The Galloping Bear (GB)
The Galloping Bear won four of 15 starts on turf between Apr 2019 and Apr 2024. His biggest success came in the Grade 3 William Hill Grand National Trial Handicap Chase at Haydock over 3m on heavy ground in Feb 2022 when rated 140. He also won a Class 3 handicap chase at Lingfield over 3m on heavy ground the previous month and two open hunters chases on soft ground. The gelding, aged 11 at his last run in Apr 2024, finished off an official rating of 135 at Exeter, 10lb below his highest ever mark.
- 4–15Wins / Runs
- 26.7%Strike rate
- 6 (40%)Placed
- +9.56£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 1.86Fair A/E n=15 · 1.59 incl. margin
- 145Highest OR
- 130dAvg 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 124
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 124A | 93 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 93A | 79.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 15 runs looked at, 11 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (6) · did not complete (5).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 15 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 13.6% of 7,819 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +36.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 158 | 32 | 20.3% | +6.7 | — |
| Good | 2,286 | 310 | 13.6% | 0 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,430 | 176 | 12.3% | −1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 2,610 | 363 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 2 from 6 |
| Heavy | 1,282 | 178 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 2 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 51 | 5 | 9.8% | −3.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,030 | 276 | 13.6% | 0 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,707 | 378 | 14% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,338 | 333 | 14.2% | +0.6 | 1 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 668 | 72 | 10.8% | −2.8 | 3 from 11 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 6 | 2 | 33% | +12.50 |
| Soft | 6 | 2 | 33% | +0.06 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| Class 1 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Exeter | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carlisle | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.27 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 11 | 3 | 27% | +11.83 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.27 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Jones | 8 | 3 | 38% | +12.23 |
| Joe Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Houlihan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Millie Wonnacott | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Mr Michael Legg | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 6 | 4 | 67% | +18.56 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +14.50 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.06 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 12 | 4 | 33% | +12.56 |
| Hurdle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 The Galloping Bear (GB) won?
- The Galloping Bear (GB) won 4 of 15 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 26.7%. Placed 6 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained The Galloping Bear (GB)?
- The Galloping Bear (GB) was trained by Ben Clarke on the most recent run on record, at Exeter on 7 April 2024.
- Who is The Galloping Bear (GB)'s sire?
- The Galloping Bear (GB) is by Shantou (USA) out of Cheshire Kat (GB), whose sire is King's Theatre.
- What going does The Galloping Bear (GB) prefer?
- The Galloping Bear (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 6 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 Galloping Bear (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 135, from the run on 7 April 2024. The highest on record is 145.
- What is The Galloping Bear (GB)'s sire's record?
- Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,819 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.