Whet The Appetite (IRE)
Whet The Appetite is a gelding by Walk In The Park out of a Flemensfirth mare and has yet to win from three starts on turf. His best effort came when fourth of 11 at Tramore in Apr 2026. He finished 11th of 15 when held in the Mongey Communications Maiden Hurdle at Killarney in May 2026. He has raced on good to soft and soft ground over trips from 1m5f to 2m4f.
- 0–3Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 17dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 86
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 86A | 68 | 2 runs · 86 / 68 |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 86A | 54.5 | 2 runs · 86 / 54.5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 3 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 Apr 2026
- Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 7,001 runs since May 2011 (699 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 50 | 11 | 22% | +8.7 | — |
| Good | 1,884 | 256 | 13.6% | +0.3 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,573 | 216 | 13.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 2,460 | 320 | 13% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 997 | 130 | 13% | −0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 37 | 1 | 2.7% | −10.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | −7.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 26 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 75 | 9 | 12% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,228 | 310 | 13.9% | +0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,815 | 405 | 14.4% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,547 | 172 | 11.1% | −2.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 291 | 37 | 12.7% | −0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2011 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guess What (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 09 May 26+19d | Killarney | Mongey Communications Maiden Hurdle Held up towards back of the pack - still down in 10th approaching 4 out then unable to improve in 11th - dropped away before 2 out | 11/15 | 19 | 10-5 | 50C | 84C | Peter Smithers | 50/1 |
| 20 Apr 26+15d | Tramore | O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Settled around midfield - driven into 6th approaching the last two furlongs and still there at the final fence - stayed on steadily but never in contention for the places late on | 4/11 | 1¾ | 10-3 | 86A | 96A | Peter Smithers | 50/1 |
| 05 Apr 26 | Cork | Dermot Casey Tree Care Maiden Hurdle Held up at back - drifted left over 2nd and scrappy at 4th and 5th - unable to find more from 4 out and well held at the finish | 11/15 | hd | 11-0 | 23C | 94C | Peter Smithers | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Whet The Appetite won?
- Whet The Appetite (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2026.
- Who trains Whet The Appetite?
- Whet The Appetite (IRE) is trained by E Bolger, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 May 2026.
- Who is Whet The Appetite's sire?
- Whet The Appetite (IRE) is by Walk In The Park (IRE) out of Manger Et Trotter (IRE), whose sire is Flemensfirth.
- What is Whet The Appetite's sire's record?
- Walk In The Park (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 7,001 runs since May 2011 (699 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Whet The Appetite's siblings?
- Out of Manger Et Trotter (IRE), Whet The Appetite (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.