5yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2025)· Last trainer T Ellis· Last owner Will Simpson
by Saint Des Saints (FR) out of Anaqueen (FR) (Martaline)
11 runs · 6 courses · from Mar 2024
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Mar 2025 — 594 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2025 · 2nd of 6Headgear returns LTOLast raced off OR 107
KTB Profile
Royal King is a maiden who won none of 11 starts on turf though he placed three times. He reached a highest official rating of 112 and his best effort came when he led and finished second of six at Fontwell in Mar 2025 in a Class 4 handicap chase off a mark of 107. The gelding, by Saint Des Saints out of an Anaqueen mare, raced on soft going in seven of those starts. His last run, at Fontwell in Mar 2025, saw headgear return.
Based on 11 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 22 Oct 2026
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.
Official rating107↓ 5lb off peak
107107–112
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed128the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Huntingdon, 23 Jan 2025
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 →
Jumps 5 figures · best 128B · median 86
Going
Runs
Best
Median
Since 22 Oct 2025
Soft
3
128B
56
—
Good to Soft
2
98C
92
—
Distance
Runs
Best
Median
Since 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m
3
98C
86
—
2m1f – 2m4f
2
128B
77
—
Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
KTB Rating
Best recent KTB Rating115Bthe best of the last 3 rated runs · Huntingdon, 20 Feb 2025Official rating 107at the last run, 6 Mar 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 →
Jumps 6 figures · best 117A · median 113.5
Going
Runs
Best
Median
Since 22 Oct 2025
Soft
4
115A
111.5
—
Good to Soft
2
117A
116
—
Distance
Runs
Best
Median
Since 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m
4
117A
115
—
2m1f – 2m4f
2
112A
111.5
—
KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 6 analysed runs since Nov 2024
Held up3 (50%)· 0 wins
Led2 (33%)· 0 wins
Prominent1 (17%)· 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Saint Des Saints (FR)
Progeny in our archive have won 15.1% of 5,341 runs since Jan 2008 (642 horses).
Going
Runs
Wins
SR
vs sire
This horse
Firm
1
0
0%
−15.1
—
Good to Firm
35
5
14.3%
−0.8
—
Good
689
98
14.2%
−0.9
—
Good to Soft
649
92
14.2%
−0.9
0 from 2
Soft
2,441
348
14.3%
−0.8
0 from 7
Heavy
1,505
258
17.1%
+2
0 from 2
Standard (AW)
16
2
12.5%
−2.6
—
Distance (all codes)
Runs
Wins
SR
vs sire
This horse
1m – 1m1f
2
0
0%
−15.1
—
1m2f – 1m4f
41
4
9.8%
−5.3
—
1m5f – 2m
999
169
16.9%
+1.8
0 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f
2,780
404
14.5%
−0.6
0 from 6
2m5f – 3m
1,235
191
15.5%
+0.4
0 from 1
Over 3m
284
37
13%
−2.1
—
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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.
BetGoodwin Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 18f · Soft · 6 ranSet the pace early - challenged approaching 3 out then lost the advantage with a slight blunder 2 out - unable to find more up the run-in finishing second
Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 14 ranSet the early pace before yielding it approaching the 2nd - regained command 4 out - driven up front but overtaken before 2 out then slipped to third at the same point - dropped away on the run-in to finish fourth
William Hill Christmas Meeting Up Next Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Soft · 8 ranSettled towards the back - moved into contention by the 5th - closed on the leader approaching the last but unable to threaten - stayed on to finish second
Royal King (FR) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2024 and 2025. Placed 3 times in total (27.3% of starts).
Who trained Royal King (FR)?
Royal King (FR) was trained by T Ellis on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 6 March 2025.
Who is Royal King (FR)'s sire?
Royal King (FR) is by Saint Des Saints (FR) out of Anaqueen (FR), whose sire is Martaline.
What is Royal King (FR)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 6 March 2025. The highest on record is 112.
What is Royal King (FR)'s sire's record?
Saint Des Saints (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.1% of 5,341 runs since Jan 2008 (642 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Royal King (FR)'s siblings?
Out of Anaqueen (FR), Royal King (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Kapking (FR) (1). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Oct 2026.
Royal King (FR)·0–11·SR 0%
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