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What A Dude (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2023) · Last trainer C Von Der Recke · Last owner Rennstall Recke Gmbh
11 runs · 10 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Jan 2023 — 1,369 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2023 · 8th of 11 Won at Redcar New yard
KTB Profile

What A Dude won one of 11 starts, the success coming in a Class 4 claiming stakes at Redcar over 6f-7f on good to firm in Jun 2022. He raced on turf in ten of those starts. His last run, at Deauville in Jan 2023, was his first for the C Von Der Recke yard and he finished eighth of 11. The gelding, by Kessaar out of a Bated Breath mare, reached an official rating of 69.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating61↓ 8lb off peak
61 61–69

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Redcar, 13 Sep 2022

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 10 figures · best 92A · median 82.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good589A82—
Good to Firm485A73—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f592A83—
Under 6f489A85—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 60B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Redcar, 13 Sep 2022 Official rating 61 at the last run, 13 Sep 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 →

Flat 10 figures · best 75A · median 59.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good566B50—
Good to Firm475A60.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f575A60—
Under 6f466B60—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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

Progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 1,096 runs since Jan 2008 (97 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 14% from 107.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm700%−7.7—
Good to Firm142128.5%+0.81 from 4
Good272207.4%−0.30 from 5
Good to Soft1071514%+6.30 from 1
Soft140139.3%+1.6—
Heavy4512.2%−5.5—
Standard (AW)383236%−1.70 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f158127.6%−0.10 from 4
6f – 7f465275.8%−1.91 from 5
1m – 1m1f2382410.1%+2.40 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f130107.7%0—
1m5f – 2m62812.9%+5.2—
2m1f – 2m4f3837.9%+0.2—
2m5f – 3m500%−7.7—

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

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Be Like Pumpkin (GB)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 4 1 25% −1.50
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 1 17% −3.50
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Redcar 2 1 50% +0.50
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 5 1 20% −2.50
Under 6f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ben Robinson 3 0 0% −3.00
Jozef Bojko 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieran Schofield 1 0 0% −1.00
Harry Russell 1 0 0% −1.00
Connor Beasley 1 1 100% +1.50
Silvestre De Sousa 1 0 0% −1.00
Charles Bishop 1 0 0% −1.00
George Bass 1 0 0% −1.00
David Egan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 1 14% −4.50
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 10 1 10% −7.50

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
2023 · 1 run
28 Jan 23+137d Deauville (FR) Prix des Gorges de la Sonce (Claimer) (3yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 11 ran 8/11 ¾ 8-11 ——— Jozef Bojko 11/1
2022 · 10 runs
13 Sep 22+27d Redcar Market Cross Jewellers Nursery Class 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 dht 7-13 6192A60B Kieran Schofield 20/1
17 Aug 22+13d Musselburgh Bet At racingtv.com Nursery Class 6 · 8f · Good · 5 ran 4/5 3¼ 9-6 6456C43B Harry Russell 11/2
04 Aug 22+9d Doncaster William Hill Build Your Odds Racing League Race Three (Nursery) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 10/11 ¾ 8-11 6863A59A Ben Robinson 40/1
26 Jul 22+20d Beverley Roy Jones Has Made It To 90 Nursery Class 5 · 7.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8/11 ¾ 9-7 6883A62A Ben Robinson 50/1
06 Jul 22+19d Catterick Eden Training Academy Nursery Class 5 · 7f · Good · 6 ran 6/6 22 9-3 6938C37C Ben Robinson 11/2
17 Jun 22+12d Redcar Start Your RacingTV Free Month Claiming Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 1/8 8-12 —85A75A Connor Beasley 6/4F
05 Jun 22+25d Goodwood William Hill Play Responsibly Selling Stakes Class 3 · 5f · Good · 4 ran 4/4 nk 9-1 —88C50B Silvestre De Sousa 2/1
11 May 22+16d Bath British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 5f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 ½ 9-7 —82C66B Charles Bishop 40/1
25 Apr 22+8d Windsor British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7/9 2½ 9-0 —51A55A George Bass 11/2
17 Apr 22 Newbury Joe Mercer Memorial EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 5f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 3¼ 9-5 —89A65A David Egan 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has What A Dude won?
What A Dude (IRE) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 1 time in total (9.1% of starts).
Who trained What A Dude?
What A Dude (IRE) was trained by C Von Der Recke on the most recent run on record, at Deauville (FR) on 28 January 2023.
Who is What A Dude's sire?
What A Dude (IRE) is by Kessaar (IRE) out of Balaawy (GB), whose sire is Bated Breath.
What going does What A Dude prefer?
What A Dude (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is What A Dude's official rating?
What A Dude (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 69.
What is What A Dude's sire's record?
Kessaar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.7% of 1,096 runs since Jan 2008 (97 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14% from 107.
Who are What A Dude's siblings?
Out of Balaawy (GB), What A Dude (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2022. 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.