How many races has Holly Bird won?

Holly Bird (IRE) won 1 of 13 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 3 times in total (23.1% of starts).

Who trains Holly Bird?

Holly Bird (IRE) is trained by Sandy Thomson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 March 2026.

Who is Holly Bird's sire?

Holly Bird (IRE) is by Mount Nelson (GB) out of Holly Baloo (IRE), whose sire is Milan.

What going does Holly Bird prefer?

Holly Bird (IRE) has the best record on good to soft 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 Holly Bird's official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 96, from the run on 8 March 2026. That is also the highest on record.

Who are Holly Bird's siblings?

Out of Holly Baloo (IRE), Holly Bird (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: King Kubala (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (King Kubala (IRE)). The wins came over 2m. As at Nov 2026.

Horse profile

Holly Bird (IRE)

7yo mare · Trainer Sandy Thomson · Owner Cakemuir Racing

by Mount Nelson (GB) out of Holly Baloo (IRE) (Milan)

13 runs · 7 courses · from Dec 2023

As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

Won at Newcastle Beaten favourite LTO Last run 8 Mar 2026 · 7th of 9 Last raced off OR 96

KTB Profile

Holly Bird is a mare who has won one of 13 starts, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap hurdle over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft at Newcastle in Feb 2026. She has raced five times at Ayr without success. Her last run, at Carlisle in Mar 2026, was off a career-high mark of 96 when she finished seventh of nine having been the beaten favourite. She is by Mount Nelson out of a Milan mare.

Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Typically prominent Win at Class 5 OR at career high

1–13Wins / Runs
7.7%Strike rate
3 (23.1%)Placed
+2.00£1 level staken=13 at SP
0.64Fair A/E n=13 · 0.56 incl. margin
96Highest OR
68dAvg between runs

Official rating96At career-high mark

96 87–96

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 113 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newcastle, 21 Feb 2026

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 115^B · median 81

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 1 Nov 2025
Soft	4	96^B	71.5	2 runs · 96 / 81
Good to Soft	4	113^B	100	2 runs · 113 / 104
Heavy	2	74^A	60.5	2 runs · 74 / 60.5
Good	2	115^B	100	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	8	113^B	81	4 runs · 113 / 84.5
1m5f – 2m	3	115^B	96	1 run · —
2m5f – 3m	1	—	—	1 run · —

Of 13 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 121^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newcastle, 21 Feb 2026 Official rating 96 at the last run, 8 Mar 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 12 figures · best 121^A · median 108.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 1 Nov 2025
Soft	4	109^A	99	2 runs · 109 / 97
Good to Soft	4	121^A	112	2 runs · 121 / 117.5
Heavy	2	111^A	100.5	2 runs · 111 / 100.5
Good	2	111^A	98.5	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	8	121^A	109	4 runs · 121 / 112.5
1m5f – 2m	3	111^A	109	1 run · —
2m5f – 3m	1	—	—	1 run · —

Of 13 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 · 12 figures from 13 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 10 analysed runs since Oct 2024

Prominent 6 (60%) · 1 win
Mid-division 2 (20%) · 0 wins
Led 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Held up 1 (10%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Mount Nelson (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,271 runs since May 2012 (538 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	30	2	6.7%	−3.2	—
Good to Firm	643	73	11.4%	+1.5	—
Good	1,676	150	8.9%	−1	0 from 2
Good to Soft	1,041	110	10.6%	+0.7	1 from 4
Soft	1,253	124	9.9%	0	0 from 5
Heavy	453	51	11.3%	+1.4	0 from 2
Standard (AW)	1,175	113	9.6%	−0.3	—

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	98	8	8.2%	−1.7	—
6f – 7f	864	85	9.8%	−0.1	—
1m – 1m1f	678	49	7.2%	−2.7	—
1m2f – 1m4f	1,223	148	12.1%	+2.2	—
1m5f – 2m	1,594	155	9.7%	−0.2	0 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f	1,199	118	9.8%	−0.1	1 from 9
2m5f – 3m	534	52	9.7%	−0.2	0 from 1
Over 3m	81	8	9.9%	0	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2012 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Holly Baloo (IRE) (Milan)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them King Kubala (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (King Kubala (IRE)).

Family form: King Kubala (IRE) finished 2nd of 8 at Ayr, 31 Oct 2026.

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
King Kubala (IRE)	3	1	2m	Class 2
Goonhilly (IRE)	10	0	—	—
Barest Of Margins (IRE)	12	0	—	—
Wilcos Storm (IRE)	6	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Soft	5	0	0%	−5.00
Good to Soft	4	1	25%	+11.00
Heavy	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good	2	0	0%	−2.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 5	7	1	14%	+8.00
Class 4	6	0	0%	−6.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Ayr	5	0	0%	−5.00
Carlisle	3	0	0%	−3.00
Newcastle	1	1	100%	+14.00
Catterick	1	0	0%	−1.00
Kelso	1	0	0%	−1.00
Hexham	1	0	0%	−1.00
Sedgefield	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2m1f – 2m4f	9	1	11%	+6.00
1m5f – 2m	3	0	0%	−3.00
2m5f – 3m	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Ryan Mania	5	0	0%	−5.00
Brian Hughes	3	1	33%	+12.00
Danny McMenamin	3	0	0%	−3.00
Patrick Wadge	1	0	0%	−1.00
Jamie Hamilton	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	9	0	0%	−9.00
Cheekpieces	4	1	25%	+11.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2026	3	1	33%	+12.00
2025	6	0	0%	−6.00
2024	3	0	0%	−3.00
2023	1	0	0%	−1.00

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Hurdle	10	1	10%	+5.00
NH Flat	3	0	0%	−3.00

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
2026 · 3 runs
08 Mar 26+15d	Carlisle	CopyBet Daily Profit Boost Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m1f · Soft · 9 ran Set the pace early - lost command but stayed close before dropping to 4th then driven to challenge before 2 out - faded from there to finish 7th	7/9	23	11-11	96	66^C	85^C	Brian Hughes	7/4F
21 Feb 26+39d	Newcastle	Costello's Cleaning Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 15 ran Settled behind the pace - moved to front three out travelling strongly - kept finding under pressure from the last to score	1/15		11-4	90	113^B	121^A	Brian Hughes	14/1
13 Jan 26+28d	Ayr	Book Your Celebration At westernhousehotel.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m½f · Heavy · 10 ran Settled close to the front - moved up to share command two out then pushed along - lost ground before the last - dropped away to finish seventh	7/10	¾	10-13	90	47^B	90^A	Brian Hughes	7/1
2025 · 6 runs
16 Dec 25+15d	Catterick	racingtv.com Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Handy in the pack early - pressed for the lead 2 out and stayed on into the last - outpaced by winner close home to finish second	2/10	4	11-1	87	95^A	114^A	Patrick Wadge	11/1
01 Dec 25+19d	Ayr	Festive Dining At Western House Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 2m3½f · Heavy · 7 ran Settled off the pace early - still close enough to the front 3 out and briefly shared second - pressed approaching the last but lost ground to the front pair	3/7	7	11-3	88	74^A	111^A	Danny McMenamin	12/1
12 Nov 25+219d	Ayr	Coral Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 14 ran Sat handy early on - dropped back approaching 3 out then rallied under pressure on the run to the line	5/14	3	10-7	88	96^B	109^A	Danny McMenamin	22/1
07 Apr 25+63d	Kelso	Scottish Racing Academy Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m2f · Good · 6 ran Settled off the pace early - lost touch after 3 out - dropped away approaching 2 out - finished 5th well beaten	5/6	8	10-12	92	85^A	86^B	Jamie Hamilton	20/1
03 Feb 25+28d	Carlisle	British Stallion Studs EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 5 ran Sat close to the front-running rival until before the 6th - dropped to 3rd and hit a flat spot 3 out - lost touch and was pulled up before the following fence	PU/5	—	11-2	92	—	—	Ryan Mania	11/1
06 Jan 25+70d	Ayr	Ayr Racing Club Only 30 EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 7 ran Held up in 5th tracking inner rail - driven to chase leaders but unable to challenge - finished well held in 4th	4/7	27	11-0	—	77^C	90^C	Ryan Mania	5/2
2024 · 3 runs
28 Oct 24+170d	Ayr	Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 7 ran Held up towards the back and wide - untidy 6th before making progress into contention approaching two out - up to 4th but unable to threaten leaders before the last	4/7	11	10-7	—	65^B	100^A	Danny McMenamin	16/1
11 May 24+60d	Hexham	Paxtons Are Case IH's No 1 Dealer Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 11 ran	5/11	¾	11-2	—	115^B	111^A	Ryan Mania	9/2
12 Mar 24+86d	Sedgefield	Betting.Bet Cheltenham Free Bets Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Soft · 7 ran	3/7	1	11-2	—	27^C	108^B	Ryan Mania	10/3
2023 · 1 run
17 Dec 23	Carlisle	Sean Neill 60th Birthday Celebration Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 7 ran	2/7	17	11-2	—	105^A	110^B	Ryan Mania	11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Holly Bird won?: Holly Bird (IRE) won 1 of 13 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 3 times in total (23.1% of starts).
Who trains Holly Bird?: Holly Bird (IRE) is trained by Sandy Thomson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 March 2026.
Who is Holly Bird's sire?: Holly Bird (IRE) is by Mount Nelson (GB) out of Holly Baloo (IRE), whose sire is Milan.
What going does Holly Bird prefer?: Holly Bird (IRE) has the best record on good to soft 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 Holly Bird's official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 96, from the run on 8 March 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Holly Bird's sire's record?: Mount Nelson (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,271 runs since May 2012 (538 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Holly Bird's siblings?: Out of Holly Baloo (IRE), Holly Bird (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: King Kubala (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (King Kubala (IRE)). The wins came over 2m. As at Nov 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

Run style from 10 analysed runs since Oct 2024

Pedigree intelligence

Record by conditions

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