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Horse profile

Ruling Court (USA)

3yo colt (at last run, Jul 2025) · Last trainer Charlie Appleby · Last owner Godolphin
by Justify (USA) out of Inchargeofme (GB) (High Chaparral)
5 runs · 4 courses · from Jul 2024
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Jul 2025 — 480 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2025 · 3rd of 6 2 wins · Newmarket & Sandown Last raced off OR 121
KTB Profile

Ruling Court won the Betfred 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket in May 2025, a Group 1 success that came on good ground over 1m to 1m1f. The colt won two of five starts on turf, both on good going, with the earlier success in a Class 4 maiden at Sandown over 6f to 7f in July 2024. He finished third of six, having been held, in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown in July 2025 when last raced off his career-high mark of 121. By Justify out of an Inchargeofme mare, he raced for Charlie Appleby.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Sandown, 5 Jul 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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 109A · median 87
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Firm3109A102—
Good287A79.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f287A87—
6f – 7f2102A87—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 115A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newmarket, 3 May 2025 Official rating 121 at the last run, 5 Jul 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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 115A · median 103
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Firm3108A98—
Good2115A109—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f2115A106.5—
6f – 7f2108A105.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 4 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Mid-division 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (25%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Justify (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 17.9% of 526 runs since Jan 2008 (98 horses).

Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 23.5% from 149. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13.6% from 162.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−17.9—
Good to Firm751520%+2.10 from 3
Good1673018%+0.12 from 2
Good to Soft57915.8%−2.1—
Soft731723.3%+5.4—
Heavy26311.5%−6.4—
Standard (AW)1272015.7%−2.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3266.7%+48.8—
6f – 7f1493523.5%+5.61 from 2
1m – 1m1f1622213.6%−4.31 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f1742614.9%−30 from 1
1m5f – 2m34823.5%+5.6—
2m1f – 2m4f4125%+7.1—

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
Inchargeofme (GB) (High Chaparral)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 2 100% +4.94

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 4 1 25% +1.50
Class 4 1 1 100% +0.44

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sandown 2 1 50% −0.56
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 1 100% +4.50
York 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 2 1 50% +3.50
6f – 7f 2 1 50% −0.56
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
William Buick 4 2 50% +2.94
Oisin Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 3 1 33% +2.50
None 2 1 50% −0.56

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 3 1 33% +2.50
2024 2 1 50% −0.56

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
2025 · 3 runs
05 Jul 25+18d Sandown Coral-Eclipse (Group 1) Class 1 · 10f · Good To Firm · 6 ran Fretful and pulling early - sat just behind the front group along rail - stuck for space from over 2f out - bumped inside final furlong - pushed out and finished strongly last 110yds - grabbed third close home 3/6 1¾ 8-13 121109A97B Oisin Murphy 4/1
17 Jun 25+45d Ascot St James's Palace Stakes (Group 1) (Rnd) Class 1 · 8f · Good To Firm · 7 ran Settled among the pack early - pushed for a spell before halfway - found little space to work with 2f out - checked and steered right a furlong out - moved into third close home - couldn't threaten those ahead - stayed on to finish third 3/7 3¾ 9-2 12187A98A William Buick 4/1
03 May 25+255d Newmarket Betfred 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) Class 1 · 8f · Good · 11 ran Settled towards the back early - made ground steadily approaching 3f out - moved into second inside the final furlong - pushed along and kept responding through the final furlong - edged in front close home to score 1/11 9-2 11287A115A William Buick 9/2
2024 · 2 runs
21 Aug 24+27d York Tattersalls Acomb Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran Settled with the pack early - improved into third under pressure inside the final furlong - kept on to finish third 3/11 ½ 9-3 —102A108A William Buick EvensF
25 Jul 24 Sandown Martin Densham & Peter Deal Memorial British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 9-7 —72C103A William Buick 4/9F

Quick answers

How many races has Ruling Court won?
Ruling Court (USA) won 2 of 5 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 40%. Placed 3 times in total (60% of starts).
Who trained Ruling Court?
Ruling Court (USA) was trained by Charlie Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Sandown on 5 July 2025.
Who is Ruling Court's sire?
Ruling Court (USA) is by Justify (USA) out of Inchargeofme (GB), whose sire is High Chaparral.
What is Ruling Court's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 121, from the run on 5 July 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Ruling Court's sire's record?
Justify (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 17.9% of 526 runs since Jan 2008 (98 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 23.5% from 149. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13.6% from 162.

Record shown from July 2024. 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.