Dance For Chester (IRE)
Dance For Chester is a gelding who won two of eight starts on turf. Both wins came in handicaps on heavy ground, the first at Naas under 6f off 52 in Mar 2025 and the second at Gowran Park over 6f-7f off 60 in Apr 2025. Each success occurred on his first visit to the course. He last ran at Galway in Aug 2025, finishing 12 of 16 in the Arthur Guinness Handicap off a career-high mark of 65.
- 2–8Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 2 (25%)Placed
- −0.90£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 2.49Fair A/E n=8 · 2.03 incl. margin
- 65Highest OR
- 60dAvg 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 108
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 81A | 56.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 108A | 92.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 81A | 74 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 44C | 41.5 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 from 5 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 3 (60%) · 1 win
- Prominent 2 (40%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9% of 2,757 runs since Jan 2008 (261 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 15.3% from 118. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.1% from 213.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +3.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 337 | 32 | 9.5% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 581 | 55 | 9.5% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 323 | 27 | 8.4% | −0.6 | — |
| Soft | 395 | 35 | 8.9% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 118 | 18 | 15.3% | +6.3 | 2 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 995 | 81 | 8.1% | −0.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 213 | 30 | 14.1% | +5.1 | 1 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,155 | 98 | 8.5% | −0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 727 | 56 | 7.7% | −1.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 408 | 41 | 10% | +1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 161 | 15 | 9.3% | +0.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 85 | 9 | 10.6% | +1.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −9 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9 | — |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Bertie's Wish (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Bertie's Wish (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertie's Wish (IRE) | 18 | 5 | 7f–2m1f | Class 4 |
| Bid For Chester (IRE) | 32 | 3 | 5f–6f | — |
| Causeway Bay (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bid For Chester (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 2 | 100% | +5.10 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.90 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Joyce | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| Jack Kearney | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Jamie Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Bird | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Aug 25+100d | Galway | Arthur Guinness Handicap Sat close to pace - 6th at halfway - driven but making no headway entering straight stretch - held no more finishing off 1f out | 12/16 | 4½ | 9-7 | 65 | 44C | 51C | Jack Kearney | 5/1J |
| 23 Apr 25+31d | Gowran Park | Dining Packages At Gowran Park Handicap (0-60) Sat close to the pace wide - hit the front around halfway - edged clear again 2f out under a drive as one rival fought back hard - just in front at the furlong marker - kept finding late to prevail | 1/10 | 9-7 | 60 | 77A | 80A | Jack Kearney | 11/10F | |
| 23 Mar 25+189d | Naas | Far Above At Compas Stallions Handicap Held up towards the back and urged forward early - made ground on the far part of the track approaching 2f out - up into 4th passing the furlong marker - driven into the front inside the final 100 yards and stayed on strongly to score | 1/11 | 8-3 | 52 | 108A | 83A | Wesley Joyce | 4/1 | |
| 2024 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Sep 24+17d | Curragh | Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes Held up towards the back - made no progress through - well held in 20th | 20/22 | ¾ | 8-13 | 54 | 37C | 44C | Wesley Joyce | 100/1 |
| 29 Aug 24+47d | Navan | Navan Racecourse Nursery Handicap Hesitant start - settled towards back - urged forward approaching halfway - stayed under pressure with little response until closing late gain in the final furlong to finish seventh | 7/10 | nk | 8-4 | 54 | 81A | 53A | Jamie Powell | 28/1 |
| 13 Jul 24+8d | Navan | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden | 14/19 | 1 | 8-10 | — | 52C | 48A | Sean Bird | 150/1 |
| 05 Jul 24+30d | Bellewstown | Irish EBF Median Sires Series (C & G) Maiden | 7/9 | ¾ | 8-8 | — | 39A | 50A | Wesley Joyce | 12/1 |
| 05 Jun 24 | Curragh | Spar Shop At The Curragh Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden | 8/9 | 4½ | 9-0 | — | 74A | 50A | Wesley Joyce | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Dance For Chester won?
- Dance For Chester (IRE) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Dance For Chester?
- Dance For Chester (IRE) was trained by Stephen Thorne on the most recent run on record, at Galway on 1 August 2025.
- Who is Dance For Chester's sire?
- Dance For Chester (IRE) is by Ribchester (IRE) out of Dance Bid (GB), whose sire is Authorized.
- What is Dance For Chester's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 65, from the run on 1 August 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Dance For Chester's sire's record?
- Ribchester (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9% of 2,757 runs since Jan 2008 (261 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 15.3% from 118. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.1% from 213.
- Who are Dance For Chester's siblings?
- Out of Dance Bid (GB), Dance For Chester (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Bertie's Wish (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Bertie's Wish (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.