Horse profile
Royal Pippen (IRE)
39 runs · 15 courses · from Jul 2020
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Apr 2025 — 557 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 12th of 16
2 wins · Roscommon & Limerick
Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile
Royal Pippen won two of 39 starts, both over 6f – 7f on turf. He took a handicap at Roscommon on good to soft in Aug 2021 off 78 and a maiden at Limerick on heavy in Oct 2020 off 71. The gelding, aged 8 at his last run in Apr 2025, finished 12 of 16 in a handicap at Cork off an official rating of 60, 29lb below his highest ever mark. He has never won on soft or good ground.
Based on 39 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 29lb off peak
- 2–39Wins / Runs
- 5.1%Strike rate
- 5 (12.8%)Placed
- +13.00£1 level staken=39 at SP
- 0.88Fair A/E n=39 · 0.70 incl. margin
- 89Highest OR
- 46dAvg 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.
Official rating60↓ 29lb off peak
60
60–89
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 100
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 14 | 102A | 71 | — |
| Good | 11 | 108C | 93 | — |
| Heavy | 6 | 87A | 53.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 87A | 73 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 109C | 106 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 18 | 106C | 65 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 16 | 109C | 87.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 87A | 63 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 39 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 38 figures from 39 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.
Run style from 7 analysed runs since Sep 2024
- Prominent 3 (43%) · 0 wins
- Held up 3 (43%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,610 runs since Jan 2008 (298 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 342 | 43 | 12.6% | +1.5 | — |
| Good | 873 | 99 | 11.3% | +0.2 | 0 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 435 | 56 | 12.9% | +1.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 697 | 71 | 10.2% | −0.9 | 0 from 14 |
| Heavy | 276 | 25 | 9.1% | −2 | 1 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 982 | 104 | 10.6% | −0.5 | 0 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 81 | 7 | 8.6% | −2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 847 | 95 | 11.2% | +0.1 | 2 from 19 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,049 | 107 | 10.2% | −0.9 | 0 from 16 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 789 | 94 | 11.9% | +0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 539 | 71 | 13.2% | +2.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 232 | 22 | 9.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 63 | 2 | 3.2% | −7.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.1 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Belisa De Vega (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5½f–1m1½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Royal Bay Cen (IRE)).
Family form: Royal Bay Cen (IRE) finished 3rd of 16 at Curragh (IRE), 4 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belisa De Vega (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 1m–1m1½f | Class 6 |
| Royal Bay Cen (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 5½f | Listed |
| Lady Razalma (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Good | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Heavy | 6 | 1 | 17% | +35.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galway | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Curragh | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Leopardstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Limerick | 3 | 1 | 33% | +38.00 |
| Listowel | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Roscommon | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Laytown (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 19 | 2 | 11% | +33.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −16.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke McAteer | 9 | 1 | 11% | +32.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sean D Bowen | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Shane Foley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 2 | 1 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nicola Burns | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Colin Keane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr E P O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Emmet McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Siobhan Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jake Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robbie Colgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor McGovern | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin McSweeney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 24 | 1 | 4% | −13.00 |
| None | 13 | 1 | 8% | +28.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −1.00 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +35.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Apr 25+17d | Cork | SIS, Supporting Irish Racing Handicap (0-60) Sat close to the pace early - 5th at halfway then 6th and pushed along 2f out - held no more in the final furlong | 12/16 | 2 | 10-2 | 60 | 43C | 62A | Luke McAteer | 9/2 |
| 02 Apr 25+156d | Gowran Park | Paulstown Handicap (0-60) Up with the front group early before settling in 4th by halfway - pushed along to challenge 2f out - a shade impeded shortly after - moved up to harry the head of affairs over 1f out - held on at one speed inside the final furlong to finish 3rd | 3/12 | nk | 10-2 | 60 | 77A | 81A | Luke McAteer | 85/40F |
| 2024 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Oct 24+6d | Galway | Barna Recycling Handicap (47-70) Sat behind the front group - third at halfway - urged forward to hit the front for a spell 2f out - dropped to second and driven inside the final furlong with nothing more to give and held on for 5th | 5/16 | 1¾ | 9-10 | 63 | 63C | 78A | Luke McAteer | 12/1 |
| 22 Oct 24+2d | Curragh | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Handicap (47-65) Slow to break - back with the tail then pushed along and made up ground into 12th with 2f left - stayed on at one speed in the closing stages to finish 7th | 7/24 | 1 | 10-2 | 65 | 61C | 87A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 8/1 |
| 20 Oct 24+15d | Leopardstown | Next Fixture Christmas Festival Handicap Held up towards the back - still 8th at halfway - urged into contention entering the straight and stayed on steadily from the final furlong to finish 5th | 5/10 | nk | 9-10 | 65 | 42A | 79A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 10/3J |
| 05 Oct 24+25d | Curragh | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Apprentice Handicap Held up towards back - into 6th with 3f left - improved to 3rd inside final 2f - unable to threaten front pair and eased back to 4th at the line | 4/10 | ½ | 8-9 | 68 | 100A | 75A | Nicola Burns | 14/1 |
| 10 Sep 24+38d | Galway | Galway Handicap (47-70) Settled in the pack early - pushed along with 2f left but couldn't find room out wide - flattened out through the last furlong to finish well beaten | 16/16 | ½ | 10-2 | 68 | 50C | 66A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 7/1 |
| 03 Aug 24+4d | Galway | Ardilaun Hotel Handicap (50-75) Reared a touch exiting the gates - held up towards the back and pressed for effort with no gain 2f out - stayed on at one speed in the closing furlong to finish 9th | 9/14 | hd | 10-1 | 74 | 80C | 83A | Rory Cleary | 25/1 |
| 30 Jul 24+19d | Galway | caulfieldindustrial.com Handicap (50-80) | 12/16 | ¾ | 9-10 | 74 | 67C | 67A | Rory Cleary | 16/1 |
| 11 Jul 24+38d | Leopardstown | Hermitage Green At Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Handicap (50-80) | 6/16 | 3 | 9-11 | 75 | 86C | 81A | Rory Cleary | 11/1 |
| 03 Jun 24+10d | Gowran Park | Lord Bagenal Inn Carlow Handicap | 11/16 | nk | 9-9 | 75 | 81C | 72C | Colin Keane | 6/1J |
| 24 May 24+196d | Curragh | Ryans Cleaning Handicap (50-80) | 5/19 | hd | 9-10 | 74 | 89C | 87A | Shane Foley | 14/1 |
| 2023 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Nov 23+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Bar One Racing 'Guaranteed Overnight Prices' Apprentice Handicap (47-75) | 14/14 | 6½ | 9-11 | 72 | 63C | 55C | Sean D Bowen | 25/1 |
| 20 Oct 23+38d | Dundalk (AW) | Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Handicap | 9/10 | 3¾ | 8-4 | 76 | 87A | 50A | Sean D Bowen | 80/1 |
| 12 Sep 23+12d | Laytown (AW) | ONEILLS.COM (Q.R.) Handicap (50-80) | 9/10 | ¾ | 11-9 | 76 | — | 64A | Mr E P O'Brien | 16/1 |
| 31 Aug 23+53d | Navan | www.navanracecourse.ie Handicap | 3/17 | 1 | 9-6 | 79 | 85C | 85A | Sean D Bowen | 11/1 |
| 09 Jul 23+15d | Ayr | Book Bounce Bingo At Ayr Racecourse Handicap | 8/8 | 1½ | 9-5 | 79 | 100B | 66A | Andrew Mullen | 9/1 |
| 24 Jun 23+248d | Limerick | Ryans Cleaning Event Specialists Handicap (50-80) | 2/9 | ½ | 10-0 | 76 | 80A | 93A | Emmet McNamara | 14/1 |
| 2022 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Oct 22+29d | Navan | Blackcastle Handicap (50-85) | 8/12 | 1¼ | 9-13 | 82 | 39A | 79A | Sam Ewing | 33/1 |
| 20 Sep 22+134d | Listowel | Listowel Arms Hotel Handicap | 11/16 | 1¼ | 8-13 | 82 | 109C | 75A | Shane Foley | 25/1 |
| 09 May 22+230d | Roscommon | www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap | 14/15 | 15 | 9-9 | 87 | 44C | 60C | Siobhan Rutledge | 40/1 |
| 2021 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Sep 21+9d | Listowel | Listowel Arms Hotel Handicap | 9/13 | ¾ | 9-1 | 88 | 84C | 68A | Jake Coen | 10/1 |
| 12 Sep 21+27d | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 20/23 | shd | 8-12 | 88 | 62C | 75A | Robbie Colgan | 66/1 |
| 16 Aug 21+16d | Roscommon | Elphin Handicap | 1/14 | 8-11 | 78 | 106C | 94A | Sam Ewing | 10/1 | |
| 31 Jul 21+5d | Galway | O'Leary Insurances Handicap | 5/16 | ½ | 9-4 | 78 | 101C | 82A | Seamie Heffernan | 6/1 |
| 26 Jul 21+13d | Galway | Galwaybayhotel.com & Galmont.com Handicap (50-80) | 5/15 | ½ | 10-2 | 79 | 75C | 96A | Seamie Heffernan | 13/2 |
| 13 Jul 21+1d | Killarney | Sneem Handicap (50-80) | 4/14 | ¾ | 9-6 | 80 | 108C | 81A | Jamie Powell | 14/1 |
| 12 Jul 21+21d | Killarney | Gap Of Dunloe Handicap | 4/10 | 2 | 8-7 | 80 | 102A | 74A | Leigh Roche | 16/1 |
| 21 Jun 21+41d | Ballinrobe | Treacy's Pharmacies Handicap | 5/11 | ¾ | 9-9 | 80 | 96A | 81A | Luke McAteer | 25/1 |
| 11 May 21+17d | Roscommon | Knockcroghery Handicap | 14/14 | 17 | 9-6 | 82 | -2C | 60C | Leigh Roche | 22/1 |
| 24 Apr 21+13d | Limerick | Follow Limerick Racecourse On Instagram Handicap | 6/12 | ¾ | 10-0 | 85 | 82A | 85A | Luke McAteer | 66/1 |
| 11 Apr 21+14d | Leopardstown | Leopardstown Members Handicap | 15/16 | 1½ | 8-13 | 85 | 93C | 67A | Seamie Heffernan | 80/1 |
| 28 Mar 21+146d | Naas | Smooth Daddy At Compas Stallions Handicap | 17/17 | 7½ | 9-0 | 86 | 38C | 57C | Luke McAteer | 20/1 |
| 2020 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Nov 20+23d | Curragh | GAIN Equine Nutrition Handicap | 15/18 | 3½ | 9-7 | 89 | 63C | 68C | Luke McAteer | 16/1 |
| 10 Oct 20+8d | Limerick | LimerickRaces.ie Race | 1/9 | 8-13 | 71 | 87A | 87A | Luke McAteer | 40/1 | |
| 02 Oct 20+10d | Dundalk (AW) | DundalkStadium.com Maiden | 7/13 | nk | 9-0 | 72 | 83B | 65A | Luke McAteer | 33/1 |
| 22 Sep 20+38d | Listowel | Jet & Peggy O'Carroll Memorial (C & G) Maiden | 4/8 | 2¾ | 9-2 | — | 93A | 68A | Conor Orr | 150/1 |
| 15 Aug 20+42d | Dundalk (AW) | BarOneRacing.com Loyalty Club Apprentice Maiden (Div 2) | 11/14 | 1 | 9-7 | — | 61C | 59C | Conor McGovern | 100/1 |
| 04 Jul 20 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 11/18 | 3¼ | 8-11 | — | 53C | 45C | Oisin McSweeney | 125/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Royal Pippen won?
- Royal Pippen (IRE) won 2 of 39 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 5.1%. Placed 5 times in total (12.8% of starts).
- Who trained Royal Pippen?
- Royal Pippen (IRE) was trained by Paul W Flynn on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 19 April 2025.
- Who is Royal Pippen's sire?
- Royal Pippen (IRE) is by Make Believe (GB) out of Royal Razalma (IRE), whose sire is Lope De Vega.
- What going does Royal Pippen prefer?
- Royal Pippen (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Royal Pippen's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 19 April 2025. The highest on record is 89.
- What is Royal Pippen's sire's record?
- Make Believe (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,610 runs since Jan 2008 (298 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Royal Pippen's siblings?
- Out of Royal Razalma (IRE), Royal Pippen (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Belisa De Vega (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Royal Bay Cen (IRE)). The wins came over 5½f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.