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Horse profile

Lucky Escape (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, May 2025) · Last trainer Michael Attwater · Last owner Dare To Dream Racing
by Dandy Man (IRE) out of Havanaclue (IRE) (Havana Gold)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Oct 2024
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 May 2025 — 544 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2025 · 8th of 8 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 55
KTB Profile

Lucky Escape is a gelding by Dandy Man out of a Havana Gold mare who ran four times between Oct 2024 and May 2025. He was unplaced on all four starts over 6f to 7f on standard AW at three different tracks and reached an official rating of 55. His last run at Chelmsford City in May 2025 saw him finish eighth of eight in a Class 6 handicap while wearing first-time headgear off a mark of 55. He never placed.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 75 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 31 Oct 2024

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 4 figures · best 75A · median 56
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)475A56—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f475A56—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 54A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 20 Nov 2024 Official rating 55 at the last run, 1 May 2025

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 4 figures · best 56A · median 49.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)456A49.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f456A49.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 4 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Held up 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Dandy Man (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,946 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm921415.2%+6.1—
Good to Firm2,47725610.3%+1.2—
Good3,1672648.3%−0.8—
Good to Soft1,3401098.1%−1—
Soft1,7181367.9%−1.2—
Heavy4745010.5%+1.4—
Standard (AW)5,6785349.4%+0.30 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4,43950711.4%+2.3—
6f – 7f7,6346438.4%−0.70 from 4
1m – 1m1f2,0431587.7%−1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f581447.6%−1.5—
1m5f – 2m17095.3%−3.8—
2m1f – 2m4f6623%−6.1—
2m5f – 3m1200%−9.1—
Over 3m100%−9.1—

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

Dam
Havanaclue (IRE) (Havana Gold)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Zelma (IRE)100——

Record by conditions

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Paddy Bradley 2 0 0% −2.00
Rhys Clutterbuck 1 0 0% −1.00
Nicola Currie 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 1 0 0% −1.00
2024 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 1 run
01 May 25+133d Chelmsford City (AW) Best Odds Guaranteed At bet365 Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran Struggled for pace at the back - pressed for effort and dropped away over 2f out - well beaten at the finish 8/8 20 9-9 5523C33C Rhys Clutterbuck 33/1
2024 · 3 runs
19 Dec 24+29d Southwell (AW) BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran Held up towards back of field - never got competitive - well held in 7th 7/9 4¾ 9-4 —50A45A Nicola Currie 400/1
20 Nov 24+20d Kempton (AW) Unibet/ British Stallion Studs EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran Held up handy in leading group early - pressed for effort with 2f remaining - dropped away inside final furlong - finished well held in 9th 9/11 1 9-2 —62A54A Paddy Bradley 50/1
31 Oct 24 Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran Settled midfield - pressed for effort and lost touch inside final 2f - stayed on late without threatening finished 6th 6/10 nk 9-7 —75A56A Paddy Bradley 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Lucky Escape won?
Lucky Escape (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
Who trained Lucky Escape?
Lucky Escape (IRE) was trained by Michael Attwater on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 1 May 2025.
Who is Lucky Escape's sire?
Lucky Escape (IRE) is by Dandy Man (IRE) out of Havanaclue (IRE), whose sire is Havana Gold.
What is Lucky Escape's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 55, from the run on 1 May 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Lucky Escape's sire's record?
Dandy Man (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,946 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
Who are Lucky Escape's siblings?
Out of Havanaclue (IRE), Lucky Escape (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2024. 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.