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Horse profile

Hope To Dance (GB)

3yo filly (at last run, May 2023) · Last trainer David & Nicola Barron · Last owner D G Pryde
by Equiano (FR) out of High On Light (GB) (Makfi)
3 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2022
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 May 2023 — 1,264 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2023 · 7th of 7
KTB Profile

Hope To Dance is a filly by Equiano out of the Makfi mare High On Light. She ran three times on turf between Sep 2022 and May 2023 without winning or placing. Her outings came at trips from 6f to 1m4f on good to firm, good and soft ground, with two starts at Thirsk and one at Redcar. She finished 7 of 7 at Thirsk in a Class 4 novice in May 2023.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 3 figures · best 51C · median 46
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1———
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 42C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Redcar, 21 Sep 2022

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 3 figures · best 42C · median 31
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1———
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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
Equiano (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 7,541 runs since Apr 2014 (549 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm75912%+2.9—
Good to Firm1,31613310.1%+10 from 1
Good1,4031238.8%−0.30 from 1
Good to Soft740679.1%0—
Soft861859.9%+0.80 from 1
Heavy197189.1%0—
Standard (AW)2,9492508.5%−0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2,35324710.5%+1.4—
6f – 7f3,9073348.5%−0.60 from 1
1m – 1m1f942818.6%−0.50 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f199189%−0.10 from 1
1m5f – 2m9655.2%−3.9—
2m1f – 2m4f4000%−9.1—
2m5f – 3m400%−9.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
High On Light (GB) (Makfi)

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
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Thirsk 2 0 0% −2.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Gianluca Sanna 2 0 0% −2.00
Callum Rodriguez 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 2 runs
20 May 23+28d Thirsk Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 1m4f · Good · 7 ran 7/7 10 8-9 51C29C Gianluca Sanna 66/1
22 Apr 23+213d Thirsk Join The Vickers.Bet Free Bet Club Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 1m · Soft · 9 ran 8/9 3½ 8-9 32C31C Gianluca Sanna 100/1
2022 · 1 run
21 Sep 22 Redcar British EBF Supports Racing To School Future Stayers Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 8/8 4 9-2 46C42C Callum Rodriguez 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hope To Dance won?
Hope To Dance (GB) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2022 and 2023.
Who trained Hope To Dance?
Hope To Dance (GB) was trained by David & Nicola Barron on the most recent run on record, at Thirsk on 20 May 2023.
Who is Hope To Dance's sire?
Hope To Dance (GB) is by Equiano (FR) out of High On Light (GB), whose sire is Makfi.
What is Hope To Dance's sire's record?
Equiano (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 7,541 runs since Apr 2014 (549 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from September 2022. 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.