It's A Heartbeat (IRE)
It's A Heartbeat is a filly who has won two of six starts, both at Curragh over 1m2f – 1m4f on good ground. She won a maiden in Jun 2025 and a handicap in Aug 2025 off an official rating of 89. She finished second of six at Nottingham in Apr 2026 in a Class 1 race, having been held up as is her usual style. She last ran off her career-high mark of 100.
- 2–6Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 3 (50%)Placed
- +14.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 3.49Fair A/E n=6 · 2.84 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 73dAvg between runs
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 121
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 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 100A | 86 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 2 | 100A | 96 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 121A | 96 | 2 runs · 121 / 103.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 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 Apr 2025
- Prominent 4 (80%) · 1 win
- Held up 1 (20%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14% of 2,352 runs since Apr 2023 (321 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.4% from 117.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | +19.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 469 | 71 | 15.1% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 623 | 83 | 13.3% | −0.7 | 2 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 265 | 37 | 14% | 0 | — |
| Soft | 241 | 29 | 12% | −2 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 63 | 11 | 17.5% | +3.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 682 | 95 | 13.9% | −0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 117 | 11 | 9.4% | −4.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 925 | 134 | 14.5% | +0.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 714 | 104 | 14.6% | +0.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 481 | 67 | 13.9% | −0.1 | 2 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 92 | 13 | 14.1% | +0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 23 | 0 | 0% | −14 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2023 · as at 31 Oct 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 Shark Bay (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m3f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Kehailaan (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shark Bay (IRE) | 11 | 3 | 1m1½f–1m3f | — |
| Kehailaan (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Saltwell (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 2 | 67% | +17.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 2 | 100% | +18.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronan Whelan | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| Andrew Slattery | 2 | 1 | 50% | +10.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +16.00 |
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 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Apr 26+22d | Nottingham | British Stallion Studs EBF Nottinghamshire Oaks Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Listed) Sat close behind the front-runner - pressed for effort with 2f left - lost ground to the front-runner inside the final furlong - rallied under pressure through the closing stages - held for the win by a short margin | 2/6 | nk | 9-2 | 100 | 86A | 91B | Ronan Whelan | 8/1 |
| 04 Apr 26+174d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Noblesse Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Listed) Sat close up early - disputed second at halfway - slipped back to third approaching final furlong and a half - unable to threaten in fourth as effort flattened late | 4/8 | 3¼ | 9-2 | 100 | 121A | 89A | Ronan Whelan | 13/2 |
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Oct 25+50d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Bluebell Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Listed) Swerved left leaving stalls - urged forward to sit close to the front group and up in 4th at halfway - driven from 3f out but unable to find more and well held late | 14/16 | 13 | 9-1 | 100 | 92C | 66C | Andrew Slattery | 10/3F |
| 23 Aug 25+80d | Curragh | Neville O'Byrne Memorial Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap Held up towards the back early - 5th at halfway - began to make ground with 3f left - moved smoothly into 2nd approaching the final 2f - hit the front a furlong and a half out - kicked clear inside the last - kept going strongly to win | 1/9 | 9-8 | 89 | 100A | 100A | Andrew Slattery | 11/1 | |
| 04 Jun 25+37d | Curragh | Gannon Interiors Fillies Maiden Sat handy behind the front group - moved through to hit the front approaching 2f out and asked for effort soon after - kept finding more in the closing stages to win | 1/13 | 9-1 | — | 83C | 86A | Ronan Whelan | 7/1 | |
| 28 Apr 25 | Naas | Race & Stay Fillies Maiden Sat just behind the front group early - urged into 7th with 2f left - moved up to 4th inside the final furlong under pressure but couldn't threaten the front pair - stayed on at one gait to finish 4th | 4/12 | 1¾ | 9-3 | — | 100A | 80A | Ronan Whelan | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has It's A Heartbeat won?
- It's A Heartbeat (IRE) won 2 of 6 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 3 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains It's A Heartbeat?
- It's A Heartbeat (IRE) is trained by John S O'Donoghue, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 April 2026.
- Who is It's A Heartbeat's sire?
- It's A Heartbeat (IRE) is by Too Darn Hot (GB) out of Defrost My Heart (IRE), whose sire is Fastnet Rock.
- What going does It's A Heartbeat prefer?
- It's A Heartbeat (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is It's A Heartbeat's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 26 April 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is It's A Heartbeat's sire's record?
- Too Darn Hot (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14% of 2,352 runs since Apr 2023 (321 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.4% from 117.
- Who are It's A Heartbeat's siblings?
- Out of Defrost My Heart (IRE), It's A Heartbeat (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Shark Bay (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Kehailaan (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m3f. As at Nov 2026.