Dances With Stars (IRE)
Dances With Stars won three of 15 starts, all at Dundalk over 1m2f – 1m4f on standard going. The gelding landed two handicaps there in Mar 2022 off marks of 77 and 83 after taking a maiden in Nov 2021. He raced off a career-high mark of 88 when finishing 12 of 14 in an Irish Stallion Farms EBF handicap at Dundalk in Aug 2022. The horse, by Sea The Stars out of a Danehill Dancer mare, never won on turf.
- 3–15Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 10 (66.7%)Placed
- −7.00£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 0.77Fair A/E n=15 · 0.62 incl. margin
- 89Highest OR
- 26dBetween runs (median)longest 308 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 96
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 11 | 107B | 97 | — |
| Good | 4 | 132A | 93 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 13 | 132A | 95 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 105A | 100.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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 15.7% of 9,972 runs since Jun 2013 (1,116 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.4% from 457. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 3 | 16.7% | +1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,503 | 284 | 18.9% | +3.2 | — |
| Good | 2,647 | 421 | 15.9% | +0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 1,243 | 206 | 16.6% | +0.9 | — |
| Soft | 1,535 | 188 | 12.2% | −3.5 | — |
| Heavy | 457 | 43 | 9.4% | −6.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,569 | 424 | 16.5% | +0.8 | 3 from 11 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 28 | 4 | 14.3% | −1.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 774 | 113 | 14.6% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,108 | 337 | 16% | +0.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4,422 | 759 | 17.2% | +1.5 | 3 from 13 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,894 | 263 | 13.9% | −1.8 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 586 | 74 | 12.6% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 139 | 16 | 11.5% | −4.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 21 | 3 | 14.3% | −1.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2013 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galileo Dance (FR) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Lorgnette (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dance Star (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 11 | 3 | 27% | −3.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 11 | 3 | 27% | −3.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 13 | 3 | 23% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan McDonogh | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Hugh Horgan | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.12 |
| Mikey Sheehy | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.12 |
| Shane Crosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Siobhan Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Gallagher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 12 | 3 | 25% | −4.00 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −2.88 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.12 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Aug 22+24d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Red God' Handicap | 12/14 | 3 | 9-1 | 88 | 97C | 66C | Hugh Horgan | 17/2 |
| 22 Jul 22+44d | Down Royal | Her Majesty's Plate (Listed) | 6/6 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 88 | 96A | 75B | Shane Crosse | 11/1 |
| 08 Jun 22+26d | Cork | Cork Derby (Extended Handicap) | 5/9 | 5½ | 9-0 | 89 | 90A | 73A | Hugh Horgan | 3/1 |
| 13 May 22+49d | Leopardstown | Women's Irish Network For Racing Lady Riders Handicap | 3/9 | ½ | 9-13 | 89 | 80A | 92A | Siobhan Rutledge | 11/2 |
| 25 Mar 22+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Ladies Day At Dundalk Stadium 12th July Handicap | 1/11 | 9-11 | 83 | 103A | 90A | Mikey Sheehy | 6/4F | |
| 11 Mar 22+35d | Dundalk (AW) | BetVictor Proud To Support Irish Racing Handicap | 1/10 | 8-11 | 77 | 97A | 87A | Mikey Sheehy | 13/8F | |
| 04 Feb 22+16d | Dundalk (AW) | BetVictor Casino Handicap | 2/11 | ½ | 8-12 | 76 | 97A | 79A | Hugh Horgan | 9/4F |
| 19 Jan 22+47d | Dundalk (AW) | Find Us On Facebook At dundalkstadium Handicap | 5/10 | ¾ | 8-6 | 76 | 105A | 75A | Mikey Sheehy | 9/4F |
| 2021 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Dec 21+9d | Dundalk (AW) | BetVictor Casino Handicap | 3/8 | hd | 8-6 | 71 | 94A | 79A | Mark Gallagher | 2/1F |
| 24 Nov 21+308d | Dundalk (AW) | Lengthen The Odds With BetVictor Maiden | 1/14 | 9-5 | 71 | 84B | 79A | Hugh Horgan | 15/8 | |
| 20 Jan 21+5d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Maiden (Div 2) | 2/13 | 5 | 9-9 | 76 | 95B | 75A | Declan McDonogh | 2/5F |
| 15 Jan 21+30d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Rated Race | 2/14 | ½ | 9-10 | 75 | 107B | 88A | Declan McDonogh | 15/8F |
| 2020 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Dec 20+12d | Dundalk (AW) | Crowne Plaza Hotel Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Maiden | 2/14 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 85B | 81A | Declan McDonogh | 5/6F |
| 04 Dec 20+158d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Racing Fundraiser For Children's Health Foundation Crumlin In Memory Of Pat Smullen Maiden (Div 1) | 2/13 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 93B | 88A | Declan McDonogh | 15/8F |
| 29 Jun 20 | Limerick | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) | 3/7 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 132A | 74A | Declan McDonogh | 9/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Dances With Stars won?
- Dances With Stars (IRE) won 3 of 15 archived starts between 2020 and 2022, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 10 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trained Dances With Stars?
- Dances With Stars (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 15 August 2022.
- Who is Dances With Stars's sire?
- Dances With Stars (IRE) is by Sea The Stars (IRE) out of Dance Secretary (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
- What going does Dances With Stars prefer?
- Dances With Stars (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 3 wins from 11 starts (27.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Dances With Stars's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 15 August 2022. The highest on record is 89.
- What is Dances With Stars's sire's record?
- Sea The Stars (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,972 runs since Jun 2013 (1,116 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.4% from 457. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
- Who are Dances With Stars's siblings?
- Out of Dance Secretary (IRE), Dances With Stars (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.