Castle Way (GB)
Castle Way won four of eight starts on turf, including the Group 3 Bahrain Trophy Stakes at Newmarket in Jul 2023. He also landed a Listed race and two handicaps, all at Newmarket or Haydock, over trips from 1m to 2m on good or good to firm ground. Three of his five runs at Newmarket produced wins. He last ran when sixth of six in the William Hill Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket in May 2024, off an official rating of 110.
- 4–8Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 6 (75%)Placed
- +10.94£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.84Fair A/E n=8 · 1.66 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 90dAvg 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 106
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 106A | 92 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 97C | 79.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 106A | 96 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 89C | 82 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 2,102 runs since Jan 2008 (282 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 16.2% from 154. Weakest on heavy going: 4.7% from 149. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12.9% from 302.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 6 | 3 | 50% | +40.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 154 | 25 | 16.2% | +6.6 | 2 from 4 |
| Good | 350 | 42 | 12% | +2.4 | 2 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 328 | 24 | 7.3% | −2.3 | — |
| Soft | 404 | 39 | 9.7% | +0.1 | — |
| Heavy | 149 | 7 | 4.7% | −4.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 710 | 62 | 8.7% | −0.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 15 | 2 | 13.3% | +3.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 257 | 28 | 10.9% | +1.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 646 | 52 | 8% | −1.6 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 753 | 68 | 9% | −0.6 | 2 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 302 | 39 | 12.9% | +3.3 | 1 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 118 | 12 | 10.2% | +0.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +40.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Palace Pier (GB) (9 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Palace Pier (GB)).
Family form: Tiger Beetle (GB) won at Wolverhampton (AW), 2 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palace Pier (GB) | 11 | 9 | 7f–1m | Group 1 |
| Tiger Beetle (GB) | 52 | 5 | 1m1½f–1m4f | Class 4 |
| My Cloud (IRE) | 7 | 4 | 1m | Class 2 |
| Highland Frolic (FR) | 23 | 1 | 2m | Class 4 |
| Tatweej (GB) | 3 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Win Me Over (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bin Daahir (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 2 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.94 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +9.50 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.56 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 5 | 3 | 60% | +12.50 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 2 | 50% | +8.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.56 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 6 | 4 | 67% | +12.94 |
| Adam Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +10.50 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +1.44 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 03 May 24+254d | Newmarket | William Hill Jockey Club Stakes (Group 2) | 6/6 | 32 | 9-5 | 110 | 41C | 70C | William Buick | 7/2 |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Aug 23+41d | York | Sky Bet Great Voltigeur Stakes (Group 2) | 2/5 | 3¾ | 9-2 | 109 | 97C | 97B | William Buick | 13/2 |
| 13 Jul 23+69d | Newmarket | Bahrain Trophy Stakes (Group 3) | 1/6 | 9-3 | 106 | 77A | 88B | William Buick | 9/2 | |
| 05 May 23+198d | Newmarket | Newmarket Stakes (Listed) | 1/7 | 9-2 | 96 | 106A | 94A | William Buick | 7/1 | |
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Oct 22+24d | Newmarket | British EBF Future Stayers Nursery | 1/6 | 9-4 | 89 | 95A | 90B | William Buick | 3/1 | |
| 25 Sep 22+24d | Epsom Downs | Derby 'Wild Card' EBF Conditions Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/5 | 5½ | 9-3 | — | 89C | 70B | Adam Kirby | 5/6F |
| 01 Sep 22+20d | Haydock | Together Commercial Finance EBF Novice Stakes | 1/6 | 9-2 | — | 71A | 83B | William Buick | 4/9F | |
| 12 Aug 22 | Newmarket | Best Bet With JenningsBet British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/9 | 1¼ | 9-7 | — | 82B | 87A | James Doyle | 3/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Castle Way won?
- Castle Way (GB) won 4 of 8 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 6 times in total (75% of starts).
- Who trained Castle Way?
- Castle Way (GB) was trained by Charlie Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 3 May 2024.
- Who is Castle Way's sire?
- Castle Way (GB) is by Almanzor (FR) out of Beach Frolic (GB), whose sire is Nayef.
- What going does Castle Way prefer?
- Castle Way (GB) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Castle Way's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 3 May 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Castle Way's sire's record?
- Almanzor (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 2,102 runs since Jan 2008 (282 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 16.2% from 154. Weakest on heavy going: 4.7% from 149. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12.9% from 302.
- Who are Castle Way's siblings?
- Out of Beach Frolic (GB), Castle Way (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Palace Pier (GB) (9). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Palace Pier (GB)). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Oct 2026.