Big Challenge (IRE)
Big Challenge (IRE) is 3 from 24. Hasn't won since Jul 2021. All 3 wins have come on turf — 0 from 7 on the all-weather. Last raced off 47, 45lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–24Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 8 (33.3%)Placed
- −11.90£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 1.20Fair A/E n=24 · 1.00 incl. margin
- 92Highest OR
- 120dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 108
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 118C | 86 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 111C | 106 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 97C | 97 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 74C | 63 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 111C | 89 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 118C | 102.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 84A | 70.5 | — |
Of 24 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 24 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,909 runs since Jan 2008 (1,103 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.3% from 451. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 3 | 16.7% | +1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,503 | 284 | 18.9% | +3.2 | — |
| Good | 2,637 | 419 | 15.9% | +0.2 | 2 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 1,234 | 205 | 16.6% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,522 | 186 | 12.2% | −3.5 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 451 | 42 | 9.3% | −6.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,543 | 420 | 16.5% | +0.8 | 0 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 27 | 4 | 14.8% | −0.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 770 | 113 | 14.7% | −1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,081 | 332 | 16% | +0.3 | 2 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4,404 | 757 | 17.2% | +1.5 | 1 from 16 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,885 | 261 | 13.8% | −1.9 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 582 | 73 | 12.5% | −3.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 139 | 16 | 11.5% | −4.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 21 | 3 | 14.3% | −1.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Deor (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Raymi Coya (CAN)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deor (IRE) | 29 | 3 | 1m7f–2m4f | — |
| Raymi Coya (CAN) | 10 | 3 | 5f–1m | Group 3 |
| Theturnofthesun (IRE) | 29 | 2 | 1m4f–2m3f | Class 3 |
| Ballyquin (IRE) | 14 | 2 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Hikari (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m3½f | — |
| Mons Star (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Rag And Bone (CAN) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Hoodie (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 2 | 20% | −2.90 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sligo | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 16 | 1 | 6% | −11.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.10 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.10 |
| Jack Cleary | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Robbie Colgan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Cian MacRedmond | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keithen Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Donagh O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Harnett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Siobhan Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Foley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ms L O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −0.90 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Big Challenge (IRE) won?
- Big Challenge (IRE) won 3 of 24 archived starts between 2016 and 2024, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 8 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Big Challenge (IRE)?
- Big Challenge (IRE) was trained by R Donohoe on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 17 May 2024.
- Who is Big Challenge (IRE)'s sire?
- Big Challenge (IRE) is by Sea The Stars (IRE) out of Something Mon (USA), whose sire is Maria's Mon.
- What going does Big Challenge (IRE) prefer?
- Big Challenge (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Big Challenge (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 47, from the run on 17 May 2024. The highest on record is 92.
- What is Big Challenge (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Sea The Stars (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,909 runs since Jan 2008 (1,103 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.3% from 451. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
- Who are Big Challenge (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Something Mon (USA), Big Challenge (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Deor (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Raymi Coya (CAN)). The wins came over 5f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.