Mountain Bear (IRE)
Mountain Bear won two of 12 starts including the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Star Appeal Stakes at Dundalk on standard going in Oct 2023. Both wins came over 6f-7f, one on turf at the Curragh on good ground in Jun 2023 and one on all-weather. The colt, by No Nay Never out of a Holy Roman Emperor mare, finished third of 11 in the Solonaway Stakes at Leopardstown in Sep 2024 off an official rating of 107. He reached a highest ever mark of 110.
- 2–12Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 5 (41.7%)Placed
- −2.67£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.47Fair A/E n=12 · 1.24 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 42dAvg 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 97
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 119C | 88 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 85A | 83.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 119C | 82 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 97A | 88 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,282 runs since Jan 2008 (703 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 607. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 184.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,480 | 179 | 12.1% | 0 | 1 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 607 | 55 | 9.1% | −3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 840 | 109 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 276 | 36 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,136 | 252 | 11.8% | −0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 909 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,357 | 435 | 13% | +0.9 | 2 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,171 | 128 | 10.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 579 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 184 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Moon Daisy (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m5½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Moon Daisy (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Daisy (IRE) | 23 | 3 | 1m4f–1m5½f | Class 3 |
| Elleanthus (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Lullaby (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Lampetia (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 1m2f | — |
| Eos (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Gatlinburg (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 2 | 22% | +0.33 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Moore | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.33 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 24+37d | Leopardstown | TonyBet Solonaway Stakes (Group 2) Settled towards the back early - still 8th at halfway - moved right and asked for effort entering straight - stayed on strongly late to finish 3rd | 3/11 | hd | 9-5 | 107 | 97A | 98A | Chris Hayes | 20/1 |
| 08 Aug 24+18d | Leopardstown | Bahrain Turf Club Desmond Stakes (Group 3) Held up at the back - still 8th at halfway - progress from 1f out - flew home late to snatch second on the line | 2/8 | ½ | 9-2 | 106 | 88A | 92A | Wayne Lordan | 20/1 |
| 21 Jul 24+29d | Curragh | Romanised Minstrel Stakes (Group 2) | 6/6 | 11 | 9-3 | 107 | 68C | 63C | Ryan Moore | 9/4F |
| 22 Jun 24+28d | Ascot | Jersey Stakes (Group 3) | 4/19 | 1 | 9-3 | 109 | 82C | 109A | Wayne Lordan | 50/1 |
| 25 May 24+232d | Curragh | Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (Group 1) | 7/8 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 110 | 79A | 85A | Declan McDonogh | 22/1 |
| 06 Oct 23+20d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Star Appeal Stakes (Listed) | 1/14 | 9-5 | 100 | 114B | 105A | Seamie Heffernan | 10/3 | |
| 16 Sep 23+21d | Doncaster | Betfred Champagne Stakes (Group 2) | 4/5 | ¾ | 9-2 | 101 | 66C | 94B | Ryan Moore | 7/1 |
| 26 Aug 23+25d | Curragh | Heider Family Stables Round Tower Stakes (Group 3) | 4/10 | ¾ | 9-5 | 102 | 98A | 93A | Seamie Heffernan | 5/2 |
| 01 Aug 23+19d | Goodwood | Nicholson Gin Vintage Stakes (Group 2) | 3/9 | nk | 9-3 | 97 | 63A | 97A | Ryan Moore | 11/1 |
| 13 Jul 23+13d | Newmarket | Kingdom Of Bahrain July Stakes (Group 2) | 7/9 | shd | 9-2 | — | 85A | 94A | Ryan Moore | 11/2 |
| 30 Jun 23+23d | Curragh | Cunningham's Of Kildare Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 1/18 | 9-7 | — | 119C | 103A | Ryan Moore | 4/1 | |
| 07 Jun 23 | Curragh | Oak Solutions Group Irish European Breeders Fund Race | 6/8 | ½ | 9-5 | — | 65A | 83A | Wayne Lordan | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Mountain Bear (IRE) won?
- Mountain Bear (IRE) won 2 of 12 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 5 times in total (41.7% of starts).
- Who trained Mountain Bear (IRE)?
- Mountain Bear (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 14 September 2024.
- Who is Mountain Bear (IRE)'s sire?
- Mountain Bear (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Holy Alliance (IRE), whose sire is Holy Roman Emperor.
- What going does Mountain Bear (IRE) prefer?
- Mountain Bear (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Mountain Bear (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 14 September 2024. The highest on record is 110.
- What is Mountain Bear (IRE)'s sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,282 runs since Jan 2008 (703 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 607. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 184.
- Who are Mountain Bear (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Holy Alliance (IRE), Mountain Bear (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Moon Daisy (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Moon Daisy (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m5½f. As at Oct 2026.