Hands On (IRE)
Hands On won the Mallow 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle at Cork in Oct 2023 on soft ground over 1m5f – 2m. The gelding, by Flemensfirth out of a Galileo mare, has one win and one place from five turf starts and reached a highest official rating of 120. He last ran at Punchestown in Apr 2025, finishing 10 of 25 in the Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle off a mark of 118.
- 1–5Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 1 (20%)Placed
- +0.50£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 3.00Fair A/E n=5 · 2.37 incl. margin
- 120Highest OR
- 148dAvg 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 103
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 103A | 87 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 111A | 103 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 101C | 91 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 17,266 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 38 | 0 | 0% | −11.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 522 | 50 | 9.6% | −2.2 | — |
| Good | 4,048 | 441 | 10.9% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 2,928 | 353 | 12.1% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 5,874 | 751 | 12.8% | +1 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 3,814 | 449 | 11.8% | 0 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | −7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −11.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 25 | 1 | 4% | −7.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,483 | 547 | 12.2% | +0.4 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,074 | 723 | 11.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5,252 | 622 | 11.8% | 0 | — |
| Over 3m | 1,430 | 153 | 10.7% | −1.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Marshalled (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 2m½f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Marshalled (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshalled (IRE) | 32 | 6 | 2m½f–2m5f | Class 3 |
| Teenage Kiss (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 3m | — |
| Pretty Wild (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Seriously Funny (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Walsh | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Paul Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Simon Torrens | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 25+292d | Punchestown | Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - hampered at the 3rd - made late progress from 2 out but stayed at one speed to the line and finished tenth | 10/25 | 4½ | 11-6 | 118 | 81B | 109A | Paul Kavanagh | 50/1 |
| 12 Jul 24+71d | Kilbeggan | Writech Handicap Hurdle | 11/15 | hd | 10-13 | 120 | 101C | 107C | Mark Walsh | 12/1 |
| 02 May 24+200d | Punchestown | Specialist Group Handicap Hurdle (88-123) | 14/24 | 2 | 11-5 | 120 | 87B | 108A | Simon Torrens | 12/1 |
| 15 Oct 23+28d | Cork | Mallow 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle | 1/10 | 11-0 | — | 103A | 119A | Mark Walsh | 9/2 | |
| 17 Sep 23 | Listowel | Kerry Group 3-Y-O Hurdle | 4/6 | 1¾ | 10-8 | — | 111A | 124B | Mark Walsh | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hands On (IRE) won?
- Hands On (IRE) won 1 of 5 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 1 time in total (20% of starts).
- Who trained Hands On (IRE)?
- Hands On (IRE) was trained by E Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 30 April 2025.
- Who is Hands On (IRE)'s sire?
- Hands On (IRE) is by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Serious Fun (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does Hands On (IRE) prefer?
- Hands On (IRE) has the best record on 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 Hands On (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 30 April 2025. The highest on record is 120.
- What is Hands On (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Flemensfirth (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 17,266 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Hands On (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Serious Fun (IRE), Hands On (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Marshalled (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Marshalled (IRE)). The wins came over 2m½f–3m. As at Oct 2026.