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Horse profile

Cool To Be A Cat (FR)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2021) · Last trainer Ian Williams · Last owner Paul Williams
by Style Vendome (FR) out of Forward Feline (IRE) (One Cool Cat)
16 runs · 6 courses · from Dec 2019
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Jun 2021 — 1,978 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2021 · 9th of 9 Won at Wolverhampton (AW) Last raced off OR 49
KTB Profile

Cool To Be A Cat (FR) is 1 from 16, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Dec 2020.

Based on 16 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 6
Official rating49↓ 3lb off peak
49 45–52

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 100 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Lingfield (AW), 19 Feb 2021

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 16 figures · best 100A · median 70.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)14100A70.5—
Good271C67—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f8100A74—
6f – 7f371A68—
1m – 1m1f363A62—
1m5f – 2m281A75.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 42C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield, 5 Jun 2021 Official rating 49 at the last run, 5 Jun 2021

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 16 figures · best 64A · median 51.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)1464A52—
Good248A45—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f864A49—
6f – 7f352A51—
1m – 1m1f355A52—
1m5f – 2m258A50—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 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

Progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,235 runs since Mar 2017 (150 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−7.2—
Good to Firm3438.8%+1.6—
Good158117%−0.20 from 2
Good to Soft186147.5%+0.3—
Soft2212210%+2.8—
Heavy10665.7%−1.5—
Standard (AW)529336.2%−11 from 14
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3139.7%+2.5—
6f – 7f278176.1%−1.10 from 3
1m – 1m1f406225.4%−1.80 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f302258.3%+1.11 from 8
1m5f – 2m139139.4%+2.20 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f75810.7%+3.5—
2m5f – 3m3133.3%+26.1—
Over 3m100%−7.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2017 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Forward Feline (IRE) (One Cool Cat)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Fast Forward (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Sommer Katze (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Fast Forward (FR)1721m3½fClass 6
Sommer Katze (FR)1225f–6fClass 5
Leona Regina (FR)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 14 1 7% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 13 1 8% −1.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 4 1 25% +8.00
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 8 1 13% +4.00
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Martin Dwyer 4 0 0% −4.00
William Carver 2 0 0% −2.00
Royston Ffrench 1 0 0% −1.00
P J McDonald 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Kingscote 1 0 0% −1.00
Alistair Rawlinson 1 0 0% −1.00
Franny Norton 1 1 100% +11.00
Kieran O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00
David Egan 1 0 0% −1.00
Cieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00
George Downing 1 0 0% −1.00
Jason Watson 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 6 0 0% −6.00
2020 9 1 11% +3.00
2019 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 6 runs
05 Jun 21+32d Lingfield Follow At The Races On Twitter Handicap Class 6 · 1m3½f · Good · 9 ran 9/9 5 8-7 4971C42C Royston Ffrench 33/1
04 May 21+52d Lingfield (AW) Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 10 ran 9/10 3¼ 8-8 5071C40C William Carver 12/1
13 Mar 21+22d Chelmsford City (AW) tote.co.uk Now Never Beaten By SP Handicap Class 6 · 1m6f · Standard · 9 ran 9/9 3 8-8 5170C42C P J McDonald 12/1
19 Feb 21+36d Lingfield (AW) Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 12 ran 7/12 nse 8-11 52100A59A Richard Kingscote 11/2
14 Jan 21+1d Chelmsford City (AW) tote.co.uk Now Never Beaten By SP Classified Stakes Class 6 · 1m5½f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 nk 8-6 5081A58A William Carver 11/4
13 Jan 21+26d Kempton (AW) Follow RacingTV On Twitter Classified Stakes Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 3/13 2¼ 9-0 5077B64A Alistair Rawlinson 6/4F
2020 · 9 runs
18 Dec 20+15d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Casino Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran 1/9 8-2 4585A57A Franny Norton 11/1
03 Dec 20+17d Chelmsford City (AW) Support The Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 13 ran 13/13 24 8-7 4511C41C Martin Dwyer 8/1
16 Nov 20+35d Kempton (AW) Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 1m3f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 3/10 2¾ 8-7 4581A56A Kieran O'Neill 18/1
12 Oct 20+90d Wolverhampton (AW) Grand Theatre Wolverhampton Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 1¼ 8-5 4671A42A Martin Dwyer 12/1
14 Jul 20+23d Ripon Sharow Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Good · 11 ran 6/11 ¾ 8-13 4763A48A David Egan 13/2
21 Jun 20+125d Kempton (AW) Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 6/12 nk 8-7 4955A51A Cieren Fallon 6/1
17 Feb 20+19d Lingfield (AW) Ladbrokes 'Play 1-2-Free' On Football Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 9 ran 9/9 hd 8-12 5158A33A Martin Dwyer 4/1
29 Jan 20+14d Kempton (AW) 32Red On The App Store Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 8/12 5 9-5 —57A55A George Downing 100/1
15 Jan 20+26d Wolverhampton (AW) Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost Novice Stakes Class 5 · 1m½f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 ½ 9-5 —62C52C Martin Dwyer 33/1
2019 · 1 run
20 Dec 19 Wolverhampton (AW) Ladbrokes Where The Nation Plays Novice Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 9/12 ½ 9-2 —68A52A Jason Watson 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Cool To Be A Cat won?
Cool To Be A Cat (FR) won 1 of 16 archived starts between 2019 and 2021, a strike rate of 6.3%. Placed 4 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Cool To Be A Cat?
Cool To Be A Cat (FR) was trained by Ian Williams on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield on 5 June 2021.
Who is Cool To Be A Cat's sire?
Cool To Be A Cat (FR) is by Style Vendome (FR) out of Forward Feline (IRE), whose sire is One Cool Cat.
What going does Cool To Be A Cat prefer?
Cool To Be A Cat (FR) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 14 starts (7.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Cool To Be A Cat's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 49, from the run on 5 June 2021. The highest on record is 52.
What is Cool To Be A Cat's sire's record?
Style Vendome (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,235 runs since Mar 2017 (150 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Cool To Be A Cat's siblings?
Out of Forward Feline (IRE), Cool To Be A Cat (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Fast Forward (FR) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Sommer Katze (FR)). The wins came over 5f–1m3½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2019. 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.