Hard Way (FR)
Hard Way (FR) is 3 from 28. Hasn't won since Sep 2014. All 3 wins have come on turf — 0 from 7 on the all-weather.
- 3–28Wins / Runs
- 10.7%Strike rate
- 8 (28.6%)Placed
- +37.20£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 1.66Fair A/E n=24 · 1.99 incl. margin
- 84dAvg 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
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 9.8% of 549 runs since Jan 2008 (86 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | +6.9 | — |
| Good | 69 | 7 | 10.1% | +0.3 | 1 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 54 | 3 | 5.6% | −4.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 255 | 27 | 10.6% | +0.8 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 134 | 12 | 9% | −0.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 22 | 1 | 4.5% | −5.3 | 0 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +40.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +6.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 34 | 4 | 11.8% | +2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 76 | 10 | 13.2% | +3.4 | 2 from 20 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 84 | 10 | 11.9% | +2.1 | 1 from 8 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 278 | 23 | 8.3% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 63 | 4 | 6.3% | −3.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +6.9 | — |
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
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good | 7 | 1 | 14% | +5.20 |
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | +31.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +12.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantilly (FR) | 8 | 1 | 13% | +30.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +7.20 |
| Maisons-Laffitte (FR) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 20 | 2 | 10% | +34.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 1 | 13% | +3.20 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christophe-Patrice Lemaire | 11 | 2 | 18% | +14.20 |
| Fabien Lefebvre | 9 | 1 | 11% | +28.00 |
| Gregory Benoist | 3 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Raphael Marchelli | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mickael Forest | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stephane Pasquier | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Maxime Guyon | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +33.00 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.20 |
| 2012 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +6.00 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0% | — |
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 Way (FR) won?
- Hard Way (FR) won 3 of 28 archived starts between 2009 and 2015, a strike rate of 10.7%. Placed 8 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trained Hard Way (FR)?
- Hard Way (FR) was trained by Mme G Rarick on the most recent run on record, at Saint-Cloud (FR) on 14 October 2015.
- Who is Hard Way (FR)'s sire?
- Hard Way (FR) is by Ultimately Lucky (IRE) out of Nicosia (GER), whose sire is Subotica.
- What going does Hard Way (FR) prefer?
- Hard Way (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Hard Way (FR)'s sire's record?
- Ultimately Lucky (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 549 runs since Jan 2008 (86 horses), Flat and jumps together.