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Horse profile

Sam The Great (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2023) · Last trainer John Joseph Hanlon · Last owner Hilary Walsh
by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of A Fistful Of Euros (GB) (East Wood)
1 run · 1 course · from Dec 2023
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Dec 2023 — 1,047 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2023 · 7th of 8
KTB Profile

Sam The Great made a single start over hurdles when he finished 7 of 8 in the Lacey's Plumbing & Heating Supplies Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse in Dec 2023. The gelding is by Black Sam Bellamy whose progeny have won 483 of 4,682 runs since Jan 2008 including 8 of 145 at 1m2f – 1m4f. His dam produced five runners with one winner among them headed by Global Jackpot on 3 wins. He raced on heavy turf at 2m5f – 3m.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 28 Oct 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

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 85C the best of the last 1 rated run · Fairyhouse, 16 Dec 2023

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. 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

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,683 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses).

Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−10.3—
Good to Firm112108.9%−1.4—
Good1,3341138.5%−1.8—
Good to Soft1,072989.1%−1.2—
Soft1,40816811.9%+1.6—
Heavy6278313.2%+2.90 from 1
Standard (AW)126118.7%−1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−3.2—
1m – 1m1f2926.9%−3.4—
1m2f – 1m4f14585.5%−4.8—
1m5f – 2m1,30715211.6%+1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f1,4991429.5%−0.8—
2m5f – 3m1,31914110.7%+0.40 from 1
Over 3m3703710%−0.3—

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

Dam

5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Global Jackpot (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Global Jackpot (GB)).

Family form: Global Submission (GB) finished 2nd of 11 at Limerick (IRE), 18 Oct 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Global Jackpot (GB)2632mClass 4
Global Submission (GB)20——
Cuchaviva (GB)60——
Flaka (GB)20——
Boots Bridge (GB)20——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 1 run
16 Dec 23 Fairyhouse Lacey's Plumbing & Heating Supplies Maiden Hurdle 23f · Heavy · 8 ran 7/8 97 10-11 30C85C Shane Fenelon 200/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sam The Great won?
Sam The Great (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2023.
Who trained Sam The Great?
Sam The Great (GB) was trained by John Joseph Hanlon on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 16 December 2023.
Who is Sam The Great's sire?
Sam The Great (GB) is by Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) out of A Fistful Of Euros (GB), whose sire is East Wood.
What is Sam The Great's sire's record?
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 4,683 runs since Jan 2008 (466 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Who are Sam The Great's siblings?
Out of A Fistful Of Euros (GB), Sam The Great (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Global Jackpot (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Global Jackpot (GB)). The wins came over 2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.