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Horse profile

Zain Arion (IRE)

4yo filly (at last run, Oct 2017) · Last trainer John Butler · Last owner Asaad Al Banwan
by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Shaanara (IRE) (Darshaan)
15 runs · 9 courses · from May 2016
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Oct 2017 — 3,288 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2017 · 10th of 13 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 82
KTB Profile

Zain Arion (IRE) is 4 from 15. Hasn't won since May 2017. All 4 wins have come over 1m2f – 1m4f.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
Official rating82↓ 3lb off peak
82 57–85

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 103 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Haydock, 29 Apr 2017

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 →

Flat 8 figures · best 103A · median 82.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft388C77—
Standard (AW)3100A95—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f7103A88—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 77A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newbury, 27 Oct 2017 Official rating 82 at the last run, 27 Oct 2017

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. What this means →

Flat 15 figures · best 98A · median 68
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)583A74—
Good to Firm581A63—
Soft398A77—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1198A74—
1m – 1m1f363A57—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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
Danehill Dancer (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm911011%−0.2—
Good to Firm1,74022312.8%+1.61 from 5
Good2,4992489.9%−1.30 from 1
Good to Soft1,08912011%−0.20 from 1
Soft1,73322412.9%+1.71 from 3
Heavy6567811.9%+0.7—
Standard (AW)2,2852249.8%−1.42 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4035313.2%+2—
6f – 7f2,71033112.2%+1—
1m – 1m1f2,71531211.5%+0.30 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f2,31123710.3%−0.94 from 11
1m5f – 2m1,27013410.6%−0.60 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f533519.6%−1.6—
2m5f – 3m13086.2%−5—
Over 3m2214.5%−6.7—

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

Dam
Shaanara (IRE) (Darshaan)

6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Never Can Tell (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 1m–2m2f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Never Can Tell (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Never Can Tell (IRE)2051m4½f–2m2fClass 2
Izita Star (GB)1832m–2m½fClass 3
Crazy Buddies (IRE)1021m–1m½f—
Sense Of Victory (IRE)811m4f—
Fantastic Lass (GB)1211m2fClass 6
Just For Dream (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 5 2 40% +14.50
Good to Firm 5 1 20% −0.50
Soft 3 1 33% +18.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 9 3 33% +15.00
Class 4 3 1 33% +18.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
York 2 1 50% +19.00
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 1 50% +0.50
Nottingham 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 1 100% +16.00
Yarmouth 1 1 100% +3.50
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 11 4 36% +34.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
J F Egan 6 3 50% +34.50
Stevie Donohoe 5 0 0% −5.00
Phillip Makin 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Mulrennan 1 0 0% −1.00
William Buick 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrea Atzeni 1 1 100% +3.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 7 2 29% +16.50
2016 8 2 25% +13.50

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 7 runs
27 Oct 17+52d Newbury Andresa Skin Clinic Fillies' Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Soft · 13 ran 10/13 ¾ 9-7 8277C77A Phillip Makin 40/1
05 Sep 17+12d Kempton (AW) 32red Handicap Class 3 · 16f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 7/7 27 8-12 8468C55C J F Egan 20/1
24 Aug 17+75d York British EBF & Sir Henry Cecil Galtres Stakes (Fillies Listed) Class 1 · 12f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10/10 8 9-7 8552C66C J F Egan 50/1
10 Jun 17+24d Haydock Betway Pinnacle Stakes (Fillies' Group 3) Class 1 · 12f · Soft · 9 ran 8/9 1 9-0 8588C70C Paul Mulrennan 20/1
17 May 17+18d York York Data Services Internet Cloud Solutions Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Soft · 16 ran 1/16 8-13 7768C98A J F Egan 20/1
29 Apr 17+106d Haydock Boxing Betting At 188bet Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 2/8 3 9-5 76103A81A J F Egan 9/1
13 Jan 17+29d Lingfield (AW) 32Red Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 5 ran 1/5 9-0 7195C77B J F Egan 6/4F
2016 · 8 runs
15 Dec 16+114d Chelmsford City (AW) Toteelfie Win A 50 Free Bet Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 1/12 8-11 68100A83A J F Egan 16/1
23 Aug 16+7d Newbury Bathwick Tyres Swindon Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 5/6 3¼ 9-5 68—62B Stevie Donohoe 9/4F
16 Aug 16+34d Kempton (AW) Apollobet Free Sign-up Bonus Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 5 ran 4/5 4½ 8-13 68—57B William Buick 2/1
13 Jul 16+18d Yarmouth Freederm Handicap Class 5 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1/6 8-9 63—68B Andrea Atzeni 7/2
25 Jun 16+22d Lingfield (AW) 188bet Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 11 ran 2/11 nk 8-11 57—74A Stevie Donohoe 20/1
03 Jun 16+12d Doncaster Buckingham Insurance Fighting Cancer With WPCC Maiden Stakes (Str) Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 11/13 1¼ 9-0 ——57A Stevie Donohoe 100/1
22 May 16+16d Nottingham Ladies Night On Saturday 2nd July Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 8.5f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 1¾ 9-0 ——56A Stevie Donohoe 150/1
06 May 16 Nottingham Racing UK Day Pass Just 10 Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 10/16 1 9-0 ——63A Stevie Donohoe 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Zain Arion won?
Zain Arion (IRE) won 4 of 15 archived starts between 2016 and 2017, a strike rate of 26.7%. Placed 6 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trained Zain Arion?
Zain Arion (IRE) was trained by John Butler on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 27 October 2017.
Who is Zain Arion's sire?
Zain Arion (IRE) is by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Shaanara (IRE), whose sire is Darshaan.
What going does Zain Arion prefer?
Zain Arion (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Zain Arion's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 27 October 2017. The highest on record is 85.
What is Zain Arion's sire's record?
Danehill Dancer (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.
Who are Zain Arion's siblings?
Out of Shaanara (IRE), Zain Arion (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Never Can Tell (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Never Can Tell (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2016. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.