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Horse profile

Royal Band (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2009) · Last trainer Linda Blackford · Last owner Ray Burrow
by Bandmaster (USA) out of Ellsapoppin (GB) (Royal Vulcan)
2 runs · 1 course · from Jun 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Jul 2009 — 6,318 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2009
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Jun 2009 and Jul 2009, the last of them as a 6yo gelding. By Bandmaster (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 5.5% of 274 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

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 →

Of 2 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 2 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
Bandmaster (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 5.5% of 274 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−5.5—
Good to Firm3800%−5.5—
Good7234.2%−1.30 from 2
Good to Soft47714.9%+9.4—
Soft5535.5%0—
Heavy3425.9%+0.4—
Standard (AW)2500%−5.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f900%−5.5—
6f – 7f800%−5.5—
1m – 1m1f2713.7%−1.8—
1m2f – 1m4f1900%−5.5—
1m5f – 2m4536.7%+1.2—
2m1f – 2m4f5447.4%+1.9—
2m5f – 3m9066.7%+1.20 from 2
Over 3m2214.5%−1—

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
Ellsapoppin (GB) (Royal Vulcan)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2009 · 2 runs
19 Jul 09+26d Newton Abbot Black Tor Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5½f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 10-9 — John Kington 150/1
23 Jun 09 Newton Abbot 4 Front Recruitment Ltd Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m5½f · Good · 14 ran F/14 — 10-9 — John Kington 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Royal Band won?
Royal Band (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2009.
Who trained Royal Band?
Royal Band (GB) was trained by Linda Blackford on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 19 July 2009.
Who is Royal Band's sire?
Royal Band (GB) is by Bandmaster (USA) out of Ellsapoppin (GB), whose sire is Royal Vulcan.
What is Royal Band's sire's record?
Bandmaster (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 5.5% of 274 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from June 2009. 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.