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Hiddenvalley Lake (IRE)

9yo gelding · Trainer Henry De Bromhead · Owner Robcour
by Sholokhov (IRE) out of Coming Home (FR) (Exit To Nowhere)
14 runs · 10 courses · from Nov 2022
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · 4 courses Beaten favourite LTO Last run 7 May 2026 · 2nd of 6
KTB Profile

Hiddenvalley Lake won four of 14 starts on turf, including three wins over 2m5f – 3m. His biggest success came in the Grade 1 Ivy Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree in Apr 2025 when he carried an official rating of 155 on good ground. He also landed a Grade 2 at Navan in Feb 2024 on heavy ground. He finished second of six, having been the beaten favourite, when he held up in the Purple And Gold Beginners Chase at Wexford in May 2026.

Based on 14 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically mid-division
Official rating158↓ 1lb off peak
158 139–159

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 122 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Aintree, 5 Apr 2025

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 13 figures · best 142A · median 99
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft5142A99—
Good to Soft4141B1142 runs · 102 / 95.5
Heavy387C871 run · —
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m12142A100.53 runs · 102 / 89
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 138A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Aintree, 11 Apr 2026 Official rating 158 at the last run, 11 Apr 2026

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 13 figures · best 151A · median 138
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft5143B134—
Good to Soft4147A1422 runs · 138 / 134
Heavy3147A1211 run · —
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m12151A140.53 runs · 138 / 130
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 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 from 7 analysed runs since Dec 2024

  • Mid-division 4 (57%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 3 (43%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sholokhov (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,267 runs since Apr 2008 (422 horses).

Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm991414.1%+1.6—
Good1,27514711.5%−11 from 1
Good to Soft81711113.6%+1.10 from 4
Soft1,30416913%+0.52 from 5
Heavy5496912.6%+0.11 from 4
Standard (AW)2222310.4%−2.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f39615.4%+2.9—
1m – 1m1f157148.9%−3.6—
1m2f – 1m4f326329.8%−2.7—
1m5f – 2m1,05512812.1%−0.4—
2m1f – 2m4f1,45919313.2%+0.71 from 2
2m5f – 3m99212512.6%+0.13 from 12
Over 3m2393514.6%+2.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2008 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Coming Home (FR) (Exit To Nowhere)

9 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Louis' Vac Pouch (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Louis' Vac Pouch (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Louis' Vac Pouch (IRE)3561m7½f–3m½fClass 2
Kilkishen (IRE)4852m–3m1fClass 5
Pat's Oscar (IRE)2732m–2m4fClass 4
Chase The Favorite (IRE)1132m3f–2m6f—
Mr Hendricks (IRE)1222m4f–3m—
Point West (IRE)120——
Dukehill (IRE)60——
Coco Brave (IRE)70——
Tickle Me (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 2 40% +4.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 4 1 25% +0.00
Good 1 1 100% +12.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 5 1 20% +8.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Aintree 3 1 33% +10.00
Navan 3 1 33% +1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 1 100% +4.50
Naas 1 1 100% +2.50

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 12 3 25% +10.50
2m1f – 2m4f 2 1 50% +1.50

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Darragh O'Keeffe 7 2 29% +10.00
Rachael Blackmore 6 2 33% +3.00
Keith Donoghue 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 4 31% +13.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 3 1 33% +10.00
2024 3 1 33% +1.00
2023 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 2 2 100% +7.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 12 4 33% +14.00
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2026 · 3 runs
07 May 26+26d Wexford Purple And Gold Beginners Chase 2m7f · Good To Yielding · 6 ran Sat behind pace - third at halfway - urged forward before straight and went for it approaching the last - fought for advantage on the run-in but caught right at the line 2/6 hd 11-12 —89A130B Keith Donoghue 4/5F
11 Apr 26+62d Aintree Jet2 Liverpool Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 3m½f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Held a midpack position early - jumped awkwardly 4th - moved into contention approaching three out then pushed along two out - unable to find more at the last and finished fifth 5/11 3¾ 11-10 158102A138A Darragh O'Keeffe 12/1
08 Feb 26+283d Navan William Hill Boyne Hurdle (Grade 2) 2m6f · Heavy · 6 ran Settled off the pace early - 4th at halfway - improved into 3rd approaching final 4 furlongs - upped tempo to challenge turning for home - eased back through the field over the closing stages 5/6 27 11-12 15887C116C Darragh O'Keeffe 15/2
2025 · 3 runs
01 May 25+26d Punchestown Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m7½f · Yielding · 11 ran Held a midfield spot on the rail - pressed for effort after 4 out - dropped away thereafter - finished well beaten in 9th 9/11 2¾ 11-10 159120C119C Darragh O'Keeffe 7/1
05 Apr 25+72d Aintree Ivy Liverpool Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 3m½f · Good · 11 ran Settled in behind early - improved into midfield after 7th - made ground to hit the front approaching 2 out - drifted left in the straight - kept going to the line under pressure to win 1/11 11-10 155122A151A Darragh O'Keeffe 12/1
23 Jan 25+33d Gowran Park John Mulhern Galmoy Hurdle (Grade 2) 3m½f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran Raced handy early under strong restraint - pushed along into 3rd approaching 3 out - slipped back to 5th by 2 out - faded to finish 7th 7/9 11 11-8 15487A121A Darragh O'Keeffe 7/4F
2024 · 3 runs
21 Dec 24+252d Ascot Howden Long Walk Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 3m½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Settled among the pack early - made ground three out - unable to pick up approaching the last - rallied up the run-in to snatch second - denied by a short margin 2/10 hd 11-7 152141B146A Darragh O'Keeffe 7/1
13 Apr 24+62d Aintree JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 3m½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 ½ 11-10 151126A147A Rachael Blackmore 5/1
11 Feb 24+64d Navan William Hill Boyne Hurdle (Grade 2) 2m5f · Heavy · 8 ran 1/8 11-6 13986A147A Darragh O'Keeffe 3/1F
2023 · 3 runs
09 Dec 23+267d Navan Durnin Workshop Beginners Chase 2m4½f · Heavy · 7 ran F/7 — 11-12 ——— Rachael Blackmore 11/5F
17 Mar 23+29d Cheltenham Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Spa Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 3m · Soft · 20 ran 8/20 2 11-7 14497C112C Rachael Blackmore 17/2
16 Feb 23+67d Clonmel Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) 3m · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 ½ 11-6 14199C143B Rachael Blackmore 8/13F
2022 · 2 runs
11 Dec 22+29d Cork Singletons Supervalu Stayers Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) 3m · Yielding To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-0 —142A143B Rachael Blackmore 9/2
12 Nov 22 Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Yielding To Soft · 23 ran 1/23 11-12 —92B134A Rachael Blackmore 5/2

Quick answers

How many races has Hiddenvalley Lake won?
Hiddenvalley Lake (IRE) won 4 of 14 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 8 times in total (57.1% of starts).
Who trains Hiddenvalley Lake?
Hiddenvalley Lake (IRE) is trained by Henry De Bromhead, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 7 May 2026.
Who is Hiddenvalley Lake's sire?
Hiddenvalley Lake (IRE) is by Sholokhov (IRE) out of Coming Home (FR), whose sire is Exit To Nowhere.
What going does Hiddenvalley Lake prefer?
Hiddenvalley Lake (IRE) has the best record on 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 Hiddenvalley Lake's official rating?
Hiddenvalley Lake (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 159.
What is Hiddenvalley Lake's sire's record?
Sholokhov (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,267 runs since Apr 2008 (422 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
Who are Hiddenvalley Lake's siblings?
Out of Coming Home (FR), Hiddenvalley Lake (IRE) has 9 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Louis' Vac Pouch (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Louis' Vac Pouch (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2022. 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.