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Ideal Guest: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Ideal Guest is a 7-year-old gelding by Shalaa, trained by Harriet Bethell. He has won 6 of 45 starts and placed in 11 more, for £57,659 in prize money. His best trip is 7f, where 5 wins from 27 is a 19% strike rate against 6% at every other distance. He runs next in the 3:36 at Catterick on 8 September. His best performance rating is 81, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 45
  • Wins 6
  • Placed 17
  • Strike rate 13%
  • Prize money £57,659
  • Best rating 81
  • Official rating 59

Where Ideal Guest runs next

Time Course Race Best price
3:36 Catterick Fifth Regiment Royal Artillery Handicap (Div 2) —

Ideal Guest form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
22 Jul 26 Catterick Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap Stakes Class 6 7f Good To Firm 5 3.25 4/1 Aiden Brookes 59
29 Jun 26 Pontefract Wilfred Underwood Memorial Handicap Class 6 6f Good 1 — 13/8F Ethan Tindall 56
21 Jun 26 Pontefract Anna Woolley Memorial Handicap Class 6 6f Good 4 2 10/1 Sean D Bowen 56
8 Jun 26 Carlisle Join Racing TV Now Handicap Class 6 7f Soft 10 13 7/1 Rowan Scott 57
21 May 26 Catterick Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Class 6 7f Good 3 1.5 11/1 Ethan Tindall 57
9 Sep 25 Carlisle Jigtech Change Handicap Class 6 6f Good To Soft 11 20.75 3/1F Aiden Brookes 57
6 Aug 25 Brighton starsportsbet.co.uk 'Confined' Handicap Class 6 7f Good 5 5 13/8F Daniel Muscutt 58
19 Jul 25 Ripon Aldwark Manor Estate Luxury Yorkshire Hotel 'Confined' Handicap Class 6 6f Soft 3 4.75 3/1J Joe Fanning 59
9 Jul 25 Catterick Pinker's Pond Apprentice Handicap Class 6 7f Good To Firm 2 .75 7/2 Oisin McSweeney 59
30 Jun 25 Pontefract Racing TV Handicap Class 6 6f Good To Firm 4 1.5 16/5 P J McDonald 59
26 May 25 Redcar In Memory Of Billy Higgins Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 7f Good To Firm 5 6.25 3/1F Warren Fentiman 60
10 May 25 Leicester Sam Chapman 40th Birthday Celebration Handicap Class 6 6f Good To Firm 5 2.75 4/1F Alistair Rawlinson 60
26 Apr 25 Leicester Salt Jute IPA Handicap Class 6 6f Good 2 1 5/1 Jack Doughty 60
7 Apr 25 Redcar Watch Racing TV In Stunning HD Handicap Class 5 7f Good 12 22.5 14/1 Joe Fanning 62
17 Dec 24 Newcastle (AW) BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 11 16.25 28/1 Daniel Muscutt 65
12 Nov 24 Southwell (AW) Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Class 5 7f Standard 10 22 5/1 Joe Fanning 67
1 Oct 24 Newcastle (AW) Get Raceday Ready Apprentice Handicap Class 5 7f Standard 8 13 11/1 Oisin McSweeney 68
16 Oct 23 Yarmouth Regular Offers On bresbet.com Handicap Class 5 7f Soft 1 — 5/1 Mikkel Mortensen 67
8 Sep 23 Ascot LK Bennett Lady Amateur Jockeys Handicap (For Female Amateur Jockeys) (Str) Class 4 1m Good 11 40 16/1 Miss Rosie Margarson 67
30 Aug 23 Lingfield (AW) Download The BresBet App Handicap Class 5 7f Standard 3 .75 8/1 Tom Queally 67
16 Aug 23 Yarmouth Fat Larrys Burgers Handicap Class 6 7f Good To Firm 1 — 5/1 Mikkel Mortensen 60
10 Aug 23 Yarmouth At The Races App Form Study 'Confined' Apprentice Handicap Class 6 6f Good To Firm 3 1.5 6/5F Mikkel Mortensen 61
1 Aug 23 Yarmouth At The Races App Market Movers Handicap Class 6 7f Good To Soft 3 1.75 10/3 Mikkel Mortensen 61
19 Jul 23 Yarmouth Freederm Apprentice Handicap Class 4 7f Good 4 4.75 50/1 Mikkel Mortensen 63
27 Jun 23 Brighton Play With The Finest Bookmaker, Fitzdares Handicap Class 4 7f Good To Firm 7 17 11/1 David Probert 66
8 Jun 23 Yarmouth QuinnBet Acca Bonus Handicap Class 5 7f Good To Firm 5 10.5 15/2 Tom Queally 68
24 May 23 Yarmouth QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Class 5 7f Good To Firm 8 9 10/1 Robert Havlin 70
27 Apr 23 Chelmsford City (AW) Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Class 5 7f Standard 7 12 14/1 Tom Queally 72
10 Oct 22 Yarmouth Follow At The Races On Twitter Handicap Class 5 7f Good To Soft 6 7.5 6/1 Tom Queally 72
2 Sep 22 Ascot Harrogate Spring Water Handicap Class 4 7f Good 1 — 11/1 J F Egan 70
11 Aug 22 Lingfield (AW) William Hill Build Your Odds Racing League Race Nine (Handicap) Class 3 7f Standard 2 1.25 18/1 Hayley Turner 68
7 Aug 22 Leicester Racecourse Live Streams On RacingTV Extra Handicap Class 5 6f Good To Firm 5 9.25 5/1 Tom Queally 68
14 Jul 22 Epsom Downs Coral Proud Supporter Of British Racing Handicap Class 6 7f Good To Firm 2 1.75 5/6F Tom Queally 62
5 Jul 22 Brighton 202020 Serving The City Since 1936 Handicap Class 5 7f Good To Firm 1 — 7/4F Tom Queally 56
28 Jun 22 Brighton Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap Class 6 7f Good To Firm 1 — 9/2 Tom Queally 56
9 Jun 22 Yarmouth Quinnbet Best Odds Guaranteed Classified Stakes Class 6 1m Good To Soft 3 2 4/1 Luke Morris 60
26 May 22 Yarmouth QuinnBet Handicap Class 5 7f Good 7 4.75 20/1 Luke Morris 63
10 May 22 Lingfield (AW) At The Races App Market Movers Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 5 5 5/1 Tom Queally 65
25 Apr 22 Windsor Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap Class 5 6f Good To Firm 6 5.75 14/1 Tom Marquand 67
7 Apr 22 Chelmsford City (AW) Ladies Day With Sophie Ellis-Bextor Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 5f Standard 7 13 20/1 Tom Queally 70
27 Oct 21 Kempton (AW) Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Nursery Class 5 6f Standard To Slow 11 12.25 6/1 Tom Queally 73
14 Sep 21 Yarmouth British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 6f Good 5 10.5 9/4F Tom Queally 73
14 Aug 21 Newmarket MansionBet Proud To Support British Racing British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 6f Good To Firm 5 2.5 13/2 Tom Queally –
23 Jul 21 Ascot Anders Foundation British EBF Crocker Bulteel Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 6f Good To Firm 3 9 50/1 Tom Queally –
14 Jul 21 Yarmouth British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 5f Good To Firm 5 5.5 18/1 Tom Queally –

Last time out

Finished 5 in the Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap Stakes at Catterick on 22 July 2026. Set the pace from the off - pushed along 2f out - overtaken 1f out - soon faded.

Ideal Guest by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 27 5 19%
6f 14 1 7%
8f 2 0 0%
5f 2 0 0%

Ideal Guest by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good To Firm 18 3 17%
Good 11 2 18%
Standard 8 0 0%
Good To Soft 4 0 0%
Soft 3 1 33%
Standard To Slow 1 0 0%

Ideal Guest by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Yarmouth 12 2 17%
Brighton 4 2 50%
Catterick 3 0 0%
Pontefract 3 1 33%
Leicester 3 0 0%
Ascot 3 1 33%
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0%
Carlisle 2 0 0%
Redcar 2 0 0%
Newcastle (AW) 2 0 0%

Ideal Guest breeding

  • Sire Shalaa (IRE)
  • Dam Rue Renan (IRE)
  • Damsire Lope De Vega (IRE)
  • Breeder Wilgerbosdrift Ltd
  • Foaled 7 March 2019

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