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Horse profile

Big Ticket (GB)

5yo gelding · Trainer Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies · Owner R Tredwin
by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Twenty Eight Guns (GB) (Black Sam Bellamy)
6 runs · 5 courses · from Oct 2025
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Lingfield Beaten favourite LTO Off 205 days · 3rd of 3 Last raced off OR 125
KTB Profile

Big Ticket won a Class 4 maiden hurdle at Lingfield in Feb 2026 on heavy ground over 2m1f – 2m4f. The gelding has six runs on turf for one win and three places from five different courses. He finished third of three as beaten favourite at Warwick in Mar 2026 off an official rating of 125. The son of Soldier of Fortune remains unplaced in four starts over 2m5f – 3m.

Based on 6 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 110 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Aintree, 26 Oct 2025

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 →

Jumps 5 figures · best 123C · median 110
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good2111C108.52 · 111 / 108.5
Soft1——1 · —
Heavy1——1 · —
Good to Soft1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3111C1063 · 111 / 106
2m1f – 2m4f2123C116.52 · 123 / 116.5

Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 130B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield, 5 Feb 2026 Official rating 125 at the last run, 26 Mar 2026

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 →

Jumps 5 figures · best 132A · median 125
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good2125B1162 · 125 / 116
Soft1——1 · —
Heavy1——1 · —
Good to Soft1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m3125B1233 · 125 / 123
2m1f – 2m4f2132A1312 · 132 / 131

Of 6 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 · 5 figures from 6 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 from 3 analysed runs

  • Led 2 (67%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,807 runs since Jan 2008 (678 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+88.7—
Good to Firm801620%+8.7—
Good1,51918612.2%+0.90 from 2
Good to Soft1,21013311%−0.30 from 1
Soft1,88521411.4%+0.10 from 2
Heavy7768611.1%−0.21 from 1
Standard (AW)336226.5%−4.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−11.3—
6f – 7f71811.3%0—
1m – 1m1f24983.2%−8.1—
1m2f – 1m4f4936413%+1.7—
1m5f – 2m1,57019212.2%+0.9—
2m1f – 2m4f1,96120010.2%−1.11 from 2
2m5f – 3m1,22415312.5%+1.20 from 4
Over 3m2363314%+2.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Twenty Eight Guns (GB) (Black Sam Bellamy)

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.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 1 100% +1.38
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 2 1 50% +0.38
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ascot 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 1 100% +1.38
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 1 50% +0.38

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 1 33% −0.62
2025 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
26 Mar 26+26d Warwick Feldon Dunsmore Proudly Employee-Owned Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Good · 3 ran Sat close to the pace early - pushed along before two out then slipped to the rear making no headway - lost ground on the run to the line 3/3 11 11-7 125111C107C Sam Twiston-Davies 1/7F
28 Feb 26+23d Doncaster Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24.5f · Soft · 5 ran Sent to the front early - overtaken 3 out - pushed along in pursuit before 2 out - dropped a place approaching last and held on for third 3/5 8½ 11-1 12692C123B Sam Twiston-Davies 5/2J
05 Feb 26+48d Lingfield Watch Unbridled On attheraces.com Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Heavy · 6 ran Set the pace from the off - pressed and driven before two out then edged back in command before the final fence - stayed on strongly to the finish 1/6 11-6 126123C130B Sam Twiston-Davies 11/8F
19 Dec 25+27d Ascot Howden Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 21.5f · Soft · 12 ran Handy early - shared front spot by the 6th and hit the top just after - jumped awkwardly and lost command 3 out - eased to a halt soon after PU/12 — 11-4 126—— Sam Twiston-Davies 5/1
22 Nov 25+27d Ascot Restorations UK Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 21.5f · Good · 5 ran Set the pace early - put under pressure and pegged back approaching the last two furlongs then lost command before the final fence - stayed on to finish second beaten 2 lengths 2/5 2 10-13 —106C125B Sam Twiston-Davies 9/4
26 Oct 25 Aintree William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 7 ran Tracked the pace - moved into 2nd from 4th before the last - pushed along and fought on the level - edged out towards the finish 2/7 1 11-2 —110A132A Sam Twiston-Davies 5/2

Quick answers

How many races has Big Ticket (GB) won?
Big Ticket (GB) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 3 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Big Ticket (GB)?
Big Ticket (GB) is trained by Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 March 2026.
Who is Big Ticket (GB)'s sire?
Big Ticket (GB) is by Soldier of Fortune (IRE) out of Twenty Eight Guns (GB), whose sire is Black Sam Bellamy.
What is Big Ticket (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 125, from the run on 26 March 2026. The highest on record is 126.
What is Big Ticket (GB)'s sire's record?
Soldier of Fortune (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,807 runs since Jan 2008 (678 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.

Record shown from October 2025. 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.