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Horse profile

Oolong Poobong (IRE)

4yo filly · Trainer Edward Bethell · Owner Clarendon Thoroughbred Racing
by Make Believe (GB) out of Boo Boo Bear (IRE) (Almutawakel I)
13 runs · 9 courses · from Jul 2024
As at 7 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out 4 wins · 4 courses Last run 28 Oct 2026 · 1st of 8 Last raced off OR 99
KTB Profile

Oolong Poobong is 4 from 13 with nine places from 13 runs. She gained her biggest win in the Robin Hood Stakes, a Listed race at Nottingham over 1m – 1m1f on soft ground in Oct 2026, having previously won three handicaps over 6f – 7f. The filly has scored at four different courses and acts on good to soft, good and standard going as well as soft. She won last time out at Nottingham in Oct 2026, racing prominently off a mark of 99.

Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 7 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically prominent OR at career high
Official rating99At career-high mark
99 75–99

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 119 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Redcar, 3 Oct 2026

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 13 figures · best 119A · median 85
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 7 Nov 2025
Good5119A812 runs · 119 / 100
Standard (AW)394A87—
Good to Soft285C822 runs · 85 / 82
Good to Firm290C771 run · —
Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 7 Nov 2025
6f – 7f9119A853 runs · 119 / 85
1m – 1m1f497A85.53 runs · 97 / 81

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 5 Nov 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 110A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Nottingham, 28 Oct 2026 Official rating 99 at the last run, 28 Oct 2026

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 13 figures · best 110A · median 92
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 7 Nov 2025
Good599A912 runs · 99 / 98
Standard (AW)392A91—
Good to Soft2103A101.52 runs · 103 / 101.5
Good to Firm297A78.51 run · —
Soft1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 7 Nov 2025
6f – 7f9103A913 runs · 103 / 100
1m – 1m1f4110A983 runs · 110 / 99

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 5 Nov 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 12 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Prominent 7 (58%) · 4 wins
  • Mid-division 3 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 2 (17%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Make Believe (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,626 runs since Apr 2019 (298 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5120%+8.9—
Good to Firm3424312.6%+1.50 from 2
Good8739911.3%+0.21 from 5
Good to Soft4385612.8%+1.71 from 2
Soft7057310.4%−0.71 from 1
Heavy276259.1%−2—
Standard (AW)98710510.6%−0.51 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8178.6%−2.5—
6f – 7f8489511.2%+0.13 from 9
1m – 1m1f1,05310810.3%−0.81 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f7949411.8%+0.7—
1m5f – 2m5457313.4%+2.3—
2m1f – 2m4f232229.5%−1.6—
2m5f – 3m6323.2%−7.9—
Over 3m10110%−1.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 6 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Boo Boo Bear (IRE) (Almutawakel I)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Letters Of Note (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Listed (Letters Of Note (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Letters Of Note (IRE)626f–7fListed
Island Vision (IRE)827fClass 2
Stay Safe (IRE)10——
Winter Gleam (IRE)80——
Victoria Bear (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 1 20% +0.00
Standard (AW) 3 1 33% −0.50
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +0.25
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 1 100% +7.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 3 3 2 67% +4.25
Class 5 3 1 33% −0.50
Class 1 2 1 50% +6.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Thirsk 2 1 50% +0.25
Ascot 2 0 0% −2.00
Haydock 2 1 50% +3.00
Newcastle (AW) 2 1 50% +0.50
Nottingham 1 1 100% +7.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 9 3 33% +0.75
1m – 1m1f 4 1 25% +4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Callum Rodriguez 5 1 20% +3.00
Connor Beasley 4 2 50% +3.25
P J McDonald 2 1 50% +0.50
Oisin Orr 1 0 0% −1.00
Jamie Spencer 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 2 29% +0.50
Tongue tie 6 2 33% +4.25

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 6 2 33% +4.25
2025 3 1 33% +2.00
2024 4 1 25% −1.50

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
2026 · 6 runs
28 Oct 26+25d Nottingham Robin Hood Stakes (Listed Race) (Formerly Known As The Ben Marshall Stakes) Class 1 · 1m½f · Soft · 8 ran sat close behind the front pair - nudged into front approaching 2f out - driven over 1f out - kept finding under pressure final furlong - held on to win 1/8 8-13 9997A110A Callum Rodriguez 7/1
03 Oct 26+28d Redcar John Smith's Ebf Stallions Guisborough Stakes (Listed Race) Class 1 · 7f · Good · 8 ran Settled in 4th behind the front three - ridden 3f out and made ground over 2f out - right there inside final furlong - found no more near the line 4/8 shd 8-11 92119A97A Connor Beasley 14/1
05 Sep 26+16d Thirsk British Stallion Studs Ebf Fillies' Handicap Stakes Class 3 · 7f · Good To Soft · 6 ran Travelled close up wide - hit the front two out under pressure - kept finding more to score 1/6 10-0 8979A100B Connor Beasley 5/4F
20 Aug 26+64d York British Ebf Fillies' Handicap Stakes Class 2 · 7f · Good To Soft · 19 ran Settled towards the back and drifted to the far rail - slipped to last after a furlong - responded when asked to improve from 2f out - flew home in the closing stages - finished strongly to grab third close home - nabbed for second on the line 3/19 hd 8-13 8785C103A Oisin Orr 9/1
17 Jun 26+32d Ascot Kensington Palace Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Handicap) (Str) Class 2 · 1m · Good To Firm · 24 ran Settled towards the rear early - shifted across on the inner - never involved in the finish - well held in 20th 20/24 4¼ 8-9 8864C60C Jamie Spencer 11/1
16 May 26+330d Thirsk Sky Bet Club Handicap Class 3 · 1m · Good · 13 ran Settled just off the pace in the pack - asked for effort with two furlongs left - responded inside the last to close - finished fifth without threatening the winner 5/13 nk 9-8 8981C99A Callum Rodriguez 5/1
2025 · 3 runs
20 Jun 25+20d Ascot Sandringham Stakes (Fillies' Handicap) (Str) Class 2 · 1m · Good To Firm · 25 ran Settled midfield through the pack early - moved into command two out - drifted right and lost the advantage inside the final furlong - stayed on but lacked the finishing speed to press for 4th 4/25 ¾ 8-9 8790C97A Connor Beasley 10/1
31 May 25+20d Haydock Betfred 'Join Our Sports Club' Fillies' Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good · 11 ran Sat close to the front pack early - moved into second wide travelling comfortably over 2f from home - hit the front inside the final 2f then pushed further ahead in the last furlong - stayed on to the line 1/11 8-11 8261A91A Connor Beasley 4/1
11 May 25+241d Newcastle (AW) Border Minstrel Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran Settled midpack early - angled left for room inside final furlong - finished strongly to close in the last strides - denied by a whisker in second 2/12 nse 9-10 7994A92A Callum Rodriguez 22/1
2024 · 4 runs
12 Sep 24+23d Doncaster British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Nursery Class 2 · 6½f · Good · 15 ran Tracked the pace on the far flank - hit the front with 2f left - driven and challenged hard inside the last furlong - overtaken close home but kept battling to the line 2/15 nk 8-9 7588C89A P J McDonald 25/1
20 Aug 24+18d Wolverhampton (AW) Get Raceday Ready Nursery Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran Held up in the pack - urged forward with 3f left - unable to challenge - finished well beaten in 9th 9/9 1 9-9 7550C43C Callum Rodriguez 7/2J
02 Aug 24+14d Newcastle (AW) JPS Ceilings And Partitions Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran Settled just behind front two - moved into command with under 2f left - kept finding more to the line 1/9 9-2 —87A91A P J McDonald 6/4F
19 Jul 24 Haydock Get Daily Tips At racingtv.com EBF Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 4 9-0 —72C78B Callum Rodriguez 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Oolong Poobong won?
Oolong Poobong (IRE) won 4 of 13 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 30.8%. Placed 9 times in total (69.2% of starts).
Who trains Oolong Poobong?
Oolong Poobong (IRE) is trained by Edward Bethell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 28 October 2026.
Who is Oolong Poobong's sire?
Oolong Poobong (IRE) is by Make Believe (GB) out of Boo Boo Bear (IRE), whose sire is Almutawakel I.
What going does Oolong Poobong prefer?
Oolong Poobong (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Oolong Poobong's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 28 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Oolong Poobong's sire's record?
Make Believe (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,626 runs since Apr 2019 (298 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Oolong Poobong's siblings?
Out of Boo Boo Bear (IRE), Oolong Poobong (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Letters Of Note (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Letters Of Note (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.