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Horse profile

Holy Water (IRE)

11yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2022) · Last trainer Ryan Potter · Last owner Frederick Joseph Butler
by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) out of Gambling Spirit (GB) (Mister Baileys)
21 runs · 16 courses · from Aug 2013
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Jun 2022 — 1,587 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2022 · 10th of 14 Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile

Holy Water (IRE) is yet to win from 21 starts, though has placed 5 times. Best effort: 2nd of 5 at Kilbeggan (IRE) (Aug 2016). Last raced off 85, 21lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 21lb off peak
Official rating85↓ 21lb off peak
85 60–106

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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.

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 5 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 90C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Worcester, 11 May 2022 Official rating 85 at the last jumps run, 9 Jun 2022

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 81A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 20 Nov 2015 Official rating 60 at the last flat run, 20 Nov 2015

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race.

Jumps 13 figures · best 112B · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good6112B102.5—
Soft5111A104—
Good to Soft2100A95—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6112B99.5—
1m5f – 2m6111A105—
2m5f – 3m1———
Flat 6 figures · best 81A · median 69.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)481A76.5—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f481A76.5—
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

Of 21 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 21 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,862 runs since Jan 2008 (948 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm571119.3%+9—
Good to Firm1,62117911%+0.7—
Good2,60226710.3%00 from 8
Good to Soft1,1701089.2%−1.10 from 3
Soft1,72118310.6%+0.30 from 6
Heavy607518.4%−1.9—
Standard (AW)4,08342410.4%+0.10 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f87910411.8%+1.5—
6f – 7f4,77149910.5%+0.20 from 1
1m – 1m1f3,04533811.1%+0.80 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f2,0881959.3%−10 from 4
1m5f – 2m696598.5%−1.80 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f305185.9%−4.40 from 8
2m5f – 3m751114.7%+4.40 from 1
Over 3m300%−10.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Gambling Spirit (GB) (Mister Baileys)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Gambling Girl (IRE) (7 wins).

The wins came over 1m6f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Gambling Girl (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gambling Girl (IRE)2771m6f–2m1fGrade 3
Gambling Mistress (IRE)110——
Red Rosa (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Worcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 8 0 0% −8.00
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00
1m2f – 1m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Hugh Nugent 4 0 0% −4.00
B M Cash 3 0 0% −3.00
Robbie Power 3 0 0% −3.00
Fran Berry 2 0 0% −2.00
Mark Bolger 2 0 0% −2.00
Matthew Lawson 2 0 0% −2.00
Brian Harding 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Madden 1 0 0% −1.00
Barry Geraghty 1 0 0% −1.00
Denis O'Regan 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Foley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 0 0% −10.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 4 0 0% −4.00
2016 5 0 0% −5.00
2015 10 0 0% −10.00
2013 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 15 0 0% −15.00
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00

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
09 Jun 22+29d Uttoxeter Remembering Lisa Oldham Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 8 10-10 85—76C Hugh Nugent 28/1
11 May 22+22d Worcester At The Races App Form Study Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 10/16 14 11-4 9049C90C Hugh Nugent 125/1
19 Apr 22+14d Worcester Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Good · 14 ran 14/14 ¾ 10-10 95—79C Hugh Nugent 125/1
05 Apr 22+2021d Southwell Off The Fence On youtube.com/attheraces Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good · 14 ran F/14 — 11-7 97—— Hugh Nugent 125/1
22 Sep 16+34d Perth Sean Dillon Testimonial Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-8 106—— Brian Harding 25/1
19 Aug 16+13d Kilbeggan Kilbeggan Maiden Hurdle 19.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 5/14 1¾ 11-4 ——100A B M Cash 8/1
06 Aug 16+18d Kilbeggan (IRE) Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 19.5f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 1½ 11-4 ——112B B M Cash 8/1
19 Jul 16+9d Ballinrobe Paddy Smyth Memorial Maiden Hurdle 17.5f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 4¾ 11-4 ——99A B M Cash 25/1
10 Jul 16+233d Sligo Ladies Day 4th August Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Soft · 9 ran 8/9 shd 11-4 ——86A Robbie Power 2/1
20 Nov 15+7d Dundalk (AW) Big Bad Bob Maiden 12f · Standard · 14 ran 4/14 1½ 9-11 60—81A Fran Berry 8/1
13 Nov 15+18d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Apprentice Handicap 12f · Standard · 14 ran 8/14 nk 8-9 60—66A Tom Madden 12/1
26 Oct 15+15d Wexford Peter Nolan Bloodstock Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 shd 11-2 ——111A Mark Bolger 9/4F
11 Oct 15+9d Limerick Dunraven Arms Hotel Hurdle 18f · Yielding · 5 ran 2/5 5 10-10 ——109B Mark Bolger 16/1
02 Oct 15+13d Gowran Park Thomastown Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 3½ 11-7 ——110A Barry Geraghty 11/4
19 Sep 15+159d Listowel John Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 nse 11-7 ——104A Denis O'Regan 11/2
13 Apr 15+27d Tramore Pick6 Races 1 To 6 Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 ¾ 11-2 ——106B Robbie Power 10/3
17 Mar 15+18d Wexford Wexford Racecourse Supporters Club Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 10 ran 5/10 4¼ 11-2 ——92A Robbie Power 7/1
27 Feb 15+14d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium - Light Up Your Night Maiden 10.5f · Standard · 6 ran 2/6 2¼ 9-5 61—73B Fran Berry EvensF
13 Feb 15+525d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Maiden 10.5f · Standard · 10 ran 4/10 shd 9-5 ——80A Shane Foley 33/1
06 Sep 13+22d Chepstow 32RedPoker.com Maiden Auction Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10/10 1¾ 8-8 ——29C Matthew Lawson 33/1
15 Aug 13 Salisbury totesuperscoop6 Available At The Ebor Festival Maiden Auction Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 9/11 2 8-6 ——43C Matthew Lawson 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Holy Water (IRE) won?
Holy Water (IRE) has yet to win, from 21 archived starts between 2013 and 2022. Placed 5 times in total (23.8% of starts).
Who trained Holy Water (IRE)?
Holy Water (IRE) was trained by Ryan Potter on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 9 June 2022.
Who is Holy Water (IRE)'s sire?
Holy Water (IRE) is by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) out of Gambling Spirit (GB), whose sire is Mister Baileys.
What is Holy Water (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 9 June 2022. The highest on record is 106.
What is Holy Water (IRE)'s sire's record?
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,862 runs since Jan 2008 (948 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
Who are Holy Water (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Gambling Spirit (GB), Holy Water (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Gambling Girl (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Gambling Girl (IRE)). The wins came over 1m6f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2013. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.