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Horse profile

Whistling Dave (IRE)

3yo gelding · Trainer Dan Skelton · Owner Dan Skelton
by Waldgeist (GB) out of Salmon Rose (IRE) (Iffraaj)
1 run · 1 course · from Oct 2026
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out Won at Chepstow Last run 10 Oct 2026 · 1st of 11
KTB Profile

Lightly raced 3yo gelding with 1 start since Oct 2026. Finished 1 of 11 at Chepstow last time. By Waldgeist (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 936 runs since Jul 2023.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run since Oct 2026 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Chepstow, 10 Oct 2026

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 18 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 127C the best of the last 1 rated run · Chepstow, 10 Oct 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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 18 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 936 runs since Jul 2023 (127 horses).

Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.2% from 233.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm6369.5%+0.7—
Good211199%+0.2—
Good to Soft155138.4%−0.41 from 1
Soft174179.8%+1—
Heavy69811.6%+2.8—
Standard (AW)264197.2%−1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f7779.1%+0.3—
1m – 1m1f233125.2%−3.6—
1m2f – 1m4f3894311.1%+2.3—
1m5f – 2m175169.1%+0.31 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f5135.9%−2.9—
2m5f – 3m1119.1%+0.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2023 · as at 1 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Salmon Rose (IRE) (Iffraaj)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Rayna's World (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 6f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Rayna's World (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Rayna's World (IRE)2731m–2m4fClass 3
Ventura Blues (IRE)2936f–1mClass 4
Cask Of Pimlico (IRE)10——
Rathmoylan Cove (IRE)70——
Christines Angel (IRE)130——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
10 Oct 26 Chepstow Dragonbet Best Odds Guaranteed Juvenile Hurdle Race (gbb Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 11 ran Mid-pack early - still within reach 3 out where bumped briefly - progressed to press the front pair 2 out then moved left and driven to hit front at the last - pulled away final 110yds to win 1/11 11-0 92A127C Charlie Todd 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Whistling Dave won?
Whistling Dave (IRE) won 1 of 1 archived start in 2026, a strike rate of 100%. Placed 1 time in total (100% of starts).
Who trains Whistling Dave?
Whistling Dave (IRE) is trained by Dan Skelton, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 10 October 2026.
Who is Whistling Dave's sire?
Whistling Dave (IRE) is by Waldgeist (GB) out of Salmon Rose (IRE), whose sire is Iffraaj.
What is Whistling Dave's sire's record?
Waldgeist (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 936 runs since Jul 2023 (127 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.2% from 233.
Who are Whistling Dave's siblings?
Out of Salmon Rose (IRE), Whistling Dave (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Rayna's World (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Rayna's World (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2026. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.