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Please Don't Go (IRE)

2yo filly · Trainer Richard Hughes · Owner A K Whelan
by Ghaiyyath (IRE) out of Candle Lit (IRE) (Duke Of Marmalade)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Jun 2026
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out Won at Goodwood Ran 24 days ago · 1st of 8 Last raced off OR 78
KTB Profile

Please Don't Go is a filly by Ghaiyyath out of a Duke Of Marmalade mare who has one win from four starts. The success came in the Juddmonte Ebf Restricted Maiden Stakes at Goodwood in Sep 2026 over 1m2f – 1m4f on good ground when she raced prominently to take a Class 2 event off an official rating of 78. She has raced twice on the all-weather without success. Her last run at Goodwood in Sep 2026 was a win.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 2

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 67 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kempton (AW), 12 Aug 2026

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 100C · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)2100C83.52 · 100 / 83.5
Good1——1 · —
Good to Firm1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
6f – 7f267A59.52 · 67 / 59.5
1m2f – 1m4f1——1 · —
1m – 1m1f1——1 · —

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 80A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 12 Aug 2026 Official rating 78 at the last run, 23 Sep 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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 80A · median 74.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)280A772 · 80 / 77
Good1——1 · —
Good to Firm1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
6f – 7f280A66.52 · 80 / 66.5
1m2f – 1m4f1——1 · —
1m – 1m1f1——1 · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 3 analysed runs

  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 1 win
  • Led 1 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 15.6% of 1,090 runs since Jan 2008 (180 horses).

Strongest on good going: 19.1% from 304. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 12% from 284.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−15.6—
Good to Firm2154018.6%+30 from 1
Good3045819.1%+3.51 from 1
Good to Soft1191613.4%−2.2—
Soft1351712.6%−3—
Heavy31516.1%+0.5—
Standard (AW)2843412%−3.60 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1600%−15.6—
6f – 7f2893913.5%−2.10 from 2
1m – 1m1f3746517.4%+1.80 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f3655715.6%01 from 1
1m5f – 2m43818.6%+3—
2m1f – 2m4f3133.3%+17.7—

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

Dam
Candle Lit (IRE) (Duke Of Marmalade)

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Sea Lantern (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m–2m5½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Sea Lantern (GB)).

Family form: Sea Lantern (GB) finished 2nd of 29 at Newmarket, 10 Oct 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sea Lantern (GB)521m4fClass 4
Military Tycoon (IRE)2021m6f–2m5½fClass 4
Fresnel (GB)1411m—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 1 100% +3.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 1 100% +3.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Goodwood 1 1 100% +3.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 1 100% +3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Cieren Fallon 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Marquand 1 1 100% +3.00
Finley Marsh 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
23 Sep 26+27d Goodwood Juddmonte Ebf Restricted Maiden Stakes (for Horses In Bands A, B, C And D) (Ebf Restricted Qualifier) (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Class 2 · 10f · Good · 8 ran Settled close up early - sat third behind the front pair heading into the final 3f - swept through to hit the front 1f out - quickly put daylight between rivals - kept finding under pressure to the line - shortened stride near the post but held on to win 1/8 9-2 7859A75A Tom Marquand 3/1
27 Aug 26+15d Lingfield (AW) Celebrate National Racehorse Week Maiden Fillies' Stakes (gbb/gbbplus Race) Class 3 · 8f · Standard · 4 ran Set the pace from the start - pressed for effort with 2f left - opened a big advantage a furlong out - edged in front only late and found nothing more - caught right on the line to finish second 2/4 ½ 9-2 —100C74B Cieren Fallon 11/8F
12 Aug 26+72d Kempton (AW) Unibet/british Stallion Studs Ebf Fillies' Novice Stakes (gbb Race) Class 3 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 12 ran Anxious in the early stages - held up at the back - urged forward outside 2f - made ground and eased right approaching final furlong - moved into fourth close home and stayed on to finish fourth 4/12 ½ 9-2 —67A80A Cieren Fallon 12/1
01 Jun 26 Newbury Get 100-1 On England At BetVictor EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran Settled in the pack early - pushed along with 2f left - dropped away soon after - well held at the finish 10/12 2 9-2 —52B53A Finley Marsh 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Please Don't Go (IRE) won?
Please Don't Go (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trains Please Don't Go (IRE)?
Please Don't Go (IRE) is trained by Richard Hughes, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 23 September 2026.
Who is Please Don't Go (IRE)'s sire?
Please Don't Go (IRE) is by Ghaiyyath (IRE) out of Candle Lit (IRE), whose sire is Duke Of Marmalade.
What is Please Don't Go (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 23 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Please Don't Go (IRE)'s sire's record?
Ghaiyyath (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.6% of 1,090 runs since Jan 2008 (180 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 19.1% from 304. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 12% from 284.
Who are Please Don't Go (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Candle Lit (IRE), Please Don't Go (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Sea Lantern (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Sea Lantern (GB)). The wins came over 1m–2m5½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2026. 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.