Horse profile
Hear The Drums (GB)
by Lope Y Fernandez (IRE) out of Bonnie Brae (GB) (Mujahid)
13 runs · 10 courses · from Jul 2025
As at 2 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Southwell (AW) & Leicester
First-time headgear LTO
Last run 31 Oct 2026 · 6th of 14
Last raced off OR 53
KTB Profile
Hear The Drums (GB) is 2 from 13, both wins coming at Class 6 level.
Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 13 commented runs since Jul 2025 · updated 2 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins at Class 6
- 2–13Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 3 (23.1%)Placed
- −2.75£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 1.82Fair A/E n=13 · 1.50 incl. margin
- 56Highest OR
- 26dBetween runs (median)longest 174 d
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.
Official rating53↓ 3lb off peak
53
51–56
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
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. What this means →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 2 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 85B | 82.5 | 3 runs · 85 / 82 |
| Good | 4 | 96C | 64.5 | 2 runs · 96 / 82.5 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 81C | 78.5 | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 2 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 104A | 81 | 2 runs · 96 / 82.5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 85B | 76 | 5 runs · 85 / 76 |
Of 13 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 13 runs · as at 2 Nov 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 13 analysed runs since Jul 2025
- Prominent 7 (54%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 3 (23%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (15%) · 1 win
- Held up 1 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 713 runs since Mar 2025 (103 horses).
Weakest on good going: 7.1% from 168. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 14.3% from 133. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 7.8% from 103.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 152 | 20 | 13.2% | +2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 168 | 12 | 7.1% | −3.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 66 | 11 | 16.7% | +5.8 | — |
| Soft | 63 | 4 | 6.3% | −4.6 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 243 | 30 | 12.3% | +1.4 | 1 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 103 | 8 | 7.8% | −3.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 408 | 41 | 10% | −0.9 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 133 | 19 | 14.3% | +3.4 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 65 | 9 | 13.8% | +2.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +89.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2025 · as at 1 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Bonnie Brae (GB) (Mujahid)
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Galloway Hills (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Galloway Hills (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galloway Hills (GB) | 28 | 3 | 5f–6f | Class 4 |
| Island Of Skye (GB) | 27 | 3 | 1m | Class 6 |
| Goodwood Glen (GB) | 16 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Class 5 |
| Bonnie's Boy (GB) | 22 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Davinci Dawn (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.25 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 10 | 2 | 20% | +0.25 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.75 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −0.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.25 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisin Orr | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.25 |
| Warren Fentiman | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ethan Tindall | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Gray | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 2 | 17% | −1.75 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.25 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Oct 26+23d | Southwell (AW) | Arc All Weather Bonus Is Back Handicap Stakes (Div II) Prominent enough in the pack's centre - under pressure over 1f out - faded in the final furlong to finish 6th | 6/14 | 2 | 9-1 | 53 | — | 64A | Warren Fentiman | 18/1 |
| 08 Oct 26+14d | Ayr | Outcider Handicap Stakes Up with the front pair early - pushed for effort over 3f out - dropped back 2f out and soon beaten - finished 8th | 8/13 | 6 | 9-0 | 54 | 44C | 42C | Oisin Orr | 16/1 |
| 24 Sep 26+22d | Southwell (AW) | Weekend Winners On At The Races Handicap Stakes Up with the pace - nudged along 2f out and kept on into the final furlong before flattening out to finish 6th | 6/13 | nk | 8-13 | 55 | 85B | 60A | Warren Fentiman | 15/2 |
| 02 Sep 26+27d | Newcastle (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Handicap Stakes (Div I) Pulled hard early - travelled close to the front - pressed for effort with 3f left - dropped to third inside the final furlong and stayed on at an even gait to finish third | 3/10 | 5½ | 9-2 | 55 | 82A | 59A | Warren Fentiman | 9/2 |
| 06 Aug 26+51d | Southwell (AW) | attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap Stakes (Div I) Sat behind the pace early - pushed into contention approaching final 2f before hitting front with 1f left - held on well to score | 1/10 | 9-5 | 51 | 61A | 65A | Oisin Orr | 11/4J | |
| 16 Jun 26+26d | Beverley | Biffa North Handicap Fought for control early - settled mid-pack - dropped away under pressure 2f out and had no more to give | 7/14 | hd | 8-12 | 53 | 96C | 55A | Warren Fentiman | 22/1 |
| 21 May 26+31d | Catterick | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap Shared front spot early - driven for effort before losing command over 2f out - dropped away inside final furlong - finished 8th | 8/11 | 2¾ | 9-4 | 55 | 69A | 41A | Ethan Tindall | 7/1 |
| 20 Apr 26+174d | Redcar | Better Value With Racecourse Bookmakers Handicap Moved left early and covered ground on the far flank - travelled handily then urged forward with two furlongs left - gave way inside the final furlong to finish tenth | 10/12 | 4¾ | 9-5 | 56 | 76C | 39C | Oisin Orr | 8/1 |
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Oct 25+28d | Leicester | Happy Heavenly Birthday Sharon McManus Nursery Went straight to the front - settled in the front rank early - regained command 2f out - drifted right approaching the final furlong but held sway to the line | 1/8 | 9-5 | 51 | 104A | 76A | Shane Gray | 11/2 | |
| 30 Sep 25+36d | Newcastle (AW) | Arc 1MILLION Bonus Bigger Than Ever Nursery Tracked leader early - pressed for effort inside final 2f and dropped away - faded to finish ninth | 9/13 | 1 | 9-4 | 55 | 83B | 47A | Oisin Orr | 11/1 |
| 25 Aug 25+10d | Ripon | Squadron Flyer At Aldwark Manor Estate EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Pressed early - struggled to keep up at the back - never a threat - well held in 8th | 8/9 | 8 | 9-7 | — | 60A | 35A | Oisin Orr | 11/1 |
| 15 Aug 25+21d | Thirsk | New William Hill, Market Place, Thirsk EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Settled off the pace mid-pack - pushed along with 3f left - nudged closer inside final furlong - finished 8th | 8/15 | nse | 9-7 | — | 81C | 54A | Oisin Orr | 40/1 |
| 25 Jul 25 | York | IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - pushed along with 2f to run - unable to land a blow - well held in 13th | 13/16 | 2¼ | 9-4 | — | 45C | 45A | Oisin Orr | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hear The Drums won?
- Hear The Drums (GB) won 2 of 13 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 3 times in total (23.1% of starts).
- Who trains Hear The Drums?
- Hear The Drums (GB) is trained by Richard & Peter Fahey, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 31 October 2026.
- Who is Hear The Drums's sire?
- Hear The Drums (GB) is by Lope Y Fernandez (IRE) out of Bonnie Brae (GB), whose sire is Mujahid.
- What going does Hear The Drums prefer?
- Hear The Drums (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Hear The Drums's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 53, from the run on 31 October 2026. The highest on record is 56.
- What is Hear The Drums's sire's record?
- Lope Y Fernandez (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 713 runs since Mar 2025 (103 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good going: 7.1% from 168. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 14.3% from 133. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 7.8% from 103.
- Who are Hear The Drums's siblings?
- Out of Bonnie Brae (GB), Hear The Drums (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Galloway Hills (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Galloway Hills (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.