Needtoknow (IRE)
Needtoknow is a Milan mare out of a Presenting dam who is yet to win from seven starts on turf. She has raced over trips from 1m5f to 3m, with four runs between 2m5f and 3m, and has contested races on good and good to soft ground. Her best effort came when she finished fourth of nine in a Class 5 novices handicap hurdle at Windsor in Nov 2025. She last ran off a mark of 68.
- 0–7Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −7.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=7 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 68Highest OR
- 25dAvg between runs
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 132
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 132B | 81 | 2 · 132 / 106.5 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 109B | 99 | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 132B | 96 | 2 · 132 / 106.5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 89A | 73.5 | 1 · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 3 analysed runs
- Midfield 1 (33%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,842 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | −5.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 552 | 66 | 12% | +0.7 | — |
| Good | 5,167 | 647 | 12.5% | +1.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 3,287 | 386 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 5,029 | 501 | 10% | −1.3 | — |
| Heavy | 2,716 | 303 | 11.2% | −0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 73 | 2 | 2.7% | −8.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 58 | 3 | 5.2% | −6.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,855 | 401 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5,469 | 599 | 11% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5,799 | 697 | 12% | +0.7 | 0 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 1,649 | 205 | 12.4% | +1.1 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Youknowme (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m6f.
Family form: Youknowme (IRE) won at Downpatrick (IRE), 9 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youknowme (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 2m6f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Abbot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Best | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Rex Dingle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Callum Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Nov 25+13d | Windsor | Find Us At fitzdares.com Novices' Handicap Hurdle Settled in touch on the outside - in behind the front group from 3rd before pressed for effort approaching 4 out - kept going to finish a distant 4th | 4/9 | 8½ | 10-4 | 68 | 89A | 70B | James Best | 18/1 |
| 10 Nov 25+18d | Kempton | JCB Hydradig Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Handy early - dropped away under pressure before 3 out - rallied to fourth approaching the last | 4/9 | 14 | 10-2 | 68 | 81B | 75B | Callum Pritchard | 11/1 |
| 23 Oct 25+20d | Ludlow | KLF Insurance Brokers Invitational Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the pace early - eased back on the final bend under pressure - couldn't quicken and settled for fourth | 4/6 | 4¼ | 10-2 | 68 | 132B | 72B | James Best | 40/1 |
| 03 Oct 25+43d | Fontwell | Summerley Recruitment Handicap Hurdle Settled at the back early - within range but yet to make ground three out - lost place under pressure and unable to close before two out - finished a well-beaten fifth | 5/8 | 3¾ | 10-2 | 68 | 109B | 84A | Rex Dingle | 100/1 |
| 21 Aug 25+28d | Newton Abbot | South West Rail Solutions Ltd Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled with the pack early - fumbled at the first - dropped away from 5th - well off the pace at the finish | 6/7 | 26 | 10-11 | — | 58C | 83C | Rex Dingle | 100/1 |
| 24 Jul 25+30d | Worcester | Clives Of Cropthorne Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Held up at the back - lost touch through the race - well beaten | 7/11 | 2½ | 10-11 | — | 55C | 80C | Rex Dingle | 250/1 |
| 24 Jun 25 | Newton Abbot | Happy 80th Birthday June O'Dwyer Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Tracked front group early - stumbled and dropped back at the second - down in fourth 3 out - faded and finished well adrift | 4/7 | 8 | 10-8 | — | 83C | 84C | James Best | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Needtoknow (IRE) won?
- Needtoknow (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trains Needtoknow (IRE)?
- Needtoknow (IRE) is trained by Joe Ponting, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 23 November 2025.
- Who is Needtoknow (IRE)'s sire?
- Needtoknow (IRE) is by Milan (GB) out of Presenting Pearl (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
- What is Needtoknow (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 68, from the run on 23 November 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Needtoknow (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Milan (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,842 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Needtoknow (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Presenting Pearl (IRE), Needtoknow (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Youknowme (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m6f. As at Oct 2026.