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Newtown Duke: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Newtown Duke is a 5-year-old gelding by Lope De Vega, trained by Ian Williams. He has won 1 of 12 starts and placed in 5 more, for £11,709 in prize money. His best trip is 1m, where 1 win from 3 is a 33% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:20 at Doncaster on 11 September. His best performance rating is 84, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 12
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 6
  • Strike rate 8%
  • Prize money £11,709
  • Best rating 84
  • Official rating 72

Where Newtown Duke runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:20 Doncaster Pertemps Network Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) —

Newtown Duke form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
13 Jun 26 Chester Summer Saturday On 27th June Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 4.5f Good To Soft 3 2.25 9/4F Ryan Kavanagh 72
8 May 26 Chester Chester Roman Day On 30th May Apprentice Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 4.5f Good 3 2 9/1 Ryan Kavanagh 72
22 Nov 25 Newcastle (AW) Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Class 5 1m Standard 1 — 9/4F Dougie Costello 70
29 Oct 25 Nottingham PricedUp The Flat Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 2f Soft 4 7.75 4/1 Paul Mulrennan 73
21 Aug 25 Newcastle (AW) Racing League Race 31 Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 2f Standard 8 6.75 14/1 Trevor Whelan 75
24 Jul 25 Yarmouth Racing League Race 1 Handicap (Trainers Registered to Racing League) (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 3.5f Soft 7 4.75 12/1 Edward Greatrex 76
5 Jul 25 Carlisle Grand Caledonia Finale Handicap (Pro-Am Female Jockeys) Class 5 1m 1f Soft 3 .75 28/1 Josephine Gordon 75
14 Jun 25 Sandown Darley British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 1m 2f Good To Firm 10 10.75 66/1 Charles Bishop 77
14 Oct 24 Roscommon Class Grass Maiden 1m 2.5f Soft 4 8.75 5/2 Chris Hayes 81
22 Aug 24 Leopardstown BoyleSports Money Back If 2nd To SP Fav Maiden 1m Good 4 5.5 11/8F Chris Hayes –
3 Aug 24 Galway Bathshack Maiden 1m 0.5f Soft 3 1.5 7/2 Chris Hayes –
7 Jul 24 Limerick Conference & Banqueting Facilities At Limerick Racecourse Maiden (Div 2) 1m Good 2 1.75 9/2 Chris Hayes –

Last time out

Finished 3 in the Summer Saturday On 27th June Handicap (GBBPlus Race) at Chester on 13 June 2026. Took a strong hold early - up with the pace - pushed along over 2f out - kept on inside the final furlong but couldn't get to the front pair finishing third.

Newtown Duke by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
8f 3 1 33%
10f 3 0 0%
12.5f 2 0 0%
11.5f 1 0 0%
9f 1 0 0%
10.5f 1 0 0%
8.5f 1 0 0%

Newtown Duke by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Soft 5 0 0%
Good 3 0 0%
Standard 2 1 50%
Good To Soft 1 0 0%
Good To Firm 1 0 0%

Newtown Duke by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Chester 2 0 0%
Newcastle (AW) 2 1 50%
Nottingham 1 0 0%
Yarmouth 1 0 0%
Carlisle 1 0 0%
Sandown 1 0 0%
Roscommon 1 0 0%
Leopardstown 1 0 0%
Galway 1 0 0%
Limerick 1 0 0%

Newtown Duke breeding

  • Sire Lope De Vega (IRE)
  • Dam Dark Crusader (IRE)
  • Damsire Cape Cross (IRE)
  • Breeder Newtown Anner Stud
  • Foaled 9 April 2021

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