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Horse profile

Royal Astronomer (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2020) · Last trainer Hughie Morrison · Last owner M A Mrs J E Richards
by Telescope (IRE) out of Regal Fairy (IRE) (Desert King)
7 runs · 4 courses · from Nov 2019
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Oct 2020 — 2,214 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2020 · 11th of 12 Last raced off OR 64
KTB Profile

Royal Astronomer (GB) is yet to win from 7 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 12 at Wolverhampton (AW) (Dec 2019). Last raced off 64, 12lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 84 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 16 Dec 2019

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 7 figures · best 100C · median 71
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)6100C74—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f484A69—
1m2f – 1m4f271C65—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 59C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 19 Sep 2020 Official rating 64 at the last run, 5 Oct 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 7 figures · best 71A · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)671A55.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f471A54.5—
1m2f – 1m4f253C49—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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

Progeny in our archive have won 8.4% of 1,900 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 1.9% from 104. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.2% from 281.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−8.4—
Good to Firm57915.8%+7.4—
Good704699.8%+1.4—
Good to Soft474326.8%−1.60 from 1
Soft413327.7%−0.7—
Heavy1471510.2%+1.8—
Standard (AW)10421.9%−6.50 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−8.4—
6f – 7f2514%−4.4—
1m – 1m1f6634.5%−3.90 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f1251310.4%+20 from 2
1m5f – 2m726506.9%−1.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f593488.1%−0.3—
2m5f – 3m2813713.2%+4.8—
Over 3m8378.4%0—

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
Regal Fairy (IRE) (Desert King)

7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Regal Monarch (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m–2m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Regal Monarch (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Regal Monarch (GB)1141m4f–1m5fClass 3
Miss Cato (GB)741m–1m1fClass 5
Fairy Alisha (GB)2412mClass 5
Flower Of Gower (GB)20——
Mountain Ruler (GB)20——
Dirty Randy (IRE)80——
Desert Fairy (GB)270——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Richard Kingscote 2 0 0% −2.00
Dane O'Neill 1 0 0% −1.00
Cieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrea Atzeni 1 0 0% −1.00
P J McDonald 1 0 0% −1.00
Gerald Mosse 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 4 0 0% −4.00
2019 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2020 · 4 runs
05 Oct 20+16d Wolverhampton (AW) Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 11/12 1¼ 9-7 6471C53C Dane O'Neill 14/1
19 Sep 20+103d Wolverhampton (AW) Download The At The Races App Handicap Class 5 · 16.5f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 ½ 9-5 69100C59C Cieren Fallon 22/1
08 Jun 20+103d Haydock Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap Class 5 · 11.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10/10 12 9-5 7259C45C Richard Kingscote 14/1
26 Feb 20+72d Southwell (AW) Bombardier Golden Beer Novice Median Auction Stakes Class 4 · 8f · Standard · 4 ran 4/4 5 8-9 7660C47B Andrea Atzeni 11/4
2019 · 3 runs
16 Dec 19+11d Wolverhampton (AW) Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost EBF Novice Median Auction Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 9.5f · Standard · 12 ran 2/12 1¼ 9-2 —84A71A P J McDonald 16/1
05 Dec 19+15d Kempton (AW) Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 7/12 2¾ 9-5 —77A58A Richard Kingscote 20/1
20 Nov 19 Kempton (AW) 100% Profit Boost At 32RedSport.com Novice Median Auction Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran 11/14 shd 9-3 —61B51A Gerald Mosse 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Royal Astronomer won?
Royal Astronomer (GB) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2019 and 2020. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained Royal Astronomer?
Royal Astronomer (GB) was trained by Hughie Morrison on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 5 October 2020.
Who is Royal Astronomer's sire?
Royal Astronomer (GB) is by Telescope (IRE) out of Regal Fairy (IRE), whose sire is Desert King.
What is Royal Astronomer's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 5 October 2020. The highest on record is 76.
What is Royal Astronomer's sire's record?
Telescope (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.4% of 1,900 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 1.9% from 104. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.2% from 281.
Who are Royal Astronomer's siblings?
Out of Regal Fairy (IRE), Royal Astronomer (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Regal Monarch (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Regal Monarch (GB)). The wins came over 1m–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 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.