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Horse profile

Festival Dawn (GB)

9yo mare (at last run, Mar 2021) · Last trainer Philip Hobbs · Last owner N Sutton
by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Keel Road (IRE) (Luso)
8 runs · 7 courses · from Feb 2018
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Mar 2021 — 2,054 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2021 · 8th of 15 Last raced off OR 98
KTB Profile

Festival Dawn (GB) is yet to win from 8 starts, though has placed twice. Best effort: 2nd of 16 at Chepstow (Oct 2018). Last raced off 98, 23lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 23lb off peak
Official rating98↓ 23lb off peak
98 98–121

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 118 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Huntingdon, 21 Feb 2019

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 7 figures · best 118B · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good3118B118—
Good to Soft272B57—
Soft298B84.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6118B95.5—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 104A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chepstow, 21 Mar 2021 Official rating 98 at the last run, 21 Mar 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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 7 figures · best 124A · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good3124A111—
Good to Soft2104A101—
Soft2118A108—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6124A107.5—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 8 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 · 7 figures from 8 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
Kayf Tara (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,754 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1300%−12.6—
Good to Firm5296011.3%−1.3—
Good4,49852511.7%−0.90 from 3
Good to Soft3,05335911.8%−0.80 from 2
Soft3,76049313.1%+0.50 from 3
Heavy1,70827716.2%+3.6—
Standard (AW)1932412.4%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−12.6—
1m – 1m1f2400%−12.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1631811%−1.6—
1m5f – 2m3,97952213.1%+0.5—
2m1f – 2m4f4,76559312.4%−0.20 from 7
2m5f – 3m3,81747912.5%−0.10 from 1
Over 3m1,00412612.5%−0.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

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
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom O'Brien 4 0 0% −4.00
Richard Johnson 3 0 0% −3.00
Micheal Nolan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 3 0 0% −3.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00
2019 1 0 0% −1.00
2018 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2021 · 3 runs
21 Mar 21+19d Chepstow Biowave Blocks Pain At The Source Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 8/15 1½ 11-10 9872B104A Tom O'Brien 12/1
02 Mar 21+32d Leicester Every Race Live On Racing TV Mares' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m4f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-10 103—— Richard Johnson 4/1
29 Jan 21+87d Doncaster Sky Bet Britain's Most Popular Online Bookmaker Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3f · Soft · 11 ran 6/11 1¼ 10-13 10771B98A Tom O'Brien 25/1
2020 · 1 run
03 Nov 20+621d Exeter Plymouth Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 9/12 2¼ 11-9 11042C98C Richard Johnson 12/1
2019 · 1 run
21 Feb 19+105d Huntingdon MansionBet Mares' Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good · 12 ran 4/12 4½ 11-2 121118B111A Tom O'Brien 5/2
2018 · 3 runs
08 Nov 18+26d Market Rasen Sherwood Marquees EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 12 10-12 12193C94C Tom O'Brien 11/8F
13 Oct 18+235d Chepstow EBF/Danco Marquees, Tents & Pavilions danco.co.uk Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good · 16 ran 2/16 4 10-12 —118B124A Richard Johnson 8/1
20 Feb 18 Taunton C&S Electrical Wholesale Ansell Lighting British Ebf Mares' 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 1 10-12 —98B118A Micheal Nolan 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Festival Dawn won?
Festival Dawn (GB) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2018 and 2021. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Festival Dawn?
Festival Dawn (GB) was trained by Philip Hobbs on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 21 March 2021.
Who is Festival Dawn's sire?
Festival Dawn (GB) is by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Keel Road (IRE), whose sire is Luso.
What is Festival Dawn's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 21 March 2021. The highest on record is 121.
What is Festival Dawn's sire's record?
Kayf Tara (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,754 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

Record shown from February 2018. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.