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Horse profile

Mister Pessimistic (IRE)

5yo gelding · Trainer Henry de Bromhead · Owner Niall Oleary
by Westerner (GB) out of Gracemount (IRE) (Beneficial)
6 runs · 5 courses · from Sep 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Cork & Listowel Last run 3 Oct 2026 · 4th of 5 Last raced off OR 126
KTB Profile

Mister Pessimistic is a gelding who has won two of six starts on turf, both over 1m5f – 2m. He won the Kevin McManus Bookmaker Flat Race at Listowel on good to soft in Sep 2025 and the Paddy Power From The Horse's Mouth Podcast Maiden Hurdle at Cork on soft in Nov 2025. Each win came on a first visit to the course. He finished fourth of five in the Gowran Park Hurdle, a Class 1 race, in Oct 2026 when last raced off a career-high mark of 126.

Based on 6 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Sep 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 131 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cork, 2 Nov 2025

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 5 figures · best 131B · median 95
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft3131B953 runs · 131 / 95
Good to Soft2105B96.51 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m4131B1003 runs · 131 / 95
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —

Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 runs · as at 11 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 122B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park (IRE), 3 Oct 2026 Official rating 126 at the last run, 3 Oct 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 6 figures · best 142A · median 123.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft3142A1253 runs · 142 / 125
Good to Soft2137A129.51 run · —
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m5142A1254 runs · 142 / 123.5
2m1f – 2m4f1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 6 analysed runs since Sep 2025

  • Prominent 3 (50%) · 1 win
  • Held up 2 (33%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (17%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Westerner (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,830 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+2.2—
Good to Firm2342711.5%−0.6—
Good3,40743012.6%+0.5—
Good to Soft2,11025211.9%−0.21 from 2
Soft3,77945212%−0.11 from 3
Heavy2,10525912.3%+0.20 from 1
Standard (AW)188168.5%−3.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f4948.2%−3.9—
1m – 1m1f1241310.5%−1.6—
1m2f – 1m4f267259.4%−2.7—
1m5f – 2m3,36739511.7%−0.42 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f4,28353712.5%+0.40 from 1
2m5f – 3m2,97437512.6%+0.5—
Over 3m7668811.5%−0.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Gracemount (IRE) (Beneficial)

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.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 1 33% −1.64
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +1.75
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 1 100% +0.36
Listowel 1 1 100% +2.75

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 2 40% +0.11
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Darragh O'Keeffe 5 1 20% −3.64
Mr J L Gleeson 1 1 100% +2.75

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
None 3 2 67% +2.11

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 3 2 67% +2.11

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 1 20% −3.64
NH Flat 1 1 100% +2.75

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 · 3 runs
03 Oct 26+157d Gowran Park (IRE) Gowran Park Hurdle (Listed) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran Prominent early - ridden in fourth after 2 out - moved into third for a spell after the last before fading on the run-in to finish 4th 4/5 5½ 11-2 12688C122B Darragh O'Keeffe 12/1
29 Apr 26+87d Punchestown Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle 19.5f · Yielding · 10 ran Held up at the back early - still 9th at halfway - urged into contention in 8th making no headway - drifted left and clipped another runner after two out - driven straight into the straight - unable to find more and well held 8/10 23 11-12 12643C111C Darragh O'Keeffe 11/2
01 Feb 26+36d Leopardstown Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 16f · Heavy · 12 ran Held up towards the back - pressed for effort before 2 out in 11th - unable to close - finished well beaten in 9th 9/12 6½ 11-12 ——121A Darragh O'Keeffe 40/1
2025 · 3 runs
27 Dec 25+55d Leopardstown Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 16f · Yielding · 8 ran Handy early despite a small error at the 1st - settled midpack - another minor error at the 5th - pushed along and unable to quicken from 2 out - finished well held in 6th 6/8 1¼ 11-12 —95B125A Darragh O'Keeffe 16/1
02 Nov 25+38d Cork Paddy Power From The Horse's Mouth Podcast Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 16f · Yielding · 14 ran Settled behind pace early - hit front approaching final circuit and stumbled two out before quickly balancing - stayed on strongly from the final flight to score 1/14 11-7 —131B142A Darragh O'Keeffe 4/11F
25 Sep 25 Listowel Kevin McManus Bookmaker Flat Race 16f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran Sent off in front before slipping to second after two furlongs - back to the front two out and opened a two length advantage - pushed along a furlong out and finished strongly to score 1/18 11-10 —105B137A Mr J L Gleeson 11/4F

Quick answers

How many races has Mister Pessimistic won?
Mister Pessimistic (IRE) won 2 of 6 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 2 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trains Mister Pessimistic?
Mister Pessimistic (IRE) is trained by Henry de Bromhead, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 3 October 2026.
Who is Mister Pessimistic's sire?
Mister Pessimistic (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Gracemount (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
What going does Mister Pessimistic prefer?
Mister Pessimistic (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Mister Pessimistic's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 126, from the run on 3 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Mister Pessimistic's sire's record?
Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,830 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.

Record shown from September 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.