How many races has Xael (IRE) won?

Xael (IRE) has yet to win, from 16 archived starts between 2020 and 2023. Placed 1 time in total (6.3% of starts).

Who trained Xael (IRE)?

Xael (IRE) was trained by Ray Hackett on the most recent run on record, at Clonmel on 16 February 2023.

Who is Xael (IRE)'s sire?

Xael (IRE) is by Alhebayeb (IRE) out of Ballet Dancer (IRE), whose sire is Refuse To Bend.

What is Xael (IRE)'s official rating?

Xael (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 52.

What is Xael (IRE)'s sire's record?

Alhebayeb (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,628 runs since Jan 2008 (160 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 11.7% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 11.5% from 253.

Who are Xael (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Ballet Dancer (IRE), Xael (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Lopes Dancer (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Lopes Dancer (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m6f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Xael (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Feb 2023) · Last trainer Ray Hackett · Last owner Ray Hackett

by Alhebayeb (IRE) out of Ballet Dancer (IRE) (Refuse To Bend)

16 runs · 10 courses · from Nov 2020

As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 16 Feb 2023 — 1,336 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Feb 2023 · 14th of 18

KTB Profile

Xael (IRE) is yet to win from 16 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 18 at Galway (Oct 2021).

Based on 16 archived runs · updated 15 Oct 2026

0–16Wins / Runs
0%Strike rate
1 (6.3%)Placed
−16.00£1 level staken=16 at SP
0.00Fair A/E n=16 · 0.00 incl. margin
52Highest OR
55dAvg between runs

Official rating47↓ 5lb off peak

47 37–52

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 83 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Roscommon, 30 Aug 2021

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.

Jumps 2 figures · best 63^C · median 55

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 15 Oct 2025
Soft	1	—	—	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 15 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	1	—	—	—
1m5f – 2m	1	—	—	—

Flat 14 figures · best 111^C · median 73

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 15 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	4	94^C	62.5	—
Good	3	109^C	83	—
Soft	3	111^C	74	—
Heavy	2	67^C	51.5	—
Good to Firm	2	103^C	88	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 15 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	7	111^C	73	—
1m5f – 2m	3	109^C	94	—
1m – 1m1f	3	74^C	73	—
6f – 7f	1	—	—	—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 79^C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Clonmel, 16 Feb 2023

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 51^C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Navan, 14 May 2022 Official rating 47 at the last flat run, 19 Oct 2022

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race.

Jumps 2 figures · best 79^C · median 78.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 15 Oct 2025
Soft	1	—	—	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 15 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	1	—	—	—
1m5f – 2m	1	—	—	—

Flat 14 figures · best 51^C · median 43

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 15 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	4	47^A	44.5	—
Good	3	51^C	38	—
Soft	3	50^A	43	—
Heavy	2	49^C	46	—
Good to Firm	2	42^A	35.5	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 15 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	7	45^A	42	—
1m5f – 2m	3	51^C	49	—
1m – 1m1f	3	50^A	40	—
6f – 7f	1	—	—	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 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

Alhebayeb (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,628 runs since Jan 2008 (160 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 11.7% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 11.5% from 253.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	11	2	18.2%	+9.9	—
Good to Firm	315	25	7.9%	−0.4	0 from 2
Good	634	53	8.4%	+0.1	0 from 3
Good to Soft	270	21	7.8%	−0.5	0 from 1
Soft	484	35	7.2%	−1.1	0 from 4
Heavy	179	21	11.7%	+3.4	0 from 2
Standard (AW)	735	62	8.4%	+0.1	0 from 4

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	329	30	9.1%	+0.8	—
6f – 7f	902	69	7.6%	−0.7	0 from 1
1m – 1m1f	619	48	7.8%	−0.5	0 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f	365	32	8.8%	+0.5	0 from 7
1m5f – 2m	253	29	11.5%	+3.2	0 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f	109	6	5.5%	−2.8	0 from 1
2m5f – 3m	39	5	12.8%	+4.5	—
Over 3m	12	0	0%	−8.3	—

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

Dam

Ballet Dancer (IRE) (Refuse To Bend)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Lopes Dancer (IRE) (9 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m6f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Lopes Dancer (IRE)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Lopes Dancer (IRE)	58	9	1m2f–1m6f	Class 4
Medicean Ballet (IRE)	10	1	7f	Class 5
Tabuk (IRE)	11	1	1m2½f	—
Artistic Acclaim (IRE)	3	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	SR	£1
Soft	4	0%	−4.00
Standard (AW)	4	0%	−4.00
Good	3	0%	−3.00
Heavy	2	0%	−2.00
Good to Firm	2	0%	−2.00
Good to Soft	1	0%	−1.00

Course	Runs	SR	£1
Dundalk (AW)	4	0%	−4.00
Navan	2	0%	−2.00
Gowran Park	2	0%	−2.00
Down Royal	2	0%	−2.00
Clonmel	1	0%	−1.00
Thurles	1	0%	−1.00
Galway	1	0%	−1.00
Roscommon	1	0%	−1.00
Sligo	1	0%	−1.00
Fairyhouse	1	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	SR	£1
1m2f – 1m4f	7	0%	−7.00
1m5f – 2m	4	0%	−4.00
1m – 1m1f	3	0%	−3.00
2m1f – 2m4f	1	0%	−1.00
6f – 7f	1	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	SR	£1
Andrew Slattery	5	0%	−5.00
Ms N A Kane	3	0%	−3.00
Sarah Kavanagh	2	0%	−2.00
Wayne Lordan	1	0%	−1.00
Siobhan Rutledge	1	0%	−1.00
Conor McGovern	1	0%	−1.00
Robbie Colgan	1	0%	−1.00
Sean Bird	1	0%	−1.00
Ronan Whelan	1	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	SR	£1
2023	2	0%	−2.00
2022	3	0%	−3.00
2021	9	0%	−9.00
2020	2	0%	−2.00

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Flat	14	0	0%	−14.00
Hurdle	2	0	0%	−2.00

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
16 Feb 23+7d	Clonmel	Surehaul Race Day Mares Maiden Hurdle 19f · Soft · 18 ran	14/18	38	10-6	—	63^C	79^C	Sarah Kavanagh	200/1
09 Feb 23+113d	Thurles	thurles.ie Maiden Hurdle 15.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran	13/15	23	10-4	—	47^C	78^C	Sarah Kavanagh	200/1
19 Oct 22+158d	Navan	Racing Again Sunday 13th November Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 14f · Heavy · 19 ran	14/19	9½	8-12	47	36^C	49^C	Andrew Slattery	50/1
14 May 22+31d	Navan	Troytown Bar Handicap (47-65) 13f · Good · 20 ran	11/20	½	8-12	47	109^C	51^C	Andrew Slattery	40/1
13 Apr 22+154d	Gowran Park	Racing Again May 4th Maiden (Div 1) 9.5f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran	10/17	2	9-4	37	74^C	50^A	Andrew Slattery	150/1
10 Nov 21+16d	Dundalk (AW)	Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (45-65) 16f · Standard · 14 ran	12/14	hd	8-9	45	94^C	44^C	Wayne Lordan	33/1
25 Oct 21+56d	Galway	Galway Races Summer Festival 2022 Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 12f · Heavy · 18 ran	3/18	24	8-7	45	67^C	43^C	Andrew Slattery	66/1
30 Aug 21+26d	Roscommon	Roscommon Racecourse Handicap (45-65) 12f · Good · 10 ran	6/10	hd	8-8	45	83^A	34^A	Ms N A Kane	28/1
04 Aug 21+12d	Sligo	Keash Hill Handicap (45-65) 10f · Yielding · 14 ran	7/14	1¼	8-6	45	111^C	43^A	Ms N A Kane	50/1
23 Jul 21+34d	Down Royal	Molson Coors Beverage Company Handicap (45-70) 12.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran	5/8	¾	8-8	45	73^A	42^A	Ms N A Kane	28/1
19 Jun 21+8d	Down Royal	Mount Charles Handicap (45-70) 10.5f · Good · 11 ran	11/11	2½	8-3	47	60^A	38^A	Andrew Slattery	80/1
11 Jun 21+37d	Fairyhouse	La Bucca Restaurants Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 12f · Good To Firm · 18 ran	14/18	1½	7-13	48	103^C	29^A	Siobhan Rutledge	100/1
05 May 21+40d	Gowran Park	Thomastown Apprentice Handicap (45-65) 8f · Yielding · 14 ran	11/14	1¾	8-13	52	51^C	40^A	Conor McGovern	66/1
26 Mar 21+119d	Dundalk (AW)	Find Us On Facebook At dundalkstadium Maiden (Plus 10) 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran	13/14	1¾	9-2	—	5^B	45^A	Robbie Colgan	300/1
27 Nov 20+21d	Dundalk (AW)	Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden (Plus 10) 8f · Standard · 14 ran	11/14	1	8-6	—	73^B	37^A	Sean Bird	150/1
06 Nov 20	Dundalk (AW)	Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden (Plus 10) 7f · Standard · 13 ran	13/13	3¾	9-2	—	52^B	47^A	Ronan Whelan	200/1

Quick answers

How many races has Xael (IRE) won?: Xael (IRE) has yet to win, from 16 archived starts between 2020 and 2023. Placed 1 time in total (6.3% of starts).
Who trained Xael (IRE)?: Xael (IRE) was trained by Ray Hackett on the most recent run on record, at Clonmel on 16 February 2023.
Who is Xael (IRE)'s sire?: Xael (IRE) is by Alhebayeb (IRE) out of Ballet Dancer (IRE), whose sire is Refuse To Bend.
What is Xael (IRE)'s official rating?: Xael (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 52.
What is Xael (IRE)'s sire's record?: Alhebayeb (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,628 runs since Jan 2008 (160 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 11.7% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 11.5% from 253.
Who are Xael (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Ballet Dancer (IRE), Xael (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Lopes Dancer (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Lopes Dancer (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m6f. As at Oct 2026.

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