Formidable Don (IRE)
Formidable Don is a gelding by Waldgeist out of a Bated Breath mare who has yet to win from six starts on turf. He raced over 1m to 1m4f, on good to soft, good and good to firm going, and reached an official rating of 59 at his highest. His last run, at Yarmouth in Oct 2025, saw him finish 10 of 14 in a Class 6 handicap off a mark of 52. He has raced at five different courses without placing.
- 0–6Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −6.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=6 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 59Highest OR
- 22dBetween runs (median)longest 63 d
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 82
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 84C | 78 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 82A | 81 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 80C | 58 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 84C | 82 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 6 analysed runs since May 2025
- Prominent 4 (67%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 940 runs since Jul 2023 (127 horses).
Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.1% from 234.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 63 | 6 | 9.5% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 213 | 19 | 8.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 155 | 13 | 8.4% | −0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 175 | 18 | 10.3% | +1.5 | — |
| Heavy | 69 | 8 | 11.6% | +2.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 265 | 19 | 7.2% | −1.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 77 | 7 | 9.1% | +0.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 234 | 12 | 5.1% | −3.7 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 390 | 44 | 11.3% | +2.5 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 176 | 16 | 9.1% | +0.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 52 | 3 | 5.8% | −3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | +0.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2023 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Strydom | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Oct 25+35d | Yarmouth | MCI Celebrating Their 4th Year Anniversary Handicap Tracked the pace - shoved up but unable to land a blow from 2f out and finished well held | 10/14 | 4½ | 8-13 | 52 | 80C | 44A | David Egan | 20/1 |
| 08 Sep 25+63d | Windsor | Albus Studios Handicap Sat close to pace on the outer - nudged for effort but couldn't gain ground 3f out - dropped away to finish ninth | 9/14 | 5 | 9-3 | 55 | 84C | 50A | Kyle Strydom | 28/1 |
| 07 Jul 25+14d | Ripon | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Fought for control early up with the front group - lost touch three out - driven but couldn't find more from two out and held for sixth | 6/7 | 4 | 9-9 | 59 | 78C | 44C | Kyle Strydom | 20/1 |
| 23 Jun 25+16d | Windsor | Download Fitzdares World Of Sport Podcast Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled midfield early - moved across to find room 4f out - lost touch with leading group and made no further headway in closing stages - finished eighth | 8/14 | ½ | 9-6 | — | 58C | 59A | Kyle Strydom | 250/1 |
| 07 Jun 25+22d | Lingfield | Get Raceday Ready Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled in the pack close to the rail - nudged for effort and lost touch inside final 2f - kept trying up the closing stages - finished 7th beaten well | 7/11 | 7 | 9-1 | — | 82A | 50A | Kyle Strydom | 200/1 |
| 16 May 25 | Newmarket | TrustATrader Novice Stakes (GBB Race) settled third early - given encouragement by halfway - lost touch with the front group approaching 3f out - asked for effort 2f out but fell away - well held through the closing stages finishing eighth | 8/8 | 13 | 9-4 | — | 56C | 56C | Kyle Strydom | 150/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Formidable Don won?
- Formidable Don (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trained Formidable Don?
- Formidable Don (IRE) was trained by Dylan Cunha on the most recent run on record, at Yarmouth on 13 October 2025.
- Who is Formidable Don's sire?
- Formidable Don (IRE) is by Waldgeist (GB) out of Bed Of Diamonds (GB), whose sire is Bated Breath.
- What is Formidable Don's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 52, from the run on 13 October 2025. The highest on record is 59.
- What is Formidable Don's sire's record?
- Waldgeist (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 940 runs since Jul 2023 (127 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.1% from 234.