Royal Optimist (IRE)
Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in May 2019 as a 2yo gelding. Finished 7 of 7 at Salisbury last time. By Acclamation (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
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- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 44
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 10% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008 (1,326 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 151 | 23 | 15.2% | +5.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,917 | 446 | 11.4% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 4,409 | 400 | 9.1% | −0.9 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,951 | 214 | 11% | +1 | — |
| Soft | 2,131 | 184 | 8.6% | −1.4 | — |
| Heavy | 562 | 46 | 8.2% | −1.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 6,563 | 663 | 10.1% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3,758 | 409 | 10.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 10,495 | 1,078 | 10.3% | +0.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,506 | 331 | 9.4% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,209 | 106 | 8.8% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 481 | 37 | 7.7% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 194 | 13 | 6.7% | −3.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | −5.2 | — |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Take Me To Church (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–7f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take Me To Church (IRE) | 8 | 3 | 6f–7f | — |
| Dazzerling (IRE) | 23 | 0 | — | — |
| Bamby Splishsplash (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Picture This (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 19 | Salisbury | George Smith Horseboxes British EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 7/7 | 2¼ | 9-5 | 44B | 20A | Liam Keniry | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Royal Optimist (IRE) won?
- Royal Optimist (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2019.
- Who trained Royal Optimist (IRE)?
- Royal Optimist (IRE) was trained by David Evans on the most recent run on record, at Salisbury on 25 May 2019.
- Who is Royal Optimist (IRE)'s sire?
- Royal Optimist (IRE) is by Acclamation (GB) out of Chances Are (IRE), whose sire is Dandy Man.
- What is Royal Optimist (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Acclamation (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008 (1,326 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
- Who are Royal Optimist (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Chances Are (IRE), Royal Optimist (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Take Me To Church (IRE) (3). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.