Surprise Us (GB)
Surprise Us (GB) is 1 from 41, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Sep 2012. The win came on turf — 0 from 6 on the all-weather. Last raced off 45, 68lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–41Wins / Runs
- 2.4%Strike rate
- 3 (7.3%)Placed
- −28.00£1 level staken=41 at SP
- 0.51Fair A/E n=41 · 0.45 incl. margin
- 113Highest OR
- 55dAvg 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 53
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 →
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
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 8.7% of 2,484 runs since Jan 2008 (142 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 38 | 4 | 10.5% | +1.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Firm | 534 | 49 | 9.2% | +0.5 | 0 from 12 |
| Good | 634 | 60 | 9.5% | +0.8 | 0 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 264 | 18 | 6.8% | −1.9 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 298 | 27 | 9.1% | +0.4 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 110 | 12 | 10.9% | +2.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 606 | 45 | 7.4% | −1.3 | 0 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 296 | 31 | 10.5% | +1.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 631 | 52 | 8.2% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 538 | 48 | 8.9% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 438 | 38 | 8.7% | 0 | 0 from 16 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 369 | 29 | 7.9% | −0.8 | 0 from 14 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 162 | 13 | 8% | −0.7 | 1 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 44 | 4 | 9.1% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −8.7 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Chocolate Block (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Chocolate Block (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate Block (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 1m2f–1m3½f | Class 5 |
| Possible (GB) | 11 | 1 | 5f | — |
| Usseglio (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Etude (FR) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Via Cassia (GB) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Good | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 21 | 1 | 5% | −8.00 |
| Class 6 | 17 | 0 | 0% | −17.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Bath | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Ffos Las | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Worcester | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Taunton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −16.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 1 | 13% | +5.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Cannon | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Michael Heard | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Declan Bates | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Liam Lewis-Salter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Theo Gillard | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tommy Phelan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Paul Booth | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Robert Williams | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| George Baker | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Abbie McCain | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| R P Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Philip Prince | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Archie Bellamy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| John Fahy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Moloney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stevie Donohoe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tim Clark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Lane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Gina Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Royston Ffrench | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 27 | 0 | 0% | −27.00 |
| None | 11 | 1 | 9% | +2.00 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hood + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2015 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2014 | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 22 | 0 | 0% | −22.00 |
| Chase | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 1 | 14% | +6.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Surprise Us won?
- Surprise Us (GB) won 1 of 41 archived starts between 2010 and 2016, a strike rate of 2.4%. Placed 3 times in total (7.3% of starts).
- Who trained Surprise Us?
- Surprise Us (GB) was trained by Mark Gillard on the most recent run on record, at Brighton on 4 October 2016.
- Who is Surprise Us's sire?
- Surprise Us (GB) is by Indian Ridge (IRE) out of Pingus (GB), whose sire is Polish Precedent.
- What going does Surprise Us prefer?
- Surprise Us (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Surprise Us's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 4 October 2016. The highest on record is 113.
- What is Surprise Us's sire's record?
- Indian Ridge (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 2,484 runs since Jan 2008 (142 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Surprise Us's siblings?
- Out of Pingus (GB), Surprise Us (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Chocolate Block (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Chocolate Block (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m3½f. As at Oct 2026.