General Idea (GB)
General Idea won once from 23 starts with the success coming at Laytown on standard going over 6f to 7f in Sep 2023 off an official rating of 53. The gelding was beaten on all 12 turf starts. His last run at Bellewstown in Jul 2024 saw him finish 14th of 14 off an official rating of 63 which was 8lb below his highest ever mark.
- 1–23Wins / Runs
- 4.3%Strike rate
- 2 (8.7%)Placed
- −17.50£1 level staken=23 at SP
- 0.77Fair A/E n=23 · 0.63 incl. margin
- 71Highest OR
- 38dAvg 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 84
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 101B | 86 | — |
| Good | 6 | 107A | 78.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 75C | 71.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 65C | 52 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 12 | 107A | 86 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 91B | 71.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 81C | 71 | — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 23 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 14.5% of 18,191 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).
Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 14 | 19.4% | +4.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,765 | 442 | 16% | +1.5 | — |
| Good | 5,307 | 790 | 14.9% | +0.4 | 0 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 2,342 | 328 | 14% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 3,844 | 575 | 15% | +0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 1,378 | 190 | 13.8% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,482 | 304 | 12.2% | −2.3 | 1 from 11 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,383 | 252 | 18.2% | +3.7 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,021 | 517 | 17.1% | +2.6 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6,848 | 1,051 | 15.3% | +0.8 | 0 from 12 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,237 | 554 | 13.1% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,649 | 170 | 10.3% | −4.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 889 | 83 | 9.3% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 150 | 16 | 10.7% | −3.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Companionship (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 7½f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Companionship (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Companionship (GB) | 5 | 1 | 1m | Class 3 |
| Lorca's Waltz (GB) | 6 | 1 | 7½f | Class 4 |
| King's Ginger (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 11 | 1 | 9% | −5.50 |
| Good | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Bellewstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Laytown (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J M Sheridan | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Kyle McHugh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Shane Foley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Daniel King | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Sean D Bowen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| James Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Caragh Monaghan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Philip Donovan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stevie Donohoe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tongue tie | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1 | 6% | −10.50 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 22 | 1 | 5% | −16.50 |
| Hurdle | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has General Idea (GB) won?
- General Idea (GB) won 1 of 23 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 2 times in total (8.7% of starts).
- Who trained General Idea (GB)?
- General Idea (GB) was trained by Ian Patrick Donoghue on the most recent run on record, at Bellewstown on 5 July 2024.
- Who is General Idea (GB)'s sire?
- General Idea (GB) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Sweet Idea (AUS), whose sire is Snitzel.
- What going does General Idea (GB) prefer?
- General Idea (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 11 starts (9.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is General Idea (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 63, from the run on 5 July 2024. The highest on record is 71.
- What is General Idea (GB)'s sire's record?
- Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,191 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
- Who are General Idea (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Sweet Idea (AUS), General Idea (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Companionship (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Companionship (GB)). The wins came over 7½f–1m. As at Oct 2026.