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Horse profile

Just Chasing May (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2025) · Last trainer Ben Pauling · Last owner Mrs F Hook
by Isfahan (GER) out of Just For Show (IRE) (Poet's Voice)
16 runs · 9 courses · from Jan 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Oct 2025 — 376 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2025 · 1st of 3 Won last time out 5 wins · Stratford, Worcester & Uttoxeter Last raced off OR 113
KTB Profile

Just Chasing May won five of 16 starts on turf, all on good going. His wins came at Stratford, Worcester and Uttoxeter between 2m1f and 3m in handicaps. The gelding won last time out at Stratford in Oct 2025 in a Class 4 handicap chase, having raced off his career-high mark of 113. He has three wins from three runs at Worcester.

Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR at career high
Official rating113At career-high mark
113 78–113

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 118 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Worcester, 25 Jun 2025

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 14 figures · best 121A · median 105
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good9121A112—
Good to Soft2103C101—
Soft2103C77.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8121A111.5—
2m5f – 3m5112A103—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 16 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 · 14 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 133A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 31 Aug 2025 Official rating 113 at the last run, 6 Oct 2025

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 15 figures · best 133A · median 107
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good9133A118—
Good to Soft3118A103—
Soft2107A103—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8133A108.5—
2m5f – 3m6131B112.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 16 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 · 15 figures from 16 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 from 4 analysed runs

  • Prominent 2 (50%) · 1 win
  • Held up 2 (50%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Isfahan (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 132 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm700%−12.1—
Good26726.9%+14.85 from 9
Good to Soft1815.6%−6.50 from 4
Soft1715.9%−6.20 from 2
Heavy900%−12.10 from 1
Standard (AW)55712.7%+0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f400%−12.1—
1m – 1m1f4337%−5.1—
1m2f – 1m4f4037.5%−4.6—
1m5f – 2m24312.5%+0.40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f15533.3%+21.23 from 9
2m5f – 3m6233.3%+21.22 from 6

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Just For Show (IRE) (Poet's Voice)

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
Good 9 5 56% +12.17
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 3 27% +2.67
Class 4 4 2 50% +3.50
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Worcester 3 3 100% +11.17
Uttoxeter 3 1 33% +2.50
Southwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Huntingdon 2 0 0% −2.00
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Stratford 1 1 100% +0.50
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 9 3 33% +9.00
2m5f – 3m 6 2 33% −2.83
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ben Jones 10 5 50% +11.17
Callum Pritchard 4 0 0% −4.00
Kielan Woods 1 0 0% −1.00
Connor Brace 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 5 4 80% +10.67
2024 10 1 10% −4.50
2023 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 3 23% +0.67
Chase 2 2 100% +5.50
NH Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
06 Oct 25+31d Stratford DragonBet Proud Sponsors Of Stratford Racecourse Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 22.5f · Good · 3 ran Settled prominent on the outer - fenced soundly all the way - drew level 12th - hit the front travelling strongly 4 out - came right away to win unchallenged 1/3 11-2 11388C122C Ben Jones 1/2F
05 Sep 25+5d Worcester Emdot Property Flamingo Dash Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 23f · Good · 6 ran Front 3 fences - displaced and held up in second - jumped back to the front just before 3 out and drew well ahead on a loose rein 2 out - eased to the line 1/6 11-10 103112A131B Ben Jones 4/6F
31 Aug 25+67d Worcester Neu-Servo Bet On Great Repairs Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Good · 12 ran Sat close to front group early - hit the front four out and quickly opened a big gap - kept on unchallenged to the line 1/12 11-7 103109A133A Ben Jones 5/1
25 Jun 25+142d Worcester FBC Manby Bowdler Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good · 14 ran Tracked the pace from wide - moved into contention on the home turn - hit the front 3 out then drifted left under pressure approaching 2 out - stayed on strongly to score 1/14 11-3 94118B126A Ben Jones 11/2
03 Feb 25+34d Southwell Play At The Races StableDuel Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Handy early - hit front 6th and jumped awkwardly 8th - overtaken 3 out - dropped away before 2 out to finish well beaten 8/11 ½ 11-9 95103C94C Callum Pritchard 11/2
31 Dec 24+33d Uttoxeter Higgy's 70th Birthday Bash Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran Set the early pace - driven and overtaken before 3 out - stayed on but unable to match the winner 2/14 4¾ 11-4 9599B118A Callum Pritchard 5/1
28 Nov 24+25d Lingfield Support The Injured Jockeys Fund Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 23f · Soft · 8 ran Held up towards the back - improved into contention approaching home turn - shaken up before 2 out to share 3rd - kept going one-paced through run-in to finish 3rd 3/8 6 10-10 95103C107A Callum Pritchard 3/1
03 Nov 24+11d Huntingdon Mayor Of Huntingdon Community Race Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 11 ran Settled off the back early - made progress into contention before 6th - driven between the last two obstacles - kept going up the run-in to snatch second near the line - lacked the speed to get closer 2/11 1 11-6 92117A118A Ben Jones 2/1F
23 Oct 24+130d Southwell Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran Sat close to the front and pulling hard early - hit the front approaching two out - overtaken soon after - unable to threaten winner from the last and held for second 2/11 3½ 10-6 90121A105A Callum Pritchard 5/1
15 Jun 24+28d Uttoxeter Jeff Johnson Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 10-12 78114B112A Ben Jones 9/2
18 May 24+23d Uttoxeter Debbie Kent Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good To Soft · 13 ran F/13 — 10-7 78—— Ben Jones 6/1
25 Apr 24+29d Huntingdon Follow Racing TV On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 1¼ 10-6 7878A99A Ben Jones 7/2
27 Mar 24+26d Hereford Best Odds Guaranteed At PlanetSportBet 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 12 ran 7/12 9 11-7 —52C99C Kielan Woods 80/1
01 Mar 24+32d Newbury Download The BetVictor App 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20.5f · Heavy · 5 ran 4/5 12 11-0 —31C99C Ben Jones 33/1
29 Jan 24+366d Hereford Bet 10 Get 10 At PlanetSportBet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 5/8 37 11-5 ——103C Ben Jones 50/1
28 Jan 23 Doncaster Good Luck Beep Beep Burrow Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 6 10-3 —107B98A Connor Brace 13/2

Quick answers

How many races has Just Chasing May (GB) won?
Just Chasing May (GB) won 5 of 16 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 31.3%. Placed 9 times in total (56.3% of starts).
Who trained Just Chasing May (GB)?
Just Chasing May (GB) was trained by Ben Pauling on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 6 October 2025.
Who is Just Chasing May (GB)'s sire?
Just Chasing May (GB) is by Isfahan (GER) out of Just For Show (IRE), whose sire is Poet's Voice.
What going does Just Chasing May (GB) prefer?
Just Chasing May (GB) has the best record on good going: 5 wins from 9 starts (55.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Just Chasing May (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 113, from the run on 6 October 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Just Chasing May (GB)'s sire's record?
Isfahan (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 132 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from January 2023. 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.