Drop Kick (IRE)
Drop Kick is a gelding who has won one of nine starts on turf, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Carlisle in Nov 2025 over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground off a mark of 85. He has recorded five places from those nine runs. His last run, at Hexham in Mar 2026, was off a career-high mark of 96 when he finished eighth of 14 as the beaten favourite. All his wins have come at Class 5.
- 1–9Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 5 (55.6%)Placed
- +0.00£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 0.71Fair A/E n=9 · 0.58 incl. margin
- 96Highest OR
- 42dAvg 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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 116B | 99 | 4 · 116 / 99 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 109B | 81 | 2 · 109 / 95 |
| Good | 2 | 90A | 83.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 116B | 99 | 6 · 116 / 99 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 90A | 77 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 from 5 analysed runs
- Midfield 2 (40%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 1,006 runs since Jan 2008 (156 horses).
Strongest on good going: 13.5% from 289. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.5% from 134.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | +11.3 | — |
| Good | 289 | 39 | 13.5% | +3.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 250 | 23 | 9.2% | −0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 230 | 20 | 8.7% | −1.4 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 89 | 11 | 12.4% | +2.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 134 | 6 | 4.5% | −5.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 91 | 8 | 8.8% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 105 | 9 | 8.6% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 96 | 5 | 5.2% | −4.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 328 | 27 | 8.2% | −1.9 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 284 | 37 | 13% | +2.9 | 1 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 87 | 12 | 13.8% | +3.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 14 | 4 | 28.6% | +18.5 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Nice To Meet (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 3m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice To Meet (IRE) | 15 | 1 | 3m | — |
| Helly Hansum (IRE) | 23 | 1 | 3m | — |
| Egor Flight (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Hexham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | +3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Hamilton | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.00 |
| Tom Midgley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +3.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 26+32d | Hexham | Ronnie Parkes 80th Handicap Hurdle Handy early in the pack - pressed for effort after second last - weakened before final fence - well held at finish | 8/14 | 13 | 11-8 | 96 | 95B | 91A | Jamie Hamilton | 7/2F |
| 21 Feb 26+37d | Newcastle | Costello's Cleaning Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack - improved into contention 3 out and up to third before 2 out - stayed on into third at the line | 3/15 | 1 | 11-10 | 96 | 109B | 120A | Jamie Hamilton | 3/1 |
| 15 Jan 26+32d | Newcastle | Mini Golf At High Gosforth Park Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the front group - asked for effort before 2 out - moved into contention after 2 out - hit the front approaching the last - stayed on but caught close home | 2/16 | nk | 11-7 | 93 | 81B | 115A | Jamie Hamilton | 10/3 |
| 14 Dec 25+14d | Carlisle | PricedUp Daily Racing Boosts Handicap Hurdle Settled midfield - driven up into contention approaching the last two and shared third at the final flight - kept going under pressure but couldn't find more on the run-in | 3/8 | 1¾ | 11-1 | 92 | 54B | 108A | Jamie Hamilton | 9/4F |
| 30 Nov 25+20d | Carlisle | pricedup.bet Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Held a midfield spot early - moved up to second by the 4th - hit the front approaching two out - driven and passed before the last then stayed on to finish second | 2/10 | 4½ | 10-8 | 91 | 116B | 115B | Tom Midgley | 10/11F |
| 10 Nov 25+30d | Carlisle | Fatty Renshaw Memorial Novices' Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack - found space and improved before 2 out - hit the front at 2 out then urged along - challenged on the run-in - stayed the better to prevail | 1/11 | 10-7 | 85 | 103A | 112A | Jamie Hamilton | 8/1 | |
| 11 Oct 25+6d | Hexham | Touch And Try Trophy Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled towards the back early - never troubled the front end - trailed home in 7th | 7/8 | 6½ | 10-12 | — | 90A | 90A | Tom Midgley | 66/1 |
| 05 Oct 25+163d | Kelso | Justin & Susan Greig Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up at the back - baulked at the opening obstacle - still adrift through 5th and no impact thereafter | 7/13 | 4¾ | 11-2 | — | 77C | 90C | Jamie Hamilton | 33/1 |
| 25 Apr 25 | Perth | Campbell & Son Roofing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up in rear - failed to challenge - well held throughout | 6/9 | 18 | 10-6 | — | 63C | 79C | Jamie Hamilton | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Drop Kick (IRE) won?
- Drop Kick (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 5 times in total (55.6% of starts).
- Who trains Drop Kick (IRE)?
- Drop Kick (IRE) is trained by Mark Walford, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 March 2026.
- Who is Drop Kick (IRE)'s sire?
- Drop Kick (IRE) is by Wings Of Eagles (FR) out of Natasha Rostova (GB), whose sire is Beat Hollow.
- What going does Drop Kick (IRE) prefer?
- Drop Kick (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Drop Kick (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 96, from the run on 25 March 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Drop Kick (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Wings Of Eagles (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 1,006 runs since Jan 2008 (156 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 13.5% from 289. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.5% from 134.
- Who are Drop Kick (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Natasha Rostova (GB), Drop Kick (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Nice To Meet (IRE) (1). The wins came over 3m. As at Oct 2026.