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Horse profile

Makin'yourmindup (GB)

9yo gelding · Trainer Paul Nicholls · Owner Owners Group 090
by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Subtilty (GB) (With Approval)
14 runs · 10 courses · from Feb 2022
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · Newbury, Haydock & Chepstow Off 271 days Last raced off OR 134
KTB Profile

Makin'yourmindup won five of 14 starts on turf, including a Grade 2 success in the Albert Bartlett Prestige Novices' Hurdle at Haydock in Feb 2023. Four of those wins came over 2m5f – 3m, two on heavy ground at Newbury and two on good to soft at Chepstow and Haydock. The gelding has not won since Mar 2024 and last ran at Lingfield in Jan 2026.

Based on 14 archived runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
Official rating134↓ 5lb off peak
134 121–139

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 146 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Haydock, 18 Feb 2023

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 12 figures · best 146A · median 98
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6146A1081 · —
Heavy395C88—
Soft3103C101—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m10146A93.51 · —
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 14 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 · 12 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 145C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newbury, 2 Mar 2024 Official rating 134 at the last run, 19 Jan 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 13 figures · best 145C · median 132
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6144A132.51 · —
Heavy3145C141—
Soft3130C116—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m10145C132.51 · —
Over 3m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 14 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 · 13 figures from 14 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Kayf Tara (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,738 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—
Good4,48952411.7%−0.90 from 1
Good to Soft3,04835911.8%−0.83 from 6
Soft3,75849313.1%+0.50 from 4
Heavy1,70827716.2%+3.62 from 3
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 – 2m3,97452113.1%+0.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f4,75759312.5%−0.11 from 1
2m5f – 3m3,81547912.6%04 from 10
Over 3m1,00312612.6%00 from 2

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Subtilty (GB) (With Approval)

5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Subtle Fortune (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m6f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Subtle Fortune (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Subtle Fortune (GB)1022m6f–3m1fClass 4
Master Card (GB)80——
Whenthepennydrops (GB)90——
Julia Stardust (GB)40——
Get Busy Livin (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 6 3 50% +13.25
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 3 2 67% +3.88
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 7 2 29% −0.12
Class 4 3 2 67% +6.75
Class 1 2 1 50% +7.50
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chepstow 4 2 50% +5.75
Newbury 2 2 100% +4.88
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 1 100% +8.50
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 10 4 40% +9.63
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 1 100% +5.50
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Cobden 7 3 43% +6.38
Lorcan Williams 6 2 33% +6.75
Jay Tidball 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 1 0 0% −1.00
2025 1 0 0% −1.00
2024 3 2 67% +3.88
2023 5 1 20% +4.50
2022 4 2 50% +5.75

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 7 2 29% −0.12
Hurdle 6 3 50% +13.25
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
19 Jan 26+44d Lingfield mybettingsites.com Surrey National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 29f · Soft · 14 ran Held a forward position early - pressed for effort three out then lost ground approaching two out - eased and pulled up before the final fence PU/14 — 12-0 134—— Lorcan Williams 20/1
06 Dec 25+615d Chepstow Coral Welsh Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran Settled in the pack early - dropped away from the front group before 4 out - never involved from there - eventually beaten a long way home in 4th 4/9 6½ 11-1 13772C120C Jay Tidball 10/1
31 Mar 24+29d Plumpton BetGoodwin Free Bet Nose Losers Handicap Chase Class 3 · 25.5f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 hd 12-0 139—143B Harry Cobden 11/8F
02 Mar 24+21d Newbury Bet Racing In Running At BetVictor Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 23.5f · Heavy · 4 ran 1/4 11-10 13479C145C Harry Cobden 11/8F
10 Feb 24+59d Newbury Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 23.5f · Heavy · 5 ran 1/5 11-0 13188C141B Harry Cobden 7/2
13 Dec 23+23d Leicester LeicesterRaces Christmas Meeting 28th December Book Now Beginners' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 22.5f · Heavy · 3 ran 2/3 31 11-4 13295C119C Lorcan Williams 6/4
20 Nov 23+208d Exeter General Peters Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 24f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4/9 ½ 11-10 13392A142A Harry Cobden 10/3F
26 Apr 23+67d Perth British EBF BetVictor Gold Castle 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 2½ 11-7 133135A132B Lorcan Williams 13/8F
18 Feb 23+35d Haydock Albert Bartlett Prestige Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 11-2 128146A144A Lorcan Williams 17/2
14 Jan 23+42d Kempton Coral Get Closer To The Action Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 24.5f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 2 11-10 12885C130C Harry Cobden 10/11F
03 Dec 22+39d Chepstow Coral Racing Club Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-7 121104A133A Lorcan Williams 9/4
25 Oct 22+237d Chepstow Download The Vickers.Bet App Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 1/14 11-4 —112B132A Harry Cobden 11/2
02 Mar 22+26d Wincanton Racing TV Profits Returned Back To Racing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21.5f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 42 11-0 —103C108C Lorcan Williams 16/1
04 Feb 22 Chepstow Cazoo Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 6 11-2 —101A116A Harry Cobden 9/1

Quick answers

How many races has Makin'yourmindup (GB) won?
Makin'yourmindup (GB) won 5 of 14 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 35.7%. Placed 7 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Makin'yourmindup (GB)?
Makin'yourmindup (GB) is trained by Paul Nicholls, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 19 January 2026.
Who is Makin'yourmindup (GB)'s sire?
Makin'yourmindup (GB) is by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Subtilty (GB), whose sire is With Approval.
What going does Makin'yourmindup (GB) prefer?
Makin'yourmindup (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Makin'yourmindup (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 134, from the run on 19 January 2026. The highest on record is 139.
What is Makin'yourmindup (GB)'s sire's record?
Kayf Tara (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,738 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Who are Makin'yourmindup (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Subtilty (GB), Makin'yourmindup (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Subtle Fortune (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Subtle Fortune (GB)). The wins came over 2m6f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from February 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.