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Horse profile

Royal Castle (IRE)

3yo colt (at last run, Jan 2020) · Last trainer Charlie Appleby · Last owner Godolphin
by Dubawi (IRE) out of Braided (USA) (Elusive Quality)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jan 2020
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Jan 2020 — 2,479 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2020 · 3rd of 7 Beaten favourite LTO
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in Jan 2020, the last of them as a 3yo colt. Finished 3 of 7 at Kempton (AW) last time. By Dubawi (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,980 runs since Apr 2009.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 9 Jan 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 2 figures · best 92A · median 60.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)292A60.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f292A60.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 80A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 22 Jan 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 2 figures · best 80A · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)280A78—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f280A78—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 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

Progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,980 runs since Apr 2009 (1,530 horses).

Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm481122.9%+4.5—
Good to Firm2,32347720.5%+2.1—
Good3,16756417.8%−0.6—
Good to Soft1,74931117.8%−0.6—
Soft1,91632917.2%−1.2—
Heavy59810317.2%−1.2—
Standard (AW)3,17758618.4%00 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f429429.8%−8.6—
6f – 7f3,12858118.6%+0.2—
1m – 1m1f3,87172718.8%+0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f3,83877120.1%+1.70 from 2
1m5f – 2m1,21018915.6%−2.8—
2m1f – 2m4f3344814.4%−4—
2m5f – 3m1381913.8%−4.6—
Over 3m32618.8%+0.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Braided (USA) (Elusive Quality)

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Shining Blue (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Shining Blue (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Shining Blue (IRE)1147f–1mClass 2
French Twist (GB)2011m½fClass 6
Night Purosangue (IRE)311mClass 4

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2020 · 2 runs
22 Jan 20+13d Kempton (AW) 32Red On The App Store Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 3/7 1¼ 9-5 29A80A Adam Kirby 13/8F
09 Jan 20 Chelmsford City (AW) Celebrate Birthdays And Anniversaries At CCR Novice Stakes Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 8 ran 4/8 2½ 9-5 92A76A Shane Kelly 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Royal Castle won?
Royal Castle (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2020.
Who trained Royal Castle?
Royal Castle (IRE) was trained by Charlie Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 22 January 2020.
Who is Royal Castle's sire?
Royal Castle (IRE) is by Dubawi (IRE) out of Braided (USA), whose sire is Elusive Quality.
What is Royal Castle's sire's record?
Dubawi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,980 runs since Apr 2009 (1,530 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
Who are Royal Castle's siblings?
Out of Braided (USA), Royal Castle (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Shining Blue (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Shining Blue (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from January 2020. 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.