The Emperor Within (FR)
The Emperor Within (FR) is 2 from 16. Hasn't won since Aug 2018. Both wins have come on turf — 0 from 4 on the all-weather. Last raced off 87, 8lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–16Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 6 (37.5%)Placed
- +14.00£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 1.91Fair A/E n=15 · 1.63 incl. margin
- 95Highest OR
- 53dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 95
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 114A | 90.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 106A | 92 | — |
| Good | 3 | 93A | 75 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 114A | 89 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 106A | 85 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 95A | 89 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,878 runs since Jan 2008 (949 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,621 | 179 | 11% | +0.7 | 1 from 6 |
| Good | 2,605 | 267 | 10.2% | −0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,172 | 108 | 9.2% | −1.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,724 | 184 | 10.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 609 | 51 | 8.4% | −1.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4,089 | 424 | 10.4% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 880 | 105 | 11.9% | +1.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,778 | 499 | 10.4% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,049 | 338 | 11.1% | +0.8 | 2 from 9 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,090 | 195 | 9.3% | −1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 697 | 59 | 8.5% | −1.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 305 | 18 | 5.9% | −4.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 76 | 11 | 14.5% | +4.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
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
6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Watch Me (FR) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Watch Me (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watch Me (FR) | 9 | 5 | 7f–1m | Group 1 |
| Watch Him (FR) | 33 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Listed |
| Watchmen (FR) | 18 | 0 | — | — |
| Grebastarky (FR) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Espadon (USA) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Watch It (GB) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 17% | +9.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +12.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandown | 3 | 1 | 33% | +12.00 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 9 | 2 | 22% | +21.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Crouch | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Gerald Mosse | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| George Wood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Eoin Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Noel Garbutt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 15 | 2 | 13% | +15.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +22.00 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Oct 19+33d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red Handicap | 12/14 | 1½ | 9-4 | 87 | 95B | 73A | George Wood | 25/1 |
| 13 Sep 19+77d | Sandown | Roger Stack Memorial Handicap | 5/6 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 90 | 93A | 79B | Eoin Walsh | 14/1 |
| 28 Jun 19+42d | Newmarket | York Thoroughbred Racing Handicap | 7/9 | 10 | 9-7 | 93 | 75C | 68C | Hector Crouch | 20/1 |
| 17 May 19+13d | York | Matchbook 'Best Value' Exchange Handicap | 6/11 | 1½ | 9-2 | 95 | 86A | 80A | Gerald Mosse | 9/1 |
| 04 May 19+24d | Longchamp (FR) | Prix du Pont au Change (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) | 8/12 | ½ | 9-0 | — | — | — | Gerald Mosse | 11/1 |
| 10 Apr 19+153d | Nottingham | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap | 2/12 | 2¼ | 9-5 | 93 | 98A | 106A | Gerald Mosse | 11/1 |
| 2018 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 08 Nov 18+50d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Irish Lotto At totesport.com Handicap | 3/9 | ½ | 8-13 | 93 | 106A | 82A | Hector Crouch | 12/1 |
| 19 Sep 18+19d | Sandown | Smarkets Fortune Stakes (Listed) | 8/9 | 6 | 9-0 | 93 | 67C | 64C | Daniel Muscutt | 25/1 |
| 31 Aug 18+32d | Sandown | Best Odds Guaranteed At 188Bet Handicap | 1/9 | 9-6 | 88 | 85A | 89A | Josephine Gordon | 14/1 | |
| 30 Jul 18+19d | Windsor | Moneycorp Exchange Experts Handicap | 2/6 | 1 | 9-6 | 86 | 84B | 88B | Hector Crouch | 3/1 |
| 11 Jul 18+18d | Yarmouth | Moulton Nurseries Of Acle Handicap | 2/6 | nk | 8-12 | 83 | 76A | 75B | George Wood | 9/2 |
| 23 Jun 18+25d | Newmarket | 188bet Casino Handicap | 5/10 | ¾ | 9-6 | 84 | 95A | 79A | Hector Crouch | 11/1 |
| 29 May 18+45d | Brighton | Racing Welfare Novice Stakes | 1/7 | 9-2 | 78 | 114A | 85A | Hector Crouch | 14/1 | |
| 14 Apr 18+171d | Lingfield (AW) | 188bet Noel Fehily Grand National Blog Novice Stakes | 4/8 | nk | 9-2 | — | 89A | 79A | Tom Marquand | 100/1 |
| 2017 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Oct 17+75d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 8/11 | 1½ | 9-2 | — | 69A | 63A | Daniel Muscutt | 66/1 |
| 11 Aug 17 | Newmarket | Fly London Southend Airport To Lyon Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 9/12 | 1¼ | 9-2 | — | 58C | 62C | Noel Garbutt | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Emperor Within won?
- The Emperor Within (FR) won 2 of 16 archived starts between 2017 and 2019, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 6 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trained The Emperor Within?
- The Emperor Within (FR) was trained by Martin Smith on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 16 October 2019.
- Who is The Emperor Within's sire?
- The Emperor Within (FR) is by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) out of Watchful (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does The Emperor Within prefer?
- The Emperor Within (FR) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Emperor Within's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 16 October 2019. The highest on record is 95.
- What is The Emperor Within's sire's record?
- Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,878 runs since Jan 2008 (949 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
- Who are The Emperor Within's siblings?
- Out of Watchful (IRE), The Emperor Within (FR) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Watch Me (FR) (5). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Watch Me (FR)). The wins came over 7f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.