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Horse profile

Big City Life (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2022) · Last trainer D J Jeffreys · Last owner D J Jeffreys
by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Puppet Queen (USA) (Kingmambo)
1 run · 1 course · from Feb 2022
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Feb 2022 — 1,736 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2022 · 7th of 9
KTB Profile

Big City Life (GB) is a lightly raced gelding with one run in Feb 2022. By Dawn Approach out of a Kingmambo mare whose four foals to race have produced one winner, Toy Theatre with six wins. Dawn Approach progeny in the archive have recorded 288 wins from 3,577 runs since Jan 2008, with their best strike rate on good to firm and at under 6f. He finished 7 of 9 in a Class 5 NH Flat race at Newcastle on standard going over 1m5f to 2m.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

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 →

Of 1 run looked at, 1 has no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 70A the best of the last 1 rated run · Newcastle (AW), 1 Feb 2022

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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% of 3,578 runs since Apr 2017 (359 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 180.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm13215.4%+7.4—
Good to Firm3334212.6%+4.6—
Good892576.4%−1.6—
Good to Soft366246.6%−1.4—
Soft626335.3%−2.7—
Heavy234177.3%−0.7—
Standard (AW)1,11411310.1%+2.10 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1251512%+4—
6f – 7f951778.1%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f1,032838%0—
1m2f – 1m4f797708.8%+0.8—
1m5f – 2m457347.4%−0.60 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f18095%−3—
2m5f – 3m2800%−8—
Over 3m800%−8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2017 · as at 3 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Puppet Queen (USA) (Kingmambo)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Toy Theatre (GB) (6 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Toy Theatre (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Toy Theatre (GB)2967f–1mClass 3
Pictograph (USA)40——
Hegemony (IRE)10——
Shadow Puppet (GB)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 1 run
01 Feb 22 Newcastle (AW) Cazoo Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (AWT) Class 5 · 2m½f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 7/9 6½ 10-4 —70A Kielan Woods 11/1

Quick answers

How many races has Big City Life won?
Big City Life (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2022.
Who trained Big City Life?
Big City Life (GB) was trained by D J Jeffreys on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 1 February 2022.
Who is Big City Life's sire?
Big City Life (GB) is by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Puppet Queen (USA), whose sire is Kingmambo.
What is Big City Life's sire's record?
Dawn Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,578 runs since Apr 2017 (359 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 180.
Who are Big City Life's siblings?
Out of Puppet Queen (USA), Big City Life (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Toy Theatre (GB) (6). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Toy Theatre (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2022. 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.