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Horse profile

Wee Willie Nail (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2025) · Last trainer Richard Harper · Last owner R C Harper
by Yeats (IRE) out of Siba De La Pampa (FR) (Astarabad)
13 runs · 9 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Jul 2025 — 468 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2025 Won at Gowran Park Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile

Wee Willie Nail won the Joe Bollard Memorial Maiden Hurdle at Gowran Park in Sep 2022 on soft ground over 1m5f to 2m off an official rating of 105. The gelding, who raced 13 times on turf, has one win and four places from those starts and has not won since. He last ran at Worcester in Jul 2025 in a Class 5 handicap chase off a mark of 85, which was 35lb below his highest ever mark of 120.

Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Jun 2025 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 35lb off peak
Official rating85↓ 35lb off peak
85 85–120

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 110 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Downpatrick, 16 Sep 2022

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 →

Jumps 8 figures · best 120B · median 85.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good385B25—
Soft3120B101—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f4120B98—
2m5f – 3m285B55—
1m5f – 2m2101B93—

Of 13 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (5).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 137A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 30 Sep 2022 Official rating 85 at the last run, 17 Jul 2025

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 8 figures · best 137A · median 110.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good3106A88—
Soft3137A115—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f4117A107.5—
2m5f – 3m2106A97—
1m5f – 2m2137A130—

Of 13 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 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 from 3 analysed runs since Jun 2025

  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Yeats (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,826 runs since Jan 2008 (706 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−11.9—
Good to Firm2222812.6%+0.7—
Good3,43847613.8%+1.90 from 7
Good to Soft1,95921210.8%−1.10 from 2
Soft2,83930510.7%−1.21 from 3
Heavy1,15913611.7%−0.20 from 1
Standard (AW)204146.9%−5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2813.6%−8.3—
1m – 1m1f8667%−4.9—
1m2f – 1m4f263269.9%−2—
1m5f – 2m2,43727411.2%−0.71 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f3,28835210.7%−1.20 from 7
2m5f – 3m2,90638713.3%+1.40 from 4
Over 3m81812515.3%+3.4—

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
Siba De La Pampa (FR) (Astarabad)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Prairie Diamond (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Prairie Diamond (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Prairie Diamond (IRE)1932m–2m4fClass 4
Davitts Quay (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 0 0% −7.00
Soft 3 1 33% −1.09
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Downpatrick 4 0 0% −4.00
Worcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 1 100% +0.91
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
2m5f – 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 2 1 50% −0.09

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Best 3 0 0% −3.00
Jamie Brace 2 0 0% −2.00
Davy Russell 2 1 50% −0.09
Sam Ewing 2 0 0% −2.00
Jack Kennedy 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Sam Burton 1 0 0% −1.00
Harriet Tucker 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 0 0% −9.00
Tongue tie 4 1 25% −2.09

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 8 1 13% −6.09

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 1 10% −8.09
Chase 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 3 runs
17 Jul 25+30d Worcester eventmasters.co.uk Royal Ascot 2026 On Sale Handicap Chase Class 5 · 20f · Good · 6 ran Settled at the back of the field - losing touch from 9th - well beaten and eased before 10th - pulled up PU/6 — 10-12 85—— Mr Sam Burton 100/1
17 Jun 25+13d Stratford Visit racingtv.com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 17f · Good · 6 ran Raced in touch wide of the field - blundered and dropped away 3 out - error at following fence leaves well beaten - finished last of the finishers 6/6 46 11-12 907C81C James Best 125/1
04 Jun 25+673d Warwick Edmond Shipway Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 7 ran Settled handy early - hit the front 13th - lost command 4 out - dropped away steadily to finish sixth 6/7 51 11-3 9425C88C James Best 100/1
2023 · 2 runs
01 Aug 23+53d Worcester Don't Wait Check Your Prostate Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-4 107—— James Best 125/1
09 Jun 23+188d Market Rasen Malton Marquees Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 10-10 112—— Harriet Tucker 100/1
2022 · 8 runs
03 Dec 22+9d Chepstow Coral Racing Club Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-13 117—— Jamie Brace 50/1
24 Nov 22+55d Taunton Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-13 120—— Jamie Brace 66/1
30 Sep 22+14d Gowran Park Joe Bollard Memorial Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 16 ran 1/16 11-7 105101B137A Davy Russell 10/11F
16 Sep 22+18d Downpatrick C R Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 19f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 4/15 3 11-7 104110B117A Davy Russell 6/1
29 Aug 22+101d Downpatrick Ulster Carpets Maiden Hurdle 21.5f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 13 11-0 —85B106A Sam Ewing 2/1
20 May 22+14d Downpatrick Winner Alright Maiden Hurdle 19f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 4/13 11 10-12 —120B100A Jack Kennedy 11/8F
06 May 22+19d Downpatrick Downpatrick Racecourse Helping Festina Lente Find A New Home Maiden Hurdle 19f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 2/12 2¾ 10-12 —86A115A Jack Kennedy 9/4J
17 Apr 22 Cork Dermot Casey Tree Care Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 16 ran 3/16 ¾ 11-7 —85B123A Sam Ewing 9/2

Quick answers

How many races has Wee Willie Nail won?
Wee Willie Nail (IRE) won 1 of 13 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 4 times in total (30.8% of starts).
Who trained Wee Willie Nail?
Wee Willie Nail (IRE) was trained by Richard Harper on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 17 July 2025.
Who is Wee Willie Nail's sire?
Wee Willie Nail (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Siba De La Pampa (FR), whose sire is Astarabad.
What going does Wee Willie Nail prefer?
Wee Willie Nail (IRE) has the best record on soft 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 Wee Willie Nail's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 17 July 2025. The highest on record is 120.
What is Wee Willie Nail's sire's record?
Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,826 runs since Jan 2008 (706 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.
Who are Wee Willie Nail's siblings?
Out of Siba De La Pampa (FR), Wee Willie Nail (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Prairie Diamond (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Prairie Diamond (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2022. 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.