Horse profile
Royale Margaux (FR)
by Doctor Dino (FR) out of Royale Cazoumaille (FR) (Villez)
26 runs · 11 courses · from Mar 2021
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Apr 2025 — 560 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 5th of 14
4 wins · Warwick, Auteuil (FR) & Compiegne (FR)
Last raced off OR 125
KTB Profile
Royale Margaux won four of 26 starts on turf including three Listed races in our archive. Her biggest win came in the Prix Virgin Radio Prix James Hennessy at Auteuil in Jun 2022. All wins were gained on soft or heavy ground over 2m1f to 3m. She finished fifth of 14 in the Class 2 Kingston Stud Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham in Apr 2025 when last seen.
Based on 26 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 10lb off peak
- 4–26Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 9 (34.6%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 1.03Fair A/E n=26 · 0.87 incl. margin
- 135Highest OR
- 60dAvg 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 rating125↓ 10lb off peak
125
116–135
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 124
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 6 | 110B | 82.5 | — |
| Good | 5 | 128A | 68 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 124A | 83.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 128B | 82.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 128A | 117 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 68A | 44 | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 17 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 Oct 2024
- Held up 5 (71%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 1 (14%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 16% of 3,191 runs since Jan 2008 (490 horses).
Strongest on good going: 19.7% from 553. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.5% from 211. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.8% from 692. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.7% from 138.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −16 | — |
| Good to Firm | 24 | 6 | 25% | +9 | — |
| Good | 553 | 109 | 19.7% | +3.7 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 481 | 92 | 19.1% | +3.1 | 0 from 6 |
| Soft | 1,209 | 185 | 15.3% | −0.7 | 2 from 10 |
| Heavy | 708 | 96 | 13.6% | −2.4 | 2 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 211 | 20 | 9.5% | −6.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −16 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 50 | 3 | 6% | −10 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 138 | 12 | 8.7% | −7.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 303 | 45 | 14.9% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 692 | 137 | 19.8% | +3.8 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,504 | 238 | 15.8% | −0.2 | 3 from 17 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 416 | 61 | 14.7% | −1.3 | 1 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 85 | 13 | 15.3% | −0.7 | — |
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
Royale Cazoumaille (FR) (Villez)
4 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Royal Astarania (FR) (7 wins).
The wins came over 2m1f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Royale Pagaille (FR)).
Family form: Royal Saga (FR) won at Auteuil (FR), 17 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Astarania (FR) | 17 | 7 | 2m1f–2m6f | Grade 2 |
| Royale Pagaille (FR) | 31 | 6 | 2m5½f–3m1½f | Grade 1 |
| Royal Saga (FR) | 16 | 3 | 2m1½f–2m6f | Grade 3 |
| Royal Bataille (FR) | 11 | 1 | 2m6f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 2 | 20% | +5.20 |
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.80 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 3 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 1 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Auteuil (FR) | 6 | 2 | 33% | −0.80 |
| Compiegne (FR) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.80 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 3 | 18% | −8.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Poste | 16 | 1 | 6% | −3.00 |
| Kevin Nabet | 7 | 2 | 29% | −0.20 |
| Caoilin Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Felix De Giles | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Thomas Jaguelin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 22 | 3 | 14% | −3.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.80 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.80 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 14 | 2 | 14% | −8.80 |
| Hurdle | 12 | 2 | 17% | +4.80 |
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 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Apr 25+33d | Cheltenham | Kingston Stud Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up towards the back of the pack - jumped awkwardly in 5th - made ground before two out - couldn't accelerate approaching the last and held on for fifth without finding more | 5/14 | 3¼ | 11-8 | 125 | — | 131A | Ben Poste | 18/1 |
| 14 Mar 25+34d | Cheltenham | Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase (Registered As The Liberthine Mares' Chase) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Settled towards the back - moved into 6th but scrambled and lost momentum 3 out - dropped away soon after finishing well beaten | 6/9 | 15 | 11-2 | 126 | 66C | 113C | Ben Poste | 28/1 |
| 08 Feb 25+43d | Warwick | Read Nicky Henderson's Weekly Unibet Blog Mares' Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Held towards the back early - urged forward and made ground into the turn for home - locked in third spot two out - closed on the front-runner and edged clear when the one in front was left behind close to the finish before driven out to score comfortably | 1/6 | 11-2 | 121 | 124A | 126B | Ben Poste | 12/1 | |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 24+13d | Kempton | Ladbrokes Play '1-2-Free' On Football Mares' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled at rear early - made progress from 8th - closed on front pack 2 out - moved into second before last - driven out but faded to finish third | 3/8 | 1¼ | 10-7 | 120 | 110B | 127A | Ben Poste | 4/1 |
| 14 Dec 24+21d | Cheltenham | BetMGM Mares' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - driven approaching the last then found extra on the run to the line - never a threat to the front runners - finished fourth beaten 4 lengths | 4/12 | 2 | 10-11 | 120 | 101A | 123A | Ben Poste | 12/1 |
| 23 Nov 24+29d | Ascot | CopyBet Mares' Handicap Hurdle Settled in behind on the inner - moved into contention before 4 out - improved into second approaching 2 out - edged in front briefly last but overtaken and unable to find more inside final 150 yards | 2/8 | 2½ | 12-0 | 116 | 128A | 130B | Ben Poste | 7/2 |
| 25 Oct 24+152d | Cheltenham | Foundation Developments Handicap Hurdle Held up at back early - under pressure and battling in 6th straightening for home - well held throughout | 7/13 | ¾ | 10-9 | 117 | 128B | 123A | Ben Poste | 16/1 |
| 26 May 24+38d | Uttoxeter | Clarke Chase (Handicap Chase) (For The Sir Stanley And Lady Clarke Challenge Trophy) (GBB Race) | 4/8 | ½ | 10-8 | 120 | 99A | 106B | Ben Poste | 14/1 |
| 18 Apr 24+73d | Cheltenham | NAF Mares' Handicap Chase | 3/8 | 14 | 10-13 | 123 | 68A | 123B | Ben Poste | 9/2 |
| 05 Feb 24+38d | Carlisle | Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Mares' Handicap Chase | 4/4 | 50 | 12-0 | 125 | 32C | 105C | Ben Poste | 6/4J |
| 2023 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Dec 23+14d | Doncaster | KC Sofas Doncaster Yorkshire Silver Vase Mares' Chase (Listed) (GBB Race) | 5/8 | 17 | 11-2 | 126 | 97C | 102C | Ben Poste | 25/1 |
| 15 Dec 23+48d | Cheltenham | Cheltenham Racecourse Food Bank Collection Mares' Handicap Chase | 2/12 | ¾ | 11-12 | 123 | 68B | 133A | Ben Poste | 9/1 |
| 28 Oct 23+191d | Cheltenham | Epic Value At William Hill Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 8/11 | 6 | 10-2 | 125 | 44A | 94A | Ben Poste | 17/2 |
| 20 Apr 23+18d | Cheltenham | Stay In The Montpellier Town House Mares' Handicap Chase | 2/6 | 2¼ | 10-13 | 125 | 42A | 133B | Ben Poste | 11/4 |
| 02 Apr 23+22d | Ascot | LK Bennett Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 4/9 | 3½ | 10-12 | 127 | 68A | 119A | Ben Poste | 22/1 |
| 11 Mar 23+43d | Sandown | Betfair Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | PU/16 | — | 10-12 | 132 | — | — | Caoilin Quinn | 80/1 |
| 27 Jan 23+90d | Huntingdon | Pertemps Lady Protectress Mares' Chase (Listed) (GBB Race) | 5/6 | 16 | 11-0 | 135 | 68C | 105C | Ben Poste | 50/1 |
| 2022 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Oct 22+129d | Compiegne (FR) | Prix Dominique Sartini (Hurdle) () (4yo) (Turf) | 5/6 | 7 | 11-5 | — | — | — | Kevin Nabet | 17/10 |
| 22 Jun 22+18d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Christian de Tredern (Hurdle) (4-5yo Fillies & Mares) (Turf) | 4/7 | 8 | 10-6 | — | — | — | Kevin Nabet | 68/10 |
| 04 Jun 22+13d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Virgin Radio - Prix James Hennessy (Chase) () (4yo) (Turf) | 1/6 | 10-2 | — | — | — | Kevin Nabet | 2/1 | |
| 22 May 22+75d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Alain Du Breil - Course de Haies de Printemps des Quatre Ans (Hurdle) (4yo) (Turf) | PU/9 | — | 10-3 | — | — | — | Kevin Nabet | 12/1 |
| 08 Mar 22+149d | Compiegne (FR) | Prix Durtain (Hurdle) () (4yo) (Turf) | 1/7 | 10-10 | — | — | — | Kevin Nabet | 14/5 | |
| 2021 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Oct 21+19d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Noiro (Chase) () (3yo) (Turf) | PU/7 | — | 10-3 | — | — | — | Kevin Nabet | 3/5F |
| 21 Sep 21+20d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Kargal (Chase) (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf) | 1/6 | 10-1 | — | — | — | Felix De Giles | 6/5F | |
| 01 Sep 21+168d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Weather Permitting (Chase) (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf) | UR/9 | — | 10-3 | — | — | — | Kevin Nabet | 19/10 |
| 17 Mar 21 | Compiegne (FR) | Prix d'essai des Pouliches (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Fillies unraced over obstacles) (Turf) | PU/18 | — | 10-6 | — | — | — | Thomas Jaguelin | 52/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Royale Margaux won?
- Royale Margaux (FR) won 4 of 26 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 9 times in total (34.6% of starts).
- Who trained Royale Margaux?
- Royale Margaux (FR) was trained by Tom Symonds on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 16 April 2025.
- Who is Royale Margaux's sire?
- Royale Margaux (FR) is by Doctor Dino (FR) out of Royale Cazoumaille (FR), whose sire is Villez.
- What going does Royale Margaux prefer?
- Royale Margaux (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Royale Margaux's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 125, from the run on 16 April 2025. The highest on record is 135.
- What is Royale Margaux's sire's record?
- Doctor Dino (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 16% of 3,191 runs since Jan 2008 (490 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 19.7% from 553. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.5% from 211. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.8% from 692. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.7% from 138.
- Who are Royale Margaux's siblings?
- Out of Royale Cazoumaille (FR), Royale Margaux (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Royal Astarania (FR) (7). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Royale Pagaille (FR)). The wins came over 2m1f–3m1½f. As at Oct 2026.