Hold Fast (IRE)
Hold Fast (IRE) is 5 from 26, all wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Feb 2022. All 5 wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 5 on turf.
- 5–26Wins / Runs
- 19.2%Strike rate
- 7 (26.9%)Placed
- +7.50£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 1.64Fair A/E n=26 · 1.42 incl. margin
- 74Highest OR
- 38dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 102
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 21 | 107A | 95 | — |
| Good | 2 | 64B | 53 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 16 | 107A | 89.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 107A | 82 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 102A | 72 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 5,479 runs since Jan 2008 (556 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9% from 211.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 676 | 87 | 12.9% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,216 | 148 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 572 | 76 | 13.3% | +1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,010 | 97 | 9.6% | −2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 319 | 37 | 11.6% | −0.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,671 | 217 | 13% | +0.9 | 5 from 21 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 108 | 15 | 13.9% | +1.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,097 | 126 | 11.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,483 | 173 | 11.7% | −0.4 | 4 from 16 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,864 | 242 | 13% | +0.9 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 673 | 88 | 13.1% | +1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 211 | 19 | 9% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 41 | 1 | 2.4% | −9.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Aussie Reigns (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m6½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Aussie Reigns (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aussie Reigns (IRE) | 49 | 5 | 7f–2m | Listed |
| Noro Lim (IRE) | 7 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Class 5 |
| Balgowlah (IRE) | 40 | 1 | 2m6½f | — |
| Caroline's Beach (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sunkist Orange (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 21 | 5 | 24% | +12.50 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 12 | 5 | 42% | +21.50 |
| Class 4 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 12 | 4 | 33% | +17.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 16 | 4 | 25% | +9.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Probert | 12 | 4 | 33% | +13.50 |
| William Cox | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Harry Davies | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Joey Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hayley Turner | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Carver | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 11 | 3 | 27% | +6.50 |
| None | 8 | 1 | 13% | +0.00 |
| Hood | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| Visor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 | 27% | +6.50 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| 2019 | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Hold Fast (IRE) won?
- Hold Fast (IRE) won 5 of 26 archived starts between 2019 and 2022, a strike rate of 19.2%. Placed 7 times in total (26.9% of starts).
- Who trained Hold Fast (IRE)?
- Hold Fast (IRE) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 19 March 2022.
- Who is Hold Fast (IRE)'s sire?
- Hold Fast (IRE) is by Fastnet Rock (AUS) out of Rohain (IRE), whose sire is Singspiel.
- What going does Hold Fast (IRE) prefer?
- Hold Fast (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 5 wins from 21 starts (23.8%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Hold Fast (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 68, from the run on 19 March 2022. The highest on record is 74.
- What is Hold Fast (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Fastnet Rock (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 5,479 runs since Jan 2008 (556 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9% from 211.
- Who are Hold Fast (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Rohain (IRE), Hold Fast (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Aussie Reigns (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Listed (Aussie Reigns (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m6½f. As at Oct 2026.