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Horse profile

Royal Emperor (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2025) · Last trainer R Mike Smith · Last owner Steve Dick
by Fountain Of Youth (IRE) out of Royal Citadel (IRE) (City On A Hill)
5 runs · 3 courses · from Jun 2024
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Jul 2025 — 457 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2025 · 7th of 7 Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Royal Emperor (GB) is a maiden who ran five times on turf between Jun 2024 and Jul 2025 without placing. His best effort came when fourth of five at Musselburgh in Aug 2024. He raced at up to 1m1f on ground ranging from good to firm to soft and last ran off an official rating of 45 at Ayr in Jul 2025.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 5 figures · best 25C · median 19
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good225C22.5—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f425C6—
Under 6f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 49C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Musselburgh, 27 Aug 2024 Official rating 45 at the last run, 28 Jul 2025

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 5 figures · best 53C · median 41
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good249C31—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f453C45—
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 from 3 analysed runs since Aug 2024

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

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 1,074 runs since Jan 2008 (104 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 10.9% from 201. Weakest on soft going: 3.9% from 103. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 11.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.8% from 158.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−7.4—
Good to Firm2012210.9%+3.50 from 1
Good2592710.4%+30 from 2
Good to Soft10876.5%−0.90 from 1
Soft10343.9%−3.50 from 1
Heavy1915.3%−2.1—
Standard (AW)383184.7%−2.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f182147.7%+0.30 from 1
6f – 7f565437.6%+0.2—
1m – 1m1f15863.8%−3.60 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f1231411.4%+4—
1m5f – 2m2514%−3.4—
2m1f – 2m4f9111.1%+3.7—
2m5f – 3m1000%−7.4—
Over 3m200%−7.4—

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

Dam
Royal Citadel (IRE) (City On A Hill)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Royal Regent (GB) (6 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Royal Regent (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Royal Regent (GB)4961m–1m2fClass 4
Royal Duchess (GB)4357fClass 4
Royal Princess (GB)90——

Record by conditions

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

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Musselburgh 2 0 0% −2.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Amie Waugh 2 0 0% −2.00
Rhys Elliott 1 0 0% −1.00
Shay Farmer 1 0 0% −1.00
Paddy Mathers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2025 · 2 runs
28 Jul 25+22d Ayr San Miguel Handicap Class 6 · 5f · Good · 7 ran Sat close to pace early - dropped back 2f out - pushed along then faded inside final furlong - finished seventh 7/7 11 8-9 4520C13C Amie Waugh 125/1
06 Jul 25+313d Ayr Book The Sounds Of Summer Racenight Classified Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Settled off the pace early - pushed along 3f out then dropped away 2f out - finished well beaten in rear 11/11 12 9-6 1019C37C Amie Waugh 125/1
2024 · 3 runs
27 Aug 24+14d Musselburgh Racing TV Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 8f · Good · 5 ran Settled at the back early - lost touch before halfway - well adrift from 2f out - crept up slightly in the closing stages but finished a distant fourth 4/5 36 9-4 —25C49C Rhys Elliott 200/1
13 Aug 24+61d Hamilton Follow Us On X At Hamilton-Park Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 9f · Soft · 7 ran Wide early in 5th - dropped away with 5f left - finished far behind in 7th 7/7 46 9-4 —-26C41C Shay Farmer 250/1
13 Jun 24 Musselburgh Join Racing TV Now Confined Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 10/10 19 10-2 —-7C53C Paddy Mathers 200/1

Quick answers

How many races has Royal Emperor won?
Royal Emperor (GB) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
Who trained Royal Emperor?
Royal Emperor (GB) was trained by R Mike Smith on the most recent run on record, at Ayr on 28 July 2025.
Who is Royal Emperor's sire?
Royal Emperor (GB) is by Fountain Of Youth (IRE) out of Royal Citadel (IRE), whose sire is City On A Hill.
What is Royal Emperor's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 28 July 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Royal Emperor's sire's record?
Fountain Of Youth (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 1,074 runs since Jan 2008 (104 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 10.9% from 201. Weakest on soft going: 3.9% from 103. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 11.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.8% from 158.
Who are Royal Emperor's siblings?
Out of Royal Citadel (IRE), Royal Emperor (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Royal Regent (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Royal Regent (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.