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Horse profile

The Next Big Thing (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2013) · Last trainer P J Colville · Last owner Michael J Fanning
5 runs · 5 courses · from Jul 2013
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Nov 2013 — 4,725 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2013 · 12th of 16
KTB Profile

The Next Big Thing (IRE) is yet to win from 5 starts.

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 95A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Limerick, 25 Jul 2013

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 62A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Roscommon, 30 Sep 2013

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 3 figures · best 95A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m295A89—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Flat 2 figures · best 62A · median 59.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Firm262A59.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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

Progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 1,319 runs since Apr 2011 (81 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.8% from 109. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 127.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−8.5—
Good to Firm141117.8%−0.70 from 3
Good415419.9%+1.40 from 1
Good to Soft1281310.2%+1.7—
Soft323247.4%−1.10 from 1
Heavy11576.1%−2.4—
Standard (AW)192168.3%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1091513.8%+5.3—
6f – 7f260218.1%−0.4—
1m – 1m1f1912010.5%+2—
1m2f – 1m4f12775.5%−3—
1m5f – 2m286186.3%−2.20 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f2152310.7%+2.20 from 2
2m5f – 3m10976.4%−2.1—
Over 3m2214.5%−4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2011 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Elsie Sweet (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Roger Loughran 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr J C Barry 2 0 0% −2.00
Miss J M Mangan 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2013 · 5 runs
28 Nov 13+12d Thurles Cahir Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good · 16 ran 12/16 2¼ 11-2 83C Roger Loughran 50/1
16 Nov 13+47d Punchestown www.punchestown.com Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Yielding · 13 ran 7/13 16 11-7 84A Roger Loughran 40/1
30 Sep 13+67d Roscommon Oran Flat Race 2m · Good To Firm · 11 ran 5/11 1¾ 11-0 62A Mr J C Barry 20/1
25 Jul 13+10d Limerick Greenmount Summer Fun Flat Race 2m · Good To Firm · 15 ran 6/15 1¾ 11-1 95A Mr J C Barry 20/1
15 Jul 13 Killarney Don't Forget Ladies Day This Thursday Flat Race 2m1f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 10/14 8½ 11-3 57C Miss J M Mangan 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Next Big Thing won?
The Next Big Thing (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2013.
Who trained The Next Big Thing?
The Next Big Thing (IRE) was trained by P J Colville on the most recent run on record, at Thurles on 28 November 2013.
Who is The Next Big Thing's sire?
The Next Big Thing (IRE) is by Windsor Knot (IRE) out of Mount Grace (IRE), whose sire is Orpen.
What is The Next Big Thing's sire's record?
Windsor Knot (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 1,319 runs since Apr 2011 (81 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.8% from 109. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 127.
Who are The Next Big Thing's siblings?
Out of Mount Grace (IRE), The Next Big Thing (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2013. 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.