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Texas Holdem (IRE)

12yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2011) · Last trainer Michael Smith · Last owner Mrs Sandra Smith
by Topanoora (IRE) out of Lough N Uisce (IRE) (Boyne Valley I)
30 runs · 16 courses · from Feb 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Dec 2011 — 5,425 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2011 · 5th of 9 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 115
KTB Profile

Texas Holdem (IRE) is 4 from 30. Hasn't won since Mar 2011. All 4 wins have come over 2m1f – 2m4f. Last raced off 115, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 30 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating115↓ 10lb off peak
115 100–125

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 127A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ayr, 16 Apr 2011 Official rating 115 at the last run, 29 Dec 2011

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 28 figures · best 136A · median 112.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft10136A112.5—
Good6127A125.5—
Good to Soft5129A104—
Heavy5114A99—
Good to Firm2121C112—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f20136A115—
2m5f – 3m4112C98.5—
1m5f – 2m3126A113—
Over 3m1———

Of 30 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 · 28 figures from 30 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
Topanoora (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 719 runs since Jan 2008 (82 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 4.8% from 126. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.4% from 210.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1317.7%−0.1—
Good to Firm8589.4%+1.60 from 2
Good195147.2%−0.61 from 8
Good to Soft10876.5%−1.31 from 5
Soft1861910.2%+2.42 from 10
Heavy12664.8%−30 from 5
Standard (AW)6116.7%+8.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f3133.3%+25.5—
1m – 1m1f100%−7.8—
1m2f – 1m4f500%−7.8—
1m5f – 2m150117.3%−0.50 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f318185.7%−2.14 from 21
2m5f – 3m2102411.4%+3.60 from 5
Over 3m3226.3%−1.50 from 1

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
Lough N Uisce (IRE) (Boyne Valley I)

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

The wins came over 2m–2m5½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Mistified (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Somethingforsunday (IRE)722m–2m1f—
Mistified (IRE)5722m1½f–2m5½fClass 4
Perrie Hill (IRE)240——
Latymon Lady (IRE)90——
Sadiks Boy (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 10 2 20% +6.50
Good 8 1 13% −1.50
Good to Soft 5 1 20% +5.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 12 2 17% +4.50
Class 4 8 1 13% −2.50
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kelso 6 0 0% −6.00
Hexham 4 1 25% +6.00
Market Rasen 3 0 0% −3.00
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 2 1 50% +3.50
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Thurles 2 1 50% +9.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 1 100% +5.50
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 21 4 19% +12.00
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Michael McAlister 7 2 29% +9.50
J F Levins 4 0 0% −4.00
Aodhagan Conlon 3 1 33% +2.50
James O'Farrell 3 0 0% −3.00
D J Casey 3 1 33% +8.00
Davy Condon 2 0 0% −2.00
Dean Pratt 1 0 0% −1.00
Denis O'Regan 1 0 0% −1.00
William Kennedy 1 0 0% −1.00
Peter Carberry 1 0 0% −1.00
Phil Kinsella 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamus Durack 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian Hughes 1 0 0% −1.00
K Hadnett 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 8 1 13% −2.50
2010 5 0 0% −5.00
2008 2 0 0% −2.00
2006 4 1 25% +2.50
2005 11 2 18% +10.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 26 4 15% +7.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2011 · 8 runs
29 Dec 11+53d Kelso Totepool Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m2f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 11 11-3 115101C Aodhagan Conlon 4/1
06 Nov 11+204d Market Rasen John Wade For Demolition 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys And Amateur Riders) Class 4 · 2m2½f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 3 11-9 115116A Dean Pratt 8/1
16 Apr 11+5d Ayr Purvis Marquees Racing Excellence 'Hands And Heels' Finale Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals'/Amateurs') Class 3 · 2m4f · Good · 14 ran 3/14 5 11-3 116127A Aodhagan Conlon 13/2
11 Apr 11+15d Hexham Primary Websites Ltd Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m4f · Good · 8 ran BD/8 — 11-8 116— Denis O'Regan 15/8F
27 Mar 11+17d Hexham Roe Deer Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 3/13 1½ 11-4 114129A William Kennedy 11/2
10 Mar 11+21d Carlisle carlisle-races.co.uk Racing Excellence 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals'/Amateurs') Class 4 · 2m4f · Soft · 12 ran 1/12 11-7 110136A Aodhagan Conlon 9/2
17 Feb 11+25d Kelso Oswald Hughes Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m2f · Soft · 12 ran 3/12 ½ 11-5 110116A Peter Carberry 4/1
23 Jan 11+67d Market Rasen Middle Rasen Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 12 ran 4/12 2¼ 11-4 110126A James O'Farrell 9/1
2010 · 5 runs
17 Nov 10+11d Hexham Northumbria Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Heavy · 14 ran 5/14 8 11-9 110114A James O'Farrell 12/1
06 Nov 10+209d Kelso Merry Farriers Stag Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m2f · Good · 15 ran 2/15 1 11-4 104127A James O'Farrell 25/1
11 Apr 10+12d Kelso Bedmax Handicap Chase (For The Wilfred & Patricia Crawford Memorial Trophy) Class 3 · 3m1f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 5/12 22 10-1 10081C Phil Kinsella 16/1
30 Mar 10+18d Market Rasen Countryside Day On 16th May Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 2m5½f · Soft · 4 ran 4/4 30 11-0 10094C Seamus Durack 7/1
12 Mar 10+459d Ayr Wkd Core Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 3m½f · Good · 3 ran F/3 — 11-0 115— Brian Hughes 10/1
2008 · 2 runs
08 Dec 08+17d Musselburgh Play Poker Online at scotbet.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m3½f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 4/15 11 11-7 115103C Davy Condon 40/1
21 Nov 08+959d Kelso Scotdisc Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m2f · Soft · 18 ran 18/18 shd 11-5 118105C Davy Condon 33/1
2006 · 4 runs
07 Apr 06+41d Aintree The Sportsman Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Class 1 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 24 ran 11/24 ½ 9-9 125106C Michael McAlister 100/1
25 Feb 06+31d Newcastle totesport.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m · Heavy · 10 ran 7/10 2½ 11-5 125104C Michael McAlister 7/1
25 Jan 06+11d Catterick Watt Fences Racecourse Suppliers Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m3½f · Good · 15 ran 1/15 11-2 118125C Michael McAlister 11/2
14 Jan 06+26d Carlisle Totesport Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 2m1f · Heavy · 12 ran 6/12 2½ 10-2 11899C Michael McAlister 10/1
2005 · 11 runs
19 Dec 05+33d Doncaster Sands Live Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m3½f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 3/15 3 11-4 117121C Michael McAlister 12/1
16 Nov 05+11d Hexham At The Races 3g Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 1/13 10-12 112104C Michael McAlister 9/1
05 Nov 05+176d Kelso Graham Todd Haulage Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m6½f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 3/13 3½ 9-13 112103C Michael McAlister 16/1
13 May 05+11d Wexford Quality Hotel & Leisure Centre Hurdle 2m4f · Good · 14 ran 3/14 1½ 11-7 108116C J F Levins 8/1
02 May 05+8d Limerick Nutec EBF Beginners Chase 2m1f · Soft · 16 ran 11/16 ¾ 11-12 —99C K Hadnett 10/1
24 Apr 05+27d Cork Handicap Hurdle (74-109) 3m · Heavy · 24 ran 10/24 25 11-3 10993C J F Levins 14/1
28 Mar 05+11d Fairyhouse Sherry Fitzgerald Hurdle 2m4f · Soft · 18 ran 6/18 3 11-7 109113C J F Levins 16/1
17 Mar 05+21d Wexford Pinnacle Handicap Hurdle (74-109) 3m · Yielding · 16 ran 3/16 2½ 11-5 108112C J F Levins 9/1
24 Feb 05+7d Thurles Thurles Maiden Hurdle 2m2f · Soft · 16 ran 1/16 11-4 —120C D J Casey 10/1
17 Feb 05+7d Clonmel Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 8/16 3 11-4 —86C D J Casey 11/2
10 Feb 05 Thurles Ballynonty Maiden Hudle 2m · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 5/18 2½ 11-4 —113C D J Casey 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Texas Holdem won?
Texas Holdem (IRE) won 4 of 30 archived starts between 2005 and 2011, a strike rate of 13.3%. Placed 12 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trained Texas Holdem?
Texas Holdem (IRE) was trained by Michael Smith on the most recent run on record, at Kelso on 29 December 2011.
Who is Texas Holdem's sire?
Texas Holdem (IRE) is by Topanoora (IRE) out of Lough N Uisce (IRE), whose sire is Boyne Valley I.
What going does Texas Holdem prefer?
Texas Holdem (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 10 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Texas Holdem's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 115, from the run on 29 December 2011. The highest on record is 125.
What is Texas Holdem's sire's record?
Topanoora (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 719 runs since Jan 2008 (82 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.8% from 126. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.4% from 210.
Who are Texas Holdem's siblings?
Out of Lough N Uisce (IRE), Texas Holdem (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Somethingforsunday (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Mistified (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m5½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2005. 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.