Lawful Ruler (IRE)
Lawful Ruler is a gelding by Rule Of Law out of a Robin Des Champs mare who has won one of five starts over jumps. He took the John Thomas McNamara Series Maiden Hunters Chase at Cork in Apr 2026 over 2m5f – 3m on good to soft, his only success from four runs at that trip. All five starts have come on turf and he usually races prominently. He last ran at Galway in Aug 2026.
- 1–5Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 2 (40%)Placed
- +18.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 7.62Fair A/E n=5 · 5.90 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 14dBetween runs (median)longest 71 d
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 109
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 109B | 88.5 | 2 runs · 109 / 88.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 109B | 88.5 | 2 runs · 109 / 88.5 |
Of 5 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 5 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 5 analysed runs since Mar 2026
- Prominent 2 (40%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 2 (40%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 5.8% of 312 runs since Sep 2016 (35 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +19.2 | — |
| Good | 126 | 7 | 5.6% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 57 | 3 | 5.3% | −0.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 93 | 6 | 6.5% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | −2.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −5.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −5.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −5.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 83 | 4 | 4.8% | −1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 126 | 8 | 6.3% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 75 | 5 | 6.7% | +0.9 | 1 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | +0.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2016 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +21.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galway (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +22.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +19.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Aug 26+33d | Galway (IRE) | Kinlay Hostel Handicap Steeplechase Sat close up early - dropped to midpack by the 3rd - slipped to the back and blundered 4 out - found nothing more and was pulled up before 2 out | PU/18 | — | 11-4 | 109 | — | — | Mr T J Stafford | 66/1 |
| 30 Jun 26+71d | Wexford | Racing Again July 3rd Rated Novice Chase Held up towards the back - lost touch with the field after the third - unable to make progress - lost ground after 3 out - eased down and pulled up before the last | PU/10 | — | 11-2 | 112 | — | — | Mr T J Stafford | 100/1 |
| 20 Apr 26+14d | Tramore | O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Hunters Chase Settled midfield early - up with the front group by halfway - shared advantage 11th before losing it - pushed along in 5th before fading late to finish 7th | 7/13 | nk | 11-7 | — | 68C | 102C | Mr T J Stafford | 12/1 |
| 06 Apr 26+8d | Cork | John Thomas McNamara Series Maiden Hunters Chase Sat behind front group early - up to 2nd by halfway - shared front spot approaching 3 out - driven when edged just in front 2 out - urged on and hit a flat spot at last - hit the front inside final furlong - dug in gamely to prevail | 1/16 | 11-10 | — | 109B | 122A | Mr T J Stafford | 22/1 | |
| 29 Mar 26 | Downpatrick | Boardsmill Sires Maiden Hunters Chase Settled in the pack early - handy in 2nd - 4th at halfway - pushed along in 3rd approaching two out - into contention before the last - pushed into 4th at the last - promoted to 3rd but couldn't quicken on the run-in | 3/9 | 18 | 11-7 | — | — | 100B | Mr T J Stafford | 40/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Lawful Ruler won?
- Lawful Ruler (IRE) won 1 of 5 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 2 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trains Lawful Ruler?
- Lawful Ruler (IRE) is trained by Paul Stafford, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 2 August 2026.
- Who is Lawful Ruler's sire?
- Lawful Ruler (IRE) is by Rule Of Law (USA) out of Never Been Wrong (IRE), whose sire is Robin Des Champs.
- What is Lawful Ruler's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 2 August 2026. The highest on record is 112.
- What is Lawful Ruler's sire's record?
- Rule Of Law (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 5.8% of 312 runs since Sep 2016 (35 horses), Flat and jumps together.