Horse profile
No But I Will (GB)
by Telescope (IRE) out of Little Carmela (GB) (Beat Hollow)
25 runs · 18 courses · from Nov 2022
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · 4 courses
Last run 31 May 2026 · 3rd of 5
Last raced off OR 114
KTB Profile
No But I Will is a 4 from 25 gelding who has won at four different courses. Three of those wins came over 2m5f – 3m, two on soft ground and one on good. He won a Class 3 handicap chase at Fakenham in Dec 2025 off an official rating of 114 and a Class 4 handicap chase at Cartmel in Aug 2025 off 112. He finished 3 of 5 in a Class 3 handicap chase at Fakenham in May 2026.
Based on 25 archived runs · run-style from 15 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026
- 4–25Wins / Runs
- 16%Strike rate
- 9 (36%)Placed
- −7.80£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 1.09Fair A/E n=25 · 0.97 incl. margin
- 119Highest OR
- 31dBetween runs (median)longest 249 d
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.
Official rating114↓ 5lb off peak
114
105–119
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 89
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 113A | 90 | 2 runs · 91 / 86.5 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 126B | 103 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 4 | 105B | 69 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 122B | 90 | 3 runs · 91 / 82 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 126B | 93 | 1 run · — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 100C | 46 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 105A | 86.5 | — |
Of 25 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 25 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 15 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Held up 6 (40%) · 1 win
- Led 5 (33%) · 1 win
- Prominent 4 (27%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 1,915 runs since May 2019 (297 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 1.9% from 106. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 284.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −8.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 57 | 9 | 15.8% | +7.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 709 | 69 | 9.7% | +1.4 | 2 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 481 | 32 | 6.7% | −1.6 | 0 from 6 |
| Soft | 414 | 32 | 7.7% | −0.6 | 2 from 6 |
| Heavy | 147 | 15 | 10.2% | +1.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 106 | 2 | 1.9% | −6.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −8.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | −4.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 67 | 3 | 4.5% | −3.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 126 | 13 | 10.3% | +2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 731 | 50 | 6.8% | −1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 597 | 48 | 8% | −0.3 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 284 | 37 | 13% | +4.7 | 3 from 13 |
| Over 3m | 83 | 7 | 8.4% | +0.1 | 0 from 5 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2019 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Little Carmela (GB) (Beat Hollow)
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Rock On Tommy (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Rock On Tommy (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock On Tommy (GB) | 42 | 5 | 1m7½f–2m4f | Class 5 |
| Rock Steady Eddie (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 2 | 22% | −3.30 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 2 | 33% | +5.50 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 17 | 3 | 18% | −6.80 |
| Class 3 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fakenham | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Cartmel | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Taunton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Aintree | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.20 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 3 | 23% | +1.70 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.50 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Harrison | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Charlie Price | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.50 |
| Toby Wynne | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.80 |
| Henry Brooke | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| Miss Jessica Milly Smith | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Craig Nichol | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr James King | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.30 |
| Visor | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.50 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 20% | −0.50 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.70 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 17 | 3 | 18% | −3.00 |
| Hurdle | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 May 26+47d | Fakenham | Prince Of Wales Cup Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - pushed along before 4 out and lost touch with the pace - moved into third approaching the last - unable to gain on the leaders late | 3/5 | 3¼ | 10-11 | 114 | 91C | 109B | Miss Jessica Milly Smith | 11/1 |
| 14 Apr 26+28d | Market Rasen | CopyBet Supporting UK Horse Racing Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held up at the back throughout - never a threat - well held in 6th | 6/6 | 29 | 11-2 | 115 | 82C | 96C | Miss Jessica Milly Smith | 7/1 |
| 17 Mar 26+86d | Wetherby | racingtv.com Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled towards the back early - pushed along after the 9th - made progress 4 out and looked well placed 3 out - went with the front group 2 out - lost ground before the last to finish 4th | 4/7 | 3½ | 11-10 | 116 | 46B | 122A | Liam Harrison | 14/1 |
| 2025 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Dec 25+71d | Fakenham | Sky Bet Super Sub Female Jockeys' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - lost ground on the leading group - closed to be handy by the 7th - urged forward to move into 2nd after the 13th - trailed by two lengths approaching the final two furlongs - drifted left before hitting the front after the last and stayed on to win | 1/5 | 10-13 | 114 | 54C | 115C | Miss Jessica Milly Smith | 6/1 | |
| 11 Oct 25+49d | Chepstow | Good Intents Marquee Hire Handicap Chase (GBB Race) In front by a whisker early then lost command 3rd - sat behind rival and urged forward before 5 out - stayed on late from 3 out to finish third | 3/5 | 25 | 11-11 | 115 | 68C | 103B | Charlie Price | 3/1 |
| 23 Aug 25+35d | Cartmel | Cengiz Sadik Memorial Handicap Chase (For The Cengiz Sadik Memorial Trophy) Set the pace from the off - opened a big advantage nearing the final fence - driven out and kept going strongly to the finish | 1/6 | 11-6 | 112 | 89A | 121B | Charlie Price | 6/4F | |
| 19 Jul 25+16d | Cartmel | Windermere School Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Front from the off - checked stride and dropped a length at the 3rd before recovering ground and a more fluent leap - four lengths to the good after the 8th - margin cut back 4 out - hard pressed after the last and overhauled inside the final 100 metres - stuck on gamely for 2nd | 2/9 | ½ | 11-2 | 111 | 76A | 119A | Charlie Price | 6/1 |
| 03 Jul 25+28d | Perth | Secure Air Parks Edinburgh Airport Parking Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Sat close to the pace early - hit a flat spot then pressed for effort and lost ground 2 out - responded to finish third | 3/8 | nk | 12-0 | 110 | 97B | 128A | Liam Harrison | 7/2J |
| 05 Jun 25+77d | Uttoxeter | Grace & Dotty Country Clothing Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Well placed early - tracking front group by the 5th - moved right and up into second approaching two out - driven on to close in on the front-runner from that point - battled on level term up the straight before edged out in the final strides | 2/6 | hd | 11-2 | 108 | 65A | 121B | Liam Harrison | 10/3 |
| 20 Mar 25+10d | Sedgefield | Fairlight Studio Handicap Chase Held a forward position early - suffered a serious error 5th and stood off awkwardly then drifted right two out - losing momentum before being eased and withdrawn approaching the last | PU/8 | — | 12-0 | 105 | — | — | Liam Harrison | 3/1F |
| 10 Mar 25+20d | Taunton | DragonBet Born From The Betting Ring Handicap Chase Settled close to the pace early - moved into contention with three furlongs left - locked in battle two out - kept battling after the last but unable to reel in the winner | 2/8 | nk | 12-0 | 105 | 105A | 133A | Liam Harrison | 9/2 |
| 18 Feb 25+26d | Taunton | South West Rail Solutions Ltd Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Set the pace - overtaken on the run-in - faded into 4th | 4/8 | ½ | 11-10 | 106 | 122B | 119A | Liam Harrison | 18/1 |
| 23 Jan 25+28d | Huntingdon | Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back throughout - dropped away and eased before 2 out | PU/14 | — | 11-5 | 110 | — | — | Liam Harrison | 50/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 24+62d | Fontwell | Golden Era Of Betting: BetMGM Handicap Hurdle Shared front spot early - lost command before the 10th and needed urging - dropped away and well behind before 2 out - pulled up before the last | PU/7 | — | 11-9 | 114 | — | — | Charlie Price | 14/1 |
| 25 Oct 24+249d | Cheltenham | Glenfarclas Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase Held up towards the back early - never able to close - well held at the finish | 15/18 | 4 | 11-6 | 117 | 42C | 103C | Mr James King | 22/1 |
| 19 Feb 24+23d | Carlisle | Book Your Raceday Hospitality Now Handicap Chase | REF/8 | — | 11-4 | 118 | — | — | Toby Wynne | 8/1 |
| 27 Jan 24+32d | Uttoxeter | Cheltenham Preview 10th March Uttoxeter Racecourse Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | PU/8 | — | 11-13 | 119 | — | — | Henry Brooke | 9/2 |
| 2023 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 23+27d | Aintree | William Hill Epic Boost Handicap Chase | 5/6 | 43 | 11-3 | 119 | 46C | 99C | Henry Brooke | 7/2J |
| 29 Nov 23+31d | Wetherby | Visit Racingtv.Com Handicap Chase | 1/7 | 11-9 | 115 | 105B | 120B | Henry Brooke | 7/2 | |
| 29 Oct 23+190d | Aintree | Jewson Click And Collect Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 7/11 | 10 | 10-13 | 116 | 116C | 106C | Toby Wynne | 15/2 |
| 22 Apr 23+28d | Bangor-on-Dee | Beck's Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/8 | 10-11 | 116 | 113A | 120A | Toby Wynne | 11/5F | |
| 25 Mar 23+72d | Bangor-on-Dee | Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Gateway To Quality Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/14 | ½ | 11-2 | 109 | 126B | 131A | Toby Wynne | 10/1 |
| 12 Jan 23+43d | Catterick | Watch Racing TV Now Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/5 | 28 | 11-0 | — | 100C | 97C | Craig Nichol | 11/2 |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Nov 22+25d | Haydock | Jewson Wigan Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 4/5 | 22 | 11-4 | — | 84C | 97C | Henry Brooke | 9/4F |
| 05 Nov 22 | Kelso | Racing TV Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/7 | 2¼ | 11-0 | — | 90A | 115A | Craig Nichol | 6/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has No But I Will won?
- No But I Will (GB) won 4 of 25 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 16%. Placed 9 times in total (36% of starts).
- Who trains No But I Will?
- No But I Will (GB) is trained by Julian Smith, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 31 May 2026.
- Who is No But I Will's sire?
- No But I Will (GB) is by Telescope (IRE) out of Little Carmela (GB), whose sire is Beat Hollow.
- What going does No But I Will prefer?
- No But I Will (GB) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is No But I Will's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 31 May 2026. The highest on record is 119.
- What is No But I Will's sire's record?
- Telescope (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 1,915 runs since May 2019 (297 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 1.9% from 106. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 284.
- Who are No But I Will's siblings?
- Out of Little Carmela (GB), No But I Will (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Rock On Tommy (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Rock On Tommy (GB)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.