Dandy's Rocket (IRE)
Dandy's Rocket is a gelding by Dandy Man out of a Dark Angel mare who has two wins from nine runs. Both wins came in nurseries, the first at Leicester over under 6f on good ground off 60 in Jul 2025 and the second at Southwell over 6f-7f on standard going off 66 in Aug 2025. He has raced on turf and all-weather, usually held up, and finished third of eight at Newcastle on AW off a mark of 71 in Oct 2025.
- 2–9Wins / Runs
- 22.2%Strike rate
- 4 (44.4%)Placed
- −0.67£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 2.31Fair A/E n=8 · 1.61 incl. margin
- 71Highest OR
- 21dAvg 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 91
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 91A | 82 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 71C | 65 | — |
| Good | 2 | 58A | 56 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 78A | 59 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 91A | 78.5 | — |
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 from 8 analysed runs since Apr 2025
- Prominent 3 (38%) · 0 wins
- Held up 3 (38%) · 1 win
- Led 2 (25%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,935 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 14 | 15.2% | +6.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,477 | 256 | 10.3% | +1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 3,167 | 264 | 8.3% | −0.8 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,340 | 109 | 8.1% | −1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,717 | 136 | 7.9% | −1.2 | — |
| Heavy | 469 | 50 | 10.7% | +1.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 5,673 | 534 | 9.4% | +0.3 | 1 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4,435 | 507 | 11.4% | +2.3 | 1 from 5 |
| 6f – 7f | 7,628 | 643 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,043 | 158 | 7.7% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 580 | 44 | 7.6% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 170 | 9 | 5.3% | −3.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 66 | 2 | 3% | −6.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.67 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair Rawlinson | 8 | 2 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Oct 25+15d | Newcastle (AW) | Happy Birthday Stuart From Probio-Energy Nursery Sat close to front on the near flank - pushed along and closing 1f out - held position in 3rd through the last stages unable to gain further ground | 3/8 | ¾ | 9-0 | 71 | 91A | 76A | Alistair Rawlinson | 9/1 |
| 02 Oct 25+8d | Chelmsford City (AW) | betting.betfair.com Nursery Just in front early - lost the advantage past halfway - urged back in command 2f out - driven approaching final furlong then overtaken close home - unable to find more and beaten 1.5 lengths | 2/9 | 1½ | 9-8 | 69 | 86A | 78A | Alistair Rawlinson | 11/2 |
| 24 Sep 25+25d | Redcar | Weatherbys Stallion Book Nursery Tracked front group early - urged forward 3f out - lost ground before the final furlong - finished eighth | 8/14 | 3½ | 9-8 | 69 | 71C | 65A | Alistair Rawlinson | 14/1 |
| 30 Aug 25+13d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Greene King IPA Nursery Drifted right at the break - up with the front group until 3f out - driven on the inside 2f out - no headway inside the final furlong - dropped to 4th near the line | 4/7 | ¾ | 9-5 | 70 | 78A | 73A | Luke Morris | 10/3F |
| 17 Aug 25+18d | Southwell (AW) | Flame UK 10th Anniversary Trophy Nursery Set the pace from the off - urged along and drifted left approaching final furlong - dug in under pressure to prevail by the narrowest of margins | 1/8 | 9-5 | 66 | 64A | 76A | Alistair Rawlinson | 3/1F | |
| 30 Jul 25+61d | Leicester | Mir Patel Loses His Freedom Nursery Held up at back - driven approaching 2f out and found extra from inside final furlong - challenged inside last to hit front near line | 1/7 | 9-9 | 60 | 54B | 70A | Alistair Rawlinson | 10/3 | |
| 30 May 25+20d | Catterick | EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Held up at the back throughout - never able to get involved - finished sixth beaten 10 lengths | 6/7 | 2 | 9-7 | — | 59B | 55A | Alistair Rawlinson | 16/1 |
| 10 May 25+10d | Leicester | Join Racing TV Now EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled close to pace - pushed along and closed on front pair inside final two furlongs - lost momentum in the closing stages to finish fourth | 4/13 | 1¾ | 9-7 | — | 64C | 75A | Alistair Rawlinson | 9/1 |
| 30 Apr 25 | Pontefract | Racing TV Club Day EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Sluggish start - held up towards the back - no impact through the contest - finished sixth | 6/7 | 2 | 9-7 | — | 58A | 55A | Alistair Rawlinson | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Dandy's Rocket won?
- Dandy's Rocket (IRE) won 2 of 9 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 4 times in total (44.4% of starts).
- Who trained Dandy's Rocket?
- Dandy's Rocket (IRE) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 17 October 2025.
- Who is Dandy's Rocket's sire?
- Dandy's Rocket (IRE) is by Dandy Man (IRE) out of Top Class Angel (IRE), whose sire is Dark Angel.
- What going does Dandy's Rocket prefer?
- Dandy's Rocket (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Dandy's Rocket's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 17 October 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Dandy's Rocket's sire's record?
- Dandy Man (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,935 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.