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Houndsworth: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Houndsworth is a 4-year-old gelding by Kameko, trained by Mark Michael McNiff. He has won 1 of 14 starts and placed in 2 more, for £6,331 in prize money. His best trip is 2m, where 1 win from 3 is a 33% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 2:10 at Punchestown on 13 October. His best performance rating is 105, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 14
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 3
  • Strike rate 7%
  • Prize money £6,331
  • Best rating 105
  • Official rating 101

Where Houndsworth runs next

Time Course Race Best price
2:10 Punchestown William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle —

Houndsworth form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
24 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Hurdle 2m 2.5f Good 2 2.25 15/2 Alan King 101
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Cummins Homevalue Hardware Handicap Hurdle 2m 0.5f Good 4 2.25 20/1 Alan King 101
21 Jul 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) David Heneghan Memorial Handicap Hurdle 2m 1.5f Good 5 18.75 9/2 Phillip Enright 102
14 Jun 26 Downpatrick Dunlop Homes Rated Novice Hurdle 2m 2f Good 6 4.75 16/5F Kevin Sexton 103
16 Apr 26 Limerick Big Boss Group Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m Soft To Heavy 7 12.5 5/1 Phillip Enright 103
6 Apr 26 Cork Finbarr Quaid Electrical Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m Yielding 1 — 40/1 Richard Deegan 93
4 Nov 25 Fairyhouse WTW Willis 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m Soft To Heavy 10 48.25 66/1 Phillip Enright –
12 Sep 25 Ballinrobe Burke's Clonbur 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m 2f Soft 8 28 150/1 Phillip Enright –
21 Aug 25 Killarney Thorn Plant Hire 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 2m 1f Good 8 66.25 33/1 Phillip Enright –
9 Apr 25 Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Class 6 1m 4f Standard To Slow 3 4.75 17/2 Rossa Ryan 63
15 Mar 25 Southwell (AW) Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap Class 5 1m 4f Standard 7 15.5 5/1 Rossa Ryan 66
21 Aug 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet/British Stallion Studs Ebf Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7f Standard To Slow 12 14.5 125/1 Jason Watson –
25 Jul 24 Sandown Martin Densham & Peter Deal Memorial British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7f Good 13 18.75 40/1 Jamie Spencer –
18 Jun 24 Beverley EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7.5f Good To Soft 4 5 5/2F Jason Watson –

Last time out

Finished 2 in the Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Hurdle at Ballinrobe (IRE) on 24 August 2026. Settled towards the back - blundered 5th - up to 4th after that - improved into 3rd but faltered 2 out - pressed on to take 2nd near the last - continued well through the finish but couldn't catch the winner.

Houndsworth by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
16f 3 1 33% —
18f 2 0 0% —
12f 2 0 0% —
7f 2 0 0% —
18.5f 1 0 0% —
16.5f 1 0 0% —
17.5f 1 0 0% —
17f 1 0 0% —
7.5f 1 0 0% —

Houndsworth by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 6 0 0% —
Soft To Heavy 2 0 0% —
Standard To Slow 2 0 0% —
Yielding 1 1 100% —
Soft 1 0 0% —
Standard 1 0 0% —
Good To Soft 1 0 0% —

Houndsworth by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Ballinrobe (IRE) 3 0 0% —
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% —
Downpatrick 1 0 0% —
Limerick 1 0 0% —
Cork 1 1 100% —
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% —
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% —
Killarney 1 0 0% —
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% —
Sandown 1 0 0% —

Houndsworth breeding

  • Sire Kameko (USA)
  • Dam Melodic Motion (IRE)
  • Damsire Nathaniel (IRE)
  • Breeder The Melodic Motion Partnership
  • Foaled 4 May 2022

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