Hope Hill (IRE)
Hope Hill won the Going Is Good Novices Handicap Hurdle at Bangor-on-Dee in Jun 2025 at Class 5 level off an official rating of 70. The gelding, who raced on turf in all ten starts, recorded one win and one place from those outings. He last ran at Cartmel in Jul 2025 in the Cartmel Novices Limited Handicap Hurdle, where he was beaten favourite in first-time headgear and carried his career-high mark of 81. All his wins came on good ground.
- 1–10Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 1 (10%)Placed
- −4.50£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 1.04Fair A/E n=10 · 0.92 incl. margin
- 81Highest OR
- 88dAvg between runs
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 106A | 94 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 88C | 73.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 106A | 90 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 89B | 59 | — |
Of 10 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 10 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 from 3 analysed runs since Jan 2025
- Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (33%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 3,478 runs since Jan 2008 (414 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 13.4% from 389. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 2.7% from 294. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.2% from 355.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10 | — |
| Good to Firm | 45 | 7 | 15.6% | +5.6 | — |
| Good | 1,067 | 108 | 10.1% | +0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 649 | 72 | 11.1% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,031 | 100 | 9.7% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 389 | 52 | 13.4% | +3.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 294 | 8 | 2.7% | −7.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 44 | 6 | 13.6% | +3.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 292 | 22 | 7.5% | −2.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 320 | 29 | 9.1% | −0.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 216 | 17 | 7.9% | −2.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 965 | 97 | 10.1% | +0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,230 | 124 | 10.1% | +0.1 | 0 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 355 | 47 | 13.2% | +3.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 56 | 6 | 10.7% | +0.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Yorkhill (IRE) (11 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m7½f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Yorkhill (IRE)).
Family form: Dutch Corner (IRE) finished 2nd of 10 at Chepstow, 9 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkhill (IRE) | 27 | 11 | 2m–2m7½f | Grade 1 |
| Dutch Corner (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 2m2½f | Class 4 |
| Hear The Thunder (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Rasen | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Sedgefield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kavanagh | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Nick Scholfield | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| William Maggs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ross Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alan Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.50 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.50 |
| 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Jul 25+43d | Cartmel | Cartmel Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Settled in tow behind the pack - traveling comfortably into the closing stages - came down when parting company with rider before 2 out | UR/9 | — | 10-12 | 81 | — | — | Peter Kavanagh | 15/8F |
| 06 Jun 25+131d | Bangor-on-Dee | Going Is Good Novices' Handicap Hurdle Held up eagerly behind the front group on the rail - squeezed for space and bumped rounding the bend three out - shifted wider approaching two out - moved into second there but jumped awkwardly - took command before the final fence - drew away up the straight and finished going strongly | 1/7 | 9-13 | 70 | 89B | 99A | Peter Kavanagh | 9/2 | |
| 26 Jan 25+203d | Sedgefield | Fairlight Studios Novices' Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back - stumbled 2 out but made progress - moved into 4th late without threatening | 4/7 | 1¾ | 10-1 | 72 | 88C | 78B | William Maggs | 2/1F |
| 2024 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Jul 24+16d | Market Rasen | Tom Halliday Memorial Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) | 5/9 | 3 | 10-9 | 73 | 90A | 88A | Peter Kavanagh | 8/1 |
| 21 Jun 24+72d | Market Rasen | ABP & Humber Freeport Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) | 5/9 | 1¼ | 9-13 | 73 | 98A | 87A | Peter Kavanagh | 33/1 |
| 10 Apr 24+29d | Market Rasen | 100 Years Of Market Rasen Racecourse Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 9/15 | 12 | 11-6 | — | 78C | 96C | Nick Scholfield | 300/1 |
| 12 Mar 24+23d | Sedgefield | Betting.Bet Free Members Club Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | PU/7 | — | 11-5 | — | — | — | Nick Scholfield | 100/1 |
| 18 Feb 24+137d | Southwell | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 8/9 | 4½ | 11-5 | — | 54C | 73C | Nick Scholfield | 25/1 |
| 2023 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Oct 23+141d | Bangor-on-Dee | Halloween 31st October Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 7/10 | 5½ | 11-2 | — | 59C | 92C | Ross Chapman | 66/1 |
| 16 May 23 | Newcastle | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 6/11 | 8 | 10-11 | — | 106A | 98A | Alan Doyle | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hope Hill won?
- Hope Hill (IRE) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 1 time in total (10% of starts).
- Who trained Hope Hill?
- Hope Hill (IRE) was trained by Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith on the most recent run on record, at Cartmel on 19 July 2025.
- Who is Hope Hill's sire?
- Hope Hill (IRE) is by Sageburg (IRE) out of Lightning Breeze (IRE), whose sire is Saddlers' Hall.
- What going does Hope Hill prefer?
- Hope Hill (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Hope Hill's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 81, from the run on 19 July 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Hope Hill's sire's record?
- Sageburg (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 3,478 runs since Jan 2008 (414 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 13.4% from 389. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 2.7% from 294. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.2% from 355.
- Who are Hope Hill's siblings?
- Out of Lightning Breeze (IRE), Hope Hill (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Yorkhill (IRE) (11). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Yorkhill (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m7½f. As at Oct 2026.