Wishing And Hoping (IRE)
Wishing And Hoping won eight of 29 starts on turf between Dec 2014 and Jan 2023. Three of those wins came over 2m5f to 3m and two over 3m, with four on soft ground and three on good. He won the Unibet Veterans Handicap Chase at Sandown in Jan 2023 off an official rating of 139 and the Jewson Tool Hire Veterans Handicap Chase at Aintree in Oct 2021 off 135. His last run, at Aintree in Oct 2023, was off an official rating of 143.
- 8–29Wins / Runs
- 27.6%Strike rate
- 13 (44.8%)Placed
- +45.78£1 level staken=29 at SP
- 1.72Fair A/E n=29 · 1.50 incl. margin
- 146Highest OR
- 42dBetween runs (median)longest 815 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 95
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 133C | 75 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 101A | 90 | — |
| Good | 3 | 124B | 118 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 133C | 83 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 101A | 78 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 118C | 95 | — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (7).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 23 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 66 | 5 | 7.6% | −2.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 939 | 107 | 11.4% | +1 | — |
| Good | 5,297 | 549 | 10.4% | 0 | 3 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 2,467 | 267 | 10.8% | +0.4 | 1 from 11 |
| Soft | 5,057 | 519 | 10.3% | −0.1 | 4 from 10 |
| Heavy | 3,159 | 328 | 10.4% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 61 | 6 | 9.8% | −0.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 10 | 1 | 10% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 64 | 5 | 7.8% | −2.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,890 | 502 | 10.3% | −0.1 | 3 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,356 | 661 | 10.4% | 0 | 0 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4,702 | 522 | 11.1% | +0.7 | 3 from 10 |
| Over 3m | 1,022 | 90 | 8.8% | −1.6 | 2 from 7 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 6 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Clody Valley (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m7f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Nelly La Rue (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clody Valley (IRE) | 29 | 2 | 1m7f–2m4f | — |
| Nelly La Rue (IRE) | 22 | 1 | 3m | Class 4 |
| Lilmaurice (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Murphys Filly (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 11 | 1 | 9% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 10 | 4 | 40% | +50.12 |
| Good | 6 | 3 | 50% | +4.66 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +45.75 |
| Class 1 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 3 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.00 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 3 | 100% | +8.62 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +0.41 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aintree | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.25 |
| Haydock | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warwick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wincanton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Plumpton | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.09 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +50.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.50 |
| Taunton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 3 | 30% | +47.62 |
| Over 3m | 7 | 2 | 29% | −1.75 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 3 | 60% | +6.91 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Edwards | 16 | 4 | 25% | +42.87 |
| Wayne Hutchinson | 9 | 2 | 22% | −2.09 |
| Mr Zac Baker | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Bryony Frost | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Johnson | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 26 | 8 | 31% | +48.78 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +47.00 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.75 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.12 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.91 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 21 | 5 | 24% | +41.87 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.91 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 1 | 33% | +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
Quick answers
- How many races has Wishing And Hoping won?
- Wishing And Hoping (IRE) won 8 of 29 archived starts between 2014 and 2023, a strike rate of 27.6%. Placed 13 times in total (44.8% of starts).
- Who trained Wishing And Hoping?
- Wishing And Hoping (IRE) was trained by Mel Rowley on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 29 October 2023.
- Who is Wishing And Hoping's sire?
- Wishing And Hoping (IRE) is by Beneficial (GB) out of Desperately Hoping (IRE), whose sire is Un Desperado.
- What going does Wishing And Hoping prefer?
- Wishing And Hoping (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 6 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Wishing And Hoping's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 143, from the run on 29 October 2023. The highest on record is 146.
- What is Wishing And Hoping's sire's record?
- Beneficial (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Wishing And Hoping's siblings?
- Out of Desperately Hoping (IRE), Wishing And Hoping (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Clody Valley (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Nelly La Rue (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7f–3m. As at Nov 2026.