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King of Charm: horse profile, stats, records and next races

King of Charm is a 5-year-old gelding by Charming Thought, trained by Martin Dunne. He has won 3 of 24 starts and placed in 4 more, for £23,845 in prize money. His best trip is 1m, where 2 wins from 11 is a 18% strike rate against 8% at every other distance. He runs next in the 2:05 at Southwell (AW) on 7 November, where the best price is 33/1 with Bet365. His best performance rating is 82, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 24
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 7
  • Strike rate 13%
  • Prize money £23,845
  • Best rating 82
  • Official rating 59

Where King of Charm runs next

Time Course Race Best price
2:05 Southwell (AW) All-Weather Championship Is Back Handicap Stakes 33/1 Bet365 bet365

King of Charm form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
23 Oct 26 Wolverhampton (AW) AW Trials Day - Lingfield 2nd January 2027 Handicap Stakes (Div I) Class 6 1m 0.5f Standard 9 6 66/1 Alice Bond 59
9 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's Superboosts Handicap Stakes (London Mile Series Qualifier) (Div II) Class 5 1m Standard / Slow 10 7.5 100/1 Tyler Heard 61
24 Sep 26 Newmarket JRA Japan Cup Handicap Stakes Class 5 1m Good 8 10.75 50/1 Alice Bond 62
31 Jul 26 Newmarket (July) Zyn Strong Stride Handicap Stakes Class 5 1m Good To Firm 7 10.25 11/2 Alice Bond 62
20 Jun 26 Newmarket JCB Mini-Exacavator Apprentice Handicap Class 5 1m Good To Firm 1 — 8/1 Alice Bond 59
28 May 26 Yarmouth Get Raceday Ready Handicap Class 6 1m Good To Firm 2 1 9/2 George Wood 58
1 Apr 26 Kempton (AW) Virgin Bet A Good Bet Handicap Class 5 1m Standard To Slow 6 6.75 11/1 Hollie Doyle 61
10 Jan 26 Lingfield (AW) Join The Midnite Movement Handicap Class 5 1m 2f Standard 10 25.5 18/1 Darragh Keenan 65
15 Dec 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 1m 0.5f Standard 8 7.5 10/1 Darragh Keenan 66
27 Nov 25 Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Racing Podcasts Handicap Class 5 7f Standard 8 13 7/2 Dylan Hogan 70
21 Oct 25 Yarmouth Join Moulton Racing Syndicate Handicap Class 4 7f Good To Soft 9 7 18/1 Jonny Peate 73
7 Aug 25 Sandown Hallgarten Novum Wines Handicap Class 5 1m Good 5 8.5 7/2J Robert Havlin 75
19 Jul 25 Newmarket Woodland Logistics Trophy Handicap Class 4 1m Good To Soft 5 8 11/1 Robert Havlin 78
6 Jun 25 Doncaster Join Us To Walk As One Handicap (Str) Class 4 1m Good 11 27.25 7/2 Kieran Shoemark 78
10 May 25 Nottingham Download The PricedUp App Handicap Class 4 1m 0.5f Good To Firm 4 3.75 8/1 Oisin Orr 79
12 Oct 24 Chelmsford City (AW) betting.betfair.com Handicap Class 4 1m Standard 11 11.75 14/1 Darragh Keenan 80
21 Sep 24 Newmarket Turners Handicap Class 4 7f Good To Firm 3 .5 9/1 Dylan Hogan 80
30 Aug 24 Sandown Sri Lanka Paradise Island Handicap Class 4 1m Good 1 — 5/2 Kieran Shoemark 76
13 Aug 24 Lingfield (AW) David Haynes Seventieth Birthday Celebration Handicap (AWT) Class 4 7f Standard 6 4.5 10/3F Darragh Keenan 76
26 Jul 24 Sandown Rhythm Of The Night Handicap Class 5 7f Good 2 .25 4/1 Darragh Keenan 74
6 Jul 24 Leicester Spreadex Racing In-Running Spread Betting Handicap Class 5 7f Good 6 2.75 10/3F Darragh Keenan 75
14 Jun 24 Sandown Stuart Robert Alan Williams Memorial Handicap Class 5 7f Good To Firm 2 2.5 33/1 Darragh Keenan 74
16 Oct 23 Yarmouth British Stallion Studs Ebf Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7f Soft 8 12.25 25/1 Darragh Keenan –
23 Sep 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 7f Standard 1 — 16/1 John Fahy –

Last time out

Finished 9 in the AW Trials Day - Lingfield 2nd January 2027 Handicap Stakes (Div I) at Wolverhampton (AW) on 23 October 2026. Settled in behind the main pack - urged 2f out but lacked pace to go with the leaders - soon held and finished 9th.

King of Charm by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
8f 11 2 18% —
7f 9 1 11% —
8.5f 3 0 0% —
10f 1 0 0% —

King of Charm by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Standard 7 1 14% —
Good 6 1 17% —
Good To Firm 6 1 17% —
Good To Soft 2 0 0% —
Standard / Slow 1 0 0% —
Standard To Slow 1 0 0% —
Soft 1 0 0% —

King of Charm by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Newmarket 4 1 25% —
Sandown 4 1 25% —
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 1 33% —
Yarmouth 3 0 0% —
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% —
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% —
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% —
Newmarket (July) 1 0 0% —
Doncaster 1 0 0% —
Nottingham 1 0 0% —

King of Charm breeding

  • Sire Charming Thought (GB)
  • Dam Ermyntrude (GB)
  • Damsire Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)
  • Breeder Paul Bocking
  • Foaled 24 March 2021

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