Direct Hit (IRE)
Direct Hit (IRE) is a maiden who has two places from 11 starts. His best effort came when second of nine at Catterick in Sep 2023. The gelding, by Lightning Spear out of The Silver Kebaya, finished fifth of 14 in a Class 6 handicap at Redcar in Oct 2023 off an official rating of 62. He raced on turf and all-weather, over 6f to 1m1f, without winning.
- 0–11Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 2 (18.2%)Placed
- −11.00£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=11 · 0.00 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 100
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 91A | 73.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 95A | 70 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 91A | 73.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 100A | 79 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 606 runs since Jan 2008 (53 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 92 | 11 | 12% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 112 | 11 | 9.8% | −1.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 54 | 4 | 7.4% | −4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 59 | 4 | 6.8% | −4.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 29 | 6 | 20.7% | +9.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 260 | 33 | 12.7% | +1.3 | 0 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | +7.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 242 | 27 | 11.2% | −0.2 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 153 | 15 | 9.8% | −1.6 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 144 | 17 | 11.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 26 | 3 | 11.5% | +0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +1.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Sam Langford (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Stealing Silk (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Langford (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Stealing Silk (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 7f | Class 6 |
| Valley Of Silver (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Catterick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Allan | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Sean Kirrane | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Duran Fentiman | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Direct Hit won?
- Direct Hit (IRE) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2022 and 2023. Placed 2 times in total (18.2% of starts).
- Who trained Direct Hit?
- Direct Hit (IRE) was trained by Tim Easterby on the most recent run on record, at Redcar on 20 October 2023.
- Who is Direct Hit's sire?
- Direct Hit (IRE) is by Lightning Spear (GB) out of The Silver Kebaya (FR), whose sire is Rock Of Gibraltar.
- What is Direct Hit's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 20 October 2023. The highest on record is 65.
- What is Direct Hit's sire's record?
- Lightning Spear (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 606 runs since Jan 2008 (53 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Direct Hit's siblings?
- Out of The Silver Kebaya (FR), Direct Hit (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Sam Langford (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Stealing Silk (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.