Horse profile
Don't Fight It (IRE)
by Kessaar (IRE) out of Malyana (GB) (Mtoto)
24 runs · 12 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Apr 2025 — 546 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 7th of 9
2 wins · Carlisle & Catterick
Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile
Don't Fight It is 2 from 24 with both wins at Class 6 level on turf. She won the Carleton Nursery at Carlisle on good to firm in Aug 2022 off 61 and the Gaspara Asset Management Nursery at Catterick on good the previous month off 57. Both successes came on her first visit to the course. The mare last ran when seventh of nine in a Class 6 handicap at Brighton in Apr 2025 off an official rating of 45, 21lb below her highest ever mark.
Based on 24 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
All wins at Class 6
OR ↓ 21lb off peak
- 2–24Wins / Runs
- 8.3%Strike rate
- 6 (25%)Placed
- −14.50£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 1.23Fair A/E n=24 · 1.08 incl. margin
- 66Highest OR
- 48dAvg 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 rating45↓ 21lb off peak
45
45–66
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 83
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 89A | 74 | — |
| Good | 7 | 96B | 75 | — |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 93A | 79 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 89A | 75 | — |
| Under 6f | 10 | 96B | 83 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 24 runs · as at 3 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 9 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Mid-division 4 (44%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 3 (33%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (11%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (11%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 1,096 runs since Jan 2008 (97 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 14% from 107.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 142 | 12 | 8.5% | +0.8 | 1 from 6 |
| Good | 272 | 20 | 7.4% | −0.3 | 1 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 107 | 15 | 14% | +6.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 140 | 13 | 9.3% | +1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 45 | 1 | 2.2% | −5.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 383 | 23 | 6% | −1.7 | 0 from 9 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 158 | 12 | 7.6% | −0.1 | 2 from 10 |
| 6f – 7f | 465 | 27 | 5.8% | −1.9 | 0 from 14 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 238 | 24 | 10.1% | +2.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 130 | 10 | 7.7% | 0 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 62 | 8 | 12.9% | +5.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 38 | 3 | 7.9% | +0.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −7.7 | — |
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
Malyana (GB) (Mtoto)
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Enquire Within (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m6f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Bint Malyana (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enquire Within (IRE) | 38 | 2 | 1m5f–1m6f | — |
| Bint Malyana (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Mori Yoshinari (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Rosecomb (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Twin Paradox (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.50 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 18 | 2 | 11% | −8.50 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Musselburgh | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Under 6f | 10 | 2 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callum Rodriguez | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.50 |
| William Carson | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Sam James | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Leavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aiden Brookes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Megan Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean D Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Owen Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taylor Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nicola Currie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Garritty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 15 | 2 | 13% | −5.50 |
| Blinkers | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Visor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 | 20% | −0.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Apr 25+17d | Brighton | starsportsbet.co.uk Handicap Up with the pace early - pushed along with two furlongs left - lost ground close home to finish 7th | 7/9 | 1¼ | 9-0 | 45 | 75A | 54A | Jim Crowley | 14/1 |
| 12 Apr 25+15d | Brighton | starsports.bet Handicap Held up in the pack - dropped away 2f out - responded and closed in the final furlong - fifth at the line | 5/12 | 1 | 8-8 | 45 | 83A | 59A | Joe Leavy | 22/1 |
| 28 Mar 25+37d | Lingfield (AW) | Free Bets With BetUK Bet Club Handicap Handy early behind pace-setter - held place among front group - dropped away rapidly on the bend for home - well held at the finish | 9/11 | 1½ | 9-0 | 45 | 76B | 51A | Sean Levey | 28/1 |
| 19 Feb 25+35d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Support Safer Gambling Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) (Div 1) Went straight to the front - travelling well approaching final two furlongs - pressed hard a furlong out and driven along as advantage was overturned - edged back momentarily inside the last - fought back late to finish fourth beaten a length | 4/9 | nk | 8-6 | 45 | 89A | 57A | Aiden Brookes | 18/1 |
| 15 Jan 25+105d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Held up in the pack - pressed for effort with 2f left - dropped away soon after - well held at the finish | 8/8 | 2¼ | 10-4 | 46 | 68A | 45A | Miss Megan Jordan | 20/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Oct 24+13d | Kempton (AW) | Vetit Handicap Tracked pace close up - pushed along a furlong out then squeezed for room inside final furlong - kept responding to finish third | 3/12 | ¾ | 9-0 | 46 | 71A | 64A | Luke Morris | 25/1 |
| 19 Sep 24+9d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Blue Tiger Your Marketing Strategy Partner Handicap Settled in the pack early - lost touch approaching 3f out and pushed along - unable to make further headway finishing ninth | 9/10 | 1¾ | 9-3 | 46 | 77A | 48A | William Carson | 11/1 |
| 10 Sep 24+12d | Lingfield (AW) | Ben Woollacott Memorial Handicap Held a midpack position early - asked for effort with 2f left and made progress inside final two - moved into second entering the last furlong - stayed on well to finish second beaten three quarters of a length | 2/8 | ¾ | 8-11 | 46 | 69A | 68A | Sean D Bowen | 40/1 |
| 29 Aug 24+346d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Paddy Power Betting Shops Classified Stakes Drifted right and clipped at the off - settled towards the back - failed to threaten the frame - finished sixth | 6/11 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 47 | 84B | 54A | William Carson | 33/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Sep 23+12d | Brighton | At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap | 6/7 | 3 | 8-9 | 49 | 84A | 47A | William Carson | 50/1 |
| 06 Sep 23+42d | Lingfield (AW) | Racing League On Sky Sports Racing Apprentice Handicap | 10/13 | 1½ | 9-1 | 53 | 74B | 46A | Owen Lewis | 50/1 |
| 26 Jul 23+20d | Lingfield | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Fillies' Handicap | 6/8 | ¾ | 8-10 | 57 | 87B | 49A | Kieran O'Neill | 80/1 |
| 06 Jul 23+64d | Newbury | BetVictor Apprentice Handicap | 9/10 | 7½ | 9-1 | 60 | 58A | 26A | Taylor Fisher | 40/1 |
| 03 May 23+147d | Brighton | Download The Vickers.Bet App Handicap | 6/8 | 3 | 9-7 | 63 | 61A | 48A | Nicola Currie | 80/1 |
| 2022 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Dec 22+82d | Lingfield (AW) | talkSPORT Powered By Fans Nursery (Div 1) | 7/7 | 8½ | 9-9 | 65 | 59C | 31C | William Carson | 66/1 |
| 16 Sep 22+17d | Ayr | EBF Nursery | 9/10 | ½ | 8-4 | 66 | 75A | 48A | James Sullivan | 28/1 |
| 30 Aug 22+6d | Carlisle | Carleton Nursery | 1/7 | 9-10 | 61 | 93A | 69A | Callum Rodriguez | 3/1 | |
| 24 Aug 22+26d | Musselburgh | Ray Hawthorne Nursery | 2/7 | shd | 9-6 | 61 | 84A | 64A | Callum Rodriguez | 2/1F |
| 29 Jul 22+14d | Musselburgh | Bernard Hunter Mobile Cranes Nursery | 3/9 | 2 | 9-6 | 62 | 96B | 74A | Billy Garritty | 6/1 |
| 15 Jul 22+9d | Hamilton | Book Our On-Site Hotel Nursery | 4/6 | 1½ | 9-7 | 57 | 66A | 59B | Callum Rodriguez | 9/2 |
| 06 Jul 22+32d | Catterick | Gaspara Asset Management Nursery | 1/8 | 9-6 | 57 | 82A | 61A | Callum Rodriguez | 9/2 | |
| 04 Jun 22+22d | Musselburgh | Inchs Cider Selling Stakes | 4/6 | 2¾ | 8-11 | — | 58A | 48B | Sam James | 6/1 |
| 13 May 22+15d | York | Knights The New Name For Langleys British EBF Marygate Fillies' Stakes (Listed) | 12/15 | nk | 9-0 | — | 56C | 50A | Sam James | 125/1 |
| 28 Apr 22 | Musselburgh | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 2¼ | 9-0 | — | 85A | 69B | Callum Rodriguez | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Don't Fight It won?
- Don't Fight It (IRE) won 2 of 24 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 6 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Don't Fight It?
- Don't Fight It (IRE) was trained by Jim & Suzi Best on the most recent run on record, at Brighton on 29 April 2025.
- Who is Don't Fight It's sire?
- Don't Fight It (IRE) is by Kessaar (IRE) out of Malyana (GB), whose sire is Mtoto.
- What going does Don't Fight It prefer?
- Don't Fight It (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Don't Fight It's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 29 April 2025. The highest on record is 66.
- What is Don't Fight It's sire's record?
- Kessaar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 1,096 runs since Jan 2008 (97 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14% from 107.
- Who are Don't Fight It's siblings?
- Out of Malyana (GB), Don't Fight It (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Enquire Within (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Bint Malyana (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m6f. As at Oct 2026.