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Horse profile

Sands Of Dee (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2011) · Last trainer David Nicholls · Last owner Paul J Dixon Brian Morton
by Dixieland Band (USA) out of Diamond Bracelet (USA) (Metfield)
23 runs · 12 courses · from May 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Dec 2011 — 5,448 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2011 · 6th of 14 3 wins · Hamilton & Musselburgh Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile

Sands Of Dee (USA) is 3 from 23, all wins coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Jun 2011. All 3 wins have come on turf — 0 from 5 on the all-weather. Last raced off 60, 11lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 23 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on turf All wins at Class 6 OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating60↓ 11lb off peak
60 54–71

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 67A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 6 Dec 2011 Official rating 60 at the last run, 6 Dec 2011

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 23 figures · best 96A · median 67
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft696A83.5—
Standard (AW)567A37—
Good595A72—
Good to Firm370B67—
Good to Soft269A61—
Heavy283A69.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Under 6f1396A72—
6f – 7f1086A59.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 23 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
Dixieland Band (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.5% of 184 runs since Feb 2008 (23 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−6.5—
Good to Firm3825.3%−1.20 from 3
Good4636.5%01 from 5
Good to Soft1715.9%−0.60 from 2
Soft19210.5%+41 from 6
Heavy6116.7%+10.21 from 2
Standard (AW)5535.5%−10 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3326.1%−0.42 from 13
6f – 7f7945.1%−1.41 from 10
1m – 1m1f3425.9%−0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f3239.4%+2.9—
1m5f – 2m6116.7%+10.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Diamond Bracelet (USA) (Metfield)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 6 1 17% −1.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 5 1 20% −1.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 1 50% +4.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 13 3 23% +2.00
Class 5 10 0 0% −10.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hamilton 5 2 40% +5.00
Southwell (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Musselburgh 3 1 33% +2.00
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Redcar 2 0 0% −2.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Under 6f 13 2 15% −4.00
6f – 7f 10 1 10% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Billy Cray 6 1 17% −2.00
Paul Hanagan 3 1 33% +3.00
Adrian Nicholls 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr M Seston 2 1 50% +3.00
Tony Hamilton 2 0 0% −2.00
Robert Winston 1 0 0% −1.00
Duran Fentiman 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00
P J McDonald 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Mulrennan 1 0 0% −1.00
Ted Durcan 1 0 0% −1.00
Jimmy Fortune 1 0 0% −1.00
Seb Sanders 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 16 3 19% −1.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Visor 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 9 1 11% −5.00
2010 8 1 13% −3.00
2009 6 1 17% +0.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2011 · 9 runs
06 Dec 11+27d Southwell (AW) Play The Big Money totejackpot Today Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 14 ran 6/14 hd 9-7 6067A Robert Winston 16/1
09 Nov 11+14d Southwell (AW) 32red Casino Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 13 ran 6/13 1¼ 8-6 6366A Billy Cray 10/1
26 Oct 11+71d Musselburgh Cundall Johnston And Partners Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 1 8-12 6955A Billy Cray 12/1
16 Aug 11+6d Musselburgh Daily Record Handicap (Qualifier For The Betfair Bonus Scottish Racing Sprint Final) Class 5 · 5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 9/13 ¾ 9-3 7169A Billy Cray 7/1
10 Aug 11+21d Beverley Rawfield And Paragon Data Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 1½ 9-6 7181A Adrian Nicholls 8/1
20 Jul 11+22d Catterick Welcome To Yorkshire Railway Children At Waterloo Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 5f · Soft · 8 ran 3/8 shd 9-1 7175A Billy Cray 9/4
28 Jun 11+13d Hamilton Scottish Racing Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 5f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 hd 9-4 7172B Billy Cray 11/5
15 Jun 11+13d Hamilton Book Now For Ladies Night Classified Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 5f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 9-4 6692B Billy Cray 3/1
02 Jun 11+203d Hamilton Lanarkshire Chamber Of Commerce Handicap Class 6 · 5f · Good · 13 ran 3/13 ½ 9-12 6395A Adrian Nicholls 9/1
2010 · 8 runs
11 Nov 10+15d Southwell (AW) Bet Asian Handicaps - Betdaq Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Standard · 13 ran 13/13 4½ 8-9 6322A Duran Fentiman 16/1
27 Oct 10+8d Musselburgh Icopal Roofing Contractor Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 6 · 5f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 10-11 5793A Mr M Seston 4/1F
19 Oct 10+2d Yarmouth Space Marketing Advertising Design Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Soft · 12 ran 3/12 1 9-3 5786A Tom Queally 13/2
17 Oct 10+12d Newcastle Master Of Foxhounds Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 2 8-8 5756A P J McDonald 6/1
05 Oct 10+35d Catterick catterickbridge.co.uk Amateur Riders' Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 5f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 shd 11-0 5496A Mr M Seston 15/2
31 Aug 10+24d Leicester Ladbrokescasino.com Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Soft · 12 ran 10/12 nk 8-10 5744A Paul Mulrennan 33/1
07 Aug 10+32d Haydock Duke Of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 6/12 2¾ 8-6 6053A Ted Durcan 20/1
06 Jul 10+291d Wolverhampton (AW) Betdaq On 0870 178 1221 Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 12/12 2¼ 9-5 6437C Jimmy Fortune 16/1
2009 · 6 runs
18 Sep 09+25d Wolverhampton (AW) Williamhill.com/bonus25 - Live Casino Dealers Nursery Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 11/11 23 8-10 6432C Seb Sanders 16/1
24 Aug 09+16d Hamilton Hamilton-park.co.uk Two Year Old Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 6f · Heavy · 7 ran 1/7 8-8 6483A Paul Hanagan 5/1
08 Aug 09+60d Ayr Champagne G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 2/5 1 8-9 6370B Tony Hamilton 9/2
09 Jun 09+5d Redcar Racing Uk Channel 432 Maiden Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 7/11 1½ 9-7 —52A Tony Hamilton 4/1
04 Jun 09+10d Hamilton Cash For Kids Racenight Next Week Maiden Auction Stakes Class 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4/7 1¼ 8-13 —67A Paul Hanagan 9/1
25 May 09 Redcar Buy Your Tickets On-line At redcarracing.co.uk Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 8/12 1 8-13 —55A Paul Hanagan 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sands Of Dee won?
Sands Of Dee (USA) won 3 of 23 archived starts between 2009 and 2011, a strike rate of 13%. Placed 8 times in total (34.8% of starts).
Who trained Sands Of Dee?
Sands Of Dee (USA) was trained by David Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 6 December 2011.
Who is Sands Of Dee's sire?
Sands Of Dee (USA) is by Dixieland Band (USA) out of Diamond Bracelet (USA), whose sire is Metfield.
What going does Sands Of Dee prefer?
Sands Of Dee (USA) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Sands Of Dee's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 6 December 2011. The highest on record is 71.
What is Sands Of Dee's sire's record?
Dixieland Band (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.5% of 184 runs since Feb 2008 (23 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from May 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.