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Horse profile

Provoking (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2017) · Last trainer David Evans · Last owner Nick Shutts
by Any Given Saturday (USA) out of Fair and Lively (USA) (Lively One)
15 runs · 8 courses · from Jul 2015
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Jul 2017 — 3,387 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2017 · 12th of 15 Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 48
KTB Profile

Provoking (USA) is yet to win from 15 starts, though has placed twice. Best effort: 3rd of 13 at Brighton (May 2017). Last raced off 48, 21lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 21lb off peak
Official rating48↓ 21lb off peak
48 48–69

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 85 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Wolverhampton (AW), 11 Jul 2017

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 6 figures · best 110C · median 83.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good3110C82—
Good to Firm2100C90—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f385A80—
1m – 1m1f2110C105—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 64A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Brighton, 4 Jul 2017 Official rating 48 at the last run, 20 Jul 2017

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 15 figures · best 77A · median 56
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good577A50—
Standard (AW)363A59—
Good to Firm364A63—
Good to Soft276A63.5—
Soft268A55—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f564A59—
1m – 1m1f577A68—
1m2f – 1m4f451C50—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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
Any Given Saturday (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 87 runs since Jan 2008 (10 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm800%−10.30 from 3
Good29413.8%+3.50 from 5
Good to Soft10110%−0.30 from 2
Soft16212.5%+2.20 from 2
Heavy300%−10.3—
Standard (AW)2129.5%−0.80 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f5120%+9.7—
6f – 7f2229.1%−1.20 from 5
1m – 1m1f2114.8%−5.50 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f31516.1%+5.80 from 4
1m5f – 2m800%−10.30 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Fair and Lively (USA) (Lively One)

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 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Brighton 4 0 0% −4.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Ffos Las 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m – 1m1f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
J F Egan 6 0 0% −6.00
Fran Berry 1 0 0% −1.00
Silvestre De Sousa 1 0 0% −1.00
Noel Garbutt 1 0 0% −1.00
Clifford Lee 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Winston 1 0 0% −1.00
Steve Drowne 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Kirby 1 0 0% −1.00
Cathy Gannon 1 0 0% −1.00
Philip Prince 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 0 0% −13.00
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 6 0 0% −6.00
2016 5 0 0% −5.00
2015 4 0 0% −4.00

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
2017 · 6 runs
20 Jul 17+9d Chepstow 188bet.co.uk Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good · 15 ran 12/15 6 9-0 4874C39C J F Egan 10/1
11 Jul 17+7d Wolverhampton (AW) Wolverhampton - Voted Best Small Racecourse (Midlands) Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 4/11 4 9-1 4985A63A Fran Berry 12/1
04 Jul 17+7d Brighton Brighton Racecourse Supporting Racing Staff Week Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 8/15 ½ 9-3 5080C64A Silvestre De Sousa 4/1F
27 Jun 17+35d Brighton Human League 8 Sept Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 5/15 3 9-5 50100C63A J F Egan 5/1
23 May 17+21d Brighton Labyrinth Challenge 18 Aug Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good · 14 ran 7/14 1½ 8-8 5082C50A Noel Garbutt 7/1
02 May 17+253d Brighton Streamline Taxis 202020 Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good · 13 ran 3/13 nk 9-0 52110C77A Clifford Lee 16/1
2016 · 5 runs
22 Aug 16+25d Kempton (AW) Racinguk.com/hd Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 8/12 ½ 8-11 55—56A J F Egan 20/1
28 Jul 16+22d Ffos Las Fosters Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7/11 4 9-1 59—51C Robert Winston 25/1
06 Jul 16+35d Bath Happy Birthday Roger Lewis Handicap Class 6 · 11.5f · Good · 13 ran 13/13 4½ 9-6 64—50C Steve Drowne 33/1
01 Jun 16+44d Nottingham Toteswinger Three Ways To Win Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 5/5 27 9-7 67—52C Adam Kirby 20/1
18 Apr 16+171d Windsor Browns & All Bar One Windsor Handicap Class 5 · 11.5f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 19 9-1 69—42C Cathy Gannon 10/1
2015 · 4 runs
30 Oct 15+16d Wolverhampton (AW) 32red Casino Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 7/11 nk 9-5 69—59A J F Egan 3/1
14 Oct 15+9d Nottingham trustatrader.com Reviewed And Approved Tradespeople EBF Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 8.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 nse 9-5 ——76A J F Egan 25/1
05 Oct 15+76d Windsor British Stallion Studs EBF National Racecourse Catering Awards Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 11 ran 7/11 nse 9-5 ——68A J F Egan 40/1
21 Jul 15 Ffos Las Heineken Maiden Stakes (Plus10) Class 4 · 7.5f · Good · 12 ran 9/12 ½ 9-2 ——50A Philip Prince 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Provoking won?
Provoking (USA) has yet to win, from 15 archived starts between 2015 and 2017. Placed 2 times in total (13.3% of starts).
Who trained Provoking?
Provoking (USA) was trained by David Evans on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 20 July 2017.
Who is Provoking's sire?
Provoking (USA) is by Any Given Saturday (USA) out of Fair and Lively (USA), whose sire is Lively One.
What is Provoking's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 48, from the run on 20 July 2017. The highest on record is 69.
What is Provoking's sire's record?
Any Given Saturday (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 87 runs since Jan 2008 (10 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from July 2015. 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.