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Horse profile

Royal Symbol (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2023) · Last trainer Charlie Appleby · Last owner Godolphin
by Sea The Stars (IRE) out of Measured Tempo (GB) (Sadler's Wells)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Dec 2021
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Aug 2023 — 1,158 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2023 · 1st of 10 Won last time out 2 wins · Yarmouth & Kempton (AW) Last raced off OR 91
KTB Profile

Royal Symbol won two of four starts between Dec 2021 and Aug 2023. Both wins came on a first visit to the course, at Kempton over 1m on standard going in a Class 5 maiden and at Yarmouth over 1m2f-1m4f on good ground in a Class 2 handicap off a mark of 91. The gelding, by Sea The Stars out of a Sadler's Wells mare, also placed on his other two starts at Newmarket and Sandown. His last run, at Yarmouth in Aug 2023, was a win.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 97 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Sandown, 16 May 2023

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 4 figures · best 105A · median 93.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good290B87.5—
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f397B90—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 108A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newmarket, 21 Jul 2023 Official rating 91 at the last run, 27 Aug 2023

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 108A · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good2108A107.5—
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f3108A107—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sea The Stars (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,953 runs since Jan 2008 (1,112 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 456. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm18316.7%+1—
Good to Firm1,50328418.9%+3.2—
Good2,64642115.9%+0.21 from 2
Good to Soft1,23820516.6%+0.90 from 1
Soft1,52918612.2%−3.5—
Heavy456429.2%−6.5—
Standard (AW)2,56242416.5%+0.81 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f27414.8%−0.9—
6f – 7f77211314.6%−1.1—
1m – 1m1f2,10033516%+0.31 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f4,41975817.2%+1.51 from 3
1m5f – 2m1,89126313.9%−1.8—
2m1f – 2m4f5847312.5%−3.2—
2m5f – 3m1391611.5%−4.2—
Over 3m21314.3%−1.4—

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
Measured Tempo (GB) (Sadler's Wells)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Summer School (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m1f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Summer School (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Summer School (IRE)111m4fClass 5
Franz Schubert (GB)911m1f—
Shakespeare's Word (GB)140——
Menuetto (GB)40——
Music Teacher (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 1 50% +2.50
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 1 100% +2.75

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 2 1 50% +2.50
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +2.75

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Yarmouth 1 1 100% +3.50
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 1 100% +2.75

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 3 1 33% +1.50
1m – 1m1f 1 1 100% +2.75

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
William Buick 3 1 33% +1.50
James Doyle 1 1 100% +2.75

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 2 67% +5.25
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 3 1 33% +1.50
2021 1 1 100% +2.75

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 3 runs
27 Aug 23+37d Yarmouth Download The BresBet App Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 1/10 9-11 9185B107A William Buick 7/2
21 Jul 23+66d Newmarket Pertemps Network Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 nk 10-3 9190B108A William Buick 7/2
16 May 23+517d Sandown Darley British Ebf Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 · 10f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 1¼ 10-8 —97B94B William Buick 10/3
2021 · 1 run
15 Dec 21 Kempton (AW) British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 1/10 9-5 —105A101A James Doyle 11/4

Quick answers

How many races has Royal Symbol won?
Royal Symbol (IRE) won 2 of 4 archived starts between 2021 and 2023, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Royal Symbol?
Royal Symbol (IRE) was trained by Charlie Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Yarmouth on 27 August 2023.
Who is Royal Symbol's sire?
Royal Symbol (IRE) is by Sea The Stars (IRE) out of Measured Tempo (GB), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
What is Royal Symbol's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 27 August 2023. That is also the highest on record.
What is Royal Symbol's sire's record?
Sea The Stars (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,953 runs since Jan 2008 (1,112 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 456. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
Who are Royal Symbol's siblings?
Out of Measured Tempo (GB), Royal Symbol (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Summer School (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Summer School (IRE)). The wins came over 1m1f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2021. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.