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Hold Your Fort: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Hold Your Fort is a 10-year-old gelding by El Salvador, trained by Debra Hamer. He has won 8 of 30 starts and placed in 8 more, for £100,064 in prize money. His best trip is 3m 2f, where 5 wins from 9 is a 56% strike rate against 14% at every other distance. He runs next in the 2:55 at Ffos Las on 14 October, where the best price is 11/2 with Bet365. His best performance rating is 127, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 30
  • Wins 8
  • Placed 16
  • Strike rate 27%
  • Prize money £100,064
  • Best rating 127
  • Official rating 126

Where Hold Your Fort runs next

Time Course Race Best price
2:55 Ffos Las RWK Goodman Veterans' Handicap Steeple Chase (Leg 6 Of The Stayers' Veterans' Chase Series) 11/2 Bet365 bet365

Hold Your Fort form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
26 Jul 26 Uttoxeter Sheila And Wayne Golden Wedding Anniversary Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 3m Good 1 — 16/1 Tom Bellamy 126
10 Jul 26 Worcester CopyBet Overnight Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 7f Good 5 8.25 9/2 Mr J P Murray 100
28 Jun 26 Uttoxeter bet365 Summer Cup Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 3m Good 9 16.75 15/2 Callum Pritchard 129
4 May 26 Fakenham Norfolk Community Foundation David Keith Memorial Veterans' Handicap Chase Class 2 3m Good 3 3.25 3/1F Freddie Gingell 130
15 Apr 26 Haydock Unibet Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 3m 1.5f Good To Soft 2 .5 4/1 Callum Pritchard 127
29 Mar 26 Ascot Sodexo Live! Veterans' Handicap Chase Class 2 3m Good 1 — 11/4 Callum Pritchard 122
9 Mar 26 Taunton DragonBet The Roar Before Cheltenham Dragonboosts Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 7f Good UR - 28/1 James Best 122
12 Oct 25 Chepstow Champion Equestrian Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 3m 2f Good To Firm 4 6 10/3F Callum Pritchard 115
8 Oct 25 Ludlow Ludlow Brewing Company Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 3m Good To Firm 1 — 16/5 Callum Pritchard 116
29 Sep 25 Newton Abbot Le Dorney Villas Cornwall Holiday Accommodation Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 3m 2f Good 3 12.75 15/8F James Best 116
5 Sep 25 Worcester Emdot Property Flamingo Dash Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 7f Good 3 12 9/1 Robert Dunne 103
29 Jun 25 Uttoxeter bet365 Summer Cup Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 3m 2f Good F - 25/1 James Best 117
12 Jun 25 Worcester JenningsBet Brockmoor Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 7f Good To Soft 3 3.75 5/1 James Best 117
28 May 25 Newton Abbot Investment Manager Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 3m 2f Good 1 — 3/1 James Best 110
14 May 25 Newton Abbot Racing Welfare Supporting Mental Health Awareness Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 3m 2f Good 2 6 3/1 Callum Pritchard 110
6 May 25 Ffos Las Oncourse And Online dragonbet.co.uk Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 3m Good 5 45.75 11/1 James Best 103
19 Dec 24 Ffos Las Adept GRP Cabinets Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 2m 5.5f Heavy 8 41.25 33/1 James Best 113
6 Dec 24 Exeter JCB Hydrogen Handicap Chase Class 3 3m 6.5f Soft PU - 14/1 Sam Twiston-Davies 116
25 Oct 24 Cheltenham Glenfarclas Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 3 3m 1f Good 7 14 16/1 Alex Chadwick 117
17 Oct 24 Wincanton Fitzdares Handicap Chase Class 3 3m 1f Good 2 16 9/2 James Best 117
20 Sep 24 Newton Abbot Ashley Maunder Never Better... Handicap Chase Class 4 3m 2f Good 1 — 9/2J James Best 112
21 Jul 24 Newton Abbot Mark And Vicky Golden Wedding Celebration Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 3m 2f Good To Soft 1 — 7/2 James Best 97
5 Jul 24 Newton Abbot William Hill Leading Racecourse Bookmaker Handicap Chase Class 5 3m 2f Good 1 — 4/5F James Best 74
25 Jun 24 Newton Abbot St Austell Brewery Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 3m 2f Good 1 — 7/2 James Best 74
29 May 24 Newton Abbot Racing Partnership Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 2m 5f Soft 4 14 5/2F James Best 75
7 May 24 Ffos Las Daily Price Boosts At Yeeehaaa.Bet Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 3m Good To Soft 5 16.5 13/2 Connor Brace 78
25 Oct 22 Chepstow Download The Vickers.Bet App Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 2m 3.5f Good To Soft 11 53.25 150/1 Mr Geoff Barfoot-Saunt –
11 Oct 22 Hereford Central Roofing 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good To Firm 3 30 50/1 Mr Geoff Barfoot-Saunt –
23 Sep 22 Worcester Cazoo Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m 4f Good 8 125.5 250/1 Mr Geoff Barfoot-Saunt –
12 Sep 22 Worcester Vandemoortele Worcester 'Shaping A Tasty Future' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good To Soft 13 131.5 200/1 Mr Geoff Barfoot-Saunt –

Last time out

Finished 1 in the Sheila And Wayne Golden Wedding Anniversary Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race) at Uttoxeter on 26 July 2026. In front from the start - pushed along after 3 out - battled on well to the line.

Hold Your Fort by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
26f 9 5 56% —
24f 7 3 43% —
23f 4 0 0% —
25f 2 0 0% —
16f 2 0 0% —
25.5f 1 0 0% —
21.5f 1 0 0% —
30.5f 1 0 0% —
21f 1 0 0% —
19.5f 1 0 0% —
20f 1 0 0% —

Hold Your Fort by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 18 6 33% —
Good To Soft 6 1 17% —
Good To Firm 3 1 33% —
Soft 2 0 0% —
Heavy 1 0 0% —

Hold Your Fort by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Newton Abbot 8 5 63% —
Worcester 5 0 0% —
Uttoxeter 3 1 33% —
Ffos Las 3 0 0% —
Chepstow 2 0 0% —
Fakenham 1 0 0% —
Haydock 1 0 0% —
Ascot 1 1 100% —
Taunton 1 0 0% —
Ludlow 1 1 100% —

Hold Your Fort breeding

  • Sire El Salvador (IRE)
  • Dam Spirit Of Youth (IRE)
  • Damsire Brian Boru (GB)
  • Breeder Philip Rothwell
  • Foaled 11 May 2016

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