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River King: horse profile, stats, records and next races

River King is a 4-year-old gelding by King Of Change, trained by Richard Hannon. He has won 2 of 8 starts and placed in 4 more, for £22,775 in prize money. He has won 2 of 4 on good to firm ground, which is the surface to note. He runs next in the 4:15 at Doncaster on 12 September, where the best price is 14/1 with Bet365. His best performance rating is 100, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 8
  • Wins 2
  • Placed 6
  • Strike rate 25%
  • Prize money £22,775
  • Best rating 100
  • Official rating 95

Where River King runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:15 Doncaster Pertemps Network Handicap Stakes 14/1 Bet365 bet365

River King form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
18 Jun 26 Ascot Buckingham Palace Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 7f Good To Firm 5 3.25 14/1 Pat Dobbs 95
1 Jun 26 Newbury BetVictor Backing England To Win Handicap Class 4 1m Good To Firm 1 — 10/3J Pat Dobbs 87
21 May 26 Chepstow David Lucas, Wales Leading Independent Bookmaker Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 2f Good To Soft 2 .25 8/13F Sean Levey 84
16 Jun 25 Windsor Call Fitzdares For Top Prices Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 1m 2f Good To Firm 1 — 4/11F Sean Levey 85
22 May 25 Chelmsford City (AW) Watch Live Racing At bet365 Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 1m Standard 3 6.25 15/8F Sean Levey 85
9 May 25 Nottingham Oddschecker Free Bets Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 1m 0.5f Good 2 5 5/6F Sean Levey –
25 Apr 25 Doncaster Weekend Winners On Sky Sports Racing Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7f Good To Firm 3 1.75 11/4 Sean Levey –
7 Aug 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7f Standard To Slow 4 2.5 40/1 Sean Levey –

Last time out

Finished 5 in the Buckingham Palace Stakes (Handicap) at Ascot on 18 June 2026. Set the pace early - drifted off a true line under pressure inside final furlong and lost the advantage - couldn't find more in the last 110yds finishing fifth beaten 3.25 lengths.

River King by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 3 0 0%
8f 2 1 50%
10f 2 1 50%
8.5f 1 0 0%

River King by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good To Firm 4 2 50%
Good To Soft 1 0 0%
Standard 1 0 0%
Good 1 0 0%
Standard To Slow 1 0 0%

River King by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Ascot 1 0 0%
Newbury 1 1 100%
Chepstow 1 0 0%
Windsor 1 1 100%
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0%
Nottingham 1 0 0%
Doncaster 1 0 0%
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0%

River King breeding

  • Sire King Of Change (GB)
  • Dam Precipitous (IRE)
  • Damsire Indian Ridge (IRE)
  • Breeder Forenaghts Stud & Jim Bolger
  • Foaled 14 April 2022

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