Hardback (IRE)
Hardback (IRE) is 3 from 14. Hasn't won since Jun 2018. Last raced off 123, 10lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–14Wins / Runs
- 21.4%Strike rate
- 5 (35.7%)Placed
- +21.67£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 2.10Fair A/E n=14 · 1.78 incl. margin
- 133Highest OR
- 103dAvg 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 92
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 108B | 92 | — |
| Good | 2 | 66B | 54.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 108B | 92 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 105B | 83 | — |
Of 14 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 14 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 10.9% of 2,312 runs since Jan 2008 (155 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.9% from 433.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 60 | 3 | 5% | −5.9 | — |
| Good | 766 | 91 | 11.9% | +1 | 2 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 426 | 54 | 12.7% | +1.8 | — |
| Soft | 704 | 65 | 9.2% | −1.7 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 346 | 37 | 10.7% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −0.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 12 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 433 | 34 | 7.9% | −3 | 2 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 763 | 91 | 11.9% | +1 | 1 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 830 | 91 | 11% | +0.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 267 | 35 | 13.1% | +2.2 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Laser Hawk (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Laser Hawk (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser Hawk (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 2m½f | Class 4 |
| Dark Vagabond (IRE) | 31 | 0 | — | — |
| Alphamor (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | +9.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 3 | 2 | 67% | +15.67 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.67 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 1 | 11% | −7.33 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 2 | 40% | +29.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J J Slevin | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jack Kennedy | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.33 |
| Shane Shortall | 2 | 1 | 50% | +15.00 |
| Adam Short | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hugh Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oakley Brown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr T Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Barry Browne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Davy Russell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 1 | 13% | +9.00 |
| Tongue tie | 6 | 2 | 33% | +12.67 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.33 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +28.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 9 | 2 | 22% | +25.00 |
| Chase | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.33 |
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 Hardback (IRE) won?
- Hardback (IRE) won 3 of 14 archived starts between 2017 and 2021, a strike rate of 21.4%. Placed 5 times in total (35.7% of starts).
- Who trained Hardback (IRE)?
- Hardback (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Ballinrobe on 16 April 2021.
- Who is Hardback (IRE)'s sire?
- Hardback (IRE) is by Morozov (USA) out of Alphablend (IRE), whose sire is Alphabatim.
- What going does Hardback (IRE) prefer?
- Hardback (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Hardback (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 123, from the run on 16 April 2021. The highest on record is 133.
- What is Hardback (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Morozov (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 2,312 runs since Jan 2008 (155 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.9% from 433.
- Who are Hardback (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Alphablend (IRE), Hardback (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Laser Hawk (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Laser Hawk (IRE)). The wins came over 2m½f. As at Oct 2026.