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Horse profile

Wellwillya (GB)

8yo gelding · Trainer Helen Nelmes · Owner L J Burden
by Universal (IRE) out of Mons Meg (GB) (Terimon)
23 runs · 5 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Fontwell & Exeter Off 129 days Last raced off OR 82
KTB Profile

Wellwillya is a gelding with two wins from 23 starts on turf, both at Class 5 level. He won the Happy Retirement Victor And Gerald Dartnall Novices Handicap Chase at Exeter in Oct 2024 over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft from an official rating of 70, and the Download The Star Sports App Handicap Chase at Fontwell in Feb 2025 over 2m5f – 3m on heavy from a mark of 76. He has ten runs at Exeter with one win and five at Fontwell with one win. His last run, at Fontwell in Jun 2026, was off an official rating of 82, which was his career-high mark.

Based on 23 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5 OR at career high
Official rating82At career-high mark
82 67–82

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 91 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Fontwell, 28 Mar 2025

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 14 figures · best 92A · median 75.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good591B461 · —
Good to Soft492A80.51 · —
Soft490C83.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f792A782 · 81 / 77
1m5f – 2m480C53.5—
2m5f – 3m391B89—

Of 23 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: did not complete (6) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 23 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 100A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Exeter, 6 Mar 2026 Official rating 82 at the last run, 10 Jun 2026

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 17 figures · best 109A · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6100A96.51 · —
Good5100A901 · —
Soft5100C94—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10100A93.52 · 100 / 96.5
1m5f – 2m499C88.5—
2m5f – 3m3109A100—

Of 23 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (6).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 23 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 5 analysed runs

  • Midfield 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Universal (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 971 runs since Jan 2008 (89 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 15.3% from 137. Weakest on good to soft going: 8% from 188.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm4250%+39—
Good to Firm54916.7%+5.7—
Good3163310.4%−0.60 from 8
Good to Soft188158%−31 from 7
Soft206199.2%−1.80 from 7
Heavy66812.1%+1.11 from 1
Standard (AW)1372115.3%+4.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f200%−11—
6f – 7f4224.8%−6.2—
1m – 1m1f80911.3%+0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f1151613.9%+2.9—
1m5f – 2m2993411.4%+0.40 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f2842910.2%−0.81 from 15
2m5f – 3m120119.2%−1.81 from 3
Over 3m29620.7%+9.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Mons Meg (GB) (Terimon)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Grove Ash (GB)110——
Banphrionsa Alainn (IRE)50——
Luck's Boy (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Soft 7 1 14% +19.00
Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Heavy 1 1 100% +7.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 14 2 14% +20.00
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Exeter 10 1 10% +16.00
Fontwell 5 1 20% +3.00
Newton Abbot 3 0 0% −3.00
Taunton 3 0 0% −3.00
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 15 1 7% +11.00
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 3 1 33% +5.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Paul O'Brien 11 0 0% −11.00
Lorcan Murtagh 3 1 33% +23.00
Alice Stevens 3 0 0% −3.00
Brendan Powell 2 1 50% +6.00
Charlie Price 2 0 0% −2.00
Ben Godfrey 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor Ring 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 21 2 10% +13.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 3 1 33% +5.00
2024 8 1 13% +18.00
2023 7 0 0% −7.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 11 0 0% −11.00
Chase 10 2 20% +24.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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
10 Jun 26+35d Fontwell Sun Racing The Home Of Racing Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 5 ran Up with the front two early - made contact with another runner at the 3rd - tracked the prominent horse after the 6th - dropped away before the 10th and fell well behind the field by the 12th - pulled up before 3 out PU/5 — 10-6 82—— Paul O'Brien 15/2
06 May 26+61d Fontwell Summerley Recruitment Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 8 ran Settled in mid-division - pushed along before 3 out and dropped away before the last - kept on to claim fourth near the line 4/8 1½ 10-5 8273B93A Paul O'Brien 8/1
06 Mar 26+343d Exeter Klargester Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Settled in the pack early - moved up smoothly from 4 out to hit the front 3 out - pressed for effort 2 out - overtaken approaching the last - stayed on for second unable to match winner 2/11 6 10-6 8281A100A Paul O'Brien 14/1
28 Mar 25+33d Fontwell Millstone Landscapes Sponsored Raceday Inaugral Race Handicap Chase Class 5 · 21.5f · Good · 10 ran Settled in mid-division - progress to pursue the leader by the 12th - pushed along before 3 out and plugged on approaching the last - found extra on the run-in but second best throughout 2/10 1½ 10-12 8091B100A Brendan Powell 4/1
23 Feb 25+41d Fontwell Download The Star Sports App Handicap Chase Class 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 10 ran Settled midpack early - progress made to reach front group by the 12th - moved into second three out - took control after that - drew away between the final two obstacles to win going away 1/10 10-4 7661B109A Brendan Powell 7/1
13 Jan 25+25d Exeter Exeter Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 19f · Soft · 6 ran Sat close to pacesetter early - driven to keep tabs by 7th then blundered 9th and slipped towards the back - eased and pulled up approaching 4 out PU/6 — 10-5 76—— Lorcan Murtagh 100/1
19 Dec 24+22d Exeter Southwest Rail Solutions Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 15 ran Held up early - untidy jumping - pushed along into the straight before finding some late progress from the back marker - stayed on to finish fourth 4/15 4¼ 10-3 78—86B Alice Stevens 12/1
27 Nov 24+36d Hereford Wye Valley Metals Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran Held up at the back - urged along early and struggling for fluency - untidy over obstacles - pulled up before the second last PU/8 — 10-8 78—— Lorcan Murtagh 15/2
22 Oct 24+146d Exeter Happy Retirement Victor And Gerald Dartnall Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran Settled towards the back - made ground from the 8th - errored two out - moved into second approaching the last - hit the front on the run-in and kept going to win 1/12 10-2 7092A99A Lorcan Murtagh 25/1
29 May 24+16d Newton Abbot Newtonabbotracing.Com Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 18.5f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-5 73—— Paul O'Brien 11/2
13 May 24+55d Hereford Daily Racing Specials At PlanetSportBet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-3 75—— Paul O'Brien 50/1
19 Mar 24+19d Exeter Aco Europe Pitching The Par Inn Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21.5f · Soft · 8 ran 5/8 16 11-7 7389B94A Paul O'Brien 50/1
29 Feb 24+32d Taunton West Buckland Primary Racing To School Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 19f · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 1½ 10-10 7678A89A Paul O'Brien 11/2
28 Jan 24+46d Fontwell Join The Vickers.Bet Free Bet Club Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19f · Soft · 12 ran 5/12 20 11-3 7290C96C Paul O'Brien 125/1
13 Dec 23+23d Exeter Higher Ashton Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 18.5f · Soft · 13 ran 3/13 2¾ 9-11 72—94A Alice Stevens 6/1
20 Nov 23+173d Exeter Exeter Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 6/13 7 10-9 6780C99C Alice Stevens 300/1
31 May 23+34d Newton Abbot Newtonabbotracing.Com Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 18.5f · Good · 13 ran PU/13 — 9-13 72—— Ben Godfrey 40/1
27 Apr 23+19d Taunton Live Neutral Earth Ltd Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11/13 5 9-13 73—73C Conor Ring 150/1
08 Apr 23+26d Newton Abbot Welcome Back To Newton Abbot Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 9 ran 7/9 5½ 10-13 —59C100C Charlie Price 250/1
13 Mar 23+29d Taunton WilliamHill Champion Chase Top Price Guarantee Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 7/13 5½ 11-6 —61C94C Paul O'Brien 250/1
12 Feb 23+90d Exeter Virgin Bet British Stallion Studs EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 18.5f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 35 11-2 —11C90C Paul O'Brien 150/1
14 Nov 22+214d Exeter Wadge's Wager Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 14/14 35 10-11 —40C78C Charlie Price 300/1
14 Apr 22 Exeter Cricket Inn Beesands Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran 13/13 28 10-8 —46C83C Paul O'Brien 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Wellwillya (GB) won?
Wellwillya (GB) won 2 of 23 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 8.7%. Placed 5 times in total (21.7% of starts).
Who trains Wellwillya (GB)?
Wellwillya (GB) is trained by Helen Nelmes, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 10 June 2026.
Who is Wellwillya (GB)'s sire?
Wellwillya (GB) is by Universal (IRE) out of Mons Meg (GB), whose sire is Terimon.
What going does Wellwillya (GB) prefer?
Wellwillya (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Wellwillya (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 10 June 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Wellwillya (GB)'s sire's record?
Universal (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 971 runs since Jan 2008 (89 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 15.3% from 137. Weakest on good to soft going: 8% from 188.
Who are Wellwillya (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Mons Meg (GB), Wellwillya (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. 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.