Horse profile
Al Shabab (FR)
by Saxon Warrior (JPN) out of Pink Paint (FR) (Redoute's Choice)
34 runs · 17 courses · from Jul 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Lingfield (AW)
Beaten favourite LTO
Last run 17 Mar 2026 · 8th of 8
Last raced off OR 50
KTB Profile
Al Shabab is 1 from 34, the win coming at Class 6 level in a handicap at Lingfield over 1m2f – 1m4f on Standard going in Sep 2025. The gelding is held up, having been ridden with patience in nine of 13 analysed runs. He has 0 from 13 on turf and 1 from 21 on all-weather. His last run, at Wolverhampton in Mar 2026, was his first for the yard and came off an official rating of 50, 24lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 34 archived runs · run-style from 26 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Won on AW, 0 on turf
Win at Class 6
OR ↓ 24lb off peak
- 1–34Wins / Runs
- 2.9%Strike rate
- 10 (29.4%)Placed
- −29.00£1 level staken=34 at SP
- 0.23Fair A/E n=34 · 0.19 incl. margin
- 74Highest OR
- 30dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating50↓ 24lb off peak
50
47–74
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 95
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 21 | 105B | 83 | 8 runs · 95 / 71 |
| Good | 4 | 92C | 65.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 114B | 100 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 93A | 86 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 72C | 56 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 16 | 114B | 85 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 105B | 83 | 3 runs · 95 / 85 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 97B | 66.5 | 5 runs · 81 / 62 |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 34 figures from 34 runs · as at 3 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 from 26 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 12 (46%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 6 (23%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 6 (23%) · 1 win
- Led 2 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 2,894 runs since Jan 2008 (361 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.9% from 938. Weakest on heavy going: 5.9% from 136.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 2 | 40% | +28.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 373 | 47 | 12.6% | +1.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 692 | 65 | 9.4% | −2.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 333 | 34 | 10.2% | −1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 417 | 37 | 8.9% | −2.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 136 | 8 | 5.9% | −5.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 938 | 140 | 14.9% | +3.4 | 1 from 21 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 69 | 3 | 4.3% | −7.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 886 | 96 | 10.8% | −0.7 | 0 from 16 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 887 | 104 | 11.7% | +0.2 | 0 from 11 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 796 | 104 | 13.1% | +1.6 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 190 | 22 | 11.6% | +0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 65 | 4 | 6.2% | −5.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Pink Paint (FR) (Redoute's Choice)
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 21 | 1 | 5% | −16.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 23 | 1 | 4% | −18.00 |
| Class 4 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −16.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Kingscote | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Charles Bishop | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Laura Coughlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saffie Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J F Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Neil Callan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Breslin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr B M Coonan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Probert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 18 | 0 | 0% | −18.00 |
| Tongue tie | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −7.00 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Mar 26+14d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Classified Stakes (Div 1) Sprinted forward eagerly early on - sat close to the pace - pushed into command past the 4f mark - asked for effort 2f out then overtaken - dropped away approaching the final furlong to finish 8th | 8/8 | 2¼ | 9-9 | 50 | 71A | 42A | Rossa Ryan | 9/4F |
| 03 Mar 26+19d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Handicap Settled in the pack early - driven approaching final 2f - stayed on strongly inside final furlong - hit the front 110yds out - caught close home for second | 2/10 | 1 | 9-4 | 50 | 95A | 73A | Sean Levey | 15/2 |
| 12 Feb 26+5d | Lingfield (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Classified Stakes Fought for control early - wide and in contention - driven to improve two out - into the lead argument approaching final furlong before fading to finish seventh | 7/9 | ½ | 9-6 | 50 | 51A | 53A | Laura Coughlan | 9/4F |
| 07 Feb 26+19d | Lingfield (AW) | Midnite Are Upping The Betting Game Handicap (Div 2) Settled midfield early - made headway approaching 3f out - driven into a share of second 2f out - kept on under pressure but couldn't close final furlong | 2/6 | 1 | 9-4 | 50 | 62A | 62B | Saffie Osborne | 3/1 |
| 19 Jan 26+8d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite Are Upping The Betting Game Classified Stakes Settled just behind the front group early - urged forward and made ground into second by the final furlong - kept trying but narrowly denied at the finish | 2/11 | ¾ | 9-9 | 50 | 85A | 80A | Sean Levey | 7/2 |
| 11 Jan 26+38d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betfred Bet Builder Classified Stakes Held up at back - urged forward with 3f left - shifted towards middle of track under pressure with 2f to go - lost placings in final furlong and faded to finish fifth | 5/9 | 2 | 9-9 | 50 | 81A | 61A | J F Egan | 9/1 |
| 2025 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Dec 25+38d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Flutter Proudly Supporting Pancreatic Cancer UK Handicap Handy early - asked for effort over 2f out but weakened rapidly with a furlong left - well beaten at the finish | 12/12 | 40 | 9-7 | 51 | 0C | 49C | Neil Callan | 8/1 |
| 27 Oct 25+34d | Lingfield (AW) | Make The Move To Midnite Handicap Went straight to front - dropped in behind rivals before being pressed for effort 2f out - kept on at one speed to finish 7th beaten 2¾ lengths | 7/12 | hd | 9-6 | 51 | 71A | 66A | Rossa Ryan | 7/2 |
| 23 Sep 25+5d | Lingfield (AW) | Download The At The Races App Handicap Settled in the pack early - improving from 3f out - eased over to the right approaching the final 2f - hit the front inside the last 110yds and stayed on strongly to score | 1/13 | 9-1 | 47 | 97B | 81A | Rossa Ryan | 4/1 | |
| 18 Sep 25+14d | Kempton (AW) | Bet At racingtv.com Handicap (Div 2) Settled at the back early - pushed along with 2f left - edged forward late but without threatening the front | 5/12 | 1½ | 9-2 | 47 | 72A | 64A | Josephine Gordon | 5/1 |
| 04 Sep 25+22d | Southwell (AW) | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap Held up in midfield - hampered and shifted right over 2f out - pushed along inside final furlong - finished well to take 3rd near the line | 3/13 | nk | 9-2 | 47 | 105B | 72A | Jamie Spencer | 13/2 |
| 13 Aug 25+9d | Ffos Las | Alison Thorpe Racing Handicap Handy up with the front pack early - pressed for effort 2f out - dropped away soon after - finished 9th | 9/10 | 1 | 9-9 | 48 | 63B | 47A | Billy Loughnane | 15/2 |
| 04 Aug 25+24d | Lingfield (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap (AWT) (Div 1) Held up towards back of field - progress made passing rivals over a furlong out - pushed along and kept going to line - lacked the speed to get on terms finishing fourth beaten a length and a half | 4/9 | nse | 9-3 | 48 | 99C | 70A | Rossa Ryan | 11/4 |
| 11 Jul 25+43d | Chepstow | betwright.com Bangers N'Cash Handicap Settled just off the pace - urged forward with two furlongs left - unable to make an impression - finished 11th | 11/13 | ½ | 9-5 | 51 | 99C | 53A | Charles Bishop | 16/1 |
| 29 May 25+17d | Yarmouth | Get Raceday Ready Handicap Slow to break - held up at the rear throughout - never a factor - finished well held in 9th | 9/10 | 1¾ | 9-6 | 52 | 78A | 47A | Andrew Breslin | 33/1 |
| 12 May 25+118d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Advance Price Midweek Racing For 10 Handicap Checked and eased to the inside early - settled towards the back - unable to make an impact - finished well beaten in 9th | 9/11 | 1 | 9-7 | 53 | 92A | 58A | Cieren Fallon | 7/2 |
| 14 Jan 25+7d | Southwell (AW) | Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Shared front early - sat close up before edging clear approaching final furlong - overtaken close home - unable to threaten winner and beaten 1.75 lengths in 2nd | 2/11 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 53 | 94A | 73A | Richard Kingscote | 11/1 |
| 07 Jan 25+22d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap Settled towards the back early - improved out wide before drifting left approaching the final furlong - stayed on under pressure but faded from a middling 4th to finish 5th | 5/10 | nk | 9-6 | 53 | 70A | 69A | Richard Kingscote | 5/1 |
| 2024 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Dec 24+5d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Nudged back at the break - settled in the back third - urged forward approaching 2f out - kept on inside the final furlong to finish fifth | 5/11 | shd | 9-9 | 55 | 101A | 71A | Charles Bishop | 7/1 |
| 11 Dec 24+19d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap Ran on the outer early - close to pace-setter into midrace - dropped away 2f out and faded fast to finish 13th | 13/13 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 55 | 79B | 55A | Richard Kingscote | 9/1 |
| 22 Nov 24+17d | Newcastle (AW) | Take Time To Think With BetMGM Handicap Held up towards back - pushed along inside final furlong - closed a little but couldn't threaten leaders - finished sixth | 6/11 | nk | 9-3 | 56 | 83A | 68A | Billy Loughnane | 4/1 |
| 05 Nov 24+12d | Newcastle (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Squeezed for space at the break - settled off the pace in the pack - found a gap and made progress approaching 2f out but couldn't threaten from a furlong out | 5/9 | 2¾ | 9-10 | 57 | 84A | 73A | Rob Hornby | 5/2 |
| 24 Oct 24+20d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap (Div 2) Settled at the back early - made progress a furlong out - flew home inside the last - edged out narrowly for the runner-up spot | 2/7 | ¾ | 9-4 | 57 | 99A | 73A | Richard Kingscote | 10/3 |
| 04 Oct 24+13d | Ascot | Molton Brown Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (Male Amateur Riders) Settled towards the back of the pack early - stayed there without threatening to improve - finished well beaten in 12th | 12/13 | 1¾ | 9-11 | 60 | 35C | 42C | Mr B M Coonan | 25/1 |
| 21 Sep 24+16d | Chester | Boodles Handicap Settled in the pack early - pushed along with a small gain approaching the furlong marker - unable to close in the closing stages - finished ninth beaten 4.5 lengths | 9/12 | shd | 8-10 | 63 | 93A | 69A | Rob Hornby | 80/1 |
| 05 Sep 24+12d | Newbury | Use The BetVictor Safer Gambling Portal Handicap Held up at the back - ridden and already adrift from beyond 2f out - never threatened and finished a distant 9th | 9/9 | 1 | 8-13 | 67 | 56A | 37A | Kieran O'Neill | 33/1 |
| 24 Aug 24+20d | Windsor | Thames Alfa Romeo Slough Handicap Settled at the back - moved left to the far rail 3f out - nudged along approaching the final furlong without threatening | 8/9 | ½ | 8-10 | 70 | 86B | 51A | Kieran O'Neill | 25/1 |
| 04 Aug 24+9d | Haydock | Sky Bet Club Handicap Slow to break - held up at the back throughout - never a factor - finished well held in 10th | 10/15 | 1 | 8-11 | 72 | 92C | 71A | David Egan | 66/1 |
| 26 Jul 24+288d | Ascot | Chapel Down Handicap | 10/10 | 1 | 9-1 | 74 | 42B | 41A | David Probert | 40/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Oct 23+28d | Chelmsford City (AW) | EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/13 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 74 | 73B | 79A | Richard Kingscote | 11/10F |
| 14 Sep 23+22d | Doncaster | Weatherbys Scientific 300,000 2-Y-O Stakes (GBB Race) | 13/17 | nk | 9-2 | 74 | 72C | 76A | Richard Kingscote | 80/1 |
| 23 Aug 23+13d | Leicester | British EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/11 | nk | 9-7 | — | 114B | 88A | P J McDonald | 6/1 |
| 10 Aug 23+28d | Brighton | Star Community Housing Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/8 | 3¾ | 9-4 | — | 100B | 64A | Harry Davies | 5/1 |
| 13 Jul 23 | Newbury | Pentair-Jung Pumpen EBF Restricted Novice Stakes | 10/12 | 1 | 9-2 | — | 68B | 58A | Hollie Doyle | 9/4 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Al Shabab won?
- Al Shabab (FR) won 1 of 34 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 2.9%. Placed 10 times in total (29.4% of starts).
- Who trains Al Shabab?
- Al Shabab (FR) is trained by David Evans, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 March 2026.
- Who is Al Shabab's sire?
- Al Shabab (FR) is by Saxon Warrior (JPN) out of Pink Paint (FR), whose sire is Redoute's Choice.
- What going does Al Shabab prefer?
- Al Shabab (FR) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 21 starts (4.8%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Al Shabab's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 50, from the run on 17 March 2026. The highest on record is 74.
- What is Al Shabab's sire's record?
- Saxon Warrior (JPN)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 2,894 runs since Jan 2008 (361 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.9% from 938. Weakest on heavy going: 5.9% from 136.