How many races has Bolder Bob (IRE) won?

Bolder Bob (IRE) won 4 of 21 archived starts between 2016 and 2020, a strike rate of 19%. Placed 6 times in total (28.6% of starts).

Who trained Bolder Bob (IRE)?

Bolder Bob (IRE) was trained by Brian Ellison on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 1 December 2020.

Who is Bolder Bob (IRE)'s sire?

Bolder Bob (IRE) is by Big Bad Bob (IRE) out of Semiquaver (IRE), whose sire is Mark Of Esteem.

What going does Bolder Bob (IRE) prefer?

Bolder Bob (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Bolder Bob (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 66, from the run on 1 December 2020. The highest on record is 91.

Who are Bolder Bob (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Semiquaver (IRE), Bolder Bob (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Heartsong (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Harwoods Volante (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m3½f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Bolder Bob (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2020) · Last trainer Brian Ellison · Last owner Brian Ellison Racing Club

by Big Bad Bob (IRE) out of Semiquaver (IRE) (Mark Of Esteem)

21 runs · 13 courses · from Oct 2016

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 1 Dec 2020 — 2,149 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Dec 2020 · 6th of 8 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 66

KTB Profile

Bolder Bob (IRE) is 4 from 21. Hasn't won since Aug 2018. Last raced off 66, 25lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance OR ↓ 25lb off peak

4–21Wins / Runs
19%Strike rate
6 (28.6%)Placed
+13.73£1 level staken=21 at SP
1.69Fair A/E n=21 · 1.46 incl. margin
91Highest OR
75dAvg between runs

Official rating66↓ 25lb off peak

66 66–91

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 97 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Catterick, 27 Oct 2020

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 →

Flat 21 figures · best 123^A · median 91

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	6	97^A	89.5	—
Good to Soft	4	123^A	103.5	—
Good	4	93^B	90	—
Standard (AW)	3	86^A	77	—
Good to Firm	3	115^A	110	—
Heavy	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	13	115^A	89	—
1m5f – 2m	6	123^A	88.5	—
1m – 1m1f	2	93^B	92	—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 69^B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Catterick, 27 Oct 2020 Official rating 66 at the last run, 1 Dec 2020

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 →

Flat 21 figures · best 97^A · median 71

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	6	97^A	76	—
Good to Soft	4	87^A	73.5	—
Good	4	79^A	69	—
Standard (AW)	3	67^C	65	—
Good to Firm	3	90^B	77	—
Heavy	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	13	97^A	72	—
1m5f – 2m	6	87^A	68	—
1m – 1m1f	2	79^A	77.5	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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

Big Bad Bob (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since Jan 2008 (314 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	19	3	15.8%	+7	—
Good to Firm	665	63	9.5%	+0.7	1 from 3
Good	1,046	90	8.6%	−0.2	0 from 4
Good to Soft	483	52	10.8%	+2	1 from 4
Soft	863	85	9.8%	+1	2 from 6
Heavy	299	21	7%	−1.8	0 from 1
Standard (AW)	1,192	90	7.6%	−1.2	0 from 3

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	193	18	9.3%	+0.5	—
6f – 7f	1,106	86	7.8%	−1	—
1m – 1m1f	1,084	101	9.3%	+0.5	0 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f	1,033	110	10.6%	+1.8	3 from 13
1m5f – 2m	766	58	7.6%	−1.2	1 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f	287	22	7.7%	−1.1	—
2m5f – 3m	91	8	8.8%	0	—
Over 3m	8	1	12.5%	+3.7	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Semiquaver (IRE) (Mark Of Esteem)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Heartsong (IRE) (8 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Harwoods Volante (IRE)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Heartsong (IRE)	56	8	5f–6f	Class 4
Harwoods Volante (IRE)	52	6	6f–7f	Class 3
Never Said Nothing (IRE)	38	4	1m–1m½f	Class 6
Robert Fitzroy (IRE)	10	1	1m3½f	Class 6
Never Seen Again (IRE)	7	0	—	—
Elusive Joe (IRE)	8	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Soft	6	2	33%	+1.73
Good to Soft	4	1	25%	+6.00
Good	4	0	0%	−4.00
Standard (AW)	3	0	0%	−3.00
Good to Firm	3	1	33%	+14.00
Heavy	1	0	0%	−1.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 5	8	1	13%	−2.00
Class 3	7	2	29%	+20.00
Class 4	4	1	25%	−2.27
Class 2	2	0	0%	−2.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Hamilton	3	1	33%	+7.00
Newcastle (AW)	2	0	0%	−2.00
Catterick	2	0	0%	−2.00
Ripon	2	0	0%	−2.00
York	2	0	0%	−2.00
Leicester	2	1	50%	+4.00
Redcar	2	0	0%	−2.00
Wolverhampton (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Haydock	1	0	0%	−1.00
Pontefract	1	1	100%	+16.00
Thirsk	1	0	0%	−1.00
Beverley	1	1	100%	+0.73
Ayr	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m2f – 1m4f	13	3	23%	+11.73
1m5f – 2m	6	1	17%	+4.00
1m – 1m1f	2	0	0%	−2.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Ben Curtis	7	3	43%	+21.73
Sam James	3	0	0%	−3.00
Graham Lee	2	0	0%	−2.00
Tom Eaves	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ben Robinson	1	0	0%	−1.00
Rowan Scott	1	0	0%	−1.00
Dougie Costello	1	0	0%	−1.00
Oisin Murphy	1	0	0%	−1.00
Andrew Mullen	1	0	0%	−1.00
Fran Berry	1	1	100%	+5.00
Phillip Makin	1	0	0%	−1.00
Graham Gibbons	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	16	4	25%	+18.73
Hood	3	0	0%	−3.00
E/S	2	0	0%	−2.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2020	9	0	0%	−9.00
2018	5	2	40%	+22.00
2017	6	2	33%	+1.73
2016	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

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	OR	Spd	KTB	Jockey	SP
01 Dec 20+17d	Newcastle (AW)	Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap Class 5 · 16.5f · Standard · 8 ran	6/8	hd	9-12	66	86^A	65^A	Tom Eaves	18/1
14 Nov 20+18d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Betway Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran	11/12	½	9-2	68	77^A	64^A	Ben Robinson	33/1
27 Oct 20+10d	Catterick	Millbry Hill Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Soft · 6 ran	3/6	1½	8-13	71	97^A	69^B	Graham Lee	11/4
17 Oct 20+46d	Catterick	Follow WillHillRacing On Twitter Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Soft · 11 ran	5/11	¾	9-5	74	88^A	72^A	Graham Lee	18/1
01 Sep 20+16d	Hamilton	Careers In Racing With scottishracingacademy.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 11f · Soft · 9 ran	7/9	nk	10-2	77	78^A	76^A	Rowan Scott	18/1
16 Aug 20+23d	Ripon	attheraces.com Handicap Class 3 · 14f · Good To Soft · 6 ran	5/6	6	9-5	81	94^A	71^B	Sam James	40/1
24 Jul 20+15d	Ripon	Ripon Farm Services Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Good · 5 ran	5/5	6	9-7	85	75^C	69^B	Sam James	22/1
09 Jul 20+38d	York	New Sporting Life App Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Soft · 11 ran	10/11	8	9-4	87	86^C	60^C	Dougie Costello	100/1
01 Jun 20+632d	Newcastle (AW)	Betway Handicap Class 3 · 12.5f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran	10/12	24	9-2	90	47^C	67^C	Sam James	125/1
08 Sep 18+31d	Haydock	32red Casino Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Heavy · 8 ran	7/8	3¾	8-12	91	56^C	67^C	Oisin Murphy	4/1
08 Aug 18+82d	Pontefract	Tiesplanet.com - Ladies Love Guys In Ties Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Firm · 6 ran	1/6		9-3	90	115^A	90^B	Ben Curtis	16/1
18 May 18+12d	Hamilton	Palmaris Services Braveheart Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Firm · 10 ran	9/10	10	9-1	82	110^C	67^C	Ben Curtis	3/1J
06 May 18+15d	Hamilton	Totesport.com Buttonhook Handicap Class 3 · 13f · Good To Soft · 11 ran	1/11		9-1	82	123^A	87^A	Ben Curtis	9/1
21 Apr 18+190d	Thirsk	JW 4x4 Northallerton Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Good To Soft · 16 ran	9/16	2¼	9-2	83	113^C	76^A	Ben Curtis	13/2
13 Oct 17+23d	York	Unibet Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Good · 13 ran	11/13	1	8-1	84	91^C	67^A	Andrew Mullen	20/1
20 Sep 17+43d	Beverley	Bet totetrifecta At betfred.com Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Soft · 7 ran	1/7		9-0	77	87^A	82^A	Ben Curtis	8/11F
08 Aug 17+31d	Leicester	Nelson Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Soft · 8 ran	1/8		9-6	69	96^B	97^A	Fran Berry	5/1
08 Jul 17+15d	Leicester	Tap'n'Shower Showroom Products At Trade Prices Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 12 ran	4/12	3¼	9-7	69	105^A	77^A	Ben Curtis	11/2
23 Jun 17+24d	Ayr	Heverlee Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 9f · Good · 8 ran	3/8	½	9-3	—	93^B	79^A	Ben Curtis	10/1
30 May 17+218d	Redcar	Racing Uk Hd On Sky432 Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good · 5 ran	3/5	5	9-0	—	89^C	69^B	Phillip Makin	7/4F
24 Oct 16	Redcar	European Breeders' Fund - Double Trigger EBF Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 9f · Soft · 8 ran	3/8	1¾	9-5	—	91^A	76^A	Graham Gibbons	16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Bolder Bob (IRE) won?: Bolder Bob (IRE) won 4 of 21 archived starts between 2016 and 2020, a strike rate of 19%. Placed 6 times in total (28.6% of starts).
Who trained Bolder Bob (IRE)?: Bolder Bob (IRE) was trained by Brian Ellison on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 1 December 2020.
Who is Bolder Bob (IRE)'s sire?: Bolder Bob (IRE) is by Big Bad Bob (IRE) out of Semiquaver (IRE), whose sire is Mark Of Esteem.
What going does Bolder Bob (IRE) prefer?: Bolder Bob (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Bolder Bob (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 66, from the run on 1 December 2020. The highest on record is 91.
What is Bolder Bob (IRE)'s sire's record?: Big Bad Bob (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since Jan 2008 (314 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Bolder Bob (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Semiquaver (IRE), Bolder Bob (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Heartsong (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Harwoods Volante (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m3½f. As at Oct 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

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Record by conditions

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