owner Jared Sullivan
by Sunshine Street (USA) out of Janzoe (IRE) (Phardante)
8 runs · 5 courses · from Nov 2009
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Jan 2011 — 5,780 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2011 · 6th of 18 4 wins · Exeter, Towcester & Ffos Las Last raced off OR 147
KTB Profile

Watamu Bay (IRE) is 4 from 8. Hasn't won since Nov 2010. All 4 wins have come over 2m5f – 3m. Last raced off a career-high mark of 147.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 6 Nov 2026

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 138C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Exeter, 9 Nov 2010 Official rating 147 at the last run, 8 Jan 2011

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 →

Jumps 8 figures · best 140A · median 129
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Soft3134C126—
Good to Soft2138C134.5—
Heavy2140A133.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m7140A131—
Over 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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
Sunshine Street (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 281 runs since Feb 2008 (33 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%+1.1—
Good to Firm4836.3%−2.6—
Good8689.3%+0.40 from 1
Good to Soft32412.5%+3.61 from 2
Soft7368.2%−0.72 from 3
Heavy29310.3%+1.41 from 2
Standard (AW)300%−8.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−8.9—
1m – 1m1f100%−8.9—
1m2f – 1m4f17211.8%+2.9—
1m5f – 2m7422.7%−6.2—
2m1f – 2m4f9233.3%−5.6—
2m5f – 3m841619%+10.14 from 7
Over 3m12216.7%+7.80 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2008 · as at 6 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Janzoe (IRE) (Phardante)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Legal Scholar (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 2 67% +1.45
Good to Soft 2 1 50% −0.27
Heavy 2 1 50% +2.50
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 4 2 50% −1.07
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 2 2 100% +5.75

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 3 2 67% −0.07
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 1 100% +3.50
Ffos Las 1 1 100% +2.25

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 4 57% +3.68
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Noel Fehily 4 3 75% +3.43
Ryan Mahon 1 0 0% −1.00
R Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Daryl Jacob 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Moloney 1 1 100% +2.25

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 1 0 0% −1.00
2010 5 3 60% +2.43
2009 2 1 50% +1.25

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 4 2 50% −1.07
Hurdle 4 2 50% +3.75

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
2011 · 1 run
08 Jan 11+50d Chepstow Coral Welsh National (Handicap Chase) (Grade 3) Class 1 · 3m5f · Soft · 18 ran 6/18 hd 10-12 147122A Ryan Mahon 8/1
2010 · 5 runs
19 Nov 10+10d Exeter Devon County Show Exeter Novices' Chase Class 3 · 3m · Soft · 3 ran 1/3 11-4 —134C Noel Fehily 1/5F
09 Nov 10+31d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Taunton Novices' Chase Class 3 · 3m · Good To Soft · 5 ran 1/5 10-12 —138C Noel Fehily 8/11F
09 Oct 10+204d Chepstow Daybreak Dairies Novices' Chase Class 3 · 2m7½f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 2/5 ½ 10-12 —131B R Walsh EvensF
19 Mar 10+54d Cheltenham Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Registered As Spa Novices'Hurdle) (Grade 1) Class 1 · 3m · Good · 19 ran 10/19 5 11-7 140121C Daryl Jacob 66/1
24 Jan 10+62d Towcester Gg.com Tipzone Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Heavy · 13 ran 1/13 11-4 119140A Noel Fehily 7/2J
2009 · 2 runs
23 Nov 09+20d Ffos Las Weatherbys Bloodstock Insurance 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Soft · 7 ran 1/7 10-12 119126B Paul Moloney 9/4F
03 Nov 09 Exeter 0800 444040 (Bonus25) For 25 Free Bet 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 2m5½f · Heavy · 11 ran 2/11 1½ 10-12 —127A Noel Fehily 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Watamu Bay won?
Watamu Bay (IRE) won 4 of 8 archived starts between 2009 and 2011, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 6 times in total (75% of starts).
Who trained Watamu Bay?
Watamu Bay (IRE) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 8 January 2011.
Who is Watamu Bay's sire?
Watamu Bay (IRE) is by Sunshine Street (USA) out of Janzoe (IRE), whose sire is Phardante.
What going does Watamu Bay prefer?
Watamu Bay (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Watamu Bay's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 147, from the run on 8 January 2011. That is also the highest on record.
What is Watamu Bay's sire's record?
Sunshine Street (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 281 runs since Feb 2008 (33 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Watamu Bay's siblings?
Out of Janzoe (IRE), Watamu Bay (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2009. 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.