Major Reward (IRE)
Major Reward won two of 24 starts, both on the all-weather at Dundalk. He took a 6f to 7f maiden in Sep 2018 and an apprentice claiming race over 1m2f to 1m4f in Oct 2019 on standard going. The gelding, by Dawn Approach, was 0 from 12 on turf. Aged 9 at his last run in Jun 2025, he finished eighth of eight in a Class 5 handicap at Lingfield.
- 2–24Wins / Runs
- 8.3%Strike rate
- 6 (25%)Placed
- −15.67£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 0.97Fair A/E n=24 · 0.81 incl. margin
- 87Highest OR
- 106dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 109
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 11 | 109B | 88 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 92C | 79 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 112A | 108 | — |
| Good | 2 | 88A | 87.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 13 | 112A | 88 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 108C | 96 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 88A | 84 | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 24 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 24 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 8% of 3,572 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | +7.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 333 | 42 | 12.6% | +4.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 891 | 57 | 6.4% | −1.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 365 | 24 | 6.6% | −1.4 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 623 | 32 | 5.1% | −2.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 234 | 17 | 7.3% | −0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,113 | 113 | 10.2% | +2.2 | 2 from 12 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 125 | 15 | 12% | +4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 950 | 77 | 8.1% | +0.1 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,029 | 82 | 8% | 0 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 797 | 70 | 8.8% | +0.8 | 1 from 14 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 456 | 34 | 7.5% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 179 | 9 | 5% | −3 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 28 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Mister Jo (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mister Jo (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Whiskey Zulu (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Isolde (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 12 | 2 | 17% | −3.67 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 10 | 2 | 20% | −1.67 |
| Curragh | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 14 | 1 | 7% | −9.67 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J M Sheridan | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Colin Keane | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Nick Scholfield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| W J Lee | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Callum Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alec Voikhansky | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ms H Mooney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| John Shinnick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Gerald Mosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Foley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Gallagher | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 20 | 2 | 10% | −11.67 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −6.67 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 22 | 2 | 9% | −13.67 |
| Hurdle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Jun 25+19d | Lingfield (AW) | Highbet Bet 10 Get 30 Handicap (AWT) Sluggish start - settled near the back - pushed along 3f from home - dropped away steadily to finish a distant eighth | 8/8 | 2 | 9-5 | 65 | — | 51C | Callum Hutchinson | 125/1 |
| 15 May 25+1163d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Apprentice Handicap Slow to break - settled at the rear of the field - dropped away inside final 2f - eventually came home fifth | 5/5 | 8 | 8-9 | 70 | 61C | 54B | Alec Voikhansky | 125/1 |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Mar 22+9d | Fontwell | Virgin Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 6/11 | 7 | 11-6 | — | 92C | 102C | Nick Scholfield | 80/1 |
| 28 Feb 22+507d | Plumpton | R.A.B.I Helping Farming People Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 9/12 | 11 | 11-6 | — | 70C | 79C | Nick Scholfield | 18/1 |
| 2020 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Oct 20+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Hollywoodbets Handicap | 6/14 | ½ | 9-9 | 80 | 109B | 81A | J M Sheridan | 14/1 |
| 25 Sep 20+41d | Dundalk (AW) | Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk Handicap (50-85) | 5/14 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 81 | 88B | 79A | J M Sheridan | 13/2 |
| 15 Aug 20+20d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Red God' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 7/14 | 1½ | 8-7 | 84 | 100B | 77A | J M Sheridan | 28/1 |
| 26 Jul 20+8d | Curragh | Mongey Communications Handicap | 3/13 | ½ | 8-9 | 84 | 77C | 85A | J M Sheridan | 22/1 |
| 18 Jul 20+15d | Curragh | Kildare Village Ladies Derby Handicap | 4/15 | shd | 10-9 | 84 | 70C | 87A | Ms H Mooney | 33/1 |
| 03 Jul 20+20d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Nasrullah' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 12/17 | nk | 8-4 | 85 | 93C | 64A | J M Sheridan | 40/1 |
| 13 Jun 20+113d | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Ragusa' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 4/17 | nk | 8-6 | 85 | 82C | 82A | J M Sheridan | 50/1 |
| 21 Feb 20+98d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap | 7/9 | 4½ | 10-1 | 86 | 64C | 72C | W J Lee | 6/1 |
| 2019 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 15 Nov 19+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Winter Series At Dundalk 2020 Handicap | 13/14 | nk | 9-5 | 86 | 92B | 71A | Mark Enright | 16/1 |
| 01 Nov 19+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap | 4/11 | nk | 8-13 | 87 | 94A | 76A | J M Sheridan | 5/1 |
| 18 Oct 19+25d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Apprentice Claiming Race | 1/14 | 9-1 | 82 | 74B | 87A | John Shinnick | 10/3 | |
| 23 Sep 19+19d | Fairyhouse | Fairyhouse Winter Festival 30th November & 1st December Handicap | 6/12 | ½ | 8-9 | 82 | 112A | 80A | Colin Keane | 11/2 |
| 04 Sep 19+42d | Gowran Park | Dining Packages At Gowran Park Handicap | 2/14 | nk | 9-8 | 80 | 108C | 95A | Colin Keane | 6/1 |
| 24 Jul 19+17d | Naas | Caragh Nurseries Handicap | 2/5 | nk | 8-10 | 80 | 87C | 73B | Colin Keane | 9/2 |
| 07 Jul 19+62d | Limerick | Handipak Play Live On 25th July Handicap (50-80) | 3/7 | 2 | 9-11 | 80 | 88A | 83A | Colin Keane | 11/4F |
| 06 May 19+7d | Curragh | Coolmore Churchill Irish EBF Tetrarch Stakes (Listed) | 9/10 | 2½ | 9-3 | 83 | 81A | 61A | Gerald Mosse | 50/1 |
| 29 Apr 19+24d | Naas | Blackwater Handicap | 14/15 | ½ | 8-7 | 84 | 92C | 61A | Ben Coen | 18/1 |
| 05 Apr 19+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium Rated Race | 2/4 | 2¾ | 9-5 | — | 85C | 83B | W J Lee | 10/3 |
| 22 Mar 19+175d | Dundalk (AW) | Moffett Engineering Ltd Median Auction Race | 6/7 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 100A | 75A | Shane Foley | 11/2 |
| 2018 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 28 Sep 18 | Dundalk (AW) | Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden (Plus 10) | 1/12 | 8-13 | — | 83A | 84A | Mark Gallagher | 3/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Major Reward won?
- Major Reward (IRE) won 2 of 24 archived starts between 2018 and 2025, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 6 times in total (25% of starts).
- Who trained Major Reward?
- Major Reward (IRE) was trained by Jim & Suzi Best on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 3 June 2025.
- Who is Major Reward's sire?
- Major Reward (IRE) is by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Zanzibar Girl (USA), whose sire is Johannesburg.
- What going does Major Reward prefer?
- Major Reward (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 12 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Major Reward's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 65, from the run on 3 June 2025. The highest on record is 87.
- What is Major Reward's sire's record?
- Dawn Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,572 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
- Who are Major Reward's siblings?
- Out of Zanzibar Girl (USA), Major Reward (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Mister Jo (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.