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Horse profile

Don't Tell David (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2023) · Last trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies · Last owner Jayne Mcgivern
by Yeats (IRE) out of Ashbury (IRE) (Catcher In The Rye)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Jan 2023 — 1,390 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2023 Won at Warwick
KTB Profile

Don't Tell David won a Class 5 bumper at Warwick in Apr 2022 on good ground. The gelding has one win and one place from four turf starts overall. He ran twice at Hereford and once at Ludlow without success, all on soft ground. His last run came at Ludlow in Jan 2023.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 82 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Hereford, 21 Dec 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 2 figures · best 101C · median 91.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m2101C91.5—

Of 4 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 117B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Warwick, 21 Apr 2022

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 3 figures · best 117B · median 99
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft299C96.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m2117B105.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 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
Yeats (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,823 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−11.9—
Good to Firm2222812.6%+0.7—
Good3,43547613.9%+21 from 1
Good to Soft1,95921210.8%−1.1—
Soft2,83930510.7%−1.20 from 3
Heavy1,15913611.7%−0.2—
Standard (AW)204146.9%−5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2813.6%−8.3—
1m – 1m1f8667%−4.9—
1m2f – 1m4f263269.9%−2—
1m5f – 2m2,43627411.2%−0.71 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f3,28635210.7%−1.20 from 1
2m5f – 3m2,90638713.3%+1.40 from 1
Over 3m81812515.3%+3.4—

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
Ashbury (IRE) (Catcher In The Rye)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Katopop (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 1 1 100% +4.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 1 100% +4.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 2 1 50% +3.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sam Twiston-Davies 3 1 33% +2.00
Jordan Nailor 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
None 1 1 100% +4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 3 1 33% +2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
NH Flat 1 1 100% +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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 1 run
06 Jan 23+16d Ludlow Luke Watson Memorial 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-8 —— Sam Twiston-Davies 66/1
2022 · 3 runs
21 Dec 22+28d Hereford Cazoo Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 14 ran 7/14 2¾ 10-11 82B94A Jordan Nailor 40/1
23 Nov 22+216d Hereford Hereford Racehorse Ownership Club Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 13 ran 8/13 2 11-0 —99C Sam Twiston-Davies 12/1
21 Apr 22 Warwick racingtv.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 11-2 101C117B Sam Twiston-Davies 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Don't Tell David won?
Don't Tell David (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Don't Tell David?
Don't Tell David (IRE) was trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies on the most recent run on record, at Ludlow on 6 January 2023.
Who is Don't Tell David's sire?
Don't Tell David (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Ashbury (IRE), whose sire is Catcher In The Rye.
What is Don't Tell David's sire's record?
Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,823 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.
Who are Don't Tell David's siblings?
Out of Ashbury (IRE), Don't Tell David (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2022. 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.