Young Emperor (IRE)
Young Emperor is a gelding who has won one of six starts all at 6f to 7f on turf. He took a handicap at Naas on good ground in May 2024 off an official rating of 89, which remains his highest ever mark. He has four places from those six runs. His last run, at Happy Valley in Sep 2026, saw him finish 11 of 12 in the Mount Butler Handicap.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 4 (66.7%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 1.28Fair A/E n=5 · 1.04 incl. margin
- 89Highest OR
- 212dAvg 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 —
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 2 | 121C | 109 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 121C | 97 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,870 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 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 2,605 | 267 | 10.2% | −0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,172 | 108 | 9.2% | −1.1 | — |
| Soft | 1,721 | 183 | 10.6% | +0.3 | — |
| Heavy | 607 | 51 | 8.4% | −1.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 4,086 | 424 | 10.4% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 879 | 104 | 11.8% | +1.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,775 | 499 | 10.5% | +0.2 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,046 | 338 | 11.1% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,089 | 195 | 9.3% | −1 | — |
| 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 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Thunder Eclipse (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 6f–1m1f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Eclipse (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 6f | — |
| Valentino Eclipse (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 6f | — |
| Blossom Promise (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 1m1f | — |
| Eagle Eclipse (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Nathalia Eclipse (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Valley (HK) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sha Tin (HK) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L J Ferraris | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Luke Ferraris | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Sep 26+91d | Happy Valley (HK) | Mount Butler Handicap | 11/12 | ¾ | 9-5 | — | — | — | Luke Ferraris | — |
| 24 Jun 26+24d | Happy Valley (HK) | Leighton Road Handicap (Course A) (Turf) | 3/12 | hd | 9-5 | 73 | — | — | L J Ferraris | 9/2 |
| 31 May 26+750d | Sha Tin (HK) | Hong Kong Ka Ying (Meizhou) General Chamber Of Commerce Cup (Course B) (Handicap) (Turf) Towards rear - not clear run over 1f out - soon switched left - ran on final 110yds - nearest finish | 6/14 | ¼ | 9-3 | 74 | — | — | L J Ferraris | 35/1 |
| 2024 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 May 24+20d | Naas | Declan Landy Fencing Handicap | 1/14 | 9-10 | 89 | 85C | 106A | J M Sheridan | 2/1F | |
| 21 Apr 24+173d | Curragh | Treacy Group Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 2/14 | ½ | 9-8 | — | 97C | 111A | Seamie Heffernan | 7/4F |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 31 Oct 23 | Curragh | SP Or Better Guaranteed With Tote Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 2/20 | 4½ | 9-7 | — | 121C | 99A | J M Sheridan | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Young Emperor won?
- Young Emperor (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 4 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trains Young Emperor?
- Young Emperor (IRE) is trained by David Eustace, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 23 September 2026.
- Who is Young Emperor's sire?
- Young Emperor (IRE) is by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) out of Emirate Jewel (USA), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Young Emperor prefer?
- Young Emperor (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Young Emperor's official rating?
- Young Emperor (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 89.
- What is Young Emperor's sire's record?
- Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,870 runs since Jan 2008 (949 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
- Who are Young Emperor's siblings?
- Out of Emirate Jewel (USA), Young Emperor (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Thunder Eclipse (IRE) (1). The wins came over 6f–1m1f. As at Oct 2026.