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Horse profile

Imperial Express (IRE)

4yo filly (at last run, Feb 2025) · Last trainer Andrew Balding · Last owner Michael Blencowe
by Inns Of Court (IRE) out of Soft Power (IRE) (Balmont)
14 runs · 11 courses · from Aug 2023
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 7 Feb 2025 — 621 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 · 4th of 4 2 wins · Hamilton & Ffos Las Last raced off OR 82
KTB Profile

Imperial Express won two of 14 starts, both in handicaps over 1m to 1m1f on turf. She took a Class 5 at Ffos Las on good to soft in Jul 2024 off 73 and a Class 4 at Hamilton on heavy the following month off 81. Both wins came on a first visit to the course. The filly, who raced off an official rating of 82, led when finishing fourth of four at Lingfield on all-weather in Feb 2025.

Based on 14 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on turf
Official rating82↓ 1lb off peak
82 73–83

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 81 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Lingfield (AW), 18 Jan 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 13 figures · best 109C · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)5109C82—
Soft379C71—
Good to Firm291A86.5—
Good to Soft2109C82.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f6109C76.5—
6f – 7f6103A80.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 79A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 18 Jan 2025 Official rating 82 at the last run, 7 Feb 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 13 figures · best 86B · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)583A72—
Soft380A78—
Good to Firm281A80.5—
Good to Soft286B85.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f686B83—
6f – 7f683A76—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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 from 4 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Held up 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (25%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Inns Of Court (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 2,221 runs since Jan 2008 (230 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−9.3—
Good to Firm243166.6%−2.70 from 2
Good549478.6%−0.7—
Good to Soft2172612%+2.71 from 2
Soft370359.5%+0.20 from 3
Heavy10787.5%−1.81 from 2
Standard (AW)7317410.1%+0.80 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2943311.2%+1.9—
6f – 7f1,1911089.1%−0.20 from 6
1m – 1m1f519417.9%−1.42 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f1491812.1%+2.80 from 2
1m5f – 2m4149.8%+0.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2414.2%−5.1—
2m5f – 3m3133.3%+24—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Soft Power (IRE) (Balmont)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Strong Power (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Ebro River (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Strong Power (IRE)6265f–6fClass 2
Ebro River (IRE)1545f–6fGroup 1
Amaretti Virginia (IRE)30——
Frischs Joy (IRE)100——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 1 50% +3.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +1.75

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 1 17% −1.00
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +2.75

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Goodwood 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 1 100% +4.00
Ffos Las 1 1 100% +2.75
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 6 2 33% +2.75
6f – 7f 6 0 0% −6.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Oisin Murphy 7 1 14% −3.25
Callum Hutchinson 3 0 0% −3.00
Jason Watson 2 1 50% +3.00
P J McDonald 2 0 0% −2.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 2 15% −4.25
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 8 2 25% +0.75
2023 4 0 0% −4.00

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
07 Feb 25+20d Lingfield (AW) BetMGM Tandridge Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 8f · Standard · 4 ran Set the pace early - driven for effort approaching 2f out then overtaken - dropped away in a hurry and soon well beaten - finished 4th 4/4 8½ 8-11 82109C60C Callum Hutchinson 100/1
18 Jan 25+69d Lingfield (AW) BetMGM Winter Oaks Fillies' Handicap (GBB Race) Class 2 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran Checked and eased across early then trailed the back markers - shifted wide to find room late but lacked the speed to threaten - finished well beaten in 7th 7/12 ¾ 9-0 8381A79A Jason Watson 40/1
10 Nov 24+64d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Solitude () (3yo Fillies) (Turf) 10f · Heavy · 15 ran 9/15 1¾ 8-11 ——— Oisin Murphy 31/1
07 Sep 24+15d Ascot tote.co.uk British EBF Premier Fillies' Handicap (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Soft · 6 ran Settled at the back early - pushed along with 2f left and finding room to improve out wide inside the final furlong - lost momentum near the line to finish 4th beaten 2.5 lengths 4/6 hd 8-12 8371A78B Callum Hutchinson 9/1
23 Aug 24+24d Hamilton Huws Gray Builders Merchants British Stallions EBF Fillies' Handicap Class 4 · 9f · Heavy · 6 ran Sat just behind pace early - hit front 3f out travelling strongly and asked for effort inside final furlong - stayed on to score 1/6 9-10 8152B85B Jason Watson 4/1
30 Jul 24+20d Goodwood Ridgeview Fillies' Handicap Class 3 · 8f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 5/12 ½ 8-10 8182A81A Oisin Murphy 12/1
10 Jul 24+25d Ffos Las Turf Services Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 1/5 9-8 73109C86B Oisin Murphy 11/4
15 Jun 24+17d Sandown Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Fillies' Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 ¾ 9-5 7456A85A Oisin Murphy 9/1
29 May 24+50d Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Fillies' Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 5/10 1 8-9 75103A72A Oisin Murphy 33/1
09 Apr 24+160d Southwell (AW) Read Harry Cobden's Blog At PlanetSportBet Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 6/11 5½ 8-10 7648A45A Callum Hutchinson 13/2
01 Nov 23+48d Kempton (AW) Unibet Zero% Mission/British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 3/10 shd 9-2 7682A83A Oisin Murphy 3/1
14 Sep 23+19d Doncaster Weatherbys Scientific 300,000 2-Y-O Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 · 6.5f · Soft · 17 ran 9/17 1½ 8-9 —79C80A P J McDonald 66/1
26 Aug 23+23d Newmarket Jenningsbet British Ebf Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 3/12 1¼ 8-13 —91A80A P J McDonald 7/2
03 Aug 23 Goodwood Tatler British EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 · 7f · Soft · 13 ran 6/13 2 9-2 —41C72A Oisin Murphy 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Imperial Express (IRE) won?
Imperial Express (IRE) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 4 times in total (28.6% of starts).
Who trained Imperial Express (IRE)?
Imperial Express (IRE) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 7 February 2025.
Who is Imperial Express (IRE)'s sire?
Imperial Express (IRE) is by Inns Of Court (IRE) out of Soft Power (IRE), whose sire is Balmont.
What is Imperial Express (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 7 February 2025. The highest on record is 83.
What is Imperial Express (IRE)'s sire's record?
Inns Of Court (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 2,221 runs since Jan 2008 (230 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Imperial Express (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Soft Power (IRE), Imperial Express (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Strong Power (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Ebro River (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2023. 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.