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Horse profile

Great Travel (FR)

6yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2005) · Last trainer Paul Nicholls · Last owner Mrs J Stewart
by Great Palm (USA) out of Travel Free (GB) (Be My Guest)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Feb 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Mar 2005 — 7,901 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2005 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 143
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Feb 2005 and Mar 2005, the last of them as a 6yo gelding. By Great Palm (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,946 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

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 126C the best of the last 1 rated run · Sandown, 5 Feb 2005 Official rating 143 at the last run, 18 Mar 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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 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
Great Palm (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,946 runs since Jan 2008 (256 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 9.9% from 262.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2100%−6.8—
Good to Firm234156.4%−0.4—
Good672436.4%−0.40 from 2
Good to Soft262269.9%+3.1—
Soft493336.7%−0.1—
Heavy248166.5%−0.3—
Standard (AW)1600%−6.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f7228.6%+21.8—
1m – 1m1f14321.4%+14.6—
1m2f – 1m4f2000%−6.8—
1m5f – 2m796506.3%−0.50 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f732517%+0.2—
2m5f – 3m316268.2%+1.4—
Over 3m6111.6%−5.2—

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
Travel Free (GB) (Be My Guest)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Il Concadoro (FR) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Il Concadoro (FR)1611m—
King's Travel (FR)110——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2005 · 2 runs
18 Mar 05+41d Cheltenham Grand Annual Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Class 1 · 2m½f · Good · 24 ran F/24 — 10-13 143— A P McCoy 12/1
05 Feb 05 Sandown Handicap Chase Class 2 · 1m7½f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 ½ 10-13 143126C R Walsh 6/5F

Quick answers

How many races has Great Travel won?
Great Travel (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained Great Travel?
Great Travel (FR) was trained by Paul Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 18 March 2005.
Who is Great Travel's sire?
Great Travel (FR) is by Great Palm (USA) out of Travel Free (GB), whose sire is Be My Guest.
What is Great Travel's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 143, from the run on 18 March 2005. That is also the highest on record.
What is Great Travel's sire's record?
Great Palm (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,946 runs since Jan 2008 (256 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 9.9% from 262.
Who are Great Travel's siblings?
Out of Travel Free (GB), Great Travel (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Il Concadoro (FR) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 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.