I Hope You Dance (FR)
Typically ridden prominently in 5 of 8 analysed runs — I Hope You Dance (FR) is yet to win from 8 starts, though has placed 3 times. Best effort: 2nd of 12 at Cork (May 2026).
- 0–8Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 3 (37.5%)Placed
- −8.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=8 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 80Highest OR
- 26dBetween runs (median)longest 187 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 144
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 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 116A | 79 | 3 runs · 116 / 78 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 144A | 89 | 6 runs · 144 / 89 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 89C | 84 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 28 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.
The forward record. KTB’s figures on this horse since 20 Oct 2026: fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 20 Oct 2026. Each pick was the figure’s choice before the off, settled against the result the next morning; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races since 5 Oct 2026.
Run style from 8 analysed runs since Sep 2025
- Prominent 5 (63%) · 0 wins
- Held up 2 (25%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (13%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 1,752 runs since Mar 2019 (289 horses).
Strongest on good going: 15.4% from 267. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.1% from 397. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.6% from 235. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.5% from 488.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | −1.8 | — |
| Good | 267 | 41 | 15.4% | +3.8 | — |
| Good to Soft | 315 | 36 | 11.4% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 487 | 59 | 12.1% | +0.5 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 245 | 31 | 12.7% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 397 | 32 | 8.1% | −3.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | +3.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 233 | 29 | 12.4% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 488 | 27 | 5.5% | −6.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 541 | 63 | 11.6% | 0 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 235 | 46 | 19.6% | +8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 215 | 30 | 14% | +2.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 27 | 6 | 22.2% | +10.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2019 · as at 7 Nov 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 Atome (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f–1m1½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atome (GB) | 24 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Geopolitical (FR) | 12 | 1 | 1m1½f | — |
| Expertise (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W J Lee | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| W. J. Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Slattery | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2025 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Oct 26+42d | Curragh (IRE) | Bill Hanlon Memorial Fillies Maiden Prominent in 2nd at halfway - dropped to 4th over 2f out under urging - soon scrubbed with nothing left in 6th over 1f out - plodded on inside the final furlong to finish 6th | 6/7 | nk | 9-3 | 79 | 116A | 62B | W. J. Lee | 16/1 |
| 08 Sep 26+8d | Galway (IRE) | Sean Cleary Memorial Fillies Maiden Sat close up early - hit the front after 3f - pressed and lost command 2 1/2f out - stayed on same gear to finish 4th | 4/17 | 3½ | 9-3 | 79 | 78C | 62A | Ronan Whelan | 11/2 |
| 31 Aug 26+89d | Roscommon (IRE) | Racing Here Again On September 28th Maiden Sat behind the front pack early - third at halfway before being asked for effort to move into second 2f out - stayed on gamely into the final furlong - flattened out and dropped a spot near the line to finish third | 3/15 | 1 | 9-3 | 79 | 91C | 71A | Gary Carroll | 6/1 |
| 03 Jun 26+15d | Curragh | Try Racing TV For Free Now At racingtv.com/freetrial Fillies Maiden Sat close to the pace early - 4th at halfway - unable to threaten up front and held late for 6th | 6/9 | ½ | 9-1 | 80 | 69A | 64A | Ronan Whelan | 4/1 |
| 19 May 26+26d | Cork | Mallow Fillies Maiden Went clear early - driven approaching 2f out then overtaken with a furlong left - couldn't quicken again but stayed on steadily to finish second | 2/12 | 2¼ | 9-0 | 70 | 144A | 74A | W J Lee | 9/2 |
| 23 Apr 26+187d | Dundalk (AW) | Put The Fun In Fundraising At Dundalk Maiden Sat behind the front pack early - up to second by halfway - made ground into the front group 3f out - driven to join the pace 2f out - went after the front-runner over a furlong out - drifted a touch left under pressure - stayed on to finish second by half a length | 2/7 | ½ | 9-3 | — | 87A | 72A | W J Lee | 10/1 |
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Oct 25+18d | Leopardstown | Irish EBF Fillies Maiden (Smullen Series) Held up at the back - driven approaching straight but made no headway 2f out - stayed on same speed wide to snatch 5th close home | 5/10 | 3 | 9-2 | — | 79C | 59C | Andrew Slattery | 40/1 |
| 30 Sep 25 | Cork | Irish EBF Fillies Maiden (Smullen Series) Held up towards the back - urged forward approaching 2f out - asked for more soon after but made no headway from inside the final furlong - finished eighth | 8/16 | nk | 9-2 | — | 89C | 66A | W J Lee | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has I Hope You Dance won?
- I Hope You Dance (FR) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2025 and 2026. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trains I Hope You Dance?
- I Hope You Dance (FR) is trained by Henry de Bromhead, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 October 2026.
- Who is I Hope You Dance's sire?
- I Hope You Dance (FR) is by Galiway (GB) out of Particule (FR), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What is I Hope You Dance's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 20 October 2026. The highest on record is 80.
- What is I Hope You Dance's sire's record?
- Galiway (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 1,752 runs since Mar 2019 (289 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 15.4% from 267. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.1% from 397. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.6% from 235. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.5% from 488.
- Who are I Hope You Dance's siblings?
- Out of Particule (FR), I Hope You Dance (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Atome (GB) (1). The wins came over 7f–1m1½f. As at Nov 2026.