Guiding Light (IRE)
Guiding Light (IRE) is 3 from 17, all wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Jul 2015. 3 of 5 starts at Chepstow have ended in wins. All 3 wins have come over 6f – 7f.
- 3–17Wins / Runs
- 17.6%Strike rate
- 4 (23.5%)Placed
- −7.13£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 1.29Fair A/E n=17 · 1.12 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 53dAvg 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 —
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 | 2 | 84C | 83 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 10% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008 (1,326 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 151 | 23 | 15.2% | +5.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,917 | 446 | 11.4% | +1.4 | 1 from 4 |
| Good | 4,409 | 400 | 9.1% | −0.9 | 1 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 1,951 | 214 | 11% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,131 | 184 | 8.6% | −1.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 562 | 46 | 8.2% | −1.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 6,563 | 663 | 10.1% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3,758 | 409 | 10.9% | +0.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 10,495 | 1,078 | 10.3% | +0.3 | 3 from 15 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,506 | 331 | 9.4% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,209 | 106 | 8.8% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 481 | 37 | 7.7% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 194 | 13 | 6.7% | −3.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | −5.2 | — |
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
8 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Songsmith (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 6f–2m3f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Businessman (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Songsmith (GB) | 37 | 5 | 7f–2m3f | Class 3 |
| Businessman (GB) | 2 | 1 | 6f | Class 2 |
| Moon Man (GB) | 6 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Fiddler Onthe Hoof (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Not Another Word (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bambino (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Hall Or Nothing (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Frost In May (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.25 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 5 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +2.87 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 5 | 3 | 60% | +4.87 |
| Goodwood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 15 | 3 | 20% | −5.13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran Shoemark | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Edward Greatrex | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Jimmy Fortune | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Joshua Bryan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Probert | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 16 | 3 | 19% | −6.13 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −1.63 |
| 2014 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Oct 16+14d | Goodwood | Series Finale Stakes (Handicap) | 9/13 | 2¾ | 9-2 | 80 | 84C | 72A | Oisin Murphy | 40/1 |
| 25 Sep 16+15d | Epsom Downs | Collect Totepool Winnings At Betfred Shops Handicap | 13/14 | shd | 8-11 | 82 | 82C | 59A | Joshua Bryan | 12/1 |
| 10 Sep 16+53d | Lingfield | Racing Welfare Handicap | 5/6 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 83 | — | 74B | Joshua Bryan | 7/1 |
| 19 Jul 16+11d | Ffos Las | Totequadpot Races 3, 4, 5 And 6 Handicap | 4/7 | 3 | 10-0 | 85 | — | 85A | Oisin Murphy | 10/1 |
| 08 Jul 16+344d | Chepstow | Bill Turner Memorial Handicap | 8/10 | 2 | 9-11 | 85 | — | 76A | Edward Greatrex | 8/1 |
| 30 Jul 15+6d | Epsom | Fifinella Handicap | 2/8 | 2½ | 9-8 | 81 | — | 91A | Edward Greatrex | 9/4F |
| 24 Jul 15+13d | Chepstow | Bath Ales Handicap | 1/4 | 9-0 | 75 | — | 100B | Edward Greatrex | 13/8 | |
| 11 Jul 15+19d | Chester | Cruise Nightclub Apprentice Handicap | 4/8 | ¾ | 9-7 | 75 | — | 74A | Kieran Shoemark | 9/2 |
| 22 Jun 15+15d | Chepstow | Bathwick Tyres Handicap | 1/8 | 9-7 | 70 | — | 88A | David Probert | 7/4F | |
| 07 Jun 15+37d | Goodwood | Heros Charity Handicap | 6/11 | nk | 8-11 | 70 | — | 67A | Kieran Shoemark | 5/1 |
| 01 May 15+23d | Chepstow | Truvape Handicap | 6/9 | 3 | 8-8 | 72 | — | 65A | Kieran Shoemark | 12/1 |
| 08 Apr 15+192d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red Casino Classified Stakes | 4/6 | 3¼ | 8-9 | 73 | — | 62B | Kieran Shoemark | 6/1 |
| 28 Sep 14+33d | Epsom Downs | totejackpot Go For The Big One Nursery | 3/7 | 1¼ | 8-10 | 74 | — | 78A | Oisin Murphy | 20/1 |
| 26 Aug 14+24d | Epsom Downs | Rosebery Manor Nursery | 5/6 | 1½ | 9-7 | 75 | — | 69B | Jimmy Fortune | 9/2 |
| 02 Aug 14+31d | Goodwood | Telegraph Nursery | 8/9 | 6 | 9-4 | 82 | — | 54A | Jimmy Fortune | 8/1 |
| 02 Jul 14+12d | Chepstow | EBF Stallions bet365 Maiden Stakes | 1/9 | 9-5 | — | — | 91A | Jimmy Fortune | 7/2 | |
| 20 Jun 14 | Newmarket | newmarketexperience.co.uk Maiden Stakes | 7/12 | ½ | 9-5 | — | — | 67A | Robert Havlin | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Guiding Light (IRE) won?
- Guiding Light (IRE) won 3 of 17 archived starts between 2014 and 2016, a strike rate of 17.6%. Placed 4 times in total (23.5% of starts).
- Who trained Guiding Light (IRE)?
- Guiding Light (IRE) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 9 October 2016.
- Who is Guiding Light (IRE)'s sire?
- Guiding Light (IRE) is by Acclamation (GB) out of Venus Rising (GB), whose sire is Observatory.
- What going does Guiding Light (IRE) prefer?
- Guiding Light (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Guiding Light (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 9 October 2016. The highest on record is 85.
- What is Guiding Light (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Acclamation (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008 (1,326 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
- Who are Guiding Light (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Venus Rising (GB), Guiding Light (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Songsmith (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Businessman (GB)). The wins came over 6f–2m3f. As at Oct 2026.