Horse profile
Palmar Bay (FR)
by Exceed And Excel (AUS) out of Di Fede (IRE) (Shamardal)
24 runs · 16 courses · from May 2023
As at 3 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · 4 courses
Last run 31 Oct 2026 · 6th of 13
Last raced off OR 99
KTB Profile
Typically ridden prominently in 8 of 14 analysed runs — Palmar Bay (FR) is 5 from 24. Hasn't won since Aug 2025. 3 of 10 starts on good or faster ground have ended in wins — 1 from 8 on softer.
Based on 24 archived runs · run-style from 14 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 3 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
- 5–24Wins / Runs
- 20.8%Strike rate
- 9 (37.5%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 1.53Fair A/E n=24 · 1.32 incl. margin
- 103Highest OR
- 42dBetween runs (median)longest 231 d
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 rating99↓ 4lb off peak
99
83–103
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 96
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 3 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 96B | 95 | 4 runs · 96 / 93.5 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 108A | 103 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 119A | 107.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 111A | 95 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 125B | 104 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 109B | 101 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 3 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 20 | 125B | 99.5 | 5 runs · 119 / 95 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 95C | 92.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 22 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 14 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 8 (57%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 4 (29%) · 1 win
- Held up 1 (7%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (7%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Exceed And Excel (AUS)
Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,032 runs since Apr 2008 (1,161 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 198 | 41 | 20.7% | +8.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,251 | 399 | 12.3% | +0.4 | 2 from 5 |
| Good | 3,146 | 328 | 10.4% | −1.5 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 1,310 | 130 | 9.9% | −2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,194 | 94 | 7.9% | −4 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 273 | 25 | 9.2% | −2.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 6,660 | 883 | 13.3% | +1.4 | 1 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3,861 | 521 | 13.5% | +1.6 | 1 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 8,007 | 951 | 11.9% | 0 | 4 from 22 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,755 | 289 | 10.5% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,025 | 102 | 10% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 273 | 26 | 9.5% | −2.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 102 | 10 | 9.8% | −2.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −0.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2008 · as at 2 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsala (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Yala (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.00 |
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 2 | 40% | +5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −0.50 |
| Class 3 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.50 |
| Class 1 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| Windsor | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Deauville (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Salisbury | 2 | 2 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 22 | 4 | 18% | −5.00 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossa Ryan | 9 | 3 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Edward Greatrex | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ioritz Mendizabal | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Harry Vigors | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean D Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Sexton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Dace | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Doughty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rhys Clutterbuck | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −0.50 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −0.50 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Oct 26+90d | Deauville (FR) | Prix Irish River | 6/13 | shd | 9-2 | 99 | — | — | Ioritz Mendizabal | 20/1 |
| 02 Aug 26+22d | Chester | Disney's High School Musical At Lowry Handicap Stakes Settled off the pace early - pushed along and finishing well from inside the final furlong - home third | 3/10 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 100 | 96B | 102A | Harry Vigors | 28/1 |
| 11 Jul 26+42d | Chester | Raymond & Kathleen Corbett Memorial City Plate Stakes (Listed) raced in mid-division - pushed along 2f out - made little headway | 8/9 | ½ | 9-7 | 101 | 90A | 87A | Sean D Bowen | 33/1 |
| 30 May 26+21d | Chester | Virgin Bet Handicap Tracked front group early - given encouragement outside two furlongs and dropped away inside the final furlong - finished tenth | 10/11 | 1½ | 9-12 | 102 | 92A | 88A | Hector Crouch | 5/1 |
| 09 May 26+63d | Haydock | Pertemps Network Spring Trophy Stakes (Listed) Held up in the pack - urged forward with two furlongs remaining - finished the race in steady fashion without threatening the front - claimed fourth close home | 4/11 | 1¾ | 9-10 | 103 | 95C | 98A | Rossa Ryan | 40/1 |
| 07 Mar 26+94d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetMGM Lady Wulfruna Stakes (Listed) Took a strong hold early - tracked front group - dropped back approaching 3f out - pressed for effort over 2f out - finished with renewed purpose to take 4th | 4/8 | nk | 9-5 | 102 | 119A | 97A | Rossa Ryan | 7/1 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Dec 25+60d | Deauville (FR) | Prix Luthier - Polytrack Challenge () (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) | 4/15 | nse | 8-13 | — | — | — | Ioritz Mendizabal | 25/1 |
| 04 Oct 25+42d | Redcar | Racing TV EBF Stallions Guisborough Stakes (Listed) Held up towards the back - driven approaching final 2f and shifted right entering last furlong - unable to find headway and finished sixth | 6/9 | 2 | 9-2 | 96 | 111A | 92A | Ryan Sexton | 18/1 |
| 23 Aug 25+20d | Goodwood | Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Handicap Sat close to the pace early - asked for effort with 2f remaining - lost ground final furlong - finished 9th | 9/12 | 1 | 8-13 | 96 | 108A | 86A | Jack Dace | 7/1 |
| 03 Aug 25+50d | Chester | Inkerman London Handicap Sat behind the front group - driven forward to hit the front a furlong out - drew clear in the closing stages to score comfortably | 1/7 | 9-9 | 90 | 101A | 101A | Rossa Ryan | 5/2 | |
| 14 Jun 25+13d | York | Doug Johnstone Memorial. Ubettabelieveit Macmillan Handicap Sat close to the pace - urged forward with over 3f left then pressed for effort with a furlong to run - weakened close home to finish sixth | 6/13 | nk | 9-11 | 90 | 108C | 92A | William Buick | 6/1 |
| 01 Jun 25+149d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Sky Bet Price Boosts Handicap Settled in the pack towards the inner - moved through under the far rail approaching the final furlong - pushed out in the closing stages to prevail | 1/15 | 9-8 | 87 | 98B | 100A | Rossa Ryan | 2/1F | |
| 03 Jan 25+30d | Southwell (AW) | Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Handy in front rank - pushed alongside pace-setter with 2f left - shared front spot into last furlong before yielding it - dropped to third near line - stayed on late for 3rd | 3/12 | hd | 9-8 | 87 | 117A | 103A | Jack Doughty | 9/4F |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Dec 24+47d | Lingfield (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap Went wide from the off - close enough behind the front runner turning for home - pushed along and closed to challenge 2f out - kept battling to the line but narrowly denied | 2/7 | ½ | 9-0 | 85 | 93A | 94A | Rhys Clutterbuck | 3/1 |
| 18 Oct 24+14d | Haydock | Watch On Racing TV Handicap Held a forward position - pushed along inside the final furlong - kept going without finding extra - finished third | 3/8 | 2¾ | 9-8 | 86 | 109B | 97A | Rossa Ryan | 5/1 |
| 04 Oct 24+53d | Ascot | Bet MGM Handicap Went straight to the front - urged on with 2f left - overtaken with a furlong to run and gave way close home | 7/10 | nse | 8-7 | 87 | 125B | 81A | Edward Greatrex | 14/1 |
| 12 Aug 24+14d | Windsor | Fitzdares Sprint Series Final Handicap In contention early - dropped away with 2f left - finished well held in 16th | 16/16 | 3½ | 8-8 | 87 | 91C | 57A | Edward Greatrex | 6/1 |
| 29 Jul 24+18d | Windsor | Fitzdares Handicap | 1/8 | 9-3 | 83 | 103A | 90A | Rossa Ryan | 11/2 | |
| 11 Jul 24+26d | Newmarket | Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap (Heritage Handicap) | 6/13 | 1¼ | 8-8 | 85 | 95C | 83A | Edward Greatrex | 16/1 |
| 15 Jun 24+231d | Sandown | Win Up To 2M With Golden Goals Handicap | 9/9 | ¾ | 9-8 | 88 | 70A | 80A | Rossa Ryan | 11/1 |
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Oct 23+23d | Doncaster | Doncaster Groundworks And Reinforcements Nursery | 3/6 | 1¾ | 9-6 | 88 | 93A | 99B | Rossa Ryan | 18/5 |
| 05 Oct 23+140d | Salisbury | British EBF Radcliffe & Co Conditions Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/9 | 9-8 | — | 104A | 99A | Hector Crouch | 3/1J | |
| 18 May 23+10d | Salisbury | Rumble Inthejungle Standing At Norman Court Stud British Ebf Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/5 | 9-7 | — | 95C | 89B | Rob Hornby | 3/1 | |
| 08 May 23 | Windsor | British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/4 | 5 | 9-4 | — | 90C | 76B | Rossa Ryan | 5/4 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Palmar Bay won?
- Palmar Bay (FR) won 5 of 24 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 20.8%. Placed 9 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trains Palmar Bay?
- Palmar Bay (FR) is trained by Ralph Beckett, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 31 October 2026.
- Who is Palmar Bay's sire?
- Palmar Bay (FR) is by Exceed And Excel (AUS) out of Di Fede (IRE), whose sire is Shamardal.
- What going does Palmar Bay prefer?
- Palmar Bay (FR) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Palmar Bay's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 31 October 2026. The highest on record is 103.
- What is Palmar Bay's sire's record?
- Exceed And Excel (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,032 runs since Apr 2008 (1,161 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
- Who are Palmar Bay's siblings?
- Out of Di Fede (IRE), Palmar Bay (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.