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Horse profile

Pearl King (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2008) · Last trainer Philip Hobbs · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Daylami (IRE) out of Regal Opinion (USA) (Gone West)
29 runs · 20 courses · from Apr 2005
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Nov 2008 — 6,550 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2008 · 14th of 14 7 wins · 7 courses Last raced off OR 126
KTB Profile

Pearl King (IRE) is 7 from 29, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the John Smith's Extra Smooth Handicap Hurdle at Aintree (Apr 2008). Hasn't won since Apr 2008. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 3 on softer). Last raced off 126, 16lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 29 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 16lb off peak
Official rating126↓ 16lb off peak
126 80–142

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 (jumps) 106C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Aintree, 25 Oct 2008 Official rating 126 at the last jumps run, 21 Nov 2008

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 89C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ripon, 24 Sep 2005 Official rating 87 at the last flat run, 7 Oct 2005

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 →

Jumps 20 figures · best 144A · median 115.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good10144A118—
Good to Firm9128B116—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m16144A119.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2106C101.5—
2m5f – 3m2112A111—
Flat 7 figures · best 89C · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good489C80.5—
Good to Firm281C81—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f482C81—
1m2f – 1m4f389C75—

Of 29 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1) · no runner of known ability in the race — the level cannot be solved (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 figures from 29 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
Daylami (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,508 runs since Jan 2008 (253 horses).

Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 109.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3200%−10.6—
Good to Firm5587112.7%+2.13 from 11
Good1,02312011.7%+1.14 from 15
Good to Soft515489.3%−1.30 from 2
Soft653619.3%−1.30 from 1
Heavy309289.1%−1.5—
Standard (AW)4184510.8%+0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1100%−10.6—
6f – 7f10976.4%−4.2—
1m – 1m1f2172511.5%+0.91 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f7327510.2%−0.40 from 3
1m5f – 2m1,14813311.6%+16 from 16
2m1f – 2m4f7658611.2%+0.60 from 2
2m5f – 3m451419.1%−1.50 from 3
Over 3m7568%−2.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Regal Opinion (USA) (Gone West)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Twiglet (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 15 4 27% +6.00
Good to Firm 11 3 27% −4.72
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 3 8 4 50% +3.88
Class 4 6 1 17% −4.60
Class 1 5 1 20% +6.00
Class 5 2 1 50% +1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ludlow 3 1 33% −0.62
Ascot 2 0 0% −2.00
Aintree 2 1 50% +9.00
Market Rasen 2 0 0% −2.00
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 2 1 50% +0.50
Huntingdon 2 1 50% −0.60
Newmarket 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 1 100% +2.00
Wincanton 1 1 100% +3.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket (July) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 1 100% +2.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 16 6 38% +8.28
1m – 1m1f 5 1 20% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
A P McCoy 11 3 27% −3.12
Philip Robinson 6 1 17% −3.00
Richard Johnson 5 2 40% +7.40
Ian Popham 3 0 0% −3.00
Tom O'Brien 2 1 50% +2.00
Neil Callan 1 0 0% −1.00
Matthew Henry 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 24 6 25% +0.28
Cheekpieces 5 1 20% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 11 1 9% +0.00
2007 3 2 67% +2.38
2006 7 3 43% +0.90
2005 8 1 13% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 14 3 21% +1.40
Flat 8 1 13% −5.00
Chase 7 3 43% +1.88

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
2008 · 11 runs
21 Nov 08+20d Ascot Allied Irish Bank (gb) Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 15.5f · Good · 14 ran 14/14 ¾ 10-5 12689C Ian Popham 33/1
01 Nov 08+7d Ascot 'Bet Live' At williamhill.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 15.5f · Good · 15 ran 11/15 4 10-3 13090C Ian Popham 50/1
25 Oct 08+7d Aintree Intercasino.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 17f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 13/14 ¾ 11-4 135106C Ian Popham 25/1
18 Oct 08+21d Cheltenham Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Help For Heroes) Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 21f · Good · 16 ran 14/16 4½ 11-11 139110A Tom O'Brien 28/1
27 Sep 08+28d Market Rasen 32red.com Handicap Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 21.5f · Good · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-4 138— Richard Johnson 16/1
30 Aug 08+14d Newton Abbot Lord Mildmay Memorial Handicap Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 21f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 2½ 11-4 140112A A P McCoy 14/1
16 Aug 08+86d Bangor-on-Dee corbettsports.com Dee Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8/11 shd 11-9 142115A A P McCoy 7/1
22 May 08+12d Worcester Miss Worcester Night Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 2/6 2¼ 11-11 133128B A P McCoy 6/4F
10 May 08+21d Haydock totepool Swinton Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Class 1 · 15.5f · Good · 24 ran 5/24 nk 11-1 141139A A P McCoy 18/1
19 Apr 08+14d Ayr Samsung Scottish Champion Handicap Hurdle (Grade 2) Class 1 · 16f · Good · 16 ran 5/16 1½ 10-6 142128A A P McCoy 7/2
05 Apr 08+315d Aintree John Smith's Extra Smooth Handicap Hurdle () Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 21 ran 1/21 10-10 126144A Richard Johnson 10/1
2007 · 3 runs
26 May 07+35d Stratford Knight Frank Handicap Hurdle (For the Clairefontaine Challenge Trophy) Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 10-7 115128C A P McCoy 2/1F
21 Apr 07+16d Ayr Albert Bartlett And Sons Handicap Chase Class 2 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 3/4 15 11-2 13593C Richard Johnson 11/10F
05 Apr 07+100d Ludlow Millichope Trust Novices' Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 11-7 131112C A P McCoy 11/8F
2006 · 7 runs
26 Dec 06+43d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Taunton Mid Season Handicap Chase Class 3 · 15.5f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 10-8 123124C Tom O'Brien 3/1F
13 Nov 06+12d Leicester John O'Gaunt Novices' Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 10-7 123116C A P McCoy 6/4F
01 Nov 06+13d Huntingdon iBetX.com Money Man Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 3/12 1½ 11-11 114123C A P McCoy 5/4F
19 Oct 06+26d Ludlow October Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2/7 nk 11-12 111119C A P McCoy 11/4F
23 Sep 06+26d Market Rasen Easibed Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 shd 11-4 11197C Richard Johnson 3/2F
28 Aug 06+210d Huntingdon Bennett Sanders Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 1/12 10-13 —120C Richard Johnson 2/5F
30 Jan 06+115d Ludlow Bull Ring Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 3/16 6 10-12 —111C A P McCoy 4/6F
2005 · 8 runs
07 Oct 05+13d York Garbutt & Elliott Handicap Class 3 · 10.5f · Good · 9 ran 3/9 shd 8-6 8764C Philip Robinson 7/1
24 Sep 05+41d Ripon Ripon, Cathedral City Of The Dales Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 nk 8-7 8489C Neil Callan 9/2
14 Aug 05+21d Pontefract Unison Sharlston Rovers Champions Handicap Class 3 · 8f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 ¾ 9-1 8179C Philip Robinson 4/1F
24 Jul 05+8d Newmarket (July) NSPCC Handicap Class 3 · 8f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 4/7 3 9-1 81— Philip Robinson 5/2F
16 Jul 05+54d Newmarket Chris Blackwell Memorial Handicap Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2/9 ¾ 8-2 8081C Matthew Henry 16/1
23 May 05+21d Leicester Gala Casinos Win A Racehorse Promotion Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Soft · 11 ran 6/11 1 9-3 8275C Philip Robinson 5/1
02 May 05+19d Kempton Eddie Slemmonds Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 8f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 9-0 —82C Philip Robinson 2/1J
13 Apr 05 Newmarket Wood Ditton Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 5/12 nk 9-0 —81C Philip Robinson EvensF

Quick answers

How many races has Pearl King won?
Pearl King (IRE) won 7 of 29 archived starts between 2005 and 2008, a strike rate of 24.1%. Placed 15 times in total (51.7% of starts).
Who trained Pearl King?
Pearl King (IRE) was trained by Philip Hobbs on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 21 November 2008.
Who is Pearl King's sire?
Pearl King (IRE) is by Daylami (IRE) out of Regal Opinion (USA), whose sire is Gone West.
What going does Pearl King prefer?
Pearl King (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 3 wins from 11 starts (27.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Pearl King's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 126, from the run on 21 November 2008. The highest on record is 142.
What is Pearl King's sire's record?
Daylami (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,508 runs since Jan 2008 (253 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 109.
Who are Pearl King's siblings?
Out of Regal Opinion (USA), Pearl King (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2005. 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.