Horse profile
Fossos (IRE)
7yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2025) · Last trainer Thomas Faulkner · Last owner Gareth Cheshire T P Faulkner
by Dandy Man (IRE) out of Beguiler (GB) (Refuse To Bend)
48 runs · 13 courses · from Jul 2020
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Sep 2025 — 413 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2025 · 7th of 8
6 wins · Chepstow, Southwell (AW) & Redcar
Last raced off OR 46
KTB Profile
Fossos won six of 48 starts with all wins in Class 6 or Class 5 handicaps and classified stakes. Five of those wins came over under 6f and one over 6f to 7f, with four at Chepstow including a success on good to soft and two on soft. He also won on good to firm at Redcar and on standard at Southwell. The gelding, aged 7 at his last run in Sep 2025, finished 7 of 8 at Chepstow off an official rating of 46, 9lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 48 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Aug 2025 · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
OR ↓ 9lb off peak
- 6–48Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 15 (31.3%)Placed
- −11.59£1 level staken=48 at SP
- 1.23Fair A/E n=48 · 1.06 incl. margin
- 55Highest OR
- 40dAvg 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.
Official rating46↓ 9lb off peak
46
46–55
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 55
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 16 | 110A | 63.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 15 | 102A | 87 | — |
| Soft | 6 | 77C | 50 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 84B | 78 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 96C | 75 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 37 | 110A | 73 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 11 | 97A | 82 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 48 figures from 48 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 from 5 analysed runs since Aug 2025
- Prominent 3 (60%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,925 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 14 | 15.2% | +6.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,477 | 256 | 10.3% | +1.2 | 1 from 15 |
| Good | 3,167 | 264 | 8.3% | −0.8 | 1 from 16 |
| Good to Soft | 1,340 | 109 | 8.1% | −1 | 1 from 5 |
| Soft | 1,716 | 136 | 7.9% | −1.2 | 2 from 6 |
| Heavy | 465 | 50 | 10.8% | +1.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 5,668 | 534 | 9.4% | +0.3 | 1 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4,433 | 507 | 11.4% | +2.3 | 5 from 37 |
| 6f – 7f | 7,622 | 643 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 1 from 11 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,041 | 158 | 7.7% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 580 | 44 | 7.6% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 170 | 9 | 5.3% | −3.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 66 | 2 | 3% | −6.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
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
Dam
Beguiler (GB) (Refuse To Bend)
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Prancing Oscar (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Prancing Oscar (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prancing Oscar (IRE) | 24 | 3 | 1m½f–2m1½f | Class 4 |
| Cheat (IRE) | 26 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 4 |
| Edgeoftheforest (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 7f | Class 6 |
| Coco Motion (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Slievenabrock (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 16 | 1 | 6% | −7.00 |
| Good to Firm | 15 | 1 | 7% | −7.50 |
| Soft | 6 | 2 | 33% | +2.41 |
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 41 | 5 | 12% | −10.09 |
| Class 5 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 21 | 4 | 19% | +1.91 |
| Bath | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Catterick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Beverley | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Redcar | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 37 | 5 | 14% | −6.59 |
| 6f – 7f | 11 | 1 | 9% | −5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duran Fentiman | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| David Allan | 6 | 2 | 33% | +7.50 |
| Taylor Fisher | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.09 |
| Gina Mangan | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Ella McCain | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Zoe Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mollie Phillips | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| John Fahy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| George Rooke | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Laura Coughlan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Darragh Keenan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Harry Davies | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Callum Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tyrese Cameron | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dougie Costello | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tyler Heard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Molly Presland | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Charlie O'Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rachel Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 15 | 2 | 13% | −6.59 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 11 | 2 | 18% | +2.50 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.00 |
| Blinkers | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Visor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −5.50 |
| 2022 | 15 | 3 | 20% | +2.41 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2 | 15% | +0.50 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Sep 25+8d | Chepstow | David Lucas, Wales Leading Independent Bookmaker Handicap Sat close to the front group early - asked for effort at halfway - lost touch rapidly inside the final two furlongs | 7/8 | 7 | 8-7 | 46 | 10A | 16A | Zoe Lewis | 66/1 |
| 25 Aug 25+6d | Chepstow | Tom's Big Bike Ride Handicap Held up towards the back - urged into effort by halfway - lost ground inside final furlong - finished 7th | 7/7 | ¾ | 8-2 | 46 | 55A | 36A | Zoe Lewis | 50/1 |
| 19 Aug 25+5d | Chepstow | DragonBet Welsh Racing Festival 10th-12th October Handicap Poor start - stayed at the back throughout - held with little impact from the final furlong - finished fifth | 5/6 | 8½ | 8-12 | 49 | 20B | 24B | Callum Shepherd | 40/1 |
| 14 Aug 25+13d | Chepstow | dragonbet.co.uk 'Training Series' Apprentice Handicap Handy in the early running - eased back into the pack with 4f left - faded from 2f out to finish well beaten | 7/7 | 10 | 9-0 | 49 | 53B | 26A | Tyrese Cameron | 33/1 |
| 01 Aug 25+685d | Bath | BetWright Bet The Wright Way Classified Stakes Close to the front pack early - pressed for effort with 2f left - hampered for space a furlong out and unable to respond - finished well beaten in 8th | 8/9 | ½ | 9-6 | 50 | 50B | 28A | Taylor Fisher | 11/2 |
| 16 Sep 23+12d | Bath | Thorn Baker Access Group Bath Summer Sprint Series Final Handicap | 14/16 | ¾ | 7-13 | 54 | 96C | 38A | Mollie Phillips | 22/1 |
| 04 Sep 23+11d | Chepstow | David Lucas, Wales Leading Independent Bookmaker Handicap | 2/8 | nk | 9-0 | 52 | 64A | 81A | Taylor Fisher | 5/1 |
| 24 Aug 23+20d | Chepstow | Silver Shine Turf Services Ltd Handicap | 4/8 | ¾ | 9-2 | 53 | 58B | 68A | Dougie Costello | 9/2 |
| 04 Aug 23+7d | Bath | Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Handicap | 5/11 | shd | 9-4 | 47 | 83B | 65A | John Fahy | 7/2 |
| 28 Jul 23+2d | Chepstow | Portable Toilets Limited Handicap | 1/7 | 8-9 | 47 | 70A | 80A | John Fahy | 9/2 | |
| 26 Jul 23+30d | Bath | Phil Mac Associates Handicap (Div 1) | 2/11 | 1¼ | 8-11 | 47 | 110A | 79A | George Rooke | 18/1 |
| 26 Jun 23+10d | Chepstow | Vickers.Bet Weekly Free Bet Club Handicap | 6/10 | ¾ | 8-10 | 49 | 34A | 53A | Laura Coughlan | 8/1 |
| 16 Jun 23+6d | Chepstow | Anchors Aweigh Team Idwal BTR Handicap | 6/7 | 1¼ | 8-10 | 52 | 58A | 46A | Laura Coughlan | 13/2 |
| 10 Jun 23+25d | Chepstow | Reecer Space Handicap | 4/7 | ¾ | 8-12 | 52 | 90A | 59A | Gina Mangan | 16/1 |
| 16 May 23+15d | Chepstow | Play With The Finest Bookmaker, Fitzdares Handicap | 12/13 | 2¾ | 8-13 | 53 | 48C | 46A | Gina Mangan | 7/1 |
| 01 May 23+232d | Bath | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap | 6/15 | nk | 8-8 | 55 | 75C | 69A | Billy Loughnane | 20/1 |
| 11 Sep 22+3d | Chepstow | Download The Vickers.Bet App Apprentice Handicap | 1/5 | 8-6 | 50 | 77C | 66B | Taylor Fisher | 10/11F | |
| 08 Sep 22+9d | Chepstow | Cwmbran Carpet Centre Quality Service Handicap | 3/10 | ½ | 9-1 | 51 | 73A | 73A | Mollie Phillips | 7/2 |
| 30 Aug 22+8d | Chepstow | Guaranteed Odds At David Lucas Bookmakers Handicap | 3/9 | 1 | 9-0 | 46 | 75B | 66A | Hollie Doyle | 5/1 |
| 22 Aug 22+4d | Chepstow | Cazoo Classified Stakes | 1/10 | 9-4 | 47 | 36B | 74A | Gina Mangan | 11/2 | |
| 18 Aug 22+41d | Chepstow | Trade Centre Wales Handicap | 2/6 | 2 | 8-5 | 47 | 42B | 63B | Gina Mangan | 22/1 |
| 08 Jul 22+9d | Chepstow | Capital Windscreens Support Breast Cancer Handicap | 8/9 | 2¾ | 9-1 | 49 | 48B | 43A | Darragh Keenan | 16/1 |
| 29 Jun 22+19d | Bath | At The Races App Market Movers Classified Stakes | 8/10 | nk | 9-7 | 49 | 102A | 62A | Tom Marquand | 10/1 |
| 10 Jun 22+6d | Chepstow | Location Solutions Wales Supports BTR Handicap | 12/12 | 1¼ | 8-13 | 50 | 51A | 42A | Harry Davies | 7/2F |
| 04 Jun 22+8d | Chepstow | Network Productions Handicap | 6/8 | ½ | 8-11 | 50 | 85A | 56A | Taylor Fisher | 7/2 |
| 27 May 22+17d | Chepstow | Cazoo, Search, Drive, Smile Handicap | 1/8 | 8-2 | 46 | 89A | 72A | Harry Davies | 8/1 | |
| 10 May 22+13d | Chepstow | Join Our Bet Club At Vickers.Bet Handicap | 5/14 | shd | 8-11 | 46 | 71C | 66A | George Rooke | 18/1 |
| 27 Apr 22+48d | Brighton | At The Races App Market Movers Handicap | 6/12 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 48 | 97A | 62A | Darragh Keenan | 40/1 |
| 10 Mar 22+13d | Southwell (AW) | Play 4 To Win At Betway Classified Stakes (Div 1) | 6/10 | nk | 9-2 | 50 | 55A | 48A | Tyler Heard | 20/1 |
| 25 Feb 22+53d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway All-Weather 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap (Div 1) | 7/10 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 52 | 65A | 52A | Molly Presland | 22/1 |
| 03 Jan 22+84d | Wolverhampton (AW) | MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Selling Handicap | 8/10 | ¾ | 8-12 | 54 | 82A | 50A | Rob Hornby | 33/1 |
| 11 Oct 21+17d | Musselburgh | Happy Birthday Hera Hull Handicap (Div 1) | 11/11 | 2¼ | 9-6 | 54 | 40A | 32A | Duran Fentiman | 20/1 |
| 24 Sep 21+1d | Newcastle (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Apprentice Handicap | 2/10 | 1 | 9-0 | 54 | 78A | 77A | Ella McCain | 9/2 |
| 23 Sep 21+7d | Pontefract | Malcolm Willstrop Memorial Apprentice Handicap | 5/7 | shd | 8-10 | 54 | 91A | 61A | Ella McCain | 10/3 |
| 16 Sep 21+9d | Pontefract | Like Racing Tv On Facebook Apprentice Handicap | 3/8 | 1¾ | 8-11 | 55 | 89A | 71A | Ella McCain | 14/1 |
| 07 Sep 21+10d | Catterick | Gaspara Asset Management Handicap (Div 2) | 6/9 | 1¾ | 9-1 | 55 | 63A | 55A | David Allan | 5/1 |
| 28 Aug 21+13d | Redcar | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap | 7/18 | nk | 9-4 | 55 | 87C | 72A | David Allan | 5/1 |
| 15 Aug 21+12d | Southwell (AW) | Stuart Lees Memorial Handicap | 1/10 | 9-1 | 52 | 78B | 80A | David Allan | 5/1 | |
| 03 Aug 21+16d | Catterick | racingtv.com Handicap | 4/13 | nk | 9-1 | 52 | 87C | 71A | David Allan | 3/1 |
| 18 Jul 21+5d | Redcar | Racing TV Handicap | 1/13 | 9-1 | 50 | 92C | 70A | David Allan | 13/2 | |
| 13 Jul 21+21d | Beverley | Taff Sarginson Memorial Handicap | 7/14 | 1½ | 8-11 | 50 | 60C | 60A | Duran Fentiman | 9/1 |
| 22 Jun 21+18d | Beverley | Go Racing In Yorkshire Future Stars Apprentice Handicap | 7/9 | nk | 8-2 | 51 | 87A | 48A | Charlie O'Dwyer | 4/1 |
| 04 Jun 21+39d | Catterick | Join Racing TV Now Handicap | 2/9 | nk | 8-6 | 49 | 94A | 77A | Duran Fentiman | 4/1 |
| 26 Apr 21+201d | Thirsk | Join Racing TV Now Handicap | 3/15 | 1¾ | 8-10 | 49 | 87C | 65A | David Allan | 10/1 |
| 07 Oct 20+31d | Newcastle (AW) | Visit attheraces.com Nursery | 10/13 | hd | 8-3 | 52 | 84B | 49A | Duran Fentiman | 16/1 |
| 06 Sep 20+25d | York | Sky Bet British EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 11/13 | 3½ | 9-2 | — | 52C | 47A | Rachel Richardson | 200/1 |
| 12 Aug 20+14d | Beverley | ICS Cleaning Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 6/11 | hd | 9-5 | — | 79A | 57A | Duran Fentiman | 50/1 |
| 29 Jul 20 | Thirsk | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes | 10/14 | nse | 9-5 | — | 80C | 60A | Duran Fentiman | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Fossos (IRE) won?
- Fossos (IRE) won 6 of 48 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 15 times in total (31.3% of starts).
- Who trained Fossos (IRE)?
- Fossos (IRE) was trained by Thomas Faulkner on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 2 September 2025.
- Who is Fossos (IRE)'s sire?
- Fossos (IRE) is by Dandy Man (IRE) out of Beguiler (GB), whose sire is Refuse To Bend.
- What going does Fossos (IRE) prefer?
- Fossos (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Fossos (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 46, from the run on 2 September 2025. The highest on record is 55.
- What is Fossos (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dandy Man (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,925 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
- Who are Fossos (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Beguiler (GB), Fossos (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Prancing Oscar (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Prancing Oscar (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m1½f. As at Oct 2026.