Going The Distance (IRE)
Going The Distance won four of five starts between Aug 2023 and Jun 2024. All four wins came on different courses and he has a 100 per cent place record. The gelding, by Lope De Vega out of a Champs Elysees mare, won the Class 2 King George V Stakes at Ascot in Jun 2024 on good to firm going off an official rating of 94, having earlier taken a Class 4 handicap at Kempton on standard going and two novice events. He last ran off his career-high mark.
- 4–5Wins / Runs
- 80%Strike rate
- 5 (100%)Placed
- +13.61£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 2.93Fair A/E n=5 · 2.58 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 79dAvg 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 94
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 | 94A | 89.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 99C | 95.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 85B | 80 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 13.8% of 12,180 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | +8.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,559 | 238 | 15.3% | +1.5 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 2,753 | 383 | 13.9% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,556 | 183 | 11.8% | −2 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,874 | 252 | 13.4% | −0.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 717 | 84 | 11.7% | −2.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,701 | 532 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 477 | 71 | 14.9% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,597 | 511 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,594 | 515 | 14.3% | +0.5 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,277 | 466 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 2 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 957 | 89 | 9.3% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 245 | 24 | 9.8% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −10.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
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
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.38 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +10.38 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.27 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ffos Las | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Ascot | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 2 | 100% | +9.73 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossa Ryan | 4 | 3 | 75% | +10.11 |
| Laura Pearson | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +9.73 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.88 |
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 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Jun 24+71d | Ascot | King George V Stakes (Heritage Handicap) | 1/19 | 9-2 | 94 | 99C | 103A | Rossa Ryan | 9/1 | |
| 10 Apr 24+182d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Handicap | 1/6 | 9-11 | 87 | 92A | 93B | Rossa Ryan | 8/11F | |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Oct 23+47d | Nottingham | British EBF Future Stayers Oath Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 9-10 | — | 94A | 93B | Rossa Ryan | 11/8F | |
| 25 Aug 23+17d | Ffos Las | City Energy / EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/9 | 9-7 | — | 75B | 92A | Laura Pearson | 7/2 | |
| 08 Aug 23 | Ffos Las | Forever Puppy / EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/10 | hd | 9-7 | — | 85B | 86A | Rossa Ryan | 10/3 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Going The Distance won?
- Going The Distance (IRE) won 4 of 5 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 80%. Placed 5 times in total (100% of starts).
- Who trained Going The Distance?
- Going The Distance (IRE) was trained by Ralph Beckett on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 20 June 2024.
- Who is Going The Distance's sire?
- Going The Distance (IRE) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Colonia (FR), whose sire is Champs Elysees.
- What is Going The Distance's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 94, from the run on 20 June 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Going The Distance's sire's record?
- Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,180 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
- Who are Going The Distance's siblings?
- Out of Colonia (FR), Going The Distance (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.