Tajer (IRE)
Tajer is a lightly raced gelding by No Nay Never out of a Danehill mare whose four previous foals to race have produced one winner, Making Light with five wins. His sire’s progeny in the archive have recorded 752 wins from 6237 runs since Jan 2008 at 12.1%. He has two runs, both over 1m2f – 1m4f, one on good to firm and one on standard going, and finished 8 of 9 in a Class 5 novice at Kempton in Oct 2025. His last run, at Kempton in Oct 2025, was his first for the yard.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 471dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 77
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 77A | 41 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,297 runs since Jan 2008 (703 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 609. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 184.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,487 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 609 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | — |
| Soft | 840 | 109 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Heavy | 276 | 36 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,142 | 252 | 11.8% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 910 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,366 | 436 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,173 | 129 | 11% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 582 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 184 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Making Light (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Making Light (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making Light (IRE) | 14 | 5 | 7f–1m | Group 3 |
| Smokey Quartz (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Smile Ahead (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Instant Update (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 25+471d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Poor break to settle last - improved into midpack after a furlong - pressed for effort 3f out - soon lost ground and beaten well home | 8/9 | 42 | 9-10 | 5C | 59C | Charles Bishop | 40/1 |
| 01 Jul 24 | Windsor | Safety Net Strength In Strides Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 6/9 | 2¼ | 9-3 | 77A | 67A | Tyler Heard | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Tajer (IRE) won?
- Tajer (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
- Who trained Tajer (IRE)?
- Tajer (IRE) was trained by Joe Ponting on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 15 October 2025.
- Who is Tajer (IRE)'s sire?
- Tajer (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Instant Sparkle (IRE), whose sire is Danehill.
- What is Tajer (IRE)'s sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,297 runs since Jan 2008 (703 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 609. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 184.
- Who are Tajer (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Instant Sparkle (IRE), Tajer (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Making Light (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Making Light (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.