Heartbreak Kid (IRE)
Heartbreak Kid won five of 26 starts on turf, all at Class 4. Three of those wins came at Sedgefield and the others at Bangor-on-Dee and Uttoxeter, with two victories over 1m5f to 2m and three over 2m1f to 2m4f on ground ranging from heavy to good. He gained his last success in the Wrexham Lager F Jones Initiative Award Handicap Chase at Bangor-on-Dee in May 2023 off an official rating of 115. The gelding, aged 9 at his last run in Mar 2024, finished fifth of five in the Colin Hawkins Memorial Handicap Chase at Wetherby off 119.
- 5–26Wins / Runs
- 19.2%Strike rate
- 10 (38.5%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 1.23Fair A/E n=26 · 1.11 incl. margin
- 130Highest OR
- 64dAvg 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 103
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 87A | 59.5 | — |
| Good | 6 | 101C | 85.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 103B | 88 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 129C | 79 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 101C | 62 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 129C | 79.5 | — |
Of 26 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 26 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 11.3% of 10,931 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 23.3% from 133.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 133 | 31 | 23.3% | +12 | — |
| Good | 3,871 | 508 | 13.1% | +1.8 | 2 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 2,386 | 263 | 11% | −0.3 | 1 from 6 |
| Soft | 3,162 | 291 | 9.2% | −2.1 | 1 from 10 |
| Heavy | 1,250 | 126 | 10.1% | −1.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 128 | 13 | 10.2% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 78 | 7 | 9% | −2.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,400 | 371 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 2 from 12 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,102 | 469 | 11.4% | +0.1 | 3 from 14 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,708 | 311 | 11.5% | +0.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 615 | 73 | 11.9% | +0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 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 Sonic (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Sonic (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic (IRE) | 17 | 2 | 2m4f | Class 4 |
| Phillys Vinnie (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Nell 'n' Flo (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | −3.50 |
| Good | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.50 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.50 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 15 | 5 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Class 3 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgefield | 7 | 3 | 43% | +5.50 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.00 |
| Ayr | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kelso | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 14 | 3 | 21% | +2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 2 | 17% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hughes | 21 | 5 | 24% | +4.00 |
| Theo Gillard | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| William Maggs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 16 | 3 | 19% | −1.00 |
| None | 10 | 2 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +7.00 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 20 | 3 | 15% | −5.00 |
| Hurdle | 6 | 2 | 33% | +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
Quick answers
- How many races has Heartbreak Kid won?
- Heartbreak Kid (IRE) won 5 of 26 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 19.2%. Placed 10 times in total (38.5% of starts).
- Who trained Heartbreak Kid?
- Heartbreak Kid (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Wetherby on 19 March 2024.
- Who is Heartbreak Kid's sire?
- Heartbreak Kid (IRE) is by Getaway (GER) out of Bella's Bury (GB), whose sire is Overbury.
- What going does Heartbreak Kid prefer?
- Heartbreak Kid (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Heartbreak Kid's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 119, from the run on 19 March 2024. The highest on record is 130.
- What is Heartbreak Kid's sire's record?
- Getaway (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,931 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 23.3% from 133.
- Who are Heartbreak Kid's siblings?
- Out of Bella's Bury (GB), Heartbreak Kid (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sonic (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Sonic (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4f. As at Oct 2026.