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Horse profile

Bright Times Ahead (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Nov 2025) · Trainer Ralph Beckett · Owner Mrs Doreen Tabor
by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Xaarienne (GB) (Xaar)
8 runs · 7 courses · from Nov 2024
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Newmarket Last run 9 Nov 2025 · 10th of 18
KTB Profile

Bright Times Ahead won her only race from eight starts at Newmarket in Nov 2024 in a Class 4 fillies novice over 6f to 7f on good to soft. The Lope De Vega filly has raced seven times on turf and once on all-weather without adding to that success. She finished 10 of 18 in the Prix Isola Bella at Saint-Cloud in Nov 2025. She has reached an official rating of 88.

Based on 8 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating79↓ 9lb off peak
79 79–88

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 97 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 14 Aug 2025

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 7 figures · best 97B · median 85
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Good389C85—
Good to Soft295A80—
Heavy1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
6f – 7f495A87—
1m – 1m1f397B77—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 100A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Doncaster, 25 Oct 2025 Official rating 79 at the last run, 25 Oct 2025

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 →

Flat 7 figures · best 100A · median 79
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Good379B74—
Good to Soft296A89—
Heavy1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
6f – 7f4100A85—
1m – 1m1f382A79—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 from 7 analysed runs since Nov 2024

  • Held up 4 (57%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (29%) · 1 win
  • Led 1 (14%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Lope De Vega (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,230 runs since Apr 2014 (1,109 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 960.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm18422.2%+8.4—
Good to Firm1,56023815.3%+1.5—
Good2,75638313.9%+0.10 from 3
Good to Soft1,56418411.8%−21 from 2
Soft1,88225413.5%−0.3—
Heavy7218511.8%−20 from 2
Standard (AW)3,72753614.4%+0.60 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4787114.9%+1.1—
6f – 7f3,61351214.2%+0.41 from 4
1m – 1m1f3,61251914.4%+0.60 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f3,28746814.2%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m960909.4%−4.4—
2m1f – 2m4f247249.7%−4.1—
2m5f – 3m3213.1%−10.7—
Over 3m100%−13.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Xaarienne (GB) (Xaar)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Mont Kiara (FR) (5 wins).

The wins came over 5½f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (See The Rose (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mont Kiara (FR)6056f–7fClass 2
See The Rose (IRE)935½f–7fGroup 3
Xaarino (FR)426f–7fListed
Rose Bloom (IRE)727f–1m—
Pink Haze (IRE)80——
Xaarina (FR)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +0.62
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 4 1 25% −1.38
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newmarket 2 1 50% +0.62
Saint-Cloud (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00
6f – 7f 4 1 25% −1.38

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Hector Crouch 3 1 33% −0.38
Edward Greatrex 2 0 0% −2.00
Rossa Ryan 2 0 0% −2.00
Joe Leavy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 1 17% −3.38
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 7 0 0% −7.00
2024 1 1 100% +1.62

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
2025 · 7 runs
09 Nov 25+15d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Isola Bella () (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Turf) 1m · Heavy · 18 ran 10/18 1¾ 8-11 ——— Edward Greatrex 33/1
25 Oct 25+21d Doncaster Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 · 7f · Heavy · 15 ran Held up in last place - made progress into contention 3f out - driven up to challenge for third a furlong out - drifted right and could not quicken inside the final furlong to finish third 3/15 ¾ 9-11 7979C100A Hector Crouch 16/1
04 Oct 25+28d Newmarket Stradivarius First Yearlings 2025 Fillies' Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good · 8 ran Settled at the rear of the field - asked for effort with 2f left - unable to land a challenge - finished sixth 6/8 1 9-4 8085A69A Rossa Ryan 9/4F
06 Sep 25+23d Ascot tote UK British EBF Premier Fillies' Handicap (Str) Class 2 · 1m · Good To Soft · 8 ran Drifted right at the outset - settled towards the rear of the field - made progress through a gap approaching the final furlong - moved into second inside the last but never able to trouble the winner 2/8 3¼ 8-6 8065A82A Joe Leavy 10/1
14 Aug 25+26d Chelmsford City (AW) Paddy Power Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 10 ran Handy early - dropped from second spot with 5f left - pushed along under pressure then faded into 1f out to finish eighth 8/10 1¾ 9-5 8397B64A Edward Greatrex 8/1
19 Jul 25+98d Haydock Every Race Live On Racing TV Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 1m · Good · 5 ran Set the pace early - pressed and put under pressure before giving way over a furlong out - dropped away steadily through the closing stages to finish 5th 5/5 ¾ 9-9 8877C79B Hector Crouch 5/4F
12 Apr 25+161d Newbury Dubai Duty Free Stakes (Registered As The Fred Darling Stakes) (Fillies' Group 3) Class 1 · 7f · Good · 15 ran Settled at the back along the near rail early - remained off the pace throughout - finished well held in 10th 10/15 2 9-2 —89C74A Rossa Ryan 13/2
2024 · 1 run
02 Nov 24 Newmarket Dusseldorf's 105th German 1000 Guineas British EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 9 ran Tracked front group early - hit front over a furlong out - shaken up and quickened clear - won going easily 1/9 9-2 —95A96A Hector Crouch 13/8F

Quick answers

How many races has Bright Times Ahead won?
Bright Times Ahead (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
Who trains Bright Times Ahead?
Bright Times Ahead (IRE) is trained by Ralph Beckett, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 November 2025.
Who is Bright Times Ahead's sire?
Bright Times Ahead (IRE) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Xaarienne (GB), whose sire is Xaar.
What is Bright Times Ahead's official rating?
Bright Times Ahead (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 88.
What is Bright Times Ahead's sire's record?
Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,230 runs since Apr 2014 (1,109 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 960.
Who are Bright Times Ahead's siblings?
Out of Xaarienne (GB), Bright Times Ahead (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Mont Kiara (FR) (5). Highest grade won: Group 3 (See The Rose (IRE)). The wins came over 5½f–1m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2024. 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.