Royal Approval (IRE)
Owner: Mr Michael Blencowe Trainer: A M Balding Sex: colt Age: 4
Breeding: Cracksman / Nabaraat (War Front)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Standard | 4 | 2 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2025 | Newcastle | Standard | 1m 2f 42y | 2 | Royal Approval | 8st 9lbs | 1 of 11 | P J McDonald | 17/2 |
| mid-division, steady headway well over 2f out, pushed along in 4th well over 1f out, ridden and led over 110 yards out, drifted left and ran on | |||||||||
| 16 May 2025 | Newbury | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f | 3 | Burrito | 9st 5lbs | 11 of 14 | Oisin Murphy | 9/1 |
| always towards rear | |||||||||
| 30 Mar 2025 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 43y | 3 | City Of Delight | 9st 1lbs | 9 of 16 | Oisin Murphy | 12/1 |
| front mid-division, closer 2f out, edged left and pushed along in 2nd over 1f out, soon lost position and faded | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 2025 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f 1y | 2 | The Glen Rovers | 8st 12lbs | 11 of 12 | Jason Watson | 25/1 |
| slowly into stride, soon mid-division, not much room over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2025 | Newcastle | Standard / Slow | 1m 2f 42y | 4 | Royal Approval | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 7 | Jason Watson | 11/2 |
| mid-division on outside, going well 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, soon clear when hung left, ran on well, just held on | |||||||||
| 08 Jan 2025 | Newcastle | Standard / Slow | 1m 4f 98y | 5 | Northern Ruler | 9st 11lbs | 6 of 7 | P Mulrennan | 13/8 |
| held up in mid-division, took keen hold, closed over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 12 Dec 2024 | Newcastle | Standard | 1m 2f 42y | 5 | Royal Approval | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 12 | Jason Watson | 5/2 |
| mid-division on inside, headway hung left and led inside final furlong, continued to hang left, in command final 110 yards | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2024 | Sandown | Good to Soft | 1m 1f 209y | 2 | Prague | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 13 | Oisin Murphy | 8/1 |
| held up towards rear, never on terms | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 2023 | Southwell | Standard | 1m 13y | 4 | Educate | 9st 7lbs | of 12 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||