Horse profile
Hand Over Fist (FR)
by Red Dubawi (IRE) out of Gold Bug (FR) (Malinas)
21 runs · 12 courses · from Aug 2022
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Aug 2025 — 444 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2025
4 wins · 4 courses
Last raced off OR 107
KTB Profile
Hand Over Fist won four of 21 starts on turf between Jul 2023 and Oct 2024, all in handicaps. He gained his biggest success in the Follow Us On Social Media Handicap Chase at Cork over 2m5f – 3m on good ground off an official rating of 107. Three of those wins came at courses he has not visited again, including Kilbeggan and Roscommon. His last run, at Tramore in Aug 2025, came off an official rating of 107.
Based on 21 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
OR ↓ 8lb off peak
- 4–21Wins / Runs
- 19%Strike rate
- 6 (28.6%)Placed
- +9.50£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 1.87Fair A/E n=21 · 1.53 incl. margin
- 115Highest OR
- 32dBetween runs (median)longest 204 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.
Official rating107↓ 8lb off peak
107
95–115
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 99
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 109B | 76 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 121B | 80 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 127B | 110 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 5 | 99B | 80 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 127B | 109 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 110A | 67 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 21 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 21 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 9 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 6 (67%) · 2 wins
- Led 2 (22%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (11%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 263 runs since May 2019 (26 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 3 | 60% | +49.4 | — |
| Good | 52 | 10 | 19.2% | +8.6 | 3 from 14 |
| Good to Soft | 52 | 5 | 9.6% | −1 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 68 | 1 | 1.5% | −9.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 45 | 7 | 15.6% | +5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 41 | 2 | 4.9% | −5.7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 37 | 0 | 0% | −10.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 58 | 5 | 8.6% | −2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 58 | 6 | 10.3% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −10.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 46 | 6 | 13% | +2.4 | 1 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 37 | 10 | 27% | +16.4 | 2 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | −3.9 | 1 from 5 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Gold Bug (FR) (Malinas)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Younes (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 14 | 3 | 21% | +10.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilbeggan | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| Tramore | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Cork | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 2 | 25% | +3.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.00 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike O'Connor | 11 | 4 | 36% | +19.50 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Rachael Blackmore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Patrick M O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hugh Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Brassil | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 2 | 17% | +0.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 2 | 29% | +11.00 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +12.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +7.50 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 12 | 2 | 17% | +6.00 |
| Hurdle | 9 | 2 | 22% | +3.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Aug 25+8d | Tramore | McCarthy's Irish Bar Lexington Handicap Chase Sat close up early under urging - drifted to midfield around the 12th - lost touch soon after - pulled up before 3 out | PU/11 | — | 10-13 | 107 | — | — | Darragh O'Keeffe | 5/1 |
| 09 Aug 25+17d | Kilbeggan | Smiddys Pub Handicap Chase Set the pace early - matched at 3 out - urged on after the following fence - driven approaching the straight - overtaken at the last - weakened and slipped back through the field in the final stages to finish 5th | 5/8 | ½ | 11-7 | 110 | 80B | 110A | Patrick M O'Brien | 9/2J |
| 23 Jul 25+44d | Wexford | Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Chase Settled just behind the pace early - disputed second by the 8th and still involved into the eleventh - moved ahead briefly turning into the straight - overtaken again before two out - dropped away and faded approaching the last - finished fifth well beaten | 5/11 | 15 | 11-4 | 112 | 83A | 103A | Mike O'Connor | 10/1 |
| 09 Jun 25+24d | Roscommon | Tote Connacht National Handicap Chase Settled behind pace - stumbled at 1st - hit front 10th - pressed and lost advantage 3 out - back to 3rd 2 out then 4th at last - held on for 5th without finding more | 5/15 | 2¾ | 11-0 | 114 | 99B | 113A | Mike O'Connor | 9/1 |
| 16 May 25+194d | Kilbeggan | Shanette Superior Space Handicap Chase Held up towards the back - still down in 10th approaching four out - nudged into better positions after the last but held on the run to the line | 6/11 | 3¾ | 11-1 | 115 | — | 102C | Mike O'Connor | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Nov 24+21d | Cork | Paddy Power Cork Grand National Handicap Chase (0-150) (Listed) Sent clear early - came under pressure with five to jump - blundered following fence and lost the advantage - renewed effort three out - pushed along and level for second spot soon after - couldn't find more before the last - dropped away to finish seventh | 7/10 | 19 | 10-10 | 115 | 69C | 84C | Mike O'Connor | 9/4F |
| 13 Oct 24+23d | Cork | Follow Us On Social Media Handicap Chase (0-123) Handy early - hit front 2nd - lost lead 10th dropping to 3rd - small error 5 out - up to 2nd before 4 out - shared advantage before 3 out - pushed into lead before last and kept going strongly to score | 1/12 | 10-12 | 107 | 104A | 113B | Mike O'Connor | 4/1 | |
| 20 Sep 24+41d | Downpatrick | Get Ready For Autumn Handicap Chase (0-109) Settled behind pace early - hit front 7th before losing it 6 out - back in command 4 out - driven up alongside stricken rival when fell 2 out | F/9 | — | 11-13 | 107 | — | — | Rachael Blackmore | 5/1 |
| 10 Aug 24+39d | Kilbeggan | Kieran Kelly Memorial Handicap Chase (0-109) Settled handy early behind front-runner - hit the front after 5th - dictated affairs from there - asked for effort approaching last - held a two length advantage - driven out up the run-in - kept finding to the finish | 1/11 | 11-4 | 99 | 67A | 128A | Mike O'Connor | 12/1 | |
| 02 Jul 24+30d | Tipperary | Baileys Hotel Cashel Beginners Chase | 8/16 | 14 | 11-12 | — | 67C | 94C | Darragh O'Keeffe | 20/1 |
| 02 Jun 24+204d | Kilbeggan | Sustainable Ladies Style Competition Beginners Chase | 7/8 | 25 | 11-9 | — | 47C | 96C | Mike O'Connor | 8/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Nov 23+32d | Gowran Park | Gerry Comerford Drilling Beginners Chase | PU/12 | — | 11-9 | — | — | — | Mike O'Connor | 11/2 |
| 10 Oct 23+63d | Punchestown | Paddy Power Handicap Hurdle | 6/19 | ½ | 10-9 | 109 | 127B | 115A | Mike O'Connor | 11/1 |
| 08 Aug 23+31d | Roscommon | Paul Byron Shoes Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 1/13 | 11-4 | 101 | 121B | 112A | Mike O'Connor | 11/2 | |
| 08 Jul 23+35d | Bellewstown | Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) | 1/15 | 11-8 | 96 | 93B | 121A | Mike O'Connor | 5/1 | |
| 03 Jun 23+193d | Tramore | Annestown Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 3/12 | 3¼ | 10-11 | 95 | — | 109A | Hugh Morgan | 8/1 |
| 2022 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Nov 22+40d | Limerick | Follow Us On Twitter At LimerickRaces Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 9/14 | 18 | 11-3 | 96 | 62C | 80C | Conor Brassil | 10/1 |
| 13 Oct 22+22d | Tramore | Tramore Racecourse On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 3/11 | 1½ | 11-3 | 95 | 110A | 116A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 16/1 |
| 21 Sep 22+38d | Listowel | Mcsweeney Brothers Maiden Hurdle | 7/15 | 9½ | 11-12 | — | 67C | 91C | Darragh O'Keeffe | 33/1 |
| 14 Aug 22+8d | Tramore | Comeragh Veterinary Kilmacthomas Maiden Hurdle | 5/13 | 1¼ | 11-4 | — | 109B | 104A | Rachael Blackmore | 14/1 |
| 06 Aug 22 | Kilbeggan | Follow Kilbeggan Races On Facebook Maiden Hurdle | 11/15 | 9 | 11-4 | — | 13C | 91C | Darragh O'Keeffe | 9/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hand Over Fist won?
- Hand Over Fist (FR) won 4 of 21 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 19%. Placed 6 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trained Hand Over Fist?
- Hand Over Fist (FR) was trained by Henry De Bromhead on the most recent run on record, at Tramore on 17 August 2025.
- Who is Hand Over Fist's sire?
- Hand Over Fist (FR) is by Red Dubawi (IRE) out of Gold Bug (FR), whose sire is Malinas.
- What going does Hand Over Fist prefer?
- Hand Over Fist (FR) 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 Hand Over Fist's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 17 August 2025. The highest on record is 115.
- What is Hand Over Fist's sire's record?
- Red Dubawi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 263 runs since May 2019 (26 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Hand Over Fist's siblings?
- Out of Gold Bug (FR), Hand Over Fist (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.