Horse profile
Emperor Spirit (IRE)
by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) out of Aspasias Tizzy (USA) (Tiznow)
44 runs · 19 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · 4 courses
Ran 84 days ago · 11th of 13
Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile
Emperor Spirit is a gelding with four wins from 44 starts. He won the Class 3 debenhams.com Handicap at Newmarket in Jul 2025 over under 6f on good to firm from an official rating of 86, having previously scored three times on the all-weather at up to 7f. All wins came in handicaps. He finished 11 of 13 at Ascot in Jul 2026 in the Class 2 Whispering Angel Handicap Stakes.
Based on 44 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 9lb off peak
- 4–44Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 21 (47.7%)Placed
- −15.90£1 level staken=44 at SP
- 0.77Fair A/E n=44 · 0.65 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 49dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating85↓ 9lb off peak
85
81–94
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 107
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 20 | 124A | 102.5 | 3 · 116 / 95 |
| Good to Firm | 12 | 131A | 107 | 4 · 107 / 106.5 |
| Good | 10 | 160A | 91 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 26 | 160A | 106 | 2 · 95 / 84.5 |
| Under 6f | 15 | 116A | 106 | 6 · 116 / 106.5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 89A | 83 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 44 figures from 44 runs · as at 3 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 from 9 analysed runs
- Led 4 (44%) · 1 win
- Prominent 3 (33%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (22%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,867 runs since Jan 2008 (949 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,621 | 179 | 11% | +0.7 | 1 from 12 |
| Good | 2,605 | 267 | 10.2% | −0.1 | 0 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 1,172 | 108 | 9.2% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,721 | 183 | 10.6% | +0.3 | — |
| Heavy | 607 | 51 | 8.4% | −1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 4,083 | 424 | 10.4% | +0.1 | 3 from 20 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 879 | 104 | 11.8% | +1.5 | 1 from 15 |
| 6f – 7f | 4,773 | 499 | 10.5% | +0.2 | 2 from 26 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,045 | 338 | 11.1% | +0.8 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,089 | 195 | 9.3% | −1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 697 | 59 | 8.5% | −1.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 305 | 18 | 5.9% | −4.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 76 | 11 | 14.5% | +4.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Aspasias Tizzy (USA) (Tiznow)
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Above The Rest (IRE) (9 wins).
The wins came over 6f–2m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Above The Rest (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above The Rest (IRE) | 51 | 9 | 6f–1m½f | Group 3 |
| Parramatta (IRE) | 9 | 3 | 7f–2m | — |
| Young Prince (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Unorthodox (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Dancing Empress (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Power From Above (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 20 | 3 | 15% | −1.40 |
| Good to Firm | 12 | 1 | 8% | −2.50 |
| Good | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 20 | 3 | 15% | +6.00 |
| Class 2 | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Class 4 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ripon | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Haydock | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.50 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 26 | 2 | 8% | −9.50 |
| Under 6f | 15 | 1 | 7% | −5.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollie Doyle | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.50 |
| Marco Ghiani | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.50 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.90 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ray Dawson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Luke Morris | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Taylor Fisher | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darragh Keenan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ashley Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Frankie Dettori | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Hanagan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nicky Mackay | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 21 | 2 | 10% | −0.50 |
| None | 12 | 2 | 17% | −4.40 |
| Cheekpieces | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +0.50 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.00 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −6.50 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 26+15d | Ascot | Whispering Angel Handicap Stakes Raced up with the front-runner - dropped away with two furlongs left despite being driven and was never a threat from there | 11/13 | 1 | 8-11 | 85 | 100C | 73A | Oisin Murphy | 11/1 |
| 10 Jul 26+7d | Newmarket | Debenhams Handicap went straight to the front - driven and put under pressure with a furlong left - overtaken after edging right and brushing another runner inside the final furlong - fought back to retake the advantage - caught again close home and demoted to third by the stewards | 3/12 | dht | 9-5 | 83 | 106A | 100A | Marco Ghiani | 9/2F |
| 03 Jul 26+27d | Beverley | Belazu, Part Of The William Jackson Food Group Handicap Handy in the pack early - pushed to challenge the front-runner a furlong out - stayed on well through the final stages - narrowly denied at the line | 2/8 | ½ | 9-11 | 83 | 107B | 99A | Silvestre De Sousa | 9/2 |
| 06 Jun 26+36d | Epsom Downs | Betfred 'Dash' Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Settled in the pack early - pushed along with 2f left - unable to quicken and beaten into 14th | 14/20 | nk | 8-11 | 84 | 56C | 79A | Ray Dawson | 40/1 |
| 01 May 26+134d | Ascot | Naas Racecourse Handicap Set the pace of the chasing pack - pushed along with 2f left - came under serious pressure inside the last furlong - overtaken close home but battled on to finish second | 2/17 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 83 | 107C | 102A | Darragh Keenan | 22/1 |
| 18 Dec 25+42d | Chelmsford City (AW) | 'Timeform Sprint Series Final' Handicap Raced wide in early stages - close to front - urged into effort with over 2f left - driven with a furlong to go - found nothing and dropped away close home to finish 14th | 14/14 | shd | 9-12 | 84 | 95B | 76A | Daniel Muscutt | 25/1 |
| 06 Nov 25+8d | Newcastle (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2025 Not 2005 Handicap Went straight to the front - pushed along a furlong out then overtaken close home - edged out for second in the final strides | 3/8 | nse | 9-9 | 84 | 116A | 92A | Daniel Muscutt | 22/1 |
| 29 Oct 25+13d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Sat close to the pace early - asked for effort with 2f left - faded in the closing furlong to finish 8th | 8/8 | 1¾ | 9-11 | 84 | 74A | 70A | Sean Levey | 12/1 |
| 16 Oct 25+33d | Chelmsford City (AW) | 'Timeform Sprint Series Qualifier' Handicap (Div 2) Set the pace early - matched at halfway - came under pressure 2f out - overtaken close home and dropped to third - faded in the closing stages | 3/9 | 2 | 9-12 | 85 | 102A | 102A | Silvestre De Sousa | 11/1 |
| 13 Sep 25+16d | Doncaster | Betfred Portland (Heritage Handicap) Went forward on the far rail early - travelled in a handy spot - driven to keep tempo two out - gave ground quickly inside the final furlong to finish 16th | 16/21 | hd | 8-9 | 87 | 73C | 78A | Ray Dawson | 100/1 |
| 28 Aug 25+14d | Southwell (AW) | Racing League Race 42 Handicap Went straight to front - overtaken with 4f left - dropped away inside final furlong - finished 11th | 11/14 | 1 | 8-3 | 89 | 106B | 66A | Ashley Lewis | 28/1 |
| 14 Aug 25+19d | Windsor | Racing League Race 25 Handicap Set the pace hugging the rail early - overtaken at halfway and dropped to third with a furlong left - faded inside the final furlong to finish fourth | 4/12 | 1¾ | 9-12 | 90 | 112A | 104A | Clifford Lee | 28/1 |
| 26 Jul 25+15d | Ascot | Whispering Angel Handicap Reared and hesitant leaving the stalls - detached from the field throughout - never able to get involved - well held in last | 13/14 | 2¾ | 9-3 | 91 | 95C | 62A | Marco Ghiani | 14/1 |
| 11 Jul 25+314d | Newmarket | debenhams.com Handicap Set the pace from the off - asked for effort passing the furlong marker - responded and stayed on strongly to the line - held on to score | 1/10 | 9-11 | 86 | 100A | 103A | Marco Ghiani | 17/2 | |
| 31 Aug 24+14d | Chester | Horse PWR Handicap Sent to the front early - pressed for effort and lost the advantage inside the last two furlongs - dropped away close home to finish 8th beaten 4 lengths | 8/10 | 1½ | 9-7 | 88 | 85A | 75A | Alistair Rawlinson | 14/1 |
| 17 Aug 24+13d | Ripon | William Hill Great St Wilfrid Handicap Held up handy on the far rail - pushed along and drifted off a straight line inside final furlong - unable to quicken in closing stages - beaten into 9th | 9/17 | shd | 8-12 | 89 | 106C | 91A | Rob Hornby | 22/1 |
| 04 Aug 24+8d | Haydock | Sky Bet, For The Fans Handicap Held handy early - urged forward with 2f left - faded steadily to finish eighth | 8/10 | ½ | 9-7 | 90 | 93A | 85A | Tom Marquand | 12/1 |
| 27 Jul 24+20d | Ascot | Whispering Angel Handicap | 2/13 | hd | 9-1 | 88 | 108C | 99A | Daniel Muscutt | 33/1 |
| 07 Jul 24+17d | Chelmsford City (AW) | It's Never Ordinary At bet365 Handicap | 4/9 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 89 | 97A | 92A | Marco Ghiani | 5/1 |
| 20 Jun 24+376d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Esprit Couture 1er Cru Handicap | 2/8 | nse | 9-10 | 86 | 110B | 105A | Daniel Muscutt | 18/1 |
| 10 Jun 23+21d | Haydock | Sky Bet Reverence Handicap | 2/12 | nk | 9-1 | 87 | 121A | 94A | Frankie Dettori | 10/1 |
| 20 May 23+43d | Thirsk | Sky Bet Prize Drop Handicap | 6/11 | 2½ | 9-1 | 87 | 89A | 85A | Paul Hanagan | 16/1 |
| 07 Apr 23+44d | Lingfield (AW) | Betuk All-weather Vase Sprint Handicap | 1/11 | 9-7 | 85 | 85A | 89A | Jamie Spencer | 10/1 | |
| 22 Feb 23+27d | Newcastle (AW) | BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Handicap | 7/8 | ½ | 9-1 | 87 | 108A | 72A | Luke Morris | 6/1 |
| 26 Jan 23+19d | Newcastle (AW) | BetUK Over 40,000 Live Streamed Races Apprentice Handicap | 3/8 | shd | 10-0 | 87 | 116A | 92A | Taylor Fisher | 9/2 |
| 07 Jan 23+7d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap | 4/11 | ½ | 9-2 | 88 | 113A | 95A | Hollie Doyle | 9/4F |
| 31 Dec 22+24d | Lingfield (AW) | Huge Daily Boosts Only At Betuk Handicap | 6/12 | ¾ | 9-8 | 89 | 124A | 88A | Hollie Doyle | 4/1 |
| 07 Dec 22+35d | Lingfield (AW) | BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Handicap | 4/9 | ½ | 9-4 | 90 | 102A | 93A | Taylor Fisher | 15/8F |
| 02 Nov 22+19d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap | 7/11 | 1 | 9-6 | 92 | 103A | 89A | Luke Morris | 11/1 |
| 14 Oct 22+13d | Haydock | Watch On Racing TV Handicap | 7/12 | ½ | 9-11 | 94 | 106A | 94A | Hollie Doyle | 12/1 |
| 01 Oct 22+14d | Wolverhampton (AW) | bet365 Handicap | 3/13 | 1¼ | 9-12 | 94 | 120B | 97A | Hollie Doyle | 11/2 |
| 17 Sep 22+22d | Ayr | Virgin Bet Ayr Silver Cup Handicap | 13/25 | nk | 9-11 | 90 | 81C | 86A | Rossa Ryan | 6/1F |
| 26 Aug 22+13d | Ffos Las | Adey Magnaclean Handicap | 2/7 | hd | 9-9 | 90 | 160A | 105A | Hollie Doyle | 4/1 |
| 13 Aug 22+20d | Ripon | William Hill Great St Wilfrid Handicap | 7/14 | hd | 8-9 | 92 | 119C | 90A | P J McDonald | 7/1 |
| 24 Jul 22+16d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betsi Handicap | 9/11 | 2¼ | 9-0 | 93 | 92A | 58A | Hollie Doyle | 5/2F |
| 08 Jul 22+22d | Ascot | Alvarium Handicap | 2/9 | 2 | 9-13 | 92 | 131A | 113A | Hollie Doyle | 4/1 |
| 16 Jun 22+14d | Ripon | Betting.bet Ripon Races Ladies Day Handicap | 2/7 | 1 | 8-11 | 90 | 132A | 98A | Paul Mulrennan | 5/1 |
| 02 Jun 22+323d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Racing Welfare Handicap | 1/7 | 9-8 | 88 | 109A | 101A | Hollie Doyle | 9/2 | |
| 14 Jul 21+27d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Acca Bonus Handicap | 2/5 | 1½ | 9-7 | 88 | 106C | 89B | Robert Havlin | EvensF |
| 17 Jun 21+63d | Ascot | Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Str) | 13/29 | nk | 8-7 | 89 | 77C | 74A | Andrea Atzeni | 16/1 |
| 15 Apr 21+131d | Ripon | Ripon 'Cock O' The North' Handicap | 2/7 | ¾ | 9-7 | 86 | 83A | 95A | Robert Havlin | 9/4J |
| 05 Dec 20+22d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost EBF Novice Stakes | 1/11 | 9-5 | 81 | 89A | 96A | Robert Havlin | 11/10F | |
| 13 Nov 20+24d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Maiden Stakes | 2/12 | ½ | 9-5 | — | 84A | 79A | Robert Havlin | 7/2 |
| 20 Oct 20 | Newcastle (AW) | Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 3/12 | dht | 9-5 | — | 65A | 87A | Nicky Mackay | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Emperor Spirit (IRE) won?
- Emperor Spirit (IRE) won 4 of 44 archived starts between 2020 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 21 times in total (47.7% of starts).
- Who trains Emperor Spirit (IRE)?
- Emperor Spirit (IRE) is trained by Michael Keady, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 July 2026.
- Who is Emperor Spirit (IRE)'s sire?
- Emperor Spirit (IRE) is by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) out of Aspasias Tizzy (USA), whose sire is Tiznow.
- What going does Emperor Spirit (IRE) prefer?
- Emperor Spirit (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 3 wins from 20 starts (15%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Emperor Spirit (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 25 July 2026. The highest on record is 94.
- What is Emperor Spirit (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,867 runs since Jan 2008 (949 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
- Who are Emperor Spirit (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Aspasias Tizzy (USA), Emperor Spirit (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Above The Rest (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Above The Rest (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m. As at Oct 2026.