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Horse profile

Word Has It (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2024) · Last trainer Donald McCain · Last owner T G Leslie
by Jeremy (USA) out of Rathfeigh (IRE) (Pilsudski)
18 runs · 13 courses · from Nov 2019
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Mar 2024 — 954 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2024 · 4th of 4 3 wins · Fontwell, Kelso & Carlisle Last raced off OR 118
KTB Profile

Word Has It won three of 18 starts on turf between Nov 2019 and Mar 2024. Wins came at Fontwell, Kelso and Carlisle, two of them over 2m1f – 2m4f on heavy and soft ground and one over 1m5f – 2m on good. The gelding, aged 10 at his last run in Mar 2024, finished fourth of four at Fontwell off an official rating of 118, 12lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 12lb off peak
Official rating118↓ 12lb off peak
118 107–130

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 135 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Wetherby, 3 Dec 2022

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 12 figures · best 135A · median 109
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Heavy5125A122—
Soft5135A95—
Good to Soft2112A109—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7135A95—
2m1f – 2m4f5133B122—

Of 18 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 18 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 129A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Warwick, 13 Jan 2024 Official rating 118 at the last run, 18 Mar 2024

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 16 figures · best 145B · median 121.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Heavy6138A109—
Soft6136A125—
Good to Soft3145B137—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m9145B129—
2m1f – 2m4f7136A112—

Of 18 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 18 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 6,724 runs since Jan 2008 (425 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.5% from 664. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 147. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.8% from 743.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%−1.2—
Good to Firm386379.6%−1.6—
Good1,81120711.4%+0.21 from 1
Good to Soft1,04414513.9%+2.70 from 3
Soft1,95322011.3%+0.11 from 7
Heavy8569010.5%−0.71 from 7
Standard (AW)664507.5%−3.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f192199.9%−1.3—
6f – 7f743587.8%−3.4—
1m – 1m1f653629.5%−1.7—
1m2f – 1m4f6846910.1%−1.1—
1m5f – 2m1,88924112.8%+1.61 from 11
2m1f – 2m4f1,68021112.6%+1.42 from 7
2m5f – 3m736669%−2.2—
Over 3m1472416.3%+5.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Rathfeigh (IRE) (Pilsudski)

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
Heavy 7 1 14% −1.50
Soft 7 1 14% −4.80
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 1 1 100% +0.18

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 9 1 11% −3.50
Class 4 8 2 25% −4.62
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Carlisle 3 1 33% −0.80
Kelso 3 1 33% −1.82
Fontwell 2 1 50% +3.50
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 11 1 9% −9.82
2m1f – 2m4f 7 2 29% +0.70

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Brian Hughes 7 2 29% −3.62
Peter Kavanagh 6 1 17% −0.50
Theo Gillard 2 0 0% −2.00
William Maggs 1 0 0% −1.00
Henry Brooke 1 0 0% −1.00
William Kennedy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 2 20% −6.62
Tongue tie 8 1 13% −2.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 5 1 20% +0.50
2022 3 0 0% −3.00
2021 3 2 67% +0.38
2020 3 0 0% −3.00
2019 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 15 3 20% −6.12
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00
NH Flat 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 3 runs
18 Mar 24+32d Fontwell RJS Waste Management Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19f · Heavy · 4 ran 4/4 71 11-11 11853C103C Peter Kavanagh 7/1
15 Feb 24+33d Sandown St Barbara Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 7 11-11 12095C110C Peter Kavanagh 15/2
13 Jan 24+55d Warwick Michael Costello Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 2¾ 11-9 12288A129A William Maggs 17/2
2023 · 5 runs
19 Nov 23+218d Fontwell BetGoodwin Romford Bull Salmon Spray Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 17.5f · Heavy · 3 ran 1/3 10-13 121122C119C Peter Kavanagh 9/2
15 Apr 23+33d Newcastle Acorn Catering Equipment Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 17f · Heavy · 7 ran 6/7 7 11-7 123—106A Peter Kavanagh 9/2
13 Mar 23+35d Stratford Better Value With Racecourse Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 3 11-4 123106C145B Theo Gillard 16/1
06 Feb 23+32d Carlisle Derwent Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 4 ran 3/4 19 11-3 12388C103C Theo Gillard 7/1
05 Jan 23+33d Ffos Las dragonbet.co.uk New Online Bookmaker Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Heavy · 7 ran 3/7 ½ 11-9 125125A138A Peter Kavanagh 4/1
2022 · 3 runs
03 Dec 22+288d Wetherby Vickers.bet Proudly Supporting British Racing Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 6½ 11-1 127135A124A Peter Kavanagh 8/1
18 Feb 22+33d Kelso Get Expert Tips At timeform.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 4/5 3 11-4 12987C103C Brian Hughes 7/2
16 Jan 22+29d Kelso Kelso Betting Ring Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 2½ 11-12 130—137B Brian Hughes 9/2
2021 · 3 runs
18 Dec 21+271d Haydock Virgin Bet Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 6 ran F/6 — 11-11 130—— Brian Hughes 10/3
22 Mar 21+28d Kelso William Hill Leading Racecourse Bookmaker Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 11-6 128—132A Brian Hughes 2/11F
22 Feb 21+62d Carlisle MansionBet's Watch And Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 12 ran 1/12 11-4 115133B136A Brian Hughes 6/5F
2020 · 3 runs
22 Dec 20+43d Sedgefield Download The Star Sports App Now! Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 8 ran 2/8 3¾ 11-6 107—126A Brian Hughes 4/1
09 Nov 20+313d Carlisle Watch Racing TV Now Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 17f · Heavy · 12 ran 3/12 10 10-12 —122A112A Brian Hughes 14/1
01 Jan 20+32d Catterick Happy New Year Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 15 11-2 —112A98B Henry Brooke 10/1
2019 · 1 run
30 Nov 19 Bangor-on-Dee corbettsports.com Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 16.5f · Heavy · 5 ran F/5 — 10-12 ——— William Kennedy 5/1

Quick answers

How many races has Word Has It won?
Word Has It (IRE) won 3 of 18 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 6 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Word Has It?
Word Has It (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 18 March 2024.
Who is Word Has It's sire?
Word Has It (IRE) is by Jeremy (USA) out of Rathfeigh (IRE), whose sire is Pilsudski.
What going does Word Has It prefer?
Word Has It (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Word Has It's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 18 March 2024. The highest on record is 130.
What is Word Has It's sire's record?
Jeremy (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 6,724 runs since Jan 2008 (425 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.5% from 664. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 147. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.8% from 743.

Record shown from November 2019. 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.