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Whitcombe Spirit (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2013) · Last trainer Daniel Steele · Last owner D Steele
by Diktat (GB) out of L'Evangile (GB) (Danehill)
49 runs · 20 courses · from Oct 2007
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Apr 2013 — 4,956 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2013 2 wins · Plumpton & Folkestone Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile

Whitcombe Spirit (GB) is 2 from 49, both wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Jan 2012. Both wins have come on turf — 0 from 5 on the all-weather. Last raced off 72, 21lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 49 archived runs · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on turf All wins at Class 5 OR ↓ 21lb off peak
Official rating72↓ 21lb off peak
72 45–93

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

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 84B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Plumpton, 25 Feb 2013 Official rating 72 at the last jumps run, 11 Apr 2013

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 54A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Folkestone, 7 Jul 2011 Official rating 45 at the last flat run, 4 Aug 2011

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 22 figures · best 111A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Good to Soft795A86—
Soft693A82.5—
Heavy6111A91.5—
Good384A78—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f13111A83—
Over 3m392C84—
2m5f – 3m390C85—
1m5f – 2m3103B84—
Flat 19 figures · best 69A · median 59
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Good669A62—
Good to Soft568A56—
Standard (AW)564A62—
Good to Firm257A55.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m1469A56.5—
1m2f – 1m4f364A63—
1m – 1m1f261C60.5—

Of 49 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (8).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 41 figures from 49 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
Diktat (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 4,931 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.4% from 431. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 156.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm62812.9%+4.7—
Good to Firm860627.2%−10 from 2
Good1,124837.4%−0.80 from 11
Good to Soft567549.5%+1.31 from 13
Soft643609.3%+1.10 from 10
Heavy233208.6%+0.41 from 8
Standard (AW)1,4421178.1%−0.10 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4314911.4%+3.2—
6f – 7f1,4421409.7%+1.5—
1m – 1m1f1,037817.8%−0.40 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f864586.7%−1.50 from 3
1m5f – 2m594345.7%−2.50 from 17
2m1f – 2m4f387338.5%+0.32 from 16
2m5f – 3m15685.1%−3.10 from 5
Over 3m2015%−3.20 from 6

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
L'Evangile (GB) (Danehill)

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 to Soft 13 1 8% −8.50
Good 11 0 0% −11.00
Soft 10 0 0% −10.00
Heavy 8 1 13% +18.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 32 2 6% −1.50
Class 4 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 6 8 0 0% −8.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Plumpton 10 1 10% −5.50
Lingfield 7 0 0% −7.00
Folkestone 7 1 14% +19.00
Fontwell 5 0 0% −5.00
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Newcastle 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 17 0 0% −17.00
2m1f – 2m4f 16 2 13% +14.50
Over 3m 6 0 0% −6.00
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mattie Batchelor 13 1 8% −8.50
James Cowley 6 0 0% −6.00
Robert Havlin 6 0 0% −6.00
Paul Doe 4 0 0% −4.00
Conor Shoemark 3 0 0% −3.00
Jeremiah McGrath 2 1 50% +24.00
Marc Halford 2 0 0% −2.00
Martin Lane 2 0 0% −2.00
Jamie Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Messenger 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Mullins 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke Morris 1 0 0% −1.00
Nathan Alison 1 0 0% −1.00
Steve Drowne 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Powell 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor O'Farrell 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Daniel Burchell 1 0 0% −1.00
David Bass 1 0 0% −1.00
Dominic Elsworth 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 35 1 3% −30.50
Blinkers 14 1 7% +12.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2013 6 0 0% −6.00
2012 11 1 9% −6.50
2011 12 1 8% +14.00
2010 8 0 0% −8.00
2009 7 0 0% −7.00
2008 2 0 0% −2.00
2007 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 19 0 0% −19.00
Hurdle 18 1 6% +8.00
Chase 12 1 8% −7.50

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
2013 · 6 runs
11 Apr 13+10d Fontwell SIS Live Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m3f · Soft · 6 ran PU/6 — 10-3 72— Jamie Moore 16/1
01 Apr 13+21d Plumpton Harry And Betty Savill Memorial Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m1½f · Good · 5 ran 4/5 4½ 9-10 7277B Conor Shoemark 8/1
11 Mar 13+14d Plumpton Entremettier & Upstream Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m1½f · Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 10-0 75— Conor Shoemark 12/1
25 Feb 13+16d Plumpton Windsor Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase (For The Gay Kindersley Memorial Salver) Class 4 · 3m1½f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3/9 17 9-7 7984B Conor Shoemark 50/1
09 Feb 13+34d Uttoxeter 32Red Casino Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4f · Heavy · 13 ran PU/13 — 9-11 73— James Cowley 25/1
06 Jan 13+7d Plumpton At The Races Virgin 534 Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4½f · Soft · 9 ran 4/9 ¾ 9-13 7582A James Cowley 10/1
2012 · 11 runs
30 Dec 12+19d Taunton Totepool Mobile Cashback Text Tote To 89660 Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m · Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 11 9-13 7572C James Cowley 20/1
11 Dec 12+6d Fontwell 3663 First For Food Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3f · Soft · 10 ran 2/10 5 9-13 7593A James Cowley 25/1
05 Dec 12+22d Hereford Casino At Bet365 Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3½f · Soft · 14 ran 4/14 25 9-11 7568C James Cowley 22/1
13 Nov 12+200d Huntingdon Great Service At Sportsbookmakers Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4½f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 3¼ 10-6 7976B James Cowley 16/1
27 Apr 12+18d Plumpton Frp/emc Advisory Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 4 ran UR/4 — 10-11 79— Jeremiah McGrath 7/2
09 Apr 12+28d Plumpton Bet Totepool On Irish Grand National Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m1½f · Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 10-10 79— Tom Messenger 16/1
12 Mar 12+18d Plumpton plumptonraceday Twitter Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m1½f · Good · 8 ran F/8 — 10-13 79— Mattie Batchelor 20/1
23 Feb 12+24d Lingfield Ashurst Wood Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 5/13 ¾ 10-5 7980A Mattie Batchelor 14/1
30 Jan 12+13d Plumpton At The Races Sky 415 Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 1/4 10-11 7586C Mattie Batchelor 7/2
17 Jan 12+12d Folkestone canterburyhorserescue.org Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m5f · Good · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-6 75— Mattie Batchelor 8/1
05 Jan 12+23d Lingfield Haxted Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4½f · Heavy · 6 ran 4/6 ¾ 10-1 8083B Danny Mullins 3/1
2011 · 12 runs
13 Dec 11+35d Folkestone Eastwell Manor Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m · Good · 9 ran 5/9 3½ 10-13 8284A Mattie Batchelor 28/1
08 Nov 11+96d Lingfield Tag Worldwide Supporting BCCT Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 10 10-0 8479A Mattie Batchelor 20/1
04 Aug 11+12d Folkestone ladbrokespoker.com Handicap Class 5 · 1m7½f · Good To Soft · 3 ran 3/3 28 8-12 4547C Luke Morris 20/1
23 Jul 11+16d Lingfield It Doesn't Get Better Than Barbados Handicap Class 5 · 2m½f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 4½ 8-4 4649A Nathan Alison 25/1
07 Jul 11+19d Folkestone Claydon Horse Exercisers Handicap Class 6 · 1m7½f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5/7 2 8-10 4854A Steve Drowne 14/1
18 Jun 11+89d Newmarket Rotary Club Of Newmarket Handicap Class 5 · 1m5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11/13 6 7-11 4846C Ryan Powell 50/1
21 Mar 11+13d Lingfield Edenbridge Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 5/13 1½ 10-8 8695A Conor O'Farrell 16/1
08 Mar 11+22d Exeter Upton Lakes And Lodges Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m1f · Good · 13 ran 11/13 1 10-11 8678C Mr Daniel Burchell 12/1
14 Feb 11+13d Plumpton Create Your Party At Plumpton Pavilion Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 2¾ 11-8 86103B David Bass 5/4F
01 Feb 11+14d Folkestone SIS Live Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1½f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 2¾ 10-5 8792B Dominic Elsworth 3/1J
18 Jan 11+16d Folkestone Betfair Racing Excellence Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m1½f · Heavy · 14 ran 1/14 11-2 80111A Jeremiah McGrath 25/1
02 Jan 11+49d Plumpton Attheraces.com Exclusive Hugh Taylor Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4½f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 19 11-8 8583C Mattie Batchelor 14/1
2010 · 8 runs
14 Nov 10+9d Fontwell Happy 7th Birthday Oliver Elner-Gibbs Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m5½f · Heavy · 10 ran 6/10 30 11-8 9085C Mattie Batchelor 14/1
05 Nov 10+29d Fontwell Got The Feeling Get To Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m1½f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7/11 3¼ 11-10 9392C Mattie Batchelor 33/1
07 Oct 10+157d Newbury Be Wiser Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 11 ran 10/11 1¼ 8-6 5251A Marc Halford 40/1
03 May 10+36d Chepstow Lindley Catering First Choice For Events Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 2m · Good · 10 ran 7/10 2 8-13 5552A Marc Halford 14/1
28 Mar 10+3d Wincanton Junior Jumpers Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 4½ 11-1 —90C Mattie Batchelor 66/1
25 Mar 10+25d Kempton (AW) Essex Racing Club Baileys Horse Feeds Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Standard · 14 ran 9/14 6 9-4 5558C Robert Havlin 14/1
28 Feb 10+34d Fontwell Best Odds Guaranteed At totesport.com Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5½f · Heavy · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-12 —— Mattie Batchelor 16/1
25 Jan 10+106d Lingfield Golf & Racing Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 1¾ 11-5 —98A Mattie Batchelor 7/1
2009 · 7 runs
11 Oct 09+3d Goodwood Three Musketeers Trophy Handicap (National Hunt Jockeys) Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 14 ran 6/14 4 11-0 5756A Mattie Batchelor 6/1
08 Oct 09+31d Newbury Events Bar Management Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 2m · Good · 8 ran 3/8 3 8-6 5767A Martin Lane 5/1
07 Sep 09+54d Newcastle Complete Football Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Good To Soft · 15 ran 2/15 shd 9-3 5468A Martin Lane 7/1
15 Jul 09+39d Lingfield Weatherbys Bloodstock Insurance Handicap Class 5 · 2m½f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4/7 2¼ 8-10 5557A Robert Havlin 4/1
06 Jun 09+18d Newcastle Nestle Confectionary Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Good · 12 ran 3/12 hd 9-1 5569A Robert Havlin 6/1
19 May 09+28d Nottingham Paddocks Conference Centre Handicap Class 5 · 2m · Good · 11 ran 4/11 6 8-12 5865A Robert Havlin 16/1
21 Apr 09+398d Folkestone Hobbs Parker Telecom Handicap Class 5 · 1m7½f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 1½ 8-8 6059A Robert Havlin 33/1
2008 · 2 runs
19 Mar 08+41d Lingfield (AW) DLA Piper Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran 4/9 4 9-4 6564A Paul Doe 9/1
07 Feb 08+57d Southwell (AW) Southwell For Racing And Golf Handicap Class 5 · 1m3f · Standard · 9 ran 3/9 6 9-3 6663A Robert Havlin 9/2
2007 · 3 runs
12 Dec 07+28d Kempton (AW) Halo Solutions Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 9 ran 4/9 nk 9-3 6662C Paul Doe 20/1
14 Nov 07+42d Kempton (AW) E.B.F. Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 14 ran 8/14 nk 9-3 —60C Paul Doe 14/1
03 Oct 07 Salisbury Allied Irish Bank Southampton E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 4 · 1m · Good To Soft · 16 ran 9/16 2 9-3 —61C Paul Doe 80/1

Quick answers

How many races has Whitcombe Spirit won?
Whitcombe Spirit (GB) won 2 of 49 archived starts between 2007 and 2013, a strike rate of 4.1%. Placed 8 times in total (16.3% of starts).
Who trained Whitcombe Spirit?
Whitcombe Spirit (GB) was trained by Daniel Steele on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 11 April 2013.
Who is Whitcombe Spirit's sire?
Whitcombe Spirit (GB) is by Diktat (GB) out of L'Evangile (GB), whose sire is Danehill.
What going does Whitcombe Spirit prefer?
Whitcombe Spirit (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Whitcombe Spirit's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 11 April 2013. The highest on record is 93.
What is Whitcombe Spirit's sire's record?
Diktat (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 4,931 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.4% from 431. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 156.

Record shown from October 2007. 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.