Beckford's Folly (IRE)
Beckford's Folly is a gelding with three wins from seven runs, including a Group 3 success in the Newmarket Academy Godolphin Beacon Project Cornwallis Stakes at Newmarket in Oct 2025. All three wins came at Newmarket, two over 6f-7f and one under 6f, on good to firm, good to soft and good ground. By Lope De Vega out of a Dubawi mare, he last ran at Newmarket in May 2026 when finishing 11 of 14 in the Palace House Stakes off a mark of 110, which was his career-high rating.
- 3–7Wins / Runs
- 42.9%Strike rate
- 3 (42.9%)Placed
- +15.22£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 1.74Fair A/E n=7 · 1.52 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 56dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 103
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 103A | 100 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 75C | 69 | 1 run · — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 100C | 76 | 1 run · — |
| Under 6f | 2 | 103A | 89 | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 7 analysed runs since Jun 2025
- Prominent 4 (57%) · 3 wins
- Held up 2 (29%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,206 runs since Apr 2014 (1,107 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 960.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | +8.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,560 | 238 | 15.3% | +1.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 2,755 | 383 | 13.9% | +0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,560 | 183 | 11.7% | −2.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,878 | 253 | 13.5% | −0.3 | — |
| Heavy | 720 | 85 | 11.8% | −2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,713 | 534 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 477 | 71 | 14.9% | +1.1 | 1 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,604 | 511 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,603 | 517 | 14.3% | +0.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,283 | 467 | 14.2% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 960 | 90 | 9.4% | −4.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 246 | 24 | 9.8% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −10.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Francis Drake (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 6f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Francis Drake (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Drake (IRE) | 12 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +14.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.22 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +13.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.22 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 5 | 3 | 60% | +17.22 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.22 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 5 | 2 | 40% | +16.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.22 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 3 | 50% | +16.22 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +17.22 |
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 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 May 26+16d | Newmarket | HKJC World Pool Palace House Stakes (Group 3) Settled in the pack early - pushed along with two furlongs left - boxed in with no gap approaching the final straight - dropped away quickly to finish 11th | 11/14 | 2¼ | 9-3 | 110 | 75C | 71A | William Buick | 11/1 |
| 16 Apr 26+188d | Newmarket | ZYN Abernant Stakes (Group 3) Held up towards the back of the pack - driven for effort passing the final furlong marker - unable to make further headway late on finishing eighth | 8/14 | ¾ | 9-1 | 110 | 100C | 93A | William Buick | 8/1 |
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Oct 25+34d | Newmarket | Newmarket Academy Godolphin Beacon Project Cornwallis Stakes (Group 3) Sat close to the front pair - asked for effort 2f out - moved right and gained ground inside the last two furlongs - edged in front close home - clung on by a whisker | 1/10 | 9-3 | 92 | 103A | 105A | William Buick | 16/1 | |
| 06 Sep 25+36d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Sirenia Stakes (Group 3) Slow to break - held up towards the back - nudged into contention over a furlong out - failed to threaten and backed off inside final furlong - finished 6th beaten 5 lengths | 6/10 | 3½ | 9-3 | 93 | 76A | 86A | Oisin Murphy | 9/4J |
| 01 Aug 25+36d | Newmarket | Up EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled in 4th early - pressed for effort near the furlong marker and hit the front inside it - kept finding to score | 1/6 | 9-11 | — | 91B | 90B | Billy Loughnane | 2/9F | |
| 26 Jun 25+23d | Newmarket | Racecourse Syndicates Association Promoting Shared Ownership EBF 'Confined' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled just off the pace from a central position - angled left with two furlongs left - burst to the front inside the last - drew away readily to score | 1/6 | 9-7 | — | 63A | 99B | William Buick | 3/1 | |
| 03 Jun 25 | Lingfield | Highbet Acca Odds Boost / EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Sat handy behind the front group - urged forward approaching 3f out then drifted left under pressure inside final furlong - unable to close final stages to finish fourth | 4/6 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 68C | 81B | William Buick | 15/8 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Beckford's Folly won?
- Beckford's Folly (IRE) won 3 of 7 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 42.9%. Placed 3 times in total (42.9% of starts).
- Who trains Beckford's Folly?
- Beckford's Folly (IRE) is trained by Charlie Appleby, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 2 May 2026.
- Who is Beckford's Folly's sire?
- Beckford's Folly (IRE) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Fonthill Abbey (IRE), whose sire is Dubawi.
- What going does Beckford's Folly prefer?
- Beckford's Folly (IRE) has the best record on good 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 Beckford's Folly's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 2 May 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Beckford's Folly's sire's record?
- Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,206 runs since Apr 2014 (1,107 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 960.
- Who are Beckford's Folly's siblings?
- Out of Fonthill Abbey (IRE), Beckford's Folly (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Francis Drake (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Francis Drake (IRE)). The wins came over 6f. As at Nov 2026.