Dark Confidant (IRE)
Dark Confidant (IRE) is 4 from 43. Hasn't won since Aug 2017. Last raced off 43, 30lb below the career-high mark.
- 4–43Wins / Runs
- 9.3%Strike rate
- 8 (18.6%)Placed
- −11.00£1 level staken=43 at SP
- 1.06Fair A/E n=43 · 0.90 incl. margin
- 73Highest OR
- 35dAvg 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 88
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 14 | 106A | 88 | — |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 98A | 87 | — |
| Good | 3 | 89A | 77 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 67C | 51 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 77A | 74.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 21 | 97A | 83 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 106A | 88 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 29 figures from 29 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 8.6% of 12,434 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 189 | 18 | 9.5% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,608 | 218 | 8.4% | −0.2 | 1 from 11 |
| Good | 2,655 | 273 | 10.3% | +1.7 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 1,233 | 116 | 9.4% | +0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,225 | 91 | 7.4% | −1.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 323 | 11 | 3.4% | −5.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4,201 | 337 | 8% | −0.6 | 2 from 16 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,484 | 139 | 9.4% | +0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 5,436 | 474 | 8.7% | +0.1 | 3 from 32 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,518 | 211 | 8.4% | −0.2 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,618 | 141 | 8.7% | +0.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 728 | 54 | 7.4% | −1.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 420 | 30 | 7.1% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 193 | 13 | 6.7% | −1.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 37 | 2 | 5.4% | −3.2 | — |
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 Hercule Star (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m2f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hercule Star (GB) | 3 | 2 | 1m2f | — |
| Simplicity (FR) | 8 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Zain Gold (FR) | 26 | 0 | — | — |
| Complication (FR) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 2 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 11 | 1 | 9% | −3.00 |
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 23 | 2 | 9% | −6.00 |
| Class 5 | 14 | 2 | 14% | +1.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 7 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 12 | 1 | 8% | −6.00 |
| Thirsk | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Carlisle | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| Ayr | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Catterick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 32 | 3 | 9% | −8.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 1 | 13% | +0.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ella McCain | 16 | 2 | 13% | −1.00 |
| Paul Hanagan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Nolan | 2 | 2 | 100% | +15.00 |
| Connor Beasley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jason Hart | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jacob Butterfield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kevin Stott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Graham Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tony Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Murtagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sebastian Woods | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Garritty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Royston Ffrench | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Franny Norton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Mathers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hayley Turner | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Winston | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Chaloner | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joey Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 32 | 4 | 13% | +0.00 |
| Blinkers | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2 | 15% | +2.00 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +8.00 |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Dark Confidant won?
- Dark Confidant (IRE) won 4 of 43 archived starts between 2015 and 2019, a strike rate of 9.3%. Placed 8 times in total (18.6% of starts).
- Who trained Dark Confidant?
- Dark Confidant (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 1 July 2019.
- Who is Dark Confidant's sire?
- Dark Confidant (IRE) is by Royal Applause (GB) out of Sleek Gold (GB), whose sire is Dansili.
- What going does Dark Confidant prefer?
- Dark Confidant (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 16 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Dark Confidant's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 43, from the run on 1 July 2019. The highest on record is 73.
- What is Dark Confidant's sire's record?
- Royal Applause (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
- Who are Dark Confidant's siblings?
- Out of Sleek Gold (GB), Dark Confidant (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Hercule Star (GB) (2). The wins came over 7f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.