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Holiday In Kerry (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2023) · Last trainer E McNamara · Last owner Forever Optimists Syndicate
by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Our Katie (IRE) (Dr Massini)
17 runs · 9 courses · from Sep 2021
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Sep 2023 — 1,138 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2023 · 8th of 8 2 wins · Cork & Limerick Last raced off OR 92
KTB Profile

Holiday In Kerry won two of 17 starts on turf, both in handicap hurdles. He took a Racing Again May 17th Handicap Hurdle at Cork over 3m on soft ground in May 2023 off an official rating of 91 and a Croom Handicap Hurdle at Limerick over 2m5f – 3m on heavy ground in March 2022 off an official rating of 84. The gelding, by Flemensfirth out of Our Katie, reached a highest ever mark of 97. He finished 8 of 8 at Listowel in September 2023.

Based on 17 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
Official rating92↓ 5lb off peak
92 84–97

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 94 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ballinrobe, 14 Apr 2023

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 12 figures · best 115B · median 74.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft994B78—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m6115B83.5—
2m1f – 2m4f365C56—
1m5f – 2m249C47.5—
Over 3m1———

Of 17 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 123A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cork, 6 May 2023 Official rating 92 at the last run, 23 Sep 2023

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 123A · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft9123A101—
Heavy2122A112.5—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m7122A103—
2m1f – 2m4f3101C92—
1m5f – 2m2111C99.5—
Over 3m1———

Of 17 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 17 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
Flemensfirth (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,287 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3800%−11.9—
Good to Firm522509.6%−2.3—
Good4,05744310.9%−10 from 2
Good to Soft2,93535412.1%+0.20 from 1
Soft5,87675112.8%+0.91 from 10
Heavy3,81744911.8%−0.11 from 4
Standard (AW)4224.8%−7.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f200%−11.9—
1m2f – 1m4f2514%−7.9—
1m5f – 2m4,48654812.2%+0.30 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f6,08272411.9%00 from 3
2m5f – 3m5,26062311.8%−0.11 from 11
Over 3m1,43215310.7%−1.21 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
Our Katie (IRE) (Dr Massini)

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Count Of Vendome (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–3m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Count Of Vendome (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Count Of Vendome (IRE)951m7½f–2m1fClass 3
Yes And Yes (IRE)1832m3½f–3m3½fClass 5
Vango Can Go (IRE)422m–2m5½fClass 3

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 10 1 10% −1.00
Heavy 4 1 25% +6.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 5 1 20% +5.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 2 1 50% +7.00
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 11 1 9% −1.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
Over 3m 1 1 100% +8.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Conor McNamara 7 2 29% +12.00
Ryan Treacy 3 0 0% −3.00
Cian Quirke 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Finian Maguire 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Flanagan 1 0 0% −1.00
Corey McGivern 1 0 0% −1.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Jordan Gainford 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 12 1 8% −2.00
Cheekpieces 5 1 20% +4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 7 1 14% +2.00
2022 7 1 14% +3.00
2021 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 2 15% +6.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00

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
2023 · 7 runs
23 Sep 23+128d Listowel John & Terry Moriarty Memorial (Q.R.) Handicap Chase 3m · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 8/8 3 10-9 9278C84C Mr Finian Maguire 11/2
18 May 23+12d Tipperary Tipperary Races On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 3m · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 14/16 38 11-10 9771C87C Conor McNamara 9/1
06 May 23+22d Cork Racing Again May 17th Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 3m1f · Yielding · 17 ran 1/17 11-10 9193B123A Conor McNamara 8/1
14 Apr 23+15d Ballinrobe Sherry Fitzgerald Mayo Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m6f · Soft · 14 ran 3/14 hd 11-10 9194B114A Sean Flanagan 7/1
30 Mar 23+28d Limerick J.J. Kavanagh & Sons Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m5f · Soft · 18 ran 7/18 1 11-3 9184B97A Corey McGivern 9/2
02 Mar 23+45d Clonmel Rosegreen Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 3m · Soft · 12 ran 3/12 2½ 11-9 9083A111A Darragh O'Keeffe 7/1
16 Jan 23+18d Punchestown Grand National Trial Day 19th February Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 3m½f · Heavy · 21 ran PU/21 — 11-4 92—— Conor McNamara 12/1
2022 · 7 runs
29 Dec 22+51d Limerick Limerick Racecourse Vets Novice Handicap Chase (0-109) 2m6½f · Heavy · 16 ran F/16 — 10-5 93—— Cian Quirke 13/2
08 Nov 22+16d Fairyhouse Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-102) 3m · Soft · 13 ran F/13 — 11-4 93—— Cian Quirke 6/1
23 Oct 22+199d Limerick Garrynacurra Stud Ltd Handicap Chase 2m3½f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 12 10-5 9356C87C Jordan Gainford 13/2
07 Apr 22+25d Limerick Newcastlewest Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m5f · Good · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-12 93—— Conor McNamara 5/2F
13 Mar 22+10d Limerick Croom Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m6f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 1/16 11-3 84115B122A Conor McNamara 9/1
03 Mar 22+47d Clonmel Rosegreen Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 3m · Heavy · 15 ran 5/15 5½ 11-4 85—103A Ryan Treacy 12/1
15 Jan 22+41d Fairyhouse Jump Into January Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 2m4f · Soft · 15 ran 7/15 2½ 11-8 8665C92C Ryan Treacy 28/1
2021 · 3 runs
05 Dec 21+29d Cork Follow Us On Instagram Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 2m · Soft · 18 ran 14/18 4 12-0 —49C111C Conor McNamara 250/1
06 Nov 21+45d Naas Betvictor Irish Ebf Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 12/14 82 12-0 —-25C101C Conor McNamara 300/1
22 Sep 21 Listowel McSweeney Brothers Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 2m · Good · 13 ran 12/13 5½ 12-0 —46C88C Ryan Treacy 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Holiday In Kerry won?
Holiday In Kerry (IRE) won 2 of 17 archived starts between 2021 and 2023, a strike rate of 11.8%. Placed 4 times in total (23.5% of starts).
Who trained Holiday In Kerry?
Holiday In Kerry (IRE) was trained by E McNamara on the most recent run on record, at Listowel on 23 September 2023.
Who is Holiday In Kerry's sire?
Holiday In Kerry (IRE) is by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Our Katie (IRE), whose sire is Dr Massini.
What going does Holiday In Kerry prefer?
Holiday In Kerry (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 4 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 Holiday In Kerry's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 23 September 2023. The highest on record is 97.
What is Holiday In Kerry's sire's record?
Flemensfirth (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,287 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Holiday In Kerry's siblings?
Out of Our Katie (IRE), Holiday In Kerry (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Count Of Vendome (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Count Of Vendome (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m3½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2021. 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.