Hard One To Please (IRE)
Hard One To Please (IRE) is a lightly raced gelding with one run in the archive, finishing 6 of 7 in the L'Ormarins King's Plate Glorious Stakes, a Class 1 race at Goodwood over 1m2f – 1m4f on good to soft in Aug 2023. He carried an official rating of 104 at that run, which was also his career-high mark, and wore first-time headgear. By Fast Company, whose progeny have won 9.4% of 7,591 runs since Jan 2008 on their strongest going of heavy. His dam produced one winner among three runners that have reached the track.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
- 104Highest OR
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 9.4% of 7,594 runs since Jan 2008 (492 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 558. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | +3.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 944 | 73 | 7.7% | −1.7 | — |
| Good | 1,657 | 155 | 9.4% | 0 | — |
| Good to Soft | 936 | 90 | 9.6% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,391 | 165 | 11.9% | +2.5 | — |
| Heavy | 558 | 71 | 12.7% | +3.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,083 | 155 | 7.4% | −2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 684 | 67 | 9.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,773 | 232 | 8.4% | −1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,691 | 153 | 9% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,217 | 137 | 11.3% | +1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 779 | 76 | 9.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 328 | 32 | 9.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 109 | 14 | 12.8% | +3.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | −1.7 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Dandy Alys (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 5f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Dandy Alys (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dandy Alys (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 5f | Class 4 |
| California Poppy (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Sweet Run (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 04 Aug 23 | Goodwood | L'Ormarins King's Plate Glorious Stakes (Group 3) | 6/7 | 1¼ | 9-3 | 104 | 50C | 72C | Jim Crowley | 10/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hard One To Please won?
- Hard One To Please (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2023.
- Who trained Hard One To Please?
- Hard One To Please (IRE) was trained by Annike Bye Hansen on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 4 August 2023.
- Who is Hard One To Please's sire?
- Hard One To Please (IRE) is by Fast Company (IRE) out of Alyssum (IRE), whose sire is New Approach.
- What is Hard One To Please's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 104, from the run on 4 August 2023.
- What is Hard One To Please's sire's record?
- Fast Company (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 7,594 runs since Jan 2008 (492 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 558. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
- Who are Hard One To Please's siblings?
- Out of Alyssum (IRE), Hard One To Please (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Dandy Alys (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Dandy Alys (IRE)). The wins came over 5f. As at Oct 2026.