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Horse profile

Hits Only Life (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2007) · Last trainer Jeff Pearce · Last owner Lynne Whiting Judith Kell Stone
by Lemon Drop Kid (USA) out of Southern Day (USA) (Dixieland Band)
15 runs · 8 courses · from Dec 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Jun 2007 — 7,091 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2007 · 2nd of 10 Won at Southwell (AW) First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 48
KTB Profile

Hits Only Life (USA) is 1 from 15, the win coming at Class 7 level. Hasn't won since Mar 2006. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 6 on turf. Last raced off 48, 9lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 7 OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating48↓ 9lb off peak
48 45–57

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 62C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ripon, 6 Jun 2007 Official rating 48 at the last run, 6 Jun 2007

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 →

Flat 14 figures · best 75C · median 46.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)975C42—
Soft268C55—
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f675C44—
1m2f – 1m4f568C62—
6f – 7f349C47—

Of 15 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 15 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
Lemon Drop Kid (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.8% of 1,419 runs since Jan 2008 (122 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 9.6% from 198.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm15213.3%+0.50 from 1
Good to Firm2412811.6%−1.20 from 2
Good3525114.5%+1.70 from 1
Good to Soft1422114.8%+2—
Soft198199.6%−3.20 from 2
Heavy6357.9%−4.9—
Standard (AW)4085513.5%+0.71 from 9
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f17423.5%+10.7—
6f – 7f2142210.3%−2.50 from 3
1m – 1m1f3274313.1%+0.31 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f4526614.6%+1.80 from 5
1m5f – 2m2663111.7%−1.10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1011211.9%−0.9—
2m5f – 3m3425.9%−6.9—
Over 3m8112.5%−0.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Southern Day (USA) (Dixieland Band)

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
Standard (AW) 9 1 11% −6.62
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 7 1 1 100% +1.38

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell (AW) 5 1 20% −2.62
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Nottingham 2 0 0% −2.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 6 1 17% −3.62
1m2f – 1m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Dean McKeown 9 1 11% −6.62
Neil Callan 1 0 0% −1.00
Brett Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Bradburne 1 0 0% −1.00
Derek Nolan 1 0 0% −1.00
Robbie Fitzpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Fergal Lynch 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 1 7% −11.62
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 5 0 0% −5.00
2006 8 1 13% −5.62
2005 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 14 1 7% −11.62
Hurdle 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2007 · 5 runs
06 Jun 07+16d Ripon Boroughbridge Selling Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 2/10 ¾ 9-0 4862C Neil Callan 12/1
21 May 07+22d Wolverhampton (AW) Carlsberg Supporting Macmillan Charity Handicap Class 6 · 1m1½f · Standard · 13 ran 8/13 2 8-9 4736C Brett Doyle 20/1
29 Apr 07+68d Ludlow Ludlow Food Centre Four Years Old Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Firm · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-12 —— Mark Bradburne 33/1
20 Feb 07+26d Southwell (AW) pontins.com Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 1m3f · Standard · 10 ran 10/10 shd 8-7 5040C Dean McKeown 25/1
25 Jan 07+236d Southwell (AW) pontins.com Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 14 ran 11/14 2 8-9 5334C Dean McKeown 16/1
2006 · 8 runs
03 Jun 06+14d Southwell (AW) Join Us For Jumping Tomorrow Handicap Class 6 · 1m3f · Standard · 13 ran 10/13 16 8-9 5542C Derek Nolan 7/1
20 May 06+12d Nottingham totepool "A Better Way To Bet" Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Soft · 15 ran 10/15 hd 8-5 5742C Robbie Fitzpatrick 8/1
08 May 06+16d Ayr Ladies Night On Saturday 12Th August Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 1¾ 8-8 5566C Dean McKeown 5/2F
22 Apr 06+24d Nottingham betfredcasino.com Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Soft · 16 ran 2/16 1¼ 8-11 5368C Dean McKeown 7/2F
29 Mar 06+21d Yarmouth Win More At Breckland Bingo Thetford Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Firm · 16 ran 7/16 ½ 8-6 5370C Dean McKeown 11/2
08 Mar 06+34d Southwell (AW) Racing Post Tri-Banded Stakes Class 7 · 1m · Standard · 10 ran 1/10 8-12 5375C Dean McKeown 11/8F
02 Feb 06+12d Southwell (AW) Betdirect.co.uk Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 ¾ 9-0 4546C Dean McKeown 50/1
21 Jan 06+21d Wolverhampton (AW) Betdirect In Running Skytext Page 293 Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 9 9-0 4520C Fergal Lynch 66/1
2005 · 2 runs
31 Dec 05+10d Wolverhampton (AW) Betdirect.co.uk Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 9/12 1 9-0 —47C Dean McKeown 50/1
21 Dec 05 Lingfield (AW) Robert Leech Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 nk 8-11 —49C Dean McKeown 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hits Only Life won?
Hits Only Life (USA) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2005 and 2007, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 4 times in total (26.7% of starts).
Who trained Hits Only Life?
Hits Only Life (USA) was trained by Jeff Pearce on the most recent run on record, at Ripon on 6 June 2007.
Who is Hits Only Life's sire?
Hits Only Life (USA) is by Lemon Drop Kid (USA) out of Southern Day (USA), whose sire is Dixieland Band.
What going does Hits Only Life prefer?
Hits Only Life (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 9 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Hits Only Life's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 48, from the run on 6 June 2007. The highest on record is 57.
What is Hits Only Life's sire's record?
Lemon Drop Kid (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.8% of 1,419 runs since Jan 2008 (122 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 9.6% from 198.

Record shown from December 2005. 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.