Too Hard To Hold (IRE)
Too Hard To Hold (IRE) is 3 from 27. Hasn't won since Nov 2020. Last raced off 61, 11lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–27Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 5 (18.5%)Placed
- −6.00£1 level staken=27 at SP
- 1.18Fair A/E n=27 · 0.99 incl. margin
- 72Highest OR
- 14dBetween runs (median)longest 234 d
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 111
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 110C | 82 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 111B | 80 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 71C | 62 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 87C | 78 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 15 | 111B | 73 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 109A | 82.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.1% of 9,325 runs since Mar 2009 (596 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 53 | 2 | 3.8% | −4.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,574 | 133 | 8.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,952 | 150 | 7.7% | −0.4 | 2 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 913 | 74 | 8.1% | 0 | — |
| Soft | 1,102 | 94 | 8.5% | +0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 356 | 26 | 7.3% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,375 | 280 | 8.3% | +0.2 | 1 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,279 | 222 | 9.7% | +1.6 | 1 from 15 |
| 6f – 7f | 4,250 | 356 | 8.4% | +0.3 | 2 from 12 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,578 | 99 | 6.3% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 700 | 44 | 6.3% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 370 | 23 | 6.2% | −1.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 117 | 9 | 7.7% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 27 | 5 | 18.5% | +10.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +16.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sahara Ace (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Keep Planning (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Ms Jeffers (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 2 | 18% | +2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.00 |
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Naas | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 15 | 1 | 7% | −10.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 2 | 17% | +4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronan Whelan | 13 | 2 | 15% | +3.00 |
| Colin Keane | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| C Y Ho | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| P J McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Scott McCullagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Breslin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Franny Norton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2 | 17% | +4.00 |
| 2019 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Too Hard To Hold won?
- Too Hard To Hold (IRE) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2019 and 2021, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 5 times in total (18.5% of starts).
- Who trained Too Hard To Hold?
- Too Hard To Hold (IRE) was trained by Jack W Davison on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 13 August 2021.
- Who is Too Hard To Hold's sire?
- Too Hard To Hold (IRE) is by Camacho (GB) out of Bilderberg (IRE), whose sire is Big Bad Bob.
- What going does Too Hard To Hold prefer?
- Too Hard To Hold (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 11 starts (18.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Too Hard To Hold's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 61, from the run on 13 August 2021. The highest on record is 72.
- What is Too Hard To Hold's sire's record?
- Camacho (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.1% of 9,325 runs since Mar 2009 (596 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Too Hard To Hold's siblings?
- Out of Bilderberg (IRE), Too Hard To Hold (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.