Blue Heron (IRE)
Blue Heron (IRE) is 4 from 12, including a Grade 2 win. The biggest win we hold: the Bathwick Tyres Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton (Feb 2015). Hasn't won since Feb 2015. All 4 wins have come over 1m5f – 2m.
- 4–12Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 6 (50%)Placed
- +1.38£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.52Fair A/E n=12 · 1.35 incl. margin
- 155Highest OR
- 40dBetween runs (median)longest 555 d
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 —
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 11.2% of 2,819 runs since Jan 2008 (317 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 162.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 12 | 0 | 0% | −11.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 162 | 23 | 14.2% | +3 | — |
| Good | 810 | 83 | 10.2% | −1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 474 | 57 | 12% | +0.8 | 2 from 7 |
| Soft | 847 | 92 | 10.9% | −0.3 | 2 from 3 |
| Heavy | 501 | 58 | 11.6% | +0.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | +4.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 18 | 3 | 16.7% | +5.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 885 | 96 | 10.8% | −0.4 | 4 from 9 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,000 | 107 | 10.7% | −0.5 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 747 | 88 | 11.8% | +0.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 168 | 21 | 12.5% | +1.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Pliny (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Pliny (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pliny (IRE) | 21 | 1 | 2m | Class 5 |
| Coco Des Champs (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Quiverhill Allstar (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Stitchnick (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 2 | 29% | −0.87 |
| Soft | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.25 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +3.33 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ludlow | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 4 | 44% | +4.38 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 10 | 4 | 40% | +3.38 |
| Paddy Brennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bridget Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.58 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 7 | 3 | 43% | +4.58 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.20 |
| Chase | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Blue Heron won?
- Blue Heron (IRE) won 4 of 12 archived starts between 2013 and 2016, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 6 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Blue Heron?
- Blue Heron (IRE) was trained by Dan Skelton on the most recent run on record, at Wetherby on 12 November 2016.
- Who is Blue Heron's sire?
- Blue Heron (IRE) is by Heron Island (IRE) out of American Chick (IRE), whose sire is Lord Americo.
- What going does Blue Heron prefer?
- Blue Heron (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Blue Heron's official rating?
- Blue Heron (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 155.
- What is Blue Heron's sire's record?
- Heron Island (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 2,819 runs since Jan 2008 (317 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 162.
- Who are Blue Heron's siblings?
- Out of American Chick (IRE), Blue Heron (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Pliny (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Pliny (IRE)). The wins came over 2m. As at Nov 2026.