Don't Need To Know (IRE)
Don't Need To Know (IRE) is yet to win from 16 starts, though has placed 6 times. Best effort: 2nd of 9 at Newcastle (Mar 2021). Last raced off 88, 15lb below the career-high mark.
- 0–16Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 6 (37.5%)Placed
- −16.00£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=16 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 103Highest OR
- 45dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 63
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 76C | 56.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 115B | 84 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 74A | 59.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 80C | 72.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 81A | 64 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 84A | 78 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 16 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (5).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 16 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 17,280 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 38 | 0 | 0% | −11.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 522 | 50 | 9.6% | −2.2 | — |
| Good | 4,053 | 441 | 10.9% | −0.9 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 2,932 | 354 | 12.1% | +0.3 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 5,876 | 751 | 12.8% | +1 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 3,817 | 449 | 11.8% | 0 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | −7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −11.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 25 | 1 | 4% | −7.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,484 | 547 | 12.2% | +0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,080 | 724 | 11.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5,257 | 622 | 11.8% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 1,432 | 153 | 10.7% | −1.1 | — |
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
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Robinsfirth (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–3m4½f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Robinsfirth (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinsfirth (IRE) | 14 | 5 | 1m7½f–3m4½f | Grade 3 |
| The Rory Story (IRE) | 11 | 2 | 2m–2m3f | — |
| Glacial Promise (IRE) | 16 | 2 | 2m3f–2m4f | — |
| Barrie Burn (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Tiffiny Gale (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| Kings Promise (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Carlisle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Catterick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Perth | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Mania | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| William Shanahan | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Derek Fox | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dale Irving | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Hurdle | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Don't Need To Know won?
- Don't Need To Know (IRE) has yet to win, from 16 archived starts between 2020 and 2022. Placed 6 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trained Don't Need To Know?
- Don't Need To Know (IRE) was trained by R Mike Smith on the most recent run on record, at Kelso on 16 January 2022.
- Who is Don't Need To Know's sire?
- Don't Need To Know (IRE) is by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Phardester (IRE), whose sire is Phardante.
- What is Don't Need To Know's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 16 January 2022. The highest on record is 103.
- What is Don't Need To Know's sire's record?
- Flemensfirth (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 17,280 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Don't Need To Know's siblings?
- Out of Phardester (IRE), Don't Need To Know (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Robinsfirth (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Robinsfirth (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m4½f. As at Oct 2026.