Holding Aces (IRE)
Holding Aces is a gelding by Excelebration out of Dusty Boots who was yet to win from seven starts. He ran on turf and all-weather, racing over trips from 6f to 1m4f on good to soft ground. His last run, at Dundalk in Jan 2023, was his first in first-time headgear when he finished 10 of 12 in a handicap off an official rating of 47, which was 9lb below his highest ever mark.
- 0–7Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −7.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=7 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 56Highest OR
- 67dAvg 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 89
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 89B | 71.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 74C | 73.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 89B | 79 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 73C | 57 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 9% of 3,605 runs since Jan 2008 (244 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 2 | 13.3% | +4.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 452 | 43 | 9.5% | +0.5 | — |
| Good | 863 | 96 | 11.1% | +2.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 468 | 49 | 10.5% | +1.5 | — |
| Soft | 578 | 55 | 9.5% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 228 | 19 | 8.3% | −0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,001 | 62 | 6.2% | −2.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 182 | 20 | 11% | +2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,089 | 101 | 9.3% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 941 | 86 | 9.1% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 679 | 55 | 8.1% | −0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 469 | 41 | 8.7% | −0.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 206 | 18 | 8.7% | −0.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 36 | 5 | 13.9% | +4.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Sadlers Beach (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Sadlers Beach (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadlers Beach (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 1m2f | Class 6 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Lordan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nathan Crosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Markey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J J Slevin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jonathan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2021 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 20 Jan 23+58d | Dundalk (AW) | DundalkStadium.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 10/12 | 12 | 8-12 | 47 | 64C | 40C | Nathan Crosse | 40/1 |
| 2022 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Nov 22+7d | Dundalk (AW) | Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 12/12 | 1¾ | 9-0 | 49 | 79A | 50A | Wayne Lordan | 14/1 |
| 16 Nov 22+119d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 7/14 | hd | 9-1 | 49 | 89B | 63A | Wayne Lordan | 28/1 |
| 20 Jul 22+14d | Naas | O'neill & Co. Chartered Surveyors & Auctioneers Apprentice Handicap (47-65) | 14/18 | 4½ | 9-0 | 56 | 73C | 46A | Shane Markey | 28/1 |
| 06 Jul 22+30d | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 6/18 | ½ | 10-2 | — | 74C | 70A | J J Slevin | 150/1 |
| 06 Jun 22+171d | Gowran Park | Gowran Festival Of Speed August 21st (C & G) Maiden | 11/14 | 1¼ | 10-6 | — | 43C | 59C | Rory Cleary | 150/1 |
| 2021 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 17 Dec 21 | Dundalk (AW) | BetVictor Loyalty Club Maiden | 11/13 | 2¼ | 9-7 | — | 57B | 48A | Jonathan Moore | 125/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Holding Aces won?
- Holding Aces (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2021 and 2023.
- Who trained Holding Aces?
- Holding Aces (IRE) was trained by Anthony McCann on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 20 January 2023.
- Who is Holding Aces's sire?
- Holding Aces (IRE) is by Excelebration (IRE) out of Dusty Boots (IRE), whose sire is Footstepsinthesand.
- What is Holding Aces's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 47, from the run on 20 January 2023. The highest on record is 56.
- What is Holding Aces's sire's record?
- Excelebration (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9% of 3,605 runs since Jan 2008 (244 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Holding Aces's siblings?
- Out of Dusty Boots (IRE), Holding Aces (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sadlers Beach (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Sadlers Beach (IRE)). The wins came over 1m2f. As at Oct 2026.