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Horse profile

Zappa (GB)

2yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2017) · Last trainer Mick Channon · Last owner M Channon
by Sixties Icon (GB) out of Vilnius (GB) (Imperial Dancer)
1 run · 1 course · from Aug 2017
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Aug 2017 — 3,335 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2017 · 7th of 8
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Aug 2017 as a 2yo gelding. Finished 7 of 8 at Goodwood last time. By Sixties Icon (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 5,659 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 15 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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.

Flat 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 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 44C the best of the last 1 rated run · Goodwood, 27 Aug 2017

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.

Flat 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 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 5,659 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 13.3% from 264. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.4% from 1,330.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7157%−2.9—
Good to Firm91110311.3%+1.4—
Good1,53417311.3%+1.40 from 1
Good to Soft8028210.2%+0.3—
Soft7478010.7%+0.8—
Heavy2643513.3%+3.4—
Standard (AW)1,330856.4%−3.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3674412%+2.1—
6f – 7f1,2351229.9%0—
1m – 1m1f890778.7%−1.20 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,18512410.5%+0.6—
1m5f – 2m1,18712610.6%+0.7—
2m1f – 2m4f578559.5%−0.4—
2m5f – 3m184147.6%−2.3—
Over 3m3313%−6.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Vilnius (GB) (Imperial Dancer)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Birkenhead (GB) (11 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Birkenhead (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Birkenhead (GB)88115fClass 3
Cooperess (GB)4827f–1m1½fClass 5
Honest Bob's (GB)925f–6fClass 4
Sixties Habana (GB)1317fClass 6
Iron Wolf (GB)30——
Spotlight Beauty (GB)20——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
27 Aug 17 Goodwood Butlins Novice Auction Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Good · 8 ran 7/8 24 8-11 15C44C Charles Bishop 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Zappa (GB) won?
Zappa (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2017.
Who trained Zappa (GB)?
Zappa (GB) was trained by Mick Channon on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 27 August 2017.
Who is Zappa (GB)'s sire?
Zappa (GB) is by Sixties Icon (GB) out of Vilnius (GB), whose sire is Imperial Dancer.
What is Zappa (GB)'s sire's record?
Sixties Icon (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 5,659 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 13.3% from 264. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.4% from 1,330.
Who are Zappa (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Vilnius (GB), Zappa (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Birkenhead (GB) (11). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Birkenhead (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2017. 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.