Encounter A Giant (IRE)
Encounter A Giant won the Central Roofing Beginners Chase at Hereford over 3m on heavy ground in Dec 2019 at Class 4 level. The gelding, aged 12 at his last run in May 2024, finished 6 of 9 in the Midlands Air Ambulance Mixed Open Hunters Chase at Cheltenham off an official rating of 112, 21lb below his highest ever mark of 133. He raced six times over 3m for his one win from eight starts on turf. His last run, at Cheltenham in May 2024, was his first for trainer Tom Britten.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 1 (12.5%)Placed
- −4.50£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.47Fair A/E n=8 · 1.30 incl. margin
- 133Highest OR
- 230dAvg 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 58
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 66C | 62.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 85C | 71.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 5 | 105C | 66 | — |
Of 8 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 8 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
Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 6,744 runs since Jan 2008 (648 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 16.1% from 355.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 14 | 5 | 35.7% | +25.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 355 | 57 | 16.1% | +5.6 | — |
| Good | 2,079 | 211 | 10.1% | −0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,147 | 139 | 12.1% | +1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,965 | 175 | 8.9% | −1.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 886 | 90 | 10.2% | −0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 298 | 32 | 10.7% | +0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −10.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 69 | 3 | 4.3% | −6.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 166 | 16 | 9.6% | −0.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 401 | 50 | 12.5% | +2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,226 | 232 | 10.4% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,092 | 220 | 10.5% | 0 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,475 | 152 | 10.3% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 304 | 36 | 11.8% | +1.3 | 1 from 6 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them The Jad Factor (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 2m3½f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Frau Georgia (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jad Factor (IRE) | 24 | 4 | 2m3½f–2m4½f | Class 5 |
| Frau Georgia (IRE) | 30 | 2 | 2m4f–3m | Class 4 |
| Largy Girl (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| River Ayr (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Burke | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Alex Edwards | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Murray Dodd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Henry Crow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nick Scholfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Liam Treadwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.50 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 03 May 24+364d | Cheltenham | Midlands Air Ambulance Mixed Open Hunters' Chase | 6/9 | 23 | 11-8 | 112 | 66C | 100C | Murray Dodd | 40/1 |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 05 May 23+384d | Cheltenham | INEOS Grenadier Mixed Open Hunters' Chase | 5/7 | 30 | 11-10 | 118 | 85C | 109C | Mr Henry Crow | 18/1 |
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Apr 22+24d | Haydock | Rising Sun Veterans' Handicap Chase | 4/9 | ¾ | 12-0 | 122 | — | 123A | Jonathan Burke | 6/1 |
| 23 Mar 22+18d | Haydock | Tim Molony Handicap Chase | 3/7 | 7 | 11-12 | 125 | 58B | 121B | Jonathan Burke | 14/1 |
| 05 Mar 22+20d | Newbury | Play Pick 6 And Win 1000 Veterans' Handicap Chase | 6/7 | 36 | 10-11 | 130 | 59C | 99C | Alex Edwards | 10/1 |
| 13 Feb 22+787d | Exeter | Virgin Bet Veterans' Handicap Chase | PU/7 | — | 10-12 | 133 | — | — | Nick Scholfield | 14/1 |
| 2019 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Dec 19+11d | Hereford | Central Roofing Beginners' Chase | 1/5 | 10-11 | — | 105C | 126B | Alex Edwards | 5/2 | |
| 08 Dec 19 | Huntingdon | Fitzdares Crosseys Jockey Coaching Novices' Chase | UR/6 | — | 11-2 | — | — | — | Liam Treadwell | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Encounter A Giant won?
- Encounter A Giant (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 1 time in total (12.5% of starts).
- Who trained Encounter A Giant?
- Encounter A Giant (IRE) was trained by Tom Britten on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 3 May 2024.
- Who is Encounter A Giant's sire?
- Encounter A Giant (IRE) is by Kalanisi (IRE) out of Sumability (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
- What is Encounter A Giant's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 112, from the run on 3 May 2024. The highest on record is 133.
- What is Encounter A Giant's sire's record?
- Kalanisi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 6,744 runs since Jan 2008 (648 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 16.1% from 355.
- Who are Encounter A Giant's siblings?
- Out of Sumability (IRE), Encounter A Giant (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: The Jad Factor (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Frau Georgia (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3½f–3m. As at Oct 2026.