Horse profile
Dashing Donkey (GB)
26 runs · 10 courses · from Mar 2024
As at 31 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Newmarket & Yarmouth
Last run 20 Oct 2026 · 3rd of 9
Last raced off OR 54
KTB Profile
Dashing Donkey is 4 from 26 with all wins on turf. He won twice at Newmarket and twice at Yarmouth, three of them over 1m – 1m1f on good to soft or soft and the other over 6f – 7f on good. The gelding has never won on the all-weather from 12 starts. He finished third of nine, racing prominently, at Yarmouth in Oct 2026 off an official rating of 54, which was 10lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 26 archived runs · run-style from 17 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 31 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 10lb off peak
- 4–26Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 11 (42.3%)Placed
- −7.38£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 0.92Fair A/E n=26 · 0.78 incl. margin
- 64Highest OR
- 38dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating54↓ 10lb off peak
54
48–64
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 100
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 12 | 108A | 93.5 | 6 runs · 108 / 95.5 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 101B | 99 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 100A | 92.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 106A | 81 | — |
| Good | 2 | 98B | 92.5 | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 108A | 96 | 6 runs · 108 / 99.5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 106A | 87 | 2 runs · 87 / 86 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 runs · as at 28 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 from 17 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 9 (53%) · 0 wins
- Led 8 (47%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 3,134 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 6.9% from 331. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.5% from 317.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 3 | 18.8% | +7.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 474 | 60 | 12.7% | +1.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 724 | 86 | 11.9% | +1 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 313 | 31 | 9.9% | −1 | 2 from 5 |
| Soft | 331 | 23 | 6.9% | −4 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 88 | 13 | 14.8% | +3.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,188 | 127 | 10.7% | −0.2 | 0 from 12 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 93 | 10 | 10.8% | −0.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,058 | 102 | 9.6% | −1.3 | 1 from 15 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 913 | 86 | 9.4% | −1.5 | 3 from 11 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 664 | 86 | 13% | +2.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 317 | 46 | 14.5% | +3.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 82 | 12 | 14.6% | +3.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +5.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 30 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Zara's Return (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Zara's Return (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zara's Return (GB) | 12 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Class 4 |
| Reviens Demain (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 2 | 40% | +8.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.88 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 19 | 2 | 11% | −13.38 |
| Class 5 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +6.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarmouth | 8 | 2 | 25% | −2.38 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 2 | 100% | +11.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 1 | 7% | −12.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 3 | 27% | +5.12 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran Shoemark | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Marco Ghiani | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Georgia Dobie | 4 | 2 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.12 |
| Josephine Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pierre-Louis Jamin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Hogan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Jack Gilligan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +6.00 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 17% | −6.38 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Oct 26+63d | Yarmouth | Brandford Restaurants & Bar Handicap Stakes (Div I) Prominent from the start - challenged for the lead over 1f out - faded inside the final furlong to finish 3rd | 3/9 | ½ | 9-1 | 54 | 100A | 80A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/2 |
| 18 Aug 26+19d | Lingfield (AW) | Download The At The Races App Handicap Stakes (Div I) Handy early - driven approaching final furlong to challenge hard - kept battling but nabbed for second right on the line | 3/9 | nk | 9-4 | 55 | 99A | 83A | Jack Mitchell | 5/2F |
| 30 Jul 26+56d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Stakes (Div I) Went straight to front - driven approaching 2f out then overtaken - squeezed for space inside final furlong and faded | 9/12 | 2¾ | 9-11 | 57 | 92A | 63A | Josephine Gordon | 9/1 |
| 04 Jun 26+54d | Lingfield (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Handicap Went straight to front - pushed along 2f out - still holding poised inside final furlong - overtaken close home but stayed on well for 4th | 4/12 | 1½ | 9-2 | 58 | 108A | 79A | Marco Ghiani | 4/1 |
| 11 Apr 26+38d | Yarmouth | TigerBet.co.uk Grand National Specials Handicap Tracked the prominent pacesetter - moved up to dispute second spot around 3f out - dropped away tamely inside the final 2f to finish 12th | 12/14 | 1 | 9-9 | 60 | 87C | 59A | Georgia Dobie | 5/1 |
| 04 Mar 26+59d | Southwell (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Set the pace early - pushed along and lost front spot inside final furlong - dropped away in the closing stages to finish 5th beaten 2 lengths | 5/9 | nk | 9-7 | 62 | 85A | 77A | Alistair Rawlinson | 11/1 |
| 04 Jan 26+18d | Southwell (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Sat close to pace early - pushed along with 2f left - dropped away final furlong - finished 10th | 10/12 | hd | 9-7 | 63 | 82A | 68A | Georgia Dobie | 14/1 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Dec 25+90d | Lingfield (AW) | Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap Went straight to front - pressed for effort inside final furlong then squeezed for room as rivals came by - weakened close home to finish fourth | 4/8 | ¾ | 9-4 | 64 | 102A | 74A | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 9/2 |
| 18 Sep 25+48d | Yarmouth | La Continental Cafe Of Great Yarmouth Handicap Went straight to the front - pushed along a furlong out - lost the advantage and faded inside the final furlong - finished 5th | 5/7 | 2¾ | 9-4 | 64 | 100A | 75A | Kieran Shoemark | 5/2J |
| 01 Aug 25+13d | Newmarket | Global Wine Solutions Handicap Settled towards the far flank early - fought for control under restraint - set the pace throughout - drew away approaching the last furlong and stayed on to the line | 1/8 | 9-2 | 58 | 83B | 79A | Georgia Dobie | 2/1F | |
| 19 Jul 25+42d | Newmarket | Woodland Logistics Classic Handicap Set the pace from the off - edged left under pressure inside final furlong - powered away untroubled to the line | 1/8 | 8-5 | 51 | 80A | 82A | Georgia Dobie | 9/1 | |
| 07 Jun 25+11d | Lingfield | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Raced in touch with the front group wide of rivals - dropped away in the closing stages - beaten well over 7 lengths in 5th | 5/12 | 2 | 9-6 | 52 | 85A | 76A | Dylan Hogan | 11/4F |
| 27 May 25+33d | Leicester | Mark West Pinot Noir Handicap Set the pace down the middle - clear in front after 3f - came under pressure approaching 2f out and was passed inside the final furlong - faded to finish fourth | 4/16 | nk | 9-7 | 53 | 99C | 86A | Jack Mitchell | 7/2 |
| 24 Apr 25+161d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap Settled handy early - tracking the pace pair - pressed for effort a furlong out - improved into 3rd close home and stayed on to finish third | 3/11 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 54 | 96B | 78A | Hollie Doyle | 11/1 |
| 2024 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Nov 24+30d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betsi Handicap Tracked the pace-setter - pushed along and drifted left approaching the final furlong losing 2nd - dropped away close home to finish 10th | 10/12 | 1½ | 9-7 | 55 | 98A | 61A | Jack Mitchell | 4/1 |
| 15 Oct 24+26d | Yarmouth | Get The Inside Track With Raceday-Ready.Com Handicap Sat close to pace early - pushed to the front outside 2f out then edged aside inside the last - finished second beaten three quarters of a length | 2/10 | ¾ | 9-2 | 54 | 98A | 78A | Kieran Shoemark | 2/1F |
| 19 Sep 24+42d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betfair Handicap (Div 2) Settled handily wide early - hit the front approaching 4f out - driven on and overtaken 2f out then outpaced by winner in the final furlong - edged out of second spot right at the line | 3/10 | nk | 9-8 | 54 | 95A | 68A | Hector Crouch | 4/1F |
| 08 Aug 24+21d | Yarmouth | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Set the pace early - driven approaching 2f out and overtaken soon after - lost ground fast with a furlong left - allowed to drop away well held at the finish | 7/8 | 5½ | 9-0 | 56 | 81C | 38C | Kieran Shoemark | 7/4F |
| 18 Jul 24+14d | Leicester | Evening Racing At leicesterraces Wednesday 24th July Handicap | 4/12 | 2 | 9-11 | 57 | 101B | 71A | Kieran Shoemark | 10/3 |
| 04 Jul 24+22d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Handicap | 1/12 | 8-12 | 52 | 98B | 66A | William Buick | 6/4F | |
| 12 Jun 24+9d | Yarmouth | Download The Raceday Ready App Classified Stakes | 1/14 | 9-0 | 49 | 87C | 77A | Hollie Doyle | 85/40F | |
| 03 Jun 24+41d | Brighton | Weatherbys ePassport Handicap | 7/8 | 1¾ | 9-4 | 50 | 58C | 35C | Marco Ghiani | 7/4F |
| 23 Apr 24+18d | Yarmouth | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap | 2/10 | shd | 9-2 | 48 | 106A | 74A | Marco Ghiani | 11/2 |
| 05 Apr 24+16d | Lingfield (AW) | Try The Racing App This Afternoon Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 8/10 | ¾ | 8-12 | — | 70C | 49C | Kieran Shoemark | 100/1 |
| 20 Mar 24+18d | Southwell (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/7 | 14 | 9-1 | — | 59C | 51C | Jack Gilligan | 125/1 |
| 02 Mar 24 | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 9/12 | ½ | 9-0 | — | 70A | 59A | Marco Ghiani | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Dashing Donkey won?
- Dashing Donkey (GB) won 4 of 26 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 11 times in total (42.3% of starts).
- Who trains Dashing Donkey?
- Dashing Donkey (GB) is trained by William Stone, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 October 2026.
- Who is Dashing Donkey's sire?
- Dashing Donkey (GB) is by Time Test (GB) out of Quandreviendrastu (IRE), whose sire is Dream Ahead.
- What going does Dashing Donkey prefer?
- Dashing Donkey (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Dashing Donkey's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 54, from the run on 20 October 2026. The highest on record is 64.
- What is Dashing Donkey's sire's record?
- Time Test (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 3,134 runs since Jan 2008 (337 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 6.9% from 331. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.5% from 317.
- Who are Dashing Donkey's siblings?
- Out of Quandreviendrastu (IRE), Dashing Donkey (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Zara's Return (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Zara's Return (GB)). The wins came over 1m–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.