Had To Be Hugo (IRE)
Had To Be Hugo is a maiden who won none of nine starts on turf between Dec 2022 and Feb 2024. He placed four times and reached a highest official rating of 111. His best effort came when second of six at Uttoxeter in Apr 2023. The gelding, by Ocovango out of a Presenting mare, finished fourth of seven in a Class 4 maiden hurdle at Catterick in Feb 2024 off a mark of 109.
- 0–9Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 4 (44.4%)Placed
- −9.00£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=9 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 111Highest OR
- 30dBetween runs (median)longest 224 d
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 127
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 105B | 98 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 127B | 97 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 91C | 86.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 2 | 91C | 79 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 98C | 90 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 127B | 107 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 9 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 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 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 9.5% of 3,009 runs since Oct 2019 (307 horses).
Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.8% from 196.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 28 | 8 | 28.6% | +19.1 | — |
| Good | 943 | 94 | 10% | +0.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 711 | 71 | 10% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 915 | 75 | 8.2% | −1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 396 | 37 | 9.3% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 791 | 65 | 8.2% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,099 | 98 | 8.9% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 906 | 95 | 10.5% | +1 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 196 | 27 | 13.8% | +4.3 | 0 from 3 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Oct 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Hymie Weiss (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m3½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hymie Weiss (IRE) | 15 | 1 | 2m3½f | — |
| Not Now Foxy (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conor O'Farrell | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| David Noonan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ross Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 Had To Be Hugo won?
- Had To Be Hugo (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2022 and 2024. Placed 4 times in total (44.4% of starts).
- Who trained Had To Be Hugo?
- Had To Be Hugo (IRE) was trained by Rebecca Menzies on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 12 February 2024.
- Who is Had To Be Hugo's sire?
- Had To Be Hugo (IRE) is by Ocovango (GB) out of Had To Be Done (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
- What is Had To Be Hugo's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 12 February 2024. The highest on record is 111.
- What is Had To Be Hugo's sire's record?
- Ocovango (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 3,009 runs since Oct 2019 (307 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.8% from 196.
- Who are Had To Be Hugo's siblings?
- Out of Had To Be Done (IRE), Had To Be Hugo (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Hymie Weiss (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m3½f. As at Nov 2026.