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Horse profile

Players Please (USA)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2010) · Last trainer Michael Blake · Last owner Staverton Owners Group
by Theatrical (IRE) out of Miss Tobacco (USA) (Forty Niner)
31 runs · 20 courses · from Jan 2007
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Jun 2010 — 5,967 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2010 · 1st of 14 Won last time out 6 wins · 6 courses Last raced off OR 112
KTB Profile

Players Please (USA) is 6 from 31. Won last time out at Hereford (Class 4). Last raced off a career-high mark of 112.

Based on 31 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating112At career-high mark
112 79–112

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 142A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 16 Jun 2010 Official rating 112 at the last jumps run, 20 Jun 2010

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 93A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newmarket, 4 Oct 2008 Official rating 89 at the last flat run, 4 Oct 2008

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 10 figures · best 142A · median 115
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good5129A95—
Good to Firm4142A121.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m5142A129—
2m1f – 2m4f4128A109.5—
Over 3m1———
Flat 21 figures · best 93A · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good to Firm893A79.5—
Good583A76—
Standard (AW)490C73.5—
Good to Soft389C70—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1693A74.5—
1m – 1m1f392C90—
1m5f – 2m283A74—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 31 figures from 31 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
Theatrical (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 636 runs since Jan 2008 (47 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 25% from 164. Weakest on good going: 10% from 160.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm6116.7%+3—
Good to Firm1061312.3%−1.43 from 12
Good1601610%−3.71 from 10
Good to Soft62711.3%−2.40 from 3
Soft9655.2%−8.50 from 2
Heavy4249.5%−4.2—
Standard (AW)1644125%+11.32 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−13.7—
6f – 7f4037.5%−6.2—
1m – 1m1f711014.1%+0.41 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f2253616%+2.32 from 16
1m5f – 2m1812916%+2.33 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f9699.4%−4.30 from 4
2m5f – 3m1400%−13.7—
Over 3m800%−13.70 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Miss Tobacco (USA) (Forty Niner)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 12 3 25% +0.00
Good 10 1 10% −6.25
Standard (AW) 4 2 50% +3.07
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 15 0 0% −15.00
Class 4 8 2 25% −2.93
Class 5 4 3 75% +9.25
Class 3 4 1 25% +0.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ascot 5 0 0% −5.00
Newbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Hereford 2 1 50% +1.50
Exeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Newmarket 2 0 0% −2.00
Goodwood 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 2 1 50% −0.43
Worcester 1 1 100% +3.00
Wetherby 1 1 100% +2.75
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 1 100% +3.50
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 1 100% +4.50

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 16 2 13% −9.93
1m5f – 2m 7 3 43% +4.25
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m – 1m1f 3 1 33% +2.50
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Greg Fairley 7 1 14% −2.50
Nick Scholfield 5 0 0% −5.00
Joe Fanning 4 2 50% +3.07
Richard Hills 2 0 0% −2.00
Kevin Darley 2 0 0% −2.00
Peter Toole 1 1 100% +2.50
Denis O'Regan 1 1 100% +3.00
Timmy Murphy 1 1 100% +2.75
Jack Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Dominic Elsworth 1 0 0% −1.00
Frankie Dettori 1 0 0% −1.00
Patrick Hills 1 0 0% −1.00
J F Egan 1 0 0% −1.00
Dane O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00
Neil Callan 1 0 0% −1.00
Liam Jones 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 5 3 60% +6.25
2009 5 0 0% −5.00
2008 9 0 0% −9.00
2007 12 3 25% −0.43

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 21 3 14% −9.43
Hurdle 10 3 30% +1.25

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
20 Jun 10+4d Hereford Toteplacepot Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 1/14 11-12 112137A Peter Toole 5/2
16 Jun 10+13d Worcester Lunch In The Severn Restaurant Novices' Claiming Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 1/13 11-10 112142A Denis O'Regan 3/1
03 Jun 10+87d Wetherby 'paradise Steel Band' Maiden Claiming Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 1/10 11-4 107129A Timmy Murphy 11/4
08 Mar 10+33d Stratford Aston Cantlow Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good · 12 ran 9/12 16 11-12 10795A Nick Scholfield 7/2J
03 Feb 10+172d Exeter Desert Orchid Restaurant Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 14 ran 2/14 5 11-11 104128A Nick Scholfield 11/1
15 Aug 09+94d Market Rasen Henderson Insurance Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 15 ran 4/15 1 11-9 100124A Nick Scholfield 7/1
13 May 09+24d Exeter Tommalonebloodstock.com Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 23 11-9 10095C Nick Scholfield 2/1
19 Apr 09+14d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Supports Heros Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 3/9 2½ 10-11 100106B Jack Doyle 85/40
05 Apr 09+20d Southwell Membership At Southwell Golf Club Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 26f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 13 10-12 —93C Nick Scholfield 12/1
16 Mar 09+163d Hereford paddypower.com Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 10/13 1¾ 11-0 —93A Dominic Elsworth 12/1
04 Oct 08+6d Newmarket Suffolk Insulation And Renovation Services Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 2/11 nk 9-5 8993A Greg Fairley 6/1
28 Sep 08+15d Ascot Marchpole Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 nk 8-11 8976A Frankie Dettori 8/1
13 Sep 08+22d Doncaster Keepmoat Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Soft · 14 ran 10/14 7 8-11 9166C Greg Fairley 16/1
22 Aug 08+24d Newbury totesport Newburgh Heritage Handicap Class 2 · 13.5f · Good To Soft · 20 ran 17/20 2 8-4 9365C Patrick Hills 16/1
29 Jul 08+2d Goodwood Detica Summer Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Good · 14 ran 4/14 nse 9-2 9383A Joe Fanning 10/1
27 Jul 08+36d Ascot Casino At The Empire Heritage Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 7/15 hd 8-12 9377A Richard Hills 25/1
21 Jun 08+14d Ascot Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 12f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 15/19 nk 9-0 9564A J F Egan 33/1
07 Jun 08+70d Epsom Downs Northern Dancer Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good · 15 ran 15/15 5 9-9 9862C Greg Fairley 14/1
29 Mar 08+168d Kempton (AW) intercasino.co.uk Rosebery Heritage Handicap Class 2 · 11f · Standard · 14 ran 13/14 7 9-5 9863C Greg Fairley 10/1
13 Oct 07+21d Ascot ladbrokes.com Heritage Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 3/17 nk 8-11 9589C Greg Fairley 25/1
22 Sep 07+4d Newbury John Smith's Heritage Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 14/15 3 8-12 8961C Dane O'Neill 8/1
18 Sep 07+17d Thirsk Hygicare Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1/6 9-4 8982C Greg Fairley 7/2
01 Sep 07+10d Sandown totesport.com Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 6/11 hd 8-7 8970C Richard Hills 7/2F
22 Aug 07+20d York Royal & Sunalliance And Motability Handicap Class 2 · 10.5f · Good · 18 ran 9/18 shd 8-10 8674C Neil Callan 9/1
02 Aug 07+15d Goodwood Alphameric Vase Heritage Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good · 17 ran 4/17 ½ 7-9 8782C Liam Jones 17/2
18 Jul 07+27d Lingfield (AW) E.B.F. Paul Kelleway Memorial Classified Stakes (AW) Class 3 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran 5/10 shd 8-6 7972C Greg Fairley 7/2
21 Jun 07+33d Ascot Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 30 ran 7/30 shd 8-5 8892C Joe Fanning 33/1
19 May 07+30d Newbury London Paddy Power Gold Cup (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 10f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11/13 1 8-12 8870C Kevin Darley 7/1
19 Apr 07+53d Newmarket Curragh 'Home Of Irish Classics' Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 4/12 2½ 9-0 8382C Kevin Darley 9/4F
25 Feb 07+41d Kempton (AW) Panoramic Bar And Restaurant Handicap Class 4 · 11f · Standard · 5 ran 1/5 9-4 7975C Joe Fanning 4/7F
15 Jan 07 Wolverhampton (AW) pontins.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 11 ran 1/11 9-3 7990C Joe Fanning 9/2

Quick answers

How many races has Players Please (USA) won?
Players Please (USA) won 6 of 31 archived starts between 2007 and 2010, a strike rate of 19.4%. Placed 11 times in total (35.5% of starts).
Who trained Players Please (USA)?
Players Please (USA) was trained by Michael Blake on the most recent run on record, at Hereford on 20 June 2010.
Who is Players Please (USA)'s sire?
Players Please (USA) is by Theatrical (IRE) out of Miss Tobacco (USA), whose sire is Forty Niner.
What going does Players Please (USA) prefer?
Players Please (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Players Please (USA)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 112, from the run on 20 June 2010. That is also the highest on record.
What is Players Please (USA)'s sire's record?
Theatrical (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 636 runs since Jan 2008 (47 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 25% from 164. Weakest on good going: 10% from 160.

Record shown from January 2007. 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.