Hes A Big Boy Now (IRE)
Hes A Big Boy Now is a lightly raced colt by Gleneagles out of a Dubawi mare whose sole winner among two runners to date has scored six times. Gleneagles progeny in the archive have recorded 516 wins from 4507 runs since Jan 2008 and show a 17.3% strike rate on heavy ground. He has two turf starts at 1m to 1m1f on soft and heavy, finishing 11 of 20 in mid division in the Irish EBF Maiden at Curragh in Nov 2025.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 15dBetween runs (median)
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 66C | 60 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,574 runs since Apr 2019 (447 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 17.3% from 283.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | +6.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 497 | 63 | 12.7% | +1.3 | — |
| Good | 1,162 | 139 | 12% | +0.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 563 | 57 | 10.1% | −1.3 | — |
| Soft | 750 | 88 | 11.7% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 283 | 49 | 17.3% | +5.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,308 | 122 | 9.3% | −2.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 141 | 14 | 9.9% | −1.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 955 | 107 | 11.2% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,211 | 150 | 12.4% | +1 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,301 | 151 | 11.6% | +0.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 593 | 64 | 10.8% | −0.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 239 | 22 | 9.2% | −2.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 98 | 6 | 6.1% | −5.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 36 | 6 | 16.7% | +5.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Miss Cunning (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Cunning (IRE) | 60 | 6 | 6f–1m | — |
| Athene's Kiss (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 25+15d | Curragh | Irish EBF Maiden (Smullen Series) Held a midfield position early - pressed for effort but unable to threaten leaders 3f out - dropped away to finish 11th | 11/20 | 4¼ | 9-7 | 54C | 64C | Ben Coen | 66/1 |
| 18 Oct 25 | Leopardstown | Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden (Smullen Series) Held up at the back throughout - driven with no headway into the straight - stayed on same speed to finish 9th | 9/11 | 2 | 9-5 | 66C | 53C | Jamie Powell | 22/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Hes A Big Boy Now won?
- Hes A Big Boy Now (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trained Hes A Big Boy Now?
- Hes A Big Boy Now (IRE) was trained by J P Murtagh on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 2 November 2025.
- Who is Hes A Big Boy Now's sire?
- Hes A Big Boy Now (IRE) is by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Low Cunning (IRE), whose sire is Dubawi.
- What is Hes A Big Boy Now's sire's record?
- Gleneagles (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,574 runs since Apr 2019 (447 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 17.3% from 283.
- Who are Hes A Big Boy Now's siblings?
- Out of Low Cunning (IRE), Hes A Big Boy Now (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Miss Cunning (IRE) (6). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Nov 2026.