Horse profile
Big Whiskey (IRE)
by Ad Valorem (USA) out of El Opera (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
35 runs · 13 courses · from Aug 2012
As at 13 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Jan 2017 — 3,554 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2017 · 8th of 8
4 wins · 4 courses
New yard
Last raced off OR 92
KTB Profile
Big Whiskey (IRE) is 4 from 35. Hasn't won since Nov 2015.
Based on 35 archived runs · updated 13 Oct 2026
- 4–35Wins / Runs
- 11.4%Strike rate
- 13 (37.1%)Placed
- −9.00£1 level staken=35 at SP
- 1.13Fair A/E n=34 · 0.94 incl. margin
- 93Highest OR
- 48dAvg 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.
Official rating92↓ 1lb off peak
92
73–93
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 93
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.
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 93A | 52 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 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 9.1% of 1,585 runs since Jan 2008 (101 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 12.3% from 618. Weakest on good to firm going: 5.2% from 248.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 6 | 24% | +14.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 248 | 13 | 5.2% | −3.9 | 0 from 6 |
| Good | 284 | 15 | 5.3% | −3.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 121 | 12 | 9.9% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 213 | 14 | 6.6% | −2.5 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 76 | 8 | 10.5% | +1.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 618 | 76 | 12.3% | +3.2 | 3 from 20 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 138 | 15 | 10.9% | +1.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 610 | 55 | 9% | −0.1 | 2 from 16 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 399 | 39 | 9.8% | +0.7 | 2 from 19 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 253 | 21 | 8.3% | −0.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 154 | 13 | 8.4% | −0.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | −5.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
El Opera (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Carmona (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m4f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmona (GB) | 15 | 1 | 1m4f | — |
| Little Opera (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Saga Diamond (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Knockdoha (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 20 | 3 | 15% | −1.50 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.50 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 13 | 1 | 8% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 11 | 1 | 9% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| Sandown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.50 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 19 | 2 | 11% | −9.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 16 | 2 | 13% | +0.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieren Fox | 10 | 2 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.50 |
| Pat Cosgrave | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jennifer Ferguson | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| Kieren Fallon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Steve Drowne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fergus Sweeney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jimmy Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Baker | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 31 | 4 | 13% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +3.00 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2 | 17% | +0.00 |
| 2012 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan 17+120d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Bet totetrifecta At betfred.com Claiming Stakes | 8/8 | 45 | 9-4 | 92 | 11C | 49C | Steve Drowne | 20/1 |
| 21 Sep 16+110d | Redcar | Watch Racing UK In HD Selling Stakes | 3/9 | hd | 9-0 | 92 | 93A | 79A | Silvestre De Sousa | 11/10F |
| 03 Jun 16+158d | Doncaster | Blue Line Taxis Barnsley Supporting Wpcc Handicap | 7/15 | 1¾ | 9-6 | 93 | — | 84A | Kieren Fox | 12/1 |
| 28 Dec 15+18d | Lingfield (AW) | Ladbrokes Handicap | 7/8 | ½ | 9-6 | 93 | — | 81A | Kieren Fox | 6/1 |
| 10 Dec 15+17d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Scoop6soccer Handicap | 3/7 | ½ | 9-6 | 93 | — | 87A | Kieren Fox | 5/1 |
| 23 Nov 15+4d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Bet Totequadpot Handicap | 2/12 | 1¾ | 8-8 | 86 | — | 93A | Kieren Fox | 4/1 |
| 19 Nov 15+10d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Play Scoop6soccer At Betfred.com Handicap | 1/9 | 9-5 | 86 | — | 94A | Kieren Fox | 4/1 | |
| 09 Nov 15+11d | Kempton (AW) | Betdaq.com 50 In Free Bets Handicap | 3/11 | nse | 9-0 | 86 | — | 84A | Kieren Fox | 7/2F |
| 29 Oct 15+27d | Lingfield (AW) | Ladbrokes Handicap | 5/12 | nk | 8-6 | 86 | — | 81A | Kieren Fox | 8/1 |
| 02 Oct 15+27d | Ascot | Veolia Handicap | 3/18 | nk | 9-4 | 82 | — | 99A | Kieren Fox | 20/1 |
| 05 Sep 15+22d | Kempton (AW) | Scoop6Soccer Results At totepoollive.com Handicap (Div 2) | 1/9 | 9-3 | 78 | — | 89A | Kieren Fox | 8/1 | |
| 14 Aug 15+8d | Newbury | Christopher Smith Associates Handicap (Str) | 5/7 | 3 | 9-9 | 75 | — | 59C | Robert Havlin | 4/1 |
| 06 Aug 15+14d | Sandown | Slug And Lettuce 2-4-1 Dessert Handicap | 2/7 | hd | 9-3 | 75 | — | 84A | Martin Dwyer | 3/1 |
| 23 Jul 15+217d | Sandown | Lubricators Handicap | 2/6 | 1¾ | 9-12 | 73 | — | 86B | Kieren Fox | 8/1 |
| 18 Dec 14+34d | Kempton (AW) | Constantine, Ena Fettel, Linda Emery Memorial Handicap | 12/12 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 75 | — | 50C | Fergus Sweeney | 9/1 |
| 14 Nov 14+10d | Lingfield (AW) | Ladbrokes Handicap | 4/8 | shd | 9-0 | 78 | — | 75A | Pat Cosgrave | 20/1 |
| 04 Nov 14+33d | Kempton (AW) | 10 Free Mobile Bet At Titan.co.uk Handicap | 8/11 | 1 | 9-5 | 78 | — | 72A | Pat Cosgrave | 7/1 |
| 02 Oct 14+10d | Kempton (AW) | BetVictor.com Handicap (Div 2) | 8/9 | ¾ | 9-3 | 80 | — | 69A | Pat Cosgrave | 10/1 |
| 22 Sep 14+145d | Kempton (AW) | Follow BetVictorRacing On Twitter Handicap | 4/11 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 80 | — | 84A | Pat Cosgrave | 33/1 |
| 30 Apr 14+11d | Ascot | Redcentric Handicap (Str) | 12/12 | 6 | 9-4 | 82 | — | 56C | Kieren Fallon | 16/1 |
| 19 Apr 14+14d | Kempton (AW) | Betfred Mobile Sports Handicap (london Mile Qualifier) | 7/11 | 1¾ | 8-3 | 82 | — | 74A | Jimmy Quinn | 14/1 |
| 05 Apr 14+136d | Lingfield (AW) | Ladbrokes Handicap | 3/9 | shd | 8-12 | 82 | — | 77A | Kieren Fallon | 6/1 |
| 20 Nov 13+15d | Kempton (AW) | Winners Are Welcome At Betdaq E.B.F. Stallions Hyde Stakes (Listed) | 6/10 | hd | 9-0 | 80 | — | 87A | Jennifer Ferguson | 66/1 |
| 05 Nov 13+42d | Kempton (AW) | Book Now For The Christmas Festival Handicap | 3/13 | nk | 8-12 | 79 | — | 86A | Jennifer Ferguson | 6/1 |
| 24 Sep 13+5d | Lingfield (AW) | Airey Miller Construction Management Handicap (Div 2) | 1/10 | 9-0 | 75 | — | 85A | Jennifer Ferguson | 7/2J | |
| 19 Sep 13+19d | Kempton (AW) | Download The BetVictor App Handicap | 3/9 | shd | 9-0 | 75 | — | 71A | Jennifer Ferguson | 7/1 |
| 31 Aug 13+14d | Sandown | Betfred Double Delight/hat Trick Heaven Handicap | 7/12 | 1½ | 9-4 | 77 | — | 73A | George Baker | 18/1 |
| 17 Aug 13+10d | Newmarket | Mary Lobeck 90th Birthday Handicap | 4/10 | 3½ | 9-4 | 77 | — | 77A | Andrea Atzeni | 14/1 |
| 07 Aug 13+34d | Kempton (AW) | Commission Free 1st Month At Betdaq Handicap (London Mile Series Qualifier) | 3/7 | ½ | 9-0 | 77 | — | 80A | Richard Kingscote | 20/1 |
| 04 Jul 13+40d | Leopardstown | Bulmers Original Summer Music Night Apprentice Handicap | 3/7 | 1½ | 9-2 | 78 | — | 80A | Dylan Robinson | 9/2 |
| 25 May 13+19d | Curragh | Emirates Equestrian Federation Handicap | 11/12 | nk | 8-11 | 80 | — | 58A | Ronan Whelan | 14/1 |
| 06 May 13+16d | Curragh | Power European Breeders Fund Tetrarch Stakes (Listed) | 6/6 | 4¾ | 9-3 | 80 | — | 65B | Ronan Whelan | 20/1 |
| 20 Apr 13+12d | Naas | goracingatnaasracecourse.com Maiden | 1/8 | 9-2 | — | — | 85A | Ronan Whelan | 13/2 | |
| 08 Apr 13+242d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden | 5/14 | 2¾ | 9-2 | — | — | 77A | Ronan Whelan | 10/1 |
| 09 Aug 12 | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden | 5/15 | hd | 9-0 | — | — | 78A | Ronan Whelan | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Big Whiskey (IRE) won?
- Big Whiskey (IRE) won 4 of 35 archived starts between 2012 and 2017, a strike rate of 11.4%. Placed 13 times in total (37.1% of starts).
- Who trained Big Whiskey (IRE)?
- Big Whiskey (IRE) was trained by Clare Ellam on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 19 January 2017.
- Who is Big Whiskey (IRE)'s sire?
- Big Whiskey (IRE) is by Ad Valorem (USA) out of El Opera (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
- What going does Big Whiskey (IRE) prefer?
- Big Whiskey (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Big Whiskey (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 19 January 2017. The highest on record is 93.
- What is Big Whiskey (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Ad Valorem (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,585 runs since Jan 2008 (101 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 12.3% from 618. Weakest on good to firm going: 5.2% from 248.
- Who are Big Whiskey (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of El Opera (IRE), Big Whiskey (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Carmona (GB) (1). The wins came over 1m4f. As at Oct 2026.