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Dawn Dancer (GB)

3yo colt (at last run, Oct 2018) · Last trainer Andrew Balding · Last owner Castle Down Racing
12 runs · 9 courses · from Nov 2017
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Oct 2018 — 2,936 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2018 · 7th of 15 Won at Doncaster First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 80
KTB Profile

Dawn Dancer (GB) is 1 from 12, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Jun 2018. The win came on turf — 0 from 4 on the all-weather. Last raced off a career-high mark of 80.

Based on 12 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Win at Class 5 OR at career high
Official rating80At career-high mark
80 72–80

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 111 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Sandown, 31 Aug 2018

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 →

Flat 12 figures · best 111A · median 88.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)4108A88.5—
Good3105C103—
Good to Firm391C81—
Good to Soft2111A98.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f8111A88.5—
1m – 1m1f3108A84—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 87A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sandown, 31 Aug 2018 Official rating 80 at the last run, 6 Oct 2018

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 →

Flat 12 figures · best 87A · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)484A75.5—
Good379A66—
Good to Firm382A81—
Good to Soft287A79—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f887A75—
1m – 1m1f380A71—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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

Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,569 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm13215.4%+7.4—
Good to Firm3334212.6%+4.61 from 3
Good891576.4%−1.60 from 3
Good to Soft364246.6%−1.40 from 2
Soft622325.1%−2.9—
Heavy234177.3%−0.7—
Standard (AW)1,11211210.1%+2.10 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1251512%+4—
6f – 7f948768%00 from 1
1m – 1m1f1,029828%00 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f797708.8%+0.81 from 8
1m5f – 2m455347.5%−0.5—
2m1f – 2m4f17995%−3—
2m5f – 3m2800%−8—
Over 3m800%−8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Ballet Concerto (GB) (6 wins).

The wins came over 6f–2m2f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Ballet Concerto (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ballet Concerto (GB)1461m–1m2½fGroup 3
Maxie T (GB)3231m1½f–2m2fClass 4
Havane Smoker (GB)936f–7½f—
Halling Dancer (GB)2237f–1mClass 4
Tropicana Bay (GB)80——
Red Amy (GB)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 3 1 33% +2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 5 4 1 25% +1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Sandown 2 0 0% −2.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 1 100% +4.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 8 1 13% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Oisin Murphy 4 0 0% −4.00
David Probert 3 0 0% −3.00
William Buick 2 1 50% +3.00
Jason Watson 2 0 0% −2.00
Martin Dwyer 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 1 9% −6.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 10 1 10% −5.00
2017 2 0 0% −2.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
06 Oct 18+17d Redcar Market Cross Jewellers Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good · 15 ran 7/15 ½ 9-6 80105C79A Martin Dwyer 6/1J
19 Sep 18+19d Sandown smarkets.com Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 2 9-5 80103A66A William Buick 7/2F
31 Aug 18+75d Sandown 188Bet Mobile Bet10 Get20 Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 ½ 9-4 77111A87A Oisin Murphy 8/1
17 Jun 18+27d Doncaster Pepsi Max Classified Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1/6 9-0 7280A81B William Buick 4/1
21 May 18+16d Leicester Sharnford Tractors Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 3/4 8 8-8 7391C56B Jason Watson 14/1
05 May 18+11d Wetherby totesport.com 20 Free Bets Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 2½ 8-4 7386A71A Jason Watson 9/1
24 Apr 18+25d Yarmouth Burlington Palm Hotel Of Great Yarmouth Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4/13 nk 9-10 7281C82A Oisin Murphy 7/2C
30 Mar 18+26d Newcastle (AW) 32red Casino Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Standard · 5 ran 3/5 3¾ 8-9 7350C70B David Probert 7/1
04 Mar 18+26d Southwell (AW) sunbets.co.uk Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 6 8-10 7584B71A Oisin Murphy 10/11F
06 Feb 18+70d Southwell (AW) sunbets.co.uk Novice Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 3 8-9 —108A80A Oisin Murphy 9/4J
28 Nov 17+27d Southwell (AW) 32Red Casino Novice Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 2¾ 9-2 —93A84A David Probert 7/1
01 Nov 17 Nottingham EBF Stallions Golden Horn Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 2) Class 4 · 8.5f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 nk 9-0 —73A59A David Probert 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dawn Dancer (GB) won?
Dawn Dancer (GB) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2017 and 2018, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 5 times in total (41.7% of starts).
Who trained Dawn Dancer (GB)?
Dawn Dancer (GB) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Redcar on 6 October 2018.
Who is Dawn Dancer (GB)'s sire?
Dawn Dancer (GB) is by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Ballet Ballon (USA), whose sire is Rahy.
What going does Dawn Dancer (GB) prefer?
Dawn Dancer (GB) has the best record on good to firm 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 Dawn Dancer (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 6 October 2018. That is also the highest on record.
What is Dawn Dancer (GB)'s sire's record?
Dawn Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,569 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
Who are Dawn Dancer (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Ballet Ballon (USA), Dawn Dancer (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Ballet Concerto (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Ballet Concerto (GB)). The wins came over 6f–2m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2017. 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.