Horse profile
Ideal Guest (FR)
by Shalaa (IRE) out of Rue Renan (IRE) (Lope De Vega)
47 runs · 17 courses · from Jul 2021
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
6 wins · 4 courses
Last run 17 Sep 2026 · 10th of 12
Last raced off OR 59
KTB Profile
Ideal Guest has six wins from 47 starts, all of them on turf over 6f – 7f. He has won at four different courses including two wins at both Yarmouth and Brighton. The gelding, who usually leads, won a Class 6 handicap at Pontefract in Jun 2026 off an official rating of 56 and last ran at the same track in Sep 2026 when he finished 10 of 12 off 59.
Based on 47 archived runs · run-style from 17 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 14lb off peak
- 6–47Wins / Runs
- 12.8%Strike rate
- 14 (29.8%)Placed
- −12.13£1 level staken=47 at SP
- 0.89Fair A/E n=47 · 0.76 incl. margin
- 73Highest OR
- 41dAvg 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 rating59↓ 14lb off peak
59
56–73
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 101
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 18 | 113B | 88 | 1 run · — |
| Good | 12 | 111B | 90 | 4 runs · 99 / 90 |
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 108B | 80 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 105C | 89 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 3 | 106A | 85 | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 43 | 113B | 88 | 7 runs · 101 / 89 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 105C | 69 | — |
| Under 6f | 2 | 81A | 80.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 47 figures from 47 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 17 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Led 7 (41%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 4 (24%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 3 (18%) · 0 wins
- Held up 3 (18%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 2,437 runs since Jan 2008 (279 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 14.8% from 142.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 185 | 14 | 7.6% | −2 | 3 from 18 |
| Good | 340 | 25 | 7.4% | −2.2 | 2 from 12 |
| Good to Soft | 295 | 25 | 8.5% | −1.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 363 | 27 | 7.4% | −2.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 142 | 21 | 14.8% | +5.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,108 | 121 | 10.9% | +1.3 | 0 from 9 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 209 | 21 | 10% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,110 | 120 | 10.8% | +1.2 | 6 from 43 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 727 | 53 | 7.3% | −2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 266 | 22 | 8.3% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 55 | 4 | 7.3% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 65 | 13 | 20% | +10.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Rue Renan (IRE) (Lope De Vega)
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Poniros (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m½f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Poniros (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poniros (GB) | 13 | 2 | 1m½f–2m1f | Grade 1 |
| Mlle Celeste (FR) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 18 | 3 | 17% | −3.75 |
| Good | 12 | 2 | 17% | +2.62 |
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 22 | 3 | 14% | −7.88 |
| Class 5 | 18 | 2 | 11% | −9.25 |
| Class 4 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +6.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarmouth | 12 | 2 | 17% | +0.00 |
| Pontefract | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.38 |
| Catterick | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Brighton | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.25 |
| Leicester | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ascot | 3 | 1 | 33% | +9.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Redcar | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 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 | 43 | 6 | 14% | −8.13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Queally | 15 | 2 | 13% | −6.75 |
| Mikkel Mortensen | 5 | 2 | 40% | +7.00 |
| Ethan Tindall | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Joe Fanning | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Aiden Brookes | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin McSweeney | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Luke Morris | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Kiely-Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean D Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rowan Scott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warren Fentiman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Doughty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Rosie Margarson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Probert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J F Egan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +11.00 |
| Hayley Turner | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 11 | 1 | 9% | −8.38 |
| Cheekpieces | 11 | 2 | 18% | +1.00 |
| None | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Visor | 11 | 3 | 27% | +9.25 |
| Hood + visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hood + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.38 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +1.00 |
| 2022 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +8.25 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Sep 26+9d | Pontefract | Go Racing In Yorkshire Future Stars Apprentice Handicap Stakes Went straight to front - lost command inside final two furlongs - dropped away close home to finish 10th | 10/12 | nk | 9-5 | 59 | 89A | 67A | Tom Kiely-Marshall | 11/1 |
| 08 Sep 26+48d | Catterick | Fifth Regiment Royal Artillery Handicap Stakes (Div II) Set the pace early under pressure - driven approaching 2f out - overtaken inside final furlong - lost ground steadily late finishing fourth | 4/9 | 3¼ | 9-4 | 59 | 72A | 69A | Ethan Tindall | 9/4 |
| 22 Jul 26+23d | Catterick | Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap Stakes set the pace from the off - pushed along 2f out - overtaken 1f out - soon faded | 5/8 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 59 | 101B | 78A | Aiden Brookes | 4/1 |
| 29 Jun 26+8d | Pontefract | Wilfred Underwood Memorial Handicap Sent forward from the off - clear in front throughout and asked for effort inside final furlong - stayed on to score | 1/8 | 9-7 | 56 | 91A | 74A | Ethan Tindall | 13/8F | |
| 21 Jun 26+13d | Pontefract | Anna Woolley Memorial Handicap Made the running early on brisk gallop - opened up a couple of lengths approaching 2f out - advantage narrowed with a furlong left - overtaken close to home - dropped away to finish fourth | 4/11 | nk | 9-5 | 56 | 88A | 80A | Sean D Bowen | 10/1 |
| 08 Jun 26+18d | Carlisle | Join Racing TV Now Handicap Settled just behind the pace - crept into contention over 2f out - then found nothing and dropped away to finish tenth | 10/10 | 2¼ | 9-6 | 57 | 66A | 46A | Rowan Scott | 7/1 |
| 21 May 26+254d | Catterick | Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Away early to the start - fought for control in front - clear at the head of affairs - roused approaching the final furlong - overtaken close home to settle for third | 3/11 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 57 | 99A | 79A | Ethan Tindall | 11/1 |
| 2025 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Sep 25+34d | Carlisle | Jigtech Change Handicap Midfield early - nudged for effort approaching the 2f marker - quickly lost ground and faded to finish 11th | 11/11 | 8½ | 9-5 | 57 | 36C | 39C | Aiden Brookes | 3/1F |
| 06 Aug 25+18d | Brighton | starsportsbet.co.uk 'Confined' Handicap Bumped at the break - fought for a strong grip early - settled off the front group - made ground into contention over 2f out - drifted left inside the final furlong and unable to find more - finished fifth beaten 5 lengths | 5/8 | 2 | 9-12 | 58 | 87B | 75A | Daniel Muscutt | 13/8F |
| 19 Jul 25+10d | Ripon | Aldwark Manor Estate Luxury Yorkshire Hotel 'Confined' Handicap Hampered and short of room at the break - held towards the back - progress from over a furlong out to move into 3rd inside the final furlong - unable to threaten the leading duo late | 3/10 | 4¼ | 9-12 | 59 | 85A | 87A | Joe Fanning | 3/1J |
| 09 Jul 25+9d | Catterick | Pinker's Pond Apprentice Handicap Held up towards the back - pushed along and made progress from 2f out - stayed on to snatch second close home | 2/9 | ¾ | 9-8 | 59 | 108B | 89A | Oisin McSweeney | 7/2 |
| 30 Jun 25+35d | Pontefract | Racing TV Handicap Settled towards the back early - made progress from 2f out - closed on the front group approaching the furlong pole - kept on but lacked the speed to get involved in the finish | 4/9 | ½ | 9-13 | 59 | 96A | 83A | P J McDonald | 16/5 |
| 26 May 25+16d | Redcar | In Memory Of Billy Higgins Handicap (Div 1) Settled forward early holding second - asked for effort with 2f left - dropped back when urged inside final furlong - faded rapidly through closing stages - finished 5th well beaten | 5/11 | 2½ | 9-4 | 60 | 87A | 68A | Warren Fentiman | 3/1F |
| 10 May 25+14d | Leicester | Sam Chapman 40th Birthday Celebration Handicap Settled midfield travelling nicely - pushed along a furlong out - held on same pace to finish fifth | 5/14 | shd | 9-9 | 60 | 104C | 86A | Alistair Rawlinson | 4/1F |
| 26 Apr 25+19d | Leicester | Salt Jute IPA Handicap Settled midpack early - driven approaching the last two furlongs - gained ground inside final furlong - shared 3rd with a furlong left - stayed on well but narrowly outpointed at the finish | 2/11 | 1 | 9-6 | 60 | 98A | 86A | Jack Doughty | 5/1 |
| 07 Apr 25+111d | Redcar | Watch Racing TV In Stunning HD Handicap Raced with plenty of enthusiasm early - hit the front soon after and stayed there until being passed two furlongs out - then dropped away late to finish well beaten in 12th | 12/13 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 62 | 70C | 52C | Joe Fanning | 14/1 |
| 2024 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Dec 24+35d | Newcastle (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Went forward through the middle stages - lost the advantage inside final 2f - dropped away quickly to trail home | 11/12 | 9 | 9-9 | 65 | 69C | 49C | Daniel Muscutt | 28/1 |
| 12 Nov 24+42d | Southwell (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Up with the pace on the rail - dropped away 2f out - a long way back from 1f out | 10/10 | hd | 9-8 | 67 | 42C | 53C | Joe Fanning | 5/1 |
| 01 Oct 24+351d | Newcastle (AW) | Get Raceday Ready Apprentice Handicap Broke on top and opened a big advantage - margin narrowed from 2f out and gave way just before the furlong pole - dropped away late to finish well beaten | 8/10 | nk | 9-5 | 68 | 88A | 56A | Oisin McSweeney | 11/1 |
| 2023 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Oct 23+38d | Yarmouth | Regular Offers On bresbet.com Handicap | 1/10 | 9-4 | 67 | 106A | 93A | Mikkel Mortensen | 5/1 | |
| 08 Sep 23+9d | Ascot | LK Bennett Lady Amateur Jockeys Handicap (For Female Amateur Jockeys) (Str) | 11/11 | 26 | 9-10 | 67 | 33C | 42C | Miss Rosie Margarson | 16/1 |
| 30 Aug 23+14d | Lingfield (AW) | Download The BresBet App Handicap | 3/13 | hd | 9-11 | 67 | 108B | 95A | Tom Queally | 8/1 |
| 16 Aug 23+6d | Yarmouth | Fat Larrys Burgers Handicap | 1/8 | 9-1 | 60 | 113B | 87A | Mikkel Mortensen | 5/1 | |
| 10 Aug 23+9d | Yarmouth | At The Races App Form Study 'Confined' Apprentice Handicap | 3/4 | ½ | 9-3 | 61 | 71C | 74B | Mikkel Mortensen | 6/5F |
| 01 Aug 23+13d | Yarmouth | At The Races App Market Movers Handicap | 3/7 | ½ | 9-6 | 61 | 91A | 80A | Mikkel Mortensen | 10/3 |
| 19 Jul 23+22d | Yarmouth | Freederm Apprentice Handicap | 4/12 | 1¾ | 8-8 | 63 | 111B | 74A | Mikkel Mortensen | 50/1 |
| 27 Jun 23+19d | Brighton | Play With The Finest Bookmaker, Fitzdares Handicap | 7/8 | 9 | 8-9 | 66 | 76C | 44C | David Probert | 11/1 |
| 08 Jun 23+15d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Acca Bonus Handicap | 5/7 | 3¼ | 9-7 | 68 | 86A | 63A | Tom Queally | 15/2 |
| 24 May 23+27d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap | 8/9 | 2¾ | 9-4 | 70 | 94A | 61A | Robert Havlin | 10/1 |
| 27 Apr 23+199d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap | 7/7 | 5 | 9-6 | 72 | 73A | 48A | Tom Queally | 14/1 |
| 2022 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Oct 22+38d | Yarmouth | Follow At The Races On Twitter Handicap | 6/9 | hd | 10-0 | 72 | 89A | 68A | Tom Queally | 6/1 |
| 02 Sep 22+22d | Ascot | Harrogate Spring Water Handicap | 1/10 | 8-8 | 70 | 105A | 90A | J F Egan | 11/1 | |
| 11 Aug 22+4d | Lingfield (AW) | William Hill Build Your Odds Racing League Race Nine (Handicap) | 2/11 | 1¼ | 8-4 | 68 | 92A | 84A | Hayley Turner | 18/1 |
| 07 Aug 22+24d | Leicester | Racecourse Live Streams On RacingTV Extra Handicap | 5/6 | 4¾ | 9-7 | 68 | 85A | 58B | Tom Queally | 5/1 |
| 14 Jul 22+9d | Epsom Downs | Coral Proud Supporter Of British Racing Handicap | 2/5 | 1¾ | 10-1 | 62 | 85C | 92B | Tom Queally | 5/6F |
| 05 Jul 22+7d | Brighton | 202020 Serving The City Since 1936 Handicap | 1/5 | 9-3 | 56 | 91C | 76B | Tom Queally | 7/4F | |
| 28 Jun 22+19d | Brighton | Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap | 1/7 | 9-0 | 56 | 95A | 77A | Tom Queally | 9/2 | |
| 09 Jun 22+14d | Yarmouth | Quinnbet Best Odds Guaranteed Classified Stakes | 3/4 | 1 | 9-2 | 60 | 105C | 69B | Luke Morris | 4/1 |
| 26 May 22+16d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Handicap | 7/10 | ½ | 8-11 | 63 | 91A | 66A | Luke Morris | 20/1 |
| 10 May 22+15d | Lingfield (AW) | At The Races App Market Movers Handicap | 5/9 | 3¼ | 9-9 | 65 | 85A | 63A | Tom Queally | 5/1 |
| 25 Apr 22+18d | Windsor | Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap | 6/12 | nk | 8-13 | 67 | 89A | 70A | Tom Marquand | 14/1 |
| 07 Apr 22+162d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Ladies Day With Sophie Ellis-Bextor Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 7/9 | 1½ | 9-3 | 70 | 80A | 51A | Tom Queally | 20/1 |
| 2021 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Oct 21+43d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Nursery | 11/11 | 2½ | 9-5 | 73 | 41A | 42A | Tom Queally | 6/1 |
| 14 Sep 21+31d | Yarmouth | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/8 | ½ | 9-5 | 73 | 76A | 71A | Tom Queally | 9/4F |
| 14 Aug 21+22d | Newmarket | MansionBet Proud To Support British Racing British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/9 | hd | 9-5 | — | 77A | 79A | Tom Queally | 13/2 |
| 23 Jul 21+9d | Ascot | Anders Foundation British EBF Crocker Bulteel Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/11 | 4¾ | 9-0 | — | 69A | 76A | Tom Queally | 50/1 |
| 14 Jul 21 | Yarmouth | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/8 | shd | 9-5 | — | 81A | 74A | Tom Queally | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ideal Guest won?
- Ideal Guest (FR) won 6 of 47 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.8%. Placed 14 times in total (29.8% of starts).
- Who trains Ideal Guest?
- Ideal Guest (FR) is trained by Harriet Bethell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 September 2026.
- Who is Ideal Guest's sire?
- Ideal Guest (FR) is by Shalaa (IRE) out of Rue Renan (IRE), whose sire is Lope De Vega.
- What going does Ideal Guest prefer?
- Ideal Guest (FR) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 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 Ideal Guest's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 59, from the run on 17 September 2026. The highest on record is 73.
- What is Ideal Guest's sire's record?
- Shalaa (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 2,437 runs since Jan 2008 (279 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 14.8% from 142.
- Who are Ideal Guest's siblings?
- Out of Rue Renan (IRE), Ideal Guest (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Poniros (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Poniros (GB)). The wins came over 1m½f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.