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Horse profile

High As Hope (IRE)

6yo mare (at last run, Feb 2025) · Last trainer Donald McCain · Last owner Birkdale Bloodstock
by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Hester's Way (IRE) (Flemensfirth)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Nov 2024
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Feb 2025 — 616 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 · 2nd of 4
KTB Profile

High As Hope is a mare by Soldier of Fortune out of a Flemensfirth mare who has yet to win from four starts on turf. She showed her best effort when second of four in a Class 4 mares maiden hurdle at Bangor-on-Dee in Feb 2025 after leading. She had previously raced at Carlisle twice, Warwick and over trips from 1m5f to 2m4f on going ranging from heavy to good to soft. Her last run at Bangor-on-Dee in Feb 2025 was for trainer Donald McCain.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 96 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Warwick, 20 Jan 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 3 figures · best 96B · median 64
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft296B80—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f396B64—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 103B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Bangor-on-Dee, 26 Feb 2025

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 4 figures · best 103B · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft2101A101—
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3101A101—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 4 analysed runs since Nov 2024

  • Led 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (50%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Soldier of Fortune (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,874 runs since May 2013 (684 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+88.7—
Good to Firm801620%+8.7—
Good1,54218912.3%+1—
Good to Soft1,23813611%−0.30 from 2
Soft1,89721411.3%00 from 1
Heavy7808611%−0.30 from 1
Standard (AW)336226.5%−4.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−11.3—
6f – 7f71811.3%0—
1m – 1m1f24983.2%−8.1—
1m2f – 1m4f4936413%+1.7—
1m5f – 2m1,58119312.2%+0.90 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,99320310.2%−1.10 from 3
2m5f – 3m1,24215512.5%+1.2—
Over 3m2423313.6%+2.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2013 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Hester's Way (IRE) (Flemensfirth)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Westernized (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 2 runs
26 Feb 25+37d Bangor-on-Dee Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Heavy · 4 ran Set the pace early before being overtaken - sat behind the winner in pursuit - dropped away into third three out - regained distant second between the last two but never able to challenge 2/4 16 11-4 —103B Theo Gillard 14/1
20 Jan 25+36d Warwick Watch RacingTV Free For 31 Days Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Settled in behind leaders early - pressed for effort after 3 out - unable to close the gap late 6/10 1¼ 11-5 96B101A Theo Gillard 150/1
2024 · 2 runs
15 Dec 24+34d Carlisle Happy Christmas From Carlisle Racecourse Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Soft · 10 ran Set the pace early - matched up after 5f then overtaken and stayed in touch past halfway - urged into contention before fading 3f out and beaten well home 7/10 23 11-2 60C91C Theo Gillard 33/1
11 Nov 24 Carlisle Christmas Jumper Day 15th December Mares' Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Close up with front-runner - had to be urged 3f out - dropped away 2f out - finished 7th 7/11 1¾ 11-2 64A101A Theo Gillard 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has High As Hope won?
High As Hope (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
Who trained High As Hope?
High As Hope (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Bangor-on-Dee on 26 February 2025.
Who is High As Hope's sire?
High As Hope (IRE) is by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Hester's Way (IRE), whose sire is Flemensfirth.
What is High As Hope's sire's record?
Soldier of Fortune (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,874 runs since May 2013 (684 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Who are High As Hope's siblings?
Out of Hester's Way (IRE), High As Hope (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.