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Horse profile

Tea Leaf Ted (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2025) · Last trainer Dominic Ffrench Davis · Last owner Ffrench Nickers Racing
by Mayson (GB) out of Poetic Smile (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)
16 runs · 8 courses · from May 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Sep 2025 — 397 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2025 · 8th of 9 Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Tea Leaf Ted is a maiden who has failed to win in 16 starts and has placed twice. His best effort came when second of 11 at Kempton (AW) in Jan 2024. The gelding, by Mayson out of a daughter of Exceed And Excel, raced on both turf and all-weather without success. He finished 8 of 9 at Leicester in a Class 6 race in Sep 2025 off an official rating of 45.

Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
Official rating45↓ 3lb off peak
45 42–48

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 90 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 19 Dec 2024

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 16 figures · best 91A · median 68
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1091A65.5—
Good to Firm273A55.5—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
Firm1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1091A71.5—
1m – 1m1f390A62—
Under 6f370A38—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 53A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 30 Jan 2025 Official rating 45 at the last run, 22 Sep 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 →

Flat 16 figures · best 58A · median 35
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1058A47.5—
Good to Firm219A17.5—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
Firm1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1058A35—
1m – 1m1f352A49—
Under 6f340A16—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 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 6 analysed runs since Nov 2024

  • Prominent 3 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 2 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (17%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Mayson (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 7,373 runs since Jan 2008 (442 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.8% from 1,730. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.8% from 106.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm22627.3%+16.60 from 1
Good to Firm1,02312111.8%+1.10 from 2
Good1,37013910.1%−0.60 from 1
Good to Soft8069211.4%+0.70 from 1
Soft97011511.9%+1.20 from 1
Heavy3213210%−0.7—
Standard (AW)2,86128510%−0.70 from 10
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,73023813.8%+3.10 from 3
6f – 7f3,90539910.2%−0.50 from 10
1m – 1m1f1,1451119.7%−10 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f451378.2%−2.5—
1m5f – 2m10632.8%−7.9—
2m1f – 2m4f3013.3%−7.4—
2m5f – 3m6116.7%+6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Poetic Smile (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)

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
Standard (AW) 10 0 0% −10.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 13 0 0% −13.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 7 0 0% −7.00
Leicester 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Brighton 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 10 0 0% −10.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
Under 6f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kieran O'Neill 3 0 0% −3.00
Luke Morris 2 0 0% −2.00
Jack Doughty 2 0 0% −2.00
Ashley Lewis 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Ffrench Davis 1 0 0% −1.00
Hollie Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Silvestre De Sousa 1 0 0% −1.00
George Rooke 1 0 0% −1.00
J F Egan 1 0 0% −1.00
Callum Shepherd 1 0 0% −1.00
Ray Dawson 1 0 0% −1.00
Joshua Bryan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 7 0 0% −7.00
None 7 0 0% −7.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 4 0 0% −4.00
2024 7 0 0% −7.00
2023 5 0 0% −5.00

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
2025 · 4 runs
22 Sep 25+28d Leicester Visit racingtv.com Apprentice Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 7f · Good To Soft · 9 ran Sat close to the pace early - pushed along and dropped away inside final 2f - eventually well held in 8th 8/9 3½ 8-8 4570A34A Ashley Lewis 50/1
25 Aug 25+207d Chepstow DragonBet Independent Bookmaker Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Good · 9 ran Settled in the pack early - nudged for effort then dropped away steadily 3f out - finished well held in 8th 8/9 7½ 8-9 4573C28C Ben Ffrench Davis 50/1
30 Jan 25+15d Southwell (AW) Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Classified Stakes (Div 2) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran Settled in the pack early - urged forward with three furlongs left - lost touch and dropped away two out - finished 8th 8/9 hd 9-9 4266A53A Hollie Doyle 20/1
15 Jan 25+27d Kempton (AW) Get Daily Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran Went with front group wide early - driven approaching 3f out - lost ground rapidly soon after - dropped away to finish last 14/14 3½ 9-0 4545C31C Luke Morris 40/1
2024 · 7 runs
19 Dec 24+45d Chelmsford City (AW) Sky Bet Matchday Assist Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran Tracked front group early - squeezed for space and dropped back inside final furlong - unable to get going after - finished seventh 7/12 1 8-10 4590A52A Jack Doughty 14/1
04 Nov 24+151d Kempton (AW) Don & Low Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran Set the pace early - settled among the pack through the middle stages - shifted to the outside approaching the final two furlongs - made late progress but couldn't reach the front runners 7/14 ½ 8-3 4562B49A Jack Doughty 50/1
06 Jun 24+29d Chelmsford City (AW) It's Never Ordinary At bet365 Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 ½ 8-9 4575A31A Luke Morris 20/1
08 May 24+95d Kempton (AW) racingtv.com Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 6/11 ½ 9-3 4665A46A Silvestre De Sousa 11/2
03 Feb 24+17d Kempton (AW) Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 7/9 2¾ 9-2 4861A36A Kieran O'Neill 7/2
17 Jan 24+7d Kempton (AW) Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 9/9 ¾ 8-4 4663B26A George Rooke 10/3J
10 Jan 24+28d Kempton (AW) Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 2/11 shd 8-4 4691A52A Kieran O'Neill 5/1
2023 · 5 runs
13 Dec 23+64d Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts Nursery Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 3/13 hd 8-8 4576B58A Kieran O'Neill 66/1
10 Oct 23+99d Brighton At The Races App Market Movers Nursery Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9/9 1 8-13 4573A19A J F Egan 12/1
03 Jul 23+38d Windsor British EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 12/12 3¼ 9-5 —38C16C Callum Shepherd 100/1
26 May 23+13d Bath Prompt Transport Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 5f · Firm · 10 ran 9/10 1¼ 9-4 —70A40A Ray Dawson 150/1
13 May 23 Leicester Join Racing TV Now Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 5f · Soft · 7 ran 7/7 5½ 9-7 —-40C15C Joshua Bryan 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Tea Leaf Ted won?
Tea Leaf Ted (IRE) has yet to win, from 16 archived starts between 2023 and 2025. Placed 2 times in total (12.5% of starts).
Who trained Tea Leaf Ted?
Tea Leaf Ted (IRE) was trained by Dominic Ffrench Davis on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 22 September 2025.
Who is Tea Leaf Ted's sire?
Tea Leaf Ted (IRE) is by Mayson (GB) out of Poetic Smile (IRE), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
What is Tea Leaf Ted's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 22 September 2025. The highest on record is 48.
What is Tea Leaf Ted's sire's record?
Mayson (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 7,373 runs since Jan 2008 (442 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.8% from 1,730. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.8% from 106.

Record shown from May 2023. 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.