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Horse profile

Give Me A Break (IRE)

8yo mare (at last run, Jul 2017) · Last trainer Michael Hourigan · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Scorpion (IRE) out of Love And Porter (IRE) (Sheer Grit)
27 runs · 15 courses · from Dec 2013
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 7 Jul 2017 — 3,407 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2017 3 wins · Naas, Sligo & Tipperary First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 109
KTB Profile

Give Me A Break (IRE) is 3 from 27. Hasn't won since Nov 2014. All 3 wins have come over 2m1f – 2m4f. Last raced off 109, 19lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 27 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 19lb off peak

Progeny in our archive

Produce record

As a dam, Give Me A Break (IRE) has 2 produce in the archive, 1 winner — most wins Pride Of Place (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m7f–3m2f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Pride Of Place (IRE)2732m7f–3m2f—
Give Me A Smile (IRE)20——
Official rating109↓ 19lb off peak
109 95–128

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

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 115A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kilbeggan, 20 Jun 2016 Official rating 109 at the last run, 7 Jul 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 25 figures · best 132A · median 108
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft11132A112—
Good7126B108—
Heavy4104A91.5—
Good to Soft3132A95—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f15132A108—
2m5f – 3m6119A112—
1m5f – 2m493A87—

Of 27 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 25 figures from 27 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
Scorpion (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 6,323 runs since Sep 2011 (609 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 14.1% from 142.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1422014.1%+4.9—
Good2,30924010.4%+1.20 from 8
Good to Soft1,1181008.9%−0.31 from 3
Soft1,8301397.6%−1.62 from 12
Heavy899778.6%−0.60 from 4
Standard (AW)25312%+2.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−9.2—
1m – 1m1f1400%−9.2—
1m2f – 1m4f38410.5%+1.3—
1m5f – 2m1,8551427.7%−1.50 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f2,3022259.8%+0.63 from 16
2m5f – 3m1,77818210.2%+10 from 7
Over 3m333267.8%−1.4—

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

Dam
Love And Porter (IRE) (Sheer Grit)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them On The Fringe (IRE) (14 wins).

The wins came over 2m5f–3m2½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (On The Fringe (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
On The Fringe (IRE)34142m5f–3m2½fClass 2
Chosen Man (IRE)220——
Short Memory (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 12 2 17% +5.50
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 1 33% +0.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 4 0 0% −4.00
Navan 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 2 1 50% +2.50
Galway 2 0 0% −2.00
Kilbeggan 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Sligo 2 1 50% +1.00
Roscommon 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 1 100% +12.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 16 3 19% +4.50
2m5f – 3m 7 0 0% −7.00
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mark Walsh 12 1 8% −7.50
A P Heskin 7 2 29% +9.00
Niall P Madden 3 0 0% −3.00
Barry Geraghty 2 0 0% −2.00
Jody McGarvey 1 0 0% −1.00
Donagh Meyler 1 0 0% −1.00
L P Dempsey 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 26 3 12% −5.50
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 1 0 0% −1.00
2016 6 0 0% −6.00
2015 9 0 0% −9.00
2014 9 3 33% +11.50
2013 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 15 3 20% +5.50
Chase 12 0 0% −12.00

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 · 1 run
07 Jul 17+237d Wexford Michael Moore Mercedes-Benz & Volkswagen, Portarlington & Athlone Handicap Chase (0-109) 2m4f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-12 109—— Jody McGarvey 25/1
2016 · 6 runs
12 Nov 16+106d Naas Sean Brady Construction & Engineering Limited Novice Handicap Chase (0-116) 2m4f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 8/16 2¾ 11-5 10951C103C Mark Walsh 7/2F
29 Jul 16+39d Galway Guinness Galway Blazers Handicap Chase 2m6½f · Good · 20 ran 17/20 19 10-2 110—95C Niall P Madden 10/1
20 Jun 16+14d Kilbeggan Carmel Fay Memorial Handicap Hurdle 2m3½f · Good · 11 ran 7/11 ¾ 10-13 128—115A Mark Walsh 16/1
06 Jun 16+21d Listowel John J. Galvin Handicap Chase 2m3f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 4¾ 10-4 110—106B Mark Walsh 7/2J
16 May 16+49d Killarney Kelly Brothers Sliabh Luachra Hurdle 2m4f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 3¾ 10-7 123—126B Barry Geraghty 7/1
28 Mar 16+123d Fairyhouse Fred Kenny Lifetime Service To Racing Novice Handicap Chase 2m6½f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 dht 10-13 108—112A Barry Geraghty 5/1
2015 · 9 runs
26 Nov 15+57d Thurles www.thurlesraces.ie Handicap Chase 2m6f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 ½ 11-2 108—112A Mark Walsh 3/1
30 Sep 15+57d Sligo IT Sligo Student Day At Sligo Races Novice Handicap Chase 2m1½f · Yielding · 7 ran 4/7 13 11-6 109—106A Mark Walsh 9/2
04 Aug 15+12d Roscommon Class Grass Handicap Chase (0-109) 2m5f · Good · 14 ran 7/14 ¾ 11-12 109—113A Mark Walsh 7/1
23 Jul 15+47d Limerick Limerick's Live 95fm Mares Beginners Chase 2m3½f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 2¾ 11-7 ——108A Mark Walsh 7/1
06 Jun 15+6d Limerick Limerick Racecourse Family Fun Day 5th July Beginners Chase 2m3½f · Good · 15 ran 5/15 33 11-5 ——87C Mark Walsh 9/2
31 May 15+21d Kilbeggan Mullingar.ie Beginners Chase 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 5/13 4 11-5 ——95C Mark Walsh 8/1
10 May 15+10d Killarney Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase 2m1f · Soft · 13 ran 5/13 8½ 11-5 ——96C Niall P Madden 9/2
30 Apr 15+40d Punchestown Donohue Marquees Handicap Hurdle 3m · Yielding · 25 ran 7/25 1 10-13 126—119A Donagh Meyler 50/1
21 Mar 15+118d Gowran Park Richie Hogan & Ashgrove Stables Handicap Hurdle 2m4f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 15/16 25 11-9 126—111C Niall P Madden 25/1
2014 · 9 runs
23 Nov 14+21d Navan Proudstown Handicap Hurdle (grade C) 2m7f · Soft · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-1 126—— Mark Walsh 9/1
02 Nov 14+87d Naas Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle (grade C) 2m4f · Yielding · 11 ran 1/11 10-8 118—132A Mark Walsh 7/2F
07 Aug 14+5d Sligo Guinness Sligo Handicap Hurdle 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 1/8 10-0 106—132A A P Heskin 2/1F
02 Aug 14+53d Galway Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle (grade C) 2m5½f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 3/14 1¾ 9-3 106—110A L P Dempsey 6/1
10 Jun 14+26d Roscommon Athlone Handicap Hurdle 2m4f · Yielding · 11 ran 3/11 ½ 9-12 104—116A A P Heskin 7/4F
15 May 14+61d Tipperary Ryans Cleaning Event Specialists Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) 2m4f · Yielding · 20 ran 1/20 11-5 95—127A A P Heskin 12/1
15 Mar 14+14d Limerick Family Day 30th March Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m · Heavy · 17 ran 14/17 9½ 10-12 95—90C A P Heskin 11/1
01 Mar 14+49d Navan Nobber Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 11/25 3½ 11-5 ——93A A P Heskin 66/1
11 Jan 14+13d Punchestown David Trundley Artist At Punchestown Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 8/12 10 11-5 ——84C A P Heskin 25/1
2013 · 2 runs
29 Dec 13+22d Limerick Online Booking Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m2f · Heavy · 18 ran 5/18 1¼ 11-4 ——104A A P Heskin 25/1
07 Dec 13 Navan Dunmoe Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good To Yielding · 19 ran 13/19 4 11-4 ——84C Mark Walsh 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Give Me A Break won?
Give Me A Break (IRE) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2013 and 2017, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 8 times in total (29.6% of starts).
Who trained Give Me A Break?
Give Me A Break (IRE) was trained by Michael Hourigan on the most recent run on record, at Wexford on 7 July 2017.
Who is Give Me A Break's sire?
Give Me A Break (IRE) is by Scorpion (IRE) out of Love And Porter (IRE), whose sire is Sheer Grit.
What going does Give Me A Break prefer?
Give Me A Break (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Give Me A Break's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 7 July 2017. The highest on record is 128.
What is Give Me A Break's sire's record?
Scorpion (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 6,323 runs since Sep 2011 (609 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 14.1% from 142.
Who are Give Me A Break's siblings?
Out of Love And Porter (IRE), Give Me A Break (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: On The Fringe (IRE) (14). Highest grade won: Class 2 (On The Fringe (IRE)). The wins came over 2m5f–3m2½f. As at Nov 2026.
Has Give Me A Break produced winners?
As a dam, Give Me A Break (IRE) has 2 produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Pride Of Place (IRE) (3). The wins came over 2m7f–3m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2013. 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.