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Delightful Guest (IRE)

12yo mare (at last run, Feb 2025) · Last trainer Phil York · Last owner P York
by Beneficial (GB) out of Saddlers Green (IRE) (Saddlers' Hall)
9 runs · 9 courses · from Mar 2018
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 10 Feb 2025 — 632 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 Last raced off OR 82
KTB Profile

Delightful Guest is a mare by Beneficial out of Saddlers Green who failed to win in nine starts on turf between Mar 2018 and Feb 2025. She raced over trips from 1m5f to 3m on ground ranging from good to heavy and reached an official rating of 90 at her peak. Her last run came at Plumpton in Feb 2025 when she contested a Class 5 mares handicap hurdle off a mark of 82. She was 8 lb below her career-high mark that day.

Based on 9 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Feb 2025 · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 79 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Killarney, 13 May 2019

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 87C · median 66.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft287C70.5—
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f287C70.5—
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 9 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (5).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 94A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Killarney, 13 May 2019 Official rating 82 at the last run, 10 Feb 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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 94A · median 86.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft292C86.5—
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f292C86.5—
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 9 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 9 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Beneficial (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,045 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm6657.6%−2.8—
Good to Firm93910711.4%+1—
Good5,29654910.4%00 from 2
Good to Soft2,46726710.8%+0.40 from 3
Soft5,05751910.3%−0.10 from 3
Heavy3,15932810.4%00 from 1
Standard (AW)6169.8%−0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−10.4—
1m – 1m1f10110%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f6457.8%−2.6—
1m5f – 2m4,89050210.3%−0.10 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f6,35566110.4%00 from 4
2m5f – 3m4,70252211.1%+0.70 from 2
Over 3m1,022908.8%−1.6—

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
Saddlers Green (IRE) (Saddlers' Hall)

5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Flaviana (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m4f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Flaviana (IRE)3942m–2m4f—
Our Roxane (IRE)2122m—
Masked Phantom (IRE)2612m4f—
Mount Brandon (IRE)240——
Yewood (IRE)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Denis O'Regan 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr Phillip York 2 0 0% −2.00
Tabitha Worsley 1 0 0% −1.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Barry Browne 1 0 0% −1.00
Rachael Blackmore 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 8 0 0% −8.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 1 0 0% −1.00
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2019 4 0 0% −4.00
2018 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2025 · 1 run
10 Feb 25+278d Plumpton BetGoodwin Ambassador Alan King Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 6 ran Held handy early - urged along and lost ground fast before 6th where pulled up PU/6 — 10-7 82—— Tabitha Worsley 125/1
2024 · 1 run
08 May 24+295d Fontwell starsportsbet.co.uk Mares' Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 2m3f · Good · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-2 87—— Mr Phillip York 200/1
2023 · 1 run
18 Jul 23+1504d Southwell Summer Golf At Southwell Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m½f · Good To Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-13 90—— Mr Phillip York 100/1
2019 · 4 runs
05 Jun 19+13d Wexford Sliabh Coillte Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m4½f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 10/13 5½ 11-3 8654B81A Denis O'Regan 33/1
23 May 19+10d Tipperary tipperaryraces.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 10/18 1¼ 11-7 —87C92C Denis O'Regan 50/1
13 May 19+56d Killarney BetVictor Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m6f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 1 10-13 —79A94A Denis O'Regan 66/1
18 Mar 19+351d Navan Toalsbet App Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 21 ran 13/21 15 10-12 —34C78C Darragh O'Keeffe 100/1
2018 · 2 runs
01 Apr 18+22d Cork O'flynn Motors Mallow Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Soft · 18 ran PU/18 — 11-2 ——— Barry Browne 125/1
10 Mar 18 Gowran Park Kilkenny Hunt Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-5 ——— Rachael Blackmore 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Delightful Guest won?
Delightful Guest (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2018 and 2025.
Who trained Delightful Guest?
Delightful Guest (IRE) was trained by Phil York on the most recent run on record, at Plumpton on 10 February 2025.
Who is Delightful Guest's sire?
Delightful Guest (IRE) is by Beneficial (GB) out of Saddlers Green (IRE), whose sire is Saddlers' Hall.
What is Delightful Guest's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 10 February 2025. The highest on record is 90.
What is Delightful Guest's sire's record?
Beneficial (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,045 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Delightful Guest's siblings?
Out of Saddlers Green (IRE), Delightful Guest (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Flaviana (IRE) (4). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2018. 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.