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Horse profile

Grand Karak (FR)

5yo gelding · Trainer Sean Thomas Doyle · Owner Mark Hatton
by Karaktar (IRE) out of Grande Epoque (FR) (Valanour)
1 run · 1 course · from May 2026
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 15 May 2026 · 9th of 11
KTB Profile

Grand Karak is a lightly raced gelding with one start since May 2026. He finished 9 of 11 at Kilbeggan that month in a 2m1f to 2m4f flat race on good ground. By Karaktar whose progeny have won 92 of 687 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip of 2m5f to 3m his dam has produced one winner from one runner to race.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run since May 2026 · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 90C the best of the last 1 rated run · Kilbeggan, 15 May 2026

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 4 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 12.7% of 734 runs since Sep 2021 (147 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 9.5% from 263. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 18.6% from 140.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm3133.3%+20.6—
Good881618.2%+5.50 from 1
Good to Soft821720.7%+8—
Soft2943411.6%−1.1—
Heavy263259.5%−3.2—
Standard (AW)400%−12.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f100%−12.7—
1m2f – 1m4f2300%−12.7—
1m5f – 2m1211411.6%−1.1—
2m1f – 2m4f4325011.6%−1.10 from 1
2m5f – 3m1402618.6%+5.9—
Over 3m17317.6%+4.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2021 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Grande Epoque (FR) (Valanour)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Grand Akbar (FR) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Grand Akbar (FR)4812m—

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
15 May 26 Kilbeggan Racing Again May 31st (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m2½f · Good · 11 ran Settled in the pack - pushed along with 6f left - dropped away through the finish 9/11 24 11-7 75C90C Mr C J Byrne 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Grand Karak won?
Grand Karak (FR) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
Who trains Grand Karak?
Grand Karak (FR) is trained by Sean Thomas Doyle, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 15 May 2026.
Who is Grand Karak's sire?
Grand Karak (FR) is by Karaktar (IRE) out of Grande Epoque (FR), whose sire is Valanour.
What is Grand Karak's sire's record?
Karaktar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.7% of 734 runs since Sep 2021 (147 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 9.5% from 263. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 18.6% from 140.
Who are Grand Karak's siblings?
Out of Grande Epoque (FR), Grand Karak (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Grand Akbar (FR) (1). The wins came over 2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2026. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.