Hard To Fault (GB)
Hard To Fault won a Class 5 maiden at Carlisle over 1m2f – 1m4f on good to firm in Jul 2021. The gelding, who raced five times on turf and once on all-weather, has one win and two places from six starts overall. He last ran at Thirsk in Apr 2022, finishing eighth of 11 in a Class 3 handicap off an official rating of 85. His highest ever mark was 87.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 2 (33.3%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 2.17Fair A/E n=6 · 1.80 incl. margin
- 87Highest OR
- 26dBetween runs (median)longest 231 d
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 122
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 100A | 89 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 122B | 108.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 122B | 100 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 13.3% of 1,101 runs since Jul 2020 (139 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.1% from 126. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 16.7% from 246. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9% from 122.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 60 | 10 | 16.7% | +3.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 336 | 48 | 14.3% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 183 | 27 | 14.8% | +1.5 | — |
| Soft | 295 | 35 | 11.9% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 101 | 17 | 16.8% | +3.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 126 | 9 | 7.1% | −6.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 69 | 7 | 10.1% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 122 | 11 | 9% | −4.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 259 | 28 | 10.8% | −2.5 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 324 | 50 | 15.4% | +2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 246 | 41 | 16.7% | +3.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 72 | 9 | 12.5% | −0.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2020 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Silk Cravat (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Cast No Shadow (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silk Cravat (GB) | 59 | 5 | 6f–1m | — |
| Cast No Shadow (GB) | 18 | 2 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Goodwood Showman (GB) | 27 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Used To Be (GB) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| Ardat (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Allan | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Duran Fentiman | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 09 Apr 22+231d | Thirsk | Play Our Casinos At Vickers.Bet Handicap | 8/11 | 3¼ | 9-1 | 85 | 100A | 72A | David Allan | 15/2 |
| 2021 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Aug 21+23d | York | Sky Bet Melrose Handicap (Heritage Handicap) | 17/22 | 6 | 8-11 | 86 | 66C | 72C | David Allan | 22/1 |
| 29 Jul 21+26d | Newcastle (AW) | William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Racing League Race Six (Handicap) | 6/12 | 2 | 8-11 | 87 | 118B | 81A | David Allan | 11/1 |
| 03 Jul 21+29d | Carlisle | Watch On Racing Tv Maiden Stakes | 1/8 | 9-3 | — | 122B | 89A | Duran Fentiman | 4/1 | |
| 04 Jun 21+20d | Catterick | Follow RacingTV On Twitter Maiden Stakes | 2/11 | hd | 8-13 | — | 95A | 83A | David Allan | 12/1 |
| 15 May 21 | Thirsk | Sky Bet Britain's Most Popular Online Bookmaker Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 4/8 | 1 | 9-2 | — | 78A | 73A | David Allan | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hard To Fault won?
- Hard To Fault (GB) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 2 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Hard To Fault?
- Hard To Fault (GB) was trained by Tim Easterby on the most recent run on record, at Thirsk on 9 April 2022.
- Who is Hard To Fault's sire?
- Hard To Fault (GB) is by Harzand (IRE) out of Polly Floyer (GB), whose sire is Halling.
- What is Hard To Fault's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 9 April 2022. The highest on record is 87.
- What is Hard To Fault's sire's record?
- Harzand (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,101 runs since Jul 2020 (139 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.1% from 126. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 16.7% from 246. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9% from 122.
- Who are Hard To Fault's siblings?
- Out of Polly Floyer (GB), Hard To Fault (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Silk Cravat (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Cast No Shadow (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Nov 2026.