Hold The Bid (IRE)
Hold The Bid (IRE) is 3 from 31. Hasn't won since Mar 2008. Last raced off 105, 16lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–31Wins / Runs
- 9.7%Strike rate
- 11 (35.5%)Placed
- −15.75£1 level staken=31 at SP
- 0.72Fair A/E n=31 · 0.62 incl. margin
- 121Highest OR
- 54dAvg 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
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 6.7% of 3,516 runs since Jan 2008 (389 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 385 | 30 | 7.8% | +1.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Good | 1,062 | 67 | 6.3% | −0.4 | 1 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 454 | 27 | 5.9% | −0.8 | 2 from 8 |
| Soft | 930 | 61 | 6.6% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 634 | 43 | 6.8% | +0.1 | 0 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | +1.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −6.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 731 | 35 | 4.8% | −1.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,331 | 97 | 7.3% | +0.6 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,170 | 77 | 6.6% | −0.1 | 2 from 21 |
| Over 3m | 276 | 26 | 9.4% | +2.7 | 1 from 4 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 1 | 9% | −8.25 |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 2 | 25% | +4.50 |
| Heavy | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 22 | 2 | 9% | −11.75 |
| Class 3 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherby | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| Market Rasen | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.75 |
| Uttoxeter | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kelso | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hexham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Catterick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 21 | 2 | 10% | −13.25 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Over 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Mercer | 8 | 3 | 38% | +7.25 |
| Michael O'Connell | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Christian Williams | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| David O'Meara | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tjade Collier | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Henry Oliver | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Padge Whelan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shane Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dominic Elsworth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +0.75 |
| 2007 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.50 |
| 2006 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 22 | 3 | 14% | −6.75 |
| Hurdle | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
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 The Bid won?
- Hold The Bid (IRE) won 3 of 31 archived starts between 2006 and 2010, a strike rate of 9.7%. Placed 11 times in total (35.5% of starts).
- Who trained Hold The Bid?
- Hold The Bid (IRE) was trained by Sue Smith on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 14 July 2010.
- Who is Hold The Bid's sire?
- Hold The Bid (IRE) is by Luso (GB) out of Killesk Castle (IRE), whose sire is Little Bighorn.
- What going does Hold The Bid prefer?
- Hold The Bid (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Hold The Bid's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 14 July 2010. The highest on record is 121.
- What is Hold The Bid's sire's record?
- Luso (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 3,516 runs since Jan 2008 (389 horses), Flat and jumps together.