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If Any Man Can (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2024) · Last trainer Mary Ellen Doyle · Last owner James W Doyle
by Ocovango (GB) out of Gortahalla Lassie (IRE) (Heron Island)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jul 2024
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Jul 2024 — 834 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2024 · 8th of 8 Won at Cork
KTB Profile

If Any Man Can won one of two starts over hurdles in Jul 2024, taking a maiden at Cork over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground. The gelding finished 8 of 8 at Ballinrobe later that month in a rated novice hurdle on good to soft. By Ocovango, whose progeny have won 9.4% of 2,968 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip over 3m. His dam is Gortahalla Lassie.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 113 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Cork, 5 Jul 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 2 figures · best 113B · median 48.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2113B48.5—

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 121A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Cork, 5 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 — 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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 121A · median 107.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2121A107.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 3,009 runs since Oct 2019 (307 horses).

Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.8% from 196.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm28828.6%+19.1—
Good9439410%+0.51 from 1
Good to Soft7117110%+0.50 from 1
Soft915758.2%−1.3—
Heavy396379.3%−0.2—
Standard (AW)1600%−9.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f600%−9.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1100%−9.5—
1m5f – 2m791658.2%−1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f1,099988.9%−0.61 from 2
2m5f – 3m9069510.5%+1—
Over 3m1962713.8%+4.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Oct 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Gortahalla Lassie (IRE) (Heron Island)

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.

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 2 runs
23 Jul 24+18d Ballinrobe RBC Brewin Dolphin Rated Novice Hurdle 2m1½f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 8/8 37 11-7 -16C94C Liam Quinlan 5/1
05 Jul 24 Cork Sign Up To Our Newsletter Maiden Hurdle 2m1f · Good · 16 ran 1/16 11-4 113B121A Liam Quinlan 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has If Any Man Can won?
If Any Man Can (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2024, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
Who trained If Any Man Can?
If Any Man Can (IRE) was trained by Mary Ellen Doyle on the most recent run on record, at Ballinrobe on 23 July 2024.
Who is If Any Man Can's sire?
If Any Man Can (IRE) is by Ocovango (GB) out of Gortahalla Lassie (IRE), whose sire is Heron Island.
What is If Any Man Can's sire's record?
Ocovango (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 3,009 runs since Oct 2019 (307 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.8% from 196.

Record shown from July 2024. 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.