Hard Promises (IRE)
Hard Promises is a colt by Pinatubo out of a daughter of Elusive Quality who has won one of three starts on turf. He won the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Leopardstown over 1m – 1m1f on good ground in Aug 2026, racing prominently to score off an official rating of 91. That success came at the highest mark he has held. He has never won over 1m2f – 1m4f.
- 1–3Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 2 (66.7%)Placed
- −0.75£1 level staken=3 at SP
- 91Highest OR
- 48dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 127
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 110C | 105.5 | 2 · 110 / 105.5 |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 127A | 118.5 | 2 · 127 / 118.5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 13.8% of 1,070 runs since Jan 2008 (180 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 10% from 110.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 194 | 28 | 14.4% | +0.6 | — |
| Good | 278 | 38 | 13.7% | −0.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 118 | 19 | 16.1% | +2.3 | — |
| Soft | 110 | 11 | 10% | −3.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 34 | 5 | 14.7% | +0.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 334 | 47 | 14.1% | +0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 73 | 11 | 15.1% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 541 | 75 | 13.9% | +0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 282 | 39 | 13.8% | 0 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 143 | 22 | 15.4% | +1.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | −10.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Sidiriya (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m2f–1m4f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidiriya (IRE) | 25 | 1 | 1m4f | — |
| Sidiza (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m2f | — |
| Siradjan (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Sinngali (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.25 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Aug 26+26d | Leopardstown (IRE) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Sat handy behind the front group - 4th and driven out entering the straight - hit the front a furlong out - stayed on strongly to win | 1/14 | 9-8 | 91 | 101C | 97A | Ben Coen | 5/4F | |
| 11 Jul 26+69d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race Settled at the back - asked for effort and made headway out wide 2f out to share second with a furlong left - third and ran on in the final furlong | 3/5 | ¾ | 9-5 | — | 110C | 87B | Ben Coen | 7/1 |
| 03 May 26 | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden Sat behind the front group early - still 3rd at halfway - asked for effort on the rail entering the straight and stayed on at one gear from 2f out to finish 3rd | 3/10 | 2¼ | 9-6 | — | 127A | 83A | Ben Coen | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hard Promises (IRE) won?
- Hard Promises (IRE) won 1 of 3 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 2 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trains Hard Promises (IRE)?
- Hard Promises (IRE) is trained by A Oliver, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 August 2026.
- Who is Hard Promises (IRE)'s sire?
- Hard Promises (IRE) is by Pinatubo (IRE) out of Sidra (IRE), whose sire is Elusive Quality.
- What is Hard Promises (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 6 August 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Hard Promises (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Pinatubo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 1,070 runs since Jan 2008 (180 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 10% from 110.
- Who are Hard Promises (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Sidra (IRE), Hard Promises (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Sidiriya (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m2f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.