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Horse profile

Hungry Rock (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2024) · Last trainer Mark Michael McNiff · Last owner Brendan G Flynn
9 runs · 6 courses · from Feb 2024
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 25 Oct 2024 — 726 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2024 · 16th of 16 Last raced off OR 88
KTB Profile

Hungry Rock is a gelding by Elzaam out of Sovereigns Rock who has yet to win in nine starts on turf and all-weather. He raced over trips from 1m2f to 2m4f on good or soft ground at six different courses and reached an official rating of 88. His last run came at Sligo in Oct 2024 when he finished 16 of 16 in the Sligo Races Punters Handicap Hurdle off that career-high mark.

Based on 9 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 124 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ballinrobe, 24 Jun 2024

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 89A · median 58
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft289A56.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f289A56.5—
1m5f – 2m1———
Flat 5 figures · best 124A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good4124A92—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f384A81—
1m5f – 2m2124A112—

Of 9 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 85C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 4 Oct 2024 Official rating 88 at the last jumps run, 25 Oct 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 66A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ballinrobe, 24 Jun 2024 Official rating 60 at the last flat run, 4 Jul 2024

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 4 figures · best 88A · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft288A84.5—
Good285C83—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f388A81—
1m5f – 2m1———
Flat 5 figures · best 66A · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good466A64—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f363A59—
1m5f – 2m266A65.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 4 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Held up 3 (75%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,517 runs since Jan 2008 (373 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 322.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%+0.8—
Good to Firm4645411.6%+2.4—
Good1,115867.7%−1.50 from 6
Good to Soft4624710.2%+1—
Soft867748.5%−0.70 from 2
Heavy291258.6%−0.6—
Standard (AW)1,3081309.9%+0.70 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4084711.5%+2.3—
6f – 7f1,7701659.3%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f1,118998.9%−0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f7007510.7%+1.50 from 3
1m5f – 2m322154.7%−4.50 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f153159.8%+0.60 from 3
2m5f – 3m3900%−9.2—
Over 3m7114.3%+5.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Vittorio Micheli (IRE)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sligo 3 0 0% −3.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Philip Donovan 2 0 0% −2.00
Phillip Enright 2 0 0% −2.00
Colin Keane 1 0 0% −1.00
Wayne Hassett 1 0 0% −1.00
Rory Cleary 1 0 0% −1.00
Wesley Joyce 1 0 0% −1.00
Gavin Ryan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00

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
25 Oct 24+21d Sligo Sligo Races Punters Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 20.5f · Yielding · 16 ran Always in the rear half - well held throughout 16/16 2¼ 11-0 8824C81C Philip Donovan 22/1
04 Oct 24+35d Gowran Park Xenon Security Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 18 ran Up with the front group - severely hampered at the 1st and then struck by further trouble 100yds on losing several places - shifted left and clashed at the 3rd - never landing a blow from 4 out - faded into 14th 14/18 2¾ 11-7 —58C85C Phillip Enright 200/1
30 Aug 24+22d Down Royal Linden Foods Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good · 13 ran Towards the back of the pack - minor error at the 2nd - struggling to make any ground from 2 out and faded - well behind at the finish 8/13 5 10-8 ——81C Philip Donovan 20/1
08 Aug 24+35d Sligo Mulhern Leonard Chartered Accountants Maiden Hurdle 20.5f · Soft · 10 ran Held up towards the back - poor error at the 7th - unable to close from 3 out - well behind at the last and held on for sixth 6/10 hd 11-0 —89A88A Phillip Enright 15/2
04 Jul 24+10d Bellewstown Smiths Of Drogheda Ford Classic Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 14.5f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 1¼ 10-0 60100C65A Colin Keane 12/1
24 Jun 24+24d Ballinrobe GAIN The Advantage Series Handicap (47-70) 13f · Good · 11 ran 5/11 nk 9-3 62124A66A Wayne Hassett 25/1
31 May 24+16d Down Royal BoyleSports Lengthen The Odds Maiden 10f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 ½ 9-9 —51A63A Rory Cleary 40/1
15 May 24+89d Sligo Hazel Wood Maiden 10.5f · Good · 8 ran 7/8 shd 9-4 —84A54A Wesley Joyce 40/1
16 Feb 24 Dundalk (AW) DundalkStadium.com Maiden 12f · Standard · 13 ran 6/13 ¾ 9-9 —81B59A Gavin Ryan 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hungry Rock (IRE) won?
Hungry Rock (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts in 2024.
Who trained Hungry Rock (IRE)?
Hungry Rock (IRE) was trained by Mark Michael McNiff on the most recent run on record, at Sligo on 25 October 2024.
Who is Hungry Rock (IRE)'s sire?
Hungry Rock (IRE) is by Elzaam (AUS) out of Sovereigns Rock (IRE), whose sire is Society Rock.
What is Hungry Rock (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 25 October 2024. That is also the highest on record.
What is Hungry Rock (IRE)'s sire's record?
Elzaam (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,517 runs since Jan 2008 (373 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 322.
Who are Hungry Rock (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Sovereigns Rock (IRE), Hungry Rock (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from February 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.