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Horse profile

Without Excuse (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2008) · Last trainer Marco Botti · Last owner A Nencini
by Woodman (USA) out of Dixie Jewel (USA) (Dixieland Band)
10 runs · 6 courses · from Apr 2007
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Feb 2008 — 6,816 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2008 · 1st of 6 Won last time out 2 wins · Kempton (AW) & Wolverhampton (AW) Last raced off OR 74
KTB Profile

Without Excuse (USA) is 2 from 10. Won last time out at Kempton (AW) (Class 5).

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 12lb off peak
Official rating74↓ 12lb off peak
74 50–86

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 72A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 10 Feb 2008 Official rating 74 at the last run, 29 Feb 2008

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 75C · median 70.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)775C72—
Good to Firm272C68.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f672A67—
1m – 1m1f475C73.5—

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
Woodman (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 266 runs since Jan 2008 (21 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−9.4—
Good to Firm4324.7%−4.70 from 2
Good5735.3%−4.1—
Good to Soft32515.6%+6.2—
Soft37410.8%+1.40 from 1
Heavy2015%−4.4—
Standard (AW)741013.5%+4.12 from 7
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f15320%+10.6—
1m – 1m1f26519.2%+9.82 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f5900%−9.40 from 6
1m5f – 2m8589.4%0—
2m1f – 2m4f52713.5%+4.1—
2m5f – 3m2727.4%−2—
Over 3m200%−9.4—

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
Dixie Jewel (USA) (Dixieland Band)

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) 7 2 29% +5.38
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 3 1 33% +7.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 2 1 50% +0.38
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 3 1 33% −0.62
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 1 33% +7.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 6 0 0% −6.00
1m – 1m1f 4 2 50% +8.38

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Umberto Rispoli 3 0 0% −3.00
Greg Fairley 2 1 50% +8.00
Ted Durcan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ashley Hamblett 1 1 100% +1.38
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00
Frankie Dettori 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 5 1 20% +5.00
Visor 2 1 50% +0.38
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
None 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 4 1 25% −1.62
2007 6 1 17% +4.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2008 · 4 runs
29 Feb 08+19d Kempton (AW) Digibet Apprentice Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 6 ran 1/6 9-3 7468B Ashley Hamblett 11/8F
10 Feb 08+13d Kempton (AW) Turftv Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 2/8 1¾ 9-7 7472A Umberto Rispoli 11/2
28 Jan 08+11d Kempton (AW) kempton.co.uk Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 6 ran 5/6 nk 9-2 5069B Umberto Rispoli 3/1
17 Jan 08+29d Wolverhampton (AW) Hotel & Conferencing At Wolverhampton Handicap Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 6 ran 4/6 ¾ 9-3 7472B Umberto Rispoli 16/1
2007 · 6 runs
19 Dec 07+18d Lingfield (AW) Power 2000 Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 3 9-1 7662C Tom Queally 8/1
01 Dec 07+15d Wolverhampton (AW) Go Pontin's Handicap Class 4 · 9.5f · Standard · 11 ran 4/11 ¾ 8-9 7675C Greg Fairley 18/1
16 Nov 07+165d Wolverhampton (AW) Mace Racing At Wolverhampton Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 1/7 9-5 7675C Greg Fairley 9/1
04 Jun 07+30d Leicester Belvoir Castle Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Soft · 8 ran 8/8 30 9-5 8355C Ted Durcan 33/1
05 May 07+15d Goodwood McInnes Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 6/6 14 9-3 8665C Ted Durcan 16/1
20 Apr 07 Newbury Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup Conditions Stakes Class 3 · 10f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 7/8 7 8-13 —72C Frankie Dettori 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Without Excuse won?
Without Excuse (USA) won 2 of 10 archived starts between 2007 and 2008, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 3 times in total (30% of starts).
Who trained Without Excuse?
Without Excuse (USA) was trained by Marco Botti on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 29 February 2008.
Who is Without Excuse's sire?
Without Excuse (USA) is by Woodman (USA) out of Dixie Jewel (USA), whose sire is Dixieland Band.
What going does Without Excuse prefer?
Without Excuse (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Without Excuse's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 29 February 2008. The highest on record is 86.
What is Without Excuse's sire's record?
Woodman (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 266 runs since Jan 2008 (21 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from April 2007. 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.