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Horse profile

Big Orange (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2017) · Last trainer Michael Bell · Last owner W J And T C O Gredley
20 runs · 8 courses · from Oct 2013
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Oct 2017 — 3,286 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2017 · 11th of 13 9 wins · 6 courses Last raced off OR 121
KTB Profile

Big Orange (GB) is 9 from 20, including a Group 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Gold Cup at Ascot (Jun 2017). Hasn't won since Jun 2017. 7 of 10 starts on good or faster ground have ended in wins — 1 from 8 on softer. Last raced off a career-high mark of 121.

Based on 20 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating121At career-high mark
121 83–121

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 112 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Sandown, 25 May 2017

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 152C · median 103.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm2112B103.5—
Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m3152C112—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 102A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Goodwood, 1 Aug 2017 Official rating 121 at the last run, 21 Oct 2017

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 →

Flat 20 figures · best 104A · median 85.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm6104A96.5—
Soft482C78.5—
Good4102A94.5—
Good to Soft387A83—
Standard (AW)284A81—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m12102A87—
1m2f – 1m4f5104A84—
1m – 1m1f279A70.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 3,539 runs since Jan 2008 (307 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm17211.8%+1.3—
Good to Firm4895811.9%+1.45 from 6
Good825728.7%−1.82 from 4
Good to Soft3713910.5%01 from 3
Soft6226410.3%−0.20 from 4
Heavy217219.7%−0.80 from 1
Standard (AW)99611611.6%+1.11 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f37410.8%+0.3—
6f – 7f604508.3%−2.2—
1m – 1m1f721659%−1.50 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f1,05511811.2%+0.73 from 5
1m5f – 2m7219312.9%+2.45 from 12
2m1f – 2m4f242249.9%−0.61 from 1
2m5f – 3m1221411.5%+1—
Over 3m37513.5%+3—

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

9 siblings in the archive, 7 winners — best of them Lydford (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 7½f–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (India (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lydford (GB)1541m4f–2m½fClass 3
Kate O'riley (GB)1431m½f–2mClass 4
India (GB)1131m4fClass 2
Noisy Jazz (GB)711mClass 4
The Paris Shrug (GB)311m4f—
Aesthete (GB)517½fClass 4
Empowermentofwomen (IRE)511m½fClass 5
Stormy Blues (GB)160——
Miss Malone To You (GB)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 6 5 83% +40.55
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 4 2 50% +7.33
Good to Soft 3 1 33% +3.00
Standard (AW) 2 1 50% −0.27
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 16 8 50% +47.88
Class 6 2 1 50% −0.27
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ascot 5 2 40% +5.33
Goodwood 4 2 50% +6.75
Newmarket 4 2 50% +31.00
York 2 0 0% −2.00
Chester 2 1 50% +4.00
Sandown 1 1 100% +0.80
Lingfield (AW) 1 1 100% +0.73
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 12 5 42% +10.88
1m2f – 1m4f 5 3 60% +31.73
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 1 100% +5.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Queally 7 3 43% +5.06
Jamie Spencer 6 3 50% +30.75
Frankie Dettori 3 1 33% −1.20
James Doyle 2 1 50% +4.00
James McDonald 1 1 100% +8.00
Sean Levey 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 10 6 60% +43.55
None 10 3 30% +2.06

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 4 2 50% +3.80
2016 3 2 67% +9.75
2015 5 2 40% +28.00
2014 6 3 50% +6.06
2013 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
21 Oct 17+81d Ascot Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) Class 1 · 16f · Soft · 13 ran 11/13 ½ 9-7 12144C82C James Doyle 10/1
01 Aug 17+40d Goodwood Qatar Goodwood Cup Stakes (Group 1) Class 1 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 1¾ 9-7 121152C102A Frankie Dettori 6/4F
22 Jun 17+28d Ascot Gold Cup (Group 1) Class 1 · 20f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 1/14 9-2 11795C99A James Doyle 5/1
25 May 17+301d Sandown Matchbook VIP Henry II Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 16f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1/7 9-2 117112B96B Frankie Dettori 4/5F
28 Jul 16+21d Goodwood Qatar Goodwood Cup (Group 2) (British Champions Series) Class 1 · 16f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 1/14 9-8 117—96A Jamie Spencer 11/4F
07 Jul 16+68d Newmarket Princess Of Wales's Arqana Racing Club Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 · 12f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1/7 9-2 114—104A James McDonald 8/1
30 Apr 16+253d Newmarket Dunaden At Overbury Jockey Club Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 · 12f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 5 9-1 116—83B Frankie Dettori 7/1
21 Aug 15+22d York Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup (British Champions Series) (Group 2) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7/8 nse 9-3 116—76A Jamie Spencer 9/2
30 Jul 15+21d Goodwood Qatar Goodwood Cup (British Champions Series) Class 1 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 9-8 116—95A Jamie Spencer 6/1
09 Jul 15+40d Newmarket Princess Of Wales's Arqana Racing Club Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 · 12f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 1/8 9-2 109—97A Jamie Spencer 25/1
30 May 15+22d York Stowe Family Law LLP Grand Cup (Listed) Class 1 · 14f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 7 9-3 110—79C Tom Queally 8/1
08 May 15+202d Chester Boodles Diamond Ormonde Stakes (25K Field Size Bonus Race) (Group 3) Class 1 · 13.5f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 18 9-0 110—78C Tom Queally 6/1
18 Oct 14+15d Ascot Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) Class 1 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran 5/9 2½ 8-11 111—82A Tom Queally 14/1
03 Oct 14+34d Ascot Londonmetric Noel Murless Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 14f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 9-4 104—94B Tom Queally 10/3
30 Aug 14+71d Chester Win 10,000,000 On Betdaq Colossus Chester Stakes (Listed Handicap) Class 1 · 13.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 8-7 100—87A Tom Queally 5/1
20 Jun 14+52d Ascot Queen's Vase (Listed) Class 1 · 16f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 4/10 1¼ 9-3 83—87A Tom Queally 33/1
29 Apr 14+20d Lingfield (AW) Felcourt Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 7 ran 1/7 8-11 83—84A Tom Queally 8/11F
09 Apr 14+168d Kempton (AW) Kempton For Summer Weddings Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 11f · Standard · 7 ran 2/7 5 8-8 ——78A Sean Levey 10/1
23 Oct 13+10d Newmarket British Stallion Studs E.b.f. Tba Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 8f · Soft · 12 ran 6/12 ½ 9-5 ——79A Jamie Spencer 12/1
13 Oct 13 Goodwood Irish Stallion Farms E.b.f. Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 9f · Soft · 11 ran 4/11 ½ 9-5 ——62A Jamie Spencer 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Big Orange (GB) won?
Big Orange (GB) won 9 of 20 archived starts between 2013 and 2017, a strike rate of 45%. Placed 11 times in total (55% of starts).
Who trained Big Orange (GB)?
Big Orange (GB) was trained by Michael Bell on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 21 October 2017.
Who is Big Orange (GB)'s sire?
Big Orange (GB) is by Duke Of Marmalade (IRE) out of Miss Brown To You (IRE), whose sire is Fasliyev.
What going does Big Orange (GB) prefer?
Big Orange (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 5 wins from 6 starts (83.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Big Orange (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 121, from the run on 21 October 2017. That is also the highest on record.
What is Big Orange (GB)'s sire's record?
Duke Of Marmalade (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 3,539 runs since Jan 2008 (307 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Big Orange (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Miss Brown To You (IRE), Big Orange (GB) has 9 other produce in our archive, 7 of them winners. Most wins: Lydford (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (India (GB)). The wins came over 7½f–2m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2013. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.