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Monty Don (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2023) · Last trainer Henry De Bromhead · Last owner Hugh Bleahen
by Yeats (IRE) out of Thespian (IRE) (Tiraaz)
5 runs · 5 courses · from Jul 2021
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Mar 2023 — 1,332 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2023 · 6th of 12 Headgear returns LTO
KTB Profile

Monty Don is a Yeats gelding who ran five times between Jul 2021 and Mar 2023 without winning or placing. He contested maiden hurdles at four different Irish tracks over trips from 1m5f to 2m4f on good to soft or softer ground and finished 6 of 12 at Wexford in Mar 2023. Headgear returned at that last run.

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 95 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Galway, 29 Jul 2021

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 4 figures · best 117C · median 90.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft2117C101.5—
Good295B87.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3117C95—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no race clock stored (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 93C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ballinrobe, 30 May 2022

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 61C the best of the last 1 rated run · Punchestown, 19 Feb 2023

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 4 figures · best 103A · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft293C92—
Good2103A98—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3103A93—
1m5f – 2m1———
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,825 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−11.9—
Good to Firm2222812.6%+0.7—
Good3,43747613.8%+1.90 from 2
Good to Soft1,95921210.8%−1.10 from 2
Soft2,83930510.7%−1.20 from 1
Heavy1,15913611.7%−0.2—
Standard (AW)204146.9%−5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2813.6%−8.3—
1m – 1m1f8667%−4.9—
1m2f – 1m4f263269.9%−2—
1m5f – 2m2,43627411.2%−0.70 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f3,28835210.7%−1.20 from 3
2m5f – 3m2,90638713.3%+1.4—
Over 3m81812515.3%+3.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Thespian (IRE) (Tiraaz)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Clondaw Warrior (IRE) (12 wins).

The wins came over 1m4f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 1 (Clondaw Warrior (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Clondaw Warrior (IRE)47121m4f–3mClass 1
Whizzzey Rascal (IRE)2042m–2m3½fClass 4
The Midwife (IRE)1722m4½f–2m7½fClass 4
Maggie Byrne (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr R A Berry 1 0 0% −1.00
John Ferguson 1 0 0% −1.00
Rachael Blackmore 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Pat Taaffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J C Barry 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
None 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 1 0 0% −1.00
2021 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 2 runs
05 Mar 23+14d Wexford Visit Wexford Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 6/12 4½ 11-5 86B91A Mr R A Berry 8/1
19 Feb 23+265d Punchestown Up The Yard Challenge Race 16f · Yielding · 16 ran 8/16 9½ 12-0 —61C John Ferguson 11/1
2022 · 1 run
30 May 22+269d Ballinrobe Bank Of Ireland Maiden Hurdle 18.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 6/15 2¾ 11-4 117C93C Rachael Blackmore 5/1
2021 · 2 runs
03 Sep 21+36d Kilbeggan KilbegganRaces.com (Pro/Am) Flat Race 19f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 2¾ 11-9 80A93A Mr Pat Taaffe 10/1
29 Jul 21 Galway Guinness Time Flat Race 18.5f · Good · 17 ran 9/17 2¼ 11-11 95B103A Mr J C Barry 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Monty Don won?
Monty Don (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2021 and 2023.
Who trained Monty Don?
Monty Don (IRE) was trained by Henry De Bromhead on the most recent run on record, at Wexford on 5 March 2023.
Who is Monty Don's sire?
Monty Don (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Thespian (IRE), whose sire is Tiraaz.
What is Monty Don's sire's record?
Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,825 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.
Who are Monty Don's siblings?
Out of Thespian (IRE), Monty Don (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Clondaw Warrior (IRE) (12). Highest grade won: Class 1 (Clondaw Warrior (IRE)). The wins came over 1m4f–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2021. 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.