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Horse profile

Imperial Pontiff (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2006) · Last trainer H Rogers · Last owner Ms Deirdre Dillon
by Imperial Ballet (IRE) out of Lady Luxor (IRE) (Eagle Eyed)
6 runs · 5 courses · from May 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Aug 2006 — 7,387 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2006 · 11th of 13 Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Imperial Pontiff (IRE) is yet to win from 6 starts. Best effort: 3rd of 4 at Sligo (May 2005). Last raced off 45, 15lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 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 52C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leopardstown, 31 Oct 2005 Official rating 45 at the last run, 14 Aug 2006

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 6 figures · best 58C · median 36
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm215C4.5—
Soft258C48.5—
Heavy1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f558C39—
1m – 1m1f1———

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
Imperial Ballet (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,342 runs since Jan 2008 (99 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 10.2% from 245. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 150.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1616.3%−0.9—
Good to Firm20094.5%−2.70 from 2
Good300186%−1.20 from 1
Good to Soft14175%−2.2—
Soft261249.2%+20 from 2
Heavy179137.3%+0.10 from 1
Standard (AW)2452510.2%+3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1501812%+4.8—
6f – 7f210146.7%−0.50 from 5
1m – 1m1f188158%+0.80 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f13186.1%−1.1—
1m5f – 2m321175.3%−1.9—
2m1f – 2m4f251166.4%−0.8—
2m5f – 3m75912%+4.8—
Over 3m1600%−7.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Lady Luxor (IRE) (Eagle Eyed)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ballinrobe 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Fran Berry 2 0 0% −2.00
Willie Supple 1 0 0% −1.00
Niamh Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Derek McCormack 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2006 2 0 0% −2.00
2005 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2006 · 2 runs
14 Aug 06+4d Ballinrobe Finlay's Mace Maxol Claiming Race 1m1f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 11/13 12 8-11 45-6C Willie Supple 12/1
10 Aug 06+283d Tipperary Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (40-70) 7½f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 14/16 3½ 8-4 5115C Niamh Murphy 25/1
2005 · 4 runs
31 Oct 05+15d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 7f · Heavy · 14 ran 13/14 4 9-0 6052C Seamie Heffernan 16/1
16 Oct 05+139d Naas Tifrums EBF (C&G) Maiden 6f · Good · 20 ran 20/20 4½ 8-4 —33C Derek McCormack 25/1
30 May 05+6d Ballinrobe Finches Orange Auction Maiden 6f · Yielding · 9 ran 9/9 14 8-10 —39C Fran Berry 10/3
24 May 05 Sligo Tattersalls (Ireland) Auction Race 6½f · Soft · 4 ran 3/4 ½ 8-10 —58C Fran Berry 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Imperial Pontiff won?
Imperial Pontiff (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2005 and 2006.
Who trained Imperial Pontiff?
Imperial Pontiff (IRE) was trained by H Rogers on the most recent run on record, at Ballinrobe on 14 August 2006.
Who is Imperial Pontiff's sire?
Imperial Pontiff (IRE) is by Imperial Ballet (IRE) out of Lady Luxor (IRE), whose sire is Eagle Eyed.
What is Imperial Pontiff's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 14 August 2006. The highest on record is 60.
What is Imperial Pontiff's sire's record?
Imperial Ballet (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,342 runs since Jan 2008 (99 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 10.2% from 245. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 150.

Record shown from May 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.