Having A Cut (IRE)
Having A Cut is a gelding by Affinisea out of the Lando mare Temptation. He has yet to win from four starts on turf, all at different courses, and has been unplaced each time. His last run, at Thurles in Oct 2025, was his first off an official rating of 80 when he finished 17 of 18 in the Leugh Handicap Hurdle. He has raced on good and good to soft going over trips from 1m5f to 3m.
- 0–4Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 80Highest OR
- 67dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 81C | 61.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 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 from 3 analysed runs
- Held up 3 (100%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.9% of 1,250 runs since Jan 2008 (197 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 8 | 2 | 25% | +12.1 | — |
| Good | 450 | 57 | 12.7% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 319 | 41 | 12.9% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 336 | 44 | 13.1% | +0.2 | — |
| Heavy | 135 | 17 | 12.6% | −0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −12.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 2 | 25% | +12.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 462 | 52 | 11.3% | −1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 536 | 72 | 13.4% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 210 | 30 | 14.3% | +1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 34 | 5 | 14.7% | +1.8 | — |
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
7 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Kings Temptation (GB) (6 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m2f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Princely Player (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Temptation (GB) | 30 | 6 | 2m7½f–3m2f | Class 3 |
| Princely Player (IRE) | 19 | 5 | 2m2½f–2m7f | Class 2 |
| Tara View (GB) | 13 | 4 | 2m–2m5f | Class 3 |
| Zyon (GB) | 17 | 3 | 2m5f–2m5½f | Class 4 |
| Temptationinmilan (IRE) | 43 | 2 | 2m4f–3m | — |
| Bertie's Desire (GB) | 16 | 2 | 2m4f–2m4½f | Class 4 |
| I Owe You One (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Hanlon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Leahy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 25+41d | Thurles | Leugh Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Bumped and knocked back a touch early - settled at back of field and struggling for room in the pack - stumbled and needed urging 4th - driven on after 3 out - dropped away to finish 17th | 17/18 | 10 | 10-8 | 80 | 81C | 71C | Sean Flanagan | 66/1 |
| 05 Sep 25+56d | Kilbeggan | Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle Held up in the pack - jumping errors at the 2nd and 4th and again 4 fences out - driven and found nothing - eventually well behind | 13/15 | ½ | 10-12 | — | 42C | 92C | Adam Leahy | 150/1 |
| 11 Jul 25+103d | Cork | Follow Us On Twitter Maiden Hurdle Held up towards the back - dropped further back before 3 out - faded from there to finish well beaten | 11/18 | 14 | 10-12 | — | — | 77C | Paddy Hanlon | 80/1 |
| 30 Mar 25 | Downpatrick | Pro Solar NI Maiden Hurdle Held up towards the back - urged forward after the 6th - had nothing more to give from 3 out and stayed on at one speed to finish sixth | 6/11 | 2¾ | 10-0 | — | 94C | 81C | Paddy Hanlon | 200/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Having A Cut (IRE) won?
- Having A Cut (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trained Having A Cut (IRE)?
- Having A Cut (IRE) was trained by John Joseph Hanlon on the most recent run on record, at Thurles on 16 October 2025.
- Who is Having A Cut (IRE)'s sire?
- Having A Cut (IRE) is by Affinisea (IRE) out of Temptation (FR), whose sire is Lando.
- What is Having A Cut (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 16 October 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Having A Cut (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Affinisea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.9% of 1,250 runs since Jan 2008 (197 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Having A Cut (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Temptation (FR), Having A Cut (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Kings Temptation (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Princely Player (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m2f. As at Oct 2026.