Horse profile
Sam's Hope (GB)
by Awtaad (IRE) out of Delightful Belle (USA) (Elusive Quality)
39 runs · 9 courses · from Nov 2022
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
6 wins · Southwell (AW), Wolverhampton (AW) & Kempton (AW)
Last run 2 Jul 2026 · 6th of 6
Last raced off OR 75
KTB Profile
Sam's Hope is a mare with six wins from 39 starts, all on the all-weather. She has recorded three wins at Southwell (AW), two at Wolverhampton (AW) and one at Kempton (AW), with all successes coming in handicaps. Her wins have been gained over under 6f and 6f – 7f on standard (AW) going. Typically held up, she finished 6 of 6 at Nottingham in Jul 2026 off an official rating of 75.
Based on 39 archived runs · run-style from 27 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on AW
- 6–39Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 13 (33.3%)Placed
- −8.32£1 level staken=39 at SP
- 1.20Fair A/E n=39 · 1.00 incl. margin
- 79Highest OR
- 35dAvg 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.
Official rating75↓ 4lb off peak
75
48–79
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 107
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 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 33 | 129A | 91 | 9 runs · 129 / 105 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 101C | 90.5 | 2 runs · 101 / 88.5 |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 22 | 109A | 90 | 2 runs · 97 / 95.5 |
| Under 6f | 11 | 129A | 104 | 9 runs · 129 / 105 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 91B | 78.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 39 figures from 39 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 27 analysed runs since Dec 2024
- Mid-division 13 (48%) · 2 wins
- Held up 9 (33%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 5 (19%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 2,877 runs since Jun 2020 (210 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 7.7% from 104. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 14.5% from 608. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.1% from 114.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | −2.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 373 | 50 | 13.4% | +1.9 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 715 | 76 | 10.6% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 284 | 34 | 12% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 424 | 40 | 9.4% | −2.1 | — |
| Heavy | 104 | 8 | 7.7% | −3.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 966 | 123 | 12.7% | +1.2 | 6 from 33 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 104 | 14 | 13.5% | +2 | 3 from 11 |
| 6f – 7f | 931 | 94 | 10.1% | −1.4 | 3 from 22 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 842 | 96 | 11.4% | −0.1 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 608 | 88 | 14.5% | +3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 271 | 33 | 12.2% | +0.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 114 | 7 | 6.1% | −5.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −11.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2020 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Delightful Belle (USA) (Elusive Quality)
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 33 | 6 | 18% | −2.32 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 25 | 5 | 20% | −1.82 |
| Class 5 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −1.50 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 11 | 2 | 18% | −5.70 |
| Southwell (AW) | 11 | 3 | 27% | +8.38 |
| Kempton (AW) | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Nottingham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 22 | 3 | 14% | −10.70 |
| Under 6f | 11 | 3 | 27% | +8.38 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Carson | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Darragh Keenan | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.50 |
| Alec Voikhansky | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Ryan Kavanagh | 3 | 2 | 67% | +6.88 |
| Oisin Murphy | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
| Luke Morris | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Jude Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dougie Costello | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tyler Heard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Doughty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Hitchcott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| John Fahy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 26 | 5 | 19% | −1.32 |
| None | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +1.88 |
| 2025 | 19 | 3 | 16% | −4.20 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Jul 26+62d | Nottingham | Events At Nottingham Racecourse Training Series Apprentice Handicap Held up at the back from the off - unable to land a blow through the race - finished 6th | 6/6 | 2¾ | 9-7 | 75 | 76A | 60B | Jude Fernandes | 4/1 |
| 01 May 26+32d | Ascot | Naas Racecourse Handicap Held up in the pack early - pushed along and made progress over 2f out - stayed on inside the final furlong to finish 9th | 9/17 | hd | 9-0 | 76 | 101C | 85A | Kieran Shoemark | 40/1 |
| 30 Mar 26+16d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Fillies' Handicap Settled towards the back - pushed along inside final furlong - made no real impression - finished 7th | 7/8 | ¾ | 9-3 | 77 | 95A | 66A | Ryan Kavanagh | 13/2 |
| 14 Mar 26+22d | Southwell (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Handicap Settled at the rear early - shaken up to close ground inside the final furlong and moved into second - unable to challenge the winner late | 2/6 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 77 | 107A | 79B | Oisin Orr | 7/1 |
| 20 Feb 26+21d | Southwell (AW) | SBK Betting Podcast Handicap Held up in the pack - pressed for effort inside the final furlong and denied a clean passage late on - allowed to coast home in 9th beaten 3 1/4 lengths | 9/11 | nk | 9-7 | 79 | 114A | 82A | Oisin Murphy | 15/2 |
| 30 Jan 26+8d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Settled towards the back - made progress from the final furlong but boxed in inside the last 110yds - finished with running on well to be fifth beaten 3 lengths | 5/9 | hd | 9-8 | 74 | 97A | 83A | Luke Morris | 5/1 |
| 22 Jan 26+9d | Southwell (AW) | Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Apprentice Handicap Settled towards the back - lost ground for pace two out - found space and improved under a nudge inside the last two - hit the front with a furlong left before running on to score | 1/8 | 9-13 | 65 | 105A | 104A | Ryan Kavanagh | 11/8F | |
| 13 Jan 26+26d | Southwell (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Apprentice Handicap Held up at back - pushed along with 2f left - moved through to hit front inside final furlong - stayed on strongly to win | 1/6 | 9-1 | 65 | 129A | 91B | Ryan Kavanagh | 13/2 | |
| 2025 · 19 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Dec 25+19d | Southwell (AW) | Create Your Bet Builders At Midnite Handicap Sat close to the pace - urged into effort with two furlongs left - dropped away inside the final 100 yards - finished 5th | 5/9 | ½ | 9-1 | 66 | 101A | 72A | Darragh Keenan | 3/1F |
| 29 Nov 25+8d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Take Time To Think With Betuk Handicap (GBBplus Race) Settled in the pack - pushed along a furlong out - stayed on inside the final furlong without threatening the front | 5/13 | ¾ | 10-1 | 66 | 94B | 83A | Darragh Keenan | 11/2 |
| 21 Nov 25+34d | Southwell (AW) | Join The Midnite Movement Handicap Settled mid-pack early - pressed for effort with 2f left and edged ahead entering the final furlong - stayed on strongly to score | 1/11 | 9-4 | 60 | 105A | 93A | Darragh Keenan | 17/2 | |
| 18 Oct 25+30d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Arc All-Weather 1MILLION Bonus Returns Handicap Settled in the pack - pushed along a furlong out then found a gap to hit the front in the last furlong - kept going strongly to win | 1/11 | 9-4 | 56 | 90A | 87A | Hollie Doyle | 5/2 | |
| 18 Sep 25+2d | Chelmsford City (AW) | betting.betfair.com Handicap Shared pace early - pressed for room and nudged along from 1f out - gave way inside the final furlong and found little close home | 4/12 | nk | 9-7 | 48 | 109A | 74A | Daniel Muscutt | 6/5F |
| 16 Sep 25+5d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Book To Stay Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap Sat behind the pace - travelling well with 2f left - hit the front inside the final furlong - drew away for a comfortable win | 1/11 | 9-2 | 48 | 104A | 90A | Oisin Murphy | 4/5F | |
| 11 Sep 25+12d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betfair Exchange Beacons Handicap Settled in the pack early - pushed along and made progress into second inside the final furlong - stayed on to finish second beaten 3½ lengths | 2/10 | 3½ | 9-5 | 48 | 91A | 83A | Dougie Costello | 3/1F |
| 30 Aug 25+11d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Estrella Galicia Classified Stakes Hesitant getaway and knocked at the break - settled at the tail of the field - shifted wide entering the straight - pushed along and made progress a furlong out - stayed on late but no threat to the leader - finished fourth | 4/7 | hd | 9-9 | 49 | 104A | 72A | Luke Morris | 5/2F |
| 19 Aug 25+24d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Book Hotel And Conferencing At Wolverhampton Classified Stakes Sluggish start and knocked about - settled off the pace at the back - improved into contention but drifted left with little space over a furlong out - found a gap to work into second inside the closing stages but winner had it won | 2/10 | 1½ | 9-9 | 48 | 87B | 75A | Hollie Doyle | 5/4F |
| 26 Jul 25+9d | Windsor | Global QA - ISO & BRCGS Consultants Handicap (Div 2) Sat fourth wide early - urged forward with over 2f left - driven inside final 2f but yielded third close home | 4/8 | ¾ | 9-3 | 49 | 94A | 74A | Tyler Heard | 11/2 |
| 17 Jul 25+47d | Leicester | Private Boxes For Best View At LeicesterRaces Classified Stakes Settled off the pace in the pack - made ground into contention with three furlongs left - pressed the leader inside the final furlong but couldn't get on terms - stayed on for second | 2/11 | 2½ | 9-9 | 49 | 82A | 75A | Darragh Keenan | 8/1 |
| 31 May 25+31d | Southwell (AW) | Download The At The Races App Handicap Settled wide off the pace - moved into contention entering the straight - pressed for effort then dropped away inside final 2f - well held at the finish | 9/11 | 14 | 9-7 | 51 | 19C | 43C | Jack Doughty | 5/1 |
| 30 Apr 25+9d | Brighton | Call Star Sports On 08000 521 321 Handicap Held a midfield spot early - driven up before 2f out to reach 3rd - couldn't find more when asked inside the final furlong - dropped away approaching the finish to end seventh | 7/10 | nse | 9-6 | 51 | 99A | 68A | William Carson | 10/1 |
| 21 Apr 25+19d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap (Div 1) Held up towards the back - driven into contention with over a furlong to run and into a share of second close home - stayed on to be denied by the winner | 2/11 | 2¼ | 9-5 | 51 | 89A | 79A | William Carson | 18/1 |
| 02 Apr 25+15d | Southwell (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) Raced with plenty of enthusiasm early - settled towards the back - urged forward outside final two furlongs and briefly short of room - stayed on late inside the closing furlong - finished 7th never troubling the leaders | 7/10 | hd | 9-6 | 52 | 69A | 70A | William Carson | 11/1 |
| 18 Mar 25+17d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap (Div 2) Sat close to the front group early - asked for effort on the inner over 2f out and drifted left approaching the final furlong - faded in the closing stages to finish sixth | 6/11 | shd | 9-7 | 53 | 94A | 65A | William Carson | 13/2 |
| 01 Mar 25+33d | Southwell (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap (Div 2) Settled off the pace in the pack - pushed along with 2f left - made ground inside final 2f to threaten - unable to add to that close home | 2/8 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 51 | 90A | 71A | William Carson | 12/1 |
| 27 Jan 25+12d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap (Div 2) Slow to get going - settled midfield off the pace - found space tight when improving over a furlong out - shifted right seeking room - unable to threaten leaders late - finished fifth beaten 4 lengths | 5/8 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 53 | 90A | 70A | William Carson | 8/1 |
| 15 Jan 25+18d | Kempton (AW) | Get Daily Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap Settled just off the pace on the inner - moved through into contention travelling smoothly around 2f out - pressed for effort and lost ground inside the final furlong - finished 10th | 10/14 | nse | 9-9 | 55 | 91B | 62A | William Carson | 14/1 |
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Dec 24+192d | Southwell (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetUK Handicap Settled around midfield - improved position inside final furlong but couldn't challenge leaders - held on for sixth without finding more | 6/12 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 57 | 65A | 71A | William Carson | 33/1 |
| 19 Jun 24+15d | Nottingham | Host Your Conference At Nottingham Racecourse Handicap | 10/11 | ¾ | 9-7 | 59 | 63C | 45C | Darragh Keenan | 66/1 |
| 04 Jun 24+83d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap (Div 1) | 7/8 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 61 | 92A | 63A | Shane Kelly | 25/1 |
| 13 Mar 24+7d | Kempton (AW) | Racing TV Handicap | 3/8 | 2¼ | 8-13 | 55 | 81A | 69A | Alec Voikhansky | 2/1 |
| 06 Mar 24+4d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Proudly Supports www.racinghome.org.uk Handicap (Div 2) | 1/9 | 9-2 | 56 | 92A | 74A | Alec Voikhansky | 5/1 | |
| 02 Mar 24+150d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Supports Safe Gambling Handicap | 5/12 | nk | 9-2 | 56 | 78A | 67A | Alec Voikhansky | 22/1 |
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Oct 23+11d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Handicap | 10/13 | 1 | 8-13 | 59 | 79B | 56A | Alec Voikhansky | 14/1 |
| 23 Sep 23+17d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Joe Conboy Memorial Fillies' Handicap | 7/11 | nk | 9-3 | 62 | 85A | 67A | Kieran O'Neill | 22/1 |
| 06 Sep 23+242d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Boosts In More Races Fillies' Handicap | 9/12 | 1½ | 9-5 | 64 | 84A | 63A | Sam Hitchcott | 66/1 |
| 07 Jan 23+32d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/10 | ¾ | 8-0 | — | 67A | 50A | Alec Voikhansky | 25/1 |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Dec 22+20d | Southwell (AW) | It's Time To Turn To talkSPORT EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) | 6/14 | 1¼ | 9-2 | — | 68B | 61A | Sean Levey | 40/1 |
| 16 Nov 22 | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 6/8 | 1½ | 9-2 | — | 55A | 60A | John Fahy | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Sam's Hope won?
- Sam's Hope (GB) won 6 of 39 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 13 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trains Sam's Hope?
- Sam's Hope (GB) is trained by Martin Dunne, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 2 July 2026.
- Who is Sam's Hope's sire?
- Sam's Hope (GB) is by Awtaad (IRE) out of Delightful Belle (USA), whose sire is Elusive Quality.
- What going does Sam's Hope prefer?
- Sam's Hope (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 6 wins from 33 starts (18.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sam's Hope's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 2 July 2026. The highest on record is 79.
- What is Sam's Hope's sire's record?
- Awtaad (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 2,877 runs since Jun 2020 (210 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 7.7% from 104. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 14.5% from 608. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.1% from 114.