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Horse profile

Sovereign King (GB)

3yo colt (at last run, Aug 2023) · Last trainer James Tate · Last owner Saif Ali
by Shamardal (USA) out of Lamar (IRE) (Cape Cross)
1 run · 1 course · from Aug 2023
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Aug 2023 — 1,174 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2023 · 9th of 13
KTB Profile

Sovereign King ran once as a colt and finished 9 of 13 in a Class 5 novice stakes at Thirsk in Aug 2023. By Shamardal whose progeny have won 1536 of 10411 runs since Jan 2008 his dam produced no winners from four runners that reached the track. The colt showed little on his sole start over 6f to 7f on good ground.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 58A the best of the last 1 rated run · Thirsk, 11 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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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

Progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,412 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,288. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm571119.3%+4.5—
Good to Firm1,98130615.4%+0.6—
Good2,38733514%−0.80 from 1
Good to Soft1,01312412.2%−2.6—
Soft1,28815111.7%−3.1—
Heavy3704512.2%−2.6—
Standard (AW)3,31556417%+2.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f5838714.9%+0.1—
6f – 7f4,07359314.6%−0.20 from 1
1m – 1m1f2,98547615.9%+1.1—
1m2f – 1m4f2,07431315.1%+0.3—
1m5f – 2m475449.3%−5.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1802111.7%−3.1—
2m5f – 3m3825.3%−9.5—
Over 3m400%−14.8—

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
Lamar (IRE) (Cape Cross)

4 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
King Of Gold (IRE)20——
Lumiere D'or (IRE)70——
Unresolved (GB)60——
Positive Thinking (IRE)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 1 run
11 Aug 23 Thirsk Robert (Bob) Vickery Memorial Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 9/13 1 9-4 49C58A Shane Gray 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sovereign King won?
Sovereign King (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2023.
Who trained Sovereign King?
Sovereign King (GB) was trained by James Tate on the most recent run on record, at Thirsk on 11 August 2023.
Who is Sovereign King's sire?
Sovereign King (GB) is by Shamardal (USA) out of Lamar (IRE), whose sire is Cape Cross.
What is Sovereign King's sire's record?
Shamardal (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,412 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,288. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
Who are Sovereign King's siblings?
Out of Lamar (IRE), Sovereign King (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2023. 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.