Horse Details

Ideal Guest (FR)

42 Runs 5 Wins (11.9%) 11 Places (26.2%)
Owner: W A Bethell & Racing Partners Silks W A Bethell & Racing Partners Trainer: Harriet Bethell
6 years old b FR
Sire: Shalaa (IRE)
Dam: Rue Renan (IRE)
Damsire: Lope De Vega
Past Runs (42 Total)
Date/Time Course Draw Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
08/06/26
17:28 		Carlisle 7 7f Rowan Scott Harriet Bethell 10 1:32.14 2.25 57 9-6 7/1
Took keen hold - never better than midfield(tchd 13/2 and tchd 15/2)
21/05/26
16:50 		Catterick 5 7f Ethan Tindall Harriet Bethell 3rd 1:25.64 1.25 57 9-1 11/1
Took keen hold - led - headed 1f out - weakened gradually final 110yds(op 8/1)
09/09/25
17:15 		Carlisle 8 6f Aiden Brookes Harriet Bethell 11 1:18.88 8.5 57 9-5 3/1F
Pressed leaders - weakened over 1f out (jockey said geldign weakened quickly)(op 7/2)
06/08/25
16:45 		Brighton 6 7f Daniel Muscutt Harriet Bethell 5 1:23.69 2 58 9-12 13/8F
In touch with leaders - headway 2f out - soon wandered around - weakened inside final furlong(op 9/4 tchd 5/2)
19/07/25
17:38 		Ripon 7 6f Joe Fanning Harriet Bethell 3rd 1:15.81 4.25 59 9-12 3/1J
In rear - bit short of room soon after start - headway and went third inside final furlong - kept on(op 7/2 tchd 9/2)
09/07/25
14:20 		Catterick 5 7f Oisin McSweeney Harriet Bethell 2nd 1:23.12 .75 59 9-8 7/2
Dwelt start - towards rear - headway over 2f out - went second final strides(op 9/2)
30/06/25
16:30 		Pontefract 10 6f P J McDonald Harriet Bethell 4 1:16.02 .5 59 9-13 16/5
In touch with leaders - headway on outer over 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 10/3 tchd 3/1)
26/05/25
14:50 		Redcar 4 7f Warren Fentiman Harriet Bethell 5 1:22.55 2.5 60 9-4 3/1F
Pressed leader - briefly led under 3f out - weakened gradually from 2f out(op 7/2)
10/05/25
18:00 		Leicester 4 6f Alistair Rawlinson Harriet Bethell 5 1:11.10 0.1 60 9-9 4/1F
Taken down early - midfield - switched left over 1f out - some headway inside final furlong(op 7/2)
26/04/25
16:50 		Leicester 2 6f Jack Doughty Harriet Bethell 2nd 1:11.19 1 60 9-6 5/1
Slowly away - took keen hold - in touch with leaders against far rail - switched left over 1f out - soon pressed leader - went second towards finish(op 11/2 tchd 6/1)
07/04/25
14:57 		Redcar 9 7f Joe Fanning Harriet Bethell 12 1:26.93 1.25 62 9-1 14/1
Taken down early - took keen hold - prominent early - led after 1f - headed halfway - soon lost ground - weakened quickly from over 2f out - eased from 1f out (vet said gelding bled from the nose)(op 16/1)
17/12/24
17:30 		Newcastle (AW) 2 7f Daniel Muscutt Harriet Bethell 11 1:29.04 9 65 9-9 28/1
Taken down early - led at fast pace - headed over 2f out - weakened quickly over 1f out(op 40/1)
12/11/24
18:00 		Southwell (AW) 1 7f Joe Fanning Harriet Bethell 10 1:30.45 0.2 67 9-8 5/1
Took keen hold - prominent - lost position over 2f out - soon weakened (jockey said gelding weakened quickly in home straight; vet said a post-race examination revealed no abnormalities)(op 8/1)
01/10/24
20:30 		Newcastle (AW) 3 7f Oisin McSweeney Harriet Bethell 8 1:29.24 0.3 68 9-5 11/1
Took keen hold - led - soon clear - 10 lengths ahead halfway - reduced lead 2f out - headed and weakened quickly over 1f out(op 17/2 tchd 7/1)
16/10/23
16:35 		Yarmouth 6 7f Mikkel Mortensen George Margarson 1st 1:28.61 Won 67 9-4 5/1
Prominent - ridden to lead over 1f out - kept on well final furlong - always doing enough (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from the return to Yarmouth where gelding had previously won before and the drop in class)(op 11/2)
08/09/23
15:35 		Ascot 4 1m Miss Rosie Margarson George Margarson 11 1:47.44 26 67 9-10 16/1
Prominent - headed and weakened quickly over 2f out(op 11/1)
30/08/23
16:25 		Lingfield (AW) 5 7f Tom Queally George Margarson 3rd 1:22.30 0.2 67 9-11 8/1
Prominent - challenging when ridden 1f out - kept on final furlong(op 12/1)
16/08/23
17:17 		Yarmouth 6 7f Mikkel Mortensen George Margarson 1st 1:24.19 Won 60 9-1 5/1
Made all - raced centre - went clear going easily over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - reduced lead inside final 110yds - comfortably(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
10/08/23
14:50 		Yarmouth 3 6f Mikkel Mortensen George Margarson 3rd 1:13.69 .5 61 9-3 6/5F
Led - clear after 2f - headed under 2f out - rallied 1f out - weakened and lost second inside final 110yds(op 5/4)
01/08/23
14:25 		Yarmouth 3 7f Mikkel Mortensen George Margarson 3rd 1:26.80 .5 61 9-6 100/30
Led narrowly - lost two places and no extra inside final furlong(op 7/2 tchd 16/5)
19/07/23
17:35 		Yarmouth 14 7f Mikkel Mortensen George Margarson 4 1:25.16 1.75 63 8-8 50/1
Led - lost three places and no extra inside final furlong(op 40/1)
27/06/23
16:00 		Brighton 6 7f David Probert George Margarson 7 1:25.07 9 66 8-9 11/1
Led at fast pace - clear from over 4f out - reduced lead over 2f out - headed under 2f out - soon weakened(op 10/1)
08/06/23
20:40 		Yarmouth 3 7f Tom Queally George Margarson 5 1:26.45 3.25 68 9-7 15/2
Took keen hold - led - ridden and lost position when headed under 2f out - weakened final furlong(op 7/1 tchd 13/2)
24/05/23
16:40 		Yarmouth 1 7f Robert Havlin George Margarson 8 1:24.85 2.75 70 9-4 10/1
Led at fast pace - ridden and headed over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 14/1 tchd 9/1)
27/04/23
17:40 		Chelmsford (AW) 6 7f Tom Queally George Margarson 7 1:26.39 5 72 9-6 14/1
Led - pushed along and headed over 1f out - soon lost position - dropped to last and detached inside final furlong(op 16/1 tchd 18/1)
10/10/22
17:05 		Yarmouth 5 7f Tom Queally George Margarson 6 1:27.66 0.2 72 10-0 6/1
Led - ridden and headed 2f out - soon lost second - drifted right 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 7/1)
02/09/22
17:25 		Ascot 2 7f J F Egan George Margarson 1st 1:28.71 Won 70 8-8 11/1
Travelled strongly - led at fast pace up the centre - shaken up over 2f out - headed inside final furlong - rallied and led again final 110yds - kept on well(op 12/1 tchd 14/1)
11/08/22
17:40 		Lingfield (AW) 10 7f Hayley Turner George Margarson 2nd 1:23.49 1.25 68 8-4 18/1
Led - shaken up and faced challenge over 1f out - headed inside final furlong - no extra towards finish(op 16/1)
07/08/22
15:20 		Leicester 7 6f Tom Queally George Margarson 5 1:13.14 4.75 68 9-7 5/1
Raced freely - pressed leader - pushed along and outpaced over 2f out - ridden 2f out - weakened over 1f out (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by not being able to dictate and - as a result - raced too freely in the early stages)(op 9/2 tchd 5/1)
14/07/22
20:10 		Epsom 5 7f Tom Queally George Margarson 2nd 1:24.64 1.75 68 10-1 5/6F
Took keen hold - led - 4 lengths ahead going easily over 2f out - pushed along 1f out - much reduced lead inside final furlong - no extra and headed towards finish(op 4/5)
05/07/22
20:10 		Brighton 4 7f Tom Queally George Margarson 1st 1:22.54 Won 62 9-3 7/4F
Made all - going best 3f out - clear 2f out - shaken up 1f out - reduced lead final 110yds - unchallenged(op 6/4)
28/06/22
16:10 		Brighton 4 7f Tom Queally George Margarson 1st 1:22.93 Won 56 9-0 9/2
Made all - raced freely - increased tempo 4f out - going easily 2f out - pushed along when 3 lengths ahead 1f out - ridden final 110yds - kept on well
09/06/22
16:25 		Yarmouth 1 1m Luke Morris George Margarson 3rd 1:41.42 1 60 9-2 4/1
Took keen hold - led - pushed along 3f out - ridden and headed 2f out - edged left and outpaced over 1f out - kept on but no impression inside final furlong(op 7/2)
26/05/22
13:00 		Yarmouth 10 7f Luke Morris George Margarson 7 1:26.35 .5 63 8-11 20/1
Took keen hold - led against near rail - pushed along 2f out - ridden and headed over 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 16/1)
10/05/22
17:45 		Lingfield (AW) 1 7f Tom Queally George Margarson 5 1:24.97 3.25 65 9-9 5/1
Pulled hard - close up - switched right over 5f out - ridden over 1f out - no extra final 110yds(op 10/1)
25/04/22
16:55 		Windsor 3 6f Tom Marquand George Margarson 6 1:13.40 0.3 67 8-13 14/1
Took keen hold - prominent - pushed along 2f out - ridden over 1f out - soon held - kept on(op 10/1)
07/04/22
17:08 		Chelmsford (AW) 9 5f Tom Queally George Margarson 7 1:1.35 1.5 70 9-3 20/1
Took keen hold - held up in midfield - nudged along and some headway over 1f out - soon not clear run - switched left inside final furlong - made no impression(op 16/1 tchd 14/1)
27/10/21
17:15 		Kempton (AW) 9 6f Tom Queally George Margarson 11 1:17.94 2.5 73 9-5 6/1
Pulled hard - always towards rear - ridden 2f out - eased when well beaten inside final furlong (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
14/09/21
14:25 		Yarmouth 7 6f Tom Queally George Margarson 5 1:14.05 .5 73 9-5 9/4F
Took keen hold - close up - led 3f out - going easily 2f out - ridden and headed over 1f out - weakened final 110yds (jockey said colt ran too free)(op 15/8)
14/08/21
13:00 		Newmarket (July) 6 6f Tom Queally George Margarson 5 1:13.00 0.2 – 9-5 13/2
Led - ridden 2f out - headed 1f out - soon lost position and edged right(op 14/1)
23/07/21
13:55 		Ascot 3 6f Tom Queally George Margarson 3rd 1:14.61 4.75 – 9-0 50/1
Took keen hold - led narrowly or disputed lead - pushed along when hung left and headed over 1f out - outpaced inside final furlong (jockey said colt hung left-handed)(op 40/1 tchd 66/1)
14/07/21
17:30 		Yarmouth 3 5f Tom Queally George Margarson 5 1:0.34 0.1 – 9-5 18/1
Dwelt start - towards rear - pushed along over 2f out - soon outpaced - switched right over 1f out - ridden and kept on inside final furlong - not pace to challenge(op 28/1 tchd 16/1)