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Excellent Believe: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Excellent Believe is a 4-year-old gelding by Make Believe, trained by Jack Channon. He has won 3 of 11 starts and placed in 5 more, for £59,873 in prize money. His best trip is 7f, where 2 wins from 4 is a 50% strike rate against 14% at every other distance. He runs next in the 2:10 at Leopardstown on 12 September, where the best price is 12/1 with Bet365. His best performance rating is 109, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 11
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 8
  • Strike rate 27%
  • Prize money £59,873
  • Best rating 109
  • Official rating 103

Where Excellent Believe runs next

Time Course Race Best price
2:10 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sovereign Path Handicap 12/1 Bet365 bet365

Excellent Believe form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
4 Jul 26 Sandown Coral Challenge (Handicap) Class 2 1m Good To Firm 13 12.75 14/1 James Doyle 103
17 Jun 26 Ascot Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Str) Class 2 1m Good To Firm 27 19.25 33/1 Toby Moore 106
10 May 26 Leopardstown Porsche In Support Of Breast Cancer Ireland Amethyst Stakes (Listed) 1m Good 3 2.75 11/4F Tom Marquand 108
28 Mar 26 Doncaster William Hill Doncaster Mile Stakes (Listed) (Str) Class 1 1m Good To Soft 3 5.25 9/2 Cieren Fallon 108
28 Sep 25 Craon (FR) Prix Haras de Beaumont () (3yo+) (Turf) 1m Very Soft 2 2 6/5F Ioritz Mendizabal –
6 Sep 25 Haydock Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Superior Mile Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 1m Good 2 2 12/1 Tom Marquand 99
9 Aug 25 Haydock Betfred 'Supports Jack Berry House' Handicap Class 3 7f Good 1 — 5/1 Tom Marquand 95
12 Jul 25 Chester Raymond & Kathleen Corbett Memorial City Plate Stakes (Listed) Class 1 7f Good 6 5.75 9/2 Edward Greatrex 95
27 Jun 25 Newcastle (AW) JenningsBet In Shiremoor Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 7f Standard 1 — 8/15F William Buick –
9 May 25 Nottingham Oddschecker Free Bets Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 1m 0.5f Good 1 — 11/4 Neil Callan –
17 Mar 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 7f Standard 2 1.5 5/4F David Probert –

Last time out

Finished 13 in the Coral Challenge (Handicap) at Sandown on 4 July 2026. Settled in the pack - pressed for effort with 2f left - dropped away inside final furlong - eventually finished 13th.

Excellent Believe by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
8f 6 0 0% —
7f 4 2 50% —
8.5f 1 1 100% —

Excellent Believe by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 5 2 40% —
Good To Firm 2 0 0% —
Standard 2 1 50% —
Good To Soft 1 0 0% —
Very Soft 1 0 0% —

Excellent Believe by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Haydock 2 1 50% —
Sandown 1 0 0% —
Ascot 1 0 0% —
Leopardstown 1 0 0% —
Doncaster 1 0 0% —
Craon (FR) 1 0 0% —
Chester 1 0 0% —
Newcastle (AW) 1 1 100% —
Nottingham 1 1 100% —
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% —

Excellent Believe breeding

  • Sire Make Believe (GB)
  • Dam Lambeth Walk (GB)
  • Damsire Charm Spirit (IRE)
  • Breeder David Ward
  • Foaled 1 February 2022

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