Royal Crusade (GB)
Royal Crusade (GB) is 3 from 11, including a Group 3 win. The biggest win we hold: the Qatar Prix de Ris-Orangis at Deauville (FR) (Jul 2020). Hasn't won since Oct 2021. All 3 wins have come over 6f – 7f.
- 3–11Wins / Runs
- 27.3%Strike rate
- 6 (54.5%)Placed
- −0.57£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.29Fair A/E n=11 · 1.10 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 95dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 114
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 104A | 95 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 114A | 102 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 114A | 90 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,412 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,288. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,981 | 306 | 15.4% | +0.6 | 1 from 6 |
| Good | 2,387 | 335 | 14% | −0.8 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,013 | 124 | 12.2% | −2.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,288 | 151 | 11.7% | −3.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 370 | 45 | 12.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,315 | 564 | 17% | +2.2 | 1 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 583 | 87 | 14.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 4,073 | 593 | 14.6% | −0.2 | 3 from 10 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,985 | 476 | 15.9% | +1.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,074 | 313 | 15.1% | +0.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 475 | 44 | 9.3% | −5.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 180 | 21 | 11.7% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −9.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −14.8 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Royal Fleet (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m; the highest grade won is Listed (Royal Fleet (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Fleet (GB) | 8 | 5 | 7f–1m2f | Listed |
| Noble Order (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Severnaya (IRE) | 3 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 5 |
| First Ascent (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 2m | — |
| Ili Pika (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.17 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Good | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.10 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.17 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket (July) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.10 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 10 | 3 | 30% | +0.43 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 8 | 3 | 38% | +2.43 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Farragher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 2 | 22% | −4.07 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.10 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.17 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 26 Mar 22+171d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap | 4/8 | ¾ | 9-7 | 105 | 90A | 94A | Jack Mitchell | 9/4F |
| 2021 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Oct 21+11d | Kempton (AW) | ebfstallions.com Conditions Stakes | 1/6 | 9-2 | 103 | 114A | 98B | William Buick | 9/2 | |
| 25 Sep 21+28d | Haydock | Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap | 3/10 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 103 | 104A | 99A | Adam Farragher | 6/1 |
| 28 Aug 21+42d | Newmarket (July) | Close Brothers Hopeful Stakes () | 7/9 | 1 | 9-1 | 105 | 86A | 88A | William Buick | 15/2 |
| 17 Jul 21+21d | Newbury | bet365 Hackwood Stakes (Group 3) | 5/7 | ½ | 9-7 | 107 | 101A | 90A | William Buick | 14/1 |
| 26 Jun 21+349d | Newmarket | Close Brothers Criterion Stakes (Group 3) | 7/9 | 4¾ | 9-5 | 109 | 100A | 84A | Adam Kirby | 11/2 |
| 2020 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Jul 20+23d | Deauville (FR) | Qatar Prix de Ris-Orangis (3yo+) (Straight Course) (Turf) | 1/9 | 8-10 | — | — | — | William Buick | 21/10F | |
| 19 Jun 20+259d | Ascot | Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) | 6/16 | hd | 9-0 | 110 | 80C | 96A | William Buick | 12/1 |
| 2019 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Oct 19+20d | Saint-Cloud (FR) | Prix Thomas Bryon Jockey Club de Turquie (2yo) (Turf) | 2/6 | 3½ | 8-13 | — | — | — | William Buick | EvensF |
| 14 Sep 19+22d | Doncaster | Pommery Champagne Stakes (Group 2) | 2/5 | nk | 9-0 | — | 87C | 94B | William Buick | 9/4 |
| 23 Aug 19 | Newmarket | cjmurfitt.com British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 1/9 | 9-0 | — | 90A | 99A | William Buick | 5/6F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Royal Crusade won?
- Royal Crusade (GB) won 3 of 11 archived starts between 2019 and 2022, a strike rate of 27.3%. Placed 6 times in total (54.5% of starts).
- Who trained Royal Crusade?
- Royal Crusade (GB) was trained by Charlie Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 26 March 2022.
- Who is Royal Crusade's sire?
- Royal Crusade (GB) is by Shamardal (USA) out of Zibelina (IRE), whose sire is Dansili.
- What going does Royal Crusade prefer?
- Royal Crusade (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Royal Crusade's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 26 March 2022. The highest on record is 110.
- What is Royal Crusade's sire's record?
- Shamardal (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,412 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,288. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
- Who are Royal Crusade's siblings?
- Out of Zibelina (IRE), Royal Crusade (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Royal Fleet (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Listed (Royal Fleet (GB)). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Oct 2026.