How many races has Gripper (GB) won?

Gripper (GB) won 2 of 47 archived starts between 2017 and 2023, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 10 times in total (21.3% of starts).

Who trained Gripper (GB)?

Gripper (GB) was trained by William Young Jnr on the most recent run on record, at Perth on 17 May 2023.

Who is Gripper (GB)'s sire?

Gripper (GB) is by Thewayyouare (USA) out of Hold On Tight (IRE), whose sire is Hernando.

What going does Gripper (GB) prefer?

Gripper (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 11 starts (9.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Gripper (GB)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 17 May 2023. The highest on record is 104.

Who are Gripper (GB)'s siblings?

Out of Hold On Tight (IRE), Gripper (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Self Inflicted Sid (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Self Inflicted Sid (GB)). The wins came over 1m6f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Gripper (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, May 2023) · Last trainer William Young Jnr · Last owner Exors Of The Late W G Young

by Thewayyouare (USA) out of Hold On Tight (IRE) (Hernando)

47 runs · 16 courses · from Aug 2017

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

No run recorded since 17 May 2023 — 1,253 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run May 2023 2 wins · Perth & Chelmsford City (AW) Last raced off OR 88

KTB Profile

Gripper (GB) is 2 from 47. Hasn't won since Aug 2021. Last raced off 88, 16lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 47 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance OR ↓ 16lb off peak

2–47Wins / Runs
4.3%Strike rate
10 (21.3%)Placed
−11.09£1 level staken=47 at SP
0.46Fair A/E n=47 · 0.39 incl. margin
104Highest OR
45dAvg between runs

Official rating88↓ 16lb off peak

88 49–104

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 134 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Perth, 14 Aug 2021

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 20 figures · best 134^B · median 92.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	14	134^B	101.5	—
Soft	3	76^A	67	—
Good to Soft	3	109^B	92	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	8	134^A	87	—
1m5f – 2m	8	134^B	84.5	—
2m5f – 3m	4	118^A	109	—

Flat 19 figures · best 109^A · median 82

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	11	101^B	82	—
Good to Firm	4	103^A	85.5	—
Good	3	109^A	87	—
Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	9	109^A	88	—
1m2f – 1m4f	7	89^C	80	—
1m – 1m1f	2	90^A	85.5	—
6f – 7f	1	—	—	—

Of 47 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (8).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 39 figures from 47 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 103^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Perth, 23 Sep 2021 Official rating 88 at the last jumps run, 17 May 2023

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 55^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hamilton, 3 Jun 2021 Official rating 49 at the last flat run, 30 Jul 2021

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 20 figures · best 130^A · median 96

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	14	130^A	98	—
Soft	3	101^A	73	—
Good to Soft	3	103^A	93	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	8	111^B	98	—
1m5f – 2m	8	130^A	87	—
2m5f – 3m	4	107^A	95	—

Flat 19 figures · best 79^A · median 60

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	11	79^A	60	—
Good to Firm	4	71^A	66.5	—
Good	3	64^A	54	—
Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	9	64^A	59	—
1m2f – 1m4f	7	79^A	65	—
1m – 1m1f	2	69^A	61.5	—
6f – 7f	1	—	—	—

Of 47 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (8).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 39 figures from 47 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

Thewayyouare (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,151 runs since Jan 2008 (166 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	7	1	14.3%	+6	—
Good to Firm	247	23	9.3%	+1	0 from 4
Good	488	34	7%	−1.3	1 from 23
Good to Soft	249	17	6.8%	−1.5	0 from 5
Soft	362	24	6.6%	−1.7	0 from 4
Heavy	153	9	5.9%	−2.4	—
Standard (AW)	645	71	11%	+2.7	1 from 11

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	38	2	5.3%	−3	—
6f – 7f	364	29	8%	−0.3	0 from 1
1m – 1m1f	489	44	9%	+0.7	0 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f	528	54	10.2%	+1.9	0 from 7
1m5f – 2m	440	32	7.3%	−1	2 from 20
2m1f – 2m4f	181	10	5.5%	−2.8	0 from 12
2m5f – 3m	92	7	7.6%	−0.7	0 from 5
Over 3m	19	1	5.3%	−3	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Hold On Tight (IRE) (Hernando)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Self Inflicted Sid (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m6f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Self Inflicted Sid (GB)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Self Inflicted Sid (GB)	5	1	1m6f	Class 4
Uncle Swayze (GB)	6	0	—	—
Diegos Icon (GB)	1	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good	23	1	4%	+11.00
Standard (AW)	11	1	9%	−9.09
Good to Soft	5	0	0%	−5.00
Soft	4	0	0%	−4.00
Good to Firm	4	0	0%	−4.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 5	22	1	5%	−20.09
Class 4	16	1	6%	+18.00
Class 6	9	0	0%	−9.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Perth	17	1	6%	+17.00
Musselburgh	7	0	0%	−7.00
Newcastle (AW)	4	0	0%	−4.00
Cartmel	3	0	0%	−3.00
Hexham	2	0	0%	−2.00
Wolverhampton (AW)	2	0	0%	−2.00
Chelmsford City (AW)	2	1	50%	−0.09
Lingfield (AW)	2	0	0%	−2.00
Carlisle	1	0	0%	−1.00
Hamilton	1	0	0%	−1.00
Kelso	1	0	0%	−1.00
Uttoxeter	1	0	0%	−1.00
Lingfield	1	0	0%	−1.00
Newbury	1	0	0%	−1.00
Leicester	1	0	0%	−1.00
Kempton (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m5f – 2m	20	2	10%	+15.91
2m1f – 2m4f	12	0	0%	−12.00
1m2f – 1m4f	7	0	0%	−7.00
2m5f – 3m	5	0	0%	−5.00
1m – 1m1f	2	0	0%	−2.00
6f – 7f	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Derek Fox	19	1	5%	+15.00
Blair Campbell	4	0	0%	−4.00
Conner McCann	3	0	0%	−3.00
Harry Bentley	3	1	33%	−1.09
Cam Hardie	2	0	0%	−2.00
Pat Dobbs	2	0	0%	−2.00
Conor Rabbitt	1	0	0%	−1.00
Thomas Willmott	1	0	0%	−1.00
Sam Coltherd	1	0	0%	−1.00
Miss Zoe Rodgers	1	0	0%	−1.00
Patrick Wadge	1	0	0%	−1.00
Lewis Stones	1	0	0%	−1.00
Tom Eaves	1	0	0%	−1.00
Harrison Shaw	1	0	0%	−1.00
Graham Lee	1	0	0%	−1.00
Rhona Pindar	1	0	0%	−1.00
Richard Kingscote	1	0	0%	−1.00
Miss Serena Brotherton	1	0	0%	−1.00
Martin Harley	1	0	0%	−1.00
David Probert	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Tongue tie + blinkers	15	0	0%	−15.00
None	13	0	0%	−13.00
Tongue tie	8	1	13%	+26.00
Blinkers	6	1	17%	−4.09
Cheekpieces	5	0	0%	−5.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2023	1	0	0%	−1.00
2021	19	1	5%	+15.00
2020	8	0	0%	−8.00
2019	10	0	0%	−10.00
2018	7	1	14%	−5.09
2017	2	0	0%	−2.00

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Hurdle	23	1	4%	+11.00
Flat	19	1	5%	−17.09
Chase	5	0	0%	−5.00

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
17 May 23+527d	Perth	Murrayshall Meetings And Events Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good · 8 ran	PU/8	—	11-4	88	—	—	Conor Rabbitt	80/1
06 Dec 21+37d	Musselburgh	Scottish Racing Academy Christmas Jumper Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 22f · Good To Soft · 11 ran	PU/11	—	10-13	90	—	—	Derek Fox	33/1
30 Oct 21+16d	Musselburgh	Racing Tv Go North Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 7 ran	7/7	13	10-7	94	67^C	73^C	Thomas Willmott	20/1
14 Oct 21+13d	Carlisle	Like Racing TV On Facebook Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good · 5 ran	5/5	40	10-8	97	62^C	75^C	Sam Coltherd	17/2
01 Oct 21+8d	Hexham	Loraine Coates Birthday Celebration Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran	F/7	—	10-8	99	—	—	Derek Fox	9/1
23 Sep 21+17d	Perth	Welcome Back On-Course Bookmakers Jet Master Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 9 ran	5/9	6½	10-12	104	92^A	103^A	Derek Fox	17/2
06 Sep 21+9d	Perth	Auto Services Perth Ltd 24Hour Recovery Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Good · 5 ran	3/5	9	11-5	104	102^C	109^B	Derek Fox	9/1
28 Aug 21+14d	Cartmel	Fitzdares Club Loves Cartmel Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 17f · Good · 5 ran	2/5	9	11-7	99	101^C	111^B	Derek Fox	14/1
14 Aug 21+15d	Perth	Rhubarb And Ginger Edinburgh Gin Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good · 13 ran	1/13		11-4	79	134^B	130^A	Derek Fox	33/1
30 Jul 21+2d	Musselburgh	Join Racing TV Now Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Class 6 · 13f · Good · 11 ran	11/11	1¾	9-5	49	61^A	44^A	Miss Zoe Rodgers	50/1
28 Jul 21+17d	Perth	Autoservices Perth Ltd Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 11 ran	6/11	2¾	10-8	80	109^B	93^A	Derek Fox	5/1
11 Jul 21+10d	Perth	Horizon Parking Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 8 ran	7/8	9	9-9	81	56^C	59^C	Patrick Wadge	3/1J
01 Jul 21+12d	Perth	Join Racingtv Now Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Good · 14 ran	2/14	7	10-4	81	109^C	107^A	Derek Fox	6/1
19 Jun 21+16d	Perth	Support The IJF injuredjockeys.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Good · 9 ran	3/9	7½	10-3	82	118^A	97^B	Derek Fox	7/1
03 Jun 21+3d	Hamilton	Stay At Hampton By Hilton Hamilton Park Handicap Class 6 · 13f · Good To Firm · 11 ran	6/11	1¾	8-9	50	103^A	55^A	Conner McCann	25/1
31 May 21+18d	Cartmel	Tony Connell Memorial Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 22f · Good · 11 ran	7/11	4¼	10-10	84	109^A	92^A	Derek Fox	8/1
13 May 21+13d	Perth	Lodge At Perth Racecourse Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 11 ran	3/11	2	10-9	86	76^A	101^A	Lewis Stones	14/1
30 Apr 21+7d	Musselburgh	Follow WillHillRacing On Twitter Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Good · 8 ran	3/8	12	8-6	52	87^A	54^A	Conner McCann	40/1
23 Apr 21+10d	Perth	Heritage Portfolio's Essential Workers Cafe 1613 Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 20f · Good · 6 ran	4/6	3½	10-11	88	67^A	95^B	Derek Fox	16/1
13 Apr 21+182d	Newcastle (AW)	QuinnBet Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 12.5f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran	5/10	3½	8-13	54	80^A	50^A	Conner McCann	28/1
13 Oct 20+20d	Newcastle (AW)	Watch Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Handicap Class 6 · 16.5f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran	7/14	4	9-5	56	101^B	60^A	Tom Eaves	50/1
23 Sep 20+7d	Perth	Haste Ye Back Derek Halley Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 20f · Good · 11 ran	2/11	3	10-13	87	82^A	105^A	Derek Fox	25/1
16 Sep 20+25d	Kelso	Borders Carers Trust Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 17f · Good · 11 ran	PU/11	—	10-5	87	—	—	Blair Campbell	25/1
22 Aug 20+32d	Uttoxeter	Download The At The Races App Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 20f · Good · 12 ran	PU/12	—	10-8	87	—	—	Derek Fox	10/1
21 Jul 20+20d	Perth	Thank You NHS From Perth Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 20f · Good · 9 ran	F/9	—	10-8	87	—	—	Derek Fox	15/2
01 Jul 20+10d	Musselburgh	Join Racing TV Now Handicap Class 6 · 16f · Good · 9 ran	6/9	1	8-13	60	109^A	64^A	Harrison Shaw	10/1
21 Jun 20+15d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Standeford Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran	5/10	½	9-3	60	94^C	61^C	Cam Hardie	33/1
06 Jun 20+198d	Newcastle (AW)	Betway Live Casino Handicap (Div 1) Class 4 · 10f · Standard · 11 ran	8/11	nk	8-2	60	55^A	57^A	Cam Hardie	100/1
21 Nov 19+15d	Newcastle (AW)	Betway Live Casino Handicap Class 6 · 12.5f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran	13/14	13	9-10	65	31^C	60^C	Graham Lee	150/1
06 Nov 19+22d	Musselburgh	Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran	7/9	1½	10-0	92	77^C	74^C	Derek Fox	16/1
15 Oct 19+43d	Musselburgh	Every Race Live On RacingTV Handicap Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran	6/10	6	8-13	67	53^A	59^A	Rhona Pindar	66/1
02 Sep 19+34d	Hexham	Free Tips Available On Attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 6 ran	PU/6	—	10-9	100	—	—	Blair Campbell	16/1
30 Jul 19+16d	Perth	Edinburgh Gin Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 9 ran	4/9	1¼	10-7	92	109^B	99^A	Blair Campbell	12/1
14 Jul 19+22d	Perth	News Scotland Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran	PU/10	—	11-1	97	—	—	Blair Campbell	14/1
22 Jun 19+26d	Perth	Pentland Land Rover Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 14 ran	9/14	2¾	11-5	101	92^C	94^C	Derek Fox	8/1
27 May 19+11d	Cartmel	Cartmel Remembers Kenneth Slack Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good · 10 ran	3/10	18	10-8	—	134^A	84^A	Derek Fox	7/2
16 May 19+21d	Perth	Brown & Blacks Even Better Times Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 9 ran	4/9	¾	10-10	—	93^A	101^A	Derek Fox	33/1
25 Apr 19+217d	Perth	Edwards Engineering 50th Anniversary Kinnoull Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 9 ran	8/9	24	10-7	—	53^C	73^C	Derek Fox	50/1
20 Sep 18+21d	Chelmsford City (AW)	totepool Cashback Club At totesport.com Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Standard · 10 ran	7/10	2¼	9-4	68	84^C	59^C	Richard Kingscote	5/2
30 Aug 18+26d	Chelmsford City (AW)	Abbot Ale Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Standard · 3 ran	1/3		8-10	67	88^C	56^C	Harry Bentley	10/11F
04 Aug 18+9d	Lingfield	Best Odds Guaranteed At 188Bet Handicap Class 5 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran	3/5	nse	9-3	68	77^C	68^B	Harry Bentley	7/4F
26 Jul 18+19d	Newbury	Great Western Wine Amateur Riders' Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 14 ran	5/14	2¾	10-2	69	89^C	71^A	Miss Serena Brotherton	9/4F
07 Jul 18+24d	Leicester	Tap'nshower.com Nationwide Deliveries Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 7 ran	6/7	½	9-7	69	82^A	65^A	Martin Harley	9/4J
13 Jun 18+41d	Kempton (AW)	32red On The App Store Handicap Class 5 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran	2/11	1	9-4	67	82^A	79^A	Harry Bentley	8/1
03 May 18+219d	Lingfield (AW)	Download The App At 188Bet Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran	9/12	shd	9-5	—	90^A	54^A	David Probert	8/1
26 Sep 17+26d	Lingfield (AW)	Get 1/4 Odds At 188Bet Maiden Auction Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran	5/9	1	9-5	—	81^A	69^A	Pat Dobbs	3/1
31 Aug 17	Wolverhampton (AW)	Invest Wolverhampton - City Of Opportunity Novice Auction Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran	4/11	½	9-2	—	76^A	70^A	Pat Dobbs	10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Gripper (GB) won?: Gripper (GB) won 2 of 47 archived starts between 2017 and 2023, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 10 times in total (21.3% of starts).
Who trained Gripper (GB)?: Gripper (GB) was trained by William Young Jnr on the most recent run on record, at Perth on 17 May 2023.
Who is Gripper (GB)'s sire?: Gripper (GB) is by Thewayyouare (USA) out of Hold On Tight (IRE), whose sire is Hernando.
What going does Gripper (GB) prefer?: Gripper (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 11 starts (9.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Gripper (GB)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 17 May 2023. The highest on record is 104.
What is Gripper (GB)'s sire's record?: Thewayyouare (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,151 runs since Jan 2008 (166 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Gripper (GB)'s siblings?: Out of Hold On Tight (IRE), Gripper (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Self Inflicted Sid (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Self Inflicted Sid (GB)). The wins came over 1m6f. As at Oct 2026.

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