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Horse profile

Royal Ballet Blue (IRE)

3yo colt · Trainer Jack Foley · Owner Donnchadh Doyle
by Elzaam (AUS) out of Ardwinna (IRE) (Battle Of Marengo)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Aug 2026
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 21 Oct 2026 · 6th of 12 Last raced off OR 75
KTB Profile

Royal Ballet Blue is a colt by Elzaam out of Ardwinna who has yet to win from four starts on turf. He has raced three times over 1m2f to 1m4f and once over 1m5f to 2m, with two runs on soft ground. His last run came at Navan in Oct 2026 when he finished 6 of 12 in the WTW Willis Towers Watson Maiden, having been held. He last raced off an official rating of 75, which is also his highest ever mark.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Aug 2026 · updated 8 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 82 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Curragh (IRE), 22 Aug 2026

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 4 figures · best 86C · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft280C53.52 runs · 80 / 53.5
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f386C823 runs · 86 / 82
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 29 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 56C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Roscommon (IRE), 12 Oct 2026 Official rating 75 at the last run, 21 Oct 2026

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 4 figures · best 76A · median 55.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft256C55.52 runs · 56 / 55.5
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f376A563 runs · 76 / 56
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 29 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 from 3 analysed runs since Aug 2026

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Elzaam (AUS)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,531 runs since Apr 2016 (374 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.2% from 328.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%+0.8—
Good to Firm4645411.6%+2.4—
Good1,115867.7%−1.50 from 1
Good to Soft4654810.3%+1.10 from 1
Soft873758.6%−0.60 from 2
Heavy291258.6%−0.6—
Standard (AW)1,3131309.9%+0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4084711.5%+2.3—
6f – 7f1,7731659.3%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f1,120998.8%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f7037510.7%+1.50 from 3
1m5f – 2m328175.2%−40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f153159.8%+0.6—
2m5f – 3m3900%−9.2—
Over 3m7114.3%+5.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Ardwinna (IRE) (Battle Of Marengo)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
De La Hoya (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh (IRE) 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ben Coen 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke McAteer 1 0 0% −1.00
Julian Pietropaolo 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Caffrey 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

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
2026 · 4 runs
21 Oct 26+9d Navan (IRE) WTW Willis Towers Watson Maiden 1m6f · Yielding · 12 ran Among the backmarkers until the home turn - urged for effort early in the straight then under hands and heels and stayed on at the same speed from over 1f out - snatched 6th near the line 6/12 ½ 9-8 7580C55C Ben Coen 33/1
12 Oct 26+16d Roscommon (IRE) Boyle Maiden 1m2½f · Soft · 11 ran Raced keenly early - up with the front pair and 3rd before halfway - dropped back before the straight - faded tamely - well beaten in 11th 11/11 12 9-8 —27C56C Luke McAteer 50/1
26 Sep 26+35d Curragh (IRE) Grá Chocolates Maiden 1m2f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran Held up towards the back - moved up into 10th approaching 4f out then angled right and made ground inside the final furlong - finished without further improvement to end ninth 9/18 1 9-1 —86C53C Julian Pietropaolo 18/1
22 Aug 26 Curragh (IRE) Moloney's Bar And Music Venue Maiden 1m2f · Good · 12 ran Settled midpack early - 7th at halfway then pushed along in 6th with 3f left - unable to close 2f out - stayed on same gait to finish sixth 6/12 4 9-8 —82A76A Adam Caffrey 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Royal Ballet Blue won?
Royal Ballet Blue (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2026.
Who trains Royal Ballet Blue?
Royal Ballet Blue (IRE) is trained by Jack Foley, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 21 October 2026.
Who is Royal Ballet Blue's sire?
Royal Ballet Blue (IRE) is by Elzaam (AUS) out of Ardwinna (IRE), whose sire is Battle Of Marengo.
What is Royal Ballet Blue's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 21 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Royal Ballet Blue's sire's record?
Elzaam (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,531 runs since Apr 2016 (374 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.2% from 328.
Who are Royal Ballet Blue's siblings?
Out of Ardwinna (IRE), Royal Ballet Blue (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2026. 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.