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Horse profile

Catch Him Derry (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer Dan Skelton · Last owner Jolly Boys Outing
by Milan (GB) out of Pretty Present (IRE) (Presenting)
12 runs · 9 courses · from Nov 2023
As at 13 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Apr 2025 — 556 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 5th of 17 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 131
KTB Profile

Catch Him Derry is a gelding who won four of 12 starts, all over 2m5f – 3m on turf. Each win came on a first visit to the course, at Southwell in Jan 2024, Ayr in Apr 2024, Newton Abbot in Oct 2024 and Exeter in Feb 2025. He won the Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle at Exeter, a Class 2 event on good to soft ground, off an official rating of 123. Aged 7 at his last run in Apr 2025, he finished fifth of 17 at Aintree in a Class 1 handicap off a career-high mark of 131.

Based on 12 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs · updated 13 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating131At career-high mark
131 96–131

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 132 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cheltenham, 13 Mar 2025

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.

Jumps 9 figures · best 139C · median 110
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Good to Soft3132B110—
Soft3123A116—
Heavy2139C111.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m7132B110—
1m5f – 2m2139C109.5—

Of 12 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 139A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cheltenham, 13 Mar 2025 Official rating 131 at the last run, 5 Apr 2025

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.

Jumps 11 figures · best 139A · median 127
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Heavy4131A121—
Good to Soft3139A133—
Soft3127A123—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m8139A129.5—
1m5f – 2m3115A102—

Of 12 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 12 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Milan (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,837 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1815.6%−5.7—
Good to Firm5526612%+0.7—
Good5,16664712.5%+1.20 from 1
Good to Soft3,28738611.7%+0.42 from 3
Soft5,02550010%−1.31 from 4
Heavy2,71630311.2%−0.11 from 4
Standard (AW)7322.7%−8.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−11.3—
1m – 1m1f9111.1%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f5835.2%−6.1—
1m5f – 2m3,85440010.4%−0.90 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f5,46759911%−0.3—
2m5f – 3m5,79769712%+0.74 from 9
Over 3m1,64920512.4%+1.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Pretty Present (IRE) (Presenting)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them In A Pinch (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m5f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
In A Pinch (IRE)1832m–2m5f—
Keep Coming (IRE)80——
Stopwouldya (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 1 25% −2.17
Heavy 4 1 25% −0.75
Good to Soft 3 2 67% +12.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 3 2 67% +2.08
Class 2 2 1 50% +9.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 1 50% +2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Bangor-on-Dee 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheltenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 1 100% +10.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 1 100% +2.25
Ayr 1 1 100% +0.83
Southwell 1 1 100% +3.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 9 4 44% +11.08
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Skelton 9 4 44% +11.08
Mr Sean O'Connor 2 0 0% −2.00
Tristan Durrell 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 4 1 25% +7.00
2024 5 3 60% +4.08
2023 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 11 4 36% +9.08
NH Flat 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
05 Apr 25+23d Aintree William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24.5f · Good · 17 ran Settled towards the rear - checked at the 8th fence - progress from 3 out before finding little extra to challenge at the finish 5/17 3¼ 11-4 131106B128A Harry Skelton 5/1
13 Mar 25+32d Cheltenham Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24f · Good To Soft · 24 ran Settled towards the back - progress around the final turn and into 3rd at the last - drifted right on the run-in but kept on for 3rd 3/24 2¾ 11-0 129132B139A Harry Skelton 14/1
09 Feb 25+39d Exeter Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 23f · Good To Soft · 12 ran Held up towards the back on the wide side - improved into contention off the home bend - urged into 3rd approaching 2 out - hit the front at the last and stayed on strongly to score 1/12 11-2 123100A133A Harry Skelton 10/1
01 Jan 25+39d Cheltenham Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Soft · 9 ran Settled at the back early - scrappy over 5th - made ground into 9th - pressed before last then lost momentum on the run-in 6/9 1½ 10-9 124123A123A Harry Skelton 13/2
23 Nov 24+24d Haydock Betfair Stayers' Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24.5f · Soft · 15 ran Settled towards the back - bumped a touch at the 5th - improved on the outer after four out then dropped away and was withdrawn before three out PU/15 — 10-9 124—— Harry Skelton 9/2
30 Oct 24+194d Newton Abbot Celebrating David Freeman's 35 Years Service Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 21.5f · Heavy · 9 ran Held up at the back early - still within range - made steady progress on the home turn - shared second place two out - moved to the front before the last and drew clear with authority 1/9 11-1 11784C131A Harry Skelton 9/4F
19 Apr 24+51d Ayr Get Home Safe With Thistle Cabs Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 24.5f · Soft · 16 ran 1/16 10-10 107116B127A Harry Skelton 5/6F
28 Feb 24+42d Bangor-on-Dee Bangor-On-Dee Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Heavy · 6 ran 2/6 1¾ 11-1 102—127B Harry Skelton 11/8F
17 Jan 24+33d Southwell Southwell Racecourse Supporting Racing Staff Week Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 11-13 96110A133A Harry Skelton 3/1F
15 Dec 23+13d Bangor-on-Dee Corbettsports Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 3/10 8½ 10-7 —139C115A Mr Sean O'Connor 18/1
02 Dec 23+24d Bangor-on-Dee Paul & Janet Mizen Wedding Anniversary Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 8 ran 3/8 14 10-7 —80B102A Mr Sean O'Connor 50/1
08 Nov 23 Chepstow MTC Additive Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 6 ran 6/6 17 10-11 ——89C Tristan Durrell 9/1

Quick answers

How many races has Catch Him Derry (IRE) won?
Catch Him Derry (IRE) won 4 of 12 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 8 times in total (66.7% of starts).
Who trained Catch Him Derry (IRE)?
Catch Him Derry (IRE) was trained by Dan Skelton on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 5 April 2025.
Who is Catch Him Derry (IRE)'s sire?
Catch Him Derry (IRE) is by Milan (GB) out of Pretty Present (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
What going does Catch Him Derry (IRE) prefer?
Catch Him Derry (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Catch Him Derry (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 131, from the run on 5 April 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Catch Him Derry (IRE)'s sire's record?
Milan (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,837 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Catch Him Derry (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Pretty Present (IRE), Catch Him Derry (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: In A Pinch (IRE) (3). The wins came over 2m–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2023. 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.