Hard Too Impress (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

19-Nov-20

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

All Too Hard

Dam

Presslist

Prize Money

63675

Trainer

Brett Thompson

Owners

Thompson Racing (Mgr: B R E Thompson), A M Muollo, C Hadjiparaskeva, DCT (Mgr: Ms L M Curry), Mrs N D Gibson, Miss J R Gibson, R W Rayner, S Manners-Nunan, Ms S M Bradbury, T Ristevski & P Hickman

About

Hard Too Impress, a 6yo bay gelding from Australia, is trained by Brett Thompson of Gulgong. He is by All Too Hard out of Presslist. He has recorded 2 career wins. On 23 Dec 2024 at Bathurst he secured his most important win to date, earning the $30,000 Maiden Set Weight prize.

Raced At

Wellington • Narromine • Dubbo • Mudgee

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Wellington 15-Sep-26 900m SOFT 6 R1 OPEN TRIAL, Winning Time: 00:54.360 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.690 1st Gallant Star ( C Gallagher ) 2nd Hard Too Impress ( J Pracey-holmes ) 2.34L 3rd Rule Of Faith ( I Neale ) 4.74L	J Pracey-holmes 2.34L	2 (9)
Narromine 18-Oct-25 1200m GOOD 4 R3 CL1 $8,150 (of $16,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:09.660, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st 1st Hard Too Impress ( J Pracey-holmes 58.5 ) 2nd Dig Bee ( M Weir 57 ) 1.28L 3rd Bushwalker ( J Quince 55 , Cd 53.5 ) 1.95L See full results	J Pracey-holmes 58.5kg	1 (10)
Dubbo 03-Oct-25 1000m GOOD 4 R8 CL1 (of $27,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 00:56.150, SP: 7.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 13th 1st Echelon ( M Bell 56.5 ) 2nd Nevermista ( G Buckley 56 ) 0.39L 3rd Brutal Love ( K Nestor 60.5 ) 1.71L 11th Hard Too Impress ( A Bullock 57.5 , Cd 58.5 ) 7.39L See full results	A Bullock 57.5kg, Cd 58.5kg 7.39L	11 (14)
Mudgee 07-Sep-25 1200m GOOD 4 R7 CL1 $500 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.540, SP: 8.50 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th 1st Blend Of Three ( M Bell 58.5 ) 2nd Bulla Vinaka ( B Nock 55.5 ) 1.57L 3rd Ivana ( E Ly 58 , Cd 56 ) 2.49L 8th Hard Too Impress ( J Pracey-holmes 58 ) 5.91L See full results	J Pracey-holmes 58kg 5.91L	8 (10)
Narromine 24-Aug-25 1200m SOFT 7 R6 CL1 $5,050 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:15.400, SP: 2.80 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 8th 1st Mean Girls ( W A Peel 55 ) 2nd Hard Too Impress ( B Nock 58.5 ) 1.91L 3rd Saint Philomena ( K Bell-pitomac 55 ) 2.05L See full results	B Nock 58.5kg 1.91L	2 (11)