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Knightmare: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Knightmare is a 4-year-old gelding by Mehmas, trained by David Evans. He has won 1 of 24 starts and placed in 8 more, for £18,798 in prize money. His best trip is 1m, where 1 win from 4 is a 25% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:07 at Leicester on 8 September. His best performance rating is 69, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 24
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 9
  • Strike rate 4%
  • Prize money £18,798
  • Best rating 69
  • Official rating 54

Where Knightmare runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:07 Leicester Your Move Estate Agents Apprentice Handicap Stakes —

Knightmare form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
29 Aug 26 Chepstow Download The At The Races App Apprentice Handicap Stakes Class 6 1m 2f Good To Soft 5 7.25 100/30 Miss Amy Tucker 54
28 Jul 26 Ffos Las Cymru Bet/Alan Bushell Racing Classified Stakes Class 6 1m Good 2 1 6/5F Ryan Kavanagh 50
24 Jul 26 Chepstow 3A's Caravan & Motorhome Classified Stakes Class 6 1m Good To Firm 1 — 9/4F Ryan Kavanagh 50
7 Jul 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Download The Raceday Ready App Classified Stakes Class 6 1m 0.5f Standard 2 .75 EvensF Billy Loughnane 49
1 Jul 26 Bath Lansdown Golf Club Classified Stakes Class 6 1m Firm 2 .5 3/1J Pat Cosgrave 49
23 Jun 26 Ffos Las Morgan Enviromental Classified Stakes Class 6 1m 2f Good 2 3.75 6/1 Rossa Ryan 49
15 Jun 26 Chepstow BJ Llewellyn Racing In Memory Of Gwilym Llewellyn Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 1m 2f Good To Soft 5 4.75 5/1 Miss Amy Tucker 50
2 Jun 26 Wolverhampton (AW) attheraces.com/marketmovers Classified Stakes Class 6 1m 0.5f Standard 2 1.25 9/4F Saffie Osborne 50
26 May 26 Bath Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com 'Confined' Handicap Class 6 1m 2f Firm 3 4 12/1 Laura Coughlan 50
13 May 26 Bath Best Cleaning Supporting MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Handicap Class 6 1m 3.5f Firm 4 9 15/2 Laura Coughlan 52
4 May 26 Bath Lee's 60th Still Horsing Around Handicap Class 6 1m 3.5f Good 5 7.5 4/1 Pat Cosgrave 52
27 Apr 26 Bath Download The Fairplay App Apprentice Handicap Class 6 1m 3.5f Firm 3 1.5 22/1 Laura Coughlan 52
31 Mar 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Midnite Are Upping The Betting Game Selling Handicap Class 6 1m 1.5f Standard 5 4 25/1 Pat Cosgrave 53
17 Mar 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Class 6 1m 0.5f Standard 11 8 33/1 Laura Coughlan 56
9 Feb 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 4 2.5 17/2 Billy Loughnane 57
21 Jan 26 Lingfield (AW) BetMGM Supports Safer Gambling Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 7 9 8/1 Miss Amy Tucker 57
14 Jan 26 Kempton (AW) Unibet Celebrate Sponsoring 3000 Races Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Class 6 7f Standard To Slow 2 1.25 17/2 Miss Amy Tucker 57
8 Dec 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Join The Midnite Movement Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 6f Standard 4 1.75 22/1 Kyle Strydom 60
2 Dec 25 Lingfield (AW) Make The Move To Midnite Handicap Class 6 5f Standard 6 3.5 14/1 Kyle Strydom 60
20 Nov 25 Lingfield (AW) Take Time Out During SGWEEK25! Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 12 9 10/1 David Egan 63
17 Oct 25 Redcar Champions Full Gallop Tonight On ITV Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 7f Good 10 9.75 14/1 Tom Eaves 64
29 Sep 25 Southwell (AW) Sky Sports Racing Virgin 519 Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 6f Standard 4 7.25 9/1 Sean Levey –
24 Jan 25 Lingfield (AW) Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 6f Standard 4 2.25 13/8F Rhys Clutterbuck –
4 Jul 24 Yarmouth Weatherbys EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 6f Good 11 15 50/1 Rhys Clutterbuck –

Last time out

Finished 5 in the Download The At The Races App Apprentice Handicap Stakes at Chepstow on 29 August 2026. Held up handy in the pack - urged forward with over two furlongs left - lost ground two out - eventually finished fifth.

Knightmare by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
10f 4 0 0%
8f 4 1 25%
7f 4 0 0%
6f 4 0 0%
8.5f 3 0 0%
11.5f 3 0 0%
9.5f 1 0 0%
5f 1 0 0%

Knightmare by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Standard 11 0 0%
Good 5 0 0%
Firm 4 0 0%
Good To Soft 2 0 0%
Good To Firm 1 1 100%
Standard To Slow 1 0 0%

Knightmare by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Wolverhampton (AW) 6 0 0%
Bath 5 0 0%
Lingfield (AW) 4 0 0%
Chepstow 3 1 33%
Ffos Las 2 0 0%
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0%
Redcar 1 0 0%
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0%
Yarmouth 1 0 0%

Knightmare breeding

  • Sire Mehmas (IRE)
  • Dam French Battle (USA)
  • Damsire Declaration Of War (USA)
  • Breeder Phoenix Thoroughbred
  • Foaled 4 February 2022

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