Horse profile
Life On The Rocks (IRE)
by Fascinating Rock (IRE) out of Spirited Girl (IRE) (Invincible Spirit)
43 runs · 18 courses · from Apr 2021
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Nov 2025 — 369 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2025 · 8th of 10
6 wins · 5 courses
Last raced off OR 51
KTB Profile
Life On The Rocks is 6 wins from 43 starts, all on turf over 1m2f – 1m4f. He won a Class 6 handicap at Leicester on good to firm in May 2025 off 55, having earlier scored at Ayr twice, Windsor, Wetherby and Redcar. The gelding, who is usually held up, last ran at Southwell in Nov 2025 when he finished 8 of 10 off an official rating of 51, 26lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 43 archived runs · run-style from 20 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 26lb off peak
- 6–43Wins / Runs
- 14%Strike rate
- 15 (34.9%)Placed
- +0.38£1 level staken=43 at SP
- 1.04Fair A/E n=43 · 0.90 incl. margin
- 77Highest OR
- 17dBetween runs (median)longest 533 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.
Official rating51↓ 26lb off peak
51
51–77
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 91
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 21 | 115A | 80 | — |
| Good to Firm | 9 | 100B | 81 | — |
| Good | 8 | 116C | 95 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 97C | 89 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 54C | 50.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 29 | 116C | 82 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 13 | 115A | 81 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 43 figures from 43 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 20 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 7 (35%) · 1 win
- Prominent 6 (30%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 4 (20%) · 1 win
- Led 3 (15%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 1,121 runs since May 2020 (101 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +15.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 56 | 4 | 7.1% | −2.3 | 2 from 9 |
| Good | 278 | 27 | 9.7% | +0.3 | 3 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 175 | 18 | 10.3% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 236 | 19 | 8.1% | −1.3 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 103 | 7 | 6.8% | −2.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 269 | 29 | 10.8% | +1.4 | 0 from 21 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 26 | 2 | 7.7% | −1.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 241 | 21 | 8.7% | −0.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 229 | 18 | 7.9% | −1.5 | 0 from 13 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 246 | 29 | 11.8% | +2.4 | 6 from 29 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 185 | 16 | 8.6% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 143 | 12 | 8.4% | −1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 42 | 5 | 11.9% | +2.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | +12.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2020 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Spirited Girl (IRE) (Invincible Spirit)
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Laysoft (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Laysoft (IRE)).
Family form: Laysoft (IRE) finished 3rd of 10 at Bangor-on-Dee, 27 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laysoft (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 2m | Class 5 |
| Quickstepping (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Crystal Kraken (GB) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Double Tot (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 21 | 0 | 0% | −21.00 |
| Good to Firm | 9 | 2 | 22% | +22.25 |
| Good | 8 | 3 | 38% | +1.75 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.38 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 14 | 3 | 21% | −7.12 |
| Class 5 | 13 | 1 | 8% | −10.00 |
| Class 4 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +22.50 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Beverley | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ayr | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.75 |
| Windsor | 2 | 1 | 50% | +27.00 |
| Pontefract | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Redcar | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.38 |
| Ripon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 29 | 6 | 21% | +14.38 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Hardie | 6 | 1 | 17% | +23.00 |
| Aiden Brookes | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Oisin McSweeney | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Billy Garritty | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.75 |
| Mr Eireann Cagney | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Connor Murtagh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Paul Hanagan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Kevin Stott | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shane Gray | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Garritty | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Warren Fentiman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Pyle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Ryan Sexton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| David Nolan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tony Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Mathers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 19 | 2 | 11% | −12.12 |
| Visor | 18 | 4 | 22% | +18.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 1 | 7% | −12.75 |
| 2024 | 17 | 4 | 24% | +19.63 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 15 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Nov 25+10d | Southwell (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2025 Not 2005 Handicap Slow to break - held up at the back throughout - well held at the finish | 8/10 | 12 | 9-2 | 51 | 82C | 48C | Aiden Brookes | 25/1 |
| 24 Oct 25+13d | Southwell (AW) | Join The Midnite Movement Handicap Held up at the back - never a factor - eventually finished 8th | 8/14 | 2¼ | 9-4 | 52 | 91B | 61A | Aiden Brookes | 40/1 |
| 11 Oct 25+30d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap Settled in the pack early - asked for effort inside final furlong then found gaps late - stayed on to finish sixth | 6/12 | 1¾ | 9-6 | 53 | 65A | 62A | Aiden Brookes | 20/1 |
| 11 Sep 25+28d | Newcastle (AW) | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap Settled towards back on outer - pushed along with over 2f left - stayed on inside final furlong - finished fifth | 5/8 | ½ | 9-9 | 55 | 62A | 63A | Aiden Brookes | 28/1 |
| 14 Aug 25+82d | Beverley | Racing Again On Sunday 24 August Handicap Held up in midfield - urged forward 3f out then hampered with 2f left - lost ground after and finished well held | 10/10 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 56 | 100B | 50A | Aiden Brookes | 10/1 |
| 24 May 25+14d | Beverley | Best Odds Guaranteed At bet365 Handicap Settled just behind the front-runner early - asked for effort with two furlongs left - staying on when seriously baulked inside the final furlong - checked out and unable to regain momentum finishing fifth | 5/5 | 1¾ | 9-0 | 56 | 116C | 59B | Shane Gray | 15/8F |
| 10 May 25+9d | Leicester | King Power Raceday 26th May Book Now Handicap Settled towards the back early - urged forward and made ground 2f out - battled on to hit the front late | 1/9 | 9-9 | 55 | 81A | 79A | Jack Garritty | 5/4F | |
| 01 May 25+10d | Chelmsford City (AW) | bet365 Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Made the running - lost the lead approaching halfway - pushed along inside final two furlongs - held on for second without threatening winner | 2/4 | 1½ | 10-4 | 55 | -7C | 66B | Mr Eireann Cagney | 3/1 |
| 21 Apr 25+23d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Tracked front group early - urged into second inside final 2f but couldn't quicken - faded in last 110 yards to finish third | 3/10 | 1½ | 9-1 | 55 | 100A | 79A | Oisin McSweeney | 5/2F |
| 29 Mar 25+4d | Doncaster | William Hill NRMB On The Grand National Apprentice Handicap (Div 1) Towards the rear of the pack - progress to challenge for third 2f out - moved to the fore inside the final furlong - collared 100 yards out and had no more to give - second | 2/19 | 1¾ | 8-9 | 54 | 81C | 69A | Warren Fentiman | 10/3F |
| 25 Mar 25+14d | Newcastle (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap (Div 2) Sent straight to front - eased the pace and opened a three length advantage before halfway - margin narrowed with 3f remaining - pressed for effort a furlong out - unable to find more when overtaken close home and beaten a short head | 2/8 | nk | 9-3 | 54 | 65A | 77A | Oisin Orr | 2/1F |
| 11 Mar 25+45d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap Held up at the back and wide early - progress from wide out inside the final 3f - pushed along a furlong out - kept going strongly to the line - snatched third close home | 3/11 | ½ | 9-3 | 54 | 66A | 71A | Oisin Orr | 7/2 |
| 25 Jan 25+14d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap (Div 2) Settled midpack early - held 4th under pressure straightening for home - lost ground in the closing stages to finish 7th | 7/8 | 1 | 8-11 | 57 | 86A | 57A | Cam Hardie | 33/1 |
| 11 Jan 25+10d | Newcastle (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetUK Handicap Handy early behind the pace - pushed along 4f out and slipped back - faded final furlong to finish well held | 8/8 | 8 | 8-8 | 62 | 84C | 46C | James Sullivan | 40/1 |
| 01 Jan 25+15d | Newcastle (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Handicap Sat close to leader early - asked for effort over 2f out then dropped away inside final furlongs - faded to finish ninth | 9/11 | 5½ | 8-12 | 64 | 65A | 52A | Oisin McSweeney | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 17 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Dec 24+31d | Newcastle (AW) | Free Bets With BetUK Bet Club Handicap Handy early - pushed for effort with 3f left then driven approaching final furlong - kept on at one speed to finish sixth | 6/8 | 6½ | 9-0 | 66 | 51A | 51A | Oisin McSweeney | 6/1 |
| 16 Nov 24+8d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Handicap Sat wide behind the pace - moved up to second with 7f left - driven approaching the bend home - dropped back before the final furlong and faded to finish tenth | 10/12 | ½ | 8-10 | 67 | 115A | 56A | Joe Fanning | 28/1 |
| 08 Nov 24+71d | Newcastle (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap Set the pace early - urged on approaching 3f out and overtaken inside 2f out - faded thereafter to finish sixth beaten 9½ lengths | 6/10 | nk | 9-5 | 68 | 81A | 68A | Billy Garritty | 11/2 |
| 29 Aug 24+14d | Southwell (AW) | tote.co.uk Who'll Take The Crown Racing League Race 41 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) Held up early and eager to go faster - dropped towards back of field - urged forward with two furlongs left - unable to challenge - finished ninth | 9/12 | 1½ | 8-4 | 68 | 80A | 58A | Cam Hardie | 40/1 |
| 15 Aug 24+18d | Windsor | Tote Placepot Leg 3 Racing League Race 24 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) Hesitant start - settled midfield tracking inside rail - traveling strongly with a furlong to go before angling out and hitting front - stayed on strongly to win | 1/11 | 8-7 | 66 | 86A | 75A | Cam Hardie | 28/1 | |
| 28 Jul 24+27d | Pontefract | Pontefract And District Golf Club Ltd Handicap | 3/5 | 2½ | 9-9 | 67 | 86C | 76B | Oisin Orr | 7/2 |
| 01 Jul 24+17d | Pontefract | 22nd Wilfred Underwood Memorial Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 3/8 | 4½ | 11-0 | 68 | 69B | 83A | Mr Eireann Cagney | 11/4 |
| 14 Jun 24+3d | York | Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Handicap | 4/16 | ½ | 8-7 | 59 | 97C | 80A | Cam Hardie | 6/1 |
| 11 Jun 24+8d | Wetherby | Kelling Group Specialist Hire Experts Apprentice Handicap | 1/8 | 9-6 | 59 | 94A | 86A | William Pyle | 2/1F | |
| 03 Jun 24+7d | Ayr | Follow racingtv On Instagram Handicap | 1/7 | 9-7 | 56 | 85B | 84A | Billy Garritty | 5/4F | |
| 27 May 24+17d | Redcar | Racing Again Tomorrow On Racing Tv Apprentice Handicap | 1/7 | 9-5 | 56 | 47A | 83A | Ryan Sexton | 11/8F | |
| 10 May 24+14d | Ripon | Next Evening Meeting Wednesday 5th June Handicap | 6/12 | 1 | 8-13 | 58 | 48B | 66A | Billy Garritty | 10/3 |
| 26 Apr 24+17d | Newcastle (AW) | Roflow Spring Evening Gala Gallop Handicap | 3/11 | 4 | 9-8 | 59 | 95A | 74A | David Nolan | 4/1 |
| 09 Apr 24+20d | Thirsk | Shadow Night Handicap | 8/12 | ½ | 9-9 | 62 | 36C | 59C | Oisin Orr | 7/1 |
| 20 Mar 24+15d | Southwell (AW) | Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap | 9/10 | ½ | 8-7 | 66 | 72A | 57A | Cam Hardie | 40/1 |
| 05 Mar 24+18d | Southwell (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap | 9/10 | ¾ | 8-5 | 70 | 89A | 55A | Cam Hardie | 40/1 |
| 16 Feb 24+533d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) | 7/8 | ¾ | 9-9 | 72 | 74A | 72A | Oisin Orr | 17/2 |
| 2022 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Sep 22+21d | Windsor | William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Racing League Race 27 (Handicap) | 10/12 | 1½ | 9-2 | 76 | 105A | 68A | Ben Robinson | 18/1 |
| 11 Aug 22+19d | Lingfield (AW) | William Hill Pick Your Places Racing League Race Twelve (Handicap) | 12/13 | ½ | 9-2 | 77 | 82B | 65A | Jamie Spencer | 14/1 |
| 23 Jul 22+76d | Newcastle (AW) | Aveika Silk Series Apprentice Handicap | 3/10 | nse | 10-0 | 76 | 73A | 88A | Connor Murtagh | 6/1 |
| 08 May 22+13d | Hamilton | Sky Bet Sunday Series Middle Distance Apprentice Handicap | 6/14 | ½ | 9-4 | 77 | 102C | 77A | Connor Murtagh | 17/2 |
| 25 Apr 22+205d | Ayr | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap | 1/8 | 9-3 | 73 | 96A | 87A | Paul Hanagan | 7/2 | |
| 2021 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Oct 21+35d | Chester | Support The Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap | 5/8 | 6½ | 9-3 | 75 | 54C | 62C | Tony Hamilton | 7/1 |
| 28 Aug 21+14d | Beverley | William Hill Silver Cup Handicap | 3/5 | ½ | 8-2 | 76 | 89C | 65B | Paddy Mathers | 11/2 |
| 14 Aug 21+67d | Ripon | William Hill Pick Your Places Handicap | 3/6 | nk | 9-2 | 76 | 91A | 76B | Paul Hanagan | 12/1 |
| 08 Jun 21+43d | Ayr | Join Racing TV Now Maiden Stakes | 2/11 | ¾ | 9-3 | — | 81A | 81A | Kevin Stott | 7/1 |
| 26 Apr 21+21d | Thirsk | Chestnut Room At ThirskRaces Ideal Wedding Venue Novice Stakes | 3/5 | 5½ | 8-12 | — | 65C | 62B | Tom Eaves | 15/2 |
| 05 Apr 21 | Redcar | Flat Is Back Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 4/11 | 1¼ | 8-13 | — | 81A | 72A | Kevin Stott | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Life On The Rocks won?
- Life On The Rocks (IRE) won 6 of 43 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 14%. Placed 15 times in total (34.9% of starts).
- Who trained Life On The Rocks?
- Life On The Rocks (IRE) was trained by Micky Hammond on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 3 November 2025.
- Who is Life On The Rocks's sire?
- Life On The Rocks (IRE) is by Fascinating Rock (IRE) out of Spirited Girl (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What going does Life On The Rocks prefer?
- Life On The Rocks (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 8 starts (37.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Life On The Rocks's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 51, from the run on 3 November 2025. The highest on record is 77.
- What is Life On The Rocks's sire's record?
- Fascinating Rock (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 1,121 runs since May 2020 (101 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Life On The Rocks's siblings?
- Out of Spirited Girl (IRE), Life On The Rocks (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Laysoft (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Laysoft (IRE)). The wins came over 2m. As at Nov 2026.