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Horse profile

Faraway Hills (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2017) · Last trainer John Joseph Murphy · Last owner Mrs John J Murphy
by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Al Amlah (USA) (Riverman)
6 runs · 6 courses · from Nov 2015
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Dec 2017 — 3,235 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2017 · 20th of 24
KTB Profile

Faraway Hills (IRE) is yet to win from 6 starts. Best effort: 4th of 16 at Navan (Oct 2016).

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Flat 3 figures · best 100C · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft2100C96.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m293C81—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 89C the best of the last 1 rated run · Leopardstown, 26 Dec 2017

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 74A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Navan, 19 Oct 2016 Official rating 73 at the last flat run, 5 Nov 2017

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Flat 4 figures · best 74A · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft274A67.5—
Heavy1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m274A68—
1m2f – 1m4f1———
1m – 1m1f1———

Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,493 runs since Mar 2011 (533 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm50612%+1.5—
Good to Firm6467912.2%+1.7—
Good2,07524011.6%+1.1—
Good to Soft1,1401119.7%−0.8—
Soft1,7121549%−1.50 from 3
Heavy6496510%−0.50 from 2
Standard (AW)1,22013210.8%+0.30 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1923417.7%+7.2—
6f – 7f691608.7%−1.8—
1m – 1m1f1,21412510.3%−0.20 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,24812710.2%−0.30 from 1
1m5f – 2m1,81218210%−0.50 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f1,55317111%+0.5—
2m5f – 3m6476610.2%−0.3—
Over 3m1362216.2%+5.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2011 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Al Amlah (USA) (Riverman)

6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Wolf Of Windlesham (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 1m–3m; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Wolf Of Windlesham (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Wolf Of Windlesham (IRE)2861m–3mGrade 2
Impressioniste (IRE)811m—
Kizuna (IRE)811m4f—
Pinchpoint (IRE)150——
Adawaat (IRE)20——
Tanwir (GB)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Shane Foley 2 0 0% −2.00
Martin Burke 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian Hayes 1 0 0% −1.00
Gary Carroll 1 0 0% −1.00
Kevin Manning 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 4 0 0% −4.00
2016 1 0 0% −1.00
2015 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 4 0 0% −4.00
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 4 runs
26 Dec 17+16d Leopardstown Horse & Jockey Hotel Maiden Hurdle 2m · Yielding · 24 ran 20/24 1¼ 11-2 —45C89C Martin Burke 100/1
10 Dec 17+35d Cork Charleville Cheese Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 18 ran PU/18 — 11-9 ——— Brian Hayes 66/1
05 Nov 17+60d Naas Jumps Racing Returns To Naas November 11th Maiden 1m4f · Soft · 14 ran 10/14 9 9-10 73100C61C Shane Foley 25/1
06 Sep 17+322d Gowran Park Live Music After Racing Saturday September 16th Maiden 1m6f · Heavy · 13 ran 11/13 18 9-7 —69C62C Shane Foley 28/1
2016 · 1 run
19 Oct 16+341d Navan Come Racing Again Sunday 13th November Maiden 1m5f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 4/16 ½ 9-5 —93C74A Gary Carroll 100/1
2015 · 1 run
13 Nov 15 Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden (Plus 10) 1m · Standard · 12 ran 8/12 4½ 9-5 ——64A Kevin Manning 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Faraway Hills won?
Faraway Hills (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2015 and 2017.
Who trained Faraway Hills?
Faraway Hills (IRE) was trained by John Joseph Murphy on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 26 December 2017.
Who is Faraway Hills's sire?
Faraway Hills (IRE) is by Dylan Thomas (IRE) out of Al Amlah (USA), whose sire is Riverman.
What is Faraway Hills's official rating?
Faraway Hills (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 73.
What is Faraway Hills's sire's record?
Dylan Thomas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 7,493 runs since Mar 2011 (533 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
Who are Faraway Hills's siblings?
Out of Al Amlah (USA), Faraway Hills (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Wolf Of Windlesham (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Wolf Of Windlesham (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–3m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2015. 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.