How many races has The Great Heir won?

The Great Heir (FR) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2018 and 2021, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 10 times in total (37% of starts).

Who trained The Great Heir?

The Great Heir (FR) was trained by Adrian Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 10 May 2021.

Who is The Great Heir's sire?

The Great Heir (FR) is by Pedro The Great (USA) out of Lady Mckell (IRE), whose sire is Raven's Pass.

What going does The Great Heir prefer?

The Great Heir (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 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 Great Heir's official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 10 May 2021. The highest on record is 90.

Who are The Great Heir's siblings?

Out of Lady Mckell (IRE), The Great Heir (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Buridan (FR) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Buridan (FR)). The wins came over 6f–1m3½f. As at Nov 2026.

Horse profile

The Great Heir (FR)

5yo gelding (at last run, May 2021) · Last trainer Adrian Nicholls · Last owner Dave Stone

by Pedro The Great (USA) out of Lady Mckell (IRE) (Raven's Pass)

27 runs · 14 courses · from Apr 2018

As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 10 May 2021 — 2,005 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run May 2021 · 5th of 9 3 wins · Doncaster, York & Redcar Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 74

KTB Profile

The Great Heir (FR) is 3 from 27. Hasn't won since Sep 2018. All 3 wins have come on turf — 0 from 7 on the all-weather, and every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 8 on softer). Last raced off 74, 16lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 27 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance All wins on turf Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 16lb off peak

3–27Wins / Runs
11.1%Strike rate
10 (37%)Placed
+12.38£1 level staken=27 at SP
0.83Fair A/E n=27 · 0.71 incl. margin
90Highest OR
22dBetween runs (median)longest 283 d

Official rating74↓ 16lb off peak

74 72–90

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 102 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newcastle (AW), 16 Feb 2021

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 →

Flat 27 figures · best 113^A · median 82

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm	9	91^C	74	—
Standard (AW)	7	105^A	84	—
Soft	4	106^A	83.5	—
Good	3	113^A	86	—
Heavy	2	78^A	53.5	—
Good to Soft	2	111^A	104.5	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f	23	113^A	84	—
Under 6f	3	74^A	70	—
1m – 1m1f	1	—	—	—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 figures from 27 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 77^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Doncaster, 28 Mar 2021 Official rating 74 at the last run, 10 May 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 →

Flat 27 figures · best 99^A · median 80

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm	9	93^A	80	—
Standard (AW)	7	94^A	76	—
Soft	4	96^A	78	—
Good	3	99^A	77	—
Heavy	2	99^A	84.5	—
Good to Soft	2	95^A	89	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f	23	99^A	80	—
Under 6f	3	85^A	85	—
1m – 1m1f	1	—	—	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 figures from 27 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Pedro The Great (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 1,238 runs since Jul 2017 (160 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Good to Firm	32	4	12.5%	+5	2 from 9
Good	151	13	8.6%	+1.1	1 from 3
Good to Soft	214	15	7%	−0.5	0 from 2
Soft	259	17	6.6%	−0.9	0 from 4
Heavy	101	6	5.9%	−1.6	0 from 2
Standard (AW)	481	38	7.9%	+0.4	0 from 7

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	25	3	12%	+4.5	1 from 3
6f – 7f	427	40	9.4%	+1.9	2 from 23
1m – 1m1f	447	30	6.7%	−0.8	0 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f	230	13	5.7%	−1.8	—
1m5f – 2m	60	4	6.7%	−0.8	—
2m1f – 2m4f	47	3	6.4%	−1.1	—
2m5f – 3m	2	0	0%	−7.5	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2017 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Lady Mckell (IRE) (Raven's Pass)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Buridan (FR) (6 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Buridan (FR)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Buridan (FR)	28	6	6f–6½f	Class 2
Thunder King (FR)	10	1	1m3½f	Class 6
Boss Dog (GB)	4	0	—	—
Pakal (GB)	3	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good to Firm	9	2	22%	−3.62
Standard (AW)	7	0	0%	−7.00
Soft	4	0	0%	−4.00
Good	3	1	33%	+31.00
Heavy	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good to Soft	2	0	0%	−2.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 4	9	0	0%	−9.00
Class 5	6	1	17%	−3.12
Class 2	6	2	33%	+30.50
Class 3	5	0	0%	−5.00
Class 6	1	0	0%	−1.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Doncaster	5	1	20%	+29.00
Newcastle (AW)	4	0	0%	−4.00
Southwell (AW)	3	0	0%	−3.00
York	3	1	33%	−0.50
Catterick	2	0	0%	−2.00
Redcar	2	1	50%	+0.88
Ayr	1	0	0%	−1.00
Leicester	1	0	0%	−1.00
Hamilton	1	0	0%	−1.00
Haydock	1	0	0%	−1.00
Newmarket	1	0	0%	−1.00
Goodwood	1	0	0%	−1.00
Beverley	1	0	0%	−1.00
Thirsk	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
6f – 7f	23	2	9%	+13.50
Under 6f	3	1	33%	−0.12
1m – 1m1f	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Shane Gray	11	2	18%	−5.62
Kevin Stott	7	0	0%	−7.00
Oisin McSweeney	2	0	0%	−2.00
Tom Eaves	2	0	0%	−2.00
Andrew Mullen	2	1	50%	+32.00
Laura Coughlan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Barry McHugh	1	0	0%	−1.00
Harrison Shaw	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	17	3	18%	+22.38
Cheekpieces	10	0	0%	−10.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2021	5	0	0%	−5.00
2020	11	0	0%	−11.00
2019	4	0	0%	−4.00
2018	7	3	43%	+32.38

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
2021 · 5 runs
10 May 21+43d	Catterick	Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Soft · 9 ran	5/9	5	9-8	74	77^A	73^A	Laura Coughlan	7/2J
28 Mar 21+26d	Doncaster	32Red.com Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Good · 18 ran	10/18	nk	9-2	75	86^C	77^A	Barry McHugh	18/1
02 Mar 21+14d	Newcastle (AW)	Bombardier Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran	8/9	2¼	8-5	75	84^A	53^A	Oisin McSweeney	11/4
16 Feb 21+28d	Newcastle (AW)	Bombardier Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran	2/10	½	8-13	74	102^A	87^A	Oisin McSweeney	8/1
19 Jan 21+19d	Southwell (AW)	Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran	6/7	¾	9-4	75	78^A	74^A	Shane Gray	13/2
2020 · 11 runs
31 Dec 20+10d	Newcastle (AW)	Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran	2/9	nk	8-12	74	91^A	84^A	Shane Gray	10/3F
21 Dec 20+10d	Newcastle (AW)	Bombardier British-Hopped Amber Beer Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran	2/9	nk	9-4	72	105^A	94^A	Kevin Stott	3/1
11 Dec 20+15d	Southwell (AW)	Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 10 ran	4/10	4¾	9-10	75	66^B	76^A	Kevin Stott	12/1
26 Nov 20+33d	Southwell (AW)	Bombardier British-Hopped Amber Beer Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran	7/10	2¾	9-8	78	68^A	62^A	Kevin Stott	9/2
24 Oct 20+7d	Doncaster	Breeders' Cup On Sky Sports Handicap (Div 2) Class 4 · 7f · Heavy · 14 ran	11/14	hd	10-0	80	29^C	70^A	Kevin Stott	7/2F
17 Oct 20+30d	Catterick	William Hill Play Responsibly Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 13 ran	5/13	nse	9-10	81	90^C	96^A	Kevin Stott	6/1
17 Sep 20+10d	Ayr	Ayrshire Cancer Support Handicap (Div 1) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 13 ran	3/13	2	9-8	82	98^C	95^A	Kevin Stott	5/1
07 Sep 20+37d	Leicester	Join Racing TV Now Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good To Soft · 12 ran	3/12	nk	9-6	82	111^A	83^A	Tom Eaves	14/1
01 Aug 20+32d	Hamilton	Thank You Hamilton Park Operations Team Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 12 ran	8/12	1	9-11	84	106^A	83^A	Shane Gray	12/1
30 Jun 20+9d	Doncaster	attheraces.com Handicap Class 3 · 6f · Good To Firm · 13 ran	11/13	1¼	9-3	88	83^C	68^A	Tom Eaves	10/1
21 Jun 20+283d	Redcar	Join Racing TV Now Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good · 12 ran	10/12	nse	9-2	88	113^A	76^A	Kevin Stott	5/2
2019 · 4 runs
12 Sep 19+33d	Doncaster	Dfs Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 4 ran	2/4	shd	8-10	86	91^C	90^B	Shane Gray	13/2
10 Aug 19+63d	Haydock	Racingtv.com Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Heavy · 8 ran	3/8	½	8-12	85	78^A	99^A	Shane Gray	20/1
08 Jun 19+24d	Newmarket	Bentley Cambridge Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran	12/12	¾	8-10	88	64^A	56^A	Shane Gray	20/1
15 May 19+244d	York	Conundrum Rowing For Christian Hobbs Gym Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Good To Firm · 19 ran	16/19	1	9-4	90	82^C	65^A	Andrew Mullen	33/1
2018 · 7 runs
13 Sep 18+22d	Doncaster	Weatherbys Racing Bank 300,000 2-Y-O Stakes Class 2 · 6½f · Good · 22 ran	1/22		8-9	87	79^C	99^A	Andrew Mullen	33/1
22 Aug 18+19d	York	Sky Bet Nursery Class 2 · 6f · Good To Firm · 18 ran	5/18	¾	9-4	88	73^C	93^A	Shane Gray	16/1
03 Aug 18+20d	Goodwood	Unibet Nursery Class 2 · 6f · Good To Firm · 14 ran	9/14	½	8-12	90	66^C	65^A	Harrison Shaw	6/1
14 Jul 18+47d	York	John Smith's Nursery Class 2 · 6f · Good To Firm · 4 ran	1/4		9-2	77	87^C	80^B	Shane Gray	6/4F
28 May 18+21d	Redcar	Visit The All New Racinguk.com Novice Auction Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran	1/15		9-2	—	70^C	85^A	Shane Gray	15/8F
07 May 18+16d	Beverley	Kiplingcotes Novice Median Auction Stakes (Div 1) Class 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran	2/10	1¾	9-2	—	74^A	85^A	Shane Gray	4/1
21 Apr 18	Thirsk	Visit The All New racinguk.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Soft · 9 ran	4/9	¾	9-5	—	52^A	64^A	Shane Gray	7/2

Quick answers

How many races has The Great Heir won?: The Great Heir (FR) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2018 and 2021, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 10 times in total (37% of starts).
Who trained The Great Heir?: The Great Heir (FR) was trained by Adrian Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 10 May 2021.
Who is The Great Heir's sire?: The Great Heir (FR) is by Pedro The Great (USA) out of Lady Mckell (IRE), whose sire is Raven's Pass.
What going does The Great Heir prefer?: The Great Heir (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 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 Great Heir's official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 10 May 2021. The highest on record is 90.
What is The Great Heir's sire's record?: Pedro The Great (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 1,238 runs since Jul 2017 (160 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are The Great Heir's siblings?: Out of Lady Mckell (IRE), The Great Heir (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Buridan (FR) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Buridan (FR)). The wins came over 6f–1m3½f. As at Nov 2026.

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