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Horse profile

Donovan (NZ)

11yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2010) · Last trainer Richard Guest · Last owner George Hibbert Jayne Greenwood
by Stark South (USA) out of Agent Jane (NZ) (Sound Reason)
45 runs · 21 courses · from Jan 2005
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Nov 2010 — 5,815 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2010 · 5th of 6 7 wins · 7 courses Last raced off OR 88
KTB Profile

Donovan (NZ) is 7 from 45. Hasn't won since Oct 2007. Last raced off 88, 32lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 45 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 32lb off peak
Official rating88↓ 32lb off peak
88 82–120

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 104A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Market Rasen, 7 Nov 2010 Official rating 88 at the last run, 18 Nov 2010

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 39 figures · best 117A · median 89
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good16114C93—
Good to Soft11110C79—
Soft6117A94—
Good to Firm6101C83—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f26117A89—
1m5f – 2m9109C91—
2m5f – 3m397B97—
Over 3m1———

Of 45 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (6).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 39 figures from 45 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
Stark South (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 0% of 14 runs since Jan 2008 (1 horse). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm200%01 from 7
Good600%03 from 17
Good to Soft300%02 from 13
Soft300%01 from 8
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
2m1f – 2m4f1300%04 from 31
2m5f – 3m100%00 from 4

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Agent Jane (NZ) (Sound Reason)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 17 3 18% +0.75
Good to Soft 13 2 15% +5.50
Soft 8 1 13% +0.00
Good to Firm 7 1 14% −3.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 22 2 9% −9.75
Class 3 17 4 24% +10.00
Class 5 4 1 25% +4.50
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Market Rasen 7 0 0% −7.00
Bangor-on-Dee 4 1 25% +5.00
Southwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Ludlow 3 0 0% −3.00
Towcester 2 1 50% +1.25
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Worcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Perth 2 1 50% +3.50
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Aintree 2 0 0% −2.00
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Kelso 2 1 50% +6.00
Wetherby 2 1 50% +8.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 1 100% +2.50
Cartmel 1 1 100% +7.50
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 31 4 13% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 9 3 33% +9.75
2m5f – 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Larry McGrath 10 3 30% +11.25
Graham Lee 8 1 13% −2.50
Craig Gallagher 2 0 0% −2.00
David Cullinane 2 0 0% −2.00
Robert Thornton 2 1 50% +1.50
Timmy Murphy 2 2 100% +15.50
Dominic Elsworth 2 0 0% −2.00
Wayne Hutchinson 2 0 0% −2.00
Dave Crosse 2 0 0% −2.00
Paddy Merrigan 2 0 0% −2.00
David Dennis 2 0 0% −2.00
Henry Oliver 2 0 0% −2.00
James Halliday 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Ben Furnival 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr A Wadlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Paddy Aspell 1 0 0% −1.00
Barry Keniry 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J P Flavin 1 0 0% −1.00
P C O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 24 4 17% +2.50
Cheekpieces 16 3 19% +5.25
Visor 4 0 0% −4.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 9 0 0% −9.00
2008 5 0 0% −5.00
2007 13 4 31% +13.50
2006 6 0 0% −6.00
2005 12 3 25% +9.25

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 32 5 16% −2.25
Hurdle 13 2 15% +5.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
18 Nov 10+11d Market Rasen Phs Group Handicap Chase Class 4 · 19f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 5/6 17 11-0 8879C Graham Lee 3/1
07 Nov 10+14d Market Rasen Wedding Receptions At Market Rasen Racecourse Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 6 11-5 88104A Graham Lee 9/1
24 Oct 10+29d Towcester Courier Company Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 13 ran 10/13 30 10-11 9580C James Halliday 12/1
25 Sep 10+41d Market Rasen Singleton Birch Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 2¼ 11-2 10097B Graham Lee 40/1
15 Aug 10+26d Southwell Advertiser Group Newspapers Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 16 11-2 9086C Graham Lee 40/1
20 Jul 10+9d Bangor-on-Dee Summer Season Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 5/5 2 10-0 9869C Craig Gallagher 25/1
11 Jul 10+77d Southwell World Cup Free Bets At Freebetting.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 20.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 ¾ 9-4 9877C Craig Gallagher 40/1
25 Apr 10+24d Ludlow McGrath For Skips Hunters' Chase (For The Ludlow Gold Cup) Class 5 · 20f · Good To Firm · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-3 117— Mr Ben Furnival 25/1
01 Apr 10+568d Ludlow Abberley Hall Old Boys Association Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-3 117— Mr A Wadlow 33/1
10 Sep 08+11d Uttoxeter begbies-traynor.com Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 7 ran 2/7 4½ 11-7 115117A David Cullinane 33/1
30 Aug 08+111d Market Rasen Crossroads Truck & Bus Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 26 11-1 11782C David Cullinane 25/1
11 May 08+18d Worcester John Tainton And Graham Townsend Remembrance Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran 10/11 11 10-11 11890C Graham Lee 16/1
23 Apr 08+32d Perth Allied Irish Bank (GB) Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good · 15 ran 11/15 10 11-9 120102C Paddy Aspell 25/1
22 Mar 08+118d Haydock Sports 360 Sports Advertising 'Fixed Brush' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19f · Good To Soft · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-5 102— Barry Keniry 15/2
25 Nov 07+15d Aintree totepool Grand Sefton Handicap Chase Class 3 · 21f · Good To Soft · 22 ran 8/22 3½ 11-2 12097C Robert Thornton 16/1
10 Nov 07+29d Sandown Ladbrokes Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 ½ 10-9 117108C Graham Lee 11/4F
12 Oct 07+5d Carlisle Diamond Geezers Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 hd 11-3 106105C Graham Lee 5/2F
07 Oct 07+10d Huntingdon M.A.R.S. (South-West) Ltd Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1/6 10-3 106101C Robert Thornton 5/2J
27 Sep 07+40d Perth Perth City West Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 10-1 92109C Graham Lee 9/2
18 Aug 07+30d Bangor-on-Dee Llangollen Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 11-3 91114C Timmy Murphy 8/1
19 Jul 07+20d Cartmel Frank Whittle Partnership Handicap Chase Class 5 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 1/10 11-6 82100C Timmy Murphy 15/2
29 Jun 07+57d Market Rasen Windsor Komatsu 30th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6/8 3½ 10-7 10277C Mr J P Flavin 18/1
03 May 07+18d Hereford Dorothy Goodbody's Handicap Chase Class 4 · 25f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4/7 5 10-5 8476C Dominic Elsworth 10/3
15 Apr 07+21d Worcester Letheby & Christopher Handicap Chase Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 5/12 3 10-4 9589C Wayne Hutchinson 7/1
25 Mar 07+32d Southwell Play Golf Come Racing Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4/8 4 11-3 9185C Dave Crosse 13/2
21 Feb 07+26d Ludlow Teme Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24f · Good · 16 ran PU/16 — 10-12 91— Paddy Merrigan 14/1
26 Jan 07+27d Hereford totesport.com Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 2½ 10-1 9491C Wayne Hutchinson 10/1
30 Dec 06+30d Ascot Press Red For ATR Active Handicap Chase Class 4 · 19f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4/8 8 10-10 9677C Dave Crosse 7/1
30 Nov 06+35d Leicester Vale Of Belvoir Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 1¾ 11-0 9699C David Dennis 7/1
26 Oct 06+173d Stratford George Pragnell Jewellers Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 9 ran F/9 — 10-3 92— David Dennis 6/1
06 May 06+85d Uttoxeter In-House Bars Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 3/10 3 11-2 9381C Dominic Elsworth 8/1
10 Feb 06+29d Bangor-on-Dee Gredington Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran F/10 — 10-11 93— P C O'Neill 11/2
12 Jan 06+26d Catterick W.L. And Hector Christie Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 19 11-7 9489C Larry McGrath 3/1
17 Dec 05+13d Haydock Bet365 Novices' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 19f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 22 10-5 9581C Larry McGrath 14/1
04 Dec 05+42d Kelso Eric Scarth Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 2 11-6 9674C Larry McGrath 11/4F
23 Oct 05+15d Towcester Ladbrokespoker.com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 11-1 8895C Larry McGrath 9/4F
08 Oct 05+14d Bangor-on-Dee Miles Macadam Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 3/8 shd 10-1 8489C Henry Oliver 7/4F
24 Sep 05+58d Market Rasen Bluesqcasino.com Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 19.5f · Good · 17 ran 13/17 5 9-7 11577C Paddy Merrigan 50/1
28 Jul 05+12d Stratford John Smith Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 6/9 8 10-13 10873C Larry McGrath 10/3
16 Jul 05+64d Market Rasen Totescoop6 Summer Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 17.5f · Good · 18 ran 6/18 3½ 10-0 10889C Larry McGrath 40/1
13 May 05+16d Aintree G.W. Two Over Par Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 1½ 10-2 10991C Larry McGrath 11/2
27 Apr 05+36d Kelso Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 18f · Soft · 13 ran 1/13 10-9 10297C Larry McGrath 7/1
22 Mar 05+68d Wetherby Halifax Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 4 10-6 10471C Larry McGrath 2/1F
13 Jan 05+10d Catterick Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 5/17 ¾ 11-4 102110C Henry Oliver 4/1F
03 Jan 05 Wetherby Skybet.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1/11 10-0 95103C Larry McGrath 9/1

Quick answers

How many races has Donovan (NZ) won?
Donovan (NZ) won 7 of 45 archived starts between 2005 and 2010, a strike rate of 15.6%. Placed 12 times in total (26.7% of starts).
Who trained Donovan (NZ)?
Donovan (NZ) was trained by Richard Guest on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 18 November 2010.
Who is Donovan (NZ)'s sire?
Donovan (NZ) is by Stark South (USA) out of Agent Jane (NZ), whose sire is Sound Reason.
What going does Donovan (NZ) prefer?
Donovan (NZ) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 17 starts (17.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Donovan (NZ)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 18 November 2010. The highest on record is 120.
What is Donovan (NZ)'s sire's record?
Stark South (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 0% of 14 runs since Jan 2008 (1 horse), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.

Record shown from January 2005. 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.