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Horse profile

Happy Hollow (GB)

10yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2022) · Last trainer Jennie Candlish · Last owner Ms Jennie Candlish
by Beat Hollow (GB) out of Dombeya (IRE) (Danehill)
18 runs · 14 courses · from Feb 2016
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Dec 2022 — 1,405 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2022 · 8th of 11 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 111
KTB Profile

Happy Hollow won four of 18 starts between Feb 2016 and Dec 2022. Three of those wins came in bumpers at 1m5f – 2m on good or good to soft, while the fourth was at Uttoxeter over 2m5f – 3m on heavy in a Class 4 maiden hurdle in Feb 2021 off an official rating of 120. The gelding, who reached a highest ever mark of 121, last ran at Haydock in Dec 2022 where he finished 8 of 11 off 111.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating111↓ 10lb off peak
111 108–121

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 155 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Haydock, 30 Dec 2022

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 10 figures · best 155A · median 102.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft4155A100—
Good to Soft3128A109—
Heavy3106C105—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m4155A107—
2m1f – 2m4f3128A100—
1m5f – 2m2106C92.5—
Over 3m1———
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 15 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 124A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Carlisle, 28 Feb 2022 Official rating 111 at the last jumps run, 30 Dec 2022

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 70C the best of the last 1 rated run · Pontefract, 19 Oct 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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 15 figures · best 142B · median 123
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft5133B115—
Good to Soft5132A124—
Heavy3128A123—
Standard (AW)1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m6142B127.5—
2m5f – 3m5133B123—
2m1f – 2m4f3124A115—
Over 3m1———
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 18 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 18 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
Beat Hollow (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 6,034 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm26311.5%+0.2—
Good to Firm6468813.6%+2.3—
Good1,73720011.5%+0.21 from 1
Good to Soft96410611%−0.32 from 5
Soft1,24113410.8%−0.50 from 8
Heavy4515612.4%+1.11 from 3
Standard (AW)969959.8%−1.50 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f561017.9%+6.6—
6f – 7f4535411.9%+0.6—
1m – 1m1f704709.9%−1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f1,28715011.7%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m1,67821112.6%+1.33 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f1,14311710.2%−1.10 from 4
2m5f – 3m597589.7%−1.61 from 7
Over 3m1161210.3%−10 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Dombeya (IRE) (Danehill)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Centaur (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m½f–2m1½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Centaur (IRE)612m1½f—
Angel Island (IRE)411m½f—
Wise Hawk (GB)230——
Port Isaac (IRE)60——
Antumbra (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Soft 5 2 40% +8.50
Heavy 3 1 33% +0.50
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 1 100% +1.75

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 11 1 9% −7.50
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 2 2 100% +5.25
Class 5 1 1 100% +8.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wetherby 3 1 33% +1.50
Uttoxeter 2 1 50% +1.50
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 1 100% +1.75
Southwell 1 1 100% +8.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 1 14% −3.50
1m5f – 2m 6 3 50% +10.25
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sean Quinlan 11 1 9% −7.50
Paul Moloney 3 3 100% +13.25
William Shanahan 1 0 0% −1.00
Henry Brooke 1 0 0% −1.00
Peter Kavanagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Joe Fanning 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 4 29% +5.75
Cheekpieces 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 5 0 0% −5.00
2021 6 1 17% −2.50
2020 4 0 0% −4.00
2016 3 3 100% +13.25

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 1 8% −9.50
NH Flat 4 3 75% +12.25
Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 5 runs
30 Dec 22+27d Haydock Betfred Nifty Fifty Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m½f · Soft · 11 ran 8/11 1½ 11-6 111155A113A William Shanahan 40/1
03 Dec 22+13d Wetherby Jenny Corke Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Soft · 7 ran BD/7 — 11-10 111—— Sean Quinlan 14/1
20 Nov 22+265d Uttoxeter Happy 70th Birthday Viv Chell Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Soft · 8 ran 6/8 ¾ 11-10 11493B111A Henry Brooke 12/1
28 Feb 22+16d Carlisle racingtv.com Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 4/12 nk 11-6 115128A124A Peter Kavanagh 12/1
12 Feb 22+45d Warwick Virgin Bet Fives Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m2f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 5/6 5½ 11-8 11869A109B Sean Quinlan 16/1
2021 · 6 runs
29 Dec 21+19d Kelso Watch The Replay At Racing Tv Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m6½f · Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-8 119—— Sean Quinlan 5/1
10 Dec 21+62d Bangor-on-Dee MansionBet Proud To Support British Racing Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 6½ 11-12 120100C133B Sean Quinlan 5/2F
09 Oct 21+203d Hexham Campbell & Rowley For Corporate Events Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m7½f · Soft · 7 ran 2/7 3¼ 11-9 120—126A Sean Quinlan 10/3
20 Mar 21+27d Newcastle QuinnBet Casino Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 2m6f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 1½ 11-1 121109A117B Sean Quinlan 6/1
21 Feb 21+44d Uttoxeter starsports.bet 10k Showtime Guarantee Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m7½f · Heavy · 6 ran 1/6 11-2 120105A123B Sean Quinlan 5/2J
08 Jan 21+12d Newcastle (AW) QuinnBet Live Casino 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race Class 4 · 2m½f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 4/9 2¼ 11-5 ——108A Sean Quinlan 6/4F
2020 · 4 runs
27 Dec 20+27d Wetherby William Hill Play Responsibly Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 8 ran 2/8 3¼ 10-12 108106C128A Sean Quinlan 5/2
30 Nov 20+19d Ayr William Hill Betting TV Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 10 ran 3/10 1¼ 11-8 —79B120A Sean Quinlan 10/3
11 Nov 20+23d Ayr William Hill Betting TV Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 8 ran 3/8 8 11-0 —100B115B Sean Quinlan 6/1
19 Oct 20+1627d Pontefract Phil Bull Trophy Conditions Stakes Class 2 · 2m2f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 1¾ 9-4 —115C70C Joe Fanning 28/1
2016 · 3 runs
06 May 16+45d Market Rasen Follow Racing UK On Twitter Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m½f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 11-8 ——142B Paul Moloney 7/4F
22 Mar 16+23d Wetherby Wetherby Family Funday - Sunday 17th April Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m · Good To Soft · 14 ran 1/14 11-2 ——127A Paul Moloney 7/2J
28 Feb 16 Southwell Follow Southwell_Races On Twitter 'Newcomers' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 1m7½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 10-12 ——132A Paul Moloney 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Happy Hollow won?
Happy Hollow (GB) won 4 of 18 archived starts between 2016 and 2022, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 9 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Happy Hollow?
Happy Hollow (GB) was trained by Jennie Candlish on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 30 December 2022.
Who is Happy Hollow's sire?
Happy Hollow (GB) is by Beat Hollow (GB) out of Dombeya (IRE), whose sire is Danehill.
What going does Happy Hollow prefer?
Happy Hollow (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Happy Hollow's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 111, from the run on 30 December 2022. The highest on record is 121.
What is Happy Hollow's sire's record?
Beat Hollow (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 6,034 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Happy Hollow's siblings?
Out of Dombeya (IRE), Happy Hollow (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Centaur (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m½f–2m1½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2016. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.