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Horse profile

Hardy Stuff (USA)

4yo gelding · Trainer Gordon Elliott · Owner R Stokes
by Churchill (IRE) out of City Of Love (GB) (Exceed And Excel)
5 runs · 4 courses · from Oct 2025
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Leopardstown Off 221 days · 20th of 22 Last raced off OR 128
KTB Profile

Hardy Stuff won the Paddy Power I Have No Idea What Day It Is 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle at Leopardstown in Dec 2025 on soft ground over 1m5f – 2m. The gelding has one win and one place from five turf starts, all at that trip or longer, and has raced at four different courses. He last ran at Cheltenham in Mar 2026 when he finished 20 of 22 in the McCoy Contractors Juvenile Handicap Hurdle, a Class 1 race, off an official rating of 128.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Leopardstown, 27 Dec 2025

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 109B · median 91.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft2109B1042 · 109 / 104
Good to Soft1——1 · —
Heavy1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m3109B843 · 109 / 84
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 · —

Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 140A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leopardstown, 27 Dec 2025 Official rating 128 at the last run, 10 Mar 2026

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 4 figures · best 140A · median 117
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft2140A123.52 · 140 / 123.5
Good to Soft1——1 · —
Heavy1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m3140A1273 · 140 / 127
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 · —

Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 runs · as at 4 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 from 3 analysed runs

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Churchill (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,774 runs since Jan 2008 (458 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm9111.1%+0.1—
Good to Firm6447912.3%+1.3—
Good1,37416512%+10 from 1
Good to Soft531519.6%−1.40 from 1
Soft701628.8%−2.21 from 2
Heavy224198.5%−2.50 from 1
Standard (AW)1,29115011.6%+0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1461711.6%+0.6—
6f – 7f1,29114511.2%+0.2—
1m – 1m1f1,11411810.6%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f1,29513810.7%−0.3—
1m5f – 2m6438012.4%+1.41 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f2422811.6%+0.60 from 2
2m5f – 3m4312.3%−8.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
City Of Love (GB) (Exceed And Excel)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 1 50% +19.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cheltenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Leopardstown 1 1 100% +20.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% +18.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sam Ewing 2 1 50% +19.00
Jack Kennedy 2 0 0% −2.00
Kevin Sexton 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood 4 1 25% +17.00
None 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 2 0 0% −2.00
2025 3 1 33% +18.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
10 Mar 26+45d Cheltenham McCoy Contractors Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 22 ran Held up at back of field - knocked about three out - unable to challenge - well beaten in 20th 20/22 23 11-4 12850C107C Sam Ewing 28/1
24 Jan 26+28d Cheltenham JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Finesse) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 17f · Soft · 10 ran Sat close to the front group early - fighting for head - pushed along and dropped away fast nearing the final fence - finished 7th 7/10 12 11-0 —99A107A Jack Kennedy 4/1
27 Dec 25+35d Leopardstown Paddy Power I Have No Idea What Day It Is 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 19 ran Settled in the pack early - moved into contention entering the straight - pushed up to 4th before the last - challenged the front pair after the last - responded well on the run-in to score close home 1/19 11-0 —109B140A Sam Ewing 20/1
22 Nov 25+41d Punchestown Total Event Rental 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran Held up in midfield - small error at the 5th - moved into 4th by 3 out and into the straight - one-paced run-in to finish 4th 4/13 3 11-0 —84B127A Kevin Sexton 12/1
12 Oct 25 Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle 17.5f · Good · 15 ran Settled handy early - hit front from 2nd - lost step 3rd but stayed in command - opened up after the following fence then ran wide off the turn and was pulled up PU/15 — 11-0 ——— Jack Kennedy 18/5

Quick answers

How many races has Hardy Stuff (USA) won?
Hardy Stuff (USA) won 1 of 5 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 1 time in total (20% of starts).
Who trains Hardy Stuff (USA)?
Hardy Stuff (USA) is trained by Gordon Elliott, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 10 March 2026.
Who is Hardy Stuff (USA)'s sire?
Hardy Stuff (USA) is by Churchill (IRE) out of City Of Love (GB), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
What is Hardy Stuff (USA)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 128, from the run on 10 March 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Hardy Stuff (USA)'s sire's record?
Churchill (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,774 runs since Jan 2008 (458 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from October 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.