First Dance (IRE)
First Dance (IRE) is 5 from 43. Hasn't won since Aug 2021. Last raced off 56, 25lb below the career-high mark.
- 5–43Wins / Runs
- 11.6%Strike rate
- 13 (30.2%)Placed
- +18.00£1 level staken=43 at SP
- 1.16Fair A/E n=43 · 1.00 incl. margin
- 81Highest OR
- 51dAvg 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 83
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 18 | 93A | 76.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 100A | 83 | — |
| Good | 5 | 108C | 79 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 18 | 95B | 79 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 18 | 108C | 80.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 99B | 81.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 42 figures from 42 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 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 141 | 22 | 15.6% | +2.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,367 | 353 | 14.9% | +1.6 | 3 from 18 |
| Good | 2,866 | 382 | 13.3% | 0 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 1,378 | 135 | 9.8% | −3.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,618 | 172 | 10.6% | −2.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 477 | 40 | 8.4% | −4.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,905 | 588 | 15.1% | +1.8 | 2 from 18 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 245 | 31 | 12.7% | −0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,817 | 357 | 12.7% | −0.6 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,292 | 455 | 13.8% | +0.5 | 3 from 18 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,812 | 544 | 14.3% | +1 | 1 from 18 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,699 | 224 | 13.2% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 629 | 61 | 9.7% | −3.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 230 | 18 | 7.8% | −5.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 30 | 3 | 10% | −3.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 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 Vin D'honneur (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Vin D'honneur (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vin D'honneur (IRE) | 16 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 6 |
| Netherhall (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 18 | 3 | 17% | +31.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 18 | 2 | 11% | −6.00 |
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 22 | 3 | 14% | +17.00 |
| Class 4 | 11 | 1 | 9% | +1.00 |
| Class 6 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.00 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 9 | 2 | 22% | +14.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 8 | 1 | 13% | +2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Doncaster | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Pontefract | 3 | 1 | 33% | +23.00 |
| Redcar | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 18 | 3 | 17% | +15.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 18 | 1 | 6% | +8.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Sullivan | 15 | 1 | 7% | −5.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Martin Harley | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 3 | 1 | 33% | +9.00 |
| Mr Patrick Millman | 3 | 1 | 33% | +23.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Graham Lee | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hayley Turner | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brian Harding | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Andrew Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr William Easterby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joanna Mason | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2 | 17% | +11.00 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −1.00 |
| 2018 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +17.00 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has First Dance (IRE) won?
- First Dance (IRE) won 5 of 43 archived starts between 2016 and 2022, a strike rate of 11.6%. Placed 13 times in total (30.2% of starts).
- Who trained First Dance (IRE)?
- First Dance (IRE) was trained by Tom Tate on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 12 August 2022.
- Who is First Dance (IRE)'s sire?
- First Dance (IRE) is by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Happy Wedding (IRE), whose sire is Green Tune.
- What going does First Dance (IRE) prefer?
- First Dance (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 3 wins from 18 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is First Dance (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 56, from the run on 12 August 2022. The highest on record is 81.
- What is First Dance (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Cape Cross (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
- Who are First Dance (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Happy Wedding (IRE), First Dance (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Vin D'honneur (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Vin D'honneur (IRE)). The wins came over 1m2f. As at Oct 2026.