Shale (IRE)
Shale (IRE) is 3 from 12, including a Group 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Moyglare Stud Stakes at Curragh (Sep 2020). Hasn't won since Sep 2020. Last raced off 104, 9lb below the career-high mark.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Shale (IRE) has 1 produce in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincenzo Bellini (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
- 3–12Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 4 (33.3%)Placed
- +12.00£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.73Fair A/E n=12 · 1.48 incl. margin
- 113Highest OR
- 43dAvg 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 89
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 | 7 | 108C | 99 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 85A | 82 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 113A | 102.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 99C | 90.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 113A | 105 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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 14.5% of 18,187 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).
Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 888.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 14 | 19.4% | +4.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,765 | 442 | 16% | +1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 5,304 | 790 | 14.9% | +0.4 | 2 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 2,342 | 328 | 14% | −0.5 | — |
| Soft | 3,844 | 575 | 15% | +0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 1,378 | 190 | 13.8% | −0.7 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,481 | 304 | 12.3% | −2.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,383 | 252 | 18.2% | +3.7 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,021 | 517 | 17.1% | +2.6 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6,847 | 1,051 | 15.3% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,235 | 554 | 13.1% | −1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,649 | 170 | 10.3% | −4.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 888 | 83 | 9.3% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 150 | 16 | 10.7% | −3.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them First Of Spring (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Of Spring (IRE) | 4 | 2 | 6f | — |
| Berkeley Square (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 7½f | — |
| Celtic High King (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 2 | 29% | +13.50 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 4 | 1 | 25% | +11.00 |
| Curragh | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +15.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Ryan | 8 | 2 | 25% | +10.50 |
| Ryan Moore | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 11 | 3 | 27% | +13.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +18.00 |
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 Shale (IRE) won?
- Shale (IRE) won 3 of 12 archived starts between 2020 and 2021, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 4 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Shale (IRE)?
- Shale (IRE) was trained by Donnacha Aidan O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 2 October 2021.
- Who is Shale (IRE)'s sire?
- Shale (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Homecoming Queen (IRE), whose sire is Holy Roman Emperor.
- What going does Shale (IRE) prefer?
- Shale (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Shale (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 104, from the run on 2 October 2021. The highest on record is 113.
- What is Shale (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,187 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 888.
- Who are Shale (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Homecoming Queen (IRE), Shale (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: First Of Spring (IRE) (2). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.
- Has Shale (IRE) produced winners?
- As a dam, Shale (IRE) has 1 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.