Horse profile
Grand Scheme (IRE)
by Territories (IRE) out of Antillia (GB) (Red Ransom)
30 runs · 18 courses · from Aug 2020
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 May 2025 — 525 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2025 · 4th of 9
4 wins · 4 courses
Beaten favourite LTO
Last raced off OR 76
KTB Profile
Grand Scheme won four of 30 starts all on turf with his last success coming in the Grace And Dotty Fedoras And Feathers Novices Handicap Hurdle at Southwell over 1m5f – 2m on good ground in May 2025 off an official rating of 76. He also won at Newbury over 1m2f – 1m4f on good to soft in May 2022 and at Nottingham over 1m5f – 2m on good the same month as well as at Chepstow over 1m – 1m1f on soft in April 2021. Aged 7 at his last run in May 2025 he finished fourth of nine as beaten favourite in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Hexham.
Based on 30 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 9lb off peak
- 4–30Wins / Runs
- 13.3%Strike rate
- 8 (26.7%)Placed
- −4.50£1 level staken=30 at SP
- 1.25Fair A/E n=30 · 1.09 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 60dAvg 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.
Official rating76↓ 9lb off peak
76
57–85
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 114
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 116C | 108 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 114B | 98.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 116C | 98 | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 91C | 80.5 | — |
| Good | 6 | 111A | 105.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 119A | 95 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 115C | 98.5 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 146A | 74 | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 11 | 119A | 91 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 115C | 83.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 146A | 86 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 30 figures from 30 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 from 6 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 3 (50%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (33%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 1 (17%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 3,613 runs since Jan 2008 (348 horses).
Strongest on soft going: 13.7% from 539.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 2 | 20% | +9.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 433 | 39 | 9% | −1.3 | 0 from 6 |
| Good | 762 | 81 | 10.6% | +0.3 | 2 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 463 | 55 | 11.9% | +1.6 | 1 from 5 |
| Soft | 539 | 74 | 13.7% | +3.4 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 201 | 22 | 10.9% | +0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,204 | 99 | 8.2% | −2.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 296 | 32 | 10.8% | +0.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,619 | 161 | 9.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 991 | 91 | 9.2% | −1.1 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 457 | 55 | 12% | +1.7 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 182 | 18 | 9.9% | −0.4 | 2 from 15 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 56 | 14 | 25% | +14.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 1 | 10% | −0.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
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
Dam
Antillia (GB) (Red Ransom)
7 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Antiquarium (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Antiquarium (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antiquarium (IRE) | 13 | 5 | 1m1½f–2m½f | Class 2 |
| Able Tasman (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Phantom Isle (GB) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Poet's Charm (IRE) | 15 | 0 | — | — |
| Modern Artist (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Carderock (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Zain Heart (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 2 | 18% | +0.00 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 15 | 1 | 7% | −5.00 |
| Class 5 | 10 | 3 | 30% | +5.50 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Nottingham | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Hexham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 15 | 2 | 13% | −4.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 1 | 13% | +2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dobbs | 11 | 2 | 18% | +4.00 |
| Jonathan England | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| Jack Garritty | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thore Hammer Hansen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Becky Smith | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ethan Tindall | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Levey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 16 | 3 | 19% | +3.50 |
| Tongue tie | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +9.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.50 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 24 | 3 | 13% | −4.50 |
| Hurdle | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 May 25+8d | Hexham | Happy Retirement Charlo Handicap Hurdle Held a middle berth through the early stages - hit the second-last and driven on then rallied to fight for third only to blunder approaching the final fence - stayed on at one gear up the run-in to finish 4th | 4/9 | hd | 10-12 | 76 | 108B | 102A | Jonathan England | 11/10F |
| 12 May 25+53d | Southwell | Grace And Dotty Fedoras And Feathers Novices' Handicap Hurdle Sat close behind early pace-setter who edged ahead - narrowed gap approaching 3 out - hit front before 2 out - opened daylight between final two flights - stayed on strongly up the straight before being allowed to idle close home | 1/6 | 10-8 | 76 | 114B | 115B | Jonathan England | 5/1 | |
| 20 Mar 25+13d | Sedgefield | Paxtons No1 CaseIH Dealer In UK&Ireland Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Settled off the pace in the pack - made ground but ragged over one three out - lost touch after that - dropped right away before two out and finished last | 5/9 | 25 | 10-11 | 79 | 116C | 77C | Jonathan England | 10/1 |
| 07 Mar 25+17d | Newcastle (AW) | Free Bets With BetUK Bet Club Handicap Settled towards the back - pressed for effort with 3f left - shortened gap late in the final furlong - finished fifth | 5/10 | ½ | 9-10 | 57 | 102A | 64A | Jonathan England | 25/1 |
| 18 Feb 25+123d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetUK: Where The UK Bets Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) (Div 2) Sluggish start - towards the back and pushed along 3f out - trailed off through last 2f | 6/7 | 12 | 9-12 | 60 | 88C | 58C | Jonathan England | 18/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Oct 24+70d | Newcastle (AW) | Coopers Marquees Handicap Settled in 3rd - fell away entering the home bend and dropped out of contention 3f out - well beaten and allowed to come home in own time | 6/6 | 43 | 9-12 | 64 | 56C | 55C | Billy Loughnane | 28/1 |
| 09 Aug 24+16d | Haydock | Cheshire Life And Lancashire Life Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Held up at the back - pressed for effort with over 3f left and unable to close - nudged forward slightly inside the final furlong - finished well held in 8th | 8/9 | 4 | 10-9 | 68 | 68B | 64A | Miss Becky Smith | 20/1 |
| 24 Jul 24+12d | Catterick | Sky Bet Go-Racing-In-Yorkshire Summer Festival Handicap | 5/5 | 4¼ | 9-10 | 72 | 83C | 65B | Joe Fanning | 12/1 |
| 12 Jul 24+332d | York | William Hill Bet In Running Apprentice Handicap | 10/11 | 1¼ | 9-3 | 76 | 74A | 65A | Ethan Tindall | 50/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Aug 23+17d | Nottingham | Weatherbys Digital Solutions Colwick Cup Handicap | 12/13 | 1¼ | 9-12 | 81 | 109C | 65C | Jack Garritty | 125/1 |
| 29 Jul 23+11d | York | Betting Better With Sky Bet Handicap | 7/9 | 1¾ | 10-0 | 83 | 78A | 72A | Jack Garritty | 50/1 |
| 18 Jul 23+31d | Southwell | Vickers.Bet App Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/9 | 8 | 11-2 | — | 89C | 84C | Jonathan England | 13/2 |
| 17 Jun 23+17d | Hexham | Northumberland Yfc 90th Anniversary Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 4/11 | 8½ | 11-2 | — | 65A | 97A | Jonathan England | 22/1 |
| 31 May 23+245d | Cartmel | Racing Welfare Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/8 | 5 | 11-2 | — | 80C | 87C | Jonathan England | 13/2 |
| 2022 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Sep 22+32d | Nottingham | Fairfax Saddles Grassroots Series Stayers' Final Handicap | 16/16 | 13 | 9-12 | 85 | 91C | 73C | Sean Levey | 15/2 |
| 27 Aug 22+67d | Goodwood | William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap | 4/7 | hd | 9-9 | 85 | 99A | 83A | Pat Dobbs | 15/2 |
| 21 Jun 22+21d | Newbury | Greenshields JCB Handicap | 5/7 | 1½ | 10-2 | 85 | 111A | 83A | Pat Dobbs | 13/2 |
| 31 May 22+24d | Newbury | Follow BetVictor On Twitter Handicap | 1/13 | 9-8 | 79 | 115C | 99A | Pat Dobbs | 9/1 | |
| 07 May 22+17d | Nottingham | racingtv.com Handicap | 1/9 | 9-9 | 75 | 109A | 85A | Pat Dobbs | 4/1 | |
| 20 Apr 22+202d | Salisbury | Larasian Handicap | 2/6 | 3¾ | 9-3 | 75 | 84A | 81B | Pat Dobbs | 12/1 |
| 2021 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Sep 21+41d | Salisbury | William Hill Build Your Odds 'Season Finale' Handicap | 10/11 | 2½ | 8-13 | 77 | 74C | 55C | Pat Dobbs | 17/2 |
| 20 Aug 21+13d | Salisbury | Highclere Castle Gin 'International Award Winning' Handicap | 4/6 | 1 | 9-3 | 77 | 21B | 76B | Thore Hammer Hansen | 5/1 |
| 07 Aug 21+42d | Lingfield (AW) | whichbookie.co.uk Free Bets Handicap | 2/7 | nk | 9-4 | 75 | 119A | 78A | Thore Hammer Hansen | 3/1 |
| 26 Jun 21+30d | Newmarket | Close Brothers Handicap | 7/11 | 1 | 9-2 | 77 | 76A | 70A | Pat Dobbs | 11/1 |
| 27 May 21+14d | Sandown | Coral 'supporting Prostate Cancer' Handicap | 9/11 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 78 | 67B | 68A | Pat Dobbs | 10/1 |
| 13 May 21+13d | Newmarket | Betfair Exchange Handicap | 3/7 | nk | 9-1 | 77 | 102A | 76A | Pat Dobbs | 9/2 |
| 30 Apr 21+228d | Chepstow | Download The Casumo App Today Handicap | 1/6 | 9-9 | 72 | 146A | 90B | Richard Kingscote | 7/2 | |
| 2020 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Sep 20+15d | Bath | EBF Novice Auction Stakes | 2/6 | 4 | 9-4 | 72 | 74A | 81B | Pat Dobbs | 5/2 |
| 30 Aug 20+21d | Goodwood | Ladbrokes Watch Racing Online For Free Maiden Auction Stakes | 2/10 | 1½ | 9-1 | — | 98A | 78A | Pat Dobbs | 5/1 |
| 09 Aug 20 | Salisbury | AJN Steelstock Kentford British EBF Novice Stakes | 5/10 | ¾ | 9-2 | — | 78A | 71A | Rossa Ryan | 22/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Grand Scheme won?
- Grand Scheme (IRE) won 4 of 30 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 13.3%. Placed 8 times in total (26.7% of starts).
- Who trained Grand Scheme?
- Grand Scheme (IRE) was trained by Sam England on the most recent run on record, at Hexham on 20 May 2025.
- Who is Grand Scheme's sire?
- Grand Scheme (IRE) is by Territories (IRE) out of Antillia (GB), whose sire is Red Ransom.
- What going does Grand Scheme prefer?
- Grand Scheme (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Grand Scheme's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 76, from the run on 20 May 2025. The highest on record is 85.
- What is Grand Scheme's sire's record?
- Territories (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 3,613 runs since Jan 2008 (348 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 13.7% from 539.
- Who are Grand Scheme's siblings?
- Out of Antillia (GB), Grand Scheme (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Antiquarium (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Antiquarium (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m½f. As at Oct 2026.