Blackjack Hills (IRE)
Blackjack Hills is a gelding who has won two of 13 starts, both in handicaps. He won at Gowran Park over 1m – 1m1f on heavy ground in Oct 2025 off an official rating of 50 and at Dundalk over 1m2f – 1m4f on standard going the following month off 56. Typically held up, he finished 13 of 13 at Thurles in Oct 2026 when last raced off an official rating of 62.
- 2–13Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 3 (23.1%)Placed
- +3.50£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 2.72Fair A/E n=13 · 2.12 incl. margin
- 65Highest OR
- 44dAvg 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 109
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 19 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 109A | 80.5 | 3 · 109 / 96 |
| Soft | 3 | 75C | 73 | 2 · 73 / 71 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 19 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 109A | 90 | 5 · 109 / 95 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 75C | 68 | 1 · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 73C | 69.5 | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 16 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 from 6 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (67%) · 1 win
- Midfield 2 (33%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,738 runs since Jan 2008 (261 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 15.7% from 115. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.7% from 212.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +3.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 337 | 32 | 9.5% | +0.4 | — |
| Good | 581 | 55 | 9.5% | +0.4 | 0 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 319 | 27 | 8.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Soft | 393 | 35 | 8.9% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 115 | 18 | 15.7% | +6.6 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 985 | 80 | 8.1% | −1 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 212 | 29 | 13.7% | +4.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,148 | 98 | 8.5% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 721 | 56 | 7.8% | −1.3 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 407 | 41 | 10.1% | +1 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 160 | 15 | 9.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 82 | 9 | 11% | +1.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 19 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gowran Park | 2 | 1 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thurles (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Colgan | 8 | 1 | 13% | +3.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Kearney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Blinkers | 5 | 2 | 40% | +11.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +8.50 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Oct 26+53d | Thurles (IRE) | Racing Here On The 12th November Handicap Held up at the back throughout - urged 3f out without making any dent - tired quickly 2f out - wound down late on to finish 13th | 13/13 | 20 | 9-6 | 62 | 73C | 60C | Robbie Colgan | 15/2 |
| 16 Aug 26+17d | Curragh (IRE) | Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Driven early and settled at back - urged into mid-race progress in straight - still 8th with 2f left then edged forward under pressure to finish one-paced | 8/12 | 1¼ | 8-13 | 65 | 109A | 70A | Robbie Colgan | 13/2 |
| 30 Jul 26+14d | Galway (IRE) | Guinness 0.0 Handicap Settled towards the back - pushed along and made headway 2f out - 8th approaching final furlong and stayed on same gear to the line | 8/17 | hd | 9-9 | 65 | 69C | 72A | Declan McDonogh | 14/1 |
| 16 Jul 26+16d | Leopardstown (IRE) | Mervue Equine Handicap Towards the back of the pack early - 5th approaching halfway - made ground into the straight to hit the front 1f out - overtaken over 100 yards out but stayed on | 2/9 | nk | 8-12 | 64 | 96A | 77A | Robbie Colgan | 11/1 |
| 30 Jun 26+237d | Roscommon | Sean Cleary Memorial Handicap Settled in the pack early - 8th at halfway then edged forward when driven with two furlongs left - still 7th and unable to threaten leaders inside the final furlong | 7/13 | nk | 8-12 | 64 | 85C | 68A | Robbie Colgan | 20/1 |
| 05 Nov 25+16d | Dundalk (AW) | Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) Settled midfield early - up to 5th by halfway - pressed on to hit the front inside the last furlong and asserted to the line | 1/13 | 9-8 | 56 | 95B | 82A | Ben Coen | 9/2 | |
| 20 Oct 25+45d | Gowran Park | Racing Club Membership Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) Slow to break - held up towards the back - settled midfield at halfway - moved through 3f out - pushed into second 2f out - hit the front 1 1/2f out drifting right near the rail late - stayed on strongly to win | 1/15 | 9-3 | 50 | 75C | 92A | Robbie Colgan | 10/1 | |
| 05 Sep 25+62d | Down Royal | Grant Thornton Handicap (0-60) Slow to break - stayed at the rear throughout - no impact on the finish | 14/14 | 7 | 9-4 | 53 | 66C | 47A | Leigh Roche | 10/1 |
| 05 Jul 25+30d | Naas | Gener8 Engineering Handicap (0-60) Dwelt badly and struggled to be competitive from the off - made headway into midfield by halfway - driven with no response into the final two furlongs - stayed on at same rate to finish 11th | 11/13 | hd | 9-9 | 58 | 76C | 53A | Jack Kearney | 10/1 |
| 05 Jun 25+19d | Leopardstown | AwardsandGifts.ie Handicap Slow to get going - settled towards the back - found some momentum a furlong out despite a brief bump - stayed on to the line - finished ninth beaten six and a half lengths | 9/18 | ½ | 9-4 | 60 | 65C | 67A | Robbie Colgan | 50/1 |
| 17 May 25+10d | Navan | Book Your Summer BBQ On June 7th Maiden Settled towards rear - urged into effort approaching halfway - faded from 3f out to finish well beaten | 9/10 | 14 | 9-8 | — | 95C | 62C | Robbie Colgan | 125/1 |
| 07 May 25+11d | Gowran Park | Thomastown Maiden Settled in the pack - pushed into 6th approaching the final furlong - stayed on without threatening | 6/12 | 4 | 9-8 | — | 68A | 61A | Robbie Colgan | 200/1 |
| 26 Apr 25 | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 3yo Spring Series Median Auction Maiden Held up in the pack - nudged for effort entering the straight and unable to make any inroad 2f out - faded into 12th | 12/20 | 3 | 9-8 | — | 75C | 66C | Declan McDonogh | 100/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Blackjack Hills (IRE) won?
- Blackjack Hills (IRE) won 2 of 13 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 3 times in total (23.1% of starts).
- Who trains Blackjack Hills (IRE)?
- Blackjack Hills (IRE) is trained by Matthew J Smith, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 October 2026.
- Who is Blackjack Hills (IRE)'s sire?
- Blackjack Hills (IRE) is by Ribchester (IRE) out of Sleeptalker (USA), whose sire is Street Cry.
- What is Blackjack Hills (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 8 October 2026. The highest on record is 65.
- What is Blackjack Hills (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Ribchester (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,738 runs since Jan 2008 (261 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 15.7% from 115. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.7% from 212.