Valiant King (GB)
Valiant King won one of seven starts on turf, with the success coming at Navan in May 2023 in a maiden over 1m2f – 1m4f on soft ground off an official rating of 89. He raced off a career-high mark of 109 when finishing fifth of seven at Leopardstown in the Paddy Power Stakes in Sep 2023. The colt by Roaring Lion out of an Assembly mare was placed on four of his other starts.
- 1–7Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 4 (57.1%)Placed
- −5.56£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.70Fair A/E n=7 · 0.56 incl. margin
- 109Highest OR
- 71dAvg 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 161
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 108C | 92 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 161A | 143 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 161A | 108 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 100A | 84 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 12.5% of 1,027 runs since Jan 2008 (83 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.5% from 117.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 134 | 19 | 14.2% | +1.7 | — |
| Good | 258 | 33 | 12.8% | +0.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 108 | 14 | 13% | +0.5 | — |
| Soft | 130 | 15 | 11.5% | −1 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 45 | 4 | 8.9% | −3.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 351 | 43 | 12.3% | −0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 117 | 10 | 8.5% | −4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 234 | 29 | 12.4% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 426 | 58 | 13.6% | +1.1 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 200 | 26 | 13% | +0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 42 | 5 | 11.9% | −0.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bateau Bay (IRE) | 14 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.56 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.56 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisin Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.56 |
| Shane Crosse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.56 |
| 2022 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Sep 23+33d | Leopardstown | Paddy Power Stakes (Group 3) | 5/7 | 4½ | 9-1 | 109 | 84A | 79A | Oisin Murphy | 4/1 |
| 07 Aug 23+46d | Naas | Ballyroan Stakes (Group 3) | 2/8 | 1½ | 8-13 | 98 | 161A | 93A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 10/3 |
| 22 Jun 23+40d | Ascot | King George V Stakes (Heritage Handicap) | 2/19 | hd | 8-11 | 92 | 108C | 105A | Oisin Murphy | 7/1 |
| 13 May 23+41d | Navan | Book Your Summer BBQ On June 11th Maiden | 1/14 | 9-8 | 89 | 125C | 92A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 4/9F | |
| 02 Apr 23+225d | Leopardstown | Porsche Centre Dublin In Support Of Breast Cancer Ireland Handicap | 2/12 | shd | 9-5 | 83 | 96A | 102A | Oisin Murphy | 9/4F |
| 20 Aug 22+40d | Curragh | Coolmore Arizona Irish EBF Maiden | 4/9 | 1¼ | 9-7 | — | 100A | 84A | Shane Crosse | 10/1 |
| 11 Jul 22 | Killarney | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 3/7 | 3¼ | 9-7 | — | 68A | 82A | Shane Crosse | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Valiant King (GB) won?
- Valiant King (GB) won 1 of 7 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 4 times in total (57.1% of starts).
- Who trained Valiant King (GB)?
- Valiant King (GB) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 9 September 2023.
- Who is Valiant King (GB)'s sire?
- Valiant King (GB) is by Roaring Lion (USA) out of Assembly (USA), whose sire is Candy Ride.
- What is Valiant King (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 9 September 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Valiant King (GB)'s sire's record?
- Roaring Lion (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 1,027 runs since Jan 2008 (83 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.5% from 117.
- Who are Valiant King (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Assembly (USA), Valiant King (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.