Royal Defender (IRE)
Royal Defender is a gelding who was yet to win from seven starts on turf though he placed once. His best effort came when third of eight at Lingfield in Nov 2023. He ran off a mark of 105 at Southwell in Apr 2024 in a Class 5 handicap hurdle. By Soldier of Fortune out of a King’s Theatre mare, he raced on good to soft, soft and heavy ground during his career.
- 0–7Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (14.3%)Placed
- −7.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=7 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 105Highest OR
- 91dAvg 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 95
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 69C | 65.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 95A | 94.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 95A | 94 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 7 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 7 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 11.3% of 5,841 runs since Jan 2008 (682 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +88.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 80 | 16 | 20% | +8.7 | — |
| Good | 1,531 | 188 | 12.3% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,220 | 135 | 11.1% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,896 | 214 | 11.3% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 777 | 86 | 11.1% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 336 | 22 | 6.5% | −4.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 71 | 8 | 11.3% | 0 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 249 | 8 | 3.2% | −8.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 493 | 64 | 13% | +1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,574 | 193 | 12.3% | +1 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,978 | 202 | 10.2% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,234 | 154 | 12.5% | +1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 239 | 33 | 13.8% | +2.5 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them My Girl Katie (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (My Girl Katie (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Girl Katie (IRE) | 31 | 5 | 3m2f–3m3½f | Class 5 |
| Smile John Boy (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 2m | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Tudor | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| David Noonan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Scudamore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fergus Gillard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Apr 24+29d | Southwell | Get Emma's Offers At PlanetSportBet Handicap Hurdle | PU/13 | — | 12-0 | 105 | — | — | Jack Tudor | 20/1 |
| 25 Mar 24+101d | Exeter | Dr Hennis 1833 Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | PU/7 | — | 11-6 | 105 | — | — | Jack Tudor | 17/2 |
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Dec 23+24d | Cheltenham | British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 10/11 | 5½ | 11-0 | — | 69C | 106C | David Noonan | 200/1 |
| 21 Nov 23+17d | Lingfield | Favourite From The Sun Now Daily Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/8 | 3¼ | 11-0 | — | 94A | 126A | Jack Tudor | 9/1 |
| 04 Nov 23+274d | Ascot | GL Events Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 9/12 | 1¾ | 11-0 | — | 62C | 107C | Jack Tudor | 40/1 |
| 03 Feb 23+101d | Chepstow | Cazoo Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | BD/14 | — | 11-2 | — | — | — | Tom Scudamore | 5/2J |
| 2022 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 25 Oct 22 | Chepstow | Go Racing With Vickers.Bet NH Flat Race (Conditionals And Amateurs) (GBB Race) | 5/12 | 3½ | 10-10 | — | 95A | 117A | Fergus Gillard | 3/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Royal Defender won?
- Royal Defender (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2022 and 2024. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
- Who trained Royal Defender?
- Royal Defender (IRE) was trained by David Pipe on the most recent run on record, at Southwell on 23 April 2024.
- Who is Royal Defender's sire?
- Royal Defender (IRE) is by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Kings Sister (IRE), whose sire is King's Theatre.
- What is Royal Defender's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 23 April 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Royal Defender's sire's record?
- Soldier of Fortune (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,841 runs since Jan 2008 (682 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
- Who are Royal Defender's siblings?
- Out of Kings Sister (IRE), Royal Defender (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: My Girl Katie (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 5 (My Girl Katie (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m3½f. As at Oct 2026.