Tele Red

What makes Tele Red genuinely interesting is how much he loves a wet track. On soft or heavy ground, he transforms. When the going gets muddy, he has won 3 races from 13 attempts (23%), and on slightly soft ground he is even better: 2 wins from just 6 races (33%). That is a significant edge. British racing fans know the type well—the horse that thrives when conditions are testing and slick, when other runners are slipping and fighting. Tele Red is built for those days, and his the yard have clearly worked him with this in mind. It is the kind of detail that matters when you are managing a veteran horse through his later years.

His best distance is between 7 furlongs and a mile, where he has won 2 of 9 races (22%), and he has a real affinity for Pontefract, a track he has visited at least six times. He has won twice there and placed on another occasion, making it his course. His last victory came at Pontefract on 20 October 2025—twelve months ago now—suggesting he may be past his best. Recent form tells a murkier story. In his last six races he has not won, though he has finished in the placings four times, including a second place two runs back, which shows he is still competitive.

Sam Feilden, his most regular rider, has partnered him 16 times but won just once together (6%), which hints that the connection has never quite clicked. Tele Red races mostly in Class 5, the lower reaches of the sport, where he has won 3 from 22 (14%). At nine years old and still racing, he remains a useful tool for the yard, the kind of honest horse that finds a place in a crowded field of runners and occasionally finds his way to the front.