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Horse profile

King's Trail (GB)

3yo colt · Trainer Charlie Appleby · Owner Godolphin
by Sea The Stars (IRE) out of Crown Walk (GB) (Dubawi)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Dec 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Kempton (AW) Last run 14 May 2026 · 4th of 8 Last raced off OR 101
KTB Profile

King's Trail is a Sea The Stars colt who has won two of four starts, both at Kempton over 1m to 1m1f on standard going. He took a Class 5 novice in Dec 2025 and a Class 2 conditions event in Mar 2026, both on the all-weather. He has never won on turf and was fourth of eight in the Class 1 Dante Stakes at York in May 2026 when last seen, having raced off an official rating of 101.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Mar 2026 · updated 25 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 98 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kempton (AW), 1 Dec 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 4 figures · best 98A · median 91.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)298A94.52 runs · 98 / 94.5
Good1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f398A913 runs · 98 / 91
1m2f – 1m4f1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 106A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 28 Mar 2026 Official rating 101 at the last run, 14 May 2026

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 4 figures · best 106A · median 97
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)2106A104.52 runs · 106 / 104.5
Good1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f3106A1033 runs · 106 / 103
1m2f – 1m4f1——1 run · —

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

  • Prominent 2 (67%) · 1 win
  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sea The Stars (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,946 runs since Jan 2008 (1,112 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 455. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm18316.7%+1—
Good to Firm1,50328418.9%+3.20 from 1
Good2,64642115.9%+0.20 from 1
Good to Soft1,23820516.6%+0.9—
Soft1,52718612.2%−3.5—
Heavy455429.2%−6.5—
Standard (AW)2,55842316.5%+0.82 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f27414.8%−0.9—
6f – 7f77211314.6%−1.1—
1m – 1m1f2,10033516%+0.32 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f4,41275717.2%+1.50 from 1
1m5f – 2m1,89126313.9%−1.8—
2m1f – 2m4f5847312.5%−3.2—
2m5f – 3m1391611.5%−4.2—
Over 3m21314.3%−1.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Crown Walk (GB) (Dubawi)

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
Standard (AW) 2 2 100% +1.40
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 1 100% +0.57
Class 5 1 1 100% +0.83

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 2 2 100% +1.40
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 3 2 67% +0.40
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
William Buick 2 1 50% −0.17
James Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Billy Loughnane 1 1 100% +0.57

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 1 33% −1.43
2025 1 1 100% +0.83

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
2026 · 3 runs
14 May 26+12d York Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 · 10.5f · Good · 8 ran Held up at back early - moved right and made progress 2f out - pushed along a furlong out - stayed on same gear to finish fourth 4/8 1¼ 9-2 10192A91A William Buick 14/1
02 May 26+35d Newmarket Betfred 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) Class 1 · 8f · Good To Firm · 14 ran Settled just behind the pack near the stands rail - moved into contention 3f out - pressed for effort soon after - stayed on at one gait inside the final furlong - finished ninth well beaten 9/14 shd 9-2 10186C91A James Doyle 13/2
28 Mar 26+117d Kempton (AW) Virgin Bet/British EBF Conditions Stakes Class 2 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran Settled off the front group early - moved through smoothly before 2f out then edged in front with a furlong left - kept on to the line for the win 1/9 9-6 —91A106A Billy Loughnane 4/7F
2025 · 1 run
01 Dec 25 Kempton (AW) Unibet/EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran Inexperienced beforehand - up with the two ahead before being nudged across left 2f out - asserted inside the final furlong to hit the top - drew clear 1/10 9-7 —98A103A William Buick 5/6F

Quick answers

How many races has King's Trail won?
King's Trail (GB) won 2 of 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trains King's Trail?
King's Trail (GB) is trained by Charlie Appleby, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 14 May 2026.
Who is King's Trail's sire?
King's Trail (GB) is by Sea The Stars (IRE) out of Crown Walk (GB), whose sire is Dubawi.
What is King's Trail's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 101, from the run on 14 May 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is King's Trail's sire's record?
Sea The Stars (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,946 runs since Jan 2008 (1,112 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 455. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.

Record shown from December 2025. 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.