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Horse profile

Misery Hill (IRE)

6yo gelding · Trainer Gordon Elliott · Owner Oghill House Stud Limited
by Iffraaj (GB) out of Romantic Talk (GB) (New Approach)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Apr 2026
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 6 Jun 2026 · 12th of 17
KTB Profile

Misery Hill is a gelding by Iffraaj out of a New Approach mare who has yet to win from three starts on turf. He made his debut at Ballinrobe in Apr 2026 and has since run at Kilbeggan and Punchestown, finishing 12 of 17 in a maiden hurdle at the last-named course in Jun 2026. All three outings came over trips between 1m5f and 3m on good or good to soft ground. He remains with Gordon Elliott.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Apr 2026 · updated 1 Nov 2026

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 128C · median 42
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good to Soft2128C82.52 runs · 128 / 82.5
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —
2m5f – 3m1——1 run · —
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 92C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kilbeggan, 24 Apr 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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 92C · median 89
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good to Soft292C90.52 runs · 92 / 90.5
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —
2m5f – 3m1——1 run · —
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —

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

  • Mid-division 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Iffraaj (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 13,978 runs since Apr 2010 (1,092 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm65812.3%+1.8—
Good to Firm2,20025311.5%+1—
Good2,9792949.9%−0.60 from 1
Good to Soft1,46515810.8%+0.30 from 2
Soft1,7441408%−2.5—
Heavy493387.7%−2.8—
Standard (AW)5,03158211.6%+1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f84610512.4%+1.9—
6f – 7f5,03254610.9%+0.4—
1m – 1m1f3,82141110.8%+0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f2,6082479.5%−1—
1m5f – 2m1,13011510.2%−0.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f397369.1%−1.40 from 1
2m5f – 3m124118.9%−1.60 from 1
Over 3m20210%−0.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Romantic Talk (GB) (New Approach)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Pennies In A Well (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Paddy Cleary 2 0 0% −2.00
Danny Gilligan 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 3 runs
06 Jun 26+12d Punchestown Ladbrokes 'Get More With Ladbucks' Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran Settled midpack - 8th at halfway - stumbled 3 out - driven and dropped away to finish last 12/17 20 11-5 37C89C Paddy Cleary 100/1
25 May 26+31d Ballinrobe McHale Fusion 4 Range Maiden Hurdle 2m6½f · Good · 15 ran Settled midfield early - in touch running eighth with three furlongs left - lost momentum before the second last marker - dropped away to finish well behind 11/15 33 10-11 42C86C Paddy Cleary 80/1
24 Apr 26 Kilbeggan Aguiar Racing Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran Held up towards back of pack - moved into 6th approaching three out - driven after that but found nothing more and dropped away before the last 8/14 1½ 11-12 128C92C Danny Gilligan 22/1

Quick answers

How many races has Misery Hill won?
Misery Hill (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2026.
Who trains Misery Hill?
Misery Hill (IRE) is trained by Gordon Elliott, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 June 2026.
Who is Misery Hill's sire?
Misery Hill (IRE) is by Iffraaj (GB) out of Romantic Talk (GB), whose sire is New Approach.
What is Misery Hill's sire's record?
Iffraaj (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 13,978 runs since Apr 2010 (1,092 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Misery Hill's siblings?
Out of Romantic Talk (GB), Misery Hill (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 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.