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Horse profile

Royal Admiral (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2022) · Last trainer R K Watson · Last owner Sean F Gallagher
by Royal Applause (GB) out of Royal Visit (IRE) (King's Best)
46 runs · 15 courses · from Jul 2018
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Jul 2022 — 1,587 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2022 3 wins · Laytown (AW), Killarney & Cork
KTB Profile

Royal Admiral won three of 46 starts all in handicaps between May and Sep 2019. Two of those wins came over 1m2f – 1m4f on good ground at Killarney and Cork while the third came at Laytown over 6f – 7f on standard going. The gelding was aged 8 at his last run in Jul 2022 when he contested a maiden hurdle at Bellewstown. He never won again after Sep 2019.

Based on 46 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 26lb off peak
Official rating47↓ 26lb off peak
47 47–73

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Dundalk (AW), 13 Nov 2020

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 41 figures · best 120C · median 88
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good15120C90—
Standard (AW)14112A91.5—
Good to Firm8120A79—
Soft249C30.5—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f29120C92—
1m – 1m1f794C71—
6f – 7f481B64.5—
1m5f – 2m1———
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 46 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (2) · did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 42 figures from 46 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 44C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Navan, 14 May 2022 Official rating 47 at the last flat run, 28 May 2022

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 95C the best of the last 1 rated run · Gowran Park, 20 Jul 2020

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 44 figures · best 95A · median 68.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1686A58—
Standard (AW)1693A76.5—
Good to Firm895A73.5—
Soft263A63—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f3085A68.5—
1m – 1m1f795A65—
6f – 7f693A81—
1m5f – 2m1———
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 46 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 45 figures from 46 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.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Royal Applause (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 3.4% from 323.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm189189.5%+0.9—
Good to Firm2,6082188.4%−0.20 from 8
Good2,65527310.3%+1.72 from 18
Good to Soft1,2331169.4%+0.80 from 1
Soft1,225917.4%−1.20 from 2
Heavy323113.4%−5.20 from 1
Standard (AW)4,2013378%−0.61 from 16
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,4841399.4%+0.8—
6f – 7f5,4364748.7%+0.11 from 6
1m – 1m1f2,5182118.4%−0.20 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f1,6181418.7%+0.12 from 30
1m5f – 2m728547.4%−1.20 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f420307.1%−1.50 from 1
2m5f – 3m193136.7%−1.9—
Over 3m3725.4%−3.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Royal Visit (IRE) (King's Best)

6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them On A May Day (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (On A May Day (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
On A May Day (IRE)1227fClass 5
Portugueseprincess (IRE)1616fClass 6
Hanati (IRE)1615fClass 5
Royal Razzmatazz (IRE)40——
Black Fury (IRE)40——
Royal Ashirah (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 18 2 11% −8.50
Standard (AW) 16 1 6% +1.00
Good to Firm 8 0 0% −8.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 14 0 0% −14.00
Leopardstown 5 0 0% −5.00
Bellewstown 4 0 0% −4.00
Navan 4 0 0% −4.00
Gowran Park 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 2 1 50% +2.00
Galway 2 0 0% −2.00
Laytown (AW) 2 1 50% +15.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 1 100% +4.50
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 30 2 7% −20.50
1m – 1m1f 7 0 0% −7.00
6f – 7f 6 1 17% +11.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Colin Keane 8 0 0% −8.00
Stephen Mooney 6 0 0% −6.00
Ronan Whelan 5 1 20% −1.00
Gavin Ryan 4 0 0% −4.00
Tom Madden 4 1 25% +1.50
Sorcha Woods 3 0 0% −3.00
Cian MacRedmond 2 0 0% −2.00
Daire Davis 2 0 0% −2.00
Charlie O'Dwyer 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Caffrey 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Ewing 1 0 0% −1.00
L P Dempsey 1 0 0% −1.00
Leigh Roche 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr M J O'Hare 1 1 100% +16.00
Ben Coen 1 0 0% −1.00
Ger O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J J Codd 1 0 0% −1.00
Robbie Downey 1 0 0% −1.00
Oisin Orr 1 0 0% −1.00
Thomas Sherry 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Visor 18 2 11% −8.50
None 13 1 8% +4.00
Tongue tie + visor 6 0 0% −6.00
Blinkers 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 4 0 0% −4.00
2021 2 0 0% −2.00
2020 14 0 0% −14.00
2019 17 3 18% +9.50
2018 9 0 0% −9.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 44 3 7% −17.50
Hurdle 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 4 runs
02 Jul 22+35d Bellewstown Bar One Racing Bet On Mobile Maiden Hurdle 2m1f · Good · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-5 ——— Charlie O'Dwyer 150/1
28 May 22+14d Navan Boyne Valley Family Raceday July 9th Handicap (47-65) 1m2f · Good · 22 ran 18/22 ½ 8-5 47104C39C Sorcha Woods 80/1
14 May 22+37d Navan Troytown Bar Handicap (47-65) 1m5f · Good · 20 ran 19/20 6 8-5 4787C44C Sorcha Woods 66/1
07 Apr 22+216d Gowran Park Thanks To All Our Sponsors Handicap (47-65) 1m1½f · Good · 13 ran 13/13 5½ 8-5 4742C37C Sorcha Woods 22/1
2021 · 2 runs
03 Sep 21+63d Down Royal Johnston Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 1m4½f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 nk 8-13 5385C45C Cian MacRedmond 28/1
02 Jul 21+196d Bellewstown Prizm Financial Partners, Ardee Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m4f · Good · 9 ran 9/9 1 9-3 5690C52C Adam Caffrey 16/1
2020 · 14 runs
18 Dec 20+23d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Racing Returns Friday 8th January 2021 Handicap (45-65) 1m2½f · Standard · 13 ran 5/13 1¼ 9-9 6564B70A Cian MacRedmond 18/1
25 Nov 20+12d Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Claiming Race 1m4f · Standard · 14 ran 2/14 hd 9-1 6591B72A Gavin Ryan 9/2
13 Nov 20+4d Dundalk (AW) Follow BetVictor Racing On Twitter Handicap (45-65) 1m4f · Standard · 14 ran 6/14 1¼ 9-9 6592B76A Sam Ewing 4/1
09 Nov 20+5d Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Claiming Race 1m2½f · Standard · 14 ran 2/14 nk 9-10 6090B77A Gavin Ryan 6/1
04 Nov 20+12d Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m2½f · Standard · 14 ran 9/14 1 9-9 6180B64A Gavin Ryan 4/1
23 Oct 20+37d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk Handicap (45-70) 1m2½f · Standard · 14 ran 6/14 shd 9-6 63102B69A Gavin Ryan 11/1
16 Sep 20+8d Cork Racing Again September 29th Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m4f · Good · 14 ran 9/14 3¾ 9-11 60100C59A Colin Keane 11/1
08 Sep 20+36d Galway James P. Cunningham Electrical Handicap (50-75) 1m½f · Heavy · 12 ran 12/12 1¾ 9-2 6144C51C Ronan Whelan 16/1
03 Aug 20+11d Naas Naas Racecourse Apprentice Handicap 1m2f · Yielding · 16 ran 10/16 1¼ 9-3 6649C63A Stephen Mooney 50/1
23 Jul 20+3d Leopardstown TRM Hoofmaker Apprentice Handicap (50-80) 1m4f · Good · 17 ran 14/17 4½ 9-1 6994C55C Stephen Mooney 100/1
20 Jul 20+9d Gowran Park Goffs Supporting Irish Racing Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 2m · Good · 15 ran 11/15 8½ 12-0 —58C95C L P Dempsey 40/1
11 Jul 20+23d Leopardstown Leopardstown Handicap (45-75) (Div 1) 1m4f · Good · 16 ran 9/16 2¾ 9-5 7167C62A Stephen Mooney 66/1
18 Jun 20+8d Fairyhouse Thanks To All Our Frontline Workers From Fairyhouse Handicap (50-75) 1m4f · Good · 15 ran 12/15 1 10-1 73120C66A Colin Keane 14/1
10 Jun 20+187d Navan Proudstown Handicap 1m · Good To Firm · 18 ran 13/18 ¾ 9-9 7371C65A Leigh Roche 40/1
2019 · 17 runs
06 Dec 19+14d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Jockey & Trainer Awards Handicap 1m2½f · Standard · 14 ran 12/14 ½ 9-8 7399B70A Tom Madden 16/1
22 Nov 19+28d Dundalk (AW) Lengthen The Odds With BetVictor Handicap (45-75) 1m2½f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 nse 9-12 7292B83A Ronan Whelan 16/1
25 Oct 19+14d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Handicap (45-75) (Div 1) 1m2½f · Standard · 14 ran 5/14 nk 9-11 72108B81A Colin Keane 13/2
11 Oct 19+30d Dundalk (AW) Lengthen The Odds With BetVictor Apprentice Handicap 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 1 9-3 7278A68A Stephen Mooney 25/1
11 Sep 19+14d Laytown (AW) O'Neills Sports (Q.R.) Handicap (50-80) 7f · Standard · 10 ran 1/10 11-1 66—93A Mr M J O'Hare 16/1
28 Aug 19+13d Bellewstown BetVictor Handicap (45-70) 1m4f · Good · 14 ran 12/14 1¼ 9-6 6867C57C Stephen Mooney 16/1
15 Aug 19+14d Leopardstown Grant Thornton Apprentice Handicap 1m2f · Good · 19 ran 11/19 ½ 8-12 68105C66A Stephen Mooney 25/1
01 Aug 19+15d Galway Open Gate Pure Brew Handicap (55-70) 1m4f · Good · 17 ran 15/17 nk 9-9 68—54C Tom Madden 14/1
17 Jul 19+4d Killarney Dorothy Henggeler Memorial Handicap (45-65) 1m3f · Good · 14 ran 1/14 9-10 6475C82A Tom Madden 9/2
13 Jul 19+6d Navan Come Racing September 7th Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m2f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 3/19 1¾ 9-9 64117C82A Ben Coen 8/1
07 Jul 19+15d Limerick Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter Handicap (45-65) 1m4½f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 hd 9-13 64109A79A Colin Keane 14/1
22 Jun 19+23d Down Royal Sean Graham Bookmakers Handicap (45-70) 1m2½f · Yielding · 14 ran 12/14 3¾ 9-9 6512C63C Tom Madden 7/1
30 May 19+8d Fairyhouse Next Meeting At Fairyhouse June 14th Apprentice Handicap (45-65) 1m2f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 2/12 ½ 9-13 66120A85A Ger O'Neill 3/1
22 May 19+5d Cork Social Package Handicap (45-65) 1m2f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 9-11 6197A82A Ronan Whelan 3/1
17 May 19+14d Leopardstown ICON Apprentice Handicap (45-70) 1m4f · Good To Yielding · 21 ran 13/21 nk 9-0 6179C61A Daire Davis 10/1
03 May 19+56d Dundalk (AW) AV Direct Apprentice Handicap (45-65) 1m4f · Standard · 12 ran 2/12 ½ 9-7 6094A80A Daire Davis 7/2J
08 Mar 19+134d Dundalk (AW) Coral 100k Cash Cheltenham Smart Money Series Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m2½f · Standard · 12 ran 3/12 ¾ 9-9 60112A82A Colin Keane 3/1
2018 · 9 runs
25 Oct 18+20d Thurles Moyne Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 1m · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4/13 1¼ 9-11 6287C89A Colin Keane 4/1F
05 Oct 18+14d Dundalk (AW) Brexit Auctions Claiming Maiden 7f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 2½ 9-4 6181B76A Ronan Whelan 9/2
21 Sep 18+15d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Claiming Maiden 1m · Standard · 13 ran 2/13 1¼ 9-8 6188B80A Ronan Whelan 2/1
06 Sep 18+22d Laytown (AW) Hibernia Steel (Q.R.) Race 7f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 hd 11-7 61—90A Mr J J Codd 11/4
15 Aug 18+5d Gowran Park Golf Membership At Gowran Park For 2019 Apprentice Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 1m1½f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 3/16 nk 9-10 6094C95A Robbie Downey 5/2F
10 Aug 18+22d Tipperary TipperaryRaces Handicap (45-65) 7½f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 ¾ 9-11 6071C86A Colin Keane 9/2F
19 Jul 18+11d Leopardstown 'Paul Young' Maiden 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5/8 1½ 9-12 —58A64A Colin Keane 33/1
08 Jul 18+4d Fairyhouse Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Maiden 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 5/10 2½ 9-3 —56A59A Oisin Orr 40/1
04 Jul 18 Bellewstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden 1m · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5/8 ½ 9-6 —57A49A Thomas Sherry 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Royal Admiral won?
Royal Admiral (IRE) won 3 of 46 archived starts between 2018 and 2022, a strike rate of 6.5%. Placed 15 times in total (32.6% of starts).
Who trained Royal Admiral?
Royal Admiral (IRE) was trained by R K Watson on the most recent run on record, at Bellewstown on 2 July 2022.
Who is Royal Admiral's sire?
Royal Admiral (IRE) is by Royal Applause (GB) out of Royal Visit (IRE), whose sire is King's Best.
What going does Royal Admiral prefer?
Royal Admiral (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 18 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Royal Admiral's official rating?
Royal Admiral (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 73.
What is Royal Admiral's sire's record?
Royal Applause (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
Who are Royal Admiral's siblings?
Out of Royal Visit (IRE), Royal Admiral (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: On A May Day (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (On A May Day (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2018. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.