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Blues Emperor: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Blues Emperor is a 7-year-old gelding by Gleneagles, trained by William Harvey. He has won 5 of 37 starts and placed in 4 more. His best trip is 1m, where 4 wins from 21 is a 19% strike rate against 6% at every other distance. He runs next in the 7:15 at Cork on 9 September. His best performance rating is 101, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 37
  • Wins 5
  • Placed 9
  • Strike rate 14%
  • Best rating 101
  • Official rating 73

Where Blues Emperor runs next

Time Course Race Best price
7:15 Cork Racing Again September 29th Handicap —

Blues Emperor form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
22 Jul 26 Naas (IRE) NFP Handicap 7f Good 7 4 16/1 Nathan Crosse 73
26 Jun 26 Curragh Silken Thomas And Lock 13 Handicap 1m Good 12 6.25 22/1 Nathan Crosse 76
19 Jun 26 Down Royal Proparamedics And Medicall Handicap 7f Soft 6 6 9/2 Scott McCullagh 77
24 May 26 Curragh Velo Coffee Handicap 1m Good 13 10.25 9/1 Nathan Crosse 79
19 Apr 26 Curragh 1xBet.ie Supports Safe Gambling Handicap 7f Soft 4 1 66/1 Nathan Crosse 79
3 Apr 26 Curragh 1xBet.ie Proudly Supporting Irish Racing Mile Handicap 1m Soft To Heavy 16 24.25 66/1 Nathan Crosse 83
22 Mar 26 Naas Colm White Bookmaker Handicap 7f Soft 8 7.75 80/1 Nathan Crosse 86
20 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) New Saddle Bar At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 1m Standard 13 33 66/1 J M Sheridan 87
17 Oct 25 Dundalk (AW) Bar One Casino Handicap 7f Standard 6 5.25 9/2 Colin Keane 89
30 Sep 25 Cork Port Of Cork Handicap 1m Yielding 7 5.5 12/1 Ben Coen 91
13 Sep 25 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sovereign Path Handicap (Premier Handicap) 7f Good To Yielding 7 4.75 28/1 Ben Coen 92
30 Aug 25 Curragh Paddy Power Supporting Cancer Trials Ireland Irish Cambridgeshire (Premier Handicap) 1m Good To Yielding 11 3 18/1 Ben Coen 95
3 Aug 25 Galway Irish Stallion Farms EBF Ahonoora Handicap (Premier Handicap) 7f Soft 12 22.75 33/1 Ben Coen 96
9 Jul 25 Fairyhouse Free Ice Cream For All Children Handicap 7f Good 1 — 7/2 Ben Coen 89
27 Jun 25 Curragh JJ Mahon & Sons Handicap 7f Good 3 3 18/1 Ben Coen 89
5 Jun 25 Leopardstown Leopardstown Golf & Driving Range Apprentice Handicap 7.5f Good 11 9.75 22/1 Yudish Geerdharry 92
24 May 25 Curragh QuinnBet Emerald Mile Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m Good 18 13.75 33/1 Ben Coen 95
6 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Handicap 1m Standard 7 9.75 10/3 Patrick McGettigan 96
8 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap 1m Standard 7 4.5 11/4 Patrick McGettigan 96
11 Oct 24 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap 1m Standard 1 — 4/1 Patrick McGettigan 90
14 Sep 24 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sovereign Path Handicap (Premier Handicap) 7f Good 6 2 18/1 Wesley Joyce 90
31 Aug 24 Curragh Paddy Power Supporting Cancer Trials Irish Cambridgeshire (Premier Handicap) 1m Good 18 8.5 13/2 Wesley Joyce 91
30 Jul 24 Galway COLM QUINN BMW Mile Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m 0.5f Yielding 5 4.75 9/1 Shane B Kelly 94
11 Jul 24 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Nasrullah Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m 1f Good 8 3.5 8/1 Shane B Kelly 94
30 Jun 24 Curragh Dubai Duty Free Derby Festival Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m Good 6 6.75 15/2 Rory Mulligan 95
24 May 24 Curragh QuinnBet Emerald Mile Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m Good 5 2.5 9/1 Shane B Kelly 96
23 Mar 24 Doncaster William Hill Lincoln (Heritage Handicap) (Str) Class 2 1m Soft 17 22.75 11/1 Ben Coen 97
19 Sep 23 Listowel Edmund & Josie Whelan Memorial Listowel Stakes (listed) 1m 1f Soft 8 32.75 9/2 Ben Coen 97
26 Aug 23 Curragh Paddy Power Supporting Cancer Trials Ireland Irish Cambridgeshire (Premier Handicap) 1m Good 2 .25 13/2 Wesley Joyce 96
1 Aug 23 Galway COLM QUINN BMW Mile Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m 0.5f Yielding To Soft 6 2 9/1 Shane B Kelly 96
2 Jul 23 Curragh Dubai Duty Free Derby Festival Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m Good 1 — 7/1 Shane B Kelly 87
21 May 23 Naas Tote Always SP Or Better Handicap 1m Good 1 — 2/1F Ben Coen 84
22 Apr 23 Limerick Rathsallagh Country House Of The Year 2023 Handicap 1m Soft 2 2.75 6/1 Shane B Kelly 83
19 Oct 22 Navan Like Navan On Facebook Handicap 1m 2f Heavy 7 7.5 7/4F Ben Coen 83
22 Sep 22 Listowel Mac Fuels & General Supplies Maiden 1m Soft 1 — 13/8 Ben Coen –
7 Sep 22 Cork Follow Us On Social Media Maiden 1m Soft To Heavy 3 .75 8/1 Ben Coen –
3 Dec 21 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Maiden 1m Standard 4 4 12/1 Ben Coen –

Last time out

Finished 7 in the NFP Handicap at Naas (IRE) on 22 July 2026. Towards the back from the off - last and trailing the field early - unable to make an impact in the final 2f.

Blues Emperor by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
8f 21 4 19%
7f 10 1 10%
8.5f 2 0 0%
9f 2 0 0%
7.5f 1 0 0%
10f 1 0 0%

Blues Emperor by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 15 3 20%
Soft 8 1 13%
Standard 6 1 17%
Soft To Heavy 2 0 0%
Yielding 2 0 0%
Good To Yielding 2 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 1 0 0%
Heavy 1 0 0%

Blues Emperor by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Curragh 12 1 8%
Dundalk (AW) 6 1 17%
Leopardstown 4 0 0%
Galway 3 0 0%
Naas 2 1 50%
Cork 2 0 0%
Listowel 2 1 50%
Naas (IRE) 1 0 0%
Down Royal 1 0 0%
Fairyhouse 1 1 100%

Blues Emperor breeding

  • Sire Gleneagles (IRE)
  • Dam Bean Uasal (IRE)
  • Damsire Oasis Dream (GB)
  • Breeder Mrs Helen Keaveney
  • Foaled 11 March 2019

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