Romantic Rival (IRE)
Romantic Rival (IRE) is 1 from 9, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Jun 2022. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 6 on turf. Last raced off a career-high mark of 100.
- 1–9Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 6 (66.7%)Placed
- +20.00£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.17Fair A/E n=9 · 0.99 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 71dAvg 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 106
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 2 | 88A | 67 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 97A | 89 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 97A | 84.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 106A | 89.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 14.8% of 10,411 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,287. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,981 | 306 | 15.4% | +0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 2,387 | 335 | 14% | −0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,013 | 124 | 12.2% | −2.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,287 | 151 | 11.7% | −3.1 | — |
| Heavy | 370 | 45 | 12.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,315 | 564 | 17% | +2.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 583 | 87 | 14.9% | +0.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,073 | 593 | 14.6% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,985 | 476 | 15.9% | +1.1 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,073 | 313 | 15.1% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 475 | 44 | 9.3% | −5.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 180 | 21 | 11.7% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −9.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −14.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Magical Trail (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Magical Trail (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magical Trail (GB) | 6 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 4 |
| Moon Royale (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +26.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +28.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +27.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 1 | 17% | +23.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickael Barzalona | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 2 | 1 | 50% | +27.00 |
| Martin Harley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kevin Stott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 1 | 13% | +21.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +23.00 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 Romantic Rival (IRE) won?
- Romantic Rival (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 6 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trained Romantic Rival (IRE)?
- Romantic Rival (IRE) was trained by George Boughey on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 1 October 2022.
- Who is Romantic Rival (IRE)'s sire?
- Romantic Rival (IRE) is by Shamardal (USA) out of Sense Of Fun (USA), whose sire is Distorted Humor.
- What going does Romantic Rival (IRE) prefer?
- Romantic Rival (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Romantic Rival (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 1 October 2022. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Romantic Rival (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Shamardal (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,411 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,287. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
- Who are Romantic Rival (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Sense Of Fun (USA), Romantic Rival (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Magical Trail (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Magical Trail (GB)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.