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Home Hero (IRE)

3yo gelding · Trainer Hugo Palmer · Owner Horrocks & Owen
by El Kabeir (USA) out of Lady's Purse (GB) (Doyen)
12 runs · 7 courses · from Aug 2025
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Haydock & Sandown Last run 21 Sep 2026 · 7th of 13 Last raced off OR 79
KTB Profile

Home Hero is 2 from 12 with both wins at Class 5 level. The gelding won the Betway Apprentice Handicap Stakes at Haydock in Aug 2026 and the Spillers Winners Handicap Stakes at Sandown the previous month, both over 1m – 1m1f on good or good to firm ground. He has raced nine times over 1m – 1m1f for those two successes and led in four of seven analysed runs. His last run, at Leicester in Sep 2026, was off an official rating of 79 when he finished 7 of 13.

Based on 12 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Aug 2025 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5
Official rating79↓ 1lb off peak
79 70–80

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 102 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newbury, 26 Aug 2026

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 12 figures · best 106B · median 76
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good690A764 runs · 90 / 83
Good to Firm4106B96.54 runs · 106 / 96.5
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f9106B756 runs · 106 / 83.5
1m2f – 1m4f391B893 runs · 91 / 89

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 77A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newbury, 26 Aug 2026 Official rating 79 at the last run, 21 Sep 2026

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 12 figures · best 89B · median 71.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good688B72.54 runs · 88 / 72.5
Good to Firm489B744 runs · 89 / 74
Good to Soft1——1 run · —
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f989B736 runs · 89 / 75
1m2f – 1m4f370A623 runs · 70 / 62

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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 11 analysed runs since Aug 2025

  • Led 5 (45%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 4 (36%) · 1 win
  • Held up 1 (9%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (9%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
El Kabeir (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,231 runs since May 2021 (116 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 11.6% from 173. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 10.1% from 426. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.7% from 348.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−6.8—
Good to Firm1732011.6%+4.81 from 4
Good321268.1%+1.31 from 6
Good to Soft121129.9%+3.10 from 1
Soft17284.7%−2.1—
Heavy5623.6%−3.2—
Standard (AW)387164.1%−2.70 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f10176.9%+0.1—
6f – 7f4264310.1%+3.3—
1m – 1m1f348133.7%−3.12 from 9
1m2f – 1m4f249166.4%−0.40 from 3
1m5f – 2m7534%−2.8—
2m1f – 2m4f2627.7%+0.9—
2m5f – 3m600%−6.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2021 · as at 1 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Lady's Purse (GB) (Doyen)

5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Asoof (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Listed (Masekela (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Asoof (GB)931m2fClass 3
Masekela (IRE)4126f–7fListed
Fashion Theory (GB)1411m½fClass 3
Sarmiento Power (IRE)2211m4f—
Purist (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 1 17% −1.50
Good to Firm 4 1 25% −0.50
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 5 5 2 40% +3.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Sandown 2 1 50% +1.50
Haydock 2 1 50% +2.50
Chester 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket (July) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 9 2 22% −1.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Luke Catton 3 1 33% +1.50
Jason Hart 3 0 0% −3.00
Cieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00
Toby Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Havlin 1 1 100% +2.50
David Probert 1 0 0% −1.00
Joe Leavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Oisin Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Visor 6 2 33% +2.00
None 5 0 0% −5.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 9 2 22% −1.00
2025 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2026 · 9 runs
21 Sep 26+24d Leicester Fireworks Festival 7th November 2026 - Book Now Handicap Stakes Class 4 · 1m · Good · 13 ran Sent clear early - pressed for effort and lost front spot 2f out - dropped away final furlong - finished seventh 7/13 1½ 9-9 7964C73A Cieren Fallon 7/1
28 Aug 26+2d Sandown House Of Killik Handicap Stakes Class 4 · 1m · Good · 6 ran Set the pace early - pushed along approaching 2f out - drifted left then lost the advantage inside the final furlong - drifted right and faded to finish fourth 4/6 3 9-6 8077B72B Luke Catton 11/1
26 Aug 26+18d Newbury Gracelands Handicap Stakes Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 12 ran Set the pace - pushed along and drifted right approaching final furlong - lost ground close home - finished seventh 7/12 shd 9-2 80102A77A Luke Catton 33/1
08 Aug 26+2d Haydock Betway Apprentice Handicap Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Good · 6 ran Handy near the front - upped tempo to challenge 3f out - hit the front approaching 2f out - held the head a little off-line under pressure inside final furlong - sprinted away to score with plenty in hand 1/6 9-11 7490A88B Luke Catton 7/2
06 Aug 26+8d Newmarket (July) Knight Frank East Anglia Apprentice Handicap Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Good To Firm · 7 ran Fought for control early - settled mid-pack then pushed along and slipped back 2f out - stayed on at one tempo late to finish 5th beaten 3.5 lengths 5/7 nk 9-5 70106B71A Toby Moore 13/2
29 Jul 26+27d Sandown Spillers Winners Handicap Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Good To Firm · 6 ran Set the pace early - lost the advantage 2f out - squeezed for space and shifted left approaching the final furlong - fought back to regain command right at the finish 1/6 9-9 7060B89B Robert Havlin 5/2
02 Jul 26+20d Newbury Sequoia Hair & Beauty Group Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 11 ran Set the pace early - shaken up approaching 2f out - dropped away inside final furlong to finish 9th 9/11 nk 9-3 7291B62A David Probert 22/1
12 Jun 26+13d Chester Danny And Harriett Birthday Bash Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 · 1m2½f · Good To Soft · 9 ran Sat behind the front group early - pushed to keep tempo from past halfway then slipped to the back 2f out - well held at the finish 8/9 9½ 8-10 7273C51C Jason Hart 15/2
30 May 26+268d Chester General Elliot Croft Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 · 1m2½f · Good · 10 ran Sat close to the pace early - asked for effort with two furlongs left - kept going but no extra close home to finish third beaten 4 lengths 3/10 3 8-13 7289A70A Jason Hart 4/1
2025 · 3 runs
04 Sep 25+8d Haydock McCoys Racing Lounge EBF Novice Stakes Class 3 · 1m · Good · 9 ran Settled towards the back early - boxed in through the middle stages before angling right approaching the final furlong - closed strongly to take fourth close home 4/9 1¼ 9-2 —75A73A Jason Hart 28/1
27 Aug 25+12d Kempton (AW) Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 11 ran Settled off the pace - asked for effort over 2f out - drifted left then right approaching the furlong pole - stayed on in the closing stages without threatening the front - finished fourth 4/11 2 9-7 —72A69A Joe Leavy 25/1
15 Aug 25 Newbury TPT Fire Supports St Michaels Hospice EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) (Str) Class 4 · 1m · Good · 7 ran Handy early - urged forward and lost ground with 2f left - unable to find more in the closing stages - finished sixth 6/7 1 9-7 —68C62C Oisin Murphy 2/1J

Quick answers

How many races has Home Hero won?
Home Hero (IRE) won 2 of 12 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 3 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trains Home Hero?
Home Hero (IRE) is trained by Hugo Palmer, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 21 September 2026.
Who is Home Hero's sire?
Home Hero (IRE) is by El Kabeir (USA) out of Lady's Purse (GB), whose sire is Doyen.
What going does Home Hero prefer?
Home Hero (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Home Hero's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 21 September 2026. The highest on record is 80.
What is Home Hero's sire's record?
El Kabeir (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,231 runs since May 2021 (116 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 11.6% from 173. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 10.1% from 426. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.7% from 348.
Who are Home Hero's siblings?
Out of Lady's Purse (GB), Home Hero (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Asoof (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Listed (Masekela (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2025. 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.