Horse profile
The Spotlight Kid (GB)
44 runs · 13 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Kempton (AW) & Yarmouth
Last run 1 Sep 2026 · 9th of 9
Last raced off OR 49
KTB Profile
The Spotlight Kid is a gelding with four wins from 44 starts, all at Class 6 level. He won twice at Kempton (AW) and twice at Yarmouth, with all wins in handicaps on good to soft, good or standard (AW) going over 6f – 7f or 1m – 1m1f. He has not won since Nov 2024 and last ran at Brighton in Sep 2026, finishing 9 of 9 off an official rating of 49, which was 20lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 44 archived runs · run-style from 18 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins at Class 6
OR ↓ 20lb off peak
- 4–44Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 14 (31.8%)Placed
- −25.25£1 level staken=44 at SP
- 0.70Fair A/E n=44 · 0.59 incl. margin
- 69Highest OR
- 22dBetween runs (median)longest 206 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 rating49↓ 20lb off peak
49
49–69
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 94
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 27 | 105A | 86 | 9 runs · 105 / 89 |
| Good | 8 | 104A | 89 | 2 runs · 90 / 89 |
| Soft | 5 | 105B | 99 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 115C | 104 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 23 | 105A | 88 | 7 runs · 105 / 89 |
| 6f – 7f | 20 | 115C | 87 | 4 runs · 94 / 86.5 |
Of 44 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 43 figures from 44 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 18 analysed runs since Sep 2024
- Mid-division 7 (39%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 6 (33%) · 0 wins
- Held up 5 (28%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 7,389 runs since Apr 2016 (442 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.7% from 1,731. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.8% from 106.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 22 | 6 | 27.3% | +16.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,023 | 121 | 11.8% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,370 | 139 | 10.1% | −0.6 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 807 | 92 | 11.4% | +0.7 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 974 | 115 | 11.8% | +1.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 324 | 34 | 10.5% | −0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,869 | 286 | 10% | −0.7 | 2 from 28 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,731 | 238 | 13.7% | +3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,915 | 401 | 10.2% | −0.5 | 3 from 20 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,148 | 112 | 9.8% | −0.9 | 1 from 24 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 453 | 37 | 8.2% | −2.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 106 | 3 | 2.8% | −7.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | −7.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Adace (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Adace (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adace (GB) | 61 | 7 | 7f–1m | Class 6 |
| Havechatma (GB) | 34 | 6 | 5f–6f | Class 6 |
| Equipped (GB) | 16 | 1 | 6f | Class 6 |
| Ubettanotblink (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 28 | 2 | 7% | −18.00 |
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.50 |
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 31 | 4 | 13% | −12.25 |
| Class 5 | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 14 | 2 | 14% | −4.00 |
| Yarmouth | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.75 |
| Southwell (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Nottingham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 24 | 1 | 4% | −19.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 20 | 3 | 15% | −6.25 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Morris | 9 | 1 | 11% | −4.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.75 |
| Robert Havlin | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Charlie Bennett | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Egan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Probert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saffie Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Liam Wright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J F Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Liam Keniry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Neil Callan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Christian Howarth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 18 | 3 | 17% | −4.75 |
| Blinkers | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| None | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.50 |
| Visor | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 20% | +0.00 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 22% | −0.25 |
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 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Sep 26+16d | Brighton | Download The Matchbook App Handicap Stakes Keen to go early - settled mid-pack - pressed for effort 3f from home and soon lost touch - finished well held in 9th | 9/9 | 2¼ | 9-5 | 49 | 88A | 44A | Kieran O'Neill | 15/2 |
| 16 Aug 26+17d | Southwell (AW) | Fraser Plus Designer Outlet East Midlands Handicap Stakes Held a central position - roused with a furlong remaining - unable to respond - finished tenth | 10/13 | 1½ | 9-5 | 51 | 77B | 46A | Rob Hornby | 16/1 |
| 30 Jul 26+72d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Stakes (Div II) Sat close to the front pack - urged forward with a furlong to run - gave way inside the final 110 yards - finished 6th | 6/10 | 2¼ | 9-7 | 52 | 94A | 69A | Robert Havlin | 20/1 |
| 19 May 26+20d | Lingfield | Simon Duggan The Bad Ama Handicap (Div 2) Went wide from the outset - into a forward spot after the first furlong - challenged in front two out before needing urging - stayed on same speed to finish third | 3/13 | 1½ | 9-6 | 52 | 90C | 79A | Luke Morris | 10/1 |
| 29 Apr 26+58d | Southwell (AW) | Dog Friendly Raceday Tues 2nd June Handicap (Div 1) Fought for control early staying wide - hit the front approaching 2f in and opened a big margin - lead shrunk with 2f left - overtaken with a furlong to run despite urging - unable to find more late | 5/10 | ¾ | 9-7 | 53 | 104A | 69A | Daniel Muscutt | 7/2 |
| 02 Mar 26+19d | Kempton (AW) | Sporting Times Handicap (Div 2) Pulled hard in the pack - progress to press the front 2f out - narrowly denied for second on the line - third | 3/9 | nk | 9-8 | 54 | 86A | 70A | Luke Morris | 5/1 |
| 11 Feb 26+22d | Southwell (AW) | Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap Sent off eager - settled last early - pressed for effort 2f out - stayed on into contention but edged out of third close home | 4/9 | ¾ | 9-9 | 55 | 83A | 73A | Kieran O'Neill | 9/2 |
| 20 Jan 26+14d | Southwell (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap Settled in the pack early - crept closer in the last furlong - stayed on without threatening the front - completed fourth beaten 3 lengths | 4/12 | ½ | 9-9 | 55 | 105A | 79A | Hollie Doyle | 12/1 |
| 06 Jan 26+27d | Southwell (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) Settled in the pack early - pushed along with 2f left - powered through inside final furlong to hit front near the line - caught in the last strides to go down by a nose | 2/9 | nk | 9-8 | 54 | 97A | 76A | Luke Morris | 16/1 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Dec 25+13d | Kempton (AW) | Racehorse Shares For Christmas At racingclub.com Handicap Sat close to the pace early - third and going well with a furlong to go - lost ground under pressure near the line to finish 5th | 5/12 | ½ | 9-8 | 55 | 82A | 79A | Luke Morris | 12/1 |
| 27 Nov 25+206d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap Pulled hard early - close up before being nudged into contention 2f out - dropped away over 1f out to finish fifth | 5/8 | 4 | 9-6 | 57 | 89A | 62A | Luke Morris | 16/1 |
| 05 May 25+20d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Settled towards the back early - never troubled leaders - finished down the field in 10th | 10/12 | 2¼ | 9-7 | 58 | 69A | 57A | David Probert | 11/2 |
| 15 Apr 25+47d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Zero% Mission Handicap (Div 2) Took a strong hold early - settled towards the rear on the rail - made progress into contention over 2f out - pressed for the front with a furlong left but boxed in and eased right for room - battled on under pressure yet gave way to finish fourth | 4/10 | ½ | 9-1 | 59 | 96A | 76A | Saffie Osborne | 7/2 |
| 27 Feb 25+22d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At bet365 Handicap Raced with plenty of enthusiasm early - tracked the pace near the front - pushed along over 2f out but couldn't find more - drifted left inside the final furlong and faded to finish sixth | 6/10 | hd | 9-4 | 60 | 91A | 66A | Luke Morris | 7/1 |
| 05 Feb 25+20d | Kempton (AW) | Free Bet With Unibet's Betbuilder Rebound Apprentice Handicap Held up eagerly behind the pace - travelling fine into the straight - lost touch and needed urging over a furlong out - rallied to snatch third close home | 3/9 | 2 | 9-11 | 61 | 83A | 77A | Liam Wright | 4/1F |
| 16 Jan 25+26d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At bet365 Handicap Settled last - wide progress approaching final furlong - kept on strongly inside the last to grab second close home - narrowly denied | 2/6 | nk | 9-6 | 60 | 88A | 73B | Luke Morris | 11/4 |
| 2024 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Dec 24+31d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap (Div 2) Held up eagerly tucked in third on the inner - shifted wide entering the straight then pushed along to finish well - edged closest for second but no danger to the winner | 3/10 | shd | 9-9 | 60 | 85A | 84A | Luke Morris | 13/2 |
| 20 Nov 24+14d | Kempton (AW) | Racing TV Handicap Settled midpack early - improved though boxed in with two furlongs left - still short of room a furlong out - burst through to hit the front inside the final furlong and stayed on strongly to score | 1/14 | 9-6 | 57 | 97B | 80A | Luke Morris | 4/1 | |
| 06 Nov 24+22d | Kempton (AW) | Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Settled midpack early - travelling comfortably with two furlongs left - pushed along and driving through the last stages - got there right at the line | 1/14 | 9-9 | 53 | 60B | 77A | David Egan | 4/1 | |
| 15 Oct 24+29d | Yarmouth | Free Digital Racecard At Raceday-Ready.Com Handicap Handy on the wide side - asked for effort over 2f out - held steady through final furlong without finding more | 4/6 | 6 | 9-4 | 55 | 80A | 58B | Robert Havlin | 9/4 |
| 16 Sep 24+68d | Windsor | Intec Microsystems Handicap (Div 1) Sat handy in the pack early - urged into contention over 2f out to briefly reach 4th - then faded under pressure inside the final furlong to finish 7th | 7/12 | ¾ | 9-7 | 57 | 79A | 68A | David Egan | 13/2 |
| 10 Jul 24+25d | Yarmouth | Quinnbet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap | 5/11 | ¾ | 9-11 | 59 | 93B | 74A | J F Egan | 6/1 |
| 15 Jun 24+13d | Bath | Olivia's Boutique Keynsham Handicap | 4/10 | ¾ | 9-9 | 60 | 104A | 72A | Liam Keniry | 7/1 |
| 02 Jun 24+23d | Nottingham | Sky Bet Club Handicap (Div 1) | 9/9 | 1¼ | 8-12 | 61 | 75A | 46A | Cieren Fallon | 5/1 |
| 10 May 24+20d | Nottingham | Lindsay Finance Hire Purchase And Leasing Handicap | 3/11 | ¾ | 9-5 | 61 | 91B | 80A | Robert Havlin | 10/3F |
| 20 Apr 24+170d | Nottingham | Daily Football Offers At Rhino.Bet Handicap | 3/12 | 1 | 9-9 | 62 | 102A | 79A | Robert Havlin | 10/1 |
| 2023 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Nov 23+17d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betsi Handicap | 7/9 | 3¼ | 9-5 | 63 | 78A | 58A | Neil Callan | 3/1 |
| 16 Oct 23+25d | Yarmouth | Regular Offers On bresbet.com Handicap | 3/10 | 2½ | 9-8 | 64 | 99A | 87A | Robert Havlin | 4/1 |
| 21 Sep 23+3d | Yarmouth | Thistles And Thorns Florist Of Caister Handicap (Div 1) | 4/10 | ½ | 10-0 | 65 | 87A | 85A | Cieren Fallon | 5/6F |
| 18 Sep 23+53d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap | 4/11 | 1 | 9-9 | 65 | 77A | 85A | Cieren Fallon | 6/1 |
| 27 Jul 23+6d | Newbury | BetVictor Handicap | 3/8 | ½ | 9-13 | 65 | 105B | 83A | Daniel Muscutt | 4/1 |
| 21 Jul 23+37d | Newmarket | Pertemps Medical Mental Health Handicap | 4/9 | nk | 9-4 | 65 | 87B | 75A | Tom Marquand | 8/1 |
| 14 Jun 23+21d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Apprentice Handicap | 7/14 | ¾ | 9-4 | 67 | 98B | 75A | Christian Howarth | 14/1 |
| 24 May 23+21d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap | 9/9 | 5½ | 9-2 | 68 | 84A | 42A | Cieren Fallon | 2/1F |
| 03 May 23+197d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Handicap | 8/12 | ¾ | 9-8 | 69 | 88A | 68A | Cieren Fallon | 10/1 |
| 2022 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Oct 22+33d | Yarmouth | Peter Dunnett Memorial Handicap | 1/15 | 9-9 | 62 | 115C | 91A | Cieren Fallon | 9/4F | |
| 15 Sep 22+22d | Yarmouth | At The Races App Market Movers Handicap | 1/14 | 9-8 | 60 | 92C | 85A | Cieren Fallon | 9/2 | |
| 24 Aug 22+16d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap (Div 2) | 4/9 | nk | 9-0 | 61 | 71A | 69A | Charlie Bennett | 11/2 |
| 08 Aug 22+16d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap | UR/13 | — | 9-0 | 61 | — | — | Charlie Bennett | 22/1 |
| 23 Jul 22+17d | Lingfield (AW) | Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap | 7/10 | nk | 9-7 | 63 | 89A | 66A | Charlie Bennett | 10/1 |
| 06 Jul 22+29d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Supports The Racing Home Project Handicap | 4/10 | nk | 9-7 | 63 | 89A | 75A | Silvestre De Sousa | 13/2 |
| 07 Jun 22+41d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betsi Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 8/13 | 6½ | 9-6 | — | 74B | 57A | Silvestre De Sousa | 100/1 |
| 27 Apr 22+19d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Visit attheraces.com Restricted Novice Stakes | 6/9 | 3 | 9-0 | — | 83A | 45A | Hollie Doyle | 10/1 |
| 08 Apr 22 | Kempton (AW) | Bet At Racingtv.com Median Auction Maiden Stakes | 5/14 | ½ | 9-0 | — | 79B | 65A | Charlie Bennett | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Spotlight Kid won?
- The Spotlight Kid (GB) won 4 of 44 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 14 times in total (31.8% of starts).
- Who trains The Spotlight Kid?
- The Spotlight Kid (GB) is trained by Dean Ivory, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 1 September 2026.
- Who is The Spotlight Kid's sire?
- The Spotlight Kid (GB) is by Mayson (GB) out of Marjong (GB), whose sire is Mount Nelson.
- What going does The Spotlight Kid prefer?
- The Spotlight Kid (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Spotlight Kid's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 49, from the run on 1 September 2026. The highest on record is 69.
- What is The Spotlight Kid's sire's record?
- Mayson (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 7,389 runs since Apr 2016 (442 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.7% from 1,731. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.8% from 106.
- Who are The Spotlight Kid's siblings?
- Out of Marjong (GB), The Spotlight Kid (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Adace (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Adace (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Nov 2026.