Ideal Guest

7yogeldingbby Shalaa out of Rue Renan

Form

30415

oldest → newest

Improving

NotesDistance winner

Official Rating

RPR

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Racing Post Rating

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Topspeed

Last run

48d

days ago

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Next run

15:36CatterickFifth Regiment Royal Artillery Handicap Stakes (Div II)Flat · Class 6 · Good · 6f

Jockey

Ethan Tindall(5)

Trainer

Harriet Bethell

2/7 winners last 14d · 29%

Owner

W A Bethell

Equipment

Currently:H

From our racecard archive — runs before our coverage window aren't included. Codes: B blinkers · P cheekpieces · V visor · H hood · T tongue tie.

Ownership history

W A BethellCurrent
W A Bethell Racing Partnersuntil 21 Jun 2026
W A Bethelluntil 9 Sept 2025
John Guest Racinguntil 16 Oct 2023

Newest first. Dates mark when the horse left each owner.

Breeding

Sire: Shalaa
Dam: Rue Renan
Damsire: Lope De Vega

Trainer history

CurrentHarriet Bethell
16 Oct 2023George Margarson

Career trajectory

ORRPRTSAI

Solid lines: OR / RPR / AI. Dashed: TS. Dot = finishing position per run (oldest left → newest right). Missing values lift the pen rather than interpolating across gaps.

Form by going

Good To Firm0/1 · 0%
Good1/3 · 33%
Soft0/1 · 0%

Strike rate per going. Bars scale against the highest rate in the list — so a short bar means weaker form on that going, not zero.

Form by course

Pontefract1/2 · 50%
Catterick0/2 · 0%
Carlisle0/1 · 0%

Past runs (tracked here)

Date	Race	Type	Pos	SP	AI
22 Jul 2026	Catterick 15:10 Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap Stakes	Flat Class 6	5	4/1	40.3
29 Jun 2026	Pontefract 17:00 Wilfred Underwood Memorial Handicap	Flat Class 6	1	13/8F	51.5
21 Jun 2026	Pontefract 14:05 Anna Woolley Memorial Handicap	Flat Class 6	4	10/1	30.5
8 Jun 2026	Carlisle 17:28 Join Racing TV Now Handicap	Flat Class 6	10	7/1	60.0
21 May 2026	Catterick 16:50 Bet At racingtv.com Handicap	Flat Class 6	3	11/1	33.3

Only runs Racing Alpha has synced are shown. Lifetime form is in the Racing Post form section above.

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