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Horse profile

Wonga Swinger (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2018) · Last trainer Sam Thomas · Last owner Sam Thomas Racing Club
by Lucky Story (USA) out of Chippewa (FR) (Cricket Ball)
14 runs · 10 courses · from Nov 2016
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Jul 2018 — 3,006 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2018 2 wins · Exeter & Plumpton Last raced off OR 81
KTB Profile

Wonga Swinger (GB) is 2 from 14, both wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Apr 2017. Both wins came on good or faster ground (0 from 7 on softer). Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off 81, 13lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 14 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster All wins at Class 5 OR ↓ 13lb off peak
Official rating81↓ 13lb off peak
81 74–94

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 96 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Exeter, 26 Apr 2017

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 7 figures · best 102C · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good496A45.5—
Good to Soft269C65—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3102C96—
1m5f – 2m240C29.5—
2m5f – 3m269C65—

Of 14 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 81B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell, 5 Jun 2018 Official rating 81 at the last run, 30 Jul 2018

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 →

Jumps 10 figures · best 107A · median 81.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good4107A81—
Soft382A80—
Good to Soft284C84—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5107A82—
2m5f – 3m384C84—
1m5f – 2m281B81—

Of 14 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 14 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
Lucky Story (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 2,554 runs since Jan 2008 (162 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14% from 351. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.5% from 451.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm59813.6%+4.4—
Good to Firm5575910.6%+1.41 from 1
Good604569.3%+0.11 from 6
Good to Soft249187.2%−20 from 3
Soft225156.7%−2.50 from 4
Heavy5623.6%−5.6—
Standard (AW)804789.7%+0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3514914%+4.8—
6f – 7f8698710%+0.8—
1m – 1m1f451255.5%−3.7—
1m2f – 1m4f359339.2%0—
1m5f – 2m349226.3%−2.90 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f1441711.8%+2.62 from 6
2m5f – 3m30310%+0.80 from 3
Over 3m100%−9.2—

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
Chippewa (FR) (Cricket Ball)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Bear Island Flint (GB)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 1 17% −3.38
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 1 1 100% +4.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 2 18% −2.88
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sedgefield 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Bangor-on-Dee 2 0 0% −2.00
Towcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 1 100% +1.62
Plumpton 1 1 100% +4.50

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 6 2 33% +2.12
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Miss Charlotte Crane 6 0 0% −6.00
Charlie Deutsch 4 2 50% +4.12
Richard Patrick 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00
James Davies 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 11 2 18% −2.88
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 3 0 0% −3.00
2017 8 2 25% +0.12
2016 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 2 20% −1.88
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
30 Jul 18+36d Newton Abbot Independent Racecourses Limited, Irl Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran PU/6 — 10-2 81—— Richard Patrick 16/1
24 Jun 18+19d Worcester Bet toteplacepot At totesport.com Handicap Chase Class 5 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 13 10-6 8351C66C Richard Patrick 33/1
05 Jun 18+271d Southwell Next Plc Leicester Handicap Chase Class 5 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 23 10-12 8640C81B Tom O'Brien 16/1
07 Sep 17+53d Sedgefield Brian Ellison Racing Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-10 90—— James Davies 20/1
16 Jul 17+14d Stratford Brummies Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 18.5f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-9 94—— Charlie Deutsch 16/1
02 Jul 17+67d Uttoxeter Bet365 Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 10/10 17 11-2 9219C81C Charlie Deutsch 3/1
26 Apr 17+9d Exeter Premier League Betting At 188Bet Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 10-10 7496A107A Charlie Deutsch 13/8F
17 Apr 17+16d Plumpton Harry And Betty Savill Memorial Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 9-13 74102C93B Charlie Deutsch 9/2
01 Apr 17+54d Uttoxeter Betfred Supports Jack Berry House Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 9-13 79—— Miss Charlotte Crane 9/1
06 Feb 17+14d Sedgefield Wills Property Services Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 12 ran 5/12 5 10-5 83—82A Miss Charlotte Crane 33/1
23 Jan 17+32d Bangor-on-Dee Bangor Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 19.5f · Soft · 10 ran 5/10 3 10-8 87—80A Miss Charlotte Crane 22/1
22 Dec 16+7d Bangor-on-Dee Clwyd Special Riding Centre Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 23f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 50 10-5 ——80C Miss Charlotte Crane 125/1
15 Dec 16+21d Towcester Toteelfie Win A 50 Free Bet Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 21f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 12/15 11 10-5 —61C84C Miss Charlotte Crane 100/1
24 Nov 16 Towcester Weatherbys Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 21f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 8/14 6 10-5 —69C84C Miss Charlotte Crane 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Wonga Swinger (GB) won?
Wonga Swinger (GB) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2016 and 2018, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 2 times in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained Wonga Swinger (GB)?
Wonga Swinger (GB) was trained by Sam Thomas on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 30 July 2018.
Who is Wonga Swinger (GB)'s sire?
Wonga Swinger (GB) is by Lucky Story (USA) out of Chippewa (FR), whose sire is Cricket Ball.
What going does Wonga Swinger (GB) prefer?
Wonga Swinger (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Wonga Swinger (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 81, from the run on 30 July 2018. The highest on record is 94.
What is Wonga Swinger (GB)'s sire's record?
Lucky Story (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 2,554 runs since Jan 2008 (162 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14% from 351. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.5% from 451.
Who are Wonga Swinger (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Chippewa (FR), Wonga Swinger (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2016. 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.