Royal Alliance
Royal Alliance is a 4-year-old with one win to its name from 13 races — a ratio of roughly 1 in every 13 outings — and that sole victory came at Newcastle back in October 2024, now almost 20 months ago. Since then, it has gone six races without adding to that tally, and the recent form figures of 3-16-14-19-15-12 tell a difficult story: a promising third place followed by a string of mid-field and backmarker finishes. This is a horse that has found winning hard to come by.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
K Jardine & Maurice Andrew Ahern
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The distance range of 7 furlongs to a mile looks like its best chance of performing, and the numbers offer a faint glimmer of hope there — 1 win from 7 races at those trips works out to about 14%, which is meaningfully better than its overall record. But at Class 4, one step below the mid-tier, it has run five times without winning once. That combination of struggling at a competitive level while rarely threatening to break through makes Royal Alliance a tricky horse to get excited about right now.
Maurice Andrew Ahern trains the horse from his yard in Mallow, County Cork, and his team has sent out five winners this season, so there is form in the yard. Whether Royal Alliance can tap into that is another question. It raced just one day ago, which means it is in the thick of an active campaign, and the yard will be hoping that consistency in racing brings back something close to that Newcastle breakthrough. For now, though, this is a horse still searching for evidence that day was the start of something rather than a happy accident.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 14% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 7 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
20 Jun
3rd
Down Royal
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 17 runners
15 Mar
16th
The Curragh
1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy · 29 runners
16 Jan
14th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 15 runners
2 Nov
19th
The Curragh
7f – 1m · Heavy · 21 runners
13 Oct
15th
Roscommon
7f – 1m · Soft · 18 runners
29 Sep
12th
Down Royal
1m6f – 2m · Yielding · 17 runners
10 Sep
19th
Cork
5f – 6½f · Soft · 24 runners
26 Apr
10th
Haydock Park
7f – 1m · Good · 11 runners
26 Feb
4th
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 6 runners
1 Feb
3rd
Newcastle
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 4 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Newcastle Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 third |
1 Feb |
50% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
15 Mar |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
20 Jun |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Apr |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
22 Jun |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Feb |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
13 Oct |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 third |
9 Nov |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 Sep |
0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Jan |
0% |