Holywell (IRE)
Holywell (IRE) is 7 from 32, including a Grade 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Betfred Mobile Mildmay Novices' Chase at Aintree (Apr 2014). Hasn't won since Feb 2015. Last raced off 140, 23lb below the career-high mark.
- 7–32Wins / Runs
- 21.9%Strike rate
- 14 (43.8%)Placed
- +17.45£1 level staken=32 at SP
- 1.25Fair A/E n=31 · 1.09 incl. margin
- 163Highest OR
- 62dAvg 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 —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 60C | 52.5 | — |
Of 6 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 6 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 12.2% of 5,648 runs since Jan 2008 (363 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 124 | 14 | 11.3% | −0.9 | — |
| Good | 1,752 | 220 | 12.6% | +0.4 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 980 | 121 | 12.3% | +0.1 | 4 from 11 |
| Soft | 1,792 | 194 | 10.8% | −1.4 | 2 from 11 |
| Heavy | 967 | 137 | 14.2% | +2 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 33 | 1 | 3% | −9.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −12.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 19 | 0 | 0% | −12.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −12.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,213 | 146 | 12% | −0.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,898 | 243 | 12.8% | +0.6 | 2 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,967 | 229 | 11.6% | −0.6 | 3 from 14 |
| Over 3m | 535 | 69 | 12.9% | +0.7 | 2 from 10 |
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 Cooper's Crest (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper's Crest (IRE) | 15 | 2 | 2m | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 11 | 4 | 36% | +29.16 |
| Soft | 11 | 2 | 18% | −6.21 |
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.50 |
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 19 | 3 | 16% | +22.50 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +1.70 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.75 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aintree | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.50 |
| Cheltenham | 5 | 2 | 40% | +32.00 |
| Doncaster | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.09 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Catterick | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.09 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.25 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 14 | 3 | 21% | +24.91 |
| Over 3m | 10 | 2 | 20% | −4.25 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 2 | 25% | −3.21 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie McLernon | 15 | 2 | 13% | +22.00 |
| A P McCoy | 11 | 5 | 45% | +1.45 |
| Killian Moore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jonjo O'Neill Jr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Maurice Linehan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dominic Elsworth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 16 | 4 | 25% | +26.75 |
| Cheekpieces | 11 | 2 | 18% | −7.18 |
| None | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.12 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.75 |
| 2014 | 6 | 4 | 67% | +13.32 |
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +19.00 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.12 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 21 | 5 | 24% | −0.43 |
| Hurdle | 11 | 2 | 18% | +17.88 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Holywell won?
- Holywell (IRE) won 7 of 32 archived starts between 2012 and 2017, a strike rate of 21.9%. Placed 14 times in total (43.8% of starts).
- Who trained Holywell?
- Holywell (IRE) was trained by Jonjo O'Neill on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 8 April 2017.
- Who is Holywell's sire?
- Holywell (IRE) is by Gold Well (GB) out of Hillcrest (IRE), whose sire is Thatching.
- What going does Holywell prefer?
- Holywell (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 4 wins from 11 starts (36.4%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Holywell's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 140, from the run on 8 April 2017. The highest on record is 163.
- What is Holywell's sire's record?
- Gold Well (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 5,648 runs since Jan 2008 (363 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Holywell's siblings?
- Out of Hillcrest (IRE), Holywell (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Cooper's Crest (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m. As at Oct 2026.