Royal Gladiator (IRE)
Royal Gladiator won one of four starts over hurdles. The gelding scored in the Mouse Trap Bar & Bridge House Bar Pre Race Party Maiden Hurdle at Cork in Mar 2026 over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground. All three subsequent runs came over 2m1f – 2m4f or shorter with one placing on soft. He finished 10 of 11 at Fairyhouse in Apr 2026.
- 1–4Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 2 (50%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 46dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 109
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 108B | 97 | 2 · 108 / 97 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 109B | 108 | 3 · 109 / 108 |
Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 2,118 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 100 | 9 | 9% | −2.7 | — |
| Good | 549 | 59 | 10.7% | −1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 373 | 49 | 13.1% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 551 | 73 | 13.2% | +1.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 226 | 31 | 13.7% | +2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 316 | 27 | 8.5% | −3.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 93 | 5 | 5.4% | −6.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 190 | 15 | 7.9% | −3.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 413 | 38 | 9.2% | −2.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 722 | 100 | 13.9% | +2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 546 | 69 | 12.6% | +0.9 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 117 | 14 | 12% | +0.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 30 | 6 | 20% | +8.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Sea Of Doubt (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m2f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Of Doubt (IRE) | 25 | 2 | 2m2f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Donoghue | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Mr J Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Apr 26+17d | Fairyhouse | Paddy Kehoe Suspended Ceilings Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) Sat close to the pace - 4th at halfway - dropped away turning in and could find nothing more | 10/11 | 8 | 11-3 | 86C | 124C | Keith Donoghue | 25/1 |
| 19 Mar 26+81d | Cork | Mouse Trap Bar & Bridge House Bar Pre Race Party Maiden Hurdle Up with the pace early - lost the front from 5th but back sharing it before 7th - not quite clean 5 out - scrubbed at before 3 out and drifted right at the following fence - driven to the front going to the last - stayed on most strongly in the closing stages to win | 1/21 | 11-12 | 108B | 135A | Keith Donoghue | 2/1J | |
| 28 Dec 25+41d | Leopardstown | Savills Maiden Hurdle Handy early - 4th at halfway - dropped to 5th two out - still 4th approaching last and hit that fence - stayed on late but never a factor - finished fourth | 4/15 | ½ | 11-7 | 109B | 132A | Keith Donoghue | 7/1 |
| 17 Nov 25 | Navan | Bar One Racing 'Extra Place Races Daily' (Pro/Am) Flat Race Set the pace early - driven out approaching 2f out then overtaken close home - unable to threaten winner despite kept-on effort | 2/10 | 1¼ | 11-7 | — | 76C | Mr J Dunne | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Royal Gladiator (IRE) won?
- Royal Gladiator (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Royal Gladiator (IRE)?
- Royal Gladiator (IRE) is trained by Ian Patrick Donoghue, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 5 April 2026.
- Who is Royal Gladiator (IRE)'s sire?
- Royal Gladiator (IRE) is by Maxios (GB) out of Alwaysadoubt (IRE), whose sire is Yeats.
- What is Royal Gladiator (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Maxios (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 2,118 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
- Who are Royal Gladiator (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Alwaysadoubt (IRE), Royal Gladiator (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sea Of Doubt (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m2f. As at Oct 2026.