Royal Maggs

🐎 Horse Profile: Royal Maggs (IRE)
Foaled: April 1, 2020
Sex: Gelding
Colour: Bay or Bay-type
Trainer: Mark Walford
Owner: Ursa Major Racing
Sire: Telescope (IRE)
Dam: Royal Present (IRE)
Dam’s Sire: Presenting (GB)

🏇 Racing Style & Strengths
Royal Maggs is a 5-year-old gelding with scope for growth and development. His pedigree suggests he may combine stamina and durability, so he might be well suited to middle-distance or staying National Hunt contests (hurdles or chases) as he matures. He is likely to prefer a steady gallop and may not be at his best over sprint trips. Given his age and breeding, he should be able to handle a variety of ground conditions, and with patient placement and experience he could develop into a reliable competitor over further distances.

He’ll benefit from being placed where he can settle off a moderate pace, and his stamina base should help him finish strongly in testing conditions.

🧬 Pedigree Insights

Sire: Telescope (IRE)

  • Telescope (foaled 2010) was by Galileo out of Velouette.

  • He had a successful racing career, winning the Hardwicke Stakes emphatically and posting strong performances in weight-for-age company.

  • As a stallion, Telescope is being used for National Hunt purposes and is seen as a sire of jumps performers, offering a mix of stamina and class.

  • His pedigree is strong: as a son of Galileo, he brings a line of proven stamina and class.

Given this, Royal Maggs inherits a sire line that is known for producing horses capable of stepping up in trip, staying power, and a degree of toughness.

Dam: Royal Present (IRE)

  • Royal Present is by Presenting (GB).

  • Presenting (the dam’s sire) is a well-regarded influence in National Hunt pedigrees, known for imparting stamina and durability.

  • The dam line may not be especially high profile in flat racing, but it is respectable in the jumping sphere, given the presence of Presenting.

  • Royal Present’s own progeny record suggests she is producing runners under National Hunt conditions.

Thus, Royal Maggs benefits from a dam line oriented more toward staying and jumping performance, giving a balance to the speed/stamina mix he inherits from his sire side.

Overall Pedigree Take

  • The cross of Telescope × Presenting suggests Royal Maggs should have innate stamina, staying power, and the constitution to handle the rigours of jumps racing.

  • He may not be early fast, but as he matures and gains experience he should improve over longer trips and in softer ground.

  • His pedigree does not obviously point to being a sharp sprinter, but rather a reliable horse for middle-to-staying distances in National Hunt programming.

🏠 Ownership & Training
Owned by Ursa Major Racing and under the care of Mark Walford, Royal Maggs is in a yard experienced with National Hunt types. At 5 years old, he is entering a formative period when many jumpers begin to show their true potential. With careful placement, patient progression, and learning over fences or hurdles, he has the pedigree foundation to become a consistent performer in staying handicap hurdles or chases.

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