Horse profile
The Famous Five (FR)
by Camelot (GB) out of Palme Royale (IRE) (Red Ransom)
18 runs · 14 courses · from May 2021
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Newbury, Bangor-on-Dee & Leicester
Off 205 days · 4th of 8
Last raced off OR 118
KTB Profile
The Famous Five is a gelding who has won three of 18 starts on turf, all over 1m5f – 2m in handicaps. He won the Class 3 Coral 'We're Here For It' Handicap Chase at Newbury on good to soft in Dec 2024 off a mark of 118, having earlier scored at Bangor-on-Dee on soft and at Leicester on heavy. Ridden prominently in three of five analysed runs, he finished fourth of eight in the Class 2 JCB Handicap Chase at Warwick in Mar 2026.
Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
- 3–18Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 7 (38.9%)Placed
- −11.00£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 0.90Fair A/E n=18 · 0.79 incl. margin
- 123Highest OR
- 105dAvg 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 rating118↓ 5lb off peak
118
105–123
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 98
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 →
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 8 | 123A | 81.5 | 2 · 97 / 64.5 |
| Soft | 6 | 137A | 104 | 1 · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 119B | 95 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 137A | 123 | 1 · — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 121C | 98 | 2 · 98 / 65 |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 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 5 analysed runs
- Prominent 3 (60%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,669 runs since Jan 2008 (752 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 2 | 13.3% | +1.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 817 | 91 | 11.1% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 1,989 | 235 | 11.8% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,091 | 131 | 12% | +0.3 | 1 from 9 |
| Soft | 1,481 | 198 | 13.4% | +1.7 | 1 from 7 |
| Heavy | 553 | 58 | 10.5% | −1.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,723 | 181 | 10.5% | −1.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | −7.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 713 | 66 | 9.3% | −2.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,600 | 178 | 11.1% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,871 | 348 | 12.1% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,666 | 217 | 13% | +1.3 | 3 from 9 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 593 | 62 | 10.5% | −1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 171 | 20 | 11.7% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 29 | 4 | 13.8% | +2.1 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Palme Royale (IRE) (Red Ransom)
6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Pin Up Girl (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 7½f–1m1½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pin Up Girl (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m1½f | — |
| Perfect Stranger (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 7½f | — |
| Clova Royale (GB) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Palmares (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Pivoine Rose (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Pate Mollee (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.00 |
| Soft | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 2 | 40% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Ludlow | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Toulouse (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 3 | 33% | −2.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Deutsch | 15 | 3 | 20% | −8.00 |
| Vincent Cheminaud | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Miss Lucy Turner | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 16 | 3 | 19% | −9.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +2.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.00 |
| Hurdle | 8 | 2 | 25% | −4.00 |
| Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 26+21d | Warwick | JCB Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - moved through to hit the front 3 out - pressed for effort soon after - overtaken 2 out and dropped to third near the last - weakened through the closing stages to finish fourth | 4/8 | 1¼ | 11-6 | 118 | 82B | 123A | Charlie Deutsch | 8/1 |
| 05 Mar 26+38d | Wincanton | Julia's House Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - made ground into contention four out - closed on the front group before going second approaching two out - dropped back to third before the last under pressure - kept plugging away but couldn't find more late | 3/8 | 1 | 12-0 | 118 | 97A | 132B | Charlie Deutsch | 9/1 |
| 26 Jan 26+37d | Plumpton | Southern Cranes Handicap Hurdle Settled close up early - shared front spot for a spell after the 3rd then overtaken before the following fence - pressed on approaching 3 out - dropped away soon after - faded out of contention late to finish 7th | 7/7 | 4 | 11-8 | 121 | 98A | 107A | Charlie Deutsch | 14/1 |
| 20 Dec 25+295d | Ascot | Howden Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Left-handed drift over obstacles - held no more than mid-pack position throughout - unable to improve - finished well beaten in 5th | 5/9 | 18 | 10-4 | 123 | 32C | 97C | Charlie Deutsch | 8/1 |
| 28 Feb 25+19d | Newbury | Howden Supporting West Berkshire Mencap Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Sat close up early through to 6th - dropped away towards back of pack 5 out - found renewed energy following after being knocked sideways briefly 3 out - hit front before 2 out - driven out and matched stride for stride up the run-in - caught close home to just miss out | 2/5 | nk | 11-7 | 120 | 110C | 132B | Charlie Deutsch | 5/4F |
| 09 Feb 25+22d | Chepstow | Text Fitzdares On 07492 882213 Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Broke left-handed early on - settled 4th - improved into 3rd 5 out - pressed leader from 3 out but couldn't threaten - stayed on to finish second | 2/5 | 3¾ | 10-12 | 120 | 121C | 129B | Charlie Deutsch | 9/2 |
| 18 Jan 25+21d | Haydock | Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Handicap Chase Held up towards the back - fences causing trouble throughout - off the pace and no impression made before fading out of contention 4 out | 5/7 | ¾ | 11-3 | 120 | 46A | 109A | Charlie Deutsch | 5/2F |
| 28 Dec 24+13d | Newbury | Coral 'We're Here For It' Handicap Chase (For The Hallowe'en Trophy) Up with the front group - veered left and collided at the 1st losing ground - progress before the 4th - a serious error at the 9th dropped back again - responded 4 out - angled left to move into 2nd at the 3rd last - pressed for the advantage 2 out - kept on strongly to hit the front near the line | 1/5 | 11-6 | 118 | 66C | 125B | Charlie Deutsch | 2/1F | |
| 15 Dec 24+15d | Windsor | Fitzdares Royal Windsor Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held a forward position early - pushed along after the third-last - lost ground on the run to the line - finished third | 3/5 | 1¼ | 10-13 | 118 | 48C | 129B | Charlie Deutsch | 5/1 |
| 30 Nov 24+252d | Newbury | Coral Racing Club Intermediate Handicap Hurdle (Registered As The Gerry Feilden) (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Held up towards the back - urged into contention approaching final stages - stayed off the pace to finish seventh | 7/13 | 1½ | 10-5 | 120 | 119B | 122A | Charlie Deutsch | 20/1 |
| 23 Mar 24+60d | Bangor-on-Dee | Broxton Gates Handicap Hurdle | 1/7 | 12-0 | 110 | 95C | 133A | Charlie Deutsch | EvensF | |
| 23 Jan 24+34d | Leicester | Leicester Racecourse Ideal Self-Hire Wedding Venue Handicap Hurdle | 1/6 | 10-13 | 105 | 105B | 131B | Charlie Deutsch | EvensF | |
| 20 Dec 23+23d | Ludlow | Alpha Aggregates Handicap Hurdle (Female Amateur Jockeys) | 4/10 | 1½ | 11-2 | 106 | 137A | 114A | Miss Lucy Turner | 11/4F |
| 27 Nov 23+18d | Ludlow | Racing TV Club Day Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/16 | 2½ | 11-4 | — | 113B | 124A | Charlie Deutsch | 15/8F |
| 09 Nov 23+621d | Ludlow | Templar Medical 'Introductory' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 20 | 11-2 | — | 123A | 116B | Charlie Deutsch | 18/1 |
| 26 Feb 22+247d | Kempton | Coral Adonis Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 9/11 | 4¼ | 10-12 | — | 55C | 107C | Charlie Deutsch | 16/1 |
| 24 Jun 21+53d | Toulouse (FR) | Derby du Languedoc () (3yo) (Turf) | 6/9 | 2½ | 9-0 | — | — | — | Vincent Cheminaud | 83/10 |
| 02 May 21 | Longchamp (FR) | Prix de l'Avre () (3yo) (Grande Course) (Turf) | 3/6 | 6 | 9-2 | — | — | — | Vincent Cheminaud | 15/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Famous Five (FR) won?
- The Famous Five (FR) won 3 of 18 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 7 times in total (38.9% of starts).
- Who trains The Famous Five (FR)?
- The Famous Five (FR) is trained by Venetia Williams, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 March 2026.
- Who is The Famous Five (FR)'s sire?
- The Famous Five (FR) is by Camelot (GB) out of Palme Royale (IRE), whose sire is Red Ransom.
- What going does The Famous Five (FR) prefer?
- The Famous Five (FR) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Famous Five (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 26 March 2026. The highest on record is 123.
- What is The Famous Five (FR)'s sire's record?
- Camelot (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,669 runs since Jan 2008 (752 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are The Famous Five (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Palme Royale (IRE), The Famous Five (FR) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Pin Up Girl (IRE) (1). The wins came over 7½f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.