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Horse profile

Whitley Bay (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2011) · Last trainer John Best · Last owner John Foulger
by Lion Heart (USA) out of Sea Witch (USA) (Sea Hero)
11 runs · 5 courses · from Nov 2009
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Feb 2011 — 5,739 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2011 · 6th of 6 Last raced off OR 40
KTB Profile

Whitley Bay (USA) is yet to win from 11 starts. Best effort: 4th of 9 at Wolverhampton (AW) (Sep 2010). Last raced off 40, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating40↓ 10lb off peak
40 40–50

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 51B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 18 Feb 2011 Official rating 40 at the last run, 18 Feb 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 →

Flat 11 figures · best 53C · median 42
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)853C45.5—
Good to Firm240C38—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m547A40—
1m2f – 1m4f351B42—
1m – 1m1f248A43—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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
Lion Heart (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.1% of 384 runs since Apr 2008 (29 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−8.1—
Good to Firm6968.7%+0.60 from 2
Good8889.1%+10 from 1
Good to Soft35514.3%+6.2—
Soft3438.8%+0.7—
Heavy1300%−8.1—
Standard (AW)14196.4%−1.70 from 8
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f18316.7%+8.6—
6f – 7f7722.6%−5.50 from 1
1m – 1m1f7978.9%+0.80 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f129107.8%−0.30 from 3
1m5f – 2m3600%−8.10 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f700%−8.1—
2m5f – 3m25624%+15.9—
Over 3m13323.1%+15—

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

Dam
Sea Witch (USA) (Sea Hero)

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
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Folkestone 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kieren Fox 3 0 0% −3.00
Marc Halford 2 0 0% −2.00
Liam Jones 1 0 0% −1.00
Jimmy Quinn 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke Morris 1 0 0% −1.00
Amy Ryan 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrea Atzeni 1 0 0% −1.00
Tony Culhane 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 2 0 0% −2.00
2010 8 0 0% −8.00
2009 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
2011 · 2 runs
18 Feb 11+25d Lingfield (AW) Today's Jockey Specials At Bluesq.com Apprentice Selling Stakes Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 6 ran 6/6 nk 9-2 4051B Kieren Fox 33/1
24 Jan 11+84d Kempton (AW) meyertimber.com Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Standard · 14 ran 11/14 21 8-5 4540C Liam Jones 20/1
2010 · 8 runs
01 Nov 10+19d Wolverhampton (AW) Bet Champions League Football Handicap Class 6 · 1m6f · Standard · 13 ran 8/13 ¾ 8-1 4544A Kieren Fox 25/1
13 Oct 10+22d Lingfield (AW) Sweetwoods Golf Club Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Standard · 12 ran 10/12 1 8-0 4534C Jimmy Quinn 25/1
21 Sep 10+5d Folkestone ladbrokesbingo.com Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 1m7½f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 7/10 9 8-3 4636C Luke Morris 8/1
16 Sep 10+16d Wolverhampton (AW) Sports Betting At sportsbetting.co.uk Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 1m6f · Standard · 9 ran 4/9 2¼ 8-3 4647A Amy Ryan 8/1
31 Aug 10+25d Folkestone Bet On Live Tennis At Totesport.com Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 1 8-1 4842A Kieren Fox 50/1
06 Aug 10+167d Lingfield John Marchant 70th Birthday Celebration Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9/12 11 8-5 5040C Andrea Atzeni 33/1
20 Feb 10+7d Lingfield (AW) Patricia Hush 50th Birthday Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 7 ran 7/7 11 9-0 5038C Marc Halford 100/1
13 Feb 10+92d Lingfield (AW) Marriott Play & Stay Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 12 ran 10/12 ½ 9-0 —48A Marc Halford 100/1
2009 · 1 run
13 Nov 09 Wolverhampton (AW) Black Country's Only Racecourse Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 12/12 30 9-3 —53C Tony Culhane 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Whitley Bay won?
Whitley Bay (USA) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2009 and 2011.
Who trained Whitley Bay?
Whitley Bay (USA) was trained by John Best on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 18 February 2011.
Who is Whitley Bay's sire?
Whitley Bay (USA) is by Lion Heart (USA) out of Sea Witch (USA), whose sire is Sea Hero.
What is Whitley Bay's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 40, from the run on 18 February 2011. The highest on record is 50.
What is Whitley Bay's sire's record?
Lion Heart (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.1% of 384 runs since Apr 2008 (29 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from November 2009. 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.