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Horse profile

Big Bad Blonde (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2016) · Last trainer F Costello · Last owner F Costello
7 runs · 5 courses · from Jul 2016
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Nov 2016 — 3,651 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2016 · 5th of 14 Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Big Bad Blonde (IRE) is yet to win from 7 starts.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 85 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Dundalk (AW), 28 Oct 2016

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 85B · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)285B83.5—
Soft284C72.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f284C83—
1m – 1m1f1———
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 62A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 4 Nov 2016 Official rating 45 at the last run, 4 Nov 2016

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 7 figures · best 62A · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft459A54.5—
Standard (AW)262A54—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f362A59—
1m2f – 1m4f359C50—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 4 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

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since Apr 2009 (314 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm19315.8%+7—
Good to Firm665639.5%+0.70 from 1
Good1,046908.6%−0.2—
Good to Soft4835210.8%+2—
Soft863859.8%+10 from 4
Heavy299217%−1.8—
Standard (AW)1,192907.6%−1.20 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f193189.3%+0.5—
6f – 7f1,106867.8%−10 from 3
1m – 1m1f1,0841019.3%+0.50 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,03311010.6%+1.80 from 3
1m5f – 2m766587.6%−1.2—
2m1f – 2m4f287227.7%−1.1—
2m5f – 3m9188.8%0—
Over 3m8112.5%+3.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sichuan Province (IRE)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Keith Moriarty 1 0 0% −1.00
Karen Kenny 1 0 0% −1.00
Gary Carroll 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Foley 1 0 0% −1.00
Niall P Madden 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr R W Barron 1 0 0% −1.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2016 · 7 runs
04 Nov 16+7d Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (45-65) 7f · Standard · 14 ran 5/14 ½ 8-1 4582B62A Keith Moriarty 33/1
28 Oct 16+20d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 1m · Standard · 14 ran 9/14 ½ 8-2 4685B46A Karen Kenny 66/1
08 Oct 16+16d Limerick JT McNamara Ladbrokes Munster National Tomorrow At Limerick Racecourse Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 1m3½f · Soft · 16 ran 14/16 13 9-7 4961C47C Gary Carroll 14/1
22 Sep 16+17d Curragh Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap (45-70) 7f · Soft · 20 ran 9/20 3½ 8-10 5284C59A Shane Foley 33/1
05 Sep 16+20d Galway Sean Cleary Memorial Maiden 1m4f · Soft · 12 ran 7/12 19 10-0 ——59C Niall P Madden 66/1
16 Aug 16+20d Tipperary Book Online At Tipperaryraces.ie Maiden 7½f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8/11 1¼ 9-10 ——53A Seamie Heffernan 100/1
27 Jul 16 Galway Tote (Q.R.) Maiden 1m4f · Soft · 9 ran 8/9 9½ 11-5 ——50C Mr R W Barron 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Big Bad Blonde won?
Big Bad Blonde (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts in 2016.
Who trained Big Bad Blonde?
Big Bad Blonde (IRE) was trained by F Costello on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 4 November 2016.
Who is Big Bad Blonde's sire?
Big Bad Blonde (IRE) is by Big Bad Bob (IRE) out of Blonde Streak (USA), whose sire is Dumaani.
What is Big Bad Blonde's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 4 November 2016. The highest on record is 52.
What is Big Bad Blonde's sire's record?
Big Bad Bob (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since Apr 2009 (314 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Big Bad Blonde's siblings?
Out of Blonde Streak (USA), Big Bad Blonde (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2016. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.