Royal County Glory
Royal County Glory is three years old and hitting form at exactly the right time. The horse has won four of its last six races, including a victory at Wolverhampton just this week, which suggests the stable has found a rhythm that works. Over a career of 17 races, it has won 5 and finished in the top 3 on 10 occasions—a win rate of roughly 1 in every 3.5 races that marks it out as a genuinely useful prospect.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
The Mammoth Pack Ltd
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The key to this horse's success is distance and track. When Royal County Glory runs between seven furlongs and a mile, it wins nearly 2 in every 3 races (5 wins from 9 attempts), a win rate that stands well above its overall average. Even more telling is its form at Lingfield Park, where it has won 2 of 3 races—the kind of course specialization that makes a horse genuinely valuable to its the yard. Jack Jones's Newmarket yard has been in fine fettle this season with 33 winners already, and Royal County Glory is clearly one of the stable's bright spots right now.
Jockey Julian Pietropaolo has ridden the horse six times for just the one win, suggesting the partnership has not yet clicked as it might, though recent form indicates the whole operation is moving in the right direction. With four wins in the last six outings and a freshly earned victory at Wolverhampton, Royal County Glory looks like a horse with genuine momentum heading into the winter.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 56% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Likes
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Oct
🏆 Won
1%
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 6 runners
7 Oct
🏆 Won
Kempton Park
7f – 1m · 14 runners
28 Sep
9th
Brighton
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 12 runners
12 Sep
🏆 Won
Lingfield Park
7f – 1m · Standard · 9 runners
27 Aug
🏆 Won
Lingfield Park
7f – 1m · Standard · 12 runners
20 Aug
2nd
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 12 runners
1 Jun
DNF
Gowran Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 16 runners
28 May
5th
Fairyhouse
7f – 1m · Good · 13 runners
10 Apr
🏆 Won
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 13 runners
1 Apr
3rd
Dundalk
5f – 6½f · Standard · 13 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 |
|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
6 |
1 win, 1 second, 2 thirds, 2 other |
10 Apr |
16.7% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
3 |
2 wins, 1 second |
12 Sep |
66.7% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
13 Oct |
100% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
7 Oct |
100% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Sep |
0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
1 Jun |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 May |
0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 |
1 other |
3 Aug |
0% |
| Brighton Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
28 Sep |
0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
27 Sep |
0% |