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Horse profile

Sheikh Raj (IRE)

4yo gelding · Trainer Richard Hughes · Owner Jastar Ltd And Murt Khan
by Pinatubo (IRE) out of Bikini Babe (IRE) (Montjeu)
12 runs · 9 courses · from Aug 2024
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 27 Feb 2026 · 9th of 10 Last raced off OR 75
KTB Profile

Sheikh Raj is a maiden who has won none of 12 starts but has placed five times. His best effort came when second of 10 at Lingfield (AW) in Dec 2025. The gelding, by Pinatubo out of a Montjeu mare, has raced mainly on the all-weather at trips between 6f and 1m1f. He finished 9 of 10 in a Class 2 handicap at Lingfield (AW) in Feb 2026.

Based on 12 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
Official rating75↓ 2lb off peak
75 74–77

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 123 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 27 Nov 2025

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 12 figures · best 123B · median 82.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)8123B934 runs · 123 / 95
Good299A79.5—
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f6106A82.53 runs · 106 / 84
6f – 7f5104A79—
1m2f – 1m4f1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 89A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 8 Dec 2025 Official rating 75 at the last run, 27 Feb 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 12 figures · best 96A · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)896A814 runs · 89 / 74.5
Good288A82.5—
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f693A773 runs · 89 / 77
6f – 7f596A86—
1m2f – 1m4f1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 runs · as at 4 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 11 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Held up 6 (55%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 3 (27%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 2 (18%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Pinatubo (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 1,084 runs since Jan 2008 (181 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−13.8—
Good to Firm1942814.4%+0.60 from 1
Good2793813.6%−0.20 from 2
Good to Soft1191916%+2.2—
Soft1171311.1%−2.70 from 1
Heavy35514.3%+0.5—
Standard (AW)3384713.9%+0.10 from 8
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f731115.1%+1.3—
6f – 7f5477513.7%−0.10 from 5
1m – 1m1f2884114.2%+0.40 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f1452215.2%+1.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m2813.6%−10.2—
2m1f – 2m4f300%−13.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Bikini Babe (IRE) (Montjeu)

7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Inexplicable (IRE) (10 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (La Barrosa (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Inexplicable (IRE)81107f–1m½fClass 6
La Barrosa (IRE)627fGroup 3
Rkaya (IRE)325f–6f—
Holiday Girl (IRE)80——
Ursus Arctos (IRE)40——
Once (IRE)40——
Itsy Bitsy (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 6 0 0% −6.00
6f – 7f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Billy Loughnane 3 0 0% −3.00
Rossa Ryan 2 0 0% −2.00
Tyler Heard 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean D Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00
Finley Marsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Oisin Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00
Hector Crouch 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Kingscote 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieran Shoemark 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 8 0 0% −8.00
Blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 1 0 0% −1.00
2025 9 0 0% −9.00
2024 2 0 0% −2.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
27 Feb 26+62d Lingfield (AW) BetMGM AWC Mile Trial Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran Sat close to the front pack early - pushed along approaching 2f out then lost ground inside the final furlong - finished well held in 9th 9/10 24 8-4 7554C38C Tyler Heard 28/1
2025 · 9 runs
27 Dec 25+19d Wolverhampton (AW) Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Class 4 · 8.5f · Standard · 12 ran Settled in the pack early - urged forward with over 2f left and made headway - lost momentum in the closing stages to finish 7th 7/12 1¾ 9-8 7684A77A Billy Loughnane 2/1F
08 Dec 25+11d Lingfield (AW) Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran Prominent in the pack - driven forward and made progress approaching the final furlong - moved into second - went clear passing the 110-yard marker - stuck on - caught in the closing strides and went down by a short head 2/10 hd 9-11 74106A89A Billy Loughnane 2/1F
27 Nov 25+35d Chelmsford City (AW) Weatherbys Handicap (GBBplus Race) Class 3 · 10f · Standard · 13 ran Held up near back - asked for effort with 2f left but found little - kept on again inside final furlong to finish sixth 6/13 2½ 8-6 76123B72A Sean D Bowen 22/1
23 Oct 25+33d Chelmsford City (AW) betting.betfair.com Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran Settled towards the rear early - improved through the field before the furlong pole and moved into second inside the final furlong - lacked the speed to get on terms and finished second 2/10 1¼ 9-11 75102A93A Finley Marsh 9/4
20 Sep 25+26d Ayr Jordan Electrics Handicap (Div 1) Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 11 ran Held up towards back - angled left with a furlong to run - closed inside to grab 3rd close home 3/11 ½ 9-5 7579A86A Oisin Murphy 6/1
25 Aug 25+42d Southwell (AW) N&L Franklin Ltd Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran Held up towards the back on the inner - pushed along to close in late stages inside final furlong - kept going to the line but couldn't reach front runners 2/10 3½ 9-9 75104A96A Hector Crouch 11/4F
14 Jul 25+44d Windsor Rum N Vibez Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 8 ran Sluggish start - settled towards the back - moved left approaching final 2f - progress inside final furlong but found little close home 4/8 nk 9-5 7581A71A Billy Loughnane 7/2F
31 May 25+44d Haydock Betfred 'Bet Builder' Sankey Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good · 9 ran Checked and eased across early - settled towards the back - shaped up late inside the closing furlong but lacked the speed to challenge 6/9 ½ 9-1 7760A77A Rossa Ryan 6/1
17 Apr 25+225d Newmarket Alex Scott Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good · 11 ran Tracked the front group early - moved into second approaching the final two furlongs before giving way in the last furlong - held on for 5th 5/11 2½ 9-2 —99A88A Rossa Ryan 14/1
2024 · 2 runs
04 Sep 24+28d Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran Bumped a little early - tracked the pace on the rail then improved position over 2f out - gave ground close home to finish sixth 6/13 1 9-7 —76B77A Richard Kingscote 6/4F
07 Aug 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran Drifted right at the off - settled midpack - travelled wide into the straight - urged forward and improved into contention from 2f out - took second inside the final furlong and kept on but unable to peg back the winner 2/13 1¾ 9-4 —61B85A Kieran Shoemark 17/2

Quick answers

How many races has Sheikh Raj won?
Sheikh Raj (IRE) has yet to win, from 12 archived starts between 2024 and 2026. Placed 5 times in total (41.7% of starts).
Who trains Sheikh Raj?
Sheikh Raj (IRE) is trained by Richard Hughes, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 February 2026.
Who is Sheikh Raj's sire?
Sheikh Raj (IRE) is by Pinatubo (IRE) out of Bikini Babe (IRE), whose sire is Montjeu.
What is Sheikh Raj's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 27 February 2026. The highest on record is 77.
What is Sheikh Raj's sire's record?
Pinatubo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 1,084 runs since Jan 2008 (181 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Sheikh Raj's siblings?
Out of Bikini Babe (IRE), Sheikh Raj (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Inexplicable (IRE) (10). Highest grade won: Group 3 (La Barrosa (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.