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Hollybank King (IRE)

11yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2023) · Last trainer Stephen McConville · Last owner Stephen Mcconville
by Fruits Of Love (USA) out of Julianne (IRE) (Persian Bold)
23 runs · 12 courses · from Dec 2018
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Mar 2023 — 1,339 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2023 Won at Thurles Last raced off OR 78
KTB Profile

Hollybank King won once from 23 starts on turf. The win came in a handicap chase at Thurles in Feb 2022 over 1m5f – 2m on good going off an official rating of 82. He has not won since. His last run came at Leopardstown in Mar 2023 off an official rating of 78, 11lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 23 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating78↓ 11lb off peak
78 74–89

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 104 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Thurles, 10 Feb 2022

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 16 figures · best 106B · median 77.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft7106B78—
Good4104B83.5—
Heavy398A65—
Good to Soft254A39—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8105B68—
1m5f – 2m7104B77—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 23 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 23 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 81A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Naas, 20 Dec 2022 Official rating 78 at the last run, 6 Mar 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 19 figures · best 111A · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft9102B81—
Heavy4108A98—
Good4111A77—
Good to Soft293A91.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m9111A94—
2m1f – 2m4f9102B78—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 23 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 · 19 figures from 23 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
Fruits Of Love (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,777 runs since Jan 2008 (221 horses).

Strongest on good going: 11.8% from 944. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 182. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4% from 150.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1417.1%−1.6—
Good to Firm257197.4%−1.3—
Good94411111.8%+3.11 from 4
Good to Soft415338%−0.70 from 2
Soft666548.1%−0.60 from 11
Heavy299155%−3.70 from 6
Standard (AW)18284.4%−4.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2200%−8.7—
6f – 7f15064%−4.7—
1m – 1m1f13064.6%−4.1—
1m2f – 1m4f241166.6%−2.1—
1m5f – 2m791708.8%+0.11 from 10
2m1f – 2m4f842809.5%+0.80 from 10
2m5f – 3m4965110.3%+1.60 from 3
Over 3m1051211.4%+2.7—

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
Julianne (IRE) (Persian Bold)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Zakeeta (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Zakeeta (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Zakeeta (IRE)1022m1½fClass 4
Inovate (IRE)100——
Blue Hawaiian (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 11 0 0% −11.00
Heavy 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 4 1 25% +4.50
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Down Royal 4 0 0% −4.00
Downpatrick 3 0 0% −3.00
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Thurles 2 1 50% +6.50
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 10 1 10% −1.50
2m1f – 2m4f 10 0 0% −10.00
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Daire McConville 9 0 0% −9.00
Ryan Treacy 5 1 20% +3.50
Liam McKenna 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr M McConville 2 0 0% −2.00
Miss A McGuinness 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Ewing 1 0 0% −1.00
Trevor Ryan 1 0 0% −1.00
Cathal Landers 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Flanagan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 19 1 5% −10.50
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 10 1 10% −1.50
2021 9 0 0% −9.00
2018 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 3 runs
06 Mar 23+33d Leopardstown John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Chase 2m5½f · Yielding · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-3 78—— Miss A McGuinness 50/1
01 Feb 23+23d Ayr Book The Coral Scottish Grand National Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m½f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 9-10 85—— Daire McConville 50/1
09 Jan 23+14d Ayr Racing TV Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m½f · Heavy · 10 ran 9/10 1 11-0 89—71C Daire McConville 16/1
2022 · 10 runs
26 Dec 22+6d Down Royal Metcollect Handicap Chase (0-102) 2m4f · Soft · 16 ran 7/16 6 10-8 87—78C Liam McKenna 25/1
20 Dec 22+46d Naas Clinton Higgins Chartered Accountants Handicap Chase (0-102) 2m · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 7/17 12 10-7 87—81A Liam McKenna 16/1
04 Nov 22+182d Down Royal Start Your Free Trial Now At racingtv.com Handicap Chase 2m½f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 7/10 19 9-7 8777A71A Daire McConville 50/1
06 May 22+26d Downpatrick Racing TV Handicap Chase (0-95) 2m3f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 10/13 14 11-1 8956C79C Mr M McConville 14/1
10 Apr 22+29d Tramore Lismore Handicap Chase (0-109) 1m7f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 10/15 2¼ 10-10 8924C90C Ryan Treacy 13/2
12 Mar 22+21d Navan Meath Farm Machinery Handicap Chase 2m1f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 21 10-1 8927C73C Ryan Treacy 4/1J
19 Feb 22+9d Gowran Park Download The BoyleSports App Careys Cottage Cup Novice Handicap Chase 2m · Heavy · 10 ran 2/10 5 10-0 8865B108A Sam Ewing 9/1
10 Feb 22+16d Thurles Racing Again February 24th Handicap Chase 2m½f · Good · 15 ran 1/15 10-1 82104B111A Ryan Treacy 15/2
25 Jan 22+19d Down Royal Molson Coors Handicap Chase (0-95) 2m4f · Yielding · 16 ran 6/16 1½ 10-9 83105B93A Mr M McConville 11/1
06 Jan 22+11d Clonmel Jossestown Handicap Chase (0-109) 2m½f · Heavy · 12 ran 4/12 nse 10-2 8398A102A Ryan Treacy 9/2J
2021 · 9 runs
26 Dec 21+10d Down Royal Metcollect Metal Recycling Handicap Chase 2m1f · Soft · 7 ran 2/7 1¼ 9-7 7689B102B Trevor Ryan 11/2
16 Dec 21+187d Naas Clinton Higgins Chartered Accountants Handicap Chase (0-102) 2m · Yielding · 17 ran 2/17 13 10-0 7478B100A Ryan Treacy 16/1
12 Jun 21+10d Downpatrick Virtual Live Racing Handicap Chase (0-102) 2m3f · Good · 14 ran 9/14 2¼ 9-13 7687B72A Cathal Landers 10/1
02 Jun 21+15d Wexford Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Chase (0-95) (Div 2) 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 3/10 2¾ 10-11 7654A93A Sean Flanagan 16/1
18 May 21+11d Limerick Athlacca Handicap Chase (0-95) (Div 2) 2m3½f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 13 10-8 8080A77A Daire McConville 22/1
07 May 21+64d Downpatrick Cosy Roof Handicap Chase (0-95) 2m3f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 1 10-9 8352C77C Daire McConville 25/1
04 Mar 21+17d Clonmel Fethard Handicap Chase (0-102) 2m4f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran PU/14 — 10-3 84—— Daire McConville 50/1
15 Feb 21+17d Thurles Templemore Beginners Chase 2m½f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 10/13 55 11-7 —-11C94C Daire McConville 250/1
29 Jan 21+764d Navan Wilkinstown Beginners Chase 3m · Heavy · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-7 ——— Daire McConville 150/1
2018 · 1 run
27 Dec 18 Limerick Earl Of Harrington Memorial Maiden Hunters Chase 2m6½f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 6/15 ½ 11-7 —106B96A Daire McConville 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hollybank King won?
Hollybank King (IRE) won 1 of 23 archived starts between 2018 and 2023, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 5 times in total (21.7% of starts).
Who trained Hollybank King?
Hollybank King (IRE) was trained by Stephen McConville on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 6 March 2023.
Who is Hollybank King's sire?
Hollybank King (IRE) is by Fruits Of Love (USA) out of Julianne (IRE), whose sire is Persian Bold.
What going does Hollybank King prefer?
Hollybank King (IRE) has the best record on good 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 Hollybank King's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 6 March 2023. The highest on record is 89.
What is Hollybank King's sire's record?
Fruits Of Love (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,777 runs since Jan 2008 (221 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 11.8% from 944. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 182. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4% from 150.
Who are Hollybank King's siblings?
Out of Julianne (IRE), Hollybank King (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Zakeeta (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Zakeeta (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2018. 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.