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Horse profile

Tell Me Why (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Aug 2024) · Last trainer Mark Walford · Last owner Ursa Major Racing Ltd Partner
by Malinas (GER) out of Miss Topping (IRE) (Presenting)
3 runs · 2 courses · from Jul 2024
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Aug 2024 — 810 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2024
KTB Profile

Tell Me Why is a Malinas mare out of a Presenting dam who was yet to win from three starts on turf. She ran twice at Uttoxeter and once at Market Rasen, racing over 1m5f to 2m4f on good and soft ground. Her last run, at Market Rasen in Aug 2024, came in a Class 4 maiden hurdle where she was held. Aged 5 at her last run in Aug 2024.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Aug 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 3 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 82A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Uttoxeter, 17 Jul 2024

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 82A · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 3 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Malinas (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 3,957 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−14.2—
Good to Firm37616.2%+2—
Good1,19117014.3%+0.10 from 2
Good to Soft92014115.3%+1.1—
Soft1,23816613.4%−0.80 from 1
Heavy5357514%−0.2—
Standard (AW)3412.9%−11.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−14.2—
1m – 1m1f1218.3%−5.9—
1m2f – 1m4f50510%−4.2—
1m5f – 2m1,10315313.9%−0.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,37218213.3%−0.90 from 2
2m5f – 3m1,08617816.4%+2.2—
Over 3m3324112.3%−1.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Miss Topping (IRE) (Presenting)

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 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 3 runs
17 Aug 24+20d Market Rasen Furrows Development By C&L Fairburn Properties Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good · 10 ran Held up at the back of the field - losing touch before 3 out - well beaten and eased before 2 out - pulled up PU/10 — 10-13 —— Jamie Hamilton 40/1
28 Jul 24+11d Uttoxeter QuinnBet Daily Free Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 11 ran 5/11 15 10-12 66C80C Jamie Hamilton 16/1
17 Jul 24 Uttoxeter JAL Roofing Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 10 ran 8/10 2½ 11-4 —82A Jamie Hamilton 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Tell Me Why won?
Tell Me Why (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2024.
Who trained Tell Me Why?
Tell Me Why (IRE) was trained by Mark Walford on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 17 August 2024.
Who is Tell Me Why's sire?
Tell Me Why (IRE) is by Malinas (GER) out of Miss Topping (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
What is Tell Me Why's sire's record?
Malinas (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 3,957 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from July 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.