Horse profile
Spicy Marg (GB)
by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Main Desire (IRE) (High Chaparral)
13 runs · 6 courses · from May 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Newmarket & Goodwood
Last run 13 Sep 2026 · 15th of 17
Last raced off OR 111
KTB Profile
Spicy Marg (GB) is 3 from 13, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Bosra Sham' Fillies' Stakes at Newmarket (Oct 2025). Last raced off a career-high mark of 111.
Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs since May 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR at career high
- 3–13Wins / Runs
- 23.1%Strike rate
- 4 (30.8%)Placed
- −0.88£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 1.85Fair A/E n=13 · 1.52 incl. margin
- 111Highest 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 rating111At career-high mark
111
89–111
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 120
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 | 8 | 111C | 92.5 | 4 runs · 111 / 104.5 |
| Good | 3 | 120A | 100 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 7 | 120A | 89 | 2 runs · 111 / 88 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 105C | 97 | 4 runs · 105 / 98.5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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 12 analysed runs since May 2025
- Held up 6 (50%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 4 (33%) · 1 win
- Led 1 (8%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (8%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,162 runs since Jan 2008 (661 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,191.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,032 | 124 | 12% | +0.9 | 1 from 8 |
| Good | 1,737 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | 2 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 772 | 90 | 11.7% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,074 | 122 | 11.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 293 | 33 | 11.3% | +0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,229 | 238 | 10.7% | −0.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,191 | 173 | 14.5% | +3.4 | 2 from 7 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,566 | 394 | 11% | −0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,393 | 137 | 9.8% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 648 | 60 | 9.3% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −1.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 84 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
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
Main Desire (IRE) (High Chaparral)
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Radiant Beauty (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Radiant Beauty (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiant Beauty (GB) | 21 | 7 | 7f–1m½f | Listed |
| Urban Decay (GB) | 8 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 4 |
| Radiant Jewel (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.50 |
| Good | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.62 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −8.38 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +7.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.12 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.38 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran Shoemark | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.50 |
| Tom Marquand | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +5.12 |
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 | ||||||||||
| 13 Sep 26+44d | Curragh (IRE) | BAR 1 Betting Flying Five Stakes (Group 1) Sluggish start - settled at the back and unable to close from 2f out - well held at the finish | 15/17 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 111 | 65C | 65A | Tom Marquand | 25/1 |
| 31 Jul 26+21d | Goodwood | King George Qatar Stakes (Group 2) Towards the back from the off - short of toe when pressure applied over 2f out - angled right with ground to make up entering the final furlong - kept on without threatening up the near rail - ninth | 9/15 | shd | 8-11 | 111 | 111C | 92A | Tom Marquand | 9/1 |
| 10 Jul 26+21d | York | William Hill Summer Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Group 3) settled in the pack early - driven 3f out - made slight progress entering the final furlong without making any more mark | 7/13 | 2¾ | 9-0 | 111 | 105C | 94A | Hector Crouch | 11/8F |
| 19 Jun 26+27d | Ascot | Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) Settled midpack early - began to make progress inside the final two furlongs - pushed along to close on the leader in the closing stages - kept finding to the line - narrowly denied in a photo finish | 2/22 | hd | 8-13 | 103 | 96C | 117A | Tom Marquand | 50/1 |
| 23 May 26+20d | Haydock | William Hill Sandy Lane Stakes (Group 2) Drifted right at the start - settled towards the back - made progress two out - pushed along and closed on the front group entering the final furlong - stayed on at an unchanged effort to finish third | 3/7 | 1½ | 8-13 | 103 | 97C | 102A | Oisin Murphy | 9/2 |
| 03 May 26+184d | Newmarket | Betfred 1000 Guineas Stakes (Fillies' Group 1) Held up towards the back - asked for effort 3f out and made a little progress - driven from over 1f out - unable to challenge and beaten into 8th | 8/19 | nk | 9-2 | 100 | 104C | 96A | Tom Marquand | 40/1 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Oct 25+21d | Newmarket | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Bosra Sham' Fillies' Stakes (Listed) Settled off the pace in the pack - angled right and driven on approaching 2f out - surged to the front a furlong out - kept on comfortably to the line | 1/19 | 9-2 | 97 | 100C | 104A | Hector Crouch | 13/8F | |
| 10 Oct 25+49d | Newmarket | Newmarket Academy Godolphin Beacon Project Cornwallis Stakes (Group 3) Settled towards the back of the pack - pushed along with 2f left - moved through on the outside inside the final furlong - up into fourth close home - lacked the speed to get on terms | 4/10 | ¾ | 9-0 | 94 | 98A | 96A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/2 |
| 22 Aug 25+23d | York | Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes (Group 1) Held a central position early - urged forward with over 2f left - shifted course when unable to land a blow entering the last - held on for 17th | 17/17 | 1¼ | 8-2 | 94 | 71C | 51A | Harry Bentley | 18/1 |
| 30 Jul 25+19d | Goodwood | British Stallion Studs EBF Alice Keppel Fillies' Conditions Stakes (GBB Race) Settled towards the back of the pack early - began to make ground with a furlong left - hit the front inside the final furlong and quickly opened up - kept finding more to score | 1/11 | 9-2 | 91 | 120A | 104A | Kieran Shoemark | 4/1 | |
| 11 Jul 25+23d | Newmarket | Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (Sponsored By bet365) (Fillies' Group 2) Set the pace throughout - pressed for effort as rivals closed 2f out - lost command inside final 2f and faded to finish fifth | 5/6 | ¾ | 9-2 | 89 | 81A | 84B | Kieran Shoemark | 9/1 |
| 18 Jun 25+45d | Ascot | Queen Mary Stakes (Fillies' Group 2) Held position on the far rail - tracked front pack and pressed for effort with a furlong left - lost momentum close home to finish 10th | 10/23 | 1½ | 9-2 | — | 77C | 86A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/1 |
| 04 May 25 | Newmarket | Tattersalls 40,000 EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled tight behind the front pack early - showed inexperience - made ground into contention by halfway - hit the front with a furlong left - stretched clear inside the final 100 yards - stayed on strongly to score | 1/4 | 9-2 | — | 89C | 96C | Kieran Shoemark | 7/2 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Spicy Marg won?
- Spicy Marg (GB) won 3 of 13 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 23.1%. Placed 4 times in total (30.8% of starts).
- Who trains Spicy Marg?
- Spicy Marg (GB) is trained by Michael Bell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 September 2026.
- Who is Spicy Marg's sire?
- Spicy Marg (GB) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Main Desire (IRE), whose sire is High Chaparral.
- What going does Spicy Marg prefer?
- Spicy Marg (GB) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Spicy Marg's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 111, from the run on 13 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Spicy Marg's sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,162 runs since Jan 2008 (661 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,191.
- Who are Spicy Marg's siblings?
- Out of Main Desire (IRE), Spicy Marg (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Radiant Beauty (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Listed (Radiant Beauty (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.