Horse profile
Great Bear (GB)
8yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2024) · Last trainer Henry De Bromhead · Last owner Envirogreen Housing Services Ltd
by Dansili (GB) out of Great Heavens (GB) (Galileo)
40 runs · 24 courses · from Nov 2018
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Oct 2024 — 727 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2024 · 4th of 11
4 wins · 4 courses
Last raced off OR 122
KTB Profile
Great Bear won four of 40 starts with his last success at Cork in Jul 2023 in a 2m1f – 2m4f maiden hurdle on soft ground off an official rating of 124. He also won at Killarney over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground and earlier on the flat at Bath over 1m2f – 1m4f on firm and at Wolverhampton over 1m – 1m1f on standard. The gelding, aged 8 at his last run in Oct 2024, finished fourth of 11 in the Rathgormack Handicap Hurdle at Clonmel off 122. He raced on turf in 36 of his starts.
Based on 40 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026
- 4–40Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 16 (40%)Placed
- −21.34£1 level staken=40 at SP
- 0.69Fair A/E n=40 · 0.57 incl. margin
- 127Highest OR
- 56dAvg 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 rating122↓ 5lb off peak
122
74–127
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 110
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 9 | 135B | 113 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 115B | 110 | — |
| Good | 3 | 115B | 96 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 110B | 73 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 135B | 111.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 119B | 103 | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 118C | 96.5 | — |
| Good | 4 | 122C | 94.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 96A | 85 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 134C | 122 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 117C | 100 | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 134C | 96.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 122A | 97 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 122C | 117 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 40 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 38 figures from 40 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Dansili (GB)
Progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 11,842 runs since Jan 2008 (983 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on heavy going: 7.9% from 428. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.1% from 209.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 101 | 17 | 16.8% | +3.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 2,107 | 286 | 13.6% | −0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 2,966 | 424 | 14.3% | +0.6 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 1,324 | 165 | 12.5% | −1.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 1,413 | 160 | 11.3% | −2.4 | 1 from 13 |
| Heavy | 428 | 34 | 7.9% | −5.8 | 0 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,501 | 538 | 15.4% | +1.7 | 1 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 253 | 32 | 12.6% | −1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,309 | 291 | 12.6% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,882 | 427 | 14.8% | +1.1 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,796 | 558 | 14.7% | +1 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,682 | 218 | 13% | −0.7 | 0 from 22 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 683 | 76 | 11.1% | −2.6 | 2 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 209 | 19 | 9.1% | −4.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 28 | 3 | 10.7% | −3 | — |
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
Dam
Great Heavens (GB) (Galileo)
7 siblings in the archive, 7 winners — best of them Heathen (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m6f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Thunder Drum (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathen (GB) | 29 | 5 | 1m4f–1m6f | Class 4 |
| Pierian (GB) | 7 | 3 | 1m2f–1m3½f | Class 3 |
| Noble Horizon (GB) | 13 | 2 | 1m2f | Class 4 |
| Dubhe (GB) | 5 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Class 3 |
| Sun Bear (GB) | 6 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Thunder Drum (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 1m4f | Group 3 |
| Althib (GB) | 26 | 1 | 1m | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 13 | 1 | 8% | −10.25 |
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.50 |
| Heavy | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.09 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galway | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Punchestown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Killarney | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.50 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leopardstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Listowel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 22 | 0 | 0% | −22.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 2 | 18% | +1.25 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.09 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 17 | 1 | 6% | −14.25 |
| Jason Watson | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Mike O'Connor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Siobhan Rutledge | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.50 |
| Adam McNamara | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.09 |
| Adam Farragher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killian Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thomas Greatrex | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 37 | 4 | 11% | −18.34 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.25 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −2.50 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −6.09 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 20 | 3 | 15% | −4.09 |
| Hurdle | 15 | 1 | 7% | −12.25 |
| Chase | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 24+83d | Clonmel | Rathgormack Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the front group early - 4th at halfway - up to 3rd with three left - driven on into the straight - lost momentum approaching two out and slipped back to 3rd before the last - stayed on at one speed to finish 4th | 4/11 | 5 | 11-12 | 122 | 65A | 132A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 9/1 |
| 02 Aug 24+31d | Galway | Guinness Galway Tribes Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the pace early - pushed along and slipped back to 9th two out - faded to finish 13th | 13/15 | 4½ | 11-3 | 123 | — | 108A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 28/1 |
| 02 Jul 24+24d | Tipperary | Tipperary Town Plate Handicap Chase | 6/9 | nk | 11-5 | 126 | 110A | 122A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 2/1F |
| 08 Jun 24+32d | Punchestown | Ladbrokes '5-A-Side' Handicap Chase | 2/7 | shd | 9-12 | 123 | 96A | 126B | Mike O'Connor | 3/1J |
| 07 May 24+193d | Ballinrobe | KOG Logistics Handicap Chase | 3/12 | ½ | 11-7 | 123 | 111A | 124A | Mike O'Connor | 13/2 |
| 27 Oct 23+40d | Cheltenham | Foundation Developments Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 5/18 | 1 | 10-12 | 127 | 115B | 130A | Mike O'Connor | 28/1 |
| 17 Sep 23+22d | Listowel | Strings & Things Rated Novice Chase | 3/5 | 1½ | 11-2 | — | 57C | 120B | Darragh O'Keeffe | 11/4 |
| 26 Aug 23+22d | Killarney | Killarney Avenue Hotel Beginners Chase | 2/8 | 6½ | 11-12 | — | 85A | 128B | Darragh O'Keeffe | 2/1 |
| 04 Aug 23+21d | Galway | Guinness Galway Tribes Handicap Hurdle | 12/20 | 1¼ | 11-0 | 124 | — | 125A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 20/1 |
| 14 Jul 23+444d | Cork | Buy Tickets On www.corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle | 1/18 | 11-12 | 124 | 119B | 131A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 7/4F | |
| 26 Apr 22+177d | Punchestown | Killashee Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Grade B) | 5/17 | 1¼ | 10-7 | 127 | 115B | 132A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 12/1 |
| 31 Oct 21+21d | Naas | Colm White Bookmaker November Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 15/18 | 11 | 8-1 | 79 | 134C | 60C | Siobhan Rutledge | 40/1 |
| 10 Oct 21+22d | Curragh | Paddy Power Irish Cesarewitch (Extended Handicap) | 13/30 | nk | 8-6 | 81 | 101C | 69A | Siobhan Rutledge | 66/1 |
| 18 Sep 21+7d | Newmarket | Close Brothers Cesarewitch Trial Handicap | 5/9 | 1¾ | 7-13 | 81 | 117C | 62C | Adam Farragher | 17/2 |
| 11 Sep 21+18d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Petingo' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 21/23 | 4¾ | 8-2 | 81 | 101C | 58C | Siobhan Rutledge | 33/1 |
| 24 Aug 21+28d | Bellewstown | Panda Power (Q.R.) Handicap | 3/15 | ½ | 11-0 | 78 | 122C | 87A | Declan Queally | 6/1 |
| 27 Jul 21+14d | Galway | Latin Quarter Handicap (50-80) | 12/19 | nk | 10-0 | 78 | 92C | 79A | Gary Carroll | 9/1 |
| 13 Jul 21+58d | Killarney | Carrauntoohil Handicap | 1/14 | 9-13 | 74 | 88C | 84A | Gary Carroll | 17/2 | |
| 16 May 21+19d | Wexford | Shamrock Enterprises Ltd Rated Hurdle | 5/9 | 1¾ | 11-11 | 127 | 116A | 127A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 5/4F |
| 27 Apr 21+24d | Punchestown | Have The Conversation Say Yes To Organ Donation Novice Handicap Hurdle | 3/22 | 3¼ | 11-11 | 124 | 103B | 150A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 13/2 |
| 03 Apr 21+34d | Fairyhouse | Rybo Handicap Hurdle (Grade A) | 4/20 | 1½ | 10-6 | 123 | 113B | 127A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 9/1 |
| 28 Feb 21+21d | Naas | Paddy Power Livestream UK & Irish Racing On The App Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) | 3/20 | 5 | 11-13 | 124 | 115B | 128A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 3/1 |
| 07 Feb 21+41d | Leopardstown | Chanelle Pharma Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) | 9/13 | 2½ | 11-11 | 124 | 73B | 123A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 200/1 |
| 28 Dec 20+23d | Leopardstown | tote.ie Maiden Hurdle | 5/20 | ¾ | 11-9 | — | 96C | 114C | Darragh O'Keeffe | 11/2 |
| 05 Dec 20+55d | Navan | Kells Maiden Hurdle | 2/19 | 8½ | 11-9 | — | 135B | 136A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 11/2 |
| 11 Oct 20+17d | Curragh | Paddy Power Irish Cesarewitch (Extended Handicap) | 19/21 | 2 | 8-3 | 79 | 43C | 64C | Danny Sheehy | 28/1 |
| 24 Sep 20+36d | Listowel | Listowel Printing Works Handicap | 6/12 | ½ | 8-7 | 79 | 122A | 72A | Chris Hayes | 12/1 |
| 19 Aug 20+22d | Killarney | Kerry Group Kingdom Gold Cup Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 3/13 | ½ | 8-12 | 80 | 104C | 82A | Chris Hayes | 14/1 |
| 28 Jul 20+135d | Galway | Latin Quarter Handicap (50-80) | 8/15 | nk | 10-2 | 80 | 118C | 82A | Chris Hayes | 40/1 |
| 15 Mar 20+22d | Limerick | Follow Limerick Racecourse On Facebook Hurdle | 2/9 | 10 | 11-0 | — | 20A | 121A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 4/11F |
| 22 Feb 20+78d | Fairyhouse | Norman Colfer Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 3) | 2/10 | 2½ | 11-0 | — | 110B | 134A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 40/1 |
| 06 Dec 19+55d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap | 10/10 | 2¾ | 8-12 | 81 | 96A | 60A | Killian Leonard | 25/1 |
| 12 Oct 19+31d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Follow Us On Twitter At wolvesraces Handicap | 7/7 | 32 | 8-13 | 81 | 73C | 59C | Thomas Greatrex | 9/4F |
| 11 Sep 19+19d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red Handicap | 2/5 | 1 | 9-7 | 80 | 89C | 80B | Adam McNamara | 3/1 |
| 23 Aug 19+56d | Newmarket | Andy Wright Memorial Handicap | 4/6 | nk | 9-2 | 81 | 100A | 74B | Jason Watson | 4/1 |
| 28 Jun 19+20d | Doncaster | Believe Money Group Handicap | 6/6 | 16 | 9-5 | 81 | 81C | 65C | Jason Watson | 2/1F |
| 08 Jun 19+24d | Newmarket | John Holmes Handicap | 3/7 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 81 | 97A | 87A | Jason Watson | 3/1 |
| 15 May 19+18d | Bath | Brakes Group/EBF Novice Stakes | 1/12 | 9-2 | — | 89A | 84A | Adam McNamara | 10/11F | |
| 27 Apr 19+162d | Haydock | Play 4 To Score At Betway Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 4/9 | 1 | 9-8 | — | 97A | 69A | Jason Watson | 7/2 |
| 16 Nov 18 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Ladbrokes Bet 5 Get 20 Novice Stakes (Div 2) | 1/9 | 9-2 | — | 81A | 82A | Kieran Shoemark | 7/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Great Bear (GB) won?
- Great Bear (GB) won 4 of 40 archived starts between 2018 and 2024, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 16 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained Great Bear (GB)?
- Great Bear (GB) was trained by Henry De Bromhead on the most recent run on record, at Clonmel on 24 October 2024.
- Who is Great Bear (GB)'s sire?
- Great Bear (GB) is by Dansili (GB) out of Great Heavens (GB), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does Great Bear (GB) prefer?
- Great Bear (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Great Bear (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 24 October 2024. The highest on record is 127.
- What is Great Bear (GB)'s sire's record?
- Dansili (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 11,842 runs since Jan 2008 (983 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on heavy going: 7.9% from 428. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.1% from 209.
- Who are Great Bear (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Great Heavens (GB), Great Bear (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 7 of them winners. Most wins: Heathen (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Thunder Drum (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m6f. As at Oct 2026.