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Horse profile

Big Dec (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, May 2013) · Last trainer Ms Debbie Hartnett · Last owner William C Dillon
by Westerner (GB) out of Hold Em Bob (IRE) (Bob Back)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Jul 2012
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 May 2013 — 4,931 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2013 · 12th of 15
KTB Profile

Big Dec (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 104C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Limerick, 4 May 2013

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 4 figures · best 104C · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft3104C88—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2104C95.5—
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Westerner (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,853 runs since Jul 2009 (943 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+2.2—
Good to Firm2342711.5%−0.6—
Good3,41543112.6%+0.50 from 1
Good to Soft2,11925412%−0.1—
Soft3,78145212%−0.10 from 3
Heavy2,10925912.3%+0.2—
Standard (AW)188168.5%−3.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f4948.2%−3.9—
1m – 1m1f1241310.5%−1.6—
1m2f – 1m4f267259.4%−2.7—
1m5f – 2m3,37039611.8%−0.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f4,29553912.5%+0.40 from 2
2m5f – 3m2,98137512.6%+0.50 from 1
Over 3m7678811.5%−0.6—

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

Dam
Hold Em Bob (IRE) (Bob Back)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ellis Island Annie (IRE)10——
Miss Ellis Island (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
John Cullen 3 0 0% −3.00
Declan Queally 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2013 3 0 0% −3.00
2012 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00
NH Flat 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 KTB Jockey SP
2013 · 3 runs
04 May 13+30d Limerick Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase 2m1f · Yielding · 15 ran 12/15 11 11-12 104C John Cullen 40/1
04 Apr 13+28d Thurles Cashel Beginners Chase 2m5f · Good · 12 ran 7/12 2½ 11-12 100C John Cullen 25/1
07 Mar 13+237d Clonmel Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Soft · 16 ran 14/16 40 11-4 87C John Cullen 16/1
2012 · 1 run
13 Jul 12 Cork Family Bank Holiday Racing Flat Race 2m · Soft · 11 ran 11/11 1¼ 11-7 88C Declan Queally 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Big Dec won?
Big Dec (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2012 and 2013.
Who trained Big Dec?
Big Dec (IRE) was trained by Ms Debbie Hartnett on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 4 May 2013.
Who is Big Dec's sire?
Big Dec (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Hold Em Bob (IRE), whose sire is Bob Back.
What is Big Dec's sire's record?
Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,853 runs since Jul 2009 (943 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
Who are Big Dec's siblings?
Out of Hold Em Bob (IRE), Big Dec (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2012. 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.