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Dark Ruler (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2019) · Last trainer Jason Ward · Last owner Kenneth Walters
by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Gino Lady (IRE) (Perugino)
47 runs · 22 courses · from Oct 2011
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Mar 2019 — 2,763 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2019 · 9th of 12 4 wins · Pontefract, Doncaster & Musselburgh Last raced off OR 102
KTB Profile

Dark Ruler (IRE) is 4 from 47. Hasn't won since Oct 2014.

Based on 47 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
Official rating102↓ 5lb off peak
102 65–107

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 86 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ayr, 29 Nov 2018

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 →

Jumps 5 figures · best 86A · median 68
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft274C71—
Soft1———
Heavy1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m486A71—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Flat 3 figures · best 80C · median 76
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft280C78—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m276C61—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

Of 11 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 11 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 107A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newcastle, 15 Jan 2019 Official rating 102 at the last jumps run, 28 Mar 2019

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 66C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ayr, 17 Sep 2016 Official rating 70 at the last flat run, 28 Sep 2018

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 →

Jumps 6 figures · best 116B · median 106.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft3107A89—
Soft1———
Heavy1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m5109A106—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Flat 39 figures · best 104A · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft1297A84—
Soft8104A83.5—
Good778A69—
Good to Firm687A68—
Standard (AW)373A65—
Heavy381A75—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f23104A81—
1m5f – 2m887A77.5—
1m – 1m1f688A67—
6f – 7f263A47.5—

Of 47 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 45 figures from 47 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
Dark Angel (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1071615%+3.7—
Good to Firm3,69445212.2%+0.90 from 6
Good4,84251010.5%−0.80 from 9
Good to Soft2,40925110.4%−0.91 from 15
Soft2,7252549.3%−23 from 9
Heavy822698.4%−2.90 from 5
Standard (AW)7,27891712.6%+1.30 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2,06427813.5%+2.2—
6f – 7f10,7001,25311.7%+0.40 from 2
1m – 1m1f4,99454610.9%−0.41 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f2,4692369.6%−1.73 from 23
1m5f – 2m1,08910910%−1.30 from 14
2m1f – 2m4f472418.7%−2.60 from 2
2m5f – 3m8678.1%−3.2—
Over 3m400%−11.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Gino Lady (IRE) (Perugino)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Jemmy's Brother (IRE)140——
Ponte Vecchio (IRE)140——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 15 1 7% −3.00
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 9 3 33% +6.00
Good to Firm 6 0 0% −6.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 15 0 0% −15.00
Class 5 13 2 15% +4.50
Class 4 11 2 18% −1.50
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hamilton 7 0 0% −7.00
Ayr 6 0 0% −6.00
Musselburgh 4 1 25% +8.00
Newcastle 3 0 0% −3.00
Haydock 3 0 0% −3.00
Doncaster 3 2 67% +8.00
Chester 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Thirsk 2 0 0% −2.00
Pontefract 2 1 50% +2.00
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 23 3 13% −8.00
1m5f – 2m 14 0 0% −14.00
1m – 1m1f 6 1 17% +6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ben Curtis 11 1 9% −5.50
Henry Brooke 6 0 0% −6.00
David Allan 6 1 17% −2.00
Neil Farley 3 0 0% −3.00
Robert Winston 3 1 33% +9.00
Garry Whillans 3 0 0% −3.00
Joe Fanning 2 0 0% −2.00
Andrew Mullen 2 0 0% −2.00
Blair Campbell 1 0 0% −1.00
Jamie Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Breslin 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Eaves 1 0 0% −1.00
Dale Swift 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00
Martin Harley 1 0 0% −1.00
Adrie de Vries 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr O R J Sangster 1 1 100% +4.50
Tony Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
P J McDonald 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 45 4 9% −18.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 5 0 0% −5.00
2018 5 0 0% −5.00
2016 5 0 0% −5.00
2015 10 0 0% −10.00
2014 10 2 20% −0.50
2013 6 1 17% −0.50
2012 5 1 20% +7.00
2011 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 39 4 10% −12.00
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
28 Mar 19+18d Newcastle Isiris Remembers Lance Tate Tictac Man Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 9/12 19 12-1 10268C89C Henry Brooke 16/1
10 Mar 19+19d Musselburgh Follow RacingTV On Twitter Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7/11 24 11-2 10774C85C Henry Brooke 28/1
19 Feb 19+35d Wetherby Follow Racing TV On Twitter Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 17 ran PU/17 — 11-9 107—— Blair Campbell 14/1
15 Jan 19+13d Newcastle Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 13 11-12 107—107A Henry Brooke 7/1
02 Jan 19+13d Ayr Ayrshire Wedding Show January 26 & 27 Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 12 ran 5/12 ¾ 11-5 10765A109A Henry Brooke 33/1
20 Dec 18+21d Hexham Safe Journey Home Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-0 107—— Henry Brooke 9/2
29 Nov 18+21d Ayr Caledonia Best Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran 3/9 4 11-8 —86A106A Jamie Hamilton 11/1
08 Nov 18+41d Sedgefield Best Odds Guaranteed With blacktype.bet Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 17f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 14 11-5 —66C116B Henry Brooke 50/1
28 Sep 18+14d Haydock Haydock Park Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 10.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 10/12 4 9-2 7080C55C Andrew Breslin 66/1
14 Sep 18+727d Chester ESL Group Handicap Class 3 · 13.5f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 3¼ 8-9 7446A58B Tom Eaves 33/1
17 Sep 16+22d Ayr Jordan Electrics Ltd Handicap Class 3 · 13f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 13/16 11 9-5 8176C66C Dale Swift 33/1
26 Aug 16+117d Hamilton Ladbrokes Lanark Silver Bell Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good · 14 ran 13/14 1¼ 9-5 82—67A Neil Farley 16/1
01 May 16+25d Hamilton totepoolliveinfo.com Buttonhook Handicap Class 3 · 13f · Soft · 10 ran 2/10 ½ 8-5 79—80A Neil Farley 10/1
06 Apr 16+71d Catterick 2016 Catterick Twelve Furlong Series Handicap (qualifier) Class 4 · 12f · Soft · 12 ran 4/12 ½ 9-3 81—73C Ben Curtis 4/1F
26 Jan 16+119d Southwell (AW) Coral.co.uk Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Standard · 10 ran 10/10 11 9-4 81—60C Joe Fanning 9/1
29 Sep 15+10d Ayr Racing UK Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good · 14 ran 6/14 1½ 9-8 82—77A Kieren Fallon 17/2
19 Sep 15+14d Ayr Jordan Electrics Ltd Handicap Class 3 · 13f · Good · 15 ran 9/15 1½ 9-8 84—77A Martin Harley 20/1
05 Sep 15+8d Haydock Betfred Mobile Old Borough Cup (Handicap) Class 2 · 14f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 14/16 5 8-6 86—59C Neil Farley 22/1
28 Aug 15+20d Hamilton Ladbrokes Lanark Silver Bell Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 6/12 nk 9-8 88—85A Ben Curtis 12/1
08 Aug 15+29d Ascot Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Challenge (Handicap) Class 3 · 12f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9/10 ½ 9-10 90—73A Adrie de Vries 12/1
10 Jul 15+56d York GroceryAid Chairman's Charity Cup (Handicap) Class 2 · 12f · Good · 15 ran 13/15 13 9-7 91—69C Ben Curtis 20/1
15 May 15+8d Hamilton Route 74 Truckstop Braveheart Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 nk 8-12 86—96A Ben Curtis 11/2
07 May 15+19d Chester Investec Asset Finance Handicap Class 3 · 10.5f · Soft · 10 ran 3/10 1½ 9-5 86—87A David Allan 6/1
18 Apr 15+21d Thirsk Constant Security Services Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 4½ 8-11 87—67A David Allan 8/1
28 Mar 15+140d Chelmsford City (AW) Totepool Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Standard · 7 ran 5/7 3¾ 8-7 88—65A David Allan 16/1
08 Nov 14+19d Doncaster Betfred November Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Heavy · 23 ran 5/23 7 8-10 88—75C Joe Fanning 20/1
20 Oct 14+22d Pontefract totepool Racing's Biggest Supporter Handicap (Div 1) Class 4 · 10f · Soft · 9 ran 1/9 9-10 83—104A David Allan 3/1F
28 Sep 14+8d Musselburgh Royal Scots Handicap Class 3 · 13f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3/7 2 9-13 84—85A David Allan 4/1
20 Sep 14+16d Ayr Jordan Electrics Ltd Handicap Class 3 · 13f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 3/9 1¼ 9-10 84—87A David Allan 4/1
04 Sep 14+13d Haydock Betfred Duke Of Lancaster's Regiment Cup Handicap Class 2 · 11.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 5/14 shd 9-0 84—86A Ben Curtis 8/1
22 Aug 14+14d Hamilton Ladbrokes Lanark Silver Bell Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 ½ 9-7 85—83A Ben Curtis 13/2
08 Aug 14+107d Musselburgh Archerfield Cup (Handicap) Class 3 · 14f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 4 9-2 83—78A Ben Curtis 8/1
23 Apr 14+11d Epsom Downs Investec Great Metropolitan Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 ¾ 8-13 83—82A Ben Curtis 3/1F
12 Apr 14+13d Thirsk New 'Thomas Lord Dine & View Restaurant' Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 2/14 2¾ 8-5 81—88A Ben Curtis 13/2
30 Mar 14+138d Doncaster Universal Recycling Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Soft · 16 ran 1/16 8-12 76—99A Ben Curtis 9/2
12 Nov 13+18d Wolverhampton (AW) Ladbrokes Handicap Class 4 · 8.5f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 ¾ 9-0 76—73A Ben Curtis 6/1
25 Oct 13+4d Doncaster Amateur Jockeys Association Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Soft · 18 ran 1/18 10-5 70—97A Mr O R J Sangster 9/2
21 Oct 13+31d Pontefract Collect totepool Winnings At Betfred Shops Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 · 10f · Heavy · 10 ran 3/10 2¼ 8-10 70—81A Andrew Mullen 8/1
20 Sep 13+22d Newcastle Vertem Asset Management Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 2/16 ½ 9-10 65—97A Andrew Mullen 22/1
29 Aug 13+16d Hamilton Taggarts Motor Group Scottish Trophy Handicap Class 4 · 9f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 1¾ 9-8 69—49C Tony Hamilton 25/1
13 Aug 13+317d Carlisle Premier Sports No 1 For Rugby League Handicap Class 5 · 9f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 15 10-0 69—44C Robert Winston 14/1
30 Sep 12+8d Musselburgh Rotech M&P Ltd. Handicap Class 5 · 9f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 1/14 9-2 67—88A Robert Winston 11/1
22 Sep 12+10d Catterick Happy Retirement Pam Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2/9 12 8-12 68—63A Garry Whillans 7/1
12 Sep 12+19d Carlisle Buttermere Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Heavy · 7 ran 4/7 6 9-3 70—61A Robert Winston 9/1
24 Aug 12+17d Hamilton Ladbrokes Mobile Text Mobile To 86131 Open Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 9f · Soft · 6 ran 2/6 3¼ 8-12 ——73B Garry Whillans 12/1
07 Aug 12+298d Ripon Racing Again 18th August Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 3¾ 8-12 ——58B Garry Whillans 25/1
14 Oct 11 Redcar British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 10/11 7 9-3 ——32C P J McDonald 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dark Ruler (IRE) won?
Dark Ruler (IRE) won 4 of 47 archived starts between 2011 and 2019, a strike rate of 8.5%. Placed 18 times in total (38.3% of starts).
Who trained Dark Ruler (IRE)?
Dark Ruler (IRE) was trained by Jason Ward on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle on 28 March 2019.
Who is Dark Ruler (IRE)'s sire?
Dark Ruler (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Gino Lady (IRE), whose sire is Perugino.
What going does Dark Ruler (IRE) prefer?
Dark Ruler (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 9 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Dark Ruler (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 28 March 2019. The highest on record is 107.
What is Dark Ruler (IRE)'s sire's record?
Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
Who are Dark Ruler (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Gino Lady (IRE), Dark Ruler (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2011. 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.