Skip to content
Horse profile

Battle Royal (IRE)

3yo colt (at last run, Oct 2009) · Last trainer Bryan Smart · Last owner H E Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammed
by Refuse To Bend (IRE) out of Style Of Life (USA) (The Minstrel)
6 runs · 6 courses · from Aug 2008
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Oct 2009 — 6,235 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2009 · 11th of 13 Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile

Battle Royal (IRE) is yet to win from 6 starts. Best effort: 4th of 13 at Leicester (Sep 2009).

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 70A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Pontefract, 5 Aug 2009 Official rating 60 at the last run, 1 Oct 2009

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 6 figures · best 70A · median 61.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good370A66—
Good to Firm263A52.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f370A54—
6f – 7f366A63—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Refuse To Bend (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 4,868 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5846.9%−2.9—
Good to Firm952899.3%−0.50 from 2
Good1,09410910%+0.20 from 3
Good to Soft5555610.1%+0.3—
Soft715709.8%00 from 1
Heavy245208.2%−1.6—
Standard (AW)1,24912910.3%+0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2903110.7%+0.9—
6f – 7f1,5291439.4%−0.40 from 3
1m – 1m1f1,04110610.2%+0.40 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f944879.2%−0.6—
1m5f – 2m671619.1%−0.7—
2m1f – 2m4f2973411.4%+1.6—
2m5f – 3m901516.7%+6.9—
Over 3m600%−9.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Style Of Life (USA) (The Minstrel)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Moonlight Dance (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Grey Swallow (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Moonlight Dance (IRE)431m–1m1fGroup 3
Grey Swallow (IRE)311m2½fGroup 1
Diamond Star (IRE)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Eaves 4 0 0% −4.00
Richard Mullen 1 0 0% −1.00
Ted Durcan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 4 0 0% −4.00
2008 2 0 0% −2.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2009 · 4 runs
01 Oct 09+30d Ayr New Website At Victorchandler.com Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 11/13 3¼ 8-13 6042A Tom Eaves 8/1
01 Sep 09+27d Leicester Sis Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4/13 ¾ 8-11 6263A Richard Mullen 13/2
05 Aug 09+12d Pontefract Heaven Lap Dancing Bar Pontefract Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good · 8 ran 4/8 ½ 8-12 6370A Tom Eaves 8/1
24 Jul 09+293d Thirsk Sky Bet Supporting The Yorkshire Racing Festival Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 hd 9-3 6360A Tom Eaves 7/2
2008 · 2 runs
04 Oct 08+52d Redcar E.B.F. O'Gradys Hotel At Redcar Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 4 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 5/12 1½ 9-3 —66A Ted Durcan 10/1
13 Aug 08 Hamilton E.B.F. Novice Stakes Class 4 · 8.5f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 8 8-8 —54B Tom Eaves 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Battle Royal won?
Battle Royal (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2008 and 2009.
Who trained Battle Royal?
Battle Royal (IRE) was trained by Bryan Smart on the most recent run on record, at Ayr on 1 October 2009.
Who is Battle Royal's sire?
Battle Royal (IRE) is by Refuse To Bend (IRE) out of Style Of Life (USA), whose sire is The Minstrel.
What is Battle Royal's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 1 October 2009. The highest on record is 63.
What is Battle Royal's sire's record?
Refuse To Bend (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 4,868 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Battle Royal's siblings?
Out of Style Of Life (USA), Battle Royal (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Moonlight Dance (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Grey Swallow (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2008. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.