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Horse profile

Romantic Gladiator (GB)

3yo gelding · Trainer C S Shum · Owner Peter Lau Pak Fai
by Ten Sovereigns (IRE) out of Facade (IRE) (Galileo)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Jun 2025
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · York & Haydock Last run 23 Sep 2026 · 11th of 12
KTB Profile

Romantic Gladiator (GB) is 2 from 4. Hasn't won since Jul 2025. Each win came on a first visit to the course.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Jun 2025 · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 74 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Haydock, 21 Jun 2025

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Flat 2 figures · best 74B · median 71.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good274B71.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f274B71.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 85A the best of the last 2 rated runs · York, 25 Jul 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 2 figures · best 85A · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good285A83—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f285A83—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 1,605 runs since Apr 2023 (244 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17% from 159. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.4% from 149.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+39.1—
Good to Firm209209.6%−1.3—
Good4044210.4%−0.52 from 4
Good to Soft159159.4%−1.5—
Soft2222410.8%−0.1—
Heavy4149.8%−1.1—
Standard (AW)5686912.1%+1.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1592717%+6.1—
6f – 7f84710111.9%+12 from 2
1m – 1m1f401369%−1.90 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f149117.4%−3.5—
1m5f – 2m3000%−10.9—
2m1f – 2m4f1700%−10.9—
2m5f – 3m200%−10.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2023 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Facade (IRE) (Galileo)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Pepper Sprout (IRE)30——
Angelic Face (IRE)30——
React (GB)50——

Record by conditions

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 1 1 100% +1.25
Class 2 1 1 100% +14.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Happy Valley (HK) 2 0 0% —
York 1 1 100% +1.25
Haydock 1 1 100% +14.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% —
6f – 7f 2 2 100% +15.25

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ellis Wong 1 0 0% —
Angus Chung 1 0 0% —
Callum Shepherd 1 1 100% +1.25
Callum Hutchinson 1 1 100% +14.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 2 0 0% —
2025 2 2 100% +15.25

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 2 runs
23 Sep 26+7d Happy Valley (HK) Tai Hang Handicap 1m1f · Good · 12 ran 11/12 3½ 8-11 —— Ellis Wong —
16 Sep 26+418d Happy Valley (HK) Chung Hom Kok Handicap 1m · Good · 12 ran 9/12 ½ 8-12 —— Angus Chung —
2025 · 2 runs
25 Jul 25+34d York IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 3 · 7f · Good · 16 ran Tracked the front pack early - roused approaching 2f out to hit the front inside the final furlong - pushed out under pressure - kept finding to score 1/16 9-8 69C85A Callum Shepherd 5/4F
21 Jun 25 Haydock British Stallion Studs EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 · 7f · Good · 10 ran Held up in the pack - angled left to the rail and began to advance 2f out - tight for room from over 1f out but squeezed into a gap in the closing stages to hit the front - won with something in hand 1/10 9-5 74B81A Callum Hutchinson 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Romantic Gladiator won?
Romantic Gladiator (GB) won 2 of 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Romantic Gladiator?
Romantic Gladiator (GB) is trained by C S Shum, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 23 September 2026.
Who is Romantic Gladiator's sire?
Romantic Gladiator (GB) is by Ten Sovereigns (IRE) out of Facade (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
What is Romantic Gladiator's sire's record?
Ten Sovereigns (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 1,605 runs since Apr 2023 (244 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17% from 159. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.4% from 149.
Who are Romantic Gladiator's siblings?
Out of Facade (IRE), Romantic Gladiator (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.