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Horse profile

Just Need Luck (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2014) · Last trainer John M Burke · Last owner Donal A Hayes
by Gamut (IRE) out of Hangedmanslady (IRE) (Old Vic)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jun 2014
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Aug 2014 — 4,462 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2014
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Jun 2014 and Aug 2014, the last of them as a 5yo gelding. By Gamut (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 1,839 runs since Oct 2010.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 75C the best of the last 1 rated run · Roscommon, 10 Jun 2014

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure 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 8.6% of 1,839 runs since Oct 2010 (172 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm5735.3%−3.3—
Good620569%+0.40 from 1
Good to Soft263259.5%+0.9—
Soft573447.7%−0.90 from 1
Heavy303309.9%+1.3—
Standard (AW)2314.3%−4.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f1000%−8.6—
1m2f – 1m4f2214.5%−4.1—
1m5f – 2m568407%−1.60 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f673639.4%+0.8—
2m5f – 3m476469.7%+1.10 from 1
Over 3m90910%+1.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Oct 2010 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Hangedmanslady (IRE) (Old Vic)

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 KTB Jockey SP
2014 · 2 runs
17 Aug 14+68d Tramore Chia Bia (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle 2m5f · Good · 12 ran PU/12 — 10-11 — Mr Damien Skehan 66/1
10 Jun 14 Roscommon Ladies Day At Roscommon On July 7th Flat Race 2m · Yielding · 17 ran 17/17 76 11-7 75C Mr J M Burke 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Just Need Luck won?
Just Need Luck (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2014.
Who trained Just Need Luck?
Just Need Luck (IRE) was trained by John M Burke on the most recent run on record, at Tramore on 17 August 2014.
Who is Just Need Luck's sire?
Just Need Luck (IRE) is by Gamut (IRE) out of Hangedmanslady (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
What is Just Need Luck's sire's record?
Gamut (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 1,839 runs since Oct 2010 (172 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from June 2014. 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.