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Horse profile

Love Me Tender (GER)

4yo gelding · Trainer W. P. Mullins · Owner H O S Syndicate & Oti Racing
4 runs · 4 courses · from Oct 2025
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out 2 wins · Naas (IRE) & Listowel (IRE) Last run 8 Nov 2026 · 1st of 4
KTB Profile

Love Me Tender won two of four starts on turf, both over 1m5f – 2m. He took the McSweeney Brothers Maiden Hurdle at Listowel on good ground in Sep 2026 and the Overlander Fishery Lane Novice Hurdle at Naas on good to soft in Nov 2026, holding on when winning last time out. Each win came on a first visit to the course. The gelding, by Tai Chi out of a daughter of Authorized, has reached an official rating of 96.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Aug 2026 · updated 12 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 102 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Listowel (IRE), 23 Sep 2026

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 125C · median 113.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 12 Nov 2025
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 12 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2125C113.52 runs · 125 / 113.5
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 12 Nov 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 165B the best of the last 2 rated runs · Naas (IRE), 8 Nov 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 83A the best of the last 1 rated run · York, 22 Aug 2026 Official rating 96 at the last flat run, 22 Aug 2026

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 2 figures · best 165B · median 156
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 12 Nov 2025
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 12 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2165B1562 runs · 165 / 156
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 12 Nov 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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.

The forward record. KTB’s figures on this horse since 8 Nov 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 1) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 1) · to 8 Nov 2026. Each pick was the figure’s choice before the off, settled against the result the next morning; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races since 5 Oct 2026.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 136 runs since Apr 2016 (36 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm11100%+91.2—
Good23313%+4.21 from 1
Good to Soft19315.8%+71 from 2
Soft30310%+1.20 from 1
Heavy14214.3%+5.5—
Standard (AW)4900%−8.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f200%−8.8—
6f – 7f2300%−8.8—
1m – 1m1f3313%−5.8—
1m2f – 1m4f3239.4%+0.60 from 1
1m5f – 2m33618.2%+9.42 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f13215.4%+6.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 11 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Lord Charming (GER) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m1f; the highest grade won is Listed (Lord Charming (GER)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lord Charming (GER)1011m1fListed
Late Night (GER)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 1 50% −0.50
Good 1 1 100% +0.44
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Naas (IRE) 1 1 100% +0.50
Listowel (IRE) 1 1 100% +0.44
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Chantilly (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 2 67% −0.06
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Paul Townend 2 2 100% +0.94
William Buick 1 0 0% −1.00
Esentur Turganaaly Uulu 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 2 67% −0.06
2025 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 2 100% +0.94
Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2026 · 3 runs
08 Nov 26+46d Naas (IRE) Overlander Fishery Lane Novice Hurdle 2m · Good To Yielding · 4 ran Rear early after error at 1st - scrappy jumping at 2nd - moved into 3rd turning for home - up to 2nd after untidy jump 2 out - sent to front at the last going smoothly - bounded away to win in a canter 1/4 11-6 —125C165B Paul Townend 1/2F
23 Sep 26+32d Listowel (IRE) McSweeney Brothers Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good · 16 ran up front or thereabouts from the off - pulled hard in the early stages - not clean over the 1st and 3rd - forged to the front after 3 out and drew right away before the following fence - in command at the last - stayed on strongly to win with authority 1/16 11-10 —102B147A Paul Townend 4/9F
22 Aug 26+299d York Sky Bet Ebor Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBplus Race) Class 2 · 1m6f · Good To Soft · 22 ran Held up in touch with the pace - nudged for effort with 3f remaining and slipped back through the field - kept going to finish 10th 10/22 ½ 8-12 9689C83A William Buick 7/2F
2025 · 1 run
27 Oct 25 Chantilly (FR) Grand Prix du Nord () (3yo) (Turf) 1m2f · Very Soft · 7 ran 4/7 1¼ 9-0 ——— Esentur Turganaaly Uulu 17/1

Quick answers

How many races has Love Me Tender won?
Love Me Tender (GER) won 2 of 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Love Me Tender?
Love Me Tender (GER) is trained by W. P. Mullins, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 November 2026.
Who is Love Me Tender's sire?
Love Me Tender (GER) is by Tai Chi (GER) out of Late Show (GB), whose sire is Authorized (IRE).
What is Love Me Tender's official rating?
Love Me Tender (GER)'s highest official rating on record is 96.
What is Love Me Tender's sire's record?
Tai Chi (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 136 runs since Apr 2016 (36 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Love Me Tender's siblings?
Out of Late Show (GB), Love Me Tender (GER) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Lord Charming (GER) (1). Highest grade won: Listed (Lord Charming (GER)). The wins came over 1m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2025. 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.