Skip to content
Horse profile

Watership Down (IRE)

12yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2009) · Last trainer Brendan Powell · Last owner Miss C L Wills
by Dolphin Street (FR) out of Persian Myth (GB) (Persian Bold)
13 runs · 9 courses · from Mar 2007
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Aug 2009 — 6,278 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2009 Won at Folkestone Last raced off OR 77
KTB Profile

Watership Down (IRE) is 1 from 13, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since May 2008. Last raced off 77, 18lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 13 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 6 OR ↓ 18lb off peak
Official rating77↓ 18lb off peak
77 77–95

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 79A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 8 Jul 2009 Official rating 77 at the last run, 20 Aug 2009

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 11 figures · best 105A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good7105A84—
Good to Firm396B89—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m9105A84—
2m1f – 2m4f297B84.5—

Of 13 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 13 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
Dolphin Street (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 5.5% of 109 runs since Jan 2008 (17 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm18211.1%+5.61 from 4
Good2700%−5.50 from 8
Good to Soft2100%−5.50 from 1
Soft22418.2%+12.7—
Heavy700%−5.5—
Standard (AW)1400%−5.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f500%−5.5—
6f – 7f600%−5.5—
1m – 1m1f600%−5.5—
1m2f – 1m4f29310.3%+4.8—
1m5f – 2m2627.7%+2.2—
2m1f – 2m4f1900%−5.50 from 2
2m5f – 3m1715.9%+0.41 from 11
Over 3m100%−5.5—

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
Persian Myth (GB) (Persian Bold)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Gandolfini (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 5f–6½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gandolfini (IRE)6445f–6½f—
Bing Babe (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +13.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 6 1 17% +11.00
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fontwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Huntingdon 2 0 0% −2.00
Folkestone 2 1 50% +15.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 11 1 9% +6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 7 1 14% +10.00
Cheekpieces 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + visor 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 5 0 0% −5.00
2008 5 1 20% +12.00
2007 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2009 · 5 runs
20 Aug 09+43d Fontwell Dandennis at equestrianfencing.com Handicap Chase Class 5 · 21f · Good To Firm · 12 ran PU/12 — 10-1 77— Miss C L Wills 33/1
08 Jul 09+22d Worcester Richard Wright Memorial Handicap Chase Class 5 · 23f · Good · 14 ran 6/14 ½ 11-4 8479A Miss C L Wills 40/1
16 Jun 09+21d Newton Abbot River Teign Classified Chase Class 5 · 21f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 11/16 15 10-5 8475C Miss C L Wills 33/1
26 May 09+60d Huntingdon Get Turftv In Your Betting Shop Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 9/11 9 10-1 9272C Miss C L Wills 20/1
27 Mar 09+304d Ascot Betinternet.com Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 21f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 5 11-9 9584C Miss C L Wills 16/1
2008 · 5 runs
27 May 08+12d Huntingdon pointtopoint.co.uk Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 23.5f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 nse 11-7 95105A Miss C L Wills 7/2
15 May 08+8d Folkestone Bob Hacking Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 21f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1/7 11-7 9596B Miss C L Wills 16/1
07 May 08+27d Cheltenham Friends At VC Remember Nick Hill Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 16 ran 12/16 8 11-7 9583C Miss C L Wills 20/1
10 Apr 08+41d Fontwell digibet.co.uk Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 19f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 1¼ 11-5 9597B Miss C L Wills 10/1
29 Feb 08+288d Newbury Paul Nicholls Racing Ltd Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 22.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 8/10 7 11-5 9583C Miss C L Wills 33/1
2007 · 3 runs
17 May 07+25d Folkestone Come To Ladies Day On 2nd June Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 21f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 4/9 4 11-10 8489C Miss C L Wills 14/1
22 Apr 07+30d Stratford Barbara Barker Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 22.5f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-3 84— Miss C L Wills 33/1
23 Mar 07 Newbury Montpelier Re Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 23.5f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 11 11-5 8489C Miss C L Wills 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Watership Down won?
Watership Down (IRE) won 1 of 13 archived starts between 2007 and 2009, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 3 times in total (23.1% of starts).
Who trained Watership Down?
Watership Down (IRE) was trained by Brendan Powell on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 20 August 2009.
Who is Watership Down's sire?
Watership Down (IRE) is by Dolphin Street (FR) out of Persian Myth (GB), whose sire is Persian Bold.
What going does Watership Down prefer?
Watership Down (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Watership Down's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 77, from the run on 20 August 2009. The highest on record is 95.
What is Watership Down's sire's record?
Dolphin Street (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 5.5% of 109 runs since Jan 2008 (17 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Watership Down's siblings?
Out of Persian Myth (GB), Watership Down (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Gandolfini (IRE) (4). The wins came over 5f–6½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2007. 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.