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Press Your Luck (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, May 2025) · Last trainer Chris Gordon · Last owner Mrs Jenny Gordon
by Doyen (IRE) out of Merry Gladness (IRE) (King's Ride)
25 runs · 17 courses · from Feb 2020
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 May 2025 — 519 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2025 · 4th of 4 6 wins · 5 courses Last raced off OR 120
KTB Profile

Press Your Luck won six of 25 starts between Feb 2020 and May 2025. Three of those wins came over 2m5f – 3m, two on good to soft and one on good to firm, while he also won twice at Wincanton. His last win came in the Class 3 Jenningsbet Newbury Handicap Hurdle at Wincanton in Feb 2023 off a mark of 132. He finished 4 of 4 at Huntingdon in May 2025.

Based on 25 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Feb 2025 · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 18lb off peak
Official rating120↓ 18lb off peak
120 120–138

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 141 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Wincanton, 18 Feb 2023

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 17 figures · best 146B · median 115
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good6146B130.5—
Good to Soft6121C103—
Soft4123C79.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m7146B111—
2m1f – 2m4f6123C117.5—
Over 3m2129B108—
1m5f – 2m2115A102.5—

Of 25 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (6) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 25 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 112B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Plumpton, 21 Apr 2025 Official rating 120 at the last run, 20 May 2025

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 19 figures · best 145A · median 124
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good7141A132—
Good to Soft6145A124.5—
Soft4129B113—
Good to Firm1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m8141A122—
2m1f – 2m4f7136B125—
Over 3m2112B110—
1m5f – 2m2145A131.5—

Of 25 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (6).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 25 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 since Feb 2025

  • Led 1 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Doyen (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,349 runs since Jan 2008 (605 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2229.1%−2.4—
Good to Firm3504212%+0.51 from 1
Good2,23427312.2%+0.72 from 10
Good to Soft1,43119313.5%+23 from 7
Soft2,00521510.7%−0.80 from 6
Heavy761668.7%−2.8—
Standard (AW)5465710.4%−1.10 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f7667.9%−3.6—
6f – 7f3603610%−1.5—
1m – 1m1f4114510.9%−0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f5846010.3%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m2,17825111.5%01 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f2,19526412%+0.52 from 7
2m5f – 3m1,28215812.3%+0.83 from 13
Over 3m2632810.6%−0.90 from 2

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
Merry Gladness (IRE) (King's Ride)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Mad Money (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m7f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Mad Money (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mad Money (IRE)2422m7f–3mClass 4
Top Drawer (IRE)250——
Lady Federici (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 10 2 20% +12.00
Good to Soft 7 3 43% +6.60
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Firm 1 1 100% +0.80
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 9 2 22% +3.80
Class 3 8 2 25% +7.50
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 3 2 67% +6.10
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton 5 1 20% +6.00
Newbury 4 0 0% −4.00
Wincanton 2 2 100% +13.50
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 1 100% +0.80
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 1 100% +1.10
Newton Abbot 1 1 100% +6.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 13 3 23% +10.80
2m1f – 2m4f 7 2 29% +4.50
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% −0.90
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Cannon 10 2 20% −1.20
Freddie Gordon 5 0 0% −5.00
Bryony Frost 3 1 33% +8.00
Jamie Moore 2 1 50% +9.00
Joshua Moore 2 1 50% +0.10
Fergus Gillard 1 1 100% +3.50
Brendan Powell 1 0 0% −1.00
Leighton Aspell 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 23 6 26% +14.40
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 4 0 0% −4.00
2023 3 1 33% +8.00
2022 9 3 33% +8.30
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2020 4 2 50% +5.10

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 20 5 25% +15.60
Chase 3 1 33% −1.20
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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
20 May 25+29d Huntingdon PricedUp Daily Sports Boosts Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 25f · Good · 4 ran Went straight to front - driven and challenged rounding the home turn before losing command near two out - faded between the final two furlongs to finish fourth 4/4 12 11-8 12087C108B Freddie Gordon 11/2
21 Apr 25+52d Plumpton Cappagh Browne Utilities Ltd Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 25f · Good · 8 ran Held up in the pack wide - scrambled through 8th before driven up from 10th - lost touch off the home bend and beaten well into 5th 5/8 8½ 12-0 123129B112B Freddie Gordon 20/1
28 Feb 25+20d Newbury One Up On Football Now At BetVictor Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 8 ran Went wide throughout with the back markers - couldn't build any momentum - dropped away well beaten 8/8 3¼ 11-8 12766C107C Freddie Gordon 50/1
08 Feb 25+637d Newbury William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 12 ran Struggled from the outset - well adrift by the 8th - pulled up shortly after PU/12 — 11-8 132—— Freddie Gordon 66/1
13 May 23+24d Haydock Pertemps Network Long Distance Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24.5f · Good · 16 ran 15/16 45 11-11 138—118C Bryony Frost 33/1
19 Apr 23+60d Cheltenham Safran Landing Systems Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 3¼ 11-4 138132A138A Freddie Gordon 12/1
18 Feb 23+54d Wincanton Jenningsbet Newbury Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 21.5f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 12-0 132141A139B Bryony Frost 10/1
26 Dec 22+31d Kempton Ladbrokes Fanzone 'Your Team Your Game' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 21f · Soft · 15 ran 12/15 12 11-12 13554C114C Bryony Frost 66/1
25 Nov 22+21d Newbury Coral Committed To Safer Gambling Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-12 137—— Jamie Moore 22/1
04 Nov 22+7d Exeter Betway 'Future Stars' Silver Bowl Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Good · 3 ran PU/3 — 11-10 137—— Tom Cannon 7/2
28 Oct 22+21d Wetherby Bet365 Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 24f · Good To Soft · 3 ran UR/3 — 11-12 137—— Tom Cannon 4/1
07 Oct 22+167d Chepstow Tom Malone Bloodstock Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 23.5f · Good To Firm · 3 ran 1/3 11-4 137111C126C Tom Cannon 4/5F
23 Apr 22+35d Sandown bet365 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 4/8 8½ 11-9 138115A132A Tom Cannon 6/1
19 Mar 22+44d Kempton Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 21f · Good · 17 ran 1/17 10-11 130146B141A Jamie Moore 10/1
03 Feb 22+19d Wincanton troughfarmshop.com Farmshop, Cafe & Restaurant, Yeovil Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals/Amateurs) Class 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-10 128121C136B Fergus Gillard 7/2
15 Jan 22+105d Kempton Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 21f · Soft · 19 ran 14/19 3¼ 10-12 13093C112C Brendan Powell 66/1
02 Oct 21+176d Fontwell bet365 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 19f · Soft · 4 ran 2/4 1 11-7 130123C129B Tom Cannon 7/2
09 Apr 21+13d Aintree Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 20f · Good To Soft · 22 ran 18/22 ¾ 10-6 13082C106C Joshua Moore 18/1
27 Mar 21+7d Newbury BetVictor Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 19f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 2/7 1 11-1 129120A124B Tom Cannon 14/1
20 Mar 21+39d Kempton Virgin Bet Free Bets For Winners Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Good · 7 ran BD/7 — 11-13 129—— Tom Cannon 9/2
09 Feb 21+53d Kempton (AW) Bet Better With VBet 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race Class 5 · 18f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 9/13 4¼ 11-4 ——104A Tom Cannon 7/1
18 Dec 20+34d Ascot Sky Bet Supreme Trial Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Kennel Gate) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 15.5f · Soft · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-0 130—— Tom Cannon 18/1
14 Nov 20+34d Uttoxeter Read Davy Russell's Executive Blog starsportsbet.co.uk Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 1/13 11-5 —90B145A Joshua Moore 11/10F
11 Oct 20+232d Newton Abbot British Stallion Studs EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 10-12 —91A125B Tom Cannon 6/1
22 Feb 20 Kempton Betway Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 5/12 5 11-2 —115A118A Leighton Aspell 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Press Your Luck (IRE) won?
Press Your Luck (IRE) won 6 of 25 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 24%. Placed 7 times in total (28% of starts).
Who trained Press Your Luck (IRE)?
Press Your Luck (IRE) was trained by Chris Gordon on the most recent run on record, at Huntingdon on 20 May 2025.
Who is Press Your Luck (IRE)'s sire?
Press Your Luck (IRE) is by Doyen (IRE) out of Merry Gladness (IRE), whose sire is King's Ride.
What going does Press Your Luck (IRE) prefer?
Press Your Luck (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 7 starts (42.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Press Your Luck (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 120, from the run on 20 May 2025. The highest on record is 138.
What is Press Your Luck (IRE)'s sire's record?
Doyen (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,349 runs since Jan 2008 (605 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Press Your Luck (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Merry Gladness (IRE), Press Your Luck (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Mad Money (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Mad Money (IRE)). The wins came over 2m7f–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from February 2020. 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.