How many races has Big Cheese (FR) won?

Big Cheese (FR) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 2 times in total (18.2% of starts).

Who trained Big Cheese (FR)?

Big Cheese (FR) was trained by Jamie Snowden on the most recent run on record, at Kempton on 6 May 2024.

Who is Big Cheese (FR)'s sire?

Big Cheese (FR) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Kunegunda (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.

What going does Big Cheese (FR) prefer?

Big Cheese (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Big Cheese (FR)'s official rating?

Big Cheese (FR)'s highest official rating on record is 72.

What is Big Cheese (FR)'s sire's record?

New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.

Who are Big Cheese (FR)'s siblings?

Out of Kunegunda (GB), Big Cheese (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Brave Emerald (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Brave Emerald (GB)). The wins came over 1m3f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Big Cheese (FR)

5yo gelding (at last run, May 2024) · Last trainer Jamie Snowden · Last owner Lord Halifaxthe Late Sir Chips Keswick

by New Approach (IRE) out of Kunegunda (GB) (Pivotal)

11 runs · 9 courses · from Jul 2022

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 6 May 2024 — 897 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run May 2024 · 7th of 8 Won at Catterick

KTB Profile

Big Cheese won one of 11 starts, the success coming in a Class 6 handicap at Catterick over 1m5f – 2m on good ground in Aug 2023 off a mark of 66. He raced on turf in ten of those runs. The gelding, by New Approach out of a Pivotal mare, finished 7 of 8 in a Class 4 maiden hurdle at Kempton in May 2024. He reached a highest official rating of 72.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 6 OR at career high

1–11Wins / Runs
9.1%Strike rate
2 (18.2%)Placed
−6.50£1 level staken=11 at SP
0.76Fair A/E n=11 · 0.67 incl. margin
72Highest OR
66dAvg between runs

Official rating72At career-high mark

72 66–72

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 98 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Pontefract, 11 Jul 2023

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 55^C · median 47.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	2	55^C	47.5	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m	1	—	—	—
1m5f – 2m	1	—	—	—

Flat 9 figures · best 104^C · median 93

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	3	104^C	98	—
Good	3	98^B	97	—
Standard (AW)	1	—	—	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Good to Firm	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	5	98^B	93	—
1m5f – 2m	4	104^C	94.5	—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 93^C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Kempton, 6 May 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 90^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Catterick, 30 Aug 2023 Official rating 72 at the last flat run, 23 Sep 2023

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 93^C · median 91.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	2	93^C	91.5	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m	1	—	—	—
1m5f – 2m	1	—	—	—

Flat 9 figures · best 90^A · median 69

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	3	77^A	68	—
Good	3	90^A	75	—
Standard (AW)	1	—	—	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Good to Firm	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	5	77^A	69	—
1m5f – 2m	4	90^A	70	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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

New Approach (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	27	4	14.8%	+2.2	—
Good to Firm	1,085	166	15.3%	+2.7	0 from 1
Good	1,630	200	12.3%	−0.3	1 from 5
Good to Soft	799	110	13.8%	+1.2	0 from 1
Soft	958	107	11.2%	−1.4	0 from 3
Heavy	283	28	9.9%	−2.7	—
Standard (AW)	2,010	241	12%	−0.6	0 from 1

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	98	9	9.2%	−3.4	—
6f – 7f	1,207	156	12.9%	+0.3	—
1m – 1m1f	1,665	234	14.1%	+1.5	—
1m2f – 1m4f	2,324	303	13%	+0.4	0 from 5
1m5f – 2m	1,066	113	10.6%	−2	1 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f	320	33	10.3%	−2.3	—
2m5f – 3m	101	8	7.9%	−4.7	0 from 1
Over 3m	11	0	0%	−12.6	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Kunegunda (GB) (Pivotal)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Brave Emerald (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m3f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Brave Emerald (GB)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Brave Emerald (GB)	8	2	1m3f–1m4f	Class 6
Drayton Cross (FR)	14	0	—	—
Duffy (GB)	2	0	—	—
Uncleby (GB)	1	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good	5	1	20%	−0.50
Soft	3	0	0%	−3.00
Standard (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Good to Soft	1	0	0%	−1.00
Good to Firm	1	0	0%	−1.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 5	5	0	0%	−5.00
Class 4	4	0	0%	−4.00
Class 6	1	1	100%	+3.50
Class 3	1	0	0%	−1.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Catterick	2	1	50%	+2.50
Pontefract	2	0	0%	−2.00
Kempton	1	0	0%	−1.00
Fakenham	1	0	0%	−1.00
Newcastle (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Beverley	1	0	0%	−1.00
Nottingham	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ripon	1	0	0%	−1.00
Doncaster	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m5f – 2m	5	1	20%	−0.50
1m2f – 1m4f	5	0	0%	−5.00
2m5f – 3m	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Callum Rodriguez	4	0	0%	−4.00
Gavin Sheehan	2	0	0%	−2.00
Kevin Stott	2	0	0%	−2.00
Connor Beasley	1	1	100%	+3.50
Taylor Fisher	1	0	0%	−1.00
Paul Hanagan	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	7	0	0%	−7.00
Blinkers	2	1	50%	+2.50
Cheekpieces	2	0	0%	−2.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2024	2	0	0%	−2.00
2023	6	1	17%	−1.50
2022	3	0	0%	−3.00

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Flat	9	1	11%	−4.50
Hurdle	2	0	0%	−2.00

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

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	OR	Spd	KTB	Jockey	SP
06 May 24+24d	Kempton	Molson Coors Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Good · 8 ran	7/8	65	11-4	—	40^C	93^C	Gavin Sheehan	28/1
12 Apr 24+202d	Fakenham	Racing TV Just 12 Per Month Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good · 9 ran	5/9	24	11-6	—	55^C	90^C	Gavin Sheehan	6/1
23 Sep 23+24d	Catterick	Scott Leather 50th Birthday Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Soft · 5 ran	3/5	12	9-8	72	104^C	68^B	Callum Rodriguez	11/4
30 Aug 23+50d	Catterick	Berber Leather Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Good · 10 ran	1/10		10-3	66	97^A	90^A	Connor Beasley	7/2J
11 Jul 23+20d	Pontefract	Atlas Leisure Homes Limited Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good · 9 ran	4/9	nk	9-8	67	98^B	75^A	Callum Rodriguez	8/1
21 Jun 23+63d	Newcastle (AW)	Royal Ascot Form Study On attheraces.com Handicap Class 5 · 16.5f · Standard · 4 ran	2/4	8½	9-6	67	92^C	72^B	Callum Rodriguez	9/4
19 Apr 23+8d	Beverley	Tea's Marvellous In Our New Stable Canteen Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Soft · 8 ran	5/8	1¾	9-6	67	68^A	69^A	Callum Rodriguez	9/2
11 Apr 23+167d	Pontefract	Philip Grundy Rising 70 Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Soft · 10 ran	2/10	2¼	9-3	67	98^A	77^A	Taylor Fisher	14/1
26 Oct 22+32d	Nottingham	Racing TV Club Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 14f · Soft · 9 ran	7/9	2¾	9-4	—	80^A	62^A	Kevin Stott	25/1
24 Sep 22+65d	Ripon	Julia And John Barrett Ruby Wedding Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 12f · Good · 7 ran	4/7	¾	9-4	—	93^A	66^B	Paul Hanagan	33/1
21 Jul 22	Doncaster	Yorkshire Air Ambulance Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 3 · 12f · Good To Firm · 3 ran	3/3	12	9-4	—	23^C	55^C	Kevin Stott	10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Big Cheese (FR) won?: Big Cheese (FR) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 2 times in total (18.2% of starts).
Who trained Big Cheese (FR)?: Big Cheese (FR) was trained by Jamie Snowden on the most recent run on record, at Kempton on 6 May 2024.
Who is Big Cheese (FR)'s sire?: Big Cheese (FR) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Kunegunda (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
What going does Big Cheese (FR) prefer?: Big Cheese (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Big Cheese (FR)'s official rating?: Big Cheese (FR)'s highest official rating on record is 72.
What is Big Cheese (FR)'s sire's record?: New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Jan 2008 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
Who are Big Cheese (FR)'s siblings?: Out of Kunegunda (GB), Big Cheese (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Brave Emerald (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Brave Emerald (GB)). The wins came over 1m3f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

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