Simply Brilliant (GB)
Simply Brilliant (GB) is 2 from 5. Hasn't won since Aug 2016. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 91.
- 2–5Wins / Runs
- 40%Strike rate
- 2 (40%)Placed
- −0.71£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 1.86Fair A/E n=5 · 1.61 incl. margin
- 91Highest OR
- 83dAvg 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 —
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
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.
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 18% of 7,503 runs since Jan 2008 (875 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 12.3% from 324. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.4% from 267.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,280 | 259 | 20.2% | +2.2 | 2 from 3 |
| Good | 1,915 | 362 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,020 | 175 | 17.2% | −0.8 | — |
| Soft | 1,109 | 162 | 14.6% | −3.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 324 | 40 | 12.3% | −5.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,840 | 347 | 18.9% | +0.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 64 | 11 | 17.2% | −0.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,258 | 236 | 18.8% | +0.8 | 2 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,973 | 368 | 18.7% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,878 | 544 | 18.9% | +0.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 968 | 151 | 15.6% | −2.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 267 | 33 | 12.4% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −10.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −18 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Masked Identity (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Vasily (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masked Identity (GB) | 34 | 7 | 7f–1m½f | Class 3 |
| Vasily (GB) | 18 | 5 | 1m2f–1m4f | Class 2 |
| Sea The Bloom (GB) | 5 | 1 | 1m1f | Class 5 |
| Raconteur (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Innings (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Profusion (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Verbena (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Ruby Red (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.29 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.67 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.67 |
| Leicester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.29 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hanagan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tony Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 100% | +2.29 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.29 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jun 17+36d | Ascot | Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Str) | 6/29 | ¾ | 8-10 | 91 | 70C | 92A | Paul Hanagan | 33/1 |
| 17 May 17+250d | York | Conundrum HR Consulting Handicap | 5/14 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 91 | 84C | 96A | Paul Hanagan | 10/1 |
| 09 Sep 16+23d | Doncaster | Weatherbys Stallion Book Flying Scotsman Stakes (Listed) | 7/7 | 3¼ | 9-0 | — | — | 74A | Ryan Moore | 6/1 |
| 17 Aug 16+21d | Carlisle | Apollobet Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Novice Stakes | 1/7 | 9-9 | — | — | 89A | Tony Hamilton | 4/6F | |
| 27 Jul 16 | Leicester | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 1/9 | 9-5 | — | — | 88A | Tony Hamilton | 13/8F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Simply Brilliant (GB) won?
- Simply Brilliant (GB) won 2 of 5 archived starts between 2016 and 2017, a strike rate of 40%. Placed 2 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained Simply Brilliant (GB)?
- Simply Brilliant (GB) was trained by Richard Fahey on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 22 June 2017.
- Who is Simply Brilliant (GB)'s sire?
- Simply Brilliant (GB) is by Frankel (GB) out of Red Bloom (GB), whose sire is Selkirk.
- What going does Simply Brilliant (GB) prefer?
- Simply Brilliant (GB) 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 Simply Brilliant (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 22 June 2017. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Simply Brilliant (GB)'s sire's record?
- Frankel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,503 runs since Jan 2008 (875 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 12.3% from 324. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.4% from 267.
- Who are Simply Brilliant (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Red Bloom (GB), Simply Brilliant (GB) has 8 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Masked Identity (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Vasily (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.