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Horse profile

Don Alvaro (GB)

9yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2025) · Last trainer Paul Nicholls · Last owner Moger Woodhouse
by Muhtathir (GB) out of New Destiny (FR) (Highest Honor)
15 runs · 10 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Feb 2025 — 619 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 3 wins · Wincanton & Taunton Last raced off OR 114
KTB Profile

Don Alvaro won three of 15 starts on turf. All three wins came in handicaps over 2m1f – 2m4f, two of them at Wincanton and one at Taunton. His last win was at Wincanton in Nov 2022 off an official rating of 102. The gelding, aged 9 at his last run in Feb 2025, finished held in a Class 4 handicap chase at Wincanton off a mark of 114, which was 8lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 15 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating114↓ 8lb off peak
114 97–122

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 103 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Taunton, 3 Mar 2022

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 13 figures · best 130C · median 92
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good6130C91.5—
Soft4103A78—
Good to Firm2128C111.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6128C93.5—
2m5f – 3m4130C108.5—
1m5f – 2m291C76.5—
Over 3m1———

Of 15 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 122A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wincanton, 5 Nov 2022 Official rating 114 at the last run, 15 Feb 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. What this means →

Jumps 13 figures · best 123A · median 98
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good6119B91—
Soft4123A98.5—
Good to Firm2122A109.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6123A109—
2m5f – 3m4118B104—
1m5f – 2m295C91.5—
Over 3m1———

Of 15 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 15 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
Muhtathir (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 4,712 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.9% from 967.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−11.3—
Good to Firm1291310.1%−1.21 from 2
Good90011713%+1.71 from 6
Good to Soft656629.5%−1.80 from 2
Soft1,39617912.8%+1.51 from 5
Heavy6598312.6%+1.3—
Standard (AW)967767.9%−3.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3438.8%−2.5—
6f – 7f505438.5%−2.8—
1m – 1m1f950909.5%−1.8—
1m2f – 1m4f949869.1%−2.2—
1m5f – 2m7259713.4%+2.10 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,16515513.3%+23 from 6
2m5f – 3m3194313.5%+2.20 from 5
Over 3m651421.5%+10.20 from 2

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
New Destiny (FR) (Highest Honor)

6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Papagana (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Papagana (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Papagana (GB)1142m–3m½fListed
Ballyadam Destiny (GB)4132m4½f–3m—
News Reel (FR)2522m2fListed
Captain Destiny (GB)10——
Napoleony (FR)60——
Zarkhoff (FR)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 1 17% −3.90
Soft 5 1 20% +0.50
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +2.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 9 1 11% −6.90
Class 3 3 1 33% +1.50
Class 5 2 1 50% +3.50
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wincanton 4 2 50% +2.60
Taunton 2 1 50% +3.50
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 6 3 50% +6.10
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Cobden 6 1 17% −0.50
Angus Cheleda 3 2 67% +3.60
Lorcan Williams 2 0 0% −2.00
Jay Tidball 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss Olive Nicholls 1 0 0% −1.00
Bryony Frost 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Johnson 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 10 3 30% +2.10
None 5 0 0% −5.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 1 0 0% −1.00
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 7 3 43% +5.10
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 7 1 14% −1.50
Chase 6 2 33% +0.60
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2025 · 1 run
15 Feb 25+55d Wincanton Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 25f · Soft · 7 ran Sat close behind pace early - lost touch by the 17th - dropped right away and eased out of contention before 4 out PU/7 — 11-6 114—— Jay Tidball 40/1
2024 · 1 run
22 Dec 24+727d Fakenham Sky Bet Request A Bet Female Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 21f · Good To Soft · 7 ran Sat close to the front pair early - hit the 8th and dropped away - urged along soon after and fell further behind by the 10th - well beaten before being pulled up PU/7 — 11-1 117—— Miss Olive Nicholls 20/1
2022 · 7 runs
26 Dec 22+39d Kempton Ladbrokes Get Your 1 Free Bet Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20.5f · Soft · 10 ran 5/10 21 10-1 12264C99C Angus Cheleda 13/2
17 Nov 22+12d Wincanton Join Racing TV Now Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 11-9 11486C119B Angus Cheleda 11/10F
05 Nov 22+21d Wincanton Supporting Wincanton Town Youth Football Club Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 1/8 10-2 10295A122A Angus Cheleda 7/2J
15 Oct 22+197d Newton Abbot SMC Construction Ltd Jolly Boys Outing Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 26f · Good · 4 ran 4/4 39 10-11 10381C80C Harry Cobden 7/2
01 Apr 22+29d Newbury Download The BetVictor App Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good · 13 ran 12/13 1½ 11-1 105130C94C Harry Cobden 8/1
03 Mar 22+29d Taunton S Roberts & Son Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 19f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 11-12 99103A123A Harry Cobden 9/2
02 Feb 22+62d Exeter Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 1¾ 10-6 9974B114A Harry Cobden 13/2
2021 · 5 runs
02 Dec 21+21d Wincanton Wessex Internet Full Fibre 'National Hunt' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 24.5f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 7 10-8 97125A118B Harry Cobden 10/1
11 Nov 21+8d Taunton Newton King Estate Agents Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 3/5 14 10-12 —128C97B Bryony Frost 12/1
03 Nov 21+18d Chepstow Holt JCB Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 16 ran 5/16 7 11-4 —92C98C Harry Cobden 33/1
16 Oct 21+189d Stratford Jo Huxtable Birthday Celebration 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 22f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 13 11-1 —92C87C Lorcan Williams 11/2
10 Apr 21+168d Chepstow Chepstow Construction Reach 4000 Mini-Excavator Sales Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 25 10-11 —91C88B Lorcan Williams 5/6F
2020 · 1 run
24 Oct 20 Cheltenham Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 2 · 16.5f · Soft · 14 ran 13/14 25 11-0 —62C95C Richard Johnson 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Don Alvaro won?
Don Alvaro (GB) won 3 of 15 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 6 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trained Don Alvaro?
Don Alvaro (GB) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Wincanton on 15 February 2025.
Who is Don Alvaro's sire?
Don Alvaro (GB) is by Muhtathir (GB) out of New Destiny (FR), whose sire is Highest Honor.
What going does Don Alvaro prefer?
Don Alvaro (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Don Alvaro's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 15 February 2025. The highest on record is 122.
What is Don Alvaro's sire's record?
Muhtathir (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 4,712 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.9% from 967.
Who are Don Alvaro's siblings?
Out of New Destiny (FR), Don Alvaro (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Papagana (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Listed (Papagana (GB)). The wins came over 2m–3m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2020. 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.