Jonquil (GB)
Jonquil is 4 from 12 on turf, with wins at Sandown, Newbury, Goodwood and Ascot. He won the Group 2 Virgin Bet Celebration Mile Stakes at Goodwood in Aug 2025 off an official rating of 115 and the Group 3 Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes at Newbury in Apr 2025. He also landed a Listed race at Ascot in May 2026. His last run, at York in Aug 2026, saw him finish 8 of 11 in the Sky Bet Strensall Stakes off an official rating of 111.
- 4–12Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 5 (41.7%)Placed
- +9.08£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 2.39Fair A/E n=11 · 1.85 incl. margin
- 115Highest OR
- 66dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 104
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 107A | 76 | 3 · 90 / 67 |
| Good | 5 | 108A | 89 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 107A | 79 | 5 · 104 / 68 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 108A | 76 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 4 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (100%) · 2 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,136 runs since Jan 2008 (1,098 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 953.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | +8.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,559 | 238 | 15.3% | +1.5 | 2 from 5 |
| Good | 2,750 | 383 | 13.9% | +0.1 | 2 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,550 | 183 | 11.8% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,865 | 252 | 13.5% | −0.3 | — |
| Heavy | 708 | 83 | 11.7% | −2.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,684 | 531 | 14.4% | +0.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 475 | 71 | 14.9% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,588 | 510 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,574 | 514 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 2 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,268 | 466 | 14.3% | +0.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 953 | 89 | 9.3% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 245 | 24 | 9.8% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −10.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Jolivette (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 6f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Jolivette (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jolivette (GB) | 6 | 1 | 6f | Class 2 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.75 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.33 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 9 | 3 | 33% | +8.33 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwood | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Ascot | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Newbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.33 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +7.75 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 6 | 2 | 33% | +2.33 |
| Oisin Murphy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Christophe Soumillon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.67 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +8.00 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 26+22d | York | Sky Bet Strensall Stakes (Group 3) Slow to stride - up with the front group before halfway - under pressure approaching the 2f marker - faded tamely in the closing stages to finish 8th | 8/11 | ½ | 9-7 | 111 | 68C | 84C | Colin Keane | 8/1 |
| 31 Jul 26+20d | Goodwood | Regent Seven Seas Cruises Bentinck Conditions Stakes Sluggish start - settled towards back - moved left and pushed along 2f out - stayed on last furlong - up into third close home | 3/7 | ½ | 9-12 | 112 | 66A | 99A | Colin Keane | 9/2 |
| 11 Jul 26+56d | Ascot | Juddmonte Summer Mile Stakes (Group 2) (Rnd) drifted left at the start - never a factor | 7/8 | 2¼ | 9-3 | 113 | 67A | 87A | Colin Keane | 14/1 |
| 16 May 26+15d | Newbury | Boyle Sports Lockinge Stakes (Group 1) (Str) Settled at back of field - pushed along with 2f left to run - made no impact and finished well behind in 9th | 9/10 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 113 | 104A | 83A | Colin Keane | 18/1 |
| 01 May 26+250d | Ascot | Memberships At Ascot Paradise Stakes (Listed) (Str) Settled in the pack early - pushed along with 2f remaining - closing fast inside the last furlong - hit the front 110 yards from the line - drew clear for an untroubled win | 1/8 | 9-5 | 113 | 90A | 104A | Colin Keane | 10/3J | |
| 24 Aug 25+26d | Goodwood | Virgin Bet Celebration Mile Stakes (Group 2) Held up towards the back - made smooth progress from 3f out - up into third inside the final 2f - pushed along with a furlong left - rallied close home to get there right on the line | 1/6 | 9-1 | 115 | 107A | 95B | Colin Keane | 3/1 | |
| 29 Jul 25+39d | Goodwood | HKJC World Pool Lennox Stakes (Group 2) Held up towards rear in 7th - crept into 5th before drifting off a straight line inside final furlong - no real threat late - finished 5th | 5/10 | 2 | 8-13 | 115 | 71A | 88A | Oisin Murphy | 7/2 |
| 20 Jun 25+40d | Ascot | Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) Settled towards the back on the near flank - lacked the pace to challenge the leading group - beaten into 13th | 13/21 | shd | 9-2 | 115 | 76C | 92A | Christophe Soumillon | 9/2 |
| 11 May 25+29d | Longchamp (FR) | Emirates Poule d'Essai des Poulains (3yo Colts) (Grande Course) (Turf) | 2/16 | hd | 9-2 | — | — | — | Oisin Murphy | 7/1 |
| 12 Apr 25+211d | Newbury | Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Group 3) Settled just behind the front group towards the far rail - moved up strongly with 2f left - hit the front inside the final furlong - driven out to assert and win going away | 1/10 | 9-2 | 92 | 108A | 107A | Oisin Murphy | 8/1 | |
| 13 Sep 24+14d | Doncaster | Betfred Flying Scotsman Stakes (Listed) Slow to break - settled towards the back - asked for effort with 2f left but found little finished 6th | 6/7 | 5½ | 9-2 | — | 89A | 75A | Ryan Moore | 7/4F |
| 30 Aug 24 | Sandown | Sri Lanka, Jewel Of Asia British Ebf Maiden Stakes Travelling 3rd on the rail - hampered and short of room inside 2f out - shifted wide 1f out - kept on strongly to hit the front on the line | 1/10 | 9-2 | — | 70B | 93A | Ryan Moore | 11/4J |
Quick answers
- How many races has Jonquil (GB) won?
- Jonquil (GB) won 4 of 12 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 5 times in total (41.7% of starts).
- Who trains Jonquil (GB)?
- Jonquil (GB) is trained by Andrew Balding, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 22 August 2026.
- Who is Jonquil (GB)'s sire?
- Jonquil (GB) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Jovial (GB), whose sire is Dubawi.
- What going does Jonquil (GB) prefer?
- Jonquil (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Jonquil (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 111, from the run on 22 August 2026. The highest on record is 115.
- What is Jonquil (GB)'s sire's record?
- Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,136 runs since Jan 2008 (1,098 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 953.
- Who are Jonquil (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Jovial (GB), Jonquil (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Jolivette (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Jolivette (GB)). The wins came over 6f. As at Oct 2026.