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Dapper Valley: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Dapper Valley is a 5-year-old gelding by Dandy Man, trained by Michael Keady. He has won 7 of 31 starts and placed in 4 more, for £57,476 in prize money. His best trip is 5f, where 2 wins from 6 is a 33% strike rate against 20% at every other distance. He was last seen finishing 19th at York on 19 August 2026, and has no declared entry. His best performance rating is 107, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 31
  • Wins 7
  • Placed 11
  • Strike rate 23%
  • Prize money £57,476
  • Best rating 107
  • Official rating 91

Dapper Valley form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
19 Aug 26 York Hong Kong Jockey Club World Pool Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 5.5f Good 19 16.25 33/1 Tom Marquand 91
3 May 26 Salisbury Track Radio Launches Tomorrow Handicap Class 4 5f Good To Firm 1 — 8/13F Paddy Bradley 85
25 Apr 26 Leicester Rekorderlig Premium Fruit Cider Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 1 — 9/2 David Probert 77
14 Mar 26 Abu Dhabi (UAE) The Resilience Spirit Sprint (Handicap) (Turf) 6f Good To Firm 3 0.3 Adrie de Vries 77
13 Feb 26 Meydan (UAE) Longines Spirit Zulu Time 1925 (Handicap) (Dirt) 6f Fast 12 20 14/1 Andrew Slattery 80
17 Jan 26 Jebel Ali (UAE) JARC Sprint Handicap (Dirt) 5f Fast 7 7.75 5/1 Tadhg O'Shea 84
2 Jan 26 Meydan (UAE) Binghatti (Handicap) (Dirt) 6f Fast 8 6.5 18/1 Andrew Slattery 85
12 Dec 25 Meydan (UAE) Dubai Islands (Handicap) (Dirt) 6f Fast 8 16.5 8/1 Andrew Slattery 85
8 Oct 25 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Class 4 6f Standard To Slow 1 — 5/1 Paddy Bradley 79
20 Sep 25 Newmarket Turners Parks Group Ltd Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 6f Good 7 6.25 13/2 Cam Hardie 80
12 Sep 25 Chester LiveScoreBet Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 6f Good 1 — 5/6F Ashley Lewis 68
5 Sep 25 Kempton (AW) Unibet 40,000+ Live Streamed Events Handicap Class 5 6f Standard To Slow 1 — 10/3 Paddy Bradley 70
28 Aug 25 Southwell (AW) Racing League Race 38 Handicap Class 4 6f Standard 9 3.25 20/1 Darragh Keenan 70
10 Aug 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Get Raceday Ready Claiming Stakes Class 6 6f Standard 3 3 3/1 Hollie Doyle 73
24 Jul 25 Sandown Texas At Sandown Park 7 August Handicap Class 4 5f Good 8 6.5 12/1 Marco Ghiani 76
5 Jul 25 Haydock Eachway Extra At bet365 Handicap Class 4 6f Good 9 7 50/1 George Bass 79
23 Jun 25 Windsor Fitzdares Sprint Series Handicap Class 3 5f Good To Firm 5 4.25 22/1 Tom Marquand 82
8 Jun 25 Goodwood Support Your Local Air Ambulance Handicap Class 4 7f Soft 9 12.75 10/1 Hollie Doyle 83
21 Apr 25 Kempton (AW) Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Handicap Class 3 7f Standard To Slow 10 7.25 28/1 Hollie Doyle 84
30 Mar 25 Doncaster William Hill Proper Prices Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 7f Good 14 16.5 6/1 Kieran Shoemark 85
22 Oct 24 Yarmouth Join Moulton Racing Syndicate Handicap Class 4 7f Soft 1 — 15/2 Tom Marquand 82
28 Sep 24 Haydock Sky Bet Acca Freeze Handicap Class 3 6f Soft 9 9.5 20/1 Callum Shepherd 85
10 Aug 24 Ascot Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Sprint (Handicap) Class 2 6f Good To Firm 10 14.25 20/1 Rachel King 88
27 Jul 24 York Sky Bet Dash Handicap Class 2 6f Good To Firm 11 6 20/1 Alec Voikhansky 91
3 Jun 24 Windsor Fitzdares Sprint Series Qualifier Handicap Class 3 6f Good To Firm 6 7.25 9/1 Pat Dobbs 93
4 May 24 Newmarket William Hill Bet In-Running Handicap Class 2 6f Good 7 9.5 9/2 Ryan Moore 94
18 Apr 24 Newmarket Bet365 Handicap Class 2 6f Good 3 1 20/1 Pat Dobbs 92
4 Aug 23 Goodwood Ire-Incentive It Pays To Buy Irish Nursery Class 2 6f Good To Soft 3 1.75 16/1 Pat Dobbs 87
21 Jul 23 Newbury IRE-Incentive - It Pays To Buy Irish Rose Bowl Stakes (Listed) Class 1 6f Good 7 5.5 12/1 Pat Dobbs –
25 May 23 Sandown Racehorse Lotto National Stakes (Listed) Class 1 5f Good 9 18.75 9/1 Pat Dobbs –
21 Apr 23 Newbury Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 5f Soft 1 — 11/2 Pat Dobbs –

Last time out

Finished 19 in the Hong Kong Jockey Club World Pool Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) at York on 19 August 2026. Held a spot down the middle - in contention early - asked for effort 3f out then dropped away 2f out to finish well held.

Dapper Valley by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
6f 20 4 20%
5f 6 2 33%
7f 4 1 25%
5.5f 1 0 0%

Dapper Valley by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 10 1 10%
Good To Firm 7 2 29%
Fast 4 0 0%
Soft 4 2 50%
Standard To Slow 3 2 67%
Standard 2 0 0%
Good To Soft 1 0 0%

Dapper Valley by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Meydan (UAE) 3 0 0%
Kempton (AW) 3 2 67%
Newmarket 3 0 0%
York 2 0 0%
Sandown 2 0 0%
Haydock 2 0 0%
Windsor 2 0 0%
Goodwood 2 0 0%
Newbury 2 1 50%
Salisbury 1 1 100%

Dapper Valley breeding

  • Sire Dandy Man (IRE)
  • Dam Colgin (GB)
  • Damsire Canford Cliffs (IRE)
  • Breeder Gce Farm Ltd
  • Foaled 10 April 2021

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