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Horse profile

Big Palooka (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2006) · Last trainer Brian Rothwell · Last owner J T Brown
by Great Palm (USA) out of Penniless (IRE) (Common Grounds)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Mar 2006
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Oct 2006 — 7,328 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2006 New yard
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Mar 2006 and Oct 2006, the last of them as a 4yo gelding. By Great Palm (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,946 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 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 55C the best of the last 1 rated run · Newbury, 25 Mar 2006

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

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 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
Great Palm (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,946 runs since Jan 2008 (256 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 9.9% from 262.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2100%−6.8—
Good to Firm234156.4%−0.4—
Good672436.4%−0.4—
Good to Soft262269.9%+3.10 from 2
Soft493336.7%−0.1—
Heavy248166.5%−0.3—
Standard (AW)1600%−6.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f7228.6%+21.8—
1m – 1m1f14321.4%+14.6—
1m2f – 1m4f2000%−6.8—
1m5f – 2m796506.3%−0.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f732517%+0.20 from 1
2m5f – 3m316268.2%+1.4—
Over 3m6111.6%−5.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Penniless (IRE) (Common Grounds)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2006 · 2 runs
11 Oct 06+200d Wetherby Jimmy & Jane Fitzgerald Memorial Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-12 — Anthony Ross 125/1
25 Mar 06 Newbury West Berkshire Racing Club Standard Open NH Flat (Div 2) Class 5 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 13/14 9 10-4 55C Simon Elliott 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Big Palooka won?
Big Palooka (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2006.
Who trained Big Palooka?
Big Palooka (GB) was trained by Brian Rothwell on the most recent run on record, at Wetherby on 11 October 2006.
Who is Big Palooka's sire?
Big Palooka (GB) is by Great Palm (USA) out of Penniless (IRE), whose sire is Common Grounds.
What is Big Palooka's sire's record?
Great Palm (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,946 runs since Jan 2008 (256 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 9.9% from 262.

Record shown from March 2006. 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.