Welsh Shadow (IRE)
Welsh Shadow (IRE) is 3 from 10, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the Betfair Tap Tap Boom Novices' Hurdle at Haydock (Nov 2015). Hasn't won since Apr 2016.
- 3–10Wins / Runs
- 30%Strike rate
- 5 (50%)Placed
- −2.68£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 1.17Fair A/E n=10 · 1.05 incl. margin
- 140Highest OR
- 73dAvg 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 130
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 15 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 130A | 112.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 15 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 95B | 81 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 13.3% of 4,006 runs since Jan 2008 (425 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +11.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 71 | 9 | 12.7% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 1,071 | 159 | 14.8% | +1.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 762 | 102 | 13.4% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,365 | 153 | 11.2% | −2.1 | 2 from 4 |
| Heavy | 717 | 104 | 14.5% | +1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 3 | 18.8% | +5.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | +2.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,045 | 144 | 13.8% | +0.5 | 2 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,548 | 208 | 13.4% | +0.1 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,125 | 138 | 12.3% | −1 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 274 | 39 | 14.2% | +0.9 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Klepht (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m6f; the highest grade won is Class 1 (Klepht (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klepht (IRE) | 32 | 4 | 2m3f–2m6f | Class 1 |
| Whatzdjazz (IRE) | 14 | 4 | 2m–2m4½f | Class 2 |
| Time Flies By (IRE) | 12 | 3 | 2m½f–2m4f | Class 2 |
| Captain Kirkton (IRE) | 5 | 2 | 2m1½f–2m3½f | Class 4 |
| Beaufort Boy (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | −0.43 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.43 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydock | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.75 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.43 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Skelton | 7 | 3 | 43% | +0.32 |
| Davy Russell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 3 | 33% | −1.68 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.43 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +2.75 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 7 | 2 | 29% | −3.43 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
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 Welsh Shadow (IRE) won?
- Welsh Shadow (IRE) won 3 of 10 archived starts between 2015 and 2016, a strike rate of 30%. Placed 5 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Welsh Shadow (IRE)?
- Welsh Shadow (IRE) was trained by Dan Skelton on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 31 December 2016.
- Who is Welsh Shadow (IRE)'s sire?
- Welsh Shadow (IRE) is by Robin Des Champs (FR) out of What A Mewsment (IRE), whose sire is Persian Mews.
- What going does Welsh Shadow (IRE) prefer?
- Welsh Shadow (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Welsh Shadow (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 135, from the run on 31 December 2016. The highest on record is 140.
- What is Welsh Shadow (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Robin Des Champs (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 4,006 runs since Jan 2008 (425 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Welsh Shadow (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of What A Mewsment (IRE), Welsh Shadow (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Klepht (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 1 (Klepht (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m6f. As at Oct 2026.