Rich Belief

9yogeldingbby Make Believe out of Realt Eile

Form

87133

oldest → newest

In and out

NotesDistance winnerBeaten favourite last time

113

Official Rating

RPR

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Racing Post Rating

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Topspeed

Last run

20d

days ago

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Jockey

Ben Harvey

Trainer

Karl Thornton

0/2 winners last 14d · 0%

Owner

I J Keeling

Equipment

Currently:T

Switched TB → T26 Aug 2026

From our racecard archive — runs before our coverage window aren't included. Codes: B blinkers · P cheekpieces · V visor · H hood · T tongue tie.

Ownership history

I J KeelingCurrent
The Vickers Clark Racing Partnershipuntil 27 Oct 2020
Clarendon Thoroughbred Racinguntil 12 Oct 2019

Newest first. Dates mark when the horse left each owner.

Breeding

Sire: Make Believe
Dam: Realt Eile
Damsire: Dark Angel

Trainer history

CurrentKarl Thornton
22 Apr 2023Shane Crawley
8 Oct 2022Karl Thornton
27 Oct 2020James Bethell

Career trajectory

ORRPRTSAI

Solid lines: OR / RPR / AI. Dashed: TS. Dot = finishing position per run (oldest left → newest right). Missing values lift the pen rather than interpolating across gaps.

Form by going

Good0/3 · 0%
Standard0/1 · 0%
Good To Yielding1/1 · 100%

Strike rate per going. Bars scale against the highest rate in the list — so a short bar means weaker form on that going, not zero.

Form by course

Wexford1/1 · 100%
Sligo0/2 · 0%
Bellewstown0/1 · 0%
Dundalk (AW)0/1 · 0%

Past runs (tracked here)

Date	Race	Type	Pos	SP	AI
26 Aug 2026	Bellewstown 15:51 Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Claiming Hurdle	Hurdle	2	8/1	59.4
6 Aug 2026	Sligo 16:40 Westcare Home Care Claiming Hurdle	Hurdle	3	100/30F	58.3
12 Jul 2026	Dundalk (AW) 16:20 Fairways Hotel Dundalk Apprentice Handicap	Flat	6	50/1	46.1
9 Jun 2026	Sligo 17:20 Yeats Irish Whiskey Claiming Hurdle	Hurdle	3	5/2	73.7
27 May 2026	Wexford 16:42 Wexford Claiming Hurdle	Hurdle	1	9/1	61.2

Only runs Racing Alpha has synced are shown. Lifetime form is in the Racing Post form section above.

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