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Horse profile

Dr Foster (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2024) · Last trainer Michael Appleby · Last owner Fosnic Racing
by Advertise (GB) out of Spotlight (GB) (Dr Fong)
19 runs · 9 courses · from Jul 2023
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Oct 2024 — 733 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2024 · 4th of 12 Won at Kempton (AW) Last raced off OR 66
KTB Profile

Dr Foster won once from 19 starts, the success coming in a Class 2 novice at Kempton over 1m to 1m1f on standard all-weather in Oct 2023. The gelding, by Advertise out of a Dr Fong mare, has failed to add to that win in the 12 months since. He raced on turf 10 times without success and was prominent when fourth of 12 in a Class 5 handicap at Southwell on all-weather in Oct 2024, last raced off OR 66 which was 16lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 19 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 2 OR ↓ 16lb off peak
Official rating66↓ 16lb off peak
66 66–82

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 95 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Southwell (AW), 26 Aug 2024

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 19 figures · best 105A · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)9100A85—
Soft480C73.5—
Good to Firm3105A102—
Good275C69—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f7105A80—
1m – 1m1f7102A85—
6f – 7f5100A75—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 19 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 75A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 24 Oct 2024 Official rating 66 at the last run, 24 Oct 2024

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 19 figures · best 89A · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)989A75—
Soft479A72—
Good to Firm380A78—
Good288A74—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f778A62—
1m – 1m1f789A80—
6f – 7f588A75—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 19 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 4 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Mid-division 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Advertise (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 1,548 runs since Jan 2008 (151 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−9.9—
Good to Firm225167.1%−2.80 from 3
Good316299.2%−0.70 from 2
Good to Soft12797.1%−2.80 from 1
Soft1701710%+0.10 from 4
Heavy5459.3%−0.6—
Standard (AW)6537711.8%+1.91 from 9
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f119108.4%−1.5—
6f – 7f751699.2%−0.70 from 5
1m – 1m1f4034611.4%+1.51 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f200189%−0.90 from 7
1m5f – 2m631015.9%+6—
2m1f – 2m4f1100%−9.9—
2m5f – 3m100%−9.9—

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

Dam
Spotlight (GB) (Dr Fong)

10 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Projection (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Projection (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Projection (GB)2236fGroup 3
Up In Lights (IRE)931m–1m½fClass 3
On The Stage (GB)1025fClass 5
Polydamos (GB)350——
Response (GB)180——
Coachlight (GB)50——
Shine That Light (GB)50——
Upstage (IRE)80——
Sunny Again (GB)10——
Spring Heather (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 9 1 11% −4.50
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 5 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 1 100% +3.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 4 1 25% +0.50
Sandown 3 0 0% −3.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Newmarket 2 0 0% −2.00
Beverley 2 0 0% −2.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Brighton 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m – 1m1f 7 1 14% −2.50
6f – 7f 5 0 0% −5.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jason Watson 4 0 0% −4.00
Alistair Rawlinson 3 1 33% +1.50
Oisin Murphy 3 0 0% −3.00
Rossa Ryan 2 0 0% −2.00
Silvestre De Sousa 2 0 0% −2.00
Thore Hammer Hansen 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Marquand 1 0 0% −1.00
Cieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00
Frederick Larson 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 7 0 0% −7.00
Cheekpieces 5 1 20% −0.50
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Visor 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 14 0 0% −14.00
2023 5 1 20% −0.50

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
2024 · 14 runs
24 Oct 24+32d Southwell (AW) Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap Class 5 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran Went straight to front - lost the lead within a furlong then sat handy - regained command approaching 2f out - overtaken with a furlong left - kept going without further gain to finish fourth beaten 3.5 lengths 4/12 2¼ 9-7 6679A75A Jason Watson 11/1
22 Sep 24+13d Hamilton Big Drew Memorial Selling Stakes Class 4 · 11f · Good To Soft · 6 ran Settled in a share of 4th - asked for effort wide of rivals approaching 3f out and again with 2f left - drifted right but stayed on into 3rd 3/6 ½ 8-12 6882A69B Alistair Rawlinson 10/3
09 Sep 24+14d Brighton Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 'Confined' Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Soft · 8 ran Held a midpack position early - pressed for effort with 2f left - lost ground approaching the final furlong - finished seventh 7/8 hd 9-10 7080C58C Rossa Ryan 15/2
26 Aug 24+17d Southwell (AW) N&L Franklin Ltd Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran Settled with the pack early - asked for effort with 2f left - finished with a late rally but held for fifth beaten just under 5 lengths 5/11 2¼ 9-6 7295A76A Jason Watson 9/1
09 Aug 24+18d Newmarket Maritime Cargo Services Container Gallop Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good · 7 ran Wide of rivals early - handy into the race - asked for effort with 3f left - lost ground approaching final furlong to finish 5th 5/7 5½ 9-6 7363C60C Jason Watson 11/2
22 Jul 24+17d Beverley Racing Again Next Tuesday Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2/9 2¾ 9-8 73105A78A Jason Watson 6/1
05 Jul 24+9d Beverley Tom Winston's And Vincent Ryan's 60th Birthday Selling Stakes Class 6 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 3/9 ½ 9-7 74102A80A Silvestre De Sousa 9/4F
26 Jun 24+12d Kempton (AW) Kindred-We Champion Accountability Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 8/12 shd 9-2 7685A70A Oisin Murphy 11/1
14 Jun 24+22d Sandown Style Awards Return To Ladies Day Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 3¼ 9-8 7992A62A Tom Marquand 33/1
23 May 24+43d Sandown World Horse Welfare Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 hd 9-10 8176B79A Silvestre De Sousa 16/1
10 Apr 24+14d Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Handicap Class 4 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 6 ran 6/6 28 9-5 8145C53C Cieren Fallon 18/1
27 Mar 24+12d Kempton (AW) Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 6 ran 5/6 shd 9-3 82100A71B Alistair Rawlinson 11/1
15 Mar 24+18d Wolverhampton (AW) Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap Class 4 · 8.5f · Standard · 6 ran 3/6 nk 9-7 8284A84B Rossa Ryan 11/4
26 Feb 24+131d Wolverhampton (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Handicap Class 3 · 8.5f · Standard · 4 ran 2/4 nse 9-9 7981C82B Oisin Murphy 11/8F
2023 · 5 runs
18 Oct 23+11d Kempton (AW) Juddmonte British EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 1/9 9-2 7985A89A Alistair Rawlinson 7/2
07 Oct 23+14d Wolverhampton (AW) bet365 Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 2/11 hd 9-4 7989A75A Frederick Larson 10/3
23 Sep 23+43d Catterick EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 ½ 9-7 —71A79A Thore Hammer Hansen 5/6F
11 Aug 23+15d Newmarket Maritime Cargo Services On Time Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 ¾ 9-7 —75C88A Oisin Murphy 20/1
27 Jul 23 Sandown Martin Densham Memorial British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 2 9-7 —70B65A Thore Hammer Hansen 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dr Foster won?
Dr Foster (GB) won 1 of 19 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 5.3%. Placed 5 times in total (26.3% of starts).
Who trained Dr Foster?
Dr Foster (GB) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 24 October 2024.
Who is Dr Foster's sire?
Dr Foster (GB) is by Advertise (GB) out of Spotlight (GB), whose sire is Dr Fong.
What going does Dr Foster prefer?
Dr Foster (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 9 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Dr Foster's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 66, from the run on 24 October 2024. The highest on record is 82.
What is Dr Foster's sire's record?
Advertise (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 1,548 runs since Jan 2008 (151 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Dr Foster's siblings?
Out of Spotlight (GB), Dr Foster (GB) has 10 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Projection (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Projection (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2023. 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.