Castle In The Sand (IRE)
Castle In The Sand is a maiden who has placed five times from nine starts. His best effort came when second of eight at Chester in May 2024. The colt, by New Approach out of a Cape Cross mare, reached an official rating of 85 and ran to an official rating of 82 when sixth of 11 in a Class 3 handicap at Thirsk in Jun 2024. He raced on turf in eight of his nine starts.
- 0–9Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 5 (55.6%)Placed
- −9.00£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=9 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 22dBetween runs (median)longest 154 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 98
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 104A | 85 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 91A | 89.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 98A | 94.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 98A | 91 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 85B | 74 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 106A | 105 | — |
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.
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 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Mar 2012 (685 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 27 | 4 | 14.8% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,085 | 166 | 15.3% | +2.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,630 | 200 | 12.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 799 | 110 | 13.8% | +1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 958 | 107 | 11.2% | −1.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 283 | 28 | 9.9% | −2.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,010 | 241 | 12% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 98 | 9 | 9.2% | −3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,207 | 156 | 12.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,665 | 234 | 14.1% | +1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,324 | 303 | 13% | +0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,066 | 113 | 10.6% | −2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 320 | 33 | 10.3% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 101 | 8 | 7.9% | −4.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −12.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2012 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Probert | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 Castle In The Sand won?
- Castle In The Sand (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2023 and 2024. Placed 5 times in total (55.6% of starts).
- Who trained Castle In The Sand?
- Castle In The Sand (IRE) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Thirsk on 16 June 2024.
- Who is Castle In The Sand's sire?
- Castle In The Sand (IRE) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Crossing The Line (GB), whose sire is Cape Cross.
- What is Castle In The Sand's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 16 June 2024. The highest on record is 85.
- What is Castle In The Sand's sire's record?
- New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Mar 2012 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.