Shimmerz (IRE)
Shimmerz is a mare who won one of 21 starts, the success coming in an apprentice handicap at the Curragh in May 2023 over 6f-7f on soft ground off an official rating of 47. All wins were on turf, with no success from eight runs on all-weather. She last ran at Naas in Aug 2025, finishing 17 of 18 off a mark of 40, which was 21lb below her highest ever mark.
- 1–21Wins / Runs
- 4.8%Strike rate
- 1 (4.8%)Placed
- +20.00£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 1.83Fair A/E n=21 · 1.44 incl. margin
- 61Highest OR
- 72dAvg 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 80
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 80B | 71.5 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 117C | 63 | — |
| Good | 4 | 81A | 74 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 57C | 56 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 17 | 117C | 68 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 73B | 33 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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 from 5 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 2 (40%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (40%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 7,591 runs since Jan 2008 (492 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 557. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | +3.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 944 | 73 | 7.7% | −1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,657 | 155 | 9.4% | 0 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 936 | 90 | 9.6% | +0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,389 | 165 | 11.9% | +2.5 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 557 | 71 | 12.7% | +3.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,083 | 155 | 7.4% | −2 | 0 from 8 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 684 | 67 | 9.8% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 2,773 | 232 | 8.4% | −1 | 1 from 17 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,691 | 153 | 9% | −0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,216 | 137 | 11.3% | +1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 777 | 76 | 9.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 328 | 32 | 9.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 109 | 14 | 12.8% | +3.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | −1.7 | — |
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
7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Grey Danube (IRE) (8 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Ezra Church (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Danube (IRE) | 44 | 8 | 5f–7f | — |
| Ezra Church (IRE) | 19 | 3 | 6f–7f | Class 5 |
| Enchanteresse (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Vocal Defense (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Lizbuncon (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Bint Elnadim (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Le Vie Este Bella (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +36.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Curragh | 6 | 1 | 17% | +35.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 17 | 1 | 6% | +24.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Crosse | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Siobhan Rutledge | 3 | 1 | 33% | +38.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cian Horgan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Neve Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killian Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Caffrey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Kearney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mikey Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 1 | 10% | +31.00 |
| Hood | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Visor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +32.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Aug 25+103d | Naas | Join Us For Hurling For Cancer Research Supported By Centra On 18th August Apprentice Handicap (0-60) Settled at the back on the near flank - given reminders approaching the 3f marker - no prospect of involvement and finished 17th | 17/18 | 2¾ | 8-3 | 40 | 57C | 22C | Neve Bennett | 50/1 |
| 23 Apr 25+11d | Gowran Park | Thomastown Handicap (0-60) Sat close to the pace early - pushed along turning into the straight - dropped away finishing 14th | 14/15 | ¾ | 8-10 | 40 | 55C | 32A | Leigh Roche | 33/1 |
| 12 Apr 25+164d | Curragh | Download The Tote App Handicap Sat behind the pace early - midfield at halfway - pushed along and slipped back two out then faded late finishing 15th | 15/15 | 3¼ | 8-7 | 40 | 35C | 25C | Killian Leonard | 66/1 |
| 30 Oct 24+8d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) Held up in the pack near the rail - pushed along turning for home - dropped away in the closing stages - finished 14th | 14/14 | ¾ | 8-12 | 47 | 64B | 39A | Danny Sheehy | 66/1 |
| 22 Oct 24+104d | Curragh | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Handicap (47-65) Settled in the pack - pushed along with two furlongs left - dropped away to finish 15th | 15/24 | 1¼ | 8-12 | 47 | 41C | 48C | Nathan Crosse | 28/1 |
| 10 Jul 24+65d | Fairyhouse | Chill & Grill Handicap (47-65) | 15/17 | 1 | 9-0 | 52 | 72C | 48A | Adam Caffrey | 20/1 |
| 06 May 24+166d | Curragh | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Apprentice Handicap | 18/20 | 2¾ | 8-3 | 53 | 74C | 35C | Cian Horgan | 28/1 |
| 22 Nov 23+46d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium Celebrates 20 Years 29th November Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 13/14 | ½ | 9-1 | 55 | 80B | 51A | Robert Whearty | 66/1 |
| 07 Oct 23+49d | Curragh | Derek O'Sullivan Race 50th Anniversary Apprentice Handicap | 19/19 | 2¾ | 8-3 | 57 | -7C | 50C | Cian Horgan | 50/1 |
| 19 Aug 23+12d | Curragh | Keeper's Heart Irish & Bourbon Whiskey Handicap | 14/14 | shd | 8-12 | 61 | 55C | 35A | Jack Kearney | 20/1 |
| 07 Aug 23+26d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap | 7/7 | 1½ | 8-4 | 61 | 63A | 38A | Siobhan Rutledge | 6/1 |
| 12 Jul 23+72d | Fairyhouse | Coast To Curragh Cycle August 26th Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 8/16 | ¾ | 9-8 | 61 | 76C | 62A | Siobhan Rutledge | 8/1 |
| 01 May 23+31d | Curragh | PG Duffy & Sons Citroen Apprentice Handicap | 1/18 | 8-7 | 47 | 117C | 85A | Siobhan Rutledge | 40/1 | |
| 31 Mar 23+44d | Dundalk (AW) | 12th July Ladies Day At Dundalk Handicap (47-65) | 14/14 | 4¼ | 8-5 | 40 | 73B | 22A | Jack Cleary | 80/1 |
| 15 Feb 23+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Join Us On Instagram At dundalk_stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 10/13 | ½ | 8-5 | 47 | 80B | 47A | Robert Whearty | 150/1 |
| 01 Feb 23+56d | Dundalk (AW) | Crowne Plaza Dundalk Race & Stay Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 10/12 | nk | 8-12 | 47 | 67A | 50A | Nathan Crosse | 66/1 |
| 07 Dec 22+411d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 11/12 | 3¼ | 8-12 | 47 | 70A | 36A | Nathan Crosse | 22/1 |
| 22 Oct 21+7d | Dundalk (AW) | Hollywoodbets Fillies Claiming Race | 12/13 | 3½ | 8-13 | 56 | 68B | 35A | Chris Hayes | 100/1 |
| 15 Oct 21+25d | Dundalk (AW) | Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden | 10/14 | nk | 8-11 | — | 79B | 46A | Mikey Sheehy | 200/1 |
| 20 Sep 21+21d | Fairyhouse | Soldiers Call At Ballyhane Fillies Maiden | 15/18 | 2 | 9-2 | — | 61C | 44C | Chris Hayes | 50/1 |
| 30 Aug 21 | Roscommon | Irish EBF Supporting Irish Champions Weekend Fillies Maiden | 8/11 | shd | 9-2 | — | 81A | 53A | Chris Hayes | 40/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Shimmerz (IRE) won?
- Shimmerz (IRE) won 1 of 21 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 4.8%. Placed 1 time in total (4.8% of starts).
- Who trained Shimmerz (IRE)?
- Shimmerz (IRE) was trained by Charles O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 4 August 2025.
- Who is Shimmerz (IRE)'s sire?
- Shimmerz (IRE) is by Fast Company (IRE) out of Redrightreturning (GB), whose sire is Diktat.
- What going does Shimmerz (IRE) prefer?
- Shimmerz (IRE) has the best record on soft 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 Shimmerz (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 40, from the run on 4 August 2025. The highest on record is 61.
- What is Shimmerz (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Fast Company (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 7,591 runs since Jan 2008 (492 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 557. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
- Who are Shimmerz (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Redrightreturning (GB), Shimmerz (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Grey Danube (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Ezra Church (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.