Hardly Useless (IRE)
Hardly Useless (IRE) is yet to win from 13 starts. Best effort: 4th of 8 at Navan (Sep 2021). Last raced off 47, 19lb below the career-high mark.
- 0–13Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −13.00£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=13 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 66Highest OR
- 40dAvg 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 85
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 92C | 71 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 85B | 69 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 67C | 60 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 85B | 62 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 92C | 74 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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 14.4% of 3,908 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.9% from 101.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 8 | 0 | 0% | −14.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 586 | 92 | 15.7% | +1.3 | — |
| Good | 982 | 139 | 14.2% | −0.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 464 | 69 | 14.9% | +0.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 605 | 78 | 12.9% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 165 | 25 | 15.2% | +0.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,098 | 159 | 14.5% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 101 | 11 | 10.9% | −3.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,171 | 182 | 15.5% | +1.1 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,242 | 163 | 13.1% | −1.3 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,070 | 160 | 15% | +0.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 267 | 39 | 14.6% | +0.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 52 | 7 | 13.5% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −14.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etoile Du Coeur (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Bellewstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hayes | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mikey Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cian Horgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Siobhan Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke McAteer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov 22+26d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-70) | 12/12 | 9½ | 8-8 | 47 | 62A | 12A | Chris Hayes | 125/1 |
| 04 Nov 22+21d | Dundalk (AW) | William Hill Racing Radio Handicap (47-65) | 12/14 | nk | 8-10 | 47 | 74B | 44A | Mikey Sheehy | 50/1 |
| 14 Oct 22+15d | Dundalk (AW) | Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 8/14 | shd | 8-10 | 47 | 85B | 56A | Gavin Ryan | 50/1 |
| 29 Sep 22+47d | Bellewstown | Bluegrass Horse Feeds Handicap (47-65) | 9/15 | shd | 9-1 | 48 | 67C | 52A | Chris Hayes | 20/1 |
| 13 Aug 22+70d | Curragh | Sycamore Lodge Equine Hospital Derek O'Sullivan Memorial Apprentice Handicap (47-70) | 16/19 | 1 | 8-5 | 53 | 92C | 38A | Cian Horgan | 66/1 |
| 04 Jun 22+18d | Listowel | John Thomas McNamara Handicap (47-65) | 16/16 | 15 | 9-6 | 56 | 65C | 34C | Chris Hayes | 16/1 |
| 17 May 22+13d | Sligo | Lough Gill Handicap (47-65) | 9/14 | ½ | 9-4 | 62 | 56C | 40C | Siobhan Rutledge | 22/1 |
| 04 May 22+72d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park Golf Club Apprentice Handicap (47-65) | 16/16 | 1 | 9-12 | 65 | 61C | 42A | Luke McAteer | 8/1 |
| 21 Feb 22+162d | Dundalk (AW) | BetVictor Loyalty Club Handicap | 9/11 | ¾ | 9-8 | 66 | 64A | 51A | Chris Hayes | 10/1 |
| 12 Sep 21+8d | Curragh | Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sale Stakes | 6/14 | shd | 8-8 | — | 59C | 73A | Chris Hayes | 50/1 |
| 04 Sep 21+11d | Navan | Irish EBF Auction Series Fillies Maiden | 4/8 | hd | 8-8 | — | 71A | 58A | Chris Hayes | 22/1 |
| 24 Aug 21+12d | Bellewstown | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden | 7/11 | 3 | 8-8 | — | 76A | 55A | Leigh Roche | 40/1 |
| 12 Aug 21 | Leopardstown | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden | 11/12 | 1¼ | 8-8 | — | 60A | 46A | Leigh Roche | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hardly Useless (IRE) won?
- Hardly Useless (IRE) has yet to win, from 13 archived starts between 2021 and 2022.
- Who trained Hardly Useless (IRE)?
- Hardly Useless (IRE) was trained by Thomas Gibney on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 30 November 2022.
- Who is Hardly Useless (IRE)'s sire?
- Hardly Useless (IRE) is by New Bay (GB) out of Saint Isidore (FR), whose sire is Le Havre.
- What is Hardly Useless (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 47, from the run on 30 November 2022. The highest on record is 66.
- What is Hardly Useless (IRE)'s sire's record?
- New Bay (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 3,908 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.9% from 101.
- Who are Hardly Useless (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Saint Isidore (FR), Hardly Useless (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.