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Horse profile

If Not For Grace (IRE)

4yo gelding · Trainer Liam P Cusack · Owner Fontstown Syndicate
by Elzaam (AUS) out of Docklands Grace (USA) (Honour And Glory)
5 runs · 5 courses · from Jun 2026
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 27 Sep 2026 · 5th of 18 Last raced off OR 56
KTB Profile

If Not For Grace is a gelding by Elzaam out of Docklands Grace who is yet to win from five starts on turf. He has raced over 1m to 1m4f on good, soft and heavy ground at five different courses. His last run, at Curragh in Sep 2026, saw him finish 5 of 18 in the Kwiff Supercharged Betting Handicap while last raced off OR 56. He was held in the race and ran off his career-high mark.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Jun 2026 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up

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 5 figures · best 96C · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good296C75.52 runs · 96 / 75.5
Soft262C522 runs · 62 / 52
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f362C553 runs · 62 / 55
1m2f – 1m4f296C782 runs · 96 / 78

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 5 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 70A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh (IRE), 27 Sep 2026 Official rating 56 at the last run, 27 Sep 2026

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 5 figures · best 70A · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good265A62.52 runs · 65 / 62.5
Soft261C60.52 runs · 61 / 60.5
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f361C603 runs · 61 / 60
1m2f – 1m4f270A67.52 runs · 70 / 67.5

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 5 analysed runs since Jun 2026

  • Held up 5 (100%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,526 runs since Apr 2016 (374 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 325.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%+0.8—
Good to Firm4645411.6%+2.4—
Good1,115867.7%−1.50 from 2
Good to Soft4624710.2%+1—
Soft872758.6%−0.60 from 2
Heavy291258.6%−0.60 from 1
Standard (AW)1,3121309.9%+0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4084711.5%+2.3—
6f – 7f1,7731659.3%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f1,120998.8%−0.40 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f7017510.7%+1.50 from 2
1m5f – 2m325164.9%−4.3—
2m1f – 2m4f153159.8%+0.6—
2m5f – 3m3900%−9.2—
Over 3m7114.3%+5.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Docklands Grace (USA) (Honour And Glory)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Mjjack (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Mjjack (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mjjack (IRE)1756f–7fClass 2
Cotai Grey (IRE)80——
Twos And Eights (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Seamie Heffernan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ms S Joubert 1 0 0% −1.00
James Ryan 1 0 0% −1.00
Leigh Roche 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 5 runs
27 Sep 26+22d Curragh (IRE) Kwiff Supercharged Betting (Q.R.) Handicap 1m2f · Heavy · 18 ran Held up towards the back - progress inside final 2f to lie 7th approaching the furlong marker - stayed on in closing stages to finish 5th 5/18 ½ 10-9 5660C70A Ms S Joubert 50/1
05 Sep 26+24d Navan (IRE) Lynn Lodge Stud Maiden 1m2f · Good · 21 ran Settled towards back of field - pushed along with modest headway 2f out - stayed on same gear to finish 8th 8/21 2½ 10-0 —96C65A James Ryan 300/1
12 Aug 26+51d Gowran Park (IRE) Gowran Park Golf Optional Claiming Race 1m · Good · 15 ran Missed the break and dropped to the rear - pushed along soon after halfway - stayed off the pace to finish well beaten in 13th 13/15 1¾ 10-2 —55C60C Leigh Roche 150/1
22 Jun 26+21d Ballinrobe Lodge At Ashford Castle Maiden 1m1½f · Yielding · 10 ran Held up towards the back - still 8th at halfway - pushed along with two furlongs left before fading into finish well held 8/10 6 9-9 —62C61C Seamie Heffernan 125/1
01 Jun 26 Gowran Park QuinnBet (C & G) Maiden 1m1½f · Yielding · 15 ran Held up at the back - no impression made on leaders - well beaten in 15th 15/15 ¾ 10-7 —42C60C Seamie Heffernan 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has If Not For Grace won?
If Not For Grace (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2026.
Who trains If Not For Grace?
If Not For Grace (IRE) is trained by Liam P Cusack, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 September 2026.
Who is If Not For Grace's sire?
If Not For Grace (IRE) is by Elzaam (AUS) out of Docklands Grace (USA), whose sire is Honour And Glory.
What is If Not For Grace's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 56, from the run on 27 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is If Not For Grace's sire's record?
Elzaam (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,526 runs since Apr 2016 (374 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 325.
Who are If Not For Grace's siblings?
Out of Docklands Grace (USA), If Not For Grace (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Mjjack (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Mjjack (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2026. 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.