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Horse profile

Purple Mountain (IRE)

8yo mare (at last run, Aug 2023) · Last trainer John Joseph Hanlon · Last owner Mrs A F Mee
by Beat Hollow (GB) out of Bluemountainbeach (IRE) (Diamond Green)
14 runs · 8 courses · from Dec 2019
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Aug 2023 — 1,183 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2023 4 wins · 4 courses First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 122
KTB Profile

Purple Mountain won four of 14 starts on turf all between Aug 2020 and Oct 2021. Her biggest success came in the Grade 3 Joe Mac Novice Hurdle at Tipperary over 1m5f – 2m on soft ground in Oct 2021. She also landed a Listed race and scored three times over 1m5f – 2m. The mare last ran at Galway in Aug 2023, her first time in first-time headgear, when she raced off an official rating of 122.

Based on 14 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
Official rating122↓ 3lb off peak
122 122–125

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 147 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Gowran Park, 2 Oct 2020

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Jumps 9 figures · best 147B · median 88
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good4147B100.5—
Soft3109A107—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6147B84—
2m1f – 2m4f2107A86—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 14 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 68A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Punchestown, 31 Dec 2019

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 135A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Galway, 27 Jul 2022 Official rating 122 at the last jumps run, 2 Aug 2023

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. What this means →

Flat 2 figures · best 68A · median 66
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Jumps 10 figures · best 138A · median 119
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good5138A129—
Soft3119B119—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7138A119—
2m1f – 2m4f2119A117—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 14 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 · 12 figures from 14 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
Beat Hollow (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 6,031 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm26311.5%+0.2—
Good to Firm6468813.6%+2.3—
Good1,73519911.5%+0.22 from 7
Good to Soft96310611%−0.30 from 3
Soft1,24113410.8%−0.52 from 3
Heavy4515612.4%+1.10 from 1
Standard (AW)969959.8%−1.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f561017.9%+6.6—
6f – 7f4535411.9%+0.6—
1m – 1m1f704709.9%−1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f1,28715011.7%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m1,67721012.5%+1.23 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f1,14311710.2%−1.11 from 4
2m5f – 3m596589.7%−1.60 from 2
Over 3m1151210.4%−0.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Bluemountainbeach (IRE) (Diamond Green)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 2 29% −1.92
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 3 2 67% +8.33
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Galway 3 1 33% −1.17
Killarney 3 1 33% −1.17
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 1 100% +8.50
Gowran Park 1 1 100% +2.25

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 8 3 38% +6.58
2m1f – 2m4f 4 1 25% −2.17
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr P W Mullins 4 3 75% +2.91
Brian Hayes 3 0 0% −3.00
Sean O'Keeffe 3 1 33% +6.50
Mr D G Lavery 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Townend 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Mullins 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr T Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 4 31% +3.41
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 4 0 0% −4.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 5 2 40% +6.33
2020 2 2 100% +3.08
2019 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 9 2 22% +2.33
NH Flat 3 2 67% +2.08
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
2023 · 4 runs
02 Aug 23+41d Galway Tote Always SP Or Better At Galway Handicap Hurdle 22.5f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran PU/20 — 11-12 122—— Brian Hayes 66/1
22 Jun 23+24d Leopardstown Leopardstown Annual Members (Q.R.) Maiden 15f · Good · 17 ran 9/17 1½ 11-2 —80C64C Mr D G Lavery 50/1
29 May 23+15d Ballinrobe McHale Mayo Handicap Hurdle 22.5f · Good · 16 ran 7/16 1¼ 10-10 123113B129A Brian Hayes 150/1
14 May 23+268d Killarney Oyster Tavern Handicap Hurdle (Listed) 17f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 13/14 13 11-3 12565C115C Brian Hayes 125/1
2022 · 2 runs
19 Aug 22+23d Killarney Larkin's Bar & Francie Sheahan's Bar Handicap Hurdle (Grade B) 17f · Good · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-8 125—— Sean O'Keeffe 5/1
27 Jul 22+241d Galway Free Jackpot All Customers At Tote.ie Irish Ebf Mares Handicap Hurdle 16.5f · Good · 18 ran 3/18 3 11-7 12369C135A Paul Townend 3/1F
2021 · 5 runs
28 Nov 21+15d Fairyhouse Baroneracing.com Handicap Hurdle (grade A) 16f · Good · 18 ran 16/18 4½ 10-4 12588C90C Danny Mullins 25/1
13 Nov 21+41d Punchestown Extra Places Every Day At BetVictor Rated Novice Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 8 ran 6/8 7½ 11-9 —80C97C Sean O'Keeffe 18/5
03 Oct 21+65d Tipperary Joe Mac Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) 16f · Yielding · 7 ran 1/7 10-10 —109A119B Sean O'Keeffe 17/2
30 Jul 21+173d Galway James's Gate Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Good · 18 ran 1/18 11-7 ——127A Mr P W Mullins 5/6F
07 Feb 21+128d Leopardstown Coolmore N.H. Sires Kew Gardens Irish EBF Mares I.N.H. Flat Race (Grade 2) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 11/11 26 11-11 —-2C101C Mr T Hamilton 20/1
2020 · 2 runs
02 Oct 20+43d Gowran Park Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mucklemeg Mares Flat Race (Listed) 16f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 11-8 —147B138A Mr P W Mullins 9/4F
20 Aug 20+233d Killarney Beaufort Golf Club Flat Race 17f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 11-9 —107A119A Mr P W Mullins 5/6F
2019 · 1 run
31 Dec 19 Punchestown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race 18f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 5/17 ½ 11-6 ——68A Mr P W Mullins 5/2F

Quick answers

How many races has Purple Mountain won?
Purple Mountain (IRE) won 4 of 14 archived starts between 2019 and 2023, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 5 times in total (35.7% of starts).
Who trained Purple Mountain?
Purple Mountain (IRE) was trained by John Joseph Hanlon on the most recent run on record, at Galway on 2 August 2023.
Who is Purple Mountain's sire?
Purple Mountain (IRE) is by Beat Hollow (GB) out of Bluemountainbeach (IRE), whose sire is Diamond Green.
What going does Purple Mountain prefer?
Purple Mountain (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Purple Mountain's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 2 August 2023. The highest on record is 125.
What is Purple Mountain's sire's record?
Beat Hollow (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 6,031 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from December 2019. 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.