GLADIUS Thoroughbred



Gladius is a thoroughbred horse born in Ireland in 2022. Race horse Gladius is by Night Of Thunder (IRE) out of Persona Grata (GB) , trained by Andrew Balding Uk. Gladius form is available here. Owned by WATHNAN RACING.


Pedigree :
Sire NIGHT OF THUNDER (IRE) 2011
Dam PERSONA GRATA (GB) 2011
Dam Sire SIR PERCY (GB) 2003

About the horse :
Foal Date 10 Mar 2022
Description 4yo B Horse
Trainer Andrew Balding UK
Owner Wathnan Racing
Career 3 Wins (43%) - 3 Placings (86%) - 7 starts
Wins 1609m (1), 1810m (2)
PM United Kingdom : GBP £76,670
Qatar : QAR QR110,000

Sale Information :
offline

2025 Autumn Horses in Training Sale (625)  

Jamie Railton (Agent) 

Blandford Bloodstock

GNS 950,000

offline

2023 October Yearling Sale Book 1 (18)  

Stauffenberg Bloodstock 

Qatar Racing / China Horse Club

GNS 250,000

offline

2022 November Foal Sale (601)  

Irish National Stud 

Stauffenberg Bloodstock

EUR € 280,000



Starts:

7

Win Rate:

43%

Place Rate:

86%










Gladius Past Races

2 of 13, 20 Dec 2025, R10 QATAR DERBY THOROUGHBRED (3YO ONLY) (CLASS 1 QA GR1) INTERNATIONAL RACE WIN AND IN SHALFA QUALIFIER( FAR BEND ) 2000m | QAR QR 500,000 | 58.0kg | J: J DOYLE | T: A BALDING | | 02:01.25 | Winner: AEON'S AEGIS
2 of 6, 11 Oct 2025, R1 TOO DARN HOT DARLEY STAKES (GROUP 3) 1m1f | GBP £ 85,000 | 57.5kg | J: OISIN MURPHY | T: A BALDING | OP-Just missed out | 1:48.12 | Winner: DAMYSUS
2 of 6, 15 May 2025, R5 AL BASTI EQUIWORLD, DUBAI NOVICE STAKES 1m2f | GBP £ 8,854 | 61.0kg | J: D PROBERT | T: A BALDING | OP-Didn't trouble them | 2:07.05 | Winner: ARABIAN FORCE



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
OISIN MURPHY 2 50% 1 25% 4 $89,701 28 121
WILLIAM BUICK 1 100% 0 0% 1 $47,546 14 138
DAVID PROBERT 0 0% 1 100% 1 $4,210 -10 0
JAMES DOYLE 0 0% 1 100% 1 $168,453 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
KEMPTON PARK 1 100% 0 0% 1 $7,970 33 333
SANDOWN PARK 1 100% 0 0% 1 $14,264 15 150
GOODWOOD 1 100% 0 0% 1 $47,546 14 138
SALISBURY 0 0% 1 100% 1 $4,210 -10 0
NEWMARKET (ROWLEY) 0 0% 1 100% 1 $33,718 -10 0
AL RAYYAN 0 0% 1 100% 1 $168,453 -10 0
YORK 0 0% 0 0% 1 $33,749 -10 0