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Horse profile

Real Appeal (GER)

7yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2024) · Last trainer Adrian McGuinness · Last owner Dooley Thoroughbreds J P Cleary J Fairhurst
by Sidestep (AUS) out of Runaway Sparkle (GB) (Green Desert)
30 runs · 10 courses · from Apr 2019
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Aug 2024 — 811 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2024 · 5th of 8 7 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 104
KTB Profile

Real Appeal won seven of 30 starts including the Group 2 Clipper Logistics Boomerang Mile at Leopardstown in Sep 2021. He also landed a Group 3, a Listed race and three handicaps, with all wins on good or quicker ground over trips from under 6f to 1m1f. The gelding, who raced on turf and all-weather, won both starts at Dundalk on standard going. He finished fifth of eight, having been held, at Leopardstown in Aug 2024.

Based on 30 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Aug 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating104↓ 8lb off peak
104 90–112

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 86 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Leopardstown, 8 Aug 2024

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 28 figures · best 129A · median 86.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good14129A97—
Soft587A82—
Good to Soft496A87—
Standard (AW)276A70—
Heavy266C62.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f15129A90—
1m – 1m1f10109C85—
Under 6f396C87—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 28 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 96A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leopardstown, 8 Aug 2024 Official rating 104 at the last run, 8 Aug 2024

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 28 figures · best 108A · median 91
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good14108A95—
Soft593A75—
Good to Soft499A91—
Standard (AW)299B93—
Heavy278B73—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f15108A89—
1m – 1m1f1099B93.5—
Under 6f393A87—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 28 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sidestep (AUS)

Progeny in our archive have won 9% of 654 runs since Jan 2008 (65 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−9—
Good to Firm1100%−90 from 1
Good68710.3%+1.34 from 15
Good to Soft9855.1%−3.91 from 5
Soft123108.1%−0.90 from 5
Heavy681319.1%+10.10 from 2
Standard (AW)285248.4%−0.62 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f27414.8%+5.82 from 5
6f – 7f208157.2%−1.83 from 15
1m – 1m1f178137.3%−1.72 from 10
1m2f – 1m4f10387.8%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m7645.3%−3.7—
2m1f – 2m4f531222.6%+13.6—
2m5f – 3m6233.3%+24.3—
Over 3m3133.3%+24.3—

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
Runaway Sparkle (GB) (Green Desert)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Star Of Mali (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Star Of Mali (IRE)).

Family form: Star Of Mali (IRE) finished 2nd of 12 at Wolverhampton (AW), 19 Oct 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Star Of Mali (IRE)1337fClass 5
Real Encounter (IRE)915f—
Green Sparkle (IRE)40——
Miami Sunny (FR)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 15 4 27% +22.00
Good to Soft 5 1 20% −1.30
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 2 2 100% +8.50
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 15 3 20% +12.00
Curragh 4 0 0% −4.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 2 100% +8.50
Cork 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 1 1 100% +9.00
Chantilly (FR) 1 1 100% +2.70

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 15 3 20% +1.50
1m – 1m1f 10 2 20% +11.00
Under 6f 5 2 40% +8.70

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Shane Foley 14 3 21% +13.00
Ronan Whelan 4 1 25% +2.00
Kevin Manning 4 0 0% −4.00
Antoine Hamelin 3 2 67% +10.70
Ben Coen 2 0 0% −2.00
Chris Hayes 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Caffrey 1 1 100% +3.50
Tom Madden 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 18 5 28% +19.50
None 7 1 14% −3.30
Blinkers 5 1 20% +5.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 5 1 20% +1.00
2023 4 1 25% +0.50
2022 4 0 0% −4.00
2021 5 3 60% +22.00
2020 6 0 0% −6.00
2019 6 2 33% +7.70

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
2024 · 5 runs
08 Aug 24+21d Leopardstown Bahrain Turf Club Desmond Stakes (Group 3) 8f · Good · 8 ran Held up in the pack early - moved into 5th by halfway then pushed along a furlong out - stayed on late but never got competitive finished 5th beaten a length and a half 5/8 hd 9-9 10486A96A Ronan Whelan 100/1
18 Jul 24+35d Leopardstown Meld Stakes (Group 3) 9f · Good · 7 ran 7/7 1¾ 9-9 10599C76C Ronan Whelan 33/1
13 Jun 24+32d Leopardstown BoyleSports Ballycorus Stakes (Group 3) 7f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 6/7 1¾ 9-9 10684A79A Ronan Whelan 6/1
12 May 24+65d Leopardstown Porsche In Support Of Breast Cancer Ireland Amethyst Stakes (Group 3) 8f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 ½ 9-9 10583C94B Ben Coen 11/1
08 Mar 24+225d Dundalk (AW) KE Builders Race 8f · Standard · 6 ran 1/6 9-5 10276A99B Ronan Whelan 5/1
2023 · 4 runs
27 Jul 23+42d Leopardstown Romanised Minstrel Stakes (Group 2) 7f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 4¾ 9-10 10580A65A Shane Foley 40/1
15 Jun 23+39d Leopardstown TRI Equestrian Ballycorus Stakes (Group 3) 7f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 1¼ 9-9 10790A104B Chris Hayes 20/1
07 May 23+107d Leopardstown Amethyst Stakes (Group 3) 8f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran 5/6 6 9-9 10759A78B Ben Coen 40/1
20 Jan 23+132d Dundalk (AW) Story Of Dundalk Stadium Book Available Online Race 7f · Standard · 4 ran 1/4 8-12 10564C87B Adam Caffrey 7/2
2022 · 4 runs
10 Sep 22+55d Leopardstown Clipper Logistics Boomerang Mile (Group 2) 8f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 1¼ 9-10 10782A93A Shane Foley 40/1
17 Jul 22+38d Curragh Romanised Minstrel Stakes (Group 2) 7f · Good · 5 ran 5/5 ¾ 9-10 109105C82B Shane Foley 28/1
09 Jun 22+32d Leopardstown Ballycorus Stakes (group 3) 7f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran 5/5 1½ 10-0 11190C89B Shane Foley 9/2
08 May 22+239d Leopardstown Amethyst Stakes (Group 3) 8f · Good · 6 ran 5/6 ¾ 10-0 11295A89B Shane Foley 5/1
2021 · 5 runs
11 Sep 21+30d Leopardstown Clipper Logistics Boomerang Mile (Group 2) 8f · Good · 14 ran 1/14 9-10 109109C99A Shane Foley 14/1
12 Aug 21+63d Leopardstown Invesco Pension Consultants Desmond Stakes (Group 3) 8f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 3/8 1¼ 9-12 10996A99A Shane Foley 5/1
10 Jun 21+34d Leopardstown Ballycorus Stakes (Group 3) 7f · Good · 10 ran 1/10 9-11 99110A107A Shane Foley 6/1
07 May 21+26d Cork Mallow Handicap 7f · Good · 20 ran 3/20 hd 9-10 98122C108A Shane Foley 5/1
11 Apr 21+194d Leopardstown Leopardstown Members Handicap 7f · Good · 16 ran 1/16 9-4 90109C98A Shane Foley 4/1F
2020 · 6 runs
29 Sep 20+7d Cork Thank You To All The Frontline Workers Handicap 7f · Good · 12 ran 3/12 hd 10-0 92129A98A Shane Foley 9/2J
22 Sep 20+10d Listowel www.listowelraces.ie Handicap 7f · Good · 13 ran 5/13 shd 9-11 9290C91A Shane Foley 4/1F
12 Sep 20+55d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Sovereign Path' Handicap (Premier Handicap) 7f · Good · 18 ran 3/18 ½ 9-1 9285C91A Tom Madden 50/1
19 Jul 20+41d Curragh evoke.ie Handicap (Premier Handicap) 8f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 8/14 nk 9-12 9484C93A Shane Foley 18/1
08 Jun 20+77d Naas Kuroshio At Compas Stallions Committed Stakes (Listed) 5.5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 5/16 1¼ 9-5 9496C93A Kevin Manning 50/1
23 Mar 20+182d Naas Naas Racecourse Business Club Madrid Handicap (Premier Handicap) 7f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 12/14 1 9-7 9566C68C Kevin Manning 16/1
2019 · 6 runs
23 Sep 19+38d Fairyhouse Ballyhane Blenheim Stakes (Listed) 6f · Yielding To Soft · 5 ran 5/5 ½ 9-6 —83C75B Shane Foley 16/1
16 Aug 19+27d Curragh Ryans Cleaning Event Specialist Curragh Stakes (Listed) 5f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 2¼ 9-6 —87A87B Kevin Manning 10/1
20 Jul 19+30d Curragh Jebel Ali Racecourse And Stables Anglesey Stakes (Group 3) 6.5f · Good · 7 ran 7/7 ¾ 9-3 —74A77A Kevin Manning 11/1
20 Jun 19+20d Ascot Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 · 5f · Soft · 14 ran 14/14 1½ 9-1 —56C65A Antoine Hamelin 25/1
31 May 19+37d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix la Fleche () (2yo) (Turf) 5f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 9-2 ——— Antoine Hamelin 9/1
24 Apr 19 Chantilly (FR) Prix du Soleil de Bretagne (Maiden) (Unraced 2yo) (Turf) 5.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 9-2 ——— Antoine Hamelin 27/10F

Quick answers

How many races has Real Appeal won?
Real Appeal (GER) won 7 of 30 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 23.3%. Placed 13 times in total (43.3% of starts).
Who trained Real Appeal?
Real Appeal (GER) was trained by Adrian McGuinness on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 8 August 2024.
Who is Real Appeal's sire?
Real Appeal (GER) is by Sidestep (AUS) out of Runaway Sparkle (GB), whose sire is Green Desert.
What going does Real Appeal prefer?
Real Appeal (GER) has the best record on good going: 4 wins from 15 starts (26.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Real Appeal's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 104, from the run on 8 August 2024. The highest on record is 112.
What is Real Appeal's sire's record?
Sidestep (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9% of 654 runs since Jan 2008 (65 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Real Appeal's siblings?
Out of Runaway Sparkle (GB), Real Appeal (GER) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Star Of Mali (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Star Of Mali (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2019. 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.