Horse profile
Tiger Beetle (GB)
by Camelot (GB) out of Beach Frolic (GB) (Nayef)
52 runs · 16 courses · from Nov 2020
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out
5 wins · Wolverhampton (AW) & Haydock
Last run 2 Oct 2026 · 1st of 10
Last raced off OR 49
KTB Profile
Tiger Beetle is 5 from 52 with all wins in handicaps, four of them at Wolverhampton (AW) on Standard going and one at Haydock on Good. Wins have come over 1m – 1m1f and 1m2f – 1m4f. He won last time out at Wolverhampton (AW) in Oct 2026 in a Class 6 race off an official rating of 49, which was 19lb below his previous winning mark and 32lb below his highest ever mark of 81. He is usually held up.
Based on 52 archived runs · run-style from 16 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 32lb off peak
- 5–52Wins / Runs
- 9.6%Strike rate
- 15 (28.8%)Placed
- +9.25£1 level staken=52 at SP
- 0.78Fair A/E n=52 · 0.67 incl. margin
- 81Highest OR
- 42dAvg 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 rating49↓ 32lb off peak
49
49–81
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 85
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 28 | 120A | 85 | 10 runs · 102 / 78 |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 103A | 82 | 1 run · — |
| Good | 6 | 165B | 75.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 81B | 67.5 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 4 | 86A | 66.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 29 | 165B | 76 | 6 runs · 96 / 72 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 19 | 120A | 85 | 5 runs · 90 / 76 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 49 figures from 49 runs · as at 10 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 16 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 13 (81%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (19%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,691 runs since Jan 2008 (755 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 | 0 from 8 |
| Good | 1,992 | 237 | 11.9% | +0.2 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,094 | 131 | 12% | +0.3 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 1,490 | 198 | 13.3% | +1.6 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 554 | 58 | 10.5% | −1.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,729 | 183 | 10.6% | −1.1 | 4 from 29 |
| 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 | 1,608 | 179 | 11.1% | −0.6 | 3 from 20 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,879 | 349 | 12.1% | +0.4 | 2 from 31 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,670 | 218 | 13.1% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 595 | 63 | 10.6% | −1.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 171 | 20 | 11.7% | 0 | — |
| Over 3m | 29 | 4 | 13.8% | +2.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Beach Frolic (GB) (Nayef)
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Palace Pier (GB) (9 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Palace Pier (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palace Pier (GB) | 11 | 9 | 7f–1m | Group 1 |
| Castle Way (GB) | 8 | 4 | 1m–1m5f | Group 3 |
| My Cloud (IRE) | 7 | 4 | 1m | Class 2 |
| Highland Frolic (FR) | 23 | 1 | 2m | Class 4 |
| Tatweej (GB) | 3 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Win Me Over (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bin Daahir (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 29 | 4 | 14% | +21.25 |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 21 | 2 | 10% | +24.00 |
| Class 4 | 15 | 1 | 7% | −10.50 |
| Class 6 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +0.75 |
| Class 3 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 18 | 4 | 22% | +32.25 |
| Kempton (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Chepstow | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Bath | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Nottingham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Pontefract | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 1 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 31 | 2 | 6% | −12.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 20 | 3 | 15% | +22.25 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Hornby | 12 | 2 | 17% | −3.75 |
| Zoe Lewis | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Kevin Stott | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| David Probert | 3 | 1 | 33% | +31.00 |
| Stevie Donohoe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| William Cox | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr Harry Rimell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Graham Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saffie Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rhys Clutterbuck | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J F Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Allan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 27 | 3 | 11% | +15.25 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Tongue tie | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 5 | 2 | 40% | +14.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −1.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 9% | +0.00 |
| 2023 | 16 | 2 | 13% | −7.75 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +30.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Oct 26+52d | Wolverhampton (AW) | bet365 Apprentice Handicap Stakes mid-pack early - pushed along to hit front over 2f out - pulled clear inside final furlong to win easily | 1/10 | 9-3 | 49 | 66A | 72A | Zoe Lewis | 7/1 | |
| 11 Aug 26+18d | Lingfield (AW) | Compare Licenced Betting Sites gambling.com Classified Stakes Held a midfield berth early - made ground to hit third with 2f left after a shake-up - driven out but only maintained effort to finish fifth beaten 3 lengths | 5/11 | hd | 9-2 | 50 | 85B | 56A | Zoe Lewis | 5/1 |
| 24 Jul 26+39d | Chepstow | Weir Mechanical Solutions Handicap Stakes settled towards the back - improved when pushed along 3f out - finished strongly from over 1f out | 3/9 | ¾ | 8-13 | 50 | 66A | 69A | Zoe Lewis | 22/1 |
| 15 Jun 26+35d | Chepstow | BJ Llewellyn Racing In Memory Of Gwilym Llewellyn Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (Div 1) Dwelt at the start - settled towards the rear - improved position out wide with 5f left before fading inside the final furlong | 8/9 | 2 | 10-1 | 52 | 11A | 52A | Mr Harry Rimell | 17/2 |
| 11 May 26+31d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week Handicap Held up towards the back - progress made 3f out then pushed along 2f out - stayed on at one speed late to finish 7th | 7/11 | shd | 9-3 | 53 | 73B | 65A | Robert Havlin | 12/1 |
| 10 Apr 26+10d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap Settled towards the back - asked for effort over 2f out - shaken up with a furlong left - edged closer late to finish 5th beaten 5 lengths | 5/11 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 55 | 78A | 70A | Robert Havlin | 10/1 |
| 31 Mar 26+42d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite Are Upping The Betting Game Selling Handicap Bumped at the break - settled in the pack - short of space approaching 2f out - found a run to third inside final furlong and stayed on to finish third | 3/10 | 2¼ | 9-5 | 55 | 78A | 71A | Robert Havlin | 6/1 |
| 17 Feb 26+15d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Make The Move To Midnite Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) (Div 2) Held up in the back half - driven over 1f out - faded to finish 7th | 7/8 | hd | 9-1 | 57 | 28A | 65A | Zoe Lewis | 22/1 |
| 02 Feb 26+44d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Handicap Held up at the back throughout - never landed a threat - finished well beaten in 8th | 8/9 | 3½ | 9-4 | 60 | 90A | 58A | Robert Havlin | 22/1 |
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Dec 25+26d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Handicap (Div 2) Settled at the back - pushed along with 2f left - nudged closer late inside the final furlong - finished sixth well beaten | 6/10 | 3¾ | 8-8 | 62 | 96C | 53C | Zoe Lewis | 66/1 |
| 24 Nov 25+21d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Create Your Bet Builders At Midnite Handicap Poor break and settled at back - made progress into contention with 3f left - kept responding to snatch fourth right on the line | 4/12 | 11 | 9-9 | 64 | 102C | 67C | Stevie Donohoe | 200/1 |
| 03 Nov 25+25d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2025 Not 2005 Handicap Shifted course left at the off - settled towards the back and made little impression - dropped away well behind through the finish | 10/11 | 6½ | 9-5 | 66 | 76C | 55C | Stevie Donohoe | 100/1 |
| 09 Oct 25+15d | Bath | BetWright Safer Gambling Handicap Sluggish start and eased left - settled at rear - made no impression - finished well beaten in 10th | 10/11 | 9½ | 9-5 | 68 | 73C | 55C | Robert Havlin | 66/1 |
| 24 Sep 25+386d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap (Qualifier) (GBBPlus Race) Held up towards the back early - never troubled the front markers - dropped away inside final 2f - finished well beaten in 12th | 12/14 | 11 | 9-6 | 69 | 51C | 61C | Cieren Fallon | 125/1 |
| 2024 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Sep 24+33d | Goodwood | William Hill Offers Proper Prices Handicap Checked early and settled towards back - made ground on inner approaching 2f out - pushed along in pursuit a furlong out - effort petered out close home finishing 7th | 7/15 | ½ | 9-11 | 72 | 74C | 82A | William Buick | 9/1 |
| 01 Aug 24+12d | Nottingham | Blog.Rhino.Bet For Daily Racing Insight Handicap Settled at the back early - made progress through the field over 2f out then moved right and pushed along inside the final furlong - stayed on late to finish fourth beaten 2 lengths | 4/9 | 1 | 10-3 | 72 | 83B | 81A | Kevin Stott | 7/2J |
| 20 Jul 24+24d | Haydock | Steve Yarborough Memorial Handicap | 1/11 | 9-7 | 68 | 165B | 94A | Kevin Stott | 10/1 | |
| 26 Jun 24+59d | Kempton (AW) | We Are Together As Kindred Handicap | 10/12 | ½ | 9-1 | 70 | 74A | 59A | Rob Hornby | 40/1 |
| 28 Apr 24+18d | Bath | nagsbet.com 10 Free Bet Handicap | 6/7 | 4 | 9-11 | 72 | 57A | 68A | Rob Hornby | 6/1 |
| 10 Apr 24+11d | Lingfield (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap | 4/9 | hd | 9-9 | 72 | 108A | 75A | Rob Hornby | 10/1 |
| 30 Mar 24+25d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Handicap | 9/10 | 3¼ | 9-4 | 72 | 63A | 51A | Rob Hornby | 10/3F |
| 05 Mar 24+22d | Southwell (AW) | BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap | 4/10 | ¾ | 9-3 | 72 | 85A | 77A | Rob Hornby | 8/1 |
| 12 Feb 24+25d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Find More Big Deals At BetUK Handicap | 6/10 | 1¾ | 9-8 | 73 | 79A | 77A | Rob Hornby | 7/2 |
| 18 Jan 24+13d | Southwell (AW) | Build Your Acca With BetUK Handicap | 7/11 | hd | 8-10 | 74 | 90A | 69A | Rob Hornby | 12/1 |
| 05 Jan 24+14d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Find More Big Deals At BetUK Handicap | 3/9 | ¾ | 9-1 | 74 | 88A | 76A | Rob Hornby | 9/2 |
| 2023 · 16 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Dec 23+17d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap | 6/12 | nk | 10-0 | 75 | 91A | 85A | Rob Hornby | 4/1F |
| 05 Dec 23+10d | Lingfield (AW) | BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap | 6/9 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 75 | 68A | 74A | Rob Hornby | 8/1 |
| 25 Nov 23+11d | Lingfield (AW) | BetUK. Its Where The UK Bets Handicap (Div 1) | 3/9 | hd | 10-0 | 75 | 78A | 84A | Oisin Murphy | 9/4F |
| 14 Nov 23+19d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Set Deposit Limits At BetUK Handicap (Div 1) | 1/10 | 9-8 | 72 | 95A | 85A | Rob Hornby | 7/2 | |
| 26 Oct 23+64d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Build Your Acca With BetUK Handicap | 1/12 | 9-12 | 63 | 108A | 92A | Rob Hornby | 11/4F | |
| 23 Aug 23+33d | Bath | Download The At The Races App Handicap | 6/8 | 4½ | 10-3 | 66 | 58B | 67A | William Cox | 15/2 |
| 21 Jul 23+21d | Pontefract | Sky Bet Go-Racing-In-Yorkshire Summer Festival Handicap | 8/9 | ¾ | 9-4 | 68 | 81B | 65A | Graham Lee | 18/1 |
| 30 Jun 23+13d | Doncaster | It's Racing Staff Week Handicap (Rnd) | 6/10 | ½ | 10-2 | 70 | 115A | 84A | Andrea Atzeni | 7/1 |
| 17 Jun 23+21d | York | Ice Co Supporting Macmillan Handicap | 5/11 | 1¼ | 8-10 | 72 | 57A | 77A | Kieran O'Neill | 20/1 |
| 27 May 23+35d | Haydock | Betfred Supports Jack Berry House Florida Handicap | 6/7 | 2¼ | 9-8 | 74 | 35A | 68A | Sean Levey | 4/1 |
| 22 Apr 23+20d | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire Handicap | 9/15 | 11 | 8-13 | 75 | 48C | 59C | Jim Crowley | 10/1 |
| 02 Apr 23+16d | Doncaster | Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap | 3/10 | ¾ | 8-6 | 75 | 86A | 87A | Saffie Osborne | 14/1 |
| 17 Mar 23+16d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Top Odds Every Day With BetUK Handicap | 3/11 | nk | 9-8 | 74 | 120A | 89A | David Probert | 17/2 |
| 01 Mar 23+32d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap | 10/13 | ½ | 9-9 | 75 | 87B | 70A | David Probert | 10/1 |
| 28 Jan 23+25d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap | 9/13 | hd | 9-6 | 77 | 85B | 74A | William Cox | 66/1 |
| 03 Jan 23+13d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Apprentice Handicap | 5/8 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 78 | 85A | 78A | Rhys Clutterbuck | 7/2 |
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Dec 22+54d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Scu Selects Expert Tips By BetUK Handicap | 1/11 | 9-13 | 74 | 92A | 87A | David Probert | 33/1 | |
| 28 Oct 22+109d | Newmarket | Newmarket Beacon Thanks Mark Kirby Handicap | 8/8 | 15 | 8-9 | 76 | 62C | 55C | J F Egan | 40/1 |
| 11 Jul 22+45d | Windsor | Free Tips Daily On Attheraces.com Handicap | 5/6 | shd | 9-4 | 78 | 82B | 72B | Richard Kingscote | 9/4F |
| 27 May 22+235d | Chepstow | Plan A Consulting Handicap | 3/6 | 2½ | 9-7 | 78 | 74A | 80B | Richard Kingscote | 2/1 |
| 2021 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Oct 21+11d | Pontefract | Injured Jockeys Fund Maiden Stakes | 3/8 | 3¼ | 9-5 | 80 | 76A | 75A | Silvestre De Sousa | 7/5F |
| 23 Sep 21+97d | Pontefract | Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-driver Handicap | 3/4 | 2½ | 8-8 | 81 | 88C | 69B | P J McDonald | 9/4 |
| 18 Jun 21+12d | Redcar | Try Racing TV For Free Now Novice Stakes | 2/8 | shd | 9-2 | 81 | 103A | 78A | David Allan | 2/1 |
| 06 Jun 21+30d | Goodwood | Horsewalk Maiden Stakes | 2/8 | 9 | 9-1 | 81 | 77A | 76A | Silvestre De Sousa | 10/11F |
| 07 May 21+20d | Nottingham | MansionBet Beaten By A Head Novice Stakes | 3/8 | ¾ | 9-2 | — | — | — | Kevin Stott | 10/3 |
| 17 Apr 21+150d | Nottingham | Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Maiden Stakes | 5/11 | nk | 9-5 | — | — | — | Silvestre De Sousa | 4/1 |
| 2020 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 18 Nov 20 | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 10/12 | 2¼ | 9-2 | — | — | — | Silvestre De Sousa | 13/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Tiger Beetle won?
- Tiger Beetle (GB) won 5 of 52 archived starts between 2020 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.6%. Placed 15 times in total (28.8% of starts).
- Who trains Tiger Beetle?
- Tiger Beetle (GB) is trained by Thomas Faulkner, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 2 October 2026.
- Who is Tiger Beetle's sire?
- Tiger Beetle (GB) is by Camelot (GB) out of Beach Frolic (GB), whose sire is Nayef.
- What going does Tiger Beetle prefer?
- Tiger Beetle (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Tiger Beetle's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 49, from the run on 2 October 2026. The highest on record is 81.
- What is Tiger Beetle's sire's record?
- Camelot (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,691 runs since Jan 2008 (755 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Tiger Beetle's siblings?
- Out of Beach Frolic (GB), Tiger Beetle (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Palace Pier (GB) (9). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Palace Pier (GB)). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Oct 2026.