Horse profile
Peking Opera (IRE)
by Galileo (IRE) out of Bugle (USA) (War Front)
21 runs · 15 courses · from Sep 2022
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Sandown, Navan & Leopardstown
Last run 1 May 2026 · 8th of 10
Last raced off OR 70
KTB Profile
Peking Opera won three of 21 starts including the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Yeats Stakes at Navan in May 2023. Two of those wins came over 1m5f – 2m on good to soft and soft, the third over 1m – 1m1f on good to soft at Leopardstown. He has not won since Feb 2024 and last ran at Goodwood in May 2026, finishing 8 of 10 in a Class 4 handicap off an official rating of 70, 44lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 21 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 44lb off peak
- 3–21Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 5 (23.8%)Placed
- −12.68£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 1.65Fair A/E n=20 · 1.40 incl. margin
- 114Highest 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.
Official rating70↓ 44lb off peak
70
70–114
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 113
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 97A | 87.5 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 3 | 156A | 112 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 91C | 69 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 75A | 73.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 112A | 84 | 2 runs · 97 / 86 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 156A | 61 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 113B | 104 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 2 | 96C | 73.5 | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 104A | 93 | 1 run · — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 20 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 20 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 10 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 5 (50%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Galileo (IRE)
Progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,192 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).
Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 14 | 19.4% | +4.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,765 | 442 | 16% | +1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 5,308 | 790 | 14.9% | +0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 2,342 | 328 | 14% | −0.5 | 2 from 8 |
| Soft | 3,844 | 575 | 15% | +0.5 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 1,378 | 190 | 13.8% | −0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,482 | 304 | 12.2% | −2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,383 | 252 | 18.2% | +3.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,021 | 517 | 17.1% | +2.6 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6,848 | 1,051 | 15.3% | +0.8 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,237 | 554 | 13.1% | −1.4 | 2 from 9 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,650 | 170 | 10.3% | −4.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 889 | 83 | 9.3% | −5.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 150 | 16 | 10.7% | −3.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Bugle (USA) (War Front)
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Yee Haw (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yee Haw (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Bogota (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 8 | 2 | 25% | −3.18 |
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.50 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kempton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 2 | 22% | −2.88 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niall Houlihan | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.38 |
| Tom Queally | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.70 |
| Rhys Clutterbuck | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Caoilin Quinn | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jude Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tyler Heard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 3 | 25% | −3.68 |
| Cheekpieces | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.38 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.50 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.20 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 14 | 2 | 14% | −8.30 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.38 |
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 | ||||||||||
| 01 May 26+14d | Goodwood | Track Radio Launches On Monday Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled in the pack early - urged forward 3f from home - drifted left approaching the final furlong before dropping away | 8/10 | 1¾ | 8-13 | 70 | 97A | 64A | Rhys Clutterbuck | 40/1 |
| 17 Apr 26+21d | Bath | Blackmore Build And Design Handicap Settled close up in second early - urged forward with four furlongs left - lost touch with the pace two out - faded to finish seventh | 7/7 | ½ | 9-9 | 75 | 95C | 74C | Tom Queally | 22/1 |
| 27 Mar 26+28d | Fontwell | Join Bet St George 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals/Amateurs) Settled towards the back early - travelling comfortably 3 out - pressed for effort behind the pace before 2 out with little response approaching the last - faded on the run-in to finish fourth | 4/7 | 3 | 11-9 | 100 | 113B | 102B | Jude Fernandes | 10/1 |
| 27 Feb 26+25d | Lingfield (AW) | Midnite AWC Marathon Trial Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled in fourth early - pushed along and dropped back approaching 2f out - gave ground final furlong - finished seventh | 7/8 | 1¾ | 8-2 | 80 | 75A | 65A | Tyler Heard | 100/1 |
| 02 Feb 26+45d | Kempton | Best Odds Guaranteed Overnight At CopyBet Handicap Hurdle Settled midpack early - lost touch and slipped towards the back after 3 out - well behind and pulled up before 2 out | PU/11 | — | 11-9 | 105 | — | — | Caoilin Quinn | 40/1 |
| 2025 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 19 Dec 25+375d | Ascot | Ascot Shop Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back throughout - never a factor - well beaten in 12th | 12/15 | 10 | 11-1 | 107 | 51C | 86C | Caoilin Quinn | 66/1 |
| 2024 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Dec 24+29d | Lingfield | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle Settled in 4th early - drifted left before fading approaching 2 out - dropped away and beaten a long way home | 8/8 | 22 | 11-9 | 112 | 96C | 94C | Niall Houlihan | 18/1 |
| 10 Nov 24+18d | Sandown | Aston Martin Handicap Hurdle Settled 4th on the rails - driven wide approaching 2 out then blundered there - faded quickly after | 4/7 | 6½ | 11-2 | 114 | 104A | 118A | Niall Houlihan | 18/1 |
| 23 Oct 24+18d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts Handicap Held handy early - urged forward 3f out then dropped away 2f out - faded to finish seventh | 7/7 | 9½ | 10-2 | 95 | 72C | 71C | Rhys Clutterbuck | 80/1 |
| 05 Oct 24+147d | Ascot | Bet MGM Cumberland Lodge Stakes (Group 3) Set the pace early - overtaken before 2f - dropped further back approaching 3f out - pushed along and slipped further down the field 2f out - reduced to a trickle in the closing stages - well held at the finish | 7/7 | 27 | 9-6 | 99 | 21C | 71C | Tom Queally | 150/1 |
| 11 May 24+21d | Lingfield | William Hill Epic Value Handicap | 5/6 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 103 | 91A | 78B | Kieran Shoemark | 20/1 |
| 20 Apr 24+56d | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Stakes (Registered As The John Porter Stakes) (Group 3) | 10/10 | 13 | 9-2 | 105 | 57C | 70C | Tom Queally | 125/1 |
| 24 Feb 24+21d | Kempton | Coral Adonis Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | F/5 | — | 11-0 | — | — | — | Niall Houlihan | 9/1 |
| 03 Feb 24+180d | Sandown | Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 10-4 | — | 93A | 119A | Niall Houlihan | 13/8J | |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Aug 23+24d | Naas | Ballyroan Stakes (Group 3) | 3/8 | 4½ | 8-13 | 105 | 156A | 82A | Ryan Moore | 13/2 |
| 14 Jul 23+12d | Longchamp (FR) | Grand Prix de Paris (3yo Colts & Fillies) (Grande Course) (Turf) | 7/8 | 1 | 9-3 | — | — | — | Tom Marquand | 26/1 |
| 02 Jul 23+11d | Curragh | Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1) | 4/9 | 5½ | 9-2 | 99 | 61A | 86A | Tom Marquand | 66/1 |
| 21 Jun 23+39d | Ascot | Queen's Vase (Group 2) | 7/14 | shd | 9-2 | 99 | 84C | 80A | Ryan Moore | 6/1 |
| 13 May 23+210d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Yeats Stakes (Listed) | 1/6 | 9-5 | 93 | 112A | 84B | Seamie Heffernan | 5/2F | |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Oct 22+30d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden | 1/15 | 9-5 | — | 91C | 94A | Seamie Heffernan | 6/5F | |
| 15 Sep 22 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 2/11 | 2½ | 9-7 | — | 69A | 84A | Seamie Heffernan | 4/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Peking Opera won?
- Peking Opera (IRE) won 3 of 21 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 5 times in total (23.8% of starts).
- Who trains Peking Opera?
- Peking Opera (IRE) is trained by Gary & Josh Moore, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 1 May 2026.
- Who is Peking Opera's sire?
- Peking Opera (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Bugle (USA), whose sire is War Front.
- What going does Peking Opera prefer?
- Peking Opera (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Peking Opera's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 70, from the run on 1 May 2026. The highest on record is 114.
- What is Peking Opera's sire's record?
- Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,192 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
- Who are Peking Opera's siblings?
- Out of Bugle (USA), Peking Opera (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Yee Haw (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.