Xian Express (IRE)
Xian Express (IRE) is 2 from 10. Hasn't won since Jan 2020. Both wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 4 on turf. Last raced off 71, 11lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–10Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 7 (70%)Placed
- −7.56£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 0.58Fair A/E n=10 · 0.51 incl. margin
- 82Highest OR
- 20dAvg 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 106
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) | 6 | 106A | 89 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 89A | 85.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 104A | 89 | — |
| Under 6f | 3 | 106A | 89 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 97A | 84 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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 8.9% of 4,261 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.3% from 570. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 363.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | −0.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 447 | 45 | 10.1% | +1.2 | — |
| Good | 918 | 79 | 8.6% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 422 | 35 | 8.3% | −0.6 | — |
| Soft | 773 | 47 | 6.1% | −2.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 286 | 23 | 8% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,392 | 147 | 10.6% | +1.7 | 2 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 570 | 76 | 13.3% | +4.4 | 1 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,501 | 118 | 7.9% | −1 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 928 | 76 | 8.2% | −0.7 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 685 | 73 | 10.7% | +1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 363 | 18 | 5% | −3.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 170 | 14 | 8.2% | −0.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | −1.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −8.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Giddyupadingdong (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m–1m5½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Giddyupadingdong (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giddyupadingdong (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m5½f | Class 5 |
| Quinta Girl (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Freeriding (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Siege Of Tyre (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Ocean Sky (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 2 | 33% | −3.56 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.64 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.92 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.92 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.36 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.92 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.64 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Curtis | 4 | 2 | 50% | −1.56 |
| W J Lee | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 6 | 2 | 33% | −3.56 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 50% | −1.56 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
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 Xian Express (IRE) won?
- Xian Express (IRE) won 2 of 10 archived starts between 2019 and 2020, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 7 times in total (70% of starts).
- Who trained Xian Express (IRE)?
- Xian Express (IRE) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 27 January 2020.
- Who is Xian Express (IRE)'s sire?
- Xian Express (IRE) is by Dragon Pulse (IRE) out of Wind Inher Sleeves (USA), whose sire is Speightstown.
- What going does Xian Express (IRE) prefer?
- Xian Express (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Xian Express (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 27 January 2020. The highest on record is 82.
- What is Xian Express (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dragon Pulse (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 4,261 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.3% from 570. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 363.
- Who are Xian Express (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Wind Inher Sleeves (USA), Xian Express (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Giddyupadingdong (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Giddyupadingdong (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m5½f. As at Oct 2026.