Little Big Bear (IRE)
Little Big Bear won five of nine starts on turf, including the Group 1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh in Aug 2022. He also landed the Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock in May 2023 off a mark of 124. The colt by No Nay Never scored twice at the Curragh and once at Ascot, with all wins coming over trips from under 6f to 7f. He finished eighth of eight in the July Cup Stakes at Newmarket in Jul 2023.
- 5–9Wins / Runs
- 55.6%Strike rate
- 7 (77.8%)Placed
- +0.66£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.44Fair A/E n=9 · 1.22 incl. margin
- 124Highest OR
- 27dBetween runs (median)longest 273 d
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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 115
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 115A | 107 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 92C | 65 | — |
| Good | 2 | 102C | 99.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 115A | 99.5 | — |
| Under 6f | 2 | 94C | 79.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,361 runs since Apr 2018 (708 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | 2 from 3 |
| Good | 1,489 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 2 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 618 | 56 | 9.1% | −3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 851 | 110 | 12.9% | +0.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 285 | 37 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,175 | 259 | 11.9% | −0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 915 | 123 | 13.4% | +1.3 | 2 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,406 | 443 | 13% | +0.9 | 3 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,189 | 131 | 11% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 583 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 186 | 14 | 7.5% | −4.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2018 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Soyounique (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m1½f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Whistlejacket (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soyounique (IRE) | 45 | 5 | 6f–7f | Class 6 |
| Whistlejacket (IRE) | 12 | 4 | 5f–6f | Group 1 |
| Vin Rouge (IRE) | 34 | 4 | 2m–2m1½f | Class 5 |
| American Graffiti (FR) | 5 | 2 | 1m2f | Class 4 |
| The Lincoln Lawyer (GB) | 16 | 0 | — | — |
| Araca (FR) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Andrea Mantegna (USA) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.20 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.56 |
| Good | 2 | 2 | 100% | +2.02 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 5 | 2 | 40% | −0.80 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.02 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.20 |
| Haydock | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 3 | 50% | +0.02 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 2 | 100% | +1.64 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Moore | 6 | 3 | 50% | +0.22 |
| Frankie Dettori | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 | 80% | +2.66 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Little Big Bear won?
- Little Big Bear (IRE) won 5 of 9 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 55.6%. Placed 7 times in total (77.8% of starts).
- Who trained Little Big Bear?
- Little Big Bear (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 15 July 2023.
- Who is Little Big Bear's sire?
- Little Big Bear (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Adventure Seeker (FR), whose sire is Bering.
- What going does Little Big Bear prefer?
- Little Big Bear (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Little Big Bear's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 119, from the run on 15 July 2023. The highest on record is 124.
- What is Little Big Bear's sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,361 runs since Apr 2018 (708 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.
- Who are Little Big Bear's siblings?
- Out of Adventure Seeker (FR), Little Big Bear (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Soyounique (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Whistlejacket (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m1½f. As at Nov 2026.