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Horse profile

Too Much To Ask (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2022) · Last trainer Jennie Candlish · Last owner Whites Property Limited
by Ask (GB) out of Chinara (IRE) (Supreme Leader)
18 runs · 11 courses · from Dec 2018
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 10 Apr 2022 — 1,662 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2022 2 wins · Cartmel Last raced off OR 102
KTB Profile

Too Much To Ask (IRE) is 2 from 18. Hasn't won since May 2021. Both wins came on good or faster ground (0 from 8 on softer). Last raced off 102, 9lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating102↓ 9lb off peak
102 90–111

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 118 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cartmel, 31 May 2021

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 15 figures · best 160B · median 69
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good7160B100—
Good to Soft389A69—
Soft367B48—
Good to Firm1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m689A54.5—
2m5f – 3m5160B100—
2m1f – 2m4f4121C107—

Of 18 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 18 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 124A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cartmel, 31 May 2021 Official rating 102 at the last run, 10 Apr 2022

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 15 figures · best 130A · median 105
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good7130A114—
Good to Soft3108A93—
Soft3104A94—
Good to Firm1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6108A91.5—
2m5f – 3m5130A114—
2m1f – 2m4f4124A107—

Of 18 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 18 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
Ask (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,215 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm7279.7%−0.90 from 1
Good1,06813712.8%+2.22 from 9
Good to Soft625609.6%−10 from 3
Soft947879.2%−1.40 from 3
Heavy4274410.3%−0.30 from 2
Standard (AW)7656.6%−4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−3.5—
1m – 1m1f3925.1%−5.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1471912.9%+2.3—
1m5f – 2m712659.1%−1.50 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f1,05411210.6%01 from 5
2m5f – 3m1,02311611.3%+0.71 from 7
Over 3m2262511.1%+0.5—

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
Chinara (IRE) (Supreme Leader)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Eye Candy (IRE)20——
Babbsy Yeats (IRE)10——
Drumlee Orders (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 9 2 22% −0.75
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 1 17% −2.75
Class 5 4 1 25% +1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cartmel 4 2 50% +4.25
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 1 14% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 1 20% −1.75

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Henry Brooke 5 1 20% +0.00
Ryan Treacy 4 0 0% −4.00
Richard Johnson 3 1 33% +0.25
Roger Loughran 3 0 0% −3.00
Ciaran Gethings 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Quinlan 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr R P Quinlan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 17 2 12% −8.75
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 1 0 0% −1.00
2021 3 1 33% +2.00
2020 2 0 0% −2.00
2019 9 1 11% −5.75
2018 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 17 2 12% −8.75
Chase 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 1 run
10 Apr 22+314d Stratford Claudio's 50th Birthday Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-10 102—— Ciaran Gethings 12/1
2021 · 3 runs
31 May 21+12d Cartmel Tony Connell Memorial Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 22f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 11-12 100118A124A Henry Brooke 4/1J
19 May 21+16d Warwick Coronation Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4/8 2 10-13 10289A108A Henry Brooke 14/1
03 May 21+266d Warwick Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 2¼ 10-11 10548A94A Henry Brooke 40/1
2020 · 2 runs
10 Aug 20+15d Southwell Southwell Golf Club Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 14/14 19 11-6 10961C80C Henry Brooke 66/1
26 Jul 20+379d Cartmel Holker Hall & Gardens Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 22f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 7/10 99 11-5 11132C93C Henry Brooke 14/1
2019 · 9 runs
13 Jul 19+15d Newton Abbot Newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 7/12 ½ 12-0 111116A108A Richard Johnson 2/1F
28 Jun 19+27d Cartmel William Hill Leading Racecourse Bookmaker Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 11-12 10398A124A Richard Johnson 9/4F
01 Jun 19+5d Stratford Charles Peters Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 22f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 nk 11-12 10061A114A Richard Johnson 6/5F
27 May 19+18d Cartmel Tony Connell Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 22f · Good · 13 ran 2/13 2¼ 11-12 100160B130A Sean Quinlan 3/1F
09 May 19+28d Tipperary Ryans Cleaning Event Specialists Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) 20f · Good · 18 ran 2/18 3 10-11 90121C106A Mr R P Quinlan 20/1
11 Apr 19+19d Limerick Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 21f · Good · 16 ran 7/16 ½ 11-5 91100B101A Ryan Treacy 20/1
23 Mar 19+37d Thurles Horse & Jockey Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 23.5f · Good · 18 ran UR/18 — 11-5 91—— Ryan Treacy 14/1
14 Feb 19+35d Clonmel Minorstown Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 16.5f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 14/17 nk 10-13 9269C78C Ryan Treacy 8/1
10 Jan 19+13d Clonmel Monroe Maiden Hurdle 19.5f · Yielding · 16 ran 6/16 6 11-12 —67B104A Roger Loughran 100/1
2018 · 3 runs
28 Dec 18+15d Limerick Future Ticketing.ie Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 15 ran 9/15 ¾ 11-1 —48C89C Ryan Treacy 150/1
13 Dec 18+4d Tramore 2019 Tramore Annual Badge Maiden Hurdle 21f · Heavy · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-12 ——— Roger Loughran 100/1
09 Dec 18 Cork Charleville Cheese Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft To Heavy · 24 ran 14/24 1¾ 11-12 —28C105C Roger Loughran 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Too Much To Ask won?
Too Much To Ask (IRE) won 2 of 18 archived starts between 2018 and 2022, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 4 times in total (22.2% of starts).
Who trained Too Much To Ask?
Too Much To Ask (IRE) was trained by Jennie Candlish on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 10 April 2022.
Who is Too Much To Ask's sire?
Too Much To Ask (IRE) is by Ask (GB) out of Chinara (IRE), whose sire is Supreme Leader.
What going does Too Much To Ask prefer?
Too Much To Ask (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Too Much To Ask's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 10 April 2022. The highest on record is 111.
What is Too Much To Ask's sire's record?
Ask (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,215 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Too Much To Ask's siblings?
Out of Chinara (IRE), Too Much To Ask (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2018. 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.