Horse profile
Argentine Tango (GB)
21 runs · 14 courses · from Apr 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · 4 courses
Last run 4 Oct 2026 · 5th of 15
Last raced off OR 100
KTB Profile
Argentine Tango is 4 from 21 on turf, with all wins at 6f or shorter. She won the Listed Unite George Ramsay Celebration EBF Land O'Burns Fillies' Stakes at Ayr on soft ground in Jun 2026, her second Listed win in our archive only. The filly also landed races at Newmarket, Beverley and Pontefract between Apr 2025 and Jun 2025. She finished fifth of 15 in the Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines at Longchamp in Oct 2026, last raced off a career-high mark of 100.
Based on 21 archived runs · run-style from 18 commented runs since Apr 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
OR at career high
- 4–21Wins / Runs
- 19%Strike rate
- 9 (42.9%)Placed
- +4.63£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 2.11Fair A/E n=21 · 1.83 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 27dAvg 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 rating100At career-high mark
100
84–100
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 117
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 117B | 85.5 | 2 runs · 117 / 105.5 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 105A | 100 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 3 | 112C | 103 | 2 runs · 112 / 102 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 103C | 87 | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 13 | 112C | 92 | 6 runs · 112 / 98.5 |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 117B | 101.5 | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 19 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 18 analysed runs since Apr 2025
- Prominent 13 (72%) · 3 wins
- Led 3 (17%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 2 (11%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 243 runs since Jan 2008 (25 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −8.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 53 | 6 | 11.3% | +2.7 | 1 from 5 |
| Good | 87 | 11 | 12.6% | +4 | 2 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 34 | 1 | 2.9% | −5.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 20 | 1 | 5% | −3.6 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +3.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 40 | 1 | 2.5% | −6.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 77 | 7 | 9.1% | +0.5 | 3 from 15 |
| 6f – 7f | 158 | 14 | 8.9% | +0.3 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −8.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −8.6 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Dancer (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Igrok (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 2 | 22% | −2.37 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 16 | 2 | 13% | +3.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverley | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| Goodwood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 1 | 33% | +7.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 15 | 3 | 20% | +0.63 |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 1 | 17% | +4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Allan | 15 | 4 | 27% | +10.63 |
| Duran Fentiman | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 19 | 4 | 21% | +6.63 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +0.00 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +4.63 |
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 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Oct 26+21d | Longchamp (FR) | Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines (Group 1) | 5/15 | hd | 9-7 | 100 | — | — | David Allan | 20/1 |
| 13 Sep 26+14d | Curragh (IRE) | BAR 1 Betting Flying Five Stakes (Group 1) Up with the front group - nudged along 2f out and dropped to 8th inside the final furlong - plugged on without quickening to finish 6th | 6/17 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 98 | 92C | 103A | David Allan | 66/1 |
| 30 Aug 26+30d | Beverley | William Hill Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes (Listed Race) Handy up front early - shaken into effort to nudge in front inside final 2f - drifted left and lost lead nearing last furlong - kept trying but couldn't find more late | 2/8 | ½ | 9-0 | 98 | 104A | 109A | David Allan | 11/2 |
| 31 Jul 26+41d | Goodwood | King George Qatar Stakes (Group 2) Far flank from the off - up with the pace and pushed into contention 2f out - faded in the final furlong to finish 14th | 14/15 | shd | 8-11 | 98 | 103C | 79A | Tom Eaves | 100/1 |
| 20 Jun 26+7d | Ayr | Unite George Ramsay Celebration EBF Land O'Burns Fillies' Stakes (Filles' And Mares' Listed) Drifted right early - settled up with the pace through mid-race - pushed along 2f out and closed on the front-runner turning in - hit the front close home - stayed on to score | 1/15 | 9-0 | 98 | 112C | 102A | David Allan | 8/1 | |
| 13 Jun 26+21d | Sandown | BetMGM Scurry Stakes (Listed) Tracked the front-runner early - pushed along with 2f left - held level through to the line without finding more | 6/8 | 1¼ | 8-13 | 98 | 94A | 85A | Rob Hornby | 8/1 |
| 23 May 26+21d | Haydock | William Hill Temple Stakes (Group 2) Close up with the pack early - pressed for effort with two furlongs left - lost momentum inside the final 110 yards - finished sixth beaten 3.25L | 6/12 | 1½ | 8-9 | 97 | 71C | 94A | Duran Fentiman | 50/1 |
| 02 May 26+18d | Goodwood | Fitzdares Chelmer Fillies' Stakes (Listed) Sent clear early - pressed for effort and overtaken a furlong out - weakened close home to finish fourth | 4/9 | 1½ | 9-2 | 99 | 117B | 94A | David Allan | 11/2 |
| 14 Apr 26+186d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix Sigy (Turf) | 4/13 | nk | 8-10 | 93 | — | — | David Allan | 45/1 |
| 2025 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Oct 25+6d | Newmarket | Newmarket Academy Godolphin Beacon Project Cornwallis Stakes (Group 3) Settled in the pack early - lost touch with the front group over 2f out - pushed along but couldn't find extra from the furlong marker - finished well held in 7th | 7/10 | hd | 9-0 | 94 | 86A | 76A | Oisin Murphy | 7/1 |
| 04 Oct 25+14d | Redcar | William Hill Two Year Old Trophy (Listed) Sat behind the pace - driven with two furlongs to run then went in front approaching the last furlong - drifted left and was overtaken close home - unable to find more and just gave up third in the final strides | 3/15 | ¾ | 8-3 | 94 | 103C | 86A | Duran Fentiman | 11/2 |
| 20 Sep 25+8d | Ayr | Ladbrokes 'Get Rewarded With Ladbucks' Firth Of Clyde (Fillies' Group 3) Settled in the pack - pushed along with 2f left and drifted left approaching the final furlong - stayed on at one speed to finish sixth beaten 5 lengths | 6/14 | ¾ | 9-2 | 95 | 103C | 89A | David Allan | 15/2 |
| 12 Sep 25+22d | Doncaster | Carlsberg Danish Pilsner Flying Childers Stakes (Group 2) Held up behind the front group early - checked and pulled back sharply inside final furlong - no room to recover - finished well held in 8th | 8/10 | 1 | 9-0 | 95 | 85A | 81A | Jason Hart | 22/1 |
| 21 Aug 25+22d | York | Sky Bet Lowther Stakes (Fillies' Group 2) Set the pace early - pressed for effort and lost front spot inside final furlong - dropped away in the closing stages to finish 6th | 6/11 | nse | 9-2 | 95 | 77A | 85A | David Allan | 12/1 |
| 30 Jul 25+19d | Goodwood | HKJC World Pool Molecomb Stakes (Group 3) Held a forward spot down the middle - asked for effort but flattened out approaching the final furlong - found renewed energy close home - kept on to finish second without threatening the winner | 2/8 | 1½ | 9-0 | 95 | 110A | 100A | David Allan | 11/1 |
| 11 Jul 25+15d | Newmarket | Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (Sponsored By bet365) (Fillies' Group 2) Tracked the pacesetter wide - pushed on when rivals converged with 2f left - moved into second a furlong out - edged out of that spot late to finish third | 3/6 | 3½ | 9-2 | 94 | 85A | 90B | David Allan | 9/1 |
| 26 Jun 25+33d | Newmarket | Empress Fillies' Stakes (Listed) Handy through the early stages - kept battling as the line neared - hit front close home to score | 1/8 | 9-2 | 84 | 100A | 93A | David Allan | 9/1 | |
| 24 May 25+5d | Beverley | Hilary Needler Trophy EBF Fillies' Conditions Stakes (GBB Race) Sat behind pace early - moved out for room approaching final 2f - up to second soon after - hit front over 1f out - driven out to score | 1/5 | 9-2 | — | 81C | 107B | David Allan | 15/8F | |
| 19 May 25+19d | Carlisle | British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Tracked the pace - pushed along a furlong out then moved into second inside the final furlong - stayed on to finish second | 2/7 | 1½ | 9-8 | — | 105A | 102A | David Allan | 9/1 |
| 30 Apr 25+14d | Pontefract | Racing TV Club Day EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Set the pace from the off - came under pressure from the halfway point - driven out inside the final furlong to repel a determined rival - stayed in front to the line for the win | 1/7 | 9-2 | — | 80A | 88A | David Allan | 11/4 | |
| 16 Apr 25 | Beverley | EBF Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Slow to break - quickly settled behind the front group along the far rail - shifted wide to move into second inside the last furlong and kept battling - stayed on but unable to get closer | 2/12 | ¾ | 8-12 | — | 68A | 96A | David Allan | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Argentine Tango won?
- Argentine Tango (GB) won 4 of 21 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 19%. Placed 9 times in total (42.9% of starts).
- Who trains Argentine Tango?
- Argentine Tango (GB) is trained by Tim Easterby, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 October 2026.
- Who is Argentine Tango's sire?
- Argentine Tango (GB) is by Mattmu (GB) out of Showdanse (GB), whose sire is Showcasing.
- What going does Argentine Tango prefer?
- Argentine Tango (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Argentine Tango's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 4 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Argentine Tango's sire's record?
- Mattmu (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 243 runs since Jan 2008 (25 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Argentine Tango's siblings?
- Out of Showdanse (GB), Argentine Tango (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.