Hard Evidence (FR)
Hard Evidence won one of two starts between Sep 2025 and Oct 2025. The colt led to take a Class 5 novice stakes at Bath over 1m – 1m1f on soft ground in Oct 2025. By Zarak whose progeny have won 15.4% of 1,904 runs since Jan 2008 and shown a strongest strike rate of 21.6% over 1m5f – 2m. The dam has produced one winner from one runner to date. His last run at Bath in Oct 2025 was a win.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- +15.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 28dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 108
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 15.3% of 1,982 runs since Jan 2008 (328 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 11% from 365. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 20.7% from 246. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7% from 201.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −15.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 81 | 13 | 16% | +0.7 | — |
| Good | 297 | 49 | 16.5% | +1.2 | — |
| Good to Soft | 406 | 62 | 15.3% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 557 | 91 | 16.3% | +1 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 269 | 48 | 17.8% | +2.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 365 | 40 | 11% | −4.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −15.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 201 | 14 | 7% | −8.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 583 | 97 | 16.6% | +1.3 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 746 | 111 | 14.9% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 246 | 51 | 20.7% | +5.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 174 | 26 | 14.9% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 30 | 5 | 16.7% | +1.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −15.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 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 Fly Half (FR) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m.
Family form: Fly Half (FR) finished 3rd of 16 at Chantilly (FR), 7 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly Half (FR) | 22 | 2 | 5f–1m | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 20 Oct 25+28d | Bath | BLTH Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Held mid-pack early - moved up to sit second before 6f out - dropped back and pressed 3f from home - rallied to reach the front rank inside final furlong - stayed on strongly - hit the front near the line to score | 1/7 | 9-7 | 108A | 92A | George Downing | 16/1 | |
| 22 Sep 25 | Leicester | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled with the pack early - pressed for effort with 2f left - lost ground inside the final furlong - finished eighth | 8/10 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 83A | 68A | Hector Crouch | 13/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hard Evidence won?
- Hard Evidence (FR) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Hard Evidence?
- Hard Evidence (FR) was trained by Ed Walker on the most recent run on record, at Bath on 20 October 2025.
- Who is Hard Evidence's sire?
- Hard Evidence (FR) is by Zarak (FR) out of Fact Finding (IRE), whose sire is Zoffany.
- What is Hard Evidence's sire's record?
- Zarak (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.3% of 1,982 runs since Jan 2008 (328 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 11% from 365. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 20.7% from 246. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7% from 201.
- Who are Hard Evidence's siblings?
- Out of Fact Finding (IRE), Hard Evidence (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Fly Half (FR) (2). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.