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Horse profile

Lift The Lid (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2016) · Last trainer Neil Mulholland · Last owner Flooring Solutions Ni Ltd
by Robin Des Pres (FR) out of Kindly Light (IRE) (Supreme Leader)
9 runs · 7 courses · from Apr 2015
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Dec 2016 — 3,600 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2016 · 1st of 9 Won last time out 2 wins · Wetherby & Fakenham Last raced off OR 111
KTB Profile

Lift The Lid (IRE) is 2 from 9, both wins coming at Class 4 level. Won last time out at Wetherby (Class 4). Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 111.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 111 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Wetherby, 26 Dec 2016

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 2 figures · best 111B · median 110
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2111B110—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 136B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fakenham, 15 Nov 2016 Official rating 111 at the last run, 26 Dec 2016

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 9 figures · best 136B · median 107
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Heavy4107C104—
Good3113C110—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m5136B113—
2m1f – 2m4f3107C104—
2m5f – 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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
Robin Des Pres (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 2,800 runs since Jan 2008 (229 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5120%+10.8—
Good to Firm941819.1%+9.9—
Good1,0921019.2%00 from 3
Good to Soft525468.8%−0.41 from 1
Soft735719.7%+0.51 from 1
Heavy333216.3%−2.90 from 4
Standard (AW)1500%−9.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f400%−9.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1400%−9.2—
1m5f – 2m719659%−0.22 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f1,1051059.5%+0.30 from 3
2m5f – 3m768688.9%−0.30 from 1
Over 3m1902010.5%+1.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Kindly Light (IRE) (Supreme Leader)

5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Killary Bay (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m2f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Lady Racquet (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Killary Bay (IRE)2122m2f–3m1fClass 6
No Substitute (IRE)1112m4fClass 4
Lady Racquet (IRE)1112m4fClass 3
Criaire Nouveau (IRE)60——
Spyglass Hill (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +3.00
Soft 1 1 100% +2.75

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 2 33% +1.75
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Taunton 3 0 0% −3.00
Wetherby 1 1 100% +3.00
Fakenham 1 1 100% +2.75
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 2 40% +2.75
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Noel Fehily 3 1 33% +0.75
Sean Corby 1 1 100% +3.00
David Noonan 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Quinlan 1 0 0% −1.00
Wayne Hutchinson 1 0 0% −1.00
Dougie Costello 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Kaine Wood 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 2 2 100% +5.75
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 7 2 29% +0.75
2015 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 7 2 29% +0.75
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2016 · 7 runs
26 Dec 16+41d Wetherby Free Bet At 188bet Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-5 111111B122A Sean Corby 3/1F
15 Nov 16+169d Fakenham Bet With Dan Hague Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-9 102109C136B Noel Fehily 11/4J
30 May 16+118d Cartmel Tony Connell Memorial Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m6f · Good · 14 ran 6/14 7 11-6 102—97A David Noonan 7/1
02 Feb 16+10d Taunton Openbet Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Heavy · 11 ran 6/11 1¾ 11-3 ——99C Noel Fehily 50/1
23 Jan 16+10d Taunton Ebf Stallions 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (qualifier) Class 4 · 2m3f · Heavy · 9 ran 7/9 69 11-2 ——107C Mark Quinlan 66/1
13 Jan 16+12d Taunton Broadway & Horton Cricket Club 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m3f · Heavy · 9 ran 5/9 4 11-5 ——104A Noel Fehily 10/1
01 Jan 16+229d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Bridgwater Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m1f · Heavy · 18 ran 15/18 49 11-5 ——104C Wayne Hutchinson 20/1
2015 · 2 runs
17 May 15+30d Market Rasen Mount & Minster Lincolnshire Lettings Agents Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Class 6 · 2m½f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 3 11-2 ——113C Dougie Costello 5/1
17 Apr 15 Southwell Like Southwell_Races On Twitter Standard NH Flat Race (Conditional/Amateur) Class 6 · 1m7½f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 4½ 10-10 ——110A Mr Kaine Wood 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Lift The Lid won?
Lift The Lid (IRE) won 2 of 9 archived starts between 2015 and 2016, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 2 times in total (22.2% of starts).
Who trained Lift The Lid?
Lift The Lid (IRE) was trained by Neil Mulholland on the most recent run on record, at Wetherby on 26 December 2016.
Who is Lift The Lid's sire?
Lift The Lid (IRE) is by Robin Des Pres (FR) out of Kindly Light (IRE), whose sire is Supreme Leader.
What is Lift The Lid's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 111, from the run on 26 December 2016. That is also the highest on record.
What is Lift The Lid's sire's record?
Robin Des Pres (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 2,800 runs since Jan 2008 (229 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Lift The Lid's siblings?
Out of Kindly Light (IRE), Lift The Lid (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Killary Bay (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Lady Racquet (IRE)). The wins came over 2m2f–3m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2015. 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.