Horse profile
Herakles (IRE)
43 runs · 15 courses · from Nov 2022
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · Nottingham, Newcastle (AW) & Ripon
Last run 20 Oct 2026 · 13th of 13
Last raced off OR 68
KTB Profile
Herakles is a gelding with five wins from 43 starts, all over trips under 6f. He has won three times at Newcastle on the AW, once at Ripon and once at Nottingham, all in handicaps. His last win came at Nottingham in May 2026 in a Class 5 handicap on good ground off a mark of 63. He finished 13 of 13 at Newcastle in Oct 2026 when last raced off OR 68, 8lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 43 archived runs · run-style from 22 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 8lb off peak
- 5–43Wins / Runs
- 11.6%Strike rate
- 15 (34.9%)Placed
- −12.00£1 level staken=43 at SP
- 1.08Fair A/E n=41 · 0.88 incl. margin
- 76Highest OR
- 34dAvg 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.
Official rating68↓ 8lb off peak
68
57–76
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 119
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 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 20 | 147A | 94 | 5 runs · 147 / 99 |
| Good to Firm | 10 | 110A | 87.5 | — |
| Good | 7 | 119A | 101 | 2 runs · 119 / 104.5 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 80B | 79 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 94A | 60.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 41 | 147A | 93 | 7 runs · 147 / 99 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 87A | 73 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 43 figures from 43 runs · as at 28 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.
The forward record. KTB’s figures on this horse since 20 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · to 20 Oct 2026. Each pick was the figure’s choice before the off, settled against the result the next morning; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races since 5 Oct 2026.
Run style from 22 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 9 (41%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 5 (23%) · 2 wins
- Held up 4 (18%) · 0 wins
- Led 4 (18%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,959 runs since Mar 2013 (930 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 14 | 15.2% | +6.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,477 | 256 | 10.3% | +1.2 | 0 from 10 |
| Good | 3,168 | 264 | 8.3% | −0.8 | 2 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 1,340 | 109 | 8.1% | −1 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,722 | 136 | 7.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 474 | 50 | 10.5% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 5,686 | 535 | 9.4% | +0.3 | 3 from 20 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4,441 | 507 | 11.4% | +2.3 | 5 from 41 |
| 6f – 7f | 7,640 | 643 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,046 | 159 | 7.8% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 582 | 44 | 7.6% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 170 | 9 | 5.3% | −3.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 67 | 2 | 3% | −6.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2013 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them I'm Spartacus (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (I'm Spartacus (IRE)).
Family form: Minster Boy (IRE) finished 2nd of 10 at Kempton (AW), 9 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I'm Spartacus (IRE) | 57 | 7 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Single Edition (IRE) | 22 | 1 | 2m½f | — |
| Misterio (IRE) | 23 | 1 | 6f | — |
| John's Dragon (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Minster Boy (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 20 | 3 | 15% | +2.50 |
| Good to Firm | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Good | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.50 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 30 | 4 | 13% | −7.00 |
| Class 6 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 18 | 3 | 17% | +4.50 |
| Beverley | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Ripon | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| Pontefract | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 41 | 5 | 12% | −10.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Mulrennan | 14 | 2 | 14% | −2.50 |
| Mark Winn | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.50 |
| David Nolan | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| Jason Hart | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Graham Lee | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warren Fentiman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin McSweeney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aiden Brookes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cam Hardie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jonny Peate | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ray Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harrison Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 42 | 5 | 12% | −11.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1 | 8% | −5.50 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2 | 14% | −1.50 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Oct 26+145d | Newcastle (AW) | Make The Move To Midnite Handicap Stakes Checked at the start and dropped out last of all - pushed along 2f out - began to pick up but met a blocked path over 1f out - given no more to do and wound down late on - finished 13th | 13/13 | 1 | 9-8 | 68 | 85B | 63A | Jason Hart | 16/1 |
| 28 May 26+19d | Ripon | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Settled mid-pack early - improved position 2f out - driven approaching final furlong - stayed on same gear to finish 4th | 4/8 | nse | 9-8 | 69 | 90A | 83A | Mark Winn | 3/1F |
| 09 May 26+26d | Nottingham | Spin The Betano Lucky Dip Handicap Settled in the pack - swept forward 2f out - hit the front a furlong out - drew decisively ahead through the final 110 yards to win with a bit in hand | 1/9 | 9-2 | 63 | 119A | 90A | Jason Hart | 3/1F | |
| 13 Apr 26+16d | Newcastle (AW) | Follow attheraces On Instagram Handicap Held up towards the back early - progress made passing rivals a furlong out - pushed into second inside the last - stayed on strongly to go down by three quarters of a length | 2/9 | ¾ | 9-1 | 62 | 93A | 85A | Mark Winn | 9/2 |
| 28 Mar 26+18d | Southwell (AW) | Join The Midnite Movement Handicap Hampered start - settled towards back - progress from over 2f out - pushed along inside final furlong - stayed on to finish fourth | 4/11 | shd | 9-7 | 63 | 147A | 85A | Paul Mulrennan | 13/2 |
| 10 Mar 26+123d | Southwell (AW) | Create Your Bet Builders At Midnite Handicap Tracked the pace early - moved into second and pressed on 2f out - weakened in the final strides - finished fourth | 4/12 | ¾ | 9-2 | 63 | 109A | 87A | Paul Mulrennan | 12/1 |
| 2025 · 13 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Nov 25+17d | Newcastle (AW) | Make The Move To Midnite Handicap Eager in the early stages - settled in the middle of the pack - pushed along and made progress over 1f out - went in pursuit of the front runner - faded to finish fourth dropping two spots near the line | 4/14 | nk | 9-3 | 64 | 99B | 80A | Paul Mulrennan | 9/2 |
| 21 Oct 25+19d | Newcastle (AW) | Midnite Ain't Your Grandad's Bookie Handicap Settled towards the back on the far flank early - made strong progress into contention a furlong out - stayed on under pressure inside the final furlong but lacked the speed to get on terms | 4/14 | ½ | 9-4 | 64 | 94B | 84A | Paul Mulrennan | 9/1 |
| 02 Oct 25+24d | Newcastle (AW) | Download The At The Races App Handicap Drifted right and clipped rivals at the off - settled towards the back - made progress into contention with a furlong left - pushed into second inside final furlong but kept on without threatening winner | 2/13 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 63 | 116B | 86A | Paul Mulrennan | 11/1 |
| 08 Sep 25+25d | Newcastle (AW) | Arc 1MILLION Bonus Bigger Than Ever Handicap (Div 2) Tracked pace on the wide flank early - pressed for effort approaching the closing stages - lost momentum inside final furlong - eventually finished sixth beaten 4¼ lengths | 6/9 | ½ | 9-12 | 65 | 93A | 73A | Mark Winn | 3/1J |
| 14 Aug 25+16d | Beverley | Racing TV Club Day Handicap Fought for control early - held a midfield position throughout - unable to make further ground - finished seventh beaten 4¾ lengths | 7/10 | ½ | 9-3 | 66 | 82B | 74A | Paul Mulrennan | 7/1 |
| 29 Jul 25+13d | Beverley | It's Ladies Day Next On 13 August Handicap Tracked the pace - shifted left approaching final furlong - stayed on well to snatch second right at the line - unable to threaten winner | 2/8 | ¾ | 9-3 | 64 | 110A | 80A | Mark Winn | 11/2 |
| 16 Jul 25+19d | Catterick | Rodney Park 60th Birthday Handicap Raced wide behind the front group - urged forward around halfway - edged left under pressure and lost ground inside the final furlong - finished seventh | 7/9 | ¾ | 10-0 | 64 | 80B | 71A | Mark Winn | 4/1 |
| 27 Jun 25+23d | Newcastle (AW) | JenningBet Top Managers Handicap Settled around midfield early - pushed through the pack under pressure inside final furlong to hit top gear - got up to score right on the line | 1/10 | 8-8 | 60 | 89A | 78A | Mark Winn | 13/2 | |
| 04 Jun 25+17d | Ripon | Ripon Green-Scheme Discounts For Greener Travel Handicap Handy up front early - pressed for the lead from over a furlong out - edged out close home for second | 2/8 | nk | 8-13 | 57 | 109B | 83A | Mark Winn | 10/3 |
| 18 May 25+22d | Ripon | Sterne Properties Supporting Yorkshire Wooden Spoon Apprentice Handicap Went straight to the front - lost command before halfway then pushed along with 2f left - dropped away inside the final furlong to finish sixth | 6/7 | 1½ | 9-6 | 60 | 62A | 65A | Warren Fentiman | 9/2 |
| 26 Apr 25+18d | Doncaster | Download The At The Races App Handicap Drifted right at the break - settled midfield then asked for effort with 2f left - unable to challenge and beaten into 7th | 7/11 | ¾ | 8-12 | 62 | 88B | 65A | Oisin McSweeney | 20/1 |
| 08 Apr 25+26d | Pontefract | Celebrating The Life Of Cheryl Hibbert Handicap Settled behind the front group early - drifted left approaching 4f out then pressed for effort with 2f left - faded in the closing furlong to finish 7th | 7/10 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 64 | 74A | 66A | David Nolan | 6/1 |
| 13 Mar 25+122d | Newcastle (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Handicap Travelled with plenty of enthusiasm behind the front group - boxed in and eased back near the rail 2f out then squeezed for room and darted left approaching the final furlong - unable to find any extra gear and well held at the finish | 6/8 | 1¾ | 8-10 | 65 | 115A | 67A | Mark Winn | 25/1 |
| 2024 · 14 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Nov 24+14d | Newcastle (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap Shared front-running spot to 3f out - dropped in behind pace-setters - pressed for effort and lost ground inside final 2f - finished 7th | 7/7 | 2½ | 9-4 | 65 | 82A | 48A | David Nolan | 9/2 |
| 28 Oct 24+25d | Newcastle (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap (Div 1) Hampered start - quickly to the front - pushed along nearing final furlong - overtaken and stayed on same rate to finish 2nd | 2/10 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 65 | 86A | 80A | Mark Winn | 5/1 |
| 03 Oct 24+18d | Newcastle (AW) | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap Up with the pace - made progress to challenge over 1f out - kept on before flattening out close home | 5/10 | hd | 9-7 | 66 | 94A | 79A | Aiden Brookes | 9/2 |
| 15 Sep 24+39d | Musselburgh | Watch On Racing TV Handicap Sat close to pace out wide early - pushed along and gave up second spot with over a furlong left - dropped away and then checked sharply in the closing stages | 6/9 | 1¼ | 9-4 | 67 | 101A | 73A | Mark Winn | 14/1 |
| 07 Aug 24+26d | Pontefract | Fbs Chartered Accountants Chaplins Club Handicap Went straight to front early - lost command approaching 3f out then pushed along inside final furlong - flattened out in the closing stages finishing ninth | 9/10 | 1 | 9-10 | 68 | 99B | 65A | Paul Mulrennan | 11/2 |
| 12 Jul 24+18d | York | Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Handicap | 6/11 | nk | 8-12 | 69 | 70A | 71A | Cam Hardie | 22/1 |
| 24 Jun 24+19d | Thirsk | Thirsk Races Wednesday 3rd July Book Now Handicap | 6/12 | shd | 9-8 | 71 | 100A | 78A | Paul Mulrennan | 9/2 |
| 05 Jun 24+22d | Ripon | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap | 1/10 | 9-8 | 66 | 103B | 96A | Paul Mulrennan | 7/2 | |
| 14 May 24+22d | Beverley | Annie Oxtoby Memorial Handicap (Div 2) | 3/10 | ¾ | 9-3 | 66 | 102A | 83A | David Nolan | 5/1 |
| 22 Apr 24+14d | Pontefract | Constant Security Serving Yorkshire Racecourses Handicap | 3/8 | 1 | 9-6 | 67 | 94A | 91A | David Nolan | 7/2 |
| 08 Apr 24+38d | Newcastle (AW) | Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap | 2/11 | hd | 9-9 | 65 | 104A | 94A | David Nolan | 4/1J |
| 01 Mar 24+20d | Newcastle (AW) | BetUK. Home Of The Acca Handicap | 6/11 | nse | 9-4 | 66 | 109A | 79A | Paul Mulrennan | 6/1 |
| 10 Feb 24+16d | Newcastle (AW) | Boost Your Acca-Fenwa With BetUK Handicap | 6/12 | nse | 8-4 | 66 | 121A | 69A | Andrew Mullen | 22/1 |
| 25 Jan 24+76d | Newcastle (AW) | Find More Big Deals At BetUK Handicap | 1/7 | 9-9 | 63 | 111A | 84A | David Nolan | 7/1 | |
| 2023 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Nov 23+7d | Newcastle (AW) | BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap | 8/11 | nk | 9-2 | 66 | 90A | 62A | Jonny Peate | 16/1 |
| 03 Nov 23+39d | Newmarket | Prestige Vehicles Handicap | 12/13 | 3 | 9-0 | 66 | 75C | 46A | Daniel Tudhope | 11/1 |
| 25 Sep 23+30d | Leicester | Dale Hall & Hickman Associates Handicap | 3/11 | 1½ | 9-5 | 66 | 79A | 80A | Graham Lee | 28/1 |
| 26 Aug 23+10d | Redcar | racingtv.com Handicap (Div 1) | 9/12 | 1 | 9-4 | 68 | 87A | 61A | Graham Lee | 33/1 |
| 16 Aug 23+62d | Beverley | Viking FM Handicap | 5/11 | ¾ | 9-9 | 70 | 73A | 74A | Paul Mulrennan | 22/1 |
| 15 Jun 23+19d | Haydock | Watch Irish Racing On Racing Tv Handicap | 8/8 | 3¾ | 9-7 | 73 | 47C | 38C | Paul Mulrennan | 15/2 |
| 27 May 23+26d | Haydock | Betfred Double Delight Edge Green Handicap | 10/11 | 2 | 9-9 | 75 | 59A | 46A | Ray Dawson | 16/1 |
| 01 May 23+132d | Beverley | We Love A Bank Holiday Handicap | 3/8 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 76 | 27A | 83A | Paul Mulrennan | 11/2 |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Dec 22+35d | Newcastle (AW) | talkSPORT Powered By Fans EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/8 | 9-7 | — | 83A | 92A | Paul Mulrennan | 6/1 | |
| 15 Nov 22 | Newcastle (AW) | talkSPORT Download The App EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 10/14 | 3¼ | 9-5 | — | 72B | 50A | Harrison Shaw | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Herakles won?
- Herakles (IRE) won 5 of 43 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.6%. Placed 15 times in total (34.9% of starts).
- Who trains Herakles?
- Herakles (IRE) is trained by Paul Midgley, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 October 2026.
- Who is Herakles's sire?
- Herakles (IRE) is by Dandy Man (IRE) out of Air Of Mystery (GB), whose sire is Sakhee's Secret.
- What going does Herakles prefer?
- Herakles (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Herakles's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 68, from the run on 20 October 2026. The highest on record is 76.
- What is Herakles's sire's record?
- Dandy Man (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,959 runs since Mar 2013 (930 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
- Who are Herakles's siblings?
- Out of Air Of Mystery (GB), Herakles (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: I'm Spartacus (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 5 (I'm Spartacus (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m½f. As at Nov 2026.