Gaelic Surprise (GB)
Gaelic Surprise (GB) is yet to win from 9 starts. Best effort: 3rd of 7 at Newton Abbot (Jun 2017). Last raced off a career-high mark of 71.
- 0–9Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −9.00£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=9 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 71Highest OR
- 141dAvg 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 126
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 126A | 94 | — |
| Good | 2 | 94C | 68.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 94A | 46 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 126A | 94 | — |
Of 9 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 9 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 7.4% of 659 runs since Jan 2008 (80 horses).
Strongest on soft going: 10.9% from 202. Weakest on good to soft going: 2.7% from 110.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 23 | 0 | 0% | −7.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 206 | 16 | 7.8% | +0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 110 | 3 | 2.7% | −4.7 | — |
| Soft | 202 | 22 | 10.9% | +3.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 103 | 7 | 6.8% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −7.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 21 | 3 | 14.3% | +6.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 229 | 17 | 7.4% | 0 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 284 | 21 | 7.4% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 110 | 8 | 7.3% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −7.4 | — |
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 Gaelic Flow (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–2m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Gaelic Flow (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaelic Flow (GB) | 18 | 2 | 2m2½f–2m3½f | Class 5 |
| Gaelic Ice (GB) | 18 | 2 | 1m2f–1m4f | Class 6 |
| Gaelic Thunder (GB) | 20 | 0 | — | — |
| Gaelic Dreamer (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Abbot | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wincanton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Davies | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Michael Heard | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tom Scudamore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Hood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| NH Flat | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Gaelic Surprise won?
- Gaelic Surprise (GB) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2016 and 2019.
- Who trained Gaelic Surprise?
- Gaelic Surprise (GB) was trained by Chris Down on the most recent run on record, at Exeter on 5 November 2019.
- Who is Gaelic Surprise's sire?
- Gaelic Surprise (GB) is by Arvico (FR) out of Gaelic Lime (GB), whose sire is Lomitas.
- What is Gaelic Surprise's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 5 November 2019. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Gaelic Surprise's sire's record?
- Arvico (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 659 runs since Jan 2008 (80 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 10.9% from 202. Weakest on good to soft going: 2.7% from 110.
- Who are Gaelic Surprise's siblings?
- Out of Gaelic Lime (GB), Gaelic Surprise (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Gaelic Flow (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Gaelic Flow (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f–2m3½f. As at Oct 2026.