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Horse profile

Don't Joke (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2021) · Last trainer Ruth Carr · Last owner Grange Park Racing Xiv Ruth Carr
by Slade Power (IRE) out of Lady Frances (GB) (Exceed And Excel)
26 runs · 14 courses · from Apr 2019
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Nov 2021 — 1,813 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2021 · 5th of 6 Won at Nottingham Last raced off OR 46
KTB Profile

Don't Joke (GB) is 1 from 26, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Aug 2021. The win came on turf — 0 from 5 on the all-weather. Last raced off 46, 24lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 26 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Win at Class 6 OR ↓ 24lb off peak
Official rating46↓ 24lb off peak
46 45–70

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 91 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Beverley, 21 Sep 2021

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 26 figures · best 98A · median 73.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1194A79—
Good591A60—
Standard (AW)594A83—
Soft377A60—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f994A79—
6f – 7f994A72—
1m2f – 1m4f698A81.5—
Under 6f269C65—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 50A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Beverley, 21 Sep 2021 Official rating 46 at the last run, 2 Nov 2021

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 →

Flat 26 figures · best 77A · median 54.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1177A52—
Good564A55—
Standard (AW)556A55—
Soft365A48—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f977A55—
6f – 7f965A55—
1m2f – 1m4f662A49—
Under 6f265B62.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,938 runs since Jan 2008 (208 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 6.4% from 125.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm600%−9.5—
Good to Firm382389.9%+0.40 from 11
Good633538.4%−1.10 from 5
Good to Soft256207.8%−1.71 from 1
Soft459449.6%+0.10 from 3
Heavy12586.4%−3.10 from 1
Standard (AW)1,07711510.7%+1.20 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f364369.9%+0.40 from 2
6f – 7f1,3751359.8%+0.30 from 9
1m – 1m1f576508.7%−0.80 from 9
1m2f – 1m4f387348.8%−0.71 from 6
1m5f – 2m1712112.3%+2.8—
2m1f – 2m4f5723.5%−6—
2m5f – 3m800%−9.5—

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
Lady Frances (GB) (Exceed And Excel)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Le Cadeau (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 5½f–6½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Le Cadeau (GB)3045½f–6½f—
L'Argent (FR)200——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 11 0 0% −11.00
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +12.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 20 1 5% −7.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Nottingham 4 1 25% +9.00
Redcar 3 0 0% −3.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Beverley 2 0 0% −2.00
Newcastle (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Thirsk 2 0 0% −2.00
Yarmouth 2 0 0% −2.00
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 9 0 0% −9.00
6f – 7f 9 0 0% −9.00
1m2f – 1m4f 6 1 17% +7.00
Under 6f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Sullivan 8 0 0% −8.00
Aiden Brookes 7 1 14% +6.00
P J McDonald 3 0 0% −3.00
Andrew Mullen 2 0 0% −2.00
Franny Norton 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Matt Brown 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss Emily Bullock 1 0 0% −1.00
James Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Frankie Dettori 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 14 1 7% −1.00
2020 7 0 0% −7.00
2019 5 0 0% −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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
02 Nov 21+27d Redcar Watch RacingTV With Free Trial Now Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 12 8-13 4637C41C P J McDonald 14/1
06 Oct 21+15d Nottingham MansionBet Watch And Bet Apprentice Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 10f · Soft · 11 ran 7/11 2½ 8-5 4777A48A Aiden Brookes 8/1
21 Sep 21+15d Beverley Brian And Jason Merrington Memorial Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 1 8-2 4891A50A Aiden Brookes 14/1
06 Sep 21+19d Newcastle (AW) Cazoo Search Drive Smile Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 13 ran 9/13 3¼ 8-12 4986B44A James Sullivan 33/1
18 Aug 21+8d Carlisle Brisco Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Class 6 · 9f · Good · 12 ran 5/12 2 10-2 4656A64A Mr Matt Brown 16/1
10 Aug 21+14d Nottingham muktubs.co.uk Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1/11 7-12 4698A62A Aiden Brookes 12/1
27 Jul 21+9d Beverley Lady Jane Bethell Memorial Handicap (Female Amateur Jockeys) Class 6 · 10f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 5/10 1¼ 9-2 4673A52A Miss Emily Bullock 12/1
18 Jul 21+18d Redcar Redcar Cricket Club Handicap Class 6 · 9f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 9/13 nk 8-10 4679C51A James Sullivan 25/1
30 Jun 21+21d Thirsk Join Racing TV Now Selling Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 2/13 2 8-13 4687C77A P J McDonald 5/1
09 Jun 21+7d Yarmouth MansionBet Beaten By A Head Apprentice Handicap (Str) Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6/8 3¾ 8-0 4690A41A Aiden Brookes 5/1
02 Jun 21+14d Nottingham Follow RacingTV On Twitter 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 2/11 nk 8-8 4679A76A Aiden Brookes 15/2
19 May 21+11d Ayr Wine Dine And Stay At westernhousehotel.co.uk Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6/8 nk 7-11 4694A45A Aiden Brookes 18/1
08 May 21+25d Nottingham Follow RacingTV On Twitter Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 8.5f · Soft · 12 ran 2/12 8½ 8-2 4560A65A Aiden Brookes 25/1
13 Apr 21+164d Newcastle (AW) QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran 11/14 nk 8-8 4574B48A James Sullivan 33/1
31 Oct 20+12d Wolverhampton (AW) Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 12 ran 6/12 2¼ 8-8 4583A55A James Sullivan 14/1
19 Oct 20+11d Wolverhampton (AW) Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 6/12 shd 8-6 4694A56A Andrew Mullen 50/1
08 Oct 20+67d Ayr Christmas Day At Western House Hotel Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Heavy · 11 ran 9/11 1 8-9 5071A55A James Sullivan 66/1
02 Aug 20+27d Leicester Bodie Hodges Foundation Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 10/14 hd 8-13 5370C46A Andrew Mullen 12/1
06 Jul 20+10d Thirsk Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good · 13 ran 8/13 nse 9-6 5754C54A James Sullivan 50/1
26 Jun 20+14d Doncaster Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 10/12 nk 9-2 6173A54A James Sullivan 100/1
12 Jun 20+269d Wolverhampton (AW) Ultimate Royal Ascot Guide At attheraces.com/ascot Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 9/11 ½ 9-7 6572A55A James Sullivan 25/1
17 Sep 19+54d Redcar Market Cross Jewellers Nursery Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5/8 2¼ 9-1 6884A65A P J McDonald 28/1
25 Jul 19+67d Newbury South Downs Water Nursery Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 8/10 5 9-3 7033A30A James Doyle 3/1F
19 May 19+19d Ripon Castlehouse Construction Supporting Wooden Spoon Charity Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 6f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 1½ 9-5 —60A55A Franny Norton 11/4F
30 Apr 19+11d Yarmouth Racing Welfare Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 5f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 1½ 9-5 —69C60B Frankie Dettori 9/4
19 Apr 19 Bath Heed Your Hunch Conditions Stakes (Plus 10) Class 2 · 5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 3/6 ¾ 9-2 —61A65B Franny Norton 9/4

Quick answers

How many races has Don't Joke (GB) won?
Don't Joke (GB) won 1 of 26 archived starts between 2019 and 2021, a strike rate of 3.8%. Placed 4 times in total (15.4% of starts).
Who trained Don't Joke (GB)?
Don't Joke (GB) was trained by Ruth Carr on the most recent run on record, at Redcar on 2 November 2021.
Who is Don't Joke (GB)'s sire?
Don't Joke (GB) is by Slade Power (IRE) out of Lady Frances (GB), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
What is Don't Joke (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 46, from the run on 2 November 2021. The highest on record is 70.
What is Don't Joke (GB)'s sire's record?
Slade Power (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,938 runs since Jan 2008 (208 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6.4% from 125.
Who are Don't Joke (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Lady Frances (GB), Don't Joke (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Le Cadeau (GB) (4). The wins came over 5½f–6½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2019. 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.