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Royal Bodyguard: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Royal Bodyguard is a 3-year-old gelding by Kodi Bear, trained by Michael Bell. He has won 2 of 13 starts and placed in 6 more, for £26,158 in prize money. His best trip is 1m, where 2 wins from 7 is a 29% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:52 at Epsom on 10 September. His best performance rating is 73, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 13
  • Wins 2
  • Placed 8
  • Strike rate 15%
  • Prize money £26,158
  • Best rating 73
  • Official rating 68

Where Royal Bodyguard runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:52 Epsom Business Pilot Handicap Stakes —

Royal Bodyguard form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
22 Aug 26 Newmarket (July) Hargreaves Services PLC Handicap Stakes Class 5 1m Good 1 — 11/4 Pat Dobbs 68
12 Aug 26 Ffos Las Golwg Gwendraeth "Confined" Handicap Stakes (For Horses Which Have Not Won A Flat Race In 2026) Class 5 1m Good 2 2.25 3/1 Daniel Muscutt 67
19 Jun 26 Newmarket Zyn Strong Stride Handicap Class 5 1m Good 4 5.75 12/1 Ross Coakley 69
6 Jun 26 Lingfield Buy A Share At daretodreamracing.co.uk Handicap Class 5 1m 1f Soft 6 19.25 4/1 Stevie Donohoe 69
23 May 26 Windsor David And Debbie Married At Last Handicap Class 5 1m Good To Firm 3 2.5 3/1 Finley Marsh 70
1 May 26 Newmarket Betfred 'The Classic Bookmaker' Handicap Class 3 1m Good To Firm 8 7.75 10/1 Silvestre De Sousa 71
18 Sep 25 Chelmsford City (AW) Flutter Proudly Supporting Pancreatic Cancer UK Nursery (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 2f Standard 2 7 2/1 Daniel Muscutt 71
11 Sep 25 Doncaster Yates Drywall Ltd Nursery (GBBPlus Race) (Str) Class 3 1m Good To Soft 3 1.5 11/1 Luke Morris 71
20 Aug 25 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Nursery (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m Standard To Slow 1 — 7/4F Hector Crouch 67
9 Aug 25 Newmarket Aston Martin Nursery Class 4 7f Good To Firm 3 2 14/1 Rowan Scott 67
23 Jul 25 Doncaster Get Raceday Ready EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 5f Good To Soft 3 4.75 17/2 Kieran Shoemark –
12 Jun 25 Chelmsford City (AW) bet365 Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 6f Standard 5 7.5 7/1 Pat Cosgrave –
16 May 25 Newmarket Juddmonte EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 2 6f Good 5 13.75 11/2 Billy Loughnane –

Last time out

Finished 1 in the Hargreaves Services PLC Handicap Stakes at Newmarket (July) on 22 August 2026. Settled towards the back early - travelling comfortably behind the pace 2f out - closed on the front-runners with a furlong left - driven to the front inside the final furlong - stayed on strongly to win.

Royal Bodyguard by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
8f 7 2 29%
6f 2 0 0%
9f 1 0 0%
10f 1 0 0%
7f 1 0 0%
5f 1 0 0%

Royal Bodyguard by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 4 1 25%
Good To Firm 3 0 0%
Standard 2 0 0%
Good To Soft 2 0 0%
Soft 1 0 0%
Standard To Slow 1 1 100%

Royal Bodyguard by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Newmarket 4 0 0%
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0%
Doncaster 2 0 0%
Newmarket (July) 1 1 100%
Ffos Las 1 0 0%
Lingfield 1 0 0%
Windsor 1 0 0%
Kempton (AW) 1 1 100%

Royal Bodyguard breeding

  • Sire Kodi Bear (IRE)
  • Dam Speciality (FR)
  • Damsire Lawman (FR)
  • Breeder Fair Salina
  • Foaled 24 February 2023

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