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Horse profile

Gurkha's Surprise (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2021) · Last trainer Donald McCain · Last owner T P Mcmahon And D Mcmahon
4 runs · 4 courses · from Nov 2020
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Jun 2021 — 1,965 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2021 · 5th of 5
KTB Profile

Gurkha's Surprise (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts. Best effort: 3rd of 3 at Pontefract (Apr 2021).

Based on 4 archived runs · 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
Flat 3 figures · best 51C · median 44
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f251C47.5—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 50C the best of the last 1 rated run · Market Rasen, 18 Jun 2021

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 52C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ripon, 16 May 2021

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
Flat 3 figures · best 52C · median 49
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f252C50.5—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 2,029 runs since Jun 2020 (127 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 13.7% from 183. Weakest on heavy going: 2.9% from 105. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.3% from 111.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm4125%+15.3—
Good to Firm1832513.7%+40 from 1
Good5115310.4%+0.70 from 1
Good to Soft2102110%+0.3—
Soft323237.1%−2.60 from 1
Heavy10532.9%−6.8—
Standard (AW)6937010.1%+0.40 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f43511.6%+1.9—
6f – 7f4504810.7%+1—
1m – 1m1f538499.1%−0.60 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f566519%−0.70 from 2
1m5f – 2m2973210.8%+1.10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f11176.3%−3.4—
2m5f – 3m23417.4%+7.7—
Over 3m100%−9.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2020 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Townes (IRE)80——
Miss Granger (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ella McCain 3 0 0% −3.00
Theo Gillard 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 3 0 0% −3.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
Hurdle 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 3 runs
18 Jun 21+33d Market Rasen Betstival Season At MansionBet Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 5 ran 5/5 10 10-7 28C50C Theo Gillard 50/1
16 May 21+18d Ripon Titanium Racing Club Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m2f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 2½ 9-0 44C52C Ella McCain 150/1
28 Apr 21+162d Pontefract Trustees Of The National Horseracing College/British EBF Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 3 ran 3/3 1 9-0 51C49C Ella McCain 125/1
2020 · 1 run
17 Nov 20 Southwell (AW) Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 12 ran 12/12 25 8-10 4C30C Ella McCain 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Gurkha's Surprise won?
Gurkha's Surprise (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2020 and 2021.
Who trained Gurkha's Surprise?
Gurkha's Surprise (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 18 June 2021.
Who is Gurkha's Surprise's sire?
Gurkha's Surprise (IRE) is by The Gurkha (IRE) out of Miss Ellany (IRE), whose sire is Kodiac.
What is Gurkha's Surprise's sire's record?
The Gurkha (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 2,029 runs since Jun 2020 (127 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 13.7% from 183. Weakest on heavy going: 2.9% from 105. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.3% from 111.
Who are Gurkha's Surprise's siblings?
Out of Miss Ellany (IRE), Gurkha's Surprise (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2020. 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.