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Sporting Hero: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Sporting Hero is a 6-year-old gelding by Bobby's Kitten, trained by William Durkan. He has won 10 of 50 starts and placed in 7 more, for £13,790 in prize money. His best trip is 6f, where 4 wins from 19 is a 21% strike rate against 19% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:49 at Laytown on 10 September. His best performance rating is 88, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 50
  • Wins 10
  • Placed 17
  • Strike rate 20%
  • Prize money £13,790
  • Best rating 88
  • Official rating 75

Where Sporting Hero runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:49 Laytown Bet With Tote On Racing & Sports (Q.R.) Handicap —

Sporting Hero form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
27 Aug 26 Navan (IRE) Navan Racing Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Handicap 6f Good 6 6.5 33/1 Jamie Orr 75
20 Aug 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Unio Employee Benefits Handicap 7f Good To Yielding 11 9 50/1 Jamie Orr 75
26 May 26 Dundalk (AW) Put The Fun In Fundraising At Dundalk Handicap 5f Standard 12 12 7/1 Jamie Orr 78
9 May 26 Naas Coonan Cawley LLP In Support Of McAuley Place Handicap 6f Good 13 11 14/1 Jamie Orr 79
25 Apr 26 Navan Kilberry Apprentice Handicap 5f Good To Yielding 1 — 11/1 Jamie Orr 69
11 Apr 26 Bellewstown His Majesty's Cup Handicap 5f Soft 6 3 15/2 Jamie Orr 71
1 Apr 26 Dundalk (AW) Put The Fun Into Fundraising At Dundalk Handicap 6f Standard 10 12.5 11/1 Chris Hayes 79
20 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap 6f Standard 1 — 12/1 Chris Hayes 75
27 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Claiming Race 6f Standard 4 2 5/1 Alan Casey 75
13 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap 5f Standard 1 — 11/2 Elizabeth Gale 70
28 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Join Us On Instagram At dundalk_stadium Handicap 6f Standard 11 12.25 13/2 Mel Sheridan 72
9 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap 5f Standard 6 5.5 6/1 Darragh O'Sullivan 74
12 Dec 25 Dundalk (AW) BAR 1 Betting Download New App Handicap 6f Standard 8 3 11/1 Nicola Burns 75
5 Dec 25 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 5f Standard 4 4.25 9/2 Nicola Burns 76
26 Nov 25 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 6f Standard 8 11.75 22/1 Mel Sheridan 77
14 Nov 25 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 6f Standard 2 3.25 9/1 Alan Casey 77
5 Nov 25 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Claiming Race 6f Standard 1 — 10/3J Alan Casey 77
16 Oct 25 Curragh Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Apprentice Handicap 5f Yielding 7 4.5 18/1 Alan Casey 70
1 Oct 25 Bellewstown WTW Willis Handicap 5f Soft 7 4 22/1 Seamie Heffernan 72
19 Jul 25 Curragh Kwiff Supercharged Betting Scurry Handicap (Premier Handicap) 6.5f Good 14 15 100/1 Killian Leonard 76
12 Jul 25 Dundalk (AW) Ladies Day At Dundalk Handicap 5f Standard 7 5.25 22/1 Alan Casey 82
29 Jun 25 Curragh Dubai Duty Free Rockingham Handicap (Premier Handicap) 5f Good 8 4 40/1 Nicola Burns 77
29 Mar 25 Curragh Tote Never Beaten By SP Handicap 5f Soft 11 13.5 33/1 Alan Casey 85
21 Mar 25 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap 5f Standard 2 .5 4/1 Dylan O'Connor 85
21 Feb 25 Dundalk (AW) Racing TV Club Day Handicap 5f Standard 1 — 11/2 Alan Casey 82
14 Feb 25 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap 5f Standard 1 — 7/2F Dylan O'Connor 75
7 Feb 25 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap 5f Standard 3 1.75 11/2 J M Sheridan 75
29 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Join Us On Instagram At dundalk_stadium Handicap 6f Standard 7 2.75 7/2F Nicola Burns 75
6 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 5f Standard 2 .25 7/2C Nicola Burns 75
29 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap (47-75) 6f Standard 1 — 9/2 Nicola Burns 68
13 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-70) 5f Standard 3 1.25 5/1 Nicola Burns 69
6 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Claiming Race 6f Standard 1 — 11/2 Nicola Burns 69
17 Oct 24 Curragh Equine Care Group - Nutritional Solutions Handicap (47-75) 5f Yielding To Soft 10 7 25/1 Jack Kearney 70
28 Sep 24 Curragh SBK Joe McGrath Premier Handicap 5f Good To Yielding 15 12 33/1 Wesley Joyce 70
21 Sep 24 Navan Kilberry Handicap 5f Good 4 .5 12/1 Wayne Hassett 70
24 Aug 24 Curragh FBD Hotels And Resorts Saturday Series Handicap 5f Good 8 5 14/1 Daniel King 73
9 Aug 24 Tipperary Junction Gastro Bar & Guesthouse Handicap 5f Good To Firm 7 6.5 17/2 James Ryan 77
14 Jun 24 Cork Sign Up To Our Newsletter Handicap 5f Good To Yielding 7 7.75 9/1 J M Sheridan 79
28 May 24 Tipperary TipperaryRacecourse.ie Handicap 5f Soft 2 3.75 12/1 Daniel King 79
11 May 24 Naas TRM Kurasyn Handicap 6f Good 13 16 18/1 J M Sheridan 80
21 Apr 24 Curragh Newbridge Silverware Sprint Handicap 5f Soft To Heavy 4 2.75 66/1 Sean D Bowen 81
5 Apr 24 Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap 6f Standard 11 8.75 33/1 Daniel King 82
3 Nov 23 Newcastle (AW) BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap Class 3 6f Standard 7 2.5 11/1 Billy Loughnane 83
7 Oct 23 Wolverhampton (AW) bet365 Handicap Class 3 6f Standard 8 5.5 12/1 Billy Loughnane 84
13 Sep 23 Southwell (AW) William Hill Extra Place Races Daily Racing League Race 41 Handicap Class 3 5f Standard 3 .5 8/1 Daniel Muscutt 82
20 May 23 Doncaster Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 4 6f Good 7 8 10/1 Callum Shepherd 85
6 May 23 Thirsk Vickers.Bet Coronation Trophy Handicap Class 3 5f Soft 6 4 3/1 Jason Watson 85
11 Oct 22 Newcastle (AW) EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 5f Standard 1 — 10/11F Andrea Atzeni –
31 Aug 22 Lingfield (AW) Leger Festival On Sky Sports Racing Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 5f Standard 1 — 9/4 Andrea Atzeni –
29 Jul 22 Newmarket Watch Live On Racing TV British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 6f Good To Firm 5 11 20/1 Jamie Spencer –

Last time out

Finished 6 in the Navan Racing Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Handicap at Navan (IRE) on 27 August 2026. Sat close to the front pack early - pushed along in 3rd with 2f left before slipping to 5th approaching the final furlong - held no more in reserve at the finish.

Sporting Hero by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
5f 29 6 21%
6f 19 4 21%
7f 1 0 0%
6.5f 1 0 0%

Sporting Hero by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Standard 28 9 32%
Good 8 0 0%
Soft 5 0 0%
Good To Yielding 4 1 25%
Good To Firm 2 0 0%
Yielding 1 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 1 0 0%
Soft To Heavy 1 0 0%

Sporting Hero by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Dundalk (AW) 23 7 30%
Curragh 8 0 0%
Naas 2 0 0%
Navan 2 1 50%
Bellewstown 2 0 0%
Tipperary 2 0 0%
Newcastle (AW) 2 1 50%
Navan (IRE) 1 0 0%
Leopardstown (IRE) 1 0 0%
Cork 1 0 0%

Sporting Hero breeding

  • Sire Bobby's Kitten (USA)
  • Dam Clouds Rest (GB)
  • Damsire Showcasing (GB)
  • Breeder Whitsbury Manor Stud
  • Foaled 9 March 2020

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