Royal Pretender (FR)
Owner: Mrs R J Skan Trainer: A King Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Great Pretender / Robinia Directa (Law Society)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2024 | Market Rasen | Good | 2m 7f 16y | 4 | Hardy Boy | 12st | 7 of 9 | Tom Cannon | 11/2 |
| off the pace towards rear, pushed along and struggling after 3 out, never involved | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2024 | Stratford | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 6f 7y | 4 | Royal Pretender | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 8 | Tom Cannon | 11/2 |
| close up, led after 4 out, pushed along after 2 out when pressed, ran on strongly approaching last, driven out | |||||||||
| 09 Jul 2024 | Uttoxeter | Soft | 2m 7f 70y | 3 | Secret Trix | 11st | of 7 | Tom Cannon | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 02 Jul 2024 | Stratford | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 6f 7y | 4 | Sacchoandvanzetti | 12st | of 8 | Tom Cannon | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 06 Jun 2024 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 7f 70y | 4 | Edison Kent | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 8 | Tom Cannon | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along in close 2nd 3 out, soon ridden and outpaced by winner, no extra before last | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2024 | Plumpton | Good | 3m 217y | 3 | Transmission | 11st 10lbs | 10 of 11 | Tom Cannon | 11/1 |
| raced on inside, never closer than mid-division, tailed off | |||||||||
| 06 Feb 2024 | Market Rasen | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 7f 16y | 4 | Hashtag Boum | 12st 2lbs | 5 of 7 | Oscar Palmer | 17/2 |
| chased leaders, pushed along going out on last circuit, outpaced after 3 out, ridden and weakened before next | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2023 | Wincanton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 150y | 2 | Goshhowposh | 11st 8lbs | PulledUp of 8 | Bryan Carver | 10/1 |
| mid-division on inside, pushed along and weakened home turn, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2023 | Exeter | Good | 2m 7f 25y | 3 | Goshhowposh | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 11 | Thomas Bellamy | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 5th, went 2nd 3 out, challenging when not fluent 2 out, stayed on, held close home | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2022 | Chepstow | Good to Soft | 2m 7f 131y | 3 | Top Of The Bill | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 12 | Alexander Thorne | 13/2 |
| front mid-division, pushed along and chased front rank 3 out where not fluent, kept on one pace, never threatened | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2022 | Lingfield | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 7f | 3 | Lynwood Gold | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 15 | G Sheehan | 7/2 |
| raced keenly in mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders 5th, went 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2022 | Uttoxeter | Good | 2m 6f 108y | 3 | Kinondo Kwetu | 11st 2lbs | UnseatedRider of 5 | Tom Cannon | 6/1 |
| led, tried to refuse and unseated rider 1st | |||||||||
| 06 May 2022 | Market Rasen | Good | 2m 7f 191y | 3 | Broken Quest | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 7 | Tom Cannon | 7/4 |
| mid-division, slow 3rd, not fluent 6th, went 4th 12th, soon pushed along, 3rd before 3 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2022 | Market Rasen | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 7f 16y | 3 | One True King | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 7 | Thomas Bellamy | 7/4 |
| tracked leader, travelled smoothly until pushed before 2 out, ridden after last and closed all the way to the line, just failed | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2022 | Sandown | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 173y | 3 | Peejaybee | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 9 | Tom Cannon | 17/2 |
| tracked leaders on inside, pushed along home turn, went 2nd before 2 out until between last two, left modest 2nd and hampered by faller last, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2021 | Taunton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 1y | 3 | Highway One O Two | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 13 | Adrian Heskin | 9/2 |
| mid-division, ridden before 2 out, kept on but not pace of front two | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2021 | Wincanton | Good | 2m 3f 166y | 3 | Time To Tinker | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 3 | Tom Cannon | 4/5 |
| led, ridden when challenged before 2 out, stayed on gamely in sustained duel, headed after last, kept on, worn down final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 01 Nov 2021 | Plumpton | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 114y | 4 | Royal Pretender | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 6 | Tom Cannon | 2/9 |
| made all, not fluent 9th, hit 3 out, pushed along 2 out, went clear approaching last, kept on well flat, comfortably | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2021 | Warwick | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 4 | Royal Pretender | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 9 | Tom Cannon | 2/1 |
| held up, headway 3 out, led next, ridden and ran on strongly | |||||||||
| 04 Apr 2021 | Market Rasen | Good | 2m 4f 139y | 4 | Fitzroy | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 8 | Thomas Bellamy | 4/5 |
| chased leaders, went 2nd before 2 out, ridden and no impression approaching last | |||||||||
| 04 Mar 2021 | Ludlow | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f 55y | 3 | One For You | 11st 10lbs | 6 of 9 | Thomas Bellamy | 9/2 |
| held up in midfield, ridden and lost touch before 3 out, one pace | |||||||||
| 11 Feb 2021 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 2m 2f | 5 | Royal Pretender | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 12 | Thomas Bellamy | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, ran on to lead final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 11 Jan 2021 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 181y | 5 | The Golden Rebel | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 18 | Tom Cannon | 11/10 |
| chased leaders, awkward 6th, pushed along after 4 out, kept on same pace from last | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2020 | Ascot | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 58y | 3 | Danny Kirwan | 11st | 3 of 7 | Thomas Bellamy | 14/1 |
| held up, headway after 5th, nudged along after 3 out, kept on | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2020 | Chepstow | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 100y | 4 | Star Gate | 11st | 4 of 15 | Thomas Bellamy | 33/1 |
| mid-division, ridden before 3 out, stayed on from 2 out, went 4th flat, nearest finish | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2020 | Newton Abbot | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 167y | 5 | Lady Jane P | 10st 12lbs | 6 of 10 | Thomas Bellamy | 17/2 |
| mid-division on inside, headway and plugged on final 2f | |||||||||


