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Horse profile

Dab Hand (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2009) · Last trainer J Larkin · Last owner Mocw Syndicate
by Alzao (USA) out of Deft Touch (IRE) (Desert Style)
21 runs · 17 courses · from May 2006
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Jul 2009 — 6,309 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2009 · 3rd of 19 Won at Lingfield (AW) Last raced off OR 90
KTB Profile

Dab Hand (IRE) is 1 from 21, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Oct 2006. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 18 on turf.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 5
Official rating90↓ 2lb off peak
90 61–92

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) 113A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Down Royal, 19 Jun 2009 Official rating 90 at the last jumps run, 19 Jul 2009

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 49C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Roscommon, 21 May 2007 Official rating 61 at the last flat run, 2 Aug 2007

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 9 figures · best 113A · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft3109A90—
Good3101A96—
Heavy290C85.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7113A90—
2m1f – 2m4f2101A98.5—
Flat 12 figures · best 90C · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Firm578C66—
Standard (AW)390C73—
Good281C65—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f681C66.5—
1m2f – 1m4f490C48.5—
6f – 7f267C66.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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
Alzao (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 381 runs since Jan 2008 (42 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−10.2—
Good to Firm63812.7%+2.50 from 6
Good851011.8%+1.60 from 5
Good to Soft6569.2%−10 from 1
Soft5958.5%−1.70 from 4
Heavy2129.5%−0.70 from 2
Standard (AW)8489.5%−0.71 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−10.2—
6f – 7f2827.1%−3.10 from 2
1m – 1m1f5658.9%−1.31 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f801012.5%+2.30 from 4
1m5f – 2m1031211.7%+1.50 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f6158.2%−20 from 2
2m5f – 3m4137.3%−2.9—
Over 3m11218.2%+8—

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
Deft Touch (IRE) (Desert Style)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 3 1 33% +0.25
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 1 20% −1.75
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Bellewstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 1 50% +1.25
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 7 0 0% −7.00
1m – 1m1f 6 1 17% −2.75
1m2f – 1m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
D J Casey 4 0 0% −4.00
Ryan Moore 4 1 25% −0.75
Stephen Gray 2 0 0% −2.00
W J Lee 2 0 0% −2.00
D G Hogan 2 0 0% −2.00
Adam Kirby 2 0 0% −2.00
Liam Keniry 2 0 0% −2.00
Andrew J McNamara 1 0 0% −1.00
D J Moran 1 0 0% −1.00
Chris Catlin 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 18 1 6% −14.75
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 3 0 0% −3.00
2007 8 0 0% −8.00
2006 10 1 10% −6.75

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 12 1 8% −8.75
Hurdle 9 0 0% −9.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2009 · 3 runs
19 Jul 09+16d Tipperary (IRE) O'Dwyer Tarmac Handicap Hurdle 16f · Yielding To Soft · 19 ran 3/19 ¾ 10-3 90109A Stephen Gray 14/1
03 Jul 09+14d Bellewstown D Hotel Maiden Hurdle 17f · Good · 16 ran 7/16 1¼ 11-7 90101A Stephen Gray 20/1
19 Jun 09+628d Down Royal Asidua Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 5/17 1¾ 11-12 92113A Andrew J McNamara 20/1
2007 · 8 runs
30 Sep 07+32d Clonmel (IRE) Laganore Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 18 ran 9/18 13 11-7 7886C D J Casey 20/1
29 Aug 07+23d Bellewstown Rennicks Signs Handicap Hurdle (74-102) 17f · Good · 16 ran 5/16 4½ 10-2 7996C D J Casey 10/1
06 Aug 07+4d Naas Www.naasracecourse.com Handicap Hurdle (74-109) 16f · Soft · 16 ran 10/16 2½ 10-1 7886C D J Casey 12/1
02 Aug 07+73d Galway Arthur Guinness Handicap (60-90) 8.5f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 17/17 23 8-1 6130C D J Moran 33/1
21 May 07+14d Roscommon Connolly's Red Mills Horse Cubes Handicap (50-70) (Div 1) 10f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 1½ 9-6 6549C W J Lee 20/1
07 May 07+89d Curragh Ivan Denisovich Handicap (50-80) 10f · Good To Firm · 25 ran 21/25 2 9-0 6748C W J Lee 20/1
07 Feb 07+17d Down Royal Bank Of Ireland Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 18/20 10 11-2 9090C D G Hogan 25/1
21 Jan 07+21d Cork Millstreet Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 24 ran 15/24 shd 10-7 —81C D G Hogan 20/1
2006 · 10 runs
31 Dec 06+77d Punchestown New Year's Eve 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 16 ran 8/16 7 11-0 —90C D J Casey 14/1
15 Oct 06+10d Lingfield (AW) Visit The Trackside Carvery Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 2/14 ½ 9-4 6490C Ryan Moore 13/2
05 Oct 06+31d Lingfield (AW) Jumping Here On November 8th Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 1/11 9-3 6773C Ryan Moore 9/4
04 Sep 06+25d Warwick Wbx.com World Bet Exchange Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Good · 15 ran 3/15 nk 9-3 6481C Chris Catlin 9/2
10 Aug 06+12d Folkestone Dennis Wright 60th Birthday Celebration Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5/7 1½ 9-1 6666C Adam Kirby 11/2
29 Jul 06+19d Lingfield Trackside Carvery Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2/9 2½ 9-0 6667C Adam Kirby 9/1
10 Jul 06+14d Windsor totesport.com Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 7/12 ¾ 9-4 6760C Ryan Moore 8/1
26 Jun 06+24d Wolverhampton (AW) Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 10 ran 4/10 4 9-3 6744C Ryan Moore 3/1
02 Jun 06+25d Bath Click Onto greencopiers.com Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 5/15 1¼ 9-3 6778C Liam Keniry 40/1
08 May 06 Windsor Vccasino.Com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Soft · 11 ran 8/11 ¾ 9-3 —48C Liam Keniry 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dab Hand won?
Dab Hand (IRE) won 1 of 21 archived starts between 2006 and 2009, a strike rate of 4.8%. Placed 5 times in total (23.8% of starts).
Who trained Dab Hand?
Dab Hand (IRE) was trained by J Larkin on the most recent run on record, at Tipperary (IRE) on 19 July 2009.
Who is Dab Hand's sire?
Dab Hand (IRE) is by Alzao (USA) out of Deft Touch (IRE), whose sire is Desert Style.
What going does Dab Hand prefer?
Dab Hand (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Dab Hand's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 19 July 2009. The highest on record is 92.
What is Dab Hand's sire's record?
Alzao (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 381 runs since Jan 2008 (42 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from May 2006. 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.