Horse profile
Irish Hill (GER)
by Kingston Hill (GB) out of Irresistable (GER) (Monsun)
28 runs · 14 courses · from Jul 2021
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
8 wins · 7 courses
Beaten favourite LTO
Last run 3 Nov 2025
Last raced off OR 132
KTB Profile
Irish Hill is a gelding who has won eight of 28 starts on turf, all in handicaps bar his first two. Four of those wins came over 2m1f – 2m4f, three over 1m5f – 2m and one over 2m5f – 3m, with four on good ground and three on good to soft. He won a Class 2 handicap hurdle at Warwick in Feb 2025 off an official rating of 131 and a Class 3 at Plumpton in Nov 2024. Ridden prominently, he was the beaten favourite when last seen off 132 at Plumpton in Nov 2025.
Based on 28 archived runs · run-style from 8 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
- 8–28Wins / Runs
- 28.6%Strike rate
- 16 (57.1%)Placed
- +7.83£1 level staken=28 at SP
- 1.37Fair A/E n=28 · 1.19 incl. margin
- 134Highest OR
- 58dAvg 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.
Official rating132↓ 2lb off peak
132
107–134
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 135
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 12 | 146C | 114 | — |
| Good | 7 | 135A | 134 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 132A | 118 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 146C | 120 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 135A | 116.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 143A | 126 | — |
Of 27 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 27 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 from 8 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 7 (88%) · 2 wins
- Held up 1 (13%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,647 runs since Apr 2019 (204 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 5.4% from 168.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | +9.7 | — |
| Good | 551 | 59 | 10.7% | +1.6 | 4 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 412 | 38 | 9.2% | +0.1 | 3 from 13 |
| Soft | 383 | 31 | 8.1% | −1 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 168 | 9 | 5.4% | −3.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 101 | 7 | 6.9% | −2.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 41 | 3 | 7.3% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 43 | 1 | 2.3% | −6.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 99 | 6 | 6.1% | −3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 513 | 54 | 10.5% | +1.4 | 3 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 580 | 54 | 9.3% | +0.2 | 4 from 14 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 304 | 23 | 7.6% | −1.5 | 1 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 62 | 9 | 14.5% | +5.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Irresistable (GER) (Monsun)
3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irisante (GER) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| Indira (GER) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Iron Arrow (GER) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 13 | 3 | 23% | −3.17 |
| Good | 10 | 4 | 40% | +7.50 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 12 | 4 | 33% | −0.70 |
| Class 2 | 12 | 2 | 17% | +0.83 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ascot | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Newbury | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Plumpton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| Warwick | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Wincanton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
| Taunton | 2 | 2 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.70 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 14 | 4 | 29% | −0.17 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 1 | 13% | +0.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 3 | 50% | +7.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Cobden | 15 | 5 | 33% | −0.87 |
| Jay Tidball | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.50 |
| Bryony Frost | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
| Freddie Gingell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Angus Cheleda | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bauyrzhan Murzabayev | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.70 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 14 | 6 | 43% | +10.08 |
| Cheekpieces | 8 | 2 | 25% | +3.75 |
| Blinkers | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.50 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.75 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +0.83 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −2.45 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +9.70 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 27 | 7 | 26% | −0.87 |
| Flat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.70 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Nov 25+206d | Plumpton | Auditel Cost & Carbon Management Challenge Handicap Hurdle Handy early - dropped away before 3rd - up with front group - fell at 4th | F/7 | — | 11-9 | 132 | — | — | Jay Tidball | 5/2F |
| 11 Apr 25+27d | Ayr | Coral Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled among the front rank early - pushed along in 4th approaching two out - stayed on at one speed to finish 5th | 5/10 | 2 | 11-1 | 133 | 115A | 129A | Jay Tidball | 12/1 |
| 15 Mar 25+35d | Kempton | Virgin Bet Best Odds Daily Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Sat close up early - hit front approaching straight - overtaken 2f out and pressed for effort - dropped away before final fence to finish 4th | 4/10 | 6 | 11-6 | 133 | 135A | 135A | Jay Tidball | 10/1 |
| 08 Feb 25+50d | Warwick | eventmasters.co.uk 40th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Sat close to front early - went in front at the 7th - hit the front again 2 out under a drive - edged clear on the run-in - held on to score by a whisker | 1/6 | 11-2 | 131 | 118A | 129B | Jay Tidball | 15/2 | |
| 2024 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Dec 24+29d | Ascot | Howden Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Tracked the pace - urged forward after two out - fully in contention on the run-in - kept on but faded in the last strides | 3/13 | ½ | 11-8 | 127 | 106B | 143A | Jay Tidball | 11/1 |
| 21 Nov 24+17d | Wincanton | Danny McNab Bookmakers Sponsors Wincanton Racecourse Handicap Hurdle Tracked the pace early - needed encouragement after the 3rd and again into the 6th - urged forward with three left - moved into second before the final two - narrowed the gap on a wandering front-runner approaching the last - edged closer in the run-in - unable to get all the way there and beaten into 2nd | 2/5 | 1 | 12-0 | 127 | 146C | 140B | Harry Cobden | 5/2 |
| 04 Nov 24+23d | Plumpton | Care For Veterans Charity Handicap Hurdle Handy in the pack early - moved through on the outside to hit the front approaching two out - clean leap at the last - locked in a battle with the second all the way to the line - held on for the narrowest of wins | 1/7 | 10-12 | 124 | 134B | 144B | Harry Cobden | 9/4F | |
| 12 Oct 24+174d | Chepstow | Wasdell Group Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Struggled for pace from the off - stayed at the back of the field - dropped away and eased down before 3 out | PU/17 | — | 11-1 | 125 | — | — | Harry Cobden | 14/1 |
| 21 Apr 24+36d | Wincanton | Stay & Spa At The Eastbury Handicap Hurdle | 2/11 | 4¼ | 12-0 | 125 | 111A | 138A | Harry Cobden | 13/8F |
| 16 Mar 24+28d | Kempton | Read Nicky Henderson's Exclusive Unibet Blog Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/11 | 1¾ | 10-10 | 124 | 122A | 133A | Harry Cobden | 11/2 |
| 17 Feb 24+35d | Ascot | Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/16 | 1½ | 10-2 | 125 | 124B | 127A | Freddie Gingell | 9/2J |
| 13 Jan 24+14d | Kempton | Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 9/19 | 1¼ | 10-12 | 127 | 113B | 126A | Bryony Frost | 18/1 |
| 2023 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Dec 23+28d | Newbury | Coral Racing Club Join For Free Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/6 | 8½ | 11-3 | 127 | 119A | 130B | Harry Cobden | 10/3 |
| 02 Dec 23+19d | Newbury | Coral Racing Club Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 7/10 | 18 | 11-0 | 129 | 96C | 110A | Harry Cobden | 5/1 |
| 13 Nov 23+213d | Kempton | Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 4/7 | nk | 10-12 | 131 | 126A | 126A | Harry Cobden | 5/2 |
| 14 Apr 23+28d | Aintree | William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 14/20 | 13 | 11-1 | 133 | 88C | 114C | Bryony Frost | 25/1 |
| 17 Mar 23+27d | Cheltenham | Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 10/21 | 4 | 11-1 | 134 | 95B | 121A | Angus Cheleda | 9/1 |
| 18 Feb 23+48d | Ascot | Ascot Racecourse Supports Box4Kids Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/12 | 10-13 | 128 | 111A | 140A | Harry Cobden | 10/3F | |
| 01 Jan 23+38d | Fakenham | Gamble Plant Norfolk Ltd Grand Prix Handicap Hurdle | 1/15 | 11-13 | 122 | 120B | 141A | Bryony Frost | 5/2F | |
| 2022 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 24 Nov 22+11d | Taunton | Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle | 1/9 | 11-2 | 116 | 134A | 137B | Harry Cobden | 7/4F | |
| 13 Nov 22+190d | Fontwell | Join Vickers.Bet Free Bet Club Salmon Spray Handicap Hurdle | 2/8 | hd | 10-4 | 116 | — | 123A | Freddie Gingell | 15/8F |
| 07 May 22+15d | Warwick | Racing Tv Profits Returned To Racing Handicap Hurdle | 2/6 | 6 | 10-2 | 116 | 135A | 116B | Tom Buckley | EvensF |
| 22 Apr 22+21d | Chepstow | Sun Trade Windows Handicap Hurdle | 1/5 | 10-1 | 112 | 126C | 126B | Harry Cobden | 4/5F | |
| 01 Apr 22+27d | Newbury | BetVictor Gamble Responsibly Handicap Hurdle | 3/6 | 8 | 10-0 | 110 | 143A | 117B | Harry Cobden | 13/8F |
| 05 Mar 22+42d | Newbury | Download The BetVictor App Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/9 | 1¼ | 10-5 | 107 | 132A | 126A | Harry Cobden | 4/1 |
| 22 Jan 22+23d | Ascot | SBK Betting Podcast Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/4 | 21 | 11-4 | — | 84C | 100C | Harry Cobden | 7/4F |
| 2021 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Dec 21+161d | Taunton | Invest Southwest Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/13 | 10-12 | — | 90B | 118A | Harry Cobden | EvensF | |
| 22 Jul 21 | Longchamp (FR) | Prix du Canal Saint-Martin (Conditions) (3yo) (Moyenne Course) (Turf) | 1/9 | 9-4 | — | — | — | Bauyrzhan Murzabayev | 87/10 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Irish Hill won?
- Irish Hill (GER) won 8 of 28 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 16 times in total (57.1% of starts).
- Who trains Irish Hill?
- Irish Hill (GER) is trained by Paul Nicholls, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 3 November 2025.
- Who is Irish Hill's sire?
- Irish Hill (GER) is by Kingston Hill (GB) out of Irresistable (GER), whose sire is Monsun.
- What going does Irish Hill prefer?
- Irish Hill (GER) has the best record on good going: 4 wins from 10 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Irish Hill's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 132, from the run on 3 November 2025. The highest on record is 134.
- What is Irish Hill's sire's record?
- Kingston Hill (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,647 runs since Apr 2019 (204 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 5.4% from 168.
- Who are Irish Hill's siblings?
- Out of Irresistable (GER), Irish Hill (GER) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.