Hope Against Hope (IRE)
Hope Against Hope (IRE) is 2 from 8, both wins coming at Class 5 level. Won last time out at Leicester (Class 5). Each win came on a first visit to the course.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Hope Against Hope (IRE) has 5 produce in the archive, 2 winners — most wins Hasten Slowly (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Liangel Hope (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasten Slowly (IRE) | 48 | 7 | 7f–2m½f | — |
| Liangel Hope (IRE) | 25 | 5 | 7f–1m | Class 5 |
| Kinross Claret (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| For Ever Hopefull (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Land Of Hope (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
- 2–8Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 4 (50%)Placed
- +51.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.66Fair A/E n=8 · 1.45 incl. margin
- 69Highest OR
- 28dBetween runs (median)longest 260 d
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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 98
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,934 runs since Mar 2011 (1,595 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 107 | 16 | 15% | +3.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,694 | 452 | 12.2% | +0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 4,845 | 510 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 2,414 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | — |
| Soft | 2,736 | 254 | 9.3% | −2 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 828 | 71 | 8.6% | −2.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7,309 | 920 | 12.6% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,064 | 278 | 13.5% | +2.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 10,729 | 1,256 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5,009 | 546 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,474 | 237 | 9.6% | −1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,093 | 109 | 10% | −1.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 475 | 42 | 8.8% | −2.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 86 | 7 | 8.1% | −3.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2011 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iyiyiangel (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +50.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +54.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 1 | 100% | +50.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +47.00 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Fanning | 5 | 1 | 20% | +46.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 7 | 2 | 29% | +52.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +44.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 27 Jun 17+260d | Leicester | Deborah Whitehorn's Birthday Celebration Fillies' Handicap | 1/11 | 8-12 | 61 | 78A | 86A | P J McDonald | 7/1 | |
| 2016 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Oct 16+28d | Yarmouth | Inspection Verification Bureau Nursery Handicap | 1/11 | 8-11 | 59 | 98A | 70A | Joe Fanning | 50/1 | |
| 12 Sep 16+21d | Wolverhampton (AW) | FCL Global Forwarding Making Logistics Personal Nursery (Div 2) | 9/9 | 1¼ | 9-4 | 62 | — | 39A | Richard Kingscote | 14/1 |
| 22 Aug 16+47d | Brighton | LCS Roofing & Cladding Ltd Nursery | 7/7 | 5 | 9-2 | 65 | — | 23C | Adam Kirby | 8/1 |
| 06 Jul 16+37d | Catterick | Newmarket July Meeting At 188Bet Nursery | 5/5 | 7 | 9-2 | 69 | — | 38B | Joe Fanning | 3/1F |
| 30 May 16+10d | Redcar | racinguk.com Novice Auction Stakes | 2/9 | 1¾ | 8-10 | — | — | 68A | Joe Fanning | 7/2 |
| 20 May 16+8d | Carlisle | Compare Best Odds At bookies.com EBF Novice Stakes | 2/8 | 2¼ | 8-11 | — | — | 71A | Joe Fanning | 13/8F |
| 12 May 16 | Newmarket | Celebrating 350 Years Of Making History Novice Auction Stakes (Plus 10) | 8/11 | nse | 8-11 | — | — | 56A | Joe Fanning | 4/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hope Against Hope won?
- Hope Against Hope (IRE) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2016 and 2017, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 4 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Hope Against Hope?
- Hope Against Hope (IRE) was trained by Mark Johnston on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 27 June 2017.
- Who is Hope Against Hope's sire?
- Hope Against Hope (IRE) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Hope Of An Angel (IRE), whose sire is Intikhab.
- What going does Hope Against Hope prefer?
- Hope Against Hope (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Hope Against Hope's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 61, from the run on 27 June 2017. The highest on record is 69.
- What is Hope Against Hope's sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,934 runs since Mar 2011 (1,595 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
- Who are Hope Against Hope's siblings?
- Out of Hope Of An Angel (IRE), Hope Against Hope (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.
- Has Hope Against Hope produced winners?
- As a dam, Hope Against Hope (IRE) has 5 produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Hasten Slowly (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Liangel Hope (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m½f. As at Nov 2026.