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Holy See: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Holy See is a 5-year-old gelding by Night Of Thunder, trained by William Durkan. He has won 2 of 14 starts and placed in 5 more, for £32,870 in prize money. He has won 1 of 3 on soft to heavy ground, which is the surface to note. He runs next in the 2:05 at Chester on 12 September, where the best price is 6/1 with Ladbrokes. His best performance rating is 125, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 14
  • Wins 2
  • Placed 7
  • Strike rate 14%
  • Prize money £32,870
  • Best rating 125
  • Official rating 98

Where Holy See runs next

Time Course Race Best price
2:05 Chester Virgin Bet Supports Safe Gambling Watergate Cup (Class 2 Heritage Handicap) (gbbplus Race) 6/1 Ladbrokes Ladbrokes

Holy See form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
27 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap 2m 1f Yielding 2 .75 40/1 Ms K M Ryan 98
3 Jun 26 Curragh Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Handicap (Premier Handicap) 1m 6f Good To Yielding 11 24.75 22/1 Jamie Orr 98
9 Apr 26 Gowran Park Gowranpark.ie Handicap 1m 4f Soft 1 — 14/1 Jamie Orr 93
26 Jan 26 Punchestown Matchbook Betting Exchange Rated Novice Hurdle 2m 3f Heavy 3 12.5 14/1 Patrick M O'Brien 125
29 Dec 25 Limerick Philip O'Sullivan Heating & Plumbing Rated Novice Hurdle 2m 3f Soft To Heavy 1 — 11/2 John Shinnick 116
20 Nov 25 Thurles Sign Up To GavinLynchRacing.com (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle 2m Yielding To Soft 4 11.75 11/2 Ms K M Ryan 117
21 Apr 25 Fairyhouse O'Driscoll's Irish Whiskey Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) 2m Soft To Heavy 6 22.75 18/1 Philip Byrnes 118
11 Apr 25 Ballinrobe Tim Kelly (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 2m 1f Good 3 9.75 5/2 Philip Byrnes 119
11 Mar 25 Cheltenham Hallgarten And Novum Wines Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Registered As The Fred Winter) (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 2m 0.5f Good To Soft PU - 33/1 Oakley Brown 125
8 Feb 25 Naas PSIL Property Maintenance Supporting Kill GAA Rated Hurdle 1m 7.5f Soft 4 10.25 6/4F Oakley Brown –
26 Jan 25 Naas Get Extra Cheltenham Places Now At BetVictor Maiden Hurdle 2m Soft To Heavy 2 1.25 2/1 Philip Byrnes –
26 Dec 24 Limerick Aqua Process Solutions 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m Yielding To Soft 4 3 25/1 Philip Byrnes –
16 Mar 24 Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Francois Mathet () (3yo) (Turf) 1m 2.5f Heavy 4 17.75 58/10 Aurelien Lemaitre –
9 Feb 24 Chantilly (FR) Prix du Castel (Conditions) (3yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m 1f Standard 2 0.2 7/1 Pierre Bazire –

Last time out

Finished 2 in the Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap at Galway (IRE) on 27 July 2026. Settled in the pack - shaken up in 8th 2f out - driven approaching the straight - made progress out wide to 2nd inside the final furlong and held on gamely near the line.

Holy See by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
16f 4 0 0%
17f 2 0 0%
19f 2 1 50%
14f 1 0 0%
12f 1 1 100%
16.5f 1 0 0%
15.5f 1 0 0%
10.5f 1 0 0%
9f 1 0 0%

Holy See by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Soft To Heavy 3 1 33%
Soft 2 1 50%
Heavy 2 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 2 0 0%
Yielding 1 0 0%
Good To Yielding 1 0 0%
Good 1 0 0%
Good To Soft 1 0 0%
Standard 1 0 0%

Holy See by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Limerick 2 1 50%
Naas 2 0 0%
Galway (IRE) 1 0 0%
Curragh 1 0 0%
Gowran Park 1 1 100%
Punchestown 1 0 0%
Thurles 1 0 0%
Fairyhouse 1 0 0%
Ballinrobe 1 0 0%
Cheltenham 1 0 0%

Holy See breeding

  • Sire Night Of Thunder (IRE)
  • Dam Lady Of The Lamp (IRE)
  • Damsire Invincible Spirit (IRE)
  • Breeder Airlie Stud & Mrs S Rogers
  • Foaled 8 March 2021

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