Big Ginge (IRE)
Big Ginge is 1 from 9 on turf, the win coming at Class 3 level in the CopyBet and Worcester Racecourse 2026 Partnership/EBF National Hunt Novices Hurdle over 1m5f – 2m on good going in Oct 2025. He led in that race, which was his first for Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies. All nine starts have come over 1m5f – 2m. He has raced on good to soft or softer six times without winning.
- 1–9Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 6 (66.7%)Placed
- −7.56£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 0.41Fair A/E n=9 · 0.33 incl. margin
- 117Highest OR
- 77dAvg 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 131
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 131B | 108.5 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 121C | 118 | — |
| Good | 2 | 117B | 115 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 131B | 117 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 from 6 analysed runs
- Led 4 (67%) · 1 win
- Held up 1 (17%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (17%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,257 runs since Jan 2008 (538 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 30 | 2 | 6.7% | −3.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 643 | 73 | 11.4% | +1.5 | — |
| Good | 1,670 | 150 | 9% | −0.9 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,040 | 109 | 10.5% | +0.6 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,249 | 124 | 9.9% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 450 | 51 | 11.3% | +1.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,175 | 113 | 9.6% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 98 | 8 | 8.2% | −1.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 864 | 85 | 9.8% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 678 | 49 | 7.2% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,222 | 148 | 12.1% | +2.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,593 | 154 | 9.7% | −0.2 | 1 from 9 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,195 | 118 | 9.9% | 0 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 530 | 52 | 9.8% | −0.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 77 | 8 | 10.4% | +0.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Jack Hyde (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Jack Hyde (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Hyde (IRE) | 16 | 5 | 2m–2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Goodwin Racing (IRE) | 5 | 2 | 2m1½f–2m4½f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.56 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.56 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.56 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.56 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 25+221d | Worcester | CopyBet and Worcester Racecourse 2026 Partnership/EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Set the pace from the off - pushed out for daylight up the straight - stayed on strongly to score | 1/15 | 10-7 | 116 | 117B | 137A | Mr Jamie Neild | 4/9F | |
| 08 Mar 25+29d | Sandown | Betfair Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up towards back early under pressure to settle - made no impression on the front group - eventually beaten home in 10th | 10/17 | ¾ | 9-9 | 116 | 131B | 119A | Mr Jamie Neild | 28/1 |
| 07 Feb 25+23d | Bangor-on-Dee | Ruabon EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Pulled hard in front - disputed at the second last before surrendered the advantage - left behind by the front pair nearing the final fence and no extra on the run-in to finish third | 3/6 | 2¾ | 10-9 | 117 | 121C | 123B | Mr Jamie Neild | 4/5F |
| 15 Jan 25+25d | Newbury | Grosvenor Sport Cash Back Offers Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Took early front and set a strong pace - eager on the bridle and opened a big advantage before the 2nd - margin shortened by the 3rd - driven forward after 3 out - hit the second-last awkwardly - overtaken and lost momentum at the final obstacle - battled on but never able to reel in the winner up the run-in to finish second | 2/13 | 2¾ | 10-9 | 113 | 118B | 132A | Mr Jamie Neild | 9/4 |
| 21 Dec 24+41d | Hereford | Join The 2025 Hereford Racing Club Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Handy early - hit front approaching 2nd - clumsy leap 3rd with rider slipping a stirrup momentarily - driven on but overtaken after 2 out and stayed on for second | 2/14 | 2½ | 10-9 | — | 103B | 125A | Mr Jamie Neild | 8/13F |
| 10 Nov 24+200d | Sandown | Molson Coors Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Took a strong hold in front and drifted left - pulled well ahead before the 3rd - advantage cut back 4 out - overtaken 2 out - pressed the front-runner approaching the last - regained the advantage at the last but jumped untidily there - kept on along the run-in - caught on the line to finish second by a short head | 2/8 | shd | 10-11 | — | 98A | 126A | Mr Jamie Neild | 13/2 |
| 24 Apr 24+32d | Ludlow | 1985 Lager Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 2/16 | nk | 10-2 | — | 113B | 112A | Mr Jamie Neild | 6/4F |
| 23 Mar 24+44d | Newbury | Goffs UK Spring Sale Bumper (Open NH Flat Race) (GBB Race) | 7/20 | nse | 10-10 | — | 114B | 124A | Mr Jamie Neild | 20/1 |
| 08 Feb 24 | Huntingdon | PHP Architects Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 3/12 | ½ | 9-13 | — | 117B | 117A | Mr Jamie Neild | 7/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Big Ginge (IRE) won?
- Big Ginge (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 6 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trained Big Ginge (IRE)?
- Big Ginge (IRE) was trained by Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 15 October 2025.
- Who is Big Ginge (IRE)'s sire?
- Big Ginge (IRE) is by Mount Nelson (GB) out of Ballinahow Tara (IRE), whose sire is Kayf Tara.
- What is Big Ginge (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 116, from the run on 15 October 2025. The highest on record is 117.
- What is Big Ginge (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Mount Nelson (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,257 runs since Jan 2008 (538 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Big Ginge (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Ballinahow Tara (IRE), Big Ginge (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Jack Hyde (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Jack Hyde (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4½f. As at Oct 2026.