Esme Shelby (IRE)
Esme Shelby is a maiden who ran 14 times on turf without a win but placed seven times. She recorded her best effort when second of 10 at Uttoxeter in Mar 2023. All her runs came over 1m5f to 2m4f, with five on good to soft. Aged 8 at her last run in Mar 2023, she finished fifth of five at Carlisle in a Class 5 mares handicap hurdle.
- 0–14Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 7 (50%)Placed
- −14.00£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=14 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 98Highest OR
- 29dBetween runs (median)longest 336 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 112
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 5 | 136C | 93 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 77B | 71.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 91B | 87 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 112A | 87 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 136C | 83 | — |
Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 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 7.6% of 1,306 runs since Nov 2017 (131 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 11.3% from 194.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −7.6 | — |
| Good | 379 | 28 | 7.4% | −0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 262 | 17 | 6.5% | −1.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 450 | 32 | 7.1% | −0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 194 | 22 | 11.3% | +3.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 15 | 0 | 0% | −7.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −7.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 384 | 25 | 6.5% | −1.1 | 0 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 468 | 34 | 7.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 374 | 34 | 9.1% | +1.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 71 | 6 | 8.5% | +0.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Nov 2017 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them The Galahad Kid (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 2m½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (The Galahad Kid (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Galahad Kid (IRE) | 9 | 4 | 2m½f–2m4f | Class 4 |
| Welsh's Castle (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor-on-Dee | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kavanagh | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Brian Hughes | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Charlie Maggs | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Theo Gillard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Chase | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Esme Shelby won?
- Esme Shelby (IRE) has yet to win, from 14 archived starts between 2020 and 2023. Placed 7 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Esme Shelby?
- Esme Shelby (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Carlisle on 26 March 2023.
- Who is Esme Shelby's sire?
- Esme Shelby (IRE) is by Arctic Cosmos (USA) out of Kyle Again (IRE), whose sire is Snurge.
- What is Esme Shelby's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 26 March 2023. The highest on record is 98.
- What is Esme Shelby's sire's record?
- Arctic Cosmos (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 1,306 runs since Nov 2017 (131 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 11.3% from 194.
- Who are Esme Shelby's siblings?
- Out of Kyle Again (IRE), Esme Shelby (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: The Galahad Kid (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (The Galahad Kid (IRE)). The wins came over 2m½f–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.