Hard Knocks (IRE)
Hard Knocks (IRE) is yet to win from 16 starts, though has placed 3 times. Best effort: 2nd of 10 at Wetherby (Dec 2019). Last raced off 81, 9lb below the career-high mark.
- 0–16Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 3 (18.8%)Placed
- −16.00£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=16 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 90Highest OR
- 60dAvg 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 90
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 148C | 76 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 90B | 82.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 101C | 83.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 75B | 65.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 148C | 108 | — |
Of 16 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (5) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 16 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 3,325 runs since Jan 2008 (309 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 10.7% from 215.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 24 | 2 | 8.3% | +0.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 215 | 23 | 10.7% | +3.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 800 | 60 | 7.5% | 0 | 0 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 459 | 40 | 8.7% | +1.2 | — |
| Soft | 1,001 | 70 | 7% | −0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 786 | 54 | 6.9% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 40 | 0 | 0% | −7.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −7.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −7.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 23 | 1 | 4.3% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 41 | 3 | 7.3% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 954 | 81 | 8.5% | +1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,144 | 80 | 7% | −0.5 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 954 | 72 | 7.5% | 0 | 0 from 11 |
| Over 3m | 197 | 12 | 6.1% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Etcetera Etcetera (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 3m1f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etcetera Etcetera (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 3m1f | — |
| How's The Cad (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| The Mullins (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Cum Grano Salis (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Torran Na Dtonn (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 5 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexham | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Market Rasen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cartmel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison Clarke | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Finian O'Toole | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Henry Brooke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Hurdle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Hard Knocks (IRE) won?
- Hard Knocks (IRE) has yet to win, from 16 archived starts between 2018 and 2020. Placed 3 times in total (18.8% of starts).
- Who trained Hard Knocks (IRE)?
- Hard Knocks (IRE) was trained by Kenny Johnson on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle on 13 November 2020.
- Who is Hard Knocks (IRE)'s sire?
- Hard Knocks (IRE) is by Turtle Island (IRE) out of Celtic Tigress (IRE), whose sire is Over The River.
- What is Hard Knocks (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 81, from the run on 13 November 2020. The highest on record is 90.
- What is Hard Knocks (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Turtle Island (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 3,325 runs since Jan 2008 (309 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 10.7% from 215.
- Who are Hard Knocks (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Celtic Tigress (IRE), Hard Knocks (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Etcetera Etcetera (IRE) (1). The wins came over 3m1f. As at Oct 2026.