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Horse profile

The Big Doyen (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2025) · Last trainer Declan Queally · Last owner Money For Jam Syndicate
by Doyen (IRE) out of An Bhean Rua (IRE) (Fracas)
19 runs · 13 courses · from Sep 2021
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Oct 2025 — 389 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2025 · 3rd of 8 4 wins · 4 courses Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 122
KTB Profile

The Big Doyen is a gelding who has won four of 19 starts on turf. He gained two of those wins over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft, including the Guinness Novice Hurdle at Galway in Aug 2023 off an official rating of 125. He has not won since then and last ran third of eight in the Co-Op Superstores Handicap Chase at Cork in Oct 2025 off 122, 13lb below his highest ever mark of 135. Headgear returned at that last run.

Based on 19 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 13lb off peak
Official rating122↓ 13lb off peak
122 122–135

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 103 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cork, 12 Oct 2025

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 16 figures · best 140B · median 99.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft8140B98—
Soft5121B87—
Good2103A99.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8140B99.5—
1m5f – 2m6128C83.5—
2m5f – 3m2138C137.5—

Of 19 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 19 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 120A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wexford, 28 May 2025 Official rating 122 at the last jumps run, 12 Oct 2025

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 94B the best of the last 1 rated run · Roscommon, 27 Sep 2021

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 17 figures · best 150B · median 128
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft9150B128—
Soft5147A134—
Good2120A118.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8140A124—
1m5f – 2m7150B118—
2m5f – 3m2137A135.5—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 19 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 19 runs · 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 from 4 analysed runs since Dec 2024

  • Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Doyen (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,376 runs since Jul 2009 (605 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2229.1%−2.4—
Good to Firm3514212%+0.5—
Good2,24827512.2%+0.71 from 3
Good to Soft1,44019413.5%+23 from 9
Soft2,00821510.7%−0.80 from 5
Heavy761668.7%−2.80 from 2
Standard (AW)5465710.4%−1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f7667.9%−3.6—
6f – 7f3603610%−1.5—
1m – 1m1f4114510.9%−0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f5846010.3%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m2,18425211.5%02 from 9
2m1f – 2m4f2,20626612.1%+0.62 from 8
2m5f – 3m1,28915812.3%+0.80 from 2
Over 3m2662810.5%−1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
An Bhean Rua (IRE) (Fracas)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 9 3 33% +2.50
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 3 1 33% +1.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary 2 1 50% −0.75
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 1 50% +1.75
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 1 100% +5.50
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 1 100% +3.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 9 2 22% −1.25
2m1f – 2m4f 8 2 25% −0.25
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kevin Sexton 9 1 11% −2.50
Keith Donoghue 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean Flanagan 2 1 50% −0.75
Mr B O'Neill 2 2 100% +5.75
Darragh O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieran Callaghan 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Derek O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 17 4 24% −1.50
Hood 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 3 0 0% −3.00
2024 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 8 2 25% −0.25
2022 3 0 0% −3.00
2021 2 2 100% +5.75

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 11 2 18% −3.25
Chase 5 0 0% −5.00
NH Flat 2 1 50% +1.75
Flat 1 1 100% +3.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 3 runs
12 Oct 25+137d Cork Co-Op Superstores Handicap Chase 2m1½f · Good · 8 ran Settled midpack early - 6th at halfway - moved up into third with 4 to go and forged into second before the last stages - asked for effort 2 out but couldn't threaten leader - eased back to third late and held on at a steady clip to the finish 3/8 5 10-6 122103A117A Kevin Sexton 9/2
28 May 25+127d Wexford Wexford Racecourse Rated Hurdle 2m1f · Good · 10 ran Settled towards the back - improved into mid-pack and pushed along before 2 out - soon dropped away - finished 8th 8/10 1 11-12 12896A120A Kevin Sexton 13/2
21 Jan 25+25d Down Royal Irish Stallion Farms EBF Rated Novice Chase 2m½f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran Set the pace early - drifted left at the first fence and touched down unbalanced - continued veering left the whole way round - pushed along and overtaken with 2f left then found nothing more finishing eighth of 12.5 8/9 nse 11-11 ——114A Kevin Sexton 11/4F
2024 · 3 runs
27 Dec 24+178d Leopardstown Paddy Power From The Horses Mouth Podcast Beginners Chase 2m1f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran Sat close to pace early - still handy after the first - 4th at halfway - dropped to 5th before 3 out - unable to threaten front pair rounding into 4th at the last - lost place late finishing 7th 7/13 ½ 11-12 —69B128A Darragh O'Keeffe 28/1
02 Jul 24+15d Tipperary Tipperary Races Beginners Chase 2m1½f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 4/12 14 11-12 —116A119A Keith Donoghue 10/3
17 Jun 24+173d Kilbeggan Belvedere House & Gardens Opportunity Beginners Chase 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 4/14 16 11-10 —80B116A Kieran Callaghan 4/1
2023 · 8 runs
27 Dec 23+40d Leopardstown Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m · Heavy · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-12 135—— Mark Walsh 11/1
17 Nov 23+27d Cheltenham Trustatrader Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Hyde Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 2m5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 3/8 ½ 11-5 133137B137A Keith Donoghue 4/1
21 Oct 23+79d Limerick Rathsallagh Country House Novice Hurdle (Listed) 2m5f · Heavy · 4 ran 2/4 7 11-2 133138C134B Sean Flanagan 3/1
03 Aug 23+28d Galway Guinness Novice Hurdle 2m4½f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 1/8 11-4 125140B140A Kevin Sexton 11/2
06 Jul 23+89d Tipperary Tipperary Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 1/17 11-12 12565B136A Sean Flanagan 1/4F
08 Apr 23+55d Fairyhouse Rybo Handicap Hurdle (Grade A) 2m½f · Yielding · 16 ran 9/16 6½ 10-13 12587C110C Kevin Sexton 4/1
12 Feb 23+19d Navan I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle (Listed) 2m · Good To Yielding · 5 ran 5/5 14 11-5 —65C110B Kevin Sexton 13/2
24 Jan 23+56d Down Royal Molson Coors Beverage Company Maiden Hurdle 2m1f · Soft · 17 ran 2/17 2¾ 11-12 —121B139A Kevin Sexton 10/11F
2022 · 3 runs
29 Nov 22+21d Punchestown William Hill Play Responsibly Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 2m½f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 2/20 dht 11-12 —80B134A Kevin Sexton 11/5
08 Nov 22+276d Fairyhouse Winter Festival 3rd & 4th December Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 16 ran 2/16 1 11-12 —105C147A Kevin Sexton 5/2
05 Feb 22+83d Leopardstown Goffs Future Stars (C & G) I.N.H. Flat Race (Grade 2) 2m · Yielding · 7 ran 6/7 15 12-0 —67C118C Mr Derek O'Connor 7/1
2021 · 2 runs
14 Nov 21+48d Punchestown Irish Mirror (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m · Good To Yielding · 5 ran 1/5 11-9 —128C150B Mr B O'Neill 11/4
27 Sep 21 Roscommon Knockcroghery Flat Race 1m7½f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 11-9 ——94B Mr B O'Neill 3/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Big Doyen won?
The Big Doyen (IRE) won 4 of 19 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 21.1%. Placed 9 times in total (47.4% of starts).
Who trained The Big Doyen?
The Big Doyen (IRE) was trained by Declan Queally on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 12 October 2025.
Who is The Big Doyen's sire?
The Big Doyen (IRE) is by Doyen (IRE) out of An Bhean Rua (IRE), whose sire is Fracas.
What going does The Big Doyen prefer?
The Big Doyen (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 9 starts (33.3%). 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 Doyen's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 12 October 2025. The highest on record is 135.
What is The Big Doyen's sire's record?
Doyen (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,376 runs since Jul 2009 (605 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from September 2021. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.