Ariel (IRE)
Ariel is a gelding with three wins from 12 starts, all in handicaps. Two of those came over 1m – 1m1f on good to firm going at Yarmouth and Ripon in Jun 2021, and the third came over 6f – 7f on standard going at Kempton in May 2021. He has raced twice at Sha Tin without success. He finished fifth of 14 in the Solar Hei Hei Handicap at Sha Tin in Jul 2026, last raced off OR 44.
- 3–12Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 4 (33.3%)Placed
- +1.25£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.75Fair A/E n=11 · 1.54 incl. margin
- 84Highest OR
- 190dAvg 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 99
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 99A | 72.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 89A | 88.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 99A | 71 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 90C | 88.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,024 runs since Jan 2008 (1,161 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 198 | 41 | 20.7% | +8.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,251 | 399 | 12.3% | +0.4 | 2 from 4 |
| Good | 3,146 | 328 | 10.4% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,310 | 130 | 9.9% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,194 | 94 | 7.9% | −4 | — |
| Heavy | 273 | 25 | 9.2% | −2.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 6,652 | 882 | 13.3% | +1.4 | 1 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3,860 | 521 | 13.5% | +1.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 8,004 | 950 | 11.9% | 0 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,751 | 289 | 10.5% | −1.4 | 2 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,025 | 102 | 10% | −1.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 273 | 26 | 9.5% | −2.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 102 | 10 | 9.8% | −2.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −0.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Molly Dolly (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–7½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Molly Dolly (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Dolly (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 7f–7½f | Class 4 |
| Dr Phibes (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Young Sunshine (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sigismund (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Battani (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Fiannoglaigh (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.25 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.50 |
| Class 5 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.75 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sha Tin (HK) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sha Tin | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Ripon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.25 |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran Shoemark | 6 | 2 | 33% | +3.75 |
| M L Yeung | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nichola Yuen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stefano Cherchi | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Callum Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 3 | 30% | +3.25 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +5.25 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 26+11d | Sha Tin | Solar Hei Hei Handicap | 5/14 | 1¾ | 8-7 | 44 | — | — | M L Yeung | — |
| 01 Jul 26+24d | Sha Tin (HK) | Friends Of Hong Kong Association Cup (Handicap) (Course C) (Turf) | 8/14 | 1¼ | 8-10 | 46 | — | — | Richard Kingscote | 10/1 |
| 07 Jun 26+1761d | Sha Tin (HK) | University Hall Handicap (Dirt) In touch with leaders - lost position after 1f - no chance over 1f out | 12/14 | 1½ | 8-2 | 48 | — | — | Nichola Yuen | 4/1 |
| 11 Aug 21+47d | Salisbury | Michael Brunton Memorial Pembroke Handicap | 3/6 | 2 | 9-7 | 84 | 60A | 79B | Kieran Shoemark | 3/1 |
| 25 Jun 21+15d | Doncaster | Sky Bet In Running Handicap | 2/5 | nk | 8-12 | 81 | 90C | 81B | Jamie Spencer | 9/2 |
| 10 Jun 21+8d | Yarmouth | Visit attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap | 1/4 | 9-1 | 71 | 88C | 73B | Stefano Cherchi | 6/4F | |
| 02 Jun 21+28d | Ripon | Yorkshire Accountants Ripon Handicap | 1/9 | 9-8 | 71 | 89A | 91A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/4F | |
| 05 May 21+71d | Kempton (AW) | racingtv.com Handicap | 1/9 | 9-5 | 67 | 99A | 79A | Kieran Shoemark | 5/1 | |
| 23 Feb 21+41d | Newcastle (AW) | Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Novice Stakes | 3/6 | shd | 9-2 | — | 58A | 72B | Callum Shepherd | 7/2 |
| 13 Jan 21+55d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Novice Stakes (Div 2) | 8/10 | nk | 8-10 | — | 71A | 54A | Kieran Shoemark | 16/1 |
| 19 Nov 20+27d | Newcastle (AW) | Ladbrokes Watch Racing Online Daily Free EBF Novice Stakes | 7/13 | 3 | 9-5 | — | 74B | 57A | Kieran Shoemark | 25/1 |
| 23 Oct 20 | Newbury | Rayner Bosch Car Services EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 11/13 | 1¾ | 9-5 | — | 40C | 63C | Kieran Shoemark | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ariel (IRE) won?
- Ariel (IRE) won 3 of 12 archived starts between 2020 and 2026, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 4 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trains Ariel (IRE)?
- Ariel (IRE) is trained by David A Hayes, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 July 2026.
- Who is Ariel (IRE)'s sire?
- Ariel (IRE) is by Exceed And Excel (AUS) out of Garra Molly (IRE), whose sire is Nayef.
- What going does Ariel (IRE) prefer?
- Ariel (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 4 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 Ariel (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 44, from the run on 12 July 2026. The highest on record is 84.
- What is Ariel (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Exceed And Excel (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,024 runs since Jan 2008 (1,161 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
- Who are Ariel (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Garra Molly (IRE), Ariel (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Molly Dolly (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Molly Dolly (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–7½f. As at Oct 2026.