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Michael G Holden

37 runners in the lifetime window · 12 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Apr 2011
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
1–37
Wins / Runs
2.7%
Strike rate
n=37
3 (8%)
Placed
0.82
Fair A/E
n=37 · 0.59 incl. margin
−30.50
£1 level stake
n=37 at SP · −82.4%
£3,921
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 2.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−2.7
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.7
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.7
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−2.7
n=19 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −19.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.7% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Headgear figures use the true-first definition (first gear appearance in the captured career); returns are gear back on after a bare run. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 22 0 0% −22.00
Flat 8 1 12.5% −1.50
NH Flat 7 0 0% −7.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 13 0 0% −13.00
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 3 1 33.3% +3.50
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 5 0 0% −5.00
Clonmel 4 0 0% −4.00
Punchestown 4 0 0% −4.00
Tramore 3 0 0% −3.00
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 1 100% +5.50
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 1 1 100% +5.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 3 1 33.3% 3.18 +3.50
4th–6th fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
7th+ in betting 31 0 0% 0.00 −31.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
90.9% completed · 22 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Hurdle 22 90.9% 0 0 2 0 0
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Glorious Music (IRE) 10 0 0 1 Apr 09
Winawar (IRE) 7 0 2 4 Jun 10
The Gabhlog (IRE) 3 0 0 7 Jun 10
Bartragh Island (IRE) 3 0 0 17 Oct 09
Yield For No One (USA)then Eoin Doyle 3 0 0 2 May 08
Jackstalkin (IRE) 2 0 0 2 Apr 11
Betteroffatnothin (USA)then Garrett James Power 2 0 0 4 Jun 09
Free Lily (IRE) 2 0 0 22 Mar 09
Boolyshea Boy (IRE)then Ms M M Gannon 2 0 0 19 Mar 09
Serrated Edge (IRE)then Miss Sharon Dunphy 1 0 0 3 Jul 10
Ardberreen Lass (IRE) 1 0 0 14 Dec 08
Sovine (IRE) 1 1 1 30 Jan 08
All 12 horses sent out in this window. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 12 horses listed, none arrived from another yard in our archive — all 12 had their first archived run here.

4 have since run for another yard; 8 have no later run for another yard in our archive.

Read from each listed horse's whole archived career (2005 onwards), not only this window, and counted over the horses listed above, not the whole string. “First archived run” means our archive holds nothing earlier, not that the horse was unraced. A horse with no later run elsewhere may still be here, be off the track, or have run somewhere our archive does not cover — none of that is asserted.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
33000000·0000
A jumps yard: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
M P Butler 9 0 0% −9.00
John Allen 7 0 0% −7.00
Mr P G Barron 4 0 0% −4.00
Shane Gorey 3 0 0% −3.00
David McCabe 3 0 0% −3.00
John Cullen 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr R J Kiely 2 0 0% −2.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr G J Power 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean McDermott 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 1 100% +5.50
A E Lynch 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
3
Archived wins
£36,857
Prize money
2007
Best season · 2 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
Sovine (IRE) — Fane Nursery (52-70) Dundalk (AW) · Dec 2007
£8,638
Killeen Queen (IRE) — Toals 'Dial A Bet' Novice Handicap Hurdle (74-95) Downpatrick · Mar 2007
£5,874
Sovine (IRE) — Hot To Trott Deals at Pontin's Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Jan 2008 · Class 5
£1,768
Notable horses
Sovine (IRE) Killeen Queen (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Distant Music (USA) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 8.1% of 1,086 runs since 2008 (79 horses).
Flemensfirth (USA) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,274 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses).
High Yield (USA) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 9.5% of 744 runs since 2008 (80 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 6.5% from 107.
Talkin Man (CAN) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 5.6% of 324 runs since 2008 (44 horses).
Expelled (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 4.9% of 142 runs since 2008 (14 horses).
Fath (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.9% of 2,349 runs since 2008 (98 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.3% from 112. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.2% from 167.
Top line: the yard's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 22 Oct 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

latest 50 of 162 · newest first

The latest 50 of 162 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 2 April 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
02 Apr 11 Gowran Park Jackstalkin (IRE)J: Sean McDermott Family Day At Gowran Park - Sunday April 17th Maiden Hurdle24f · Good To Yielding · 19 ran PU 66/1
24 Mar 11 Thurles Jackstalkin (IRE)J: Brian O'Connell Holy Cross Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 17 ran 14th 50/1
03 Jul 10 Bellewstown Serrated Edge (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Median Auction Maiden8f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7th 50/1
07 Jun 10 Listowel The Gabhlog (IRE)J: John Allen Island Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 18 ran 12th 50/1
04 Jun 10 Tramore Winawar (IRE)J: John Allen Cullencastle Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Firm · 16 ran PU 7/1
18 May 10 Punchestown The Gabhlog (IRE)J: John Allen Motivate Challenge Supporting Barrettstown Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 10th 20/1
01 May 10 Kilbeggan Winawar (IRE)J: John Allen Greville Arms Hotel Handicap Hurdle (80-95)19f · Yielding · 15 ran 5th 6/1
29 Apr 10 Tipperary The Gabhlog (IRE)J: John Cullen Point-to-point Evening At Tipperary Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 20 ran 11th 33/1
17 Oct 09 Cork Bartragh Island (IRE)J: Shane Gorey Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F Median Auction Race5f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 8th 25/1
04 Oct 09 Dundalk (AW) Bartragh Island (IRE)J: Shane Gorey Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund. Fillies Maiden6f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 33/1
15 Sep 09 Listowel Bartragh Island (IRE)J: Shane Gorey Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden6.5f · Soft · 13 ran 9th 50/1
04 Jun 09 Tipperary Betteroffatnothin (USA)J: Mr P G Barron Stars Of Tomorrow Flat Race16f · Good · 15 ran 13th 50/1
15 May 09 Cork Betteroffatnothin (USA)J: Mr P G Barron Scarteen Flat Race16f · Good · 24 ran 17th 50/1
01 Apr 09 Gowran Park Glorious Music (IRE)J: A E Lynch Thomastown Handicap Hurdle (80-95)24f · Yielding · 20 ran 13th 25/1
22 Mar 09 Cork Free Lily (IRE)J: Mr P G Barron Mitchelstown (pro/am) Flat Race18f · Good · 23 ran 22nd 50/1
19 Mar 09 Clonmel Glorious Music (IRE)J: M P Butler Suir Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20f · Yielding · 18 ran 8th 25/1
19 Mar 09 Clonmel Boolyshea Boy (IRE)J: John Allen Powerstown Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding · 18 ran 13th 50/1
26 Feb 09 Thurles Boolyshea Boy (IRE)J: John Allen Holy Cross Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 17 ran 11th 50/1
18 Feb 09 Punchestown Free Lily (IRE)J: Mr P G Barron Rockview (q.r.) Flat Race16f · Soft · 7 ran 7th 50/1
18 Feb 09 Punchestown Glorious Music (IRE)J: M P Butler Festival Shopping Village Handicap Hurdle (80-95)22f · Soft · 17 ran 8th 33/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is Michael G Holden's strike rate?
Michael G Holden has won 1 of 37 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 2.7% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Michael G Holden's Fair A/E?
0.82, from 37 runners with a computed fair probability since 2008. Fair A/E compares actual wins with a margin-stripped market expectation, so 1.00 is par: above it the wins came at bigger prices than the margin-free market implied, below it they did not.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).