Essencial (IRE)
Essencial won one of 22 starts, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap at Lingfield over 6f-7f on standard AW in Jan 2022. He has not won since. The gelding, by Awtaad out of a New Approach mare, raced eight times on turf without success and 14 times on all-weather with that sole win. Aged 5 at his last run in Jun 2024, he finished fifth of seven in a Class 6 handicap at Chepstow off an official rating of 45, 24lb below his highest ever mark.
- 1–22Wins / Runs
- 4.5%Strike rate
- 1 (4.5%)Placed
- −15.50£1 level staken=22 at SP
- 0.60Fair A/E n=22 · 0.53 incl. margin
- 69Highest OR
- 46dAvg 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 95
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 14 | 95A | 76 | — |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 87B | 62 | — |
| Good | 3 | 105A | 77 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 19 | 105A | 77 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 77C | 65.5 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 22 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 11.6% of 2,866 runs since Jan 2008 (210 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 7.8% from 102. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.2% from 113.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | −2.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 373 | 50 | 13.4% | +1.8 | 0 from 5 |
| Good | 715 | 76 | 10.6% | −1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 283 | 34 | 12% | +0.4 | — |
| Soft | 421 | 40 | 9.5% | −2.1 | — |
| Heavy | 102 | 8 | 7.8% | −3.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 961 | 123 | 12.8% | +1.2 | 1 from 14 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 104 | 14 | 13.5% | +1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 927 | 94 | 10.1% | −1.5 | 1 from 19 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 840 | 96 | 11.4% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 605 | 88 | 14.5% | +2.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 271 | 33 | 12.2% | +0.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 113 | 7 | 6.2% | −5.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Let Her Loose (IRE) (8 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m5f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Let Her Loose (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let Her Loose (IRE) | 42 | 8 | 1m3f–1m5f | Class 4 |
| Passionova (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 4 |
| Ali Jewels (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 5f | Class 6 |
| Roohu (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 14 | 1 | 7% | −7.50 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Class 5 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.50 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 19 | 1 | 5% | −12.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Hogan | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Billy Garritty | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Morgan Cole | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Neil Callan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Marco Ghiani | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brandon Wilkie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Allan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stefano Cherchi | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 13 | 1 | 8% | −6.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −3.50 |
| 2021 | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Essencial (IRE) won?
- Essencial (IRE) won 1 of 22 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 4.5%. Placed 1 time in total (4.5% of starts).
- Who trained Essencial (IRE)?
- Essencial (IRE) was trained by Liam Bailey on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 24 June 2024.
- Who is Essencial (IRE)'s sire?
- Essencial (IRE) is by Awtaad (IRE) out of Passionable (GB), whose sire is New Approach.
- What going does Essencial (IRE) prefer?
- Essencial (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 14 starts (7.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Essencial (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 24 June 2024. The highest on record is 69.
- What is Essencial (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Awtaad (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 2,866 runs since Jan 2008 (210 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 7.8% from 102. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.2% from 113.
- Who are Essencial (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Passionable (GB), Essencial (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Let Her Loose (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Let Her Loose (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m5f. As at Oct 2026.