Purple King (IRE)
Purple King won five of 23 starts between Apr 2017 and Nov 2022. Four of those wins came over 1m5f – 2m, three on good ground and one on soft, while his first success was at 1m – 1m1f on standard AW at Deauville in Aug 2017. He gained his highest official rating of 121 after two wins in Jul 2019 and later landed a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Sandown in Mar 2022 off 111. Aged 8 at his last run in Nov 2022, he finished fifth of six at Leicester off an official rating of 115.
- 5–23Wins / Runs
- 21.7%Strike rate
- 10 (43.5%)Placed
- +5.97£1 level staken=23 at SP
- 1.06Fair A/E n=23 · 0.89 incl. margin
- 121Highest OR
- 94dAvg 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 99
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 133A | 110 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 108B | 76 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 15 | 133A | 105 | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 17 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,182 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
| 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 | — |
| Good | 2,753 | 383 | 13.9% | +0.1 | 3 from 12 |
| Good to Soft | 1,556 | 183 | 11.8% | −2 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 1,874 | 252 | 13.4% | −0.4 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 717 | 84 | 11.7% | −2.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,703 | 532 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 1 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 477 | 71 | 14.9% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,598 | 511 | 14.2% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,594 | 515 | 14.3% | +0.5 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,278 | 466 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 957 | 89 | 9.3% | −4.5 | 4 from 16 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 245 | 24 | 9.8% | −4 | 0 from 2 |
| 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 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Lady Dya (FR) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–1m2½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Dya (FR) | 18 | 2 | 1m2f–1m2½f | — |
| Light My Fire (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Blue Calanque (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 12 | 3 | 25% | −6.03 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +16.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 11 | 4 | 36% | +13.97 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Perth | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.70 |
| Wincanton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +18.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.67 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Auteuil (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Maisons-Laffitte (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 16 | 4 | 25% | +8.97 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 9 | 2 | 22% | −4.33 |
| Cillin Leonard | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Stephane Pasquier | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Luke Scott | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Aurelien Lemaitre | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Bdr Jody Sole | 1 | 1 | 100% | +18.00 |
| Sean Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.30 |
| Theo Chevillard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 20 | 4 | 20% | +4.97 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +14.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.00 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −4.03 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 16 | 4 | 25% | +8.97 |
| Flat | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Purple King won?
- Purple King (IRE) won 5 of 23 archived starts between 2017 and 2022, a strike rate of 21.7%. Placed 10 times in total (43.5% of starts).
- Who trained Purple King?
- Purple King (IRE) was trained by Dr Richard Newland on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 27 November 2022.
- Who is Purple King's sire?
- Purple King (IRE) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Dixie Dance (IRE), whose sire is Orpen.
- What going does Purple King prefer?
- Purple King (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Purple King's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 115, from the run on 27 November 2022. The highest on record is 121.
- What is Purple King's sire's record?
- Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,182 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
- Who are Purple King's siblings?
- Out of Dixie Dance (IRE), Purple King (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Lady Dya (FR) (2). The wins came over 1m2f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.