Hard As Nails (GB)
Hard As Nails won four of 14 starts on turf, with all wins at 1m5f – 2m or 2m1f – 2m4f. Three of those came on soft or good to soft ground, including a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Stratford in Oct 2024 off an official rating of 106. She also won two mares NH Flat races in May 2023. The mare, aged 7 at her last run in Mar 2025, finished third of seven as beaten favourite at Chepstow off an official rating of 112.
- 4–14Wins / Runs
- 28.6%Strike rate
- 8 (57.1%)Placed
- +1.30£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.01Fair A/E n=14 · 0.88 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 67dAvg 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 104
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 115A | 97 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 127C | 101.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 127A | 76 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 127C | 104 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 147C | 94.5 | — |
Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 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 3 analysed runs since Dec 2024
- Led 2 (67%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,683 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses).
Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 112 | 10 | 8.9% | −1.4 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 1,334 | 113 | 8.5% | −1.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 1,072 | 98 | 9.1% | −1.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,408 | 168 | 11.9% | +1.6 | 2 from 4 |
| Heavy | 627 | 83 | 13.2% | +2.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 126 | 11 | 8.7% | −1.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 29 | 2 | 6.9% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 145 | 8 | 5.5% | −4.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,307 | 152 | 11.6% | +1.3 | 3 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,499 | 142 | 9.5% | −0.8 | 1 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,319 | 141 | 10.7% | +0.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 370 | 37 | 10% | −0.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Sam Brown (GB) (9 wins).
The wins came over 1m7½f–3m2f; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Sam Brown (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Brown (GB) | 36 | 9 | 1m7½f–3m2f | Grade 2 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | +1.90 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.40 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 11 | 3 | 27% | +2.90 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.60 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Cartmel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Kelso | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.40 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 3 | 43% | +3.97 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.67 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Hogan | 10 | 4 | 40% | +5.30 |
| Paddy Brennan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fern O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33% | −0.10 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +6.40 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 10 | 2 | 20% | −4.10 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 2 | 50% | +5.40 |
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 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Mar 25+22d | Chepstow | Stephens Industries Elevate EPDM Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Wide throughout early stages - hit front and dictated brisk gallop before easing up approaching 2nd - drawn level 3 out then overtaken shortly after - dropped to third on run to final fence - faltered markedly through closing stages | 3/7 | 14 | 11-9 | 112 | 85A | 114A | Jack Hogan | 5/4F |
| 26 Feb 25+29d | Wetherby | Racing TV For The Cheltenham Festival Mares' Handicap Hurdle Sat behind the front group - urged forward approaching 3 out - unable to find more 2 out - well held at the finish | 6/10 | 10 | 11-7 | 112 | 82C | 103C | Fern O'Brien | 11/4F |
| 28 Jan 25+52d | Newcastle | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Mares' Handicap Hurdle Went to front early - jumped awkwardly 3rd - pressed then lost lead before 2 out - kept battling to finish 1 length back | 2/5 | 1 | 11-4 | 111 | 127C | 126B | Jack Hogan | 10/3 |
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Dec 24+61d | Sandown | Betfair Supports Racing With Pride Mares' Handicap Hurdle Went straight to front - urged on before losing command after 2 out - weakened close to the last | 4/8 | 6½ | 11-1 | 111 | 70A | 105B | Jack Hogan | 7/2 |
| 07 Oct 24+99d | Stratford | CWM Survey & Inspection Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Took control from the outset - stretched ahead before the last - asserted on the run-in to win | 1/11 | 11-7 | 106 | 104A | 131A | Jack Hogan | 10/3F | |
| 30 Jun 24+16d | Cartmel | Hadwins Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 2¼ | 11-4 | 106 | 115A | 117B | Jack Hogan | 11/4 |
| 14 Jun 24+23d | Newton Abbot | Janet Denning Fifehead Farms Memorial Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/12 | 1¾ | 11-4 | 106 | 104A | 120A | Jack Hogan | 8/11F |
| 22 May 24+31d | Southwell | Join Southwell Golf Club Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) | 1/7 | 10-13 | 99 | 99A | 115A | Jack Hogan | 4/7F | |
| 21 Apr 24+294d | Stratford | Grace And Dotty Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/12 | 1½ | 11-1 | — | 76B | 108A | Jack Hogan | 5/2 |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Jul 23+35d | Cartmel | Hadwins Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/7 | 5½ | 11-0 | — | 75B | 102B | Paddy Brennan | 10/3 |
| 28 May 23+19d | Kelso | See You In September Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 1/3 | 11-1 | — | 147C | 109C | Jack Hogan | 2/5F | |
| 09 May 23+156d | Ludlow | Music After Racing On Sunday Mares' NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Conditionals & Amateurs) (Div 2) | 1/10 | 10-11 | — | 127A | 119A | Jack Hogan | 7/1 | |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Dec 22+33d | Huntingdon | Fitzdares Adores Henrietta Knight Mares' Open NH Flat Race (Listed) (GBB Race) | 5/8 | 2 | 11-0 | — | 90A | 104A | Paddy Brennan | 7/2 |
| 01 Nov 22 | Warwick | Start Your RacingTV Free Trial Now EBF Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 3/16 | 1¼ | 11-0 | — | — | 114A | Paddy Brennan | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hard As Nails won?
- Hard As Nails (GB) won 4 of 14 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 8 times in total (57.1% of starts).
- Who trained Hard As Nails?
- Hard As Nails (GB) was trained by Fergal O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 20 March 2025.
- Who is Hard As Nails's sire?
- Hard As Nails (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of Cream Cracker (GB), whose sire is Sir Harry Lewis.
- What going does Hard As Nails prefer?
- Hard As Nails (GB) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Hard As Nails's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 112, from the run on 20 March 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Hard As Nails's sire's record?
- Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,683 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
- Who are Hard As Nails's siblings?
- Out of Cream Cracker (GB), Hard As Nails (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sam Brown (GB) (9). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Sam Brown (GB)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m2f. As at Oct 2026.