Ancient Sands (IRE)
Ancient Sands (IRE) is 13 from 72. Hasn't won since Sep 2018. 5 of 10 starts at Dundalk (AW) have ended in wins. Last raced off a career-high mark of 138.
- 13–72Wins / Runs
- 18.1%Strike rate
- 31 (43.1%)Placed
- +60.87£1 level staken=72 at SP
- 2.04Fair A/E n=72 · 1.61 incl. margin
- 138Highest OR
- 44dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 105
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 146B | 50 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 75B | 67 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 146B | 39 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 65B | 47 | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 117A | 105 | — |
| Good | 2 | 118C | 107.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 117A | 105 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 141C | 115.5 | — |
Of 21 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · did not complete (1) · race clock stored as 0 (stranded; re-scored when it lands) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 21 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 12,793 runs since Jan 2008 (937 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 16 | 22.2% | +12 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,911 | 220 | 11.5% | +1.3 | 1 from 8 |
| Good | 2,945 | 268 | 9.1% | −1.1 | 4 from 26 |
| Good to Soft | 1,240 | 108 | 8.7% | −1.5 | 1 from 10 |
| Soft | 1,773 | 144 | 8.1% | −2.1 | 2 from 14 |
| Heavy | 545 | 62 | 11.4% | +1.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 4,305 | 486 | 11.3% | +1.1 | 5 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,127 | 142 | 12.6% | +2.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 5,041 | 528 | 10.5% | +0.3 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,331 | 336 | 10.1% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,102 | 196 | 9.3% | −0.9 | 7 from 23 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 838 | 80 | 9.5% | −0.7 | 4 from 30 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 320 | 22 | 6.9% | −3.3 | 1 from 12 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | −7 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Antiquus (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m6f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antiquus (IRE) | 46 | 3 | 5f–1m | — |
| Ancient Days (IRE) | 17 | 2 | 2m4f–2m6f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 26 | 4 | 15% | +28.50 |
| Soft | 14 | 2 | 14% | +5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 5 | 50% | +38.87 |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 10 | 5 | 50% | +38.87 |
| Leopardstown | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Curragh | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Galway | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Killarney | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.00 |
| Punchestown | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tipperary | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Naas | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Down Royal | 3 | 2 | 67% | +7.50 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Listowel | 1 | 1 | 100% | +33.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 30 | 4 | 13% | +22.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 23 | 7 | 30% | +45.87 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 1 | 8% | −5.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hayes | 18 | 3 | 17% | +31.00 |
| Andrew J McNamara | 11 | 1 | 9% | −6.50 |
| Pat Smullen | 10 | 4 | 40% | +7.37 |
| Connor King | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.00 |
| Rachael Blackmore | 4 | 1 | 25% | +6.00 |
| Christopher Geoghegan | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Tom Madden | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sam James | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Barry Geraghty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Colin Keane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killian Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| W J Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr P W Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane B Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Townend | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Joseph O'Brien | 1 | 1 | 100% | +25.00 |
| Mr D J Benson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keagan Latham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P Shanahan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 40 | 7 | 18% | +32.62 |
| Tongue tie | 22 | 3 | 14% | +14.50 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 8 | 3 | 38% | +15.75 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12 | 2 | 17% | +32.00 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2016 | 13 | 3 | 23% | +3.12 |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −1.00 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2013 | 11 | 5 | 45% | +23.25 |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +21.00 |
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 38 | 8 | 21% | +35.37 |
| Hurdle | 26 | 5 | 19% | +33.50 |
| Chase | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
Quick answers
- How many races has Ancient Sands won?
- Ancient Sands (IRE) won 13 of 72 archived starts between 2010 and 2018, a strike rate of 18.1%. Placed 31 times in total (43.1% of starts).
- Who trained Ancient Sands?
- Ancient Sands (IRE) was trained by John E Kiely on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 27 December 2018.
- Who is Ancient Sands's sire?
- Ancient Sands (IRE) is by Footstepsinthesand (GB) out of Antiguan Wells (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
- What going does Ancient Sands prefer?
- Ancient Sands (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 5 wins from 10 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ancient Sands's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 138, from the run on 27 December 2018. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Ancient Sands's sire's record?
- Footstepsinthesand (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 12,793 runs since Jan 2008 (937 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
- Who are Ancient Sands's siblings?
- Out of Antiguan Wells (IRE), Ancient Sands (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Antiquus (IRE) (3). The wins came over 5f–2m6f. As at Oct 2026.