Herakles (IRE) — Horse Explorer | Saturday Racing

Career Trajectory

last 28 runs · form score 0–100

Win
Placed
Mid-pack
Rear
DNF
OR mark

Peak form: 100
Mean: 39
Win %: 12%
Placed %: 36%
Trend: Climbing

Course Record

15 venues

Specialist on the road. Genuine course specialist at Beverley — well clear of the 36% career baseline.

Newcastle (AW) 41% 3-4-17
Beverley SPEC 60% 0-3-5
Ripon 50% 1-1-4
Pontefract 33% 0-1-3
Haydock 0% 0-0-2
Southwell (AW) 0% 0-0-2
Leicester 100% 0-1-1
Nottingham 100% 1-0-1
Catterick 0% 0-0-1
Doncaster 0% 0-0-1
Musselburgh 0% 0-0-1
Newmarket 0% 0-0-1
Redcar 0% 0-0-1
Thirsk 0% 0-0-1
York 0% 0-0-1

Connections History

14 jockeys · 2 trainers

Jockeys

Paul Mulrennan 29% 2-2-14
Mark Winn NOW 50% 1-4-10
David Nolan 67% 1-3-6
Graham Lee 50% 0-1-2
Jason Hart 100% 1-0-1
Aiden Brookes 0% 0-0-1
Andrew Mullen 0% 0-0-1
Cam Hardie 0% 0-0-1
Daniel Tudhope 0% 0-0-1
Harrison Shaw 0% 0-0-1
Jonny Peate 0% 0-0-1
Oisin McSweeney 0% 0-0-1
Ray Dawson 0% 0-0-1
Warren Fentiman(3) 0% 0-0-1

Trainers

Paul Midgley NOW 37% 4-9-35
Bryan Smart 29% 1-1-7

Going Record

42 classifiable runs

Softspecialist Loves the dig — 100% in-the-money on softer ground vs 20% on fast.

Firm — 0 runs
Good to Firm 20% 0-2-10
Good 36% 4-4-22
Good to Soft 43% 1-2-7
Soft 100% 0-2-2
Heavy 0% 0-0-1

Distance Record

42 classifiable runs

Allrounder Versatile — handles a range of trips with similar effectiveness.

Sprint ≤ 6f 36% 5-10-42
Seven 6½ – 7f — 0 runs
Mile 7f – 1m1f — 0 runs
Middle 1m1f – 1m4f — 0 runs
Staying ≥ 1m4f — 0 runs

Recent Runs

last 10 races · newest first

4th/8 28 May 2026 4 days ago

Ripon
- 5f
- Good
- Class 5
btn 0.05 OR 69 +6

Mark Winn

Taken down early - in touch with leaders - kept on from over 1f out - not reach leaders(op 10/3)
1st/9 9 May 2026 23 days ago

Nottingham
- 5f
- Good
- Class 5
won 0 OR 63 +1

Jason Hart

Travelled strongly - prominent - led 2f out - soon shaken up and hung left - ridden and edged left but ran on well inside final furlong -…
2nd/9 13 Apr 2026 49 days ago

Newcastle (AW)
- 5f
- Standard
- Class 5
btn .75 OR 62 -1

Mark Winn

Taken down early - dwelt start - took keen hold - towards rear - headway from over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong
4th/11 28 Mar 2026 65 days ago

Southwell (AW)
- 5f
- Standard
- Class 6
btn 0.1 OR 63

Paul Mulrennan

Taken down early - towards rear - headway from over 2f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 5/1)
4th/12 10 Mar 2026 83 days ago

Southwell (AW)
- 5f
- Standard
- Class 5
btn .75 OR 63 -1

Paul Mulrennan

Taken down early - in touch with leaders - headway over 2f out - soon pressed leaders - no extra inside final 110yds(op 11/1)
4th/14 7 Nov 2025 206 days ago

Newcastle (AW)
- 5f
- Standard
- Class 5
btn 0.3 OR 64

Paul Mulrennan

Taken down early - in touch with leaders - pressed leaders from 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 11/2)
4th/14 21 Oct 2025 223 days ago

Newcastle (AW)
- 5f
- Standard
- Class 5
btn .5 OR 64 +1

Paul Mulrennan

Taken down early - took keen hold - towards rear - headway from over 1f out - no impression inside final furlong(op 10/1)
2nd/13 2 Oct 2025 242 days ago

Newcastle (AW)
- 5f
- Standard
- Class 6
btn 1.25 OR 63 -2

Paul Mulrennan

Dwelt start - in rear - headway over 1f out - went second inside final furlong - kept on
6th/9 8 Sep 2025 266 days ago

Newcastle (AW)
- 5f
- Standard To Slow
- Class 6
btn .5 OR 65 -1

Mark Winn

Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - prominent over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 10/3 tchd 11/4)
7th/10 14 Aug 2025 291 days ago

Beverley
- 5f
- Good To Firm
- Class 5
btn .5 OR 66

Paul Mulrennan

Sweating - upset in stalls - pulled hard - in touch with leaders - no impression from over 1f out - weakening when slightly hampered final…