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Bethersden Boy (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2023) · Last trainer Richard Hughes · Last owner Rj Rexton And Cd Dickens
by Excelebration (IRE) out of Doctor's Note (GB) (Pursuit Of Love)
18 runs · 9 courses · from May 2021
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 25 Jul 2023 — 1,183 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2023 · 5th of 10 Won at Newmarket Last raced off OR 55
KTB Profile

Bethersden Boy (IRE) is 1 from 18, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since May 2021. The win came on turf — 0 from 11 on the all-weather. Last raced off 55, 28lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 28lb off peak
Official rating55↓ 28lb off peak
55 55–83

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 85 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 25 Jul 2023

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 18 figures · best 105A · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)11105A85—
Soft272A70—
Good to Firm282A81—
Firm1———
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f14105A82—
Under 6f375B72—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 63A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 25 Jul 2023 Official rating 55 at the last run, 25 Jul 2023

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 18 figures · best 90B · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1187A63—
Soft290B64.5—
Good to Firm286A72.5—
Firm1———
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1490B67.5—
Under 6f358A39—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 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
Excelebration (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9% of 3,605 runs since Jan 2008 (244 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm15213.3%+4.30 from 1
Good to Firm452439.5%+0.50 from 2
Good8639611.1%+2.10 from 1
Good to Soft4684910.5%+1.50 from 1
Soft578559.5%+0.51 from 2
Heavy228198.3%−0.7—
Standard (AW)1,001626.2%−2.80 from 11
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1822011%+20 from 3
6f – 7f1,0891019.3%+0.31 from 14
1m – 1m1f941869.1%+0.10 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f679558.1%−0.9—
1m5f – 2m469418.7%−0.3—
2m1f – 2m4f206188.7%−0.3—
2m5f – 3m36513.9%+4.9—
Over 3m300%−9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Doctor's Note (GB) (Pursuit Of Love)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Clergyman (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Consulting (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Clergyman (GB)3236fClass 5
Consulting (GB)2136f–7fClass 4
Reclaim Victory (IRE)4237f–1mClass 4
Alderley (GB)616fClass 5
Scholes (IRE)10——
General Grant (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 11 0 0% −11.00
Soft 2 1 50% +24.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 4 4 1 25% +22.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Newmarket 2 1 50% +24.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 14 1 7% +12.00
Under 6f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
George Rooke 6 0 0% −6.00
Deon Le Roux 3 0 0% −3.00
Ethan Jones 2 0 0% −2.00
Finley Marsh 2 0 0% −2.00
Pat Dobbs 2 1 50% +24.00
Shane Kelly 1 0 0% −1.00
Ross Coakley 1 0 0% −1.00
Jason Watson 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 1 9% +15.00
Cheekpieces 4 0 0% −4.00
Blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 5 0 0% −5.00
2022 8 0 0% −8.00
2021 5 1 20% +21.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
25 Jul 23+14d Chelmsford City (AW) Injured Jockeys Fund Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 5/10 hd 9-2 5585B63A Deon Le Roux 4/1
11 Jul 23+59d Wolverhampton (AW) Download The At The Races App Handicap Class 6 · 5f · Standard · 8 ran 5/8 ¾ 9-1 5975B58A Deon Le Roux 9/1
13 May 23+12d Lingfield (AW) ARC Supporting Ebony Horse Club Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 7/8 2¼ 8-11 6374A58A Ethan Jones 28/1
01 May 23+12d Windsor At The Races Form Study Apprentice Training Series Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 3 8-13 6772A39B Ethan Jones 16/1
19 Apr 23+113d Kempton (AW) More Price Boosts Races At Unibet Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 7/8 2 9-8 6974A61A George Rooke 11/1
27 Dec 22+57d Wolverhampton (AW) BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Standard · 10 ran 10/10 ½ 9-8 6961C32C George Rooke 9/2
31 Oct 22+41d Wolverhampton (AW) BetUK's Acca Club 5 Pounds Free Bet Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 3/11 ½ 9-9 69101A87A George Rooke 9/2
20 Sep 22+13d Lingfield (AW) Ben Woollacott Memorial Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 3/11 ½ 8-11 6982A66A Deon Le Roux 10/1
07 Sep 22+14d Kempton (AW) Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 3/7 ½ 9-3 69105A79A George Rooke 15/2
24 Aug 22+34d Lingfield (AW) Oliver Bass 29th Birthday Celebration Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 4/12 hd 9-3 6998B79A George Rooke 40/1
21 Jul 22+29d Newbury Pedigree Wholesale Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6/8 5½ 9-11 7280B59A Finley Marsh 11/1
22 Jun 22+21d Bath Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Firm · 7 ran 7/7 ¾ 9-6 7580A63A George Rooke 14/1
01 Jun 22+242d Kempton (AW) Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 11/12 1¼ 9-3 7788A56A Finley Marsh 33/1
02 Oct 21+42d Newmarket 150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 · 6f · Good · 28 ran 15/28 1 8-13 7877C74A Shane Kelly 80/1
21 Aug 21+43d Chelmsford City (AW) Goodwin Malatesta Legal Costs Services Nursery Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 6 ran 4/6 ¾ 9-3 8192A69B Ross Coakley 20/1
09 Jul 21+29d Ascot Biowavego Pain Management Device Nursery Class 3 · 6f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 8/8 2¾ 9-0 8374A58A Jason Watson 13/2
10 Jun 21+19d Newbury Betfair Racing...Only Bettor Podcast Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 4/11 ¾ 9-8 —82A86A Pat Dobbs 15/2
22 May 21 Newmarket Wingate Signs British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 9-2 —68C90B Pat Dobbs 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Bethersden Boy (IRE) won?
Bethersden Boy (IRE) won 1 of 18 archived starts between 2021 and 2023, a strike rate of 5.6%. Placed 3 times in total (16.7% of starts).
Who trained Bethersden Boy (IRE)?
Bethersden Boy (IRE) was trained by Richard Hughes on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 25 July 2023.
Who is Bethersden Boy (IRE)'s sire?
Bethersden Boy (IRE) is by Excelebration (IRE) out of Doctor's Note (GB), whose sire is Pursuit Of Love.
What is Bethersden Boy (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 55, from the run on 25 July 2023. The highest on record is 83.
What is Bethersden Boy (IRE)'s sire's record?
Excelebration (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9% of 3,605 runs since Jan 2008 (244 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Bethersden Boy (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Doctor's Note (GB), Bethersden Boy (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Clergyman (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Consulting (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2021. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.