Royal Juniper (IRE)
Royal Juniper won the Wexford Welcomes Racing TV Members Handicap Chase over 1m5f – 2m on soft ground in Aug 2023 off an official rating of 89. The gelding, who raced 14 times on turf, has one win and two places from his career. He last ran in Oct 2024 when finishing 4 of 10 in the Budges Farm Handicap Chase at Exeter, a Class 5 race, having raced prominently off an official rating of 88. He reached a highest ever mark of 94.
- 1–14Wins / Runs
- 7.1%Strike rate
- 2 (14.3%)Placed
- −4.50£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.58Fair A/E n=14 · 1.32 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 53dAvg 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 110
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 70A | 31 | — |
| Good | 2 | 110B | 102 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 43C | 40.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 110B | 68.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 70A | 38 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 72C | 50.5 | — |
Of 14 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 14 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 11.5% of 7,349 runs since Jan 2008 (605 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | −2.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 350 | 42 | 12% | +0.5 | — |
| Good | 2,234 | 273 | 12.2% | +0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,431 | 193 | 13.5% | +2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 2,005 | 215 | 10.7% | −0.8 | 1 from 7 |
| Heavy | 761 | 66 | 8.7% | −2.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 546 | 57 | 10.4% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 76 | 6 | 7.9% | −3.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 360 | 36 | 10% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 411 | 45 | 10.9% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 584 | 60 | 10.3% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,178 | 251 | 11.5% | 0 | 1 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,195 | 264 | 12% | +0.5 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,282 | 158 | 12.3% | +0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 263 | 28 | 10.6% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them If Not For Dylan (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 2m3½f–3m6½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (If Not For Dylan (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If Not For Dylan (IRE) | 36 | 6 | 2m3½f–3m6½f | Class 3 |
| Pointed Spear (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Byron Green (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.50 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fontwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.50 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul O'Brien | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Miss M O'Sullivan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Peter Carberry | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.50 |
| Lorcan Murtagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Charlie Price | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Denis O'Regan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Finian Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 13 | 1 | 8% | −3.50 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.50 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 11 | 1 | 9% | −1.50 |
| Hurdle | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 24+16d | Exeter | Budges Farm Handicap Chase Handy early with a brief squeeze for space at the 4th - still up with the pace 3 out - pressed for effort and lost touch approaching the last - dropped away over the closing stages to finish 4th | 4/10 | 3 | 10-11 | 88 | 94A | 99B | Paul O'Brien | 40/1 |
| 24 Sep 24+121d | Fontwell | AK Bets Best Price Premier League Handicap Chase Settled in the pack early - pushed along and slipped towards the back before 3 out - lost touch approaching the last - finished seventh | 7/8 | 26 | 10-9 | 88 | 43C | 74C | Lorcan Murtagh | 20/1 |
| 26 May 24+45d | Fontwell | Download The Star Sports App Handicap Chase | 2/6 | 2½ | 10-12 | 88 | 110B | 98B | Charlie Price | 33/1 |
| 11 Apr 24+48d | Taunton | Summerfield Developments Handicap Hurdle | 11/12 | 8 | 11-4 | 88 | 33C | 82C | Paul O'Brien | 33/1 |
| 23 Feb 24+105d | Exeter | Don't Retire Without My Pension Expert Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/8 | 15 | 11-2 | 88 | — | 86C | Paul O'Brien | 100/1 |
| 10 Nov 23+77d | Exeter | Extra Places Every Day At Betway Handicap Hurdle | 13/16 | 17 | 11-11 | 94 | 38C | 92C | Paul O'Brien | 100/1 |
| 25 Aug 23+14d | Killarney | Laurels Pub & Restaurant Handicap Chase (0-109) | PU/10 | — | 10-13 | 94 | — | — | Peter Carberry | 6/1 |
| 11 Aug 23+21d | Wexford | Wexford Welcomes Racing TV Members Handicap Chase | 1/10 | 10-1 | 89 | 70A | 104A | Peter Carberry | 17/2 | |
| 21 Jul 23+84d | Kilbeggan | Summer Saturday Festival August 12th Handicap Chase (0-95) | 4/14 | 1¼ | 11-8 | 89 | 19B | 108A | Denis O'Regan | 12/1 |
| 28 Apr 23+46d | Punchestown | Stanley Asphalt Hunters Chase For The Bishopscourt Cup | 7/12 | 3¾ | 11-11 | — | 29C | 85C | Mr Derek O'Connor | 17/2 |
| 13 Mar 23+55d | Thurles | Racing Again March 18th Maiden Hunters Chase | PU/10 | — | 11-9 | — | — | — | Miss M O'Sullivan | 12/1 |
| 17 Jan 23+21d | Clonmel | Rathronan Maiden Hunters Chase | PU/12 | — | 11-9 | — | — | — | Miss M O'Sullivan | 66/1 |
| 27 Dec 22+42d | Limerick | Earl Of Harrington Memorial Maiden Hunters Chase | 7/13 | 1 | 11-9 | — | 72C | 94C | Miss M O'Sullivan | 25/1 |
| 15 Nov 22 | Fairyhouse | INHSC Supporting Point-To-Points Hunters Chase | 5/6 | 2¼ | 11-4 | — | — | 103C | Mr Finian Maguire | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Royal Juniper (IRE) won?
- Royal Juniper (IRE) won 1 of 14 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 7.1%. Placed 2 times in total (14.3% of starts).
- Who trained Royal Juniper (IRE)?
- Royal Juniper (IRE) was trained by Helen Nelmes on the most recent run on record, at Exeter on 10 October 2024.
- Who is Royal Juniper (IRE)'s sire?
- Royal Juniper (IRE) is by Doyen (IRE) out of Exit Stage Left (IRE), whose sire is Exit To Nowhere.
- What going does Royal Juniper (IRE) prefer?
- Royal Juniper (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Royal Juniper (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 10 October 2024. The highest on record is 94.
- What is Royal Juniper (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Doyen (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,349 runs since Jan 2008 (605 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Royal Juniper (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Exit Stage Left (IRE), Royal Juniper (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: If Not For Dylan (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 3 (If Not For Dylan (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3½f–3m6½f. As at Oct 2026.