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Horse profile

Whispering John (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2005) · Last trainer Bill Turner · Last owner Pennisue Posse
by Grand Plaisir (IRE) out of London Anne (GB) (London Bells)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Oct 2005
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Oct 2005 — 7,669 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2005 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 100
KTB Profile

Whispering John (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 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

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 →

Of 3 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 3 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
Grand Plaisir (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 301 runs since Jan 2008 (33 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5120%+11.4—
Good to Firm2727.4%−1.2—
Good9366.5%−2.10 from 2
Good to Soft6669.1%+0.50 from 1
Soft73811%+2.4—
Heavy3738.1%−0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m4736.4%−2.2—
2m1f – 2m4f9255.4%−3.2—
2m5f – 3m120119.2%+0.60 from 3
Over 3m42716.7%+8.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
London Anne (GB) (London Bells)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Stuart Haddon 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J Snowden 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert L Butler 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
Chase 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
23 Oct 05+5d Wincanton Vixen Horsefeeds Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-1 100— Stuart Haddon 25/1
18 Oct 05+16d Exeter Racing Welfare Amateur Riders' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 22.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-1 100— Mr J Snowden 7/1
02 Oct 05 Uttoxeter Sentinel Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24f · Good · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-9 100— Robert L Butler 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Whispering John (IRE) won?
Whispering John (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained Whispering John (IRE)?
Whispering John (IRE) was trained by Bill Turner on the most recent run on record, at Wincanton on 23 October 2005.
Who is Whispering John (IRE)'s sire?
Whispering John (IRE) is by Grand Plaisir (IRE) out of London Anne (GB), whose sire is London Bells.
What is Whispering John (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 23 October 2005. That is also the highest on record.
What is Whispering John (IRE)'s sire's record?
Grand Plaisir (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 301 runs since Jan 2008 (33 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from October 2005. 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.