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Horse profile

Grand Option (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2005) · Last trainer Brendan W Duke · Last owner J A Mccarthy
by Compton Place (GB) out of Follow The Stars (GB) (Sparkler I)
7 runs · 7 courses · from Mar 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Sep 2005 — 7,732 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2005 · 8th of 12 Last raced off OR 58
KTB Profile

Grand Option (GB) is yet to win from 7 starts. Last raced off 58, 14lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 14lb off peak
Official rating58↓ 14lb off peak
58 58–72

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 51C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newbury, 12 Aug 2005 Official rating 58 at the last run, 3 Sep 2005

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 →

Flat 7 figures · best 66C · median 45
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm466C48.5—
Good to Soft245C33.5—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f766C45—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · 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.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Compton Place (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 8,347 runs since Jan 2008 (515 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 11.5% from 165.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1651911.5%+3—
Good to Firm1,9251879.7%+1.20 from 4
Good1,6261277.8%−0.7—
Good to Soft811566.9%−1.60 from 2
Soft625518.2%−0.3—
Heavy11886.8%−1.7—
Standard (AW)3,0772648.6%+0.10 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2,6092509.6%+1.1—
6f – 7f3,9903308.3%−0.20 from 7
1m – 1m1f815556.7%−1.8—
1m2f – 1m4f549468.4%−0.1—
1m5f – 2m280269.3%+0.8—
2m1f – 2m4f8655.8%−2.7—
2m5f – 3m1600%−8.5—
Over 3m200%−8.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Follow The Stars (GB) (Sparkler I)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ted Durcan 2 0 0% −2.00
Alan Daly 2 0 0% −2.00
Micky Fenton 1 0 0% −1.00
Frankie McDonald 1 0 0% −1.00
Darryll Holland 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2005 · 7 runs
03 Sep 05+22d Wolverhampton (AW) Betfredcasino.com Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 8/12 1¼ 8-12 5842C Micky Fenton 66/1
12 Aug 05+8d Newbury Stanjamescasino.co.uk Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6/9 ½ 8-4 6251C Frankie McDonald 33/1
04 Aug 05+71d Folkestone Giddy Girls Gallop Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7/7 6 8-11 62-6C Darryll Holland 11/1
25 May 05+13d Newmarket Eastern Windows (Newmarket) Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 20 ran 13/20 hd 8-12 6446C Ted Durcan 33/1
12 May 05+16d Salisbury Jordan Brookes Chartered Accountants Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 7/19 ½ 9-1 6766C Ted Durcan 25/1
26 Apr 05+31d Warwick Cubbington Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 11/14 nk 9-4 7045C Alan Daly 25/1
26 Mar 05 Kempton CISTM Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 8/14 nk 8-5 7222C Alan Daly 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Grand Option won?
Grand Option (GB) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained Grand Option?
Grand Option (GB) was trained by Brendan W Duke on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 3 September 2005.
Who is Grand Option's sire?
Grand Option (GB) is by Compton Place (GB) out of Follow The Stars (GB), whose sire is Sparkler I.
What is Grand Option's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 58, from the run on 3 September 2005. The highest on record is 72.
What is Grand Option's sire's record?
Compton Place (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 8,347 runs since Jan 2008 (515 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 11.5% from 165.

Record shown from March 2005. 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.