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Horse profile

Hard Knock Life (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2019) · Last trainer Tim Easterby · Last owner Middleham Park Ventura Racing 6Partner
by Dream Ahead (USA) out of Little Annie (GB) (Compton Place)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Jun 2018
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 25 Jun 2019 — 2,689 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2019 · 11th of 13 Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Hard Knock Life (GB) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 59 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Redcar, 27 May 2019

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 68C · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft268C64.5—
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f368C59—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 47C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Beverley, 14 May 2019 Official rating 45 at the last run, 25 Jun 2019

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 4 figures · best 47C · median 41.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft247C42.5—
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f347C43—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 4 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

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 5,707 runs since Apr 2015 (529 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm29620.7%+11.6—
Good to Firm7047510.7%+1.60 from 1
Good1,08612011%+1.90 from 1
Good to Soft690629%−0.10 from 2
Soft839637.5%−1.6—
Heavy299268.7%−0.4—
Standard (AW)2,0601678.1%−1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8729911.4%+2.3—
6f – 7f3,0312879.5%+0.40 from 3
1m – 1m1f1,117837.4%−1.7—
1m2f – 1m4f429347.9%−1.20 from 1
1m5f – 2m184116%−3.1—
2m1f – 2m4f6757.5%−1.6—
2m5f – 3m500%−9.1—
Over 3m200%−9.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2015 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Little Annie (GB) (Compton Place)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them On The Nose (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (On The Nose (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
On The Nose (GB)3321m–1m2fClass 6
King Carlos (GB)40——
White Dog (IRE)120——
Mustatrif (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Beverley 2 0 0% −2.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
David Allan 2 0 0% −2.00
Duran Fentiman 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Garritty 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 3 0 0% −3.00
2018 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2019 · 3 runs
25 Jun 19+29d Beverley Racing TV Extra On racingtv.com Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11/13 nk 8-2 4561C38C Duran Fentiman 33/1
27 May 19+13d Redcar Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8/9 4½ 9-5 —59A43A David Allan 33/1
14 May 19+341d Beverley Jim Hibbs 'We Are Where We Are' Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 9/12 9 9-2 —68C47C David Allan 50/1
2018 · 1 run
07 Jun 18 Carlisle Racing Uk In Hd Novice Auction Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 7 9-2 —35C40C Jack Garritty 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hard Knock Life won?
Hard Knock Life (GB) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2018 and 2019.
Who trained Hard Knock Life?
Hard Knock Life (GB) was trained by Tim Easterby on the most recent run on record, at Beverley on 25 June 2019.
Who is Hard Knock Life's sire?
Hard Knock Life (GB) is by Dream Ahead (USA) out of Little Annie (GB), whose sire is Compton Place.
What is Hard Knock Life's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 25 June 2019. That is also the highest on record.
What is Hard Knock Life's sire's record?
Dream Ahead (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 5,707 runs since Apr 2015 (529 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 184.
Who are Hard Knock Life's siblings?
Out of Little Annie (GB), Hard Knock Life (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: On The Nose (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 6 (On The Nose (GB)). The wins came over 1m–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2018. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.