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Horse profile

Counsel (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, May 2013) · Last trainer Donald McCain · Last owner T G Leslie
by Dansili (GB) out of Kitty O'shea (GB) (Sadler's Wells)
15 runs · 12 courses · from Sep 2011
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 May 2013 — 4,912 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2013 4 wins · Sedgefield, Bangor-on-Dee & Kempton (AW) Beaten favourite LTO Last raced off OR 128
KTB Profile

Counsel (IRE) is 4 from 15, all wins coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Apr 2013.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4
Official rating128↓ 2lb off peak
128 73–130

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 128A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sedgefield, 5 Apr 2013 Official rating 128 at the last jumps run, 16 May 2013

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 87A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 20 Jun 2012 Official rating 74 at the last flat run, 20 Jun 2012

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 7 figures · best 130B · median 122
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Soft3130B122—
Good2128A125—
Soft2127A108.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m4130B122—
2m1f – 2m4f3128A127—
Flat 7 figures · best 87A · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Firm378A77—
Soft280A79—
Standard (AW)1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f387A77—
1m – 1m1f380A78—
6f – 7f1———

Of 15 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 15 runs · as at 4 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

Sire
Dansili (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 11,842 runs since Jan 2008 (983 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on heavy going: 7.9% from 428. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.1% from 209.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1011716.8%+3.1—
Good to Firm2,10728613.6%−0.10 from 3
Good2,96642414.3%+0.61 from 3
Good to Soft1,32416512.5%−1.21 from 3
Soft1,41316011.3%−2.41 from 4
Heavy428347.9%−5.80 from 1
Standard (AW)3,50153815.4%+1.71 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2533212.6%−1.1—
6f – 7f2,30929112.6%−1.10 from 1
1m – 1m1f2,88242714.8%+1.10 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f3,79655814.7%+11 from 3
1m5f – 2m1,68221813%−0.71 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f6837611.1%−2.62 from 3
2m5f – 3m209199.1%−4.6—
Over 3m28310.7%−3—

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

Dam
Kitty O'shea (GB) (Sadler's Wells)

5 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Parnell's Dream (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Parnell's Dream (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Parnell's Dream (GB)1021m4fClass 4
Aldborough (IRE)911m4fClass 4
Kissable (IRE)917f—
Kingdom Of Munster (IRE)4117½f—
Lunar Spirit (GB)711m2fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 1 25% −2.33
Good 3 1 33% −0.80
Good to Soft 3 1 33% +4.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 1 1 100% +6.50
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 4 50% +10.37
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sandown 2 0 0% −2.00
Sedgefield 2 2 100% +1.87
Doncaster 2 0 0% −2.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 1 100% +6.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 1 100% +6.50
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 1 20% +2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 2 67% +0.87
1m2f – 1m4f 3 1 33% +4.50
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jason Maguire 7 2 29% +1.67
Ryan Moore 5 1 20% +2.50
Richard Mullen 2 0 0% −2.00
Nick Slatter 1 1 100% +1.20

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 8 1 13% −0.50
Tongue tie 7 3 43% +3.87

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2013 5 2 40% −1.13
2012 7 2 29% +7.50
2011 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 8 3 38% +2.87
Flat 7 1 14% +0.50

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2013 · 5 runs
16 May 13+19d Perth Joseph Ribkoff At Loretta's Collections Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 7 ran F/7 — 11-12 128— Jason Maguire 7/4F
27 Apr 13+22d Sandown Bet365 Josh Gifford Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 5/11 3 11-8 130122A Jason Maguire 9/2
05 Apr 13+23d Sedgefield Molson Coors Amateur Riders' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 11-7 128128A Nick Slatter 6/5F
13 Mar 13+61d Cheltenham Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 24 ran 22/24 2¾ 10-10 130111C Jason Maguire 12/1
11 Jan 13+27d Sedgefield John Wade Earthworks & Demolition Novices' Hurdle (qualifier) Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 11 ran 1/11 11-0 130127A Jason Maguire 4/6F
2012 · 7 runs
15 Dec 12+31d Doncaster BetVictor.com Summit Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 3 11-2 128122B Jason Maguire 9/1
14 Nov 12+17d Bangor-on-Dee Rea Valley Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 10-12 —130B Jason Maguire 6/1
28 Oct 12+130d Aintree Betfred Goals Galore Introductory Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 33 11-0 —90C Jason Maguire 7/1
20 Jun 12+12d Kempton (AW) Betdaq Mobile Apps Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 8-10 7487A Ryan Moore 13/2
08 Jun 12+15d Newmarket Lloyds TSB Cardnet Classified Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 3 9-0 7378A Ryan Moore 3/1F
24 May 12+27d Sandown lovereading.co.uk Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 4/9 1¾ 8-13 7377A Ryan Moore 7/1
27 Apr 12+185d Doncaster Free Betting With freebets.co.uk Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Heavy · 10 ran 9/10 3 9-1 7461C Richard Mullen 13/2
2011 · 3 runs
25 Oct 11+22d Yarmouth British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 15 ran 5/15 2¾ 9-3 —80A Ryan Moore 8/1
03 Oct 11+27d Windsor British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 5/11 5 9-3 —77A Ryan Moore 7/1
06 Sep 11 Leicester British Stallion Studs E.B.F. Apollo Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 6/13 ¾ 9-3 —78A Richard Mullen 15/2

Quick answers

How many races has Counsel won?
Counsel (IRE) won 4 of 15 archived starts between 2011 and 2013, a strike rate of 26.7%. Placed 5 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Counsel?
Counsel (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Perth on 16 May 2013.
Who is Counsel's sire?
Counsel (IRE) is by Dansili (GB) out of Kitty O'shea (GB), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
What going does Counsel prefer?
Counsel (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Counsel's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 128, from the run on 16 May 2013. The highest on record is 130.
What is Counsel's sire's record?
Dansili (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 11,842 runs since Jan 2008 (983 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on heavy going: 7.9% from 428. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.1% from 209.
Who are Counsel's siblings?
Out of Kitty O'shea (GB), Counsel (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Parnell's Dream (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Parnell's Dream (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2011. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.