Skip to content
Horse profile

His Excellency (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, May 2015) · Last trainer M N Dawson · Last owner M N Dawson
by King's Best (USA) out of Road Harbour (USA) (Rodrigo De Triano)
46 runs · 24 courses · from Jun 2010
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 May 2015 — 4,155 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2015 · 5th of 7 6 wins · 4 courses Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 143
KTB Profile

His Excellency (IRE) is 6 from 46, including a Grade 2 win. The biggest win we hold: the United Arab Emirates Embassy Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown (Dec 2011). Hasn't won since Jul 2014. Last raced off 143, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 46 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating143↓ 8lb off peak
143 70–151

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Sep 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 (jumps) 134B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Perth, 29 Jul 2014 Official rating 143 at the last jumps run, 29 May 2015

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 93A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leopardstown, 9 Jun 2011 Official rating 70 at the last flat run, 9 Jun 2011

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.

Jumps 39 figures · best 144B · median 119
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Soft14138A120—
Good13144A118—
Heavy7144B122—
Good to Soft3144A112—
Good to Firm2134B127.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m26144B119—
2m1f – 2m4f9130A120—
2m5f – 3m4134B120.5—
Flat 5 figures · best 93A · median 76
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Soft280A78—
Good to Firm274A68.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f293A86.5—
1m – 1m1f276A75—
6f – 7f1———

Of 46 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 · 44 figures from 46 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
King's Best (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 7,763 runs since Jan 2008 (574 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.8% from 249.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm701420%+10.1—
Good to Firm1,1541018.8%−1.11 from 4
Good1,8891678.8%−1.11 from 13
Good to Soft95211612.2%+2.32 from 4
Soft1,21612810.5%+0.62 from 18
Heavy427399.1%−0.80 from 7
Standard (AW)2,0532019.8%−0.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f156149%−0.9—
6f – 7f1,6051489.2%−0.70 from 1
1m – 1m1f1,70217910.5%+0.60 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f1,90119610.3%+0.41 from 2
1m5f – 2m1,3781299.4%−0.52 from 28
2m1f – 2m4f7187810.9%+12 from 9
2m5f – 3m249176.8%−3.11 from 4
Over 3m54611.1%+1.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Road Harbour (USA) (Rodrigo De Triano)

7 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Togoville (IRE) (16 wins).

The wins came over 5f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Leg Spinner (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Togoville (IRE)76165f–1m—
Leg Spinner (IRE)1952m–2m4½fClass 2
Tuesday Flyer (IRE)927f—
Ashka (IRE)2411m—
Kings Will Dream (IRE)311mClass 5
Stormy Road (IRE)311mClass 5
Well Hello (IRE)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 18 2 11% −5.00
Good 13 1 8% −5.00
Heavy 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +1.00
Good to Soft 4 2 50% +9.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 13 0 0% −13.00
Class 2 9 1 11% −1.00
Class 3 4 1 25% +1.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cheltenham 9 1 11% −1.00
Leopardstown 4 2 50% +10.00
Perth 3 1 33% +2.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Wetherby 2 0 0% −2.00
Sandown 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney 2 2 100% +10.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 28 2 7% −11.00
2m1f – 2m4f 9 2 22% +3.00
2m5f – 3m 4 1 25% +1.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 1 50% +3.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Scudamore 17 2 12% −4.00
Davy Russell 11 3 27% +10.00
Mrs Claire Hardwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Mikey Ennis 2 0 0% −2.00
A P McCoy 2 0 0% −2.00
Johnny Murtagh 2 1 50% +3.00
Fran Berry 2 0 0% −2.00
Conor O'Farrell 1 0 0% −1.00
Hadden Frost 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieron Edgar 1 0 0% −1.00
A P Heskin 1 0 0% −1.00
Barry Geraghty 1 0 0% −1.00
Davy Condon 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew J McNamara 1 0 0% −1.00
N G McCullagh 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 29 5 17% +5.00
Blinkers 12 1 8% −7.00
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2015 2 0 0% −2.00
2014 8 1 13% −3.00
2013 9 0 0% −9.00
2012 16 3 19% +4.00
2011 8 2 25% +6.00
2010 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 25 4 16% +0.00
Hurdle 16 1 6% −7.00
Flat 5 1 20% +0.00

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
29 May 15+78d Stratford AGA Ladies Open Point-To-Point Championship Final (Hunters' Chase For Lady Riders) Class 3 · 22.5f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 99 11-10 143100C Mrs Claire Hardwick 7/2
12 Mar 15+226d Towcester 32red Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 8 12-1 143118B Mrs Claire Hardwick 2/1
29 Jul 14+23d Perth Orion Group Handicap Chase (For The Inverness Cup) Class 3 · 24f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1/6 11-12 137134B Tom Scudamore 4/1
06 Jul 14+14d Market Rasen Don Noble Hasland Handicap Chase Class 3 · 21.5f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 8 11-12 137134B Tom Scudamore 9/2
22 Jun 14+59d Worcester Bet On All Uk Racing With Totepool Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 20f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 5/13 5 10-8 127121A Tom Scudamore 17/2
24 Apr 14+12d Perth mcbookie.com Festival Handicap Chase (For The Kilmany Challenge Cup) Class 2 · 20f · Soft · 12 ran 4/12 6 11-0 138124A Tom Scudamore 12/1
12 Apr 14+29d Ayr Scotty Brand Handicap Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 4/7 6 11-0 140112B Tom Scudamore 6/1
14 Mar 14+40d Cheltenham Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Grade 3 Handicap) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 23 ran 14/23 nse 11-0 142104C Tom Scudamore 14/1
02 Feb 14+22d Musselburgh John Smith's Scottish Champion Chase (Handicap) (For The Bowes-lyon Trophy) Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 2/7 ½ 11-12 140138A Tom Scudamore 4/1
11 Jan 14+15d Wetherby Download The New Racing Uk Ipad App Handicap Chase Class 2 · 15f · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 3 11-5 145121A Mikey Ennis 14/1
27 Dec 13+20d Wetherby William Hill Castleford Handicap Chase Class 2 · 15f · Soft · 5 ran F/5 — 11-7 145— Tom Scudamore 15/2
07 Dec 13+20d Sandown BetVictor Tingle Creek Chase (Grade 1) Class 1 · 15.5f · Good · 9 ran 8/9 ½ 11-7 148109C A P McCoy 25/1
17 Nov 13+211d Cheltenham Shloer Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 7/7 9 11-3 148106C Tom Scudamore 11/1
20 Apr 13+16d Ayr Scotty Brand Handicap Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 6 10-13 148140B Mikey Ennis 9/1
04 Apr 13+20d Aintree Betfred Manifesto Novices' Chase (Grade 1) Class 1 · 20f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 4 11-4 150120B Tom Scudamore 14/1
15 Mar 13+3d Cheltenham Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Grade 3 Handicap) Class 1 · 16.5f · Soft · 23 ran F/23 — 11-8 151— Tom Scudamore 33/1
12 Mar 13+31d Cheltenham Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase (Grade 1) Class 1 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 13 11-7 151133B Tom Scudamore 80/1
09 Feb 13+14d Warwick Racing Post Arkle Trophy Trial Novices' Chase (Registered As The Kingmaker Novices' Chase) (Grade 2) Class 1 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 ¾ 11-5 151123B Conor O'Farrell 8/1
26 Jan 13+30d Cheltenham Steel Plate And Sections Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 17f · Heavy · 15 ran 13/15 19 11-5 143115C Tom Scudamore 16/1
27 Dec 12+12d Kempton williamhill.com Desert Orchid Chase (Grade 2) Class 1 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 2¼ 10-13 151122B Tom Scudamore 7/1
15 Dec 12+7d Cheltenham Jenny Mould Memorial Handicap Chase Class 2 · 16.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 2/7 1¼ 10-9 147144B A P McCoy 9/2
08 Dec 12+20d Sandown Sportingbet Tingle Creek Chase (Grade 1) Class 1 · 15.5f · Soft · 7 ran 5/7 ½ 11-1 147105C Hadden Frost 66/1
18 Nov 12+29d Cheltenham Racing Post Arkle Trophy Trial Novices' Chase (Registered As The November Novices' Chase) (Grade 2) Class 1 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 8 11-1 147114B Tom Scudamore 17/2
20 Oct 12+42d Cheltenham Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Novices' Chase Class 2 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 11-1 142144A Tom Scudamore 7/1
08 Sep 12+21d Stratford Walls And Ceilings International Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 4/14 shd 11-4 136144A Tom Scudamore 11/1
18 Aug 12+17d Perth totepool Mobile Text tote To 89660 Summer Champion Hurdle (Limited Handicap) Class 2 · 16.5f · Soft · 10 ran 5/10 ½ 11-0 137125A Kieron Edgar 16/1
01 Aug 12+16d Galway www.thetote.com Galway Plate (Grade A Handicap Chase) 22.5f · Soft · 20 ran 15/20 3½ 9-7 129107C A P Heskin 25/1
16 Jul 12+24d Killarney Aer Lingus Handicap Chase 17f · Yielding · 10 ran 1/10 10-12 135124A Davy Russell 3/1F
22 Jun 12+38d Down Royal 3fivetwo & Kingsbridge Hospital Hurdle 16f · Soft · 9 ran 3/9 4½ 11-5 126119A Barry Geraghty 10/3J
15 May 12+9d Killarney Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase 17f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 10-8 —119A Davy Russell 7/1
06 May 12+8d Sligo Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Hurdle 16f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 nk 11-4 128117B Davy Russell 6/4F
28 Apr 12+20d Punchestown AES Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1) 16f · Heavy · 13 ran 9/13 4 11-0 130108A Davy Condon 25/1
08 Apr 12+23d Fairyhouse Coolmore National Hunt Sires Ask & Getaway Novice Hurdle (grade 2) 20f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 2½ 10-13 130118A Andrew J McNamara 16/1
16 Mar 12+33d Cheltenham JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) Class 1 · 17f · Good · 20 ran 8/20 nk 11-0 136130A Davy Russell 100/1
12 Feb 12+48d Leopardstown Spring Juvenile Hurdle (grade 1) 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 9/12 6 11-0 —100C Davy Russell 16/1
26 Dec 11+22d Leopardstown United Arab Emirates Embassy Juvenile Hurdle (grade 2) 16f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 10-12 —116A Davy Russell 8/1
04 Dec 11+7d Fairyhouse Bar One Racing Juvenile 3-Y-O Hurdle (Grade 3) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 2/9 1½ 10-9 —129A Davy Russell 14/1
27 Nov 11+11d Navan Follow Navan Racecourse Facebook 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 8/12 5½ 11-0 —88A Davy Russell 5/4F
16 Nov 11+12d Fairyhouse Racegoer's 25 Package 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 16 ran 2/16 ½ 11-0 —124A Davy Russell 7/1
04 Nov 11+23d Down Royal Eventsec 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 16 ran 4/16 4¾ 10-12 —119A Davy Russell 5/1
12 Oct 11+125d Punchestown Go Racing In Kildare Festival 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 13/18 nk 10-12 —87C Davy Russell 7/4F
09 Jun 11+31d Leopardstown Sharon Shannon Big Band Handicap (47-70) 10f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 1/14 9-10 7093A Johnny Murtagh 4/1
09 May 11+196d Roscommon C & F Green Energy Handicap (47-70) 12f · Yielding · 16 ran 5/16 ½ 9-10 7080A Johnny Murtagh 9/4F
25 Oct 10+41d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. (c&g) Maiden 8f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 6/19 1 9-0 —74A Fran Berry 8/1
14 Sep 10+80d Listowel Listowel Arms Hotel E.B.F. Maiden 8f · Soft · 16 ran 6/16 3½ 9-3 —76A Fran Berry 7/1
26 Jun 10 Curragh Barronstown Stud European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 12/12 2 9-0 —63C N G McCullagh 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has His Excellency (IRE) won?
His Excellency (IRE) won 6 of 46 archived starts between 2010 and 2015, a strike rate of 13%. Placed 16 times in total (34.8% of starts).
Who trained His Excellency (IRE)?
His Excellency (IRE) was trained by M N Dawson on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 29 May 2015.
Who is His Excellency (IRE)'s sire?
His Excellency (IRE) is by King's Best (USA) out of Road Harbour (USA), whose sire is Rodrigo De Triano.
What going does His Excellency (IRE) prefer?
His Excellency (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is His Excellency (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 143, from the run on 29 May 2015. The highest on record is 151.
What is His Excellency (IRE)'s sire's record?
King's Best (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 7,763 runs since Jan 2008 (574 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.8% from 249.
Who are His Excellency (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Road Harbour (USA), His Excellency (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Togoville (IRE) (16). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Leg Spinner (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m4½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2010. 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.