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Horse profile

Hit The Button (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2023) · Last trainer Eoin Doyle · Last owner Damien Carroll
by Virtual (GB) out of Vicky Leandros (IRE) (Old Vic)
6 runs · 6 courses · from Mar 2022
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Jul 2023 — 1,182 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2023 · 8th of 17 New yard Last raced off OR 86
KTB Profile

Hit The Button (IRE) is yet to win from 6 starts.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 59 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Naas, 31 Mar 2022

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 4 figures · best 71C · median 64
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft271C70—
Good to Soft259B45—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m369C59—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 6 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 92C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Tipperary, 3 Oct 2022 Official rating 86 at the last run, 27 Jul 2023

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 4 figures · best 92C · median 87.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft285C84.5—
Good to Soft292C91—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m392C90—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 6 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 6 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 822 runs since Jan 2008 (66 horses).

Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 3.8% from 104.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+41.2—
Good to Firm9299.8%+1—
Good1972110.7%+1.9—
Good to Soft11587%−1.80 from 2
Soft171137.6%−1.20 from 3
Heavy66812.1%+3.30 from 1
Standard (AW)178126.7%−2.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f800%−8.8—
6f – 7f10443.8%−5—
1m – 1m1f1371510.9%+2.1—
1m2f – 1m4f152138.6%−0.2—
1m5f – 2m180116.1%−2.70 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f12697.1%−1.70 from 1
2m5f – 3m891618%+9.20 from 2
Over 3m26415.4%+6.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Vicky Leandros (IRE) (Old Vic)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Richard Condon 3 0 0% −3.00
Donagh Meyler 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr T Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Mike O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
Chase 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
27 Jul 23+87d Limerick Racing Again October 21st Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 22f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 8/17 5½ 11-5 8671C85C Donagh Meyler 28/1
01 May 23+183d Down Royal C&C White Maiden Hunters Chase 23f · Yielding · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-7 ——— Mr T Walsh 16/1
30 Oct 22+27d Wexford Slaney View Motors Wexford Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20.5f · Heavy · 11 ran PU/11 — 10-8 89—— Mike O'Connor 50/1
03 Oct 22+186d Tipperary Join The Tipperary Supporter's Club (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 19 ran 14/19 10 10-12 —31C92C Richard Condon 80/1
31 Mar 22+26d Naas Naas Racecourse Nursery Of Champions Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 10/20 2 11-0 —59B90A Richard Condon 250/1
05 Mar 22 Navan Race Displays Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 16f · Yielding · 18 ran 14/18 2 11-0 —69C84C Richard Condon 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hit The Button (IRE) won?
Hit The Button (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2022 and 2023.
Who trained Hit The Button (IRE)?
Hit The Button (IRE) was trained by Eoin Doyle on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 27 July 2023.
Who is Hit The Button (IRE)'s sire?
Hit The Button (IRE) is by Virtual (GB) out of Vicky Leandros (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
What is Hit The Button (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 27 July 2023. The highest on record is 89.
What is Hit The Button (IRE)'s sire's record?
Virtual (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 822 runs since Jan 2008 (66 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 3.8% from 104.

Record shown from March 2022. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.