Horse profile
The Big Breakaway (IRE)
by Getaway (GER) out of Princess Mairead (IRE) (Blueprint)
31 runs · 13 courses · from Nov 2019
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Cheltenham, Newbury & Chepstow
Last run 24 Jan 2026
Last raced off OR 118
KTB Profile
The Big Breakaway is a gelding with three wins from 31 starts on turf, all on soft going. He won the Class 2 mallardjewellers.com Novices' Chase at Cheltenham over 2m5f – 3m in Nov 2020 off an official rating of 144, having earlier taken two soft-ground novice hurdles over 2m1f – 2m4f at Chepstow and Newbury in late 2019. He has never won over 3m from 18 starts at that trip. He last ran at Cheltenham in Jan 2026 off an official rating of 118, 33lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 31 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 33lb off peak
- 3–31Wins / Runs
- 9.7%Strike rate
- 9 (29%)Placed
- −25.06£1 level staken=31 at SP
- 0.65Fair A/E n=31 · 0.57 incl. margin
- 151Highest OR
- 75dAvg 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.
Official rating118↓ 33lb off peak
118
118–151
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 111
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 132B | 98 | — |
| Good | 4 | 115C | 81.5 | 2 runs · 73 / 45.5 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 110A | 106 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 7 | 115C | 90 | 1 run · — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 122B | 106 | 1 run · — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 132B | 115 | — |
Of 31 runs looked at, 15 have no figure: did not complete (11) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 31 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 from 9 analysed runs since Nov 2024
- Held up 5 (56%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (22%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (22%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,962 runs since Mar 2016 (1,029 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 23.1% from 134.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 134 | 31 | 23.1% | +11.8 | — |
| Good | 3,884 | 511 | 13.2% | +1.9 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 2,399 | 263 | 11% | −0.3 | 0 from 10 |
| Soft | 3,164 | 292 | 9.2% | −2.1 | 3 from 13 |
| Heavy | 1,253 | 126 | 10.1% | −1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 128 | 13 | 10.2% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 78 | 7 | 9% | −2.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,412 | 371 | 10.9% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,113 | 473 | 11.5% | +0.2 | 2 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,715 | 311 | 11.5% | +0.2 | 1 from 10 |
| Over 3m | 616 | 73 | 11.9% | +0.6 | 0 from 18 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2016 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Princess Mairead (IRE) (Blueprint)
6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Kildisart (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m4½f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Kildisart (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildisart (IRE) | 22 | 5 | 2m3½f–3m1f | Grade 3 |
| Say Goodbye (IRE) | 14 | 3 | 2m3½f–2m4f | — |
| Promontory (IRE) | 10 | 2 | 3m–3m4½f | — |
| Gillespie (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 2m | Class 5 |
| For Sinead (IRE) | 12 | 1 | 2m6½f | — |
| The Blind Piper (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 13 | 3 | 23% | −7.06 |
| Good to Soft | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Class 2 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −10.56 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.50 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.56 |
| Exeter | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wincanton | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chepstow | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Aintree | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warwick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.50 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 18 | 0 | 0% | −18.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 1 | 10% | −8.56 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Powell | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Robbie Power | 6 | 3 | 50% | −0.06 |
| Paddy Hanlon | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Sean Bowen | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Harry Cobden | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Miss Anna Johnston | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Jones | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Wedge | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 13 | 3 | 23% | −7.06 |
| Cheekpieces | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.56 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 25 | 1 | 4% | −23.56 |
| Hurdle | 6 | 2 | 33% | −1.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 24 Jan 26+43d | Cheltenham | Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held up rear of field - eased and pulled up before the 16th | PU/16 | — | 9-11 | 118 | — | — | Paddy Hanlon | 50/1 |
| 2025 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Dec 25+7d | Cheltenham | Glenfarclas Crystal Cup Cross Country Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held up towards the back - dropped away 4 out - well beaten in the end | 10/14 | 14 | 9-13 | 122 | 18C | 96C | Paddy Hanlon | 20/1 |
| 05 Dec 25+26d | Exeter | Hawke Barn Wedding & Special Events Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - showed little fluency in the running - dropped away and eased out of contention after the 10th | PU/7 | — | 11-6 | 122 | — | — | Paddy Hanlon | 17/2 |
| 09 Nov 25+245d | Sandown | Oddschecker Veterans' Handicap Chase Settled towards the back - clumsy at the opener then dropped away and under pressure after 4 out - faded from there to finish fourth | 4/4 | 14 | 10-5 | 124 | 73C | 101B | Paddy Hanlon | 11/2 |
| 09 Mar 25+30d | Warwick | Hazelton Mountford Insurance Brokers Volcano Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Up with the front group on the outside - moved to 2nd - hit the front at the 4th before dropping back - struggled to go the pace 4 out - responded wide approaching 2 out - took 3rd at the last and kept on for third | 3/7 | 8½ | 11-7 | 125 | 90A | 128A | Miss Anna Johnston | 8/1 |
| 07 Feb 25+22d | Bangor-on-Dee | Corbett Sports North Wales National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled in the pack wide - driven into contention before 2 out - finished well to snatch 2nd but couldn't get up | 2/14 | 1¼ | 11-7 | 120 | — | 133B | Miss Anna Johnston | 40/1 |
| 16 Jan 25+17d | Wincanton | Hinton Workspace Somerset National Handicap Chase Driven in the pack early - fluffed departure at the 13th - never involved and eased down before 3 out | PU/10 | — | 11-0 | 125 | — | — | Sean Bowen | 22/1 |
| 2024 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Dec 24+37d | Haydock | Betfred Last Fling Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Driven along early - sat behind the front group before dropping back after 4th - hampered for fluency several fences - rallied briefly before 4 out - faded quickly - pulled up before the last | PU/7 | — | 12-0 | 128 | — | — | Sean Bowen | 11/2 |
| 23 Nov 24+14d | Ascot | 1st Class Logistics Berkshire National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Tracked the pace into 5th before easing back to 3rd - pushed along and edged back into clear second between the last two - held that spot to the line | 2/10 | 31 | 11-0 | 130 | 115C | 114C | Sean Bowen | 25/1 |
| 09 Nov 24+272d | Wincanton | 63rd Badger Beer Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Struggled for pace from the outset - dropped to the back of the field - fell away with no real involvement - eased and pulled up before 3 out | PU/10 | — | 10-9 | 135 | — | — | Ben Jones | 25/1 |
| 11 Feb 24+29d | Exeter | Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 6/11 | 14 | 10-12 | 135 | — | 111B | Brendan Powell | 22/1 |
| 13 Jan 24+17d | Warwick | Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 6/8 | 3¼ | 11-10 | 137 | 111A | 117A | Brendan Powell | 16/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 23+18d | Chepstow | Coral Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (Run In Memory Of Kim Gingell) (GBB Race) | PU/19 | — | 11-8 | 147 | — | — | Adam Wedge | 20/1 |
| 09 Dec 23+28d | Aintree | BoyleSports Becher Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (National Course) | PU/12 | — | 10-13 | 147 | — | — | Harry Cobden | 11/2F |
| 11 Nov 23+210d | Wincanton | 62nd Badger Beer Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 5/11 | 3¼ | 11-5 | 149 | 92A | 128A | Brendan Powell | 9/1 |
| 15 Apr 23+32d | Aintree | Randox Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | F/39 | — | 10-10 | 151 | — | — | Brendan Powell | 40/1 |
| 14 Mar 23+77d | Cheltenham | Ultima Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | PU/23 | — | 11-10 | 151 | — | — | Brendan Powell | 16/1 |
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 22+38d | Chepstow | Coral Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (In Memory Of Kim Gingell) (GBB Race) | 2/17 | 1¼ | 11-13 | 148 | 71B | 152A | Brendan Powell | 12/1 |
| 19 Nov 22+266d | Haydock | Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/10 | hd | 11-13 | 144 | 61A | 148A | Brendan Powell | 7/1 |
| 26 Feb 22+14d | Kempton | Coral Trophy Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (GBB Race) | PU/14 | — | 11-9 | 147 | — | — | Brendan Powell | 17/2 |
| 12 Feb 22+97d | Newbury | Daily Rewards With Betfair Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/8 | hd | 11-12 | 144 | 110A | 149A | Brendan Powell | 7/2F |
| 2021 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Nov 21+28d | Sandown | John O'Leary Memorial Future Stars Intermediate Chase (Listed) (GBB Race) | 2/2 | 37 | 11-2 | 148 | — | 113C | Brendan Powell | 5/2 |
| 10 Oct 21+184d | Newton Abbot | Aubrey Loze Memorial Intermediate Chase (GBB Race) | F/4 | — | 11-6 | 146 | — | — | Brendan Powell | 6/1 |
| 09 Apr 21+23d | Aintree | Betway Mildmay Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | PU/7 | — | 11-4 | 148 | — | — | Harry Cobden | 5/1 |
| 17 Mar 21+81d | Cheltenham | Brown Advisory Novices' Chase (Registered As The Broadway Novices' Chase) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 11 | 11-4 | 148 | 104A | 127B | Harry Cobden | 12/1 |
| 2020 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 20+22d | Kempton | Ladbrokes Kauto Star Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 2/7 | 3¾ | 11-7 | 148 | 108B | 130B | Robbie Power | 16/5 |
| 04 Dec 20+19d | Exeter | Download The tote Placepot App Novices' Chase (GBB Race) | 2/4 | 1½ | 11-8 | 148 | 85C | 130C | Robbie Power | 2/9F |
| 15 Nov 20+249d | Cheltenham | mallardjewellers.com Novices' Chase (GBB Race) | 1/5 | 11-0 | 144 | 66C | 136B | Robbie Power | 4/9F | |
| 11 Mar 20+84d | Cheltenham | Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) | 4/12 | 6½ | 11-7 | 144 | 122B | 137A | Robbie Power | 8/1 |
| 2019 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Dec 19+28d | Newbury | Conundrum EBF Stallions 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle | 1/11 | 11-4 | — | 115A | 140A | Robbie Power | 1/2F | |
| 20 Nov 19 | Chepstow | Spectra Group Maiden Hurdle | 1/16 | 11-0 | — | 132B | 135A | Robbie Power | 2/1F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Big Breakaway won?
- The Big Breakaway (IRE) won 3 of 31 archived starts between 2019 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.7%. Placed 9 times in total (29% of starts).
- Who trains The Big Breakaway?
- The Big Breakaway (IRE) is trained by Syd Hosie, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 January 2026.
- Who is The Big Breakaway's sire?
- The Big Breakaway (IRE) is by Getaway (GER) out of Princess Mairead (IRE), whose sire is Blueprint.
- What going does The Big Breakaway prefer?
- The Big Breakaway (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 13 starts (23.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Big Breakaway's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 24 January 2026. The highest on record is 151.
- What is The Big Breakaway's sire's record?
- Getaway (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,962 runs since Mar 2016 (1,029 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 23.1% from 134.
- Who are The Big Breakaway's siblings?
- Out of Princess Mairead (IRE), The Big Breakaway (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Kildisart (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Kildisart (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m4½f. As at Nov 2026.