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Horse profile

Battle In Hand (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2009) · Last trainer D K Weld · Last owner Mrs John M Weld
by Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) out of Trusted Partner (USA) (Affirmed)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Jul 2008
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Apr 2009 — 6,414 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2009 · 5th of 11 Won at Galway
KTB Profile

Battle In Hand (IRE) is 1 from 3. Hasn't won since Jul 2008.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 127A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Galway, 28 Jul 2008

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 3 figures · best 127A · median 112
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good2127A119.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m3127A112—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 11,566 runs since Jan 2008 (872 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm901112.2%+2.4—
Good to Firm1,83920110.9%+1.1—
Good2,76227710%+0.21 from 2
Good to Soft1,3751359.8%0—
Soft1,8531839.9%+0.10 from 1
Heavy710689.6%−0.2—
Standard (AW)2,9372588.8%−1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f6326310%+0.2—
6f – 7f2,5822419.3%−0.5—
1m – 1m1f2,7852729.8%0—
1m2f – 1m4f3,10735011.3%+1.5—
1m5f – 2m1,5471318.5%−1.31 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f692598.5%−1.3—
2m5f – 3m197147.1%−2.7—
Over 3m24312.5%+2.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Trusted Partner (USA) (Affirmed)

2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Striking Force (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Striking Force (IRE)6557f–2m—
Polished Gem (IRE)517f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 1 50% +7.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 1 100% +8.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 1 0 0% −1.00
2008 2 1 50% +7.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2009 · 1 run
12 Apr 09+258d Fairyhouse Russell Restaurant Flat Race 2m · Good · 11 ran 5/11 ½ 11-4 112A Mr C B J Weld 9/1
2008 · 2 runs
28 Jul 08+17d Galway G.p.t. Waterford Inh Flat Race 2m · Good · 20 ran 1/20 11-1 127A Mr C B J Weld 8/1
11 Jul 08 Cork Dano's Of Mallow Inh Flat Race 2m · Yielding · 18 ran 4/18 5 11-1 104A Mr C B J Weld 9/4

Quick answers

How many races has Battle In Hand won?
Battle In Hand (IRE) won 1 of 3 archived starts between 2008 and 2009, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 1 time in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Battle In Hand?
Battle In Hand (IRE) was trained by D K Weld on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 12 April 2009.
Who is Battle In Hand's sire?
Battle In Hand (IRE) is by Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) out of Trusted Partner (USA), whose sire is Affirmed.
What is Battle In Hand's sire's record?
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 11,566 runs since Jan 2008 (872 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Battle In Hand's siblings?
Out of Trusted Partner (USA), Battle In Hand (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Striking Force (IRE) (5). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2008. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.