The Lion Dancer (IRE)
The Lion Dancer won five of 26 starts all on turf with four of those wins on heavy ground. Three of the five came over 3m and he also won twice at Plumpton. His last win came at Uttoxeter in Dec 2022 in a Class 5 handicap chase off a mark of 97. Aged 12 at his last run in Apr 2024 he finished off an official rating of 92 which was 20lb below his highest ever mark.
- 5–26Wins / Runs
- 19.2%Strike rate
- 9 (34.6%)Placed
- +24.43£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 2.07Fair A/E n=26 · 1.81 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 94dAvg 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 113
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 88C | 53 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 113A | 88 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 81A | 64.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 113A | 59.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 101A | 88 | — |
Of 26 runs looked at, 15 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (7) · did not complete (7) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 26 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 9.7% of 372 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses).
Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 131.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +1.4 | — |
| Good | 118 | 14 | 11.9% | +2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 79 | 7 | 8.9% | −0.8 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 115 | 8 | 7% | −2.7 | 1 from 14 |
| Heavy | 44 | 5 | 11.4% | +1.7 | 4 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +4.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 92 | 5 | 5.4% | −4.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 119 | 10 | 8.4% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 131 | 17 | 13% | +3.3 | 2 from 17 |
| Over 3m | 24 | 4 | 16.7% | +7 | 3 from 8 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 14 | 1 | 7% | −8.00 |
| Heavy | 6 | 4 | 67% | +38.43 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +21.33 |
| Class 4 | 10 | 2 | 20% | +7.10 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Plumpton | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.43 |
| Ffos Las | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 1 | 50% | +21.00 |
| Sedgefield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fakenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 17 | 2 | 12% | +12.00 |
| Over 3m | 8 | 3 | 38% | +13.43 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Bannister | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.00 |
| Gavin Sheehan | 6 | 2 | 33% | +13.33 |
| Harriet Tucker | 5 | 1 | 20% | +18.00 |
| Hugh Nugent | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rex Dingle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Noel Fehily | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Angus Cheleda | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dave Crosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 16 | 4 | 25% | +19.43 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 3 | 1 | 33% | +12.00 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +18.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +11.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +6.43 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 22 | 5 | 23% | +28.43 |
| Hurdle | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has The Lion Dancer won?
- The Lion Dancer (IRE) won 5 of 26 archived starts between 2017 and 2024, a strike rate of 19.2%. Placed 9 times in total (34.6% of starts).
- Who trained The Lion Dancer?
- The Lion Dancer (IRE) was trained by Alex Hales on the most recent run on record, at Ffos Las on 16 April 2024.
- Who is The Lion Dancer's sire?
- The Lion Dancer (IRE) is by Let The Lion Roar (GB) out of Shesadoll (IRE), whose sire is Naheez.
- What going does The Lion Dancer prefer?
- The Lion Dancer (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 4 wins from 6 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Lion Dancer's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 16 April 2024. The highest on record is 112.
- What is The Lion Dancer's sire's record?
- Let The Lion Roar (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 372 runs since Jan 2008 (35 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 131.