Diamond Hunter (IRE)
Diamond Hunter won both of his two starts between Oct 2025 and Nov 2025, including the Grade 2 Betfair Supports Safer Gambling Week Newton Novices' Hurdle at Haydock in Nov 2025. Both wins came over 1m5f – 2m on turf, one on good ground at Plumpton in a Class 4 and one on good to soft at Haydock in a Class 1 where he led. By Diamond Boy whose progeny have won 12% of 2,248 runs in the archive since Jan 2008, he is out of a dam who has produced three winners from four runners to date including Poormans Hill with eight wins. He finished 1 of 6 at Haydock last time out.
- 2–2Wins / Runs
- 100%Strike rate
- 2 (100%)Placed
- +13.88£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 33dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 149
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 149A | 145.5 | 2 · 149 / 145.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12% of 2,268 runs since Jan 2008 (284 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 26 | 8 | 30.8% | +18.8 | — |
| Good | 660 | 80 | 12.1% | +0.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 478 | 54 | 11.3% | −0.7 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 740 | 79 | 10.7% | −1.3 | — |
| Heavy | 347 | 50 | 14.4% | +2.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −6.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −12 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −12 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | −0.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 841 | 112 | 13.3% | +1.3 | 2 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 977 | 105 | 10.7% | −1.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 354 | 45 | 12.7% | +0.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 55 | 8 | 14.5% | +2.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Poormans Hill (IRE) (8 wins).
The wins came over 2m1f–3m4½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poormans Hill (IRE) | 34 | 8 | 2m2½f–3m4½f | — |
| I Don't Get It (IRE) | 61 | 4 | 2m1f–2m3f | — |
| Jack Slade (IRE) | 28 | 4 | 2m3f–2m7½f | — |
| Sharp Shadow (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 25+33d | Haydock | Betfair Supports Safer Gambling Week Newton Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Set the pace early - lost front spot after 3rd then sat close up - jumped awkwardly 3 out - regained advantage by a whisker after 2 out and stayed on strongly to clear well before the line | 1/6 | 11-2 | 142A | 140B | Freddie Gordon | 12/1 | |
| 20 Oct 25 | Plumpton | Betty Chantler And Trevor Downing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Sat close to pace early - hit front 4th and edged away after 3 out - strolled home unchallenged | 1/6 | 10-11 | 149A | 134C | Freddie Gordon | 15/8 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Diamond Hunter (IRE) won?
- Diamond Hunter (IRE) won 2 of 2 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 100%. Placed 2 times in total (100% of starts).
- Who trains Diamond Hunter (IRE)?
- Diamond Hunter (IRE) is trained by Chris Gordon, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 22 November 2025.
- Who is Diamond Hunter (IRE)'s sire?
- Diamond Hunter (IRE) is by Diamond Boy (FR) out of Sharps Express (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
- What is Diamond Hunter (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Diamond Boy (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12% of 2,268 runs since Jan 2008 (284 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Diamond Hunter (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Sharps Express (IRE), Diamond Hunter (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Poormans Hill (IRE) (8). The wins came over 2m1f–3m4½f. As at Oct 2026.