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Horse profile

Best Bear (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2014) · Last trainer Jean McGregor · Last owner Mrs Dorothy Thomson
by Rambling Bear (GB) out of Lingham Bridesmaid (GB) (Minster Son)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Sep 2014
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Nov 2014 — 4,374 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2014 · 10th of 10
KTB Profile

Best Bear (GB) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

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 95C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Ayr, 12 Nov 2014 Official rating 124 at the last run, 7 Nov 2014

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 95C · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft295C84—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m295C84—

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 3 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
Rambling Bear (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.6% of 362 runs since Jan 2008 (21 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−6.6—
Good to Firm7422.7%−3.9—
Good7656.6%00 from 1
Good to Soft5159.8%+3.20 from 2
Soft4536.7%+0.1—
Heavy27414.8%+8.2—
Standard (AW)8655.8%−0.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f11587%+0.4—
6f – 7f10498.7%+2.1—
1m – 1m1f1500%−6.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1400%−6.6—
1m5f – 2m7756.5%−0.10 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f3226.3%−0.3—
2m5f – 3m500%−6.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Lingham Bridesmaid (GB) (Minster Son)

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
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Miss A McGregor 2 0 0% −2.00
Derek Fox 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood 2 0 0% −2.00
None 1 0 0% −1.00

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
2014 · 3 runs
12 Nov 14+5d Ayr Play Live Casino At BetVictor.com Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10/10 64 10-11 —95C Derek Fox 250/1
07 Nov 14+43d Musselburgh William Hill Rails Bookmaker At Musselburgh Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 1m7½f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 10-9 124— Miss A McGregor 150/1
25 Sep 14 Perth Book Now For April Festival Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7/7 80 10-9 —73C Miss A McGregor 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Best Bear won?
Best Bear (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2014.
Who trained Best Bear?
Best Bear (GB) was trained by Jean McGregor on the most recent run on record, at Ayr on 12 November 2014.
Who is Best Bear's sire?
Best Bear (GB) is by Rambling Bear (GB) out of Lingham Bridesmaid (GB), whose sire is Minster Son.
What is Best Bear's official rating?
Best Bear (GB)'s highest official rating on record is 124.
What is Best Bear's sire's record?
Rambling Bear (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.6% of 362 runs since Jan 2008 (21 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from September 2014. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.