Real Quartz (IRE)
Real Quartz is a lightly raced gelding with two wins from two starts between Nov 2025 and Dec 2025, both over 2m1f – 2m4f on turf. He won a Class 4 maiden hurdle at Carlisle on soft ground in Nov 2025 and a Class 3 novices hurdle at Doncaster on good to soft ground the following month, leading in the latter. By Soldier of Fortune, whose progeny have won 11.4% of 5,769 runs since Jan 2008, he is out of a dam who has produced one winner from one runner to date. His last run, at Doncaster in Dec 2025, was a win.
- 2–2Wins / Runs
- 100%Strike rate
- 2 (100%)Placed
- +1.79£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 33dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 65
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 95C | 80 | 2 runs · 95 / 80 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,824 runs since Jan 2008 (679 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +88.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 80 | 16 | 20% | +8.7 | — |
| Good | 1,526 | 188 | 12.3% | +1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,216 | 134 | 11% | −0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,889 | 214 | 11.3% | 0 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 776 | 86 | 11.1% | −0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 336 | 22 | 6.5% | −4.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 71 | 8 | 11.3% | 0 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 249 | 8 | 3.2% | −8.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 493 | 64 | 13% | +1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,572 | 193 | 12.3% | +1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,969 | 202 | 10.3% | −1 | 2 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,229 | 153 | 12.4% | +1.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 238 | 33 | 13.9% | +2.6 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Alan De Banks (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Alan De Banks (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan De Banks (IRE) | 6 | 2 | 2m1f | Class 4 |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 13 Dec 25+33d | Doncaster | bet365 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled at the rear - moved into second approaching 2 out then edged in front before the last - kept going to the finish | 1/4 | 11-3 | 95C | 136C | Tristan Durrell | 13/8J | |
| 10 Nov 25 | Carlisle | Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Saves Lives Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Sat close to the pace - moved up to dispute before 2 out and went clear after it - stayed strong under pressure up the run-in to score | 1/6 | 11-4 | 65A | 118B | Harry Skelton | 1/6F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Real Quartz won?
- Real Quartz (IRE) won 2 of 2 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 100%. Placed 2 times in total (100% of starts).
- Who trains Real Quartz?
- Real Quartz (IRE) is trained by Dan Skelton, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 December 2025.
- Who is Real Quartz's sire?
- Real Quartz (IRE) is by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Miss Elderberry (IRE), whose sire is Yeats.
- What is Real Quartz's sire's record?
- Soldier of Fortune (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,824 runs since Jan 2008 (679 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
- Who are Real Quartz's siblings?
- Out of Miss Elderberry (IRE), Real Quartz (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Alan De Banks (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Alan De Banks (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Oct 2026.