Embesto (GB)
Embesto won three of nine starts on turf, all over 1m – 1m1f, including the Group 3 Tattersalls Sovereign Stakes at Salisbury on good ground in Aug 2023. Each of those wins came on a first visit to the course. The colt, trained by Roger Varian, last ran when fifth of seven as favourite in the Sky Bet Pomfret Stakes at Pontefract in Jul 2024 off an official rating of 109. He had reached a highest ever mark of 110.
- 3–9Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 4 (44.4%)Placed
- −1.65£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.22Fair A/E n=9 · 1.06 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 57dAvg 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 99
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 118C | 104.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 106A | 99 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 118C | 99 | — |
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 12.5% of 1,026 runs since Jan 2008 (83 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.5% from 117.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 134 | 19 | 14.2% | +1.7 | 1 from 3 |
| Good | 258 | 33 | 12.8% | +0.3 | 2 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 108 | 14 | 13% | +0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 130 | 15 | 11.5% | −1 | — |
| Heavy | 45 | 4 | 8.9% | −3.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 350 | 43 | 12.3% | −0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 117 | 10 | 8.5% | −4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 234 | 29 | 12.4% | −0.1 | 3 from 9 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 426 | 58 | 13.6% | +1.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 199 | 26 | 13.1% | +0.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 42 | 5 | 11.9% | −0.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Papagei (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Silent Film (GB)).
Family form: Papagei (GB) finished 2nd of 5 at Downpatrick (IRE), 9 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papagei (GB) | 28 | 3 | 1m2f–1m4f | Class 5 |
| Silent Film (GB) | 21 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 3 |
| Kaindy (IRE) | 6 | 2 | 7f–1m½f | Class 4 |
| Iwasjustsaying (GB) | 3 | 1 | 7f | Class 3 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 2 | 50% | +1.91 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.56 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.09 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +3.44 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Egan | 4 | 3 | 75% | +3.35 |
| Ray Dawson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| James Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cristian Demuro | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 3 | 38% | −0.65 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +2.35 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Embesto (GB) won?
- Embesto (GB) won 3 of 9 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 4 times in total (44.4% of starts).
- Who trained Embesto (GB)?
- Embesto (GB) was trained by Roger Varian on the most recent run on record, at Pontefract on 28 July 2024.
- Who is Embesto (GB)'s sire?
- Embesto (GB) is by Roaring Lion (USA) out of Dibajj (FR), whose sire is Iffraaj.
- What going does Embesto (GB) prefer?
- Embesto (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 Embesto (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 28 July 2024. The highest on record is 110.
- What is Embesto (GB)'s sire's record?
- Roaring Lion (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 1,026 runs since Jan 2008 (83 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.5% from 117.
- Who are Embesto (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Dibajj (FR), Embesto (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Papagei (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Silent Film (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.