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Horse profile

The Real Deal (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2010) · Last trainer Nick Williams · Last owner Mrs Jane Williams
by Taipan (IRE) out of Forest Mist (GB) (Dalsaan)
29 runs · 14 courses · from Mar 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Jun 2010 — 5,979 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2010 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 124
KTB Profile

The Real Deal (IRE) is 4 from 29. Hasn't won since Mar 2008. Last raced off 124, 9lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 29 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating124↓ 9lb off peak
124 103–133

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 128B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Bangor-on-Dee, 3 Mar 2010 Official rating 124 at the last run, 23 Jun 2010

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 22 figures · best 132C · median 114.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft12132C117.5—
Good5127A101—
Soft3125C123—
Good to Firm1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m10130B121—
2m1f – 2m4f6132C111.5—
Over 3m3126A113—
1m5f – 2m3123C106—

Of 29 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (7).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 29 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
Taipan (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 1,212 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 12.6% from 159. Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 6% from 133.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%+0.5—
Good to Firm141139.2%−0.30 from 3
Good317299.1%−0.40 from 9
Good to Soft1592012.6%+3.13 from 12
Soft305247.9%−1.61 from 4
Heavy2742810.2%+0.70 from 1
Standard (AW)600%−9.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−9.5—
1m – 1m1f100%−9.5—
1m2f – 1m4f200%−9.5—
1m5f – 2m201147%−2.50 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f412379%−0.52 from 8
2m5f – 3m4615612.1%+2.62 from 15
Over 3m13386%−3.50 from 3

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Forest Mist (GB) (Dalsaan)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mister Pan (IRE)60——
Desertmore King (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 12 3 25% +6.00
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 4 1 25% +15.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 11 1 9% +8.00
Class 2 10 2 20% +3.50
Class 4 7 1 14% −2.50
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chepstow 5 1 20% +14.00
Uttoxeter 5 1 20% +0.00
Newbury 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheltenham 3 0 0% −3.00
Worcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Exeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 1 100% +7.50
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 1 100% +3.50

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 15 2 13% +9.00
2m1f – 2m4f 8 2 25% +5.00
Over 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Daryl Jacob 15 3 20% +3.00
David Dennis 5 0 0% −5.00
Wayne Hutchinson 2 1 50% +17.00
Lizzie Kelly 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss P Gundry 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J Snowden 1 0 0% −1.00
P A Carberry 1 0 0% −1.00
Christian Williams 1 0 0% −1.00
A P McCoy 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Scudamore 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 7 0 0% −7.00
2009 3 0 0% −3.00
2008 7 2 29% +6.50
2007 7 1 14% −2.50
2006 3 1 33% +16.00
2005 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 15 2 13% +8.50
Chase 14 2 14% −0.50

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2010 · 7 runs
23 Jun 10+26d Worcester Betfair Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 3m · Good To Firm · 12 ran PU/12 — 10-11 124— Daryl Jacob 9/1
28 May 10+11d Stratford Jenkinsons Caterers Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 3m2½f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 2/12 2½ 11-1 121126A Daryl Jacob 14/1
17 May 10+33d Newton Abbot Par Inn Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m2½f · Good · 14 ran 9/14 1 10-12 121101C Daryl Jacob 15/2
14 Apr 10+42d Cheltenham StanJames.com Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 2m4½f · Good · 11 ran UR/11 — 10-12 121— Daryl Jacob 6/1
03 Mar 10+18d Bangor-on-Dee Colin & Liz Kershaw 60th Birthday Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m7f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 2/7 1 10-11 115128B Daryl Jacob 10/3
13 Feb 10+15d Newbury totescoop6 Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 3m½f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 4/18 4½ 10-1 115119A Daryl Jacob 22/1
29 Jan 10+62d Newbury Zenergi Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m6½f · Soft · 12 ran 7/12 ½ 10-8 115102A Daryl Jacob 13/2
2009 · 3 runs
28 Nov 09+24d Newbury Sportingbet.com Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m2f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4/9 1¾ 11-1 121107C Lizzie Kelly 15/2
04 Nov 09+25d Chepstow wbx.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m7½f · Soft · 10 ran 3/10 9 11-9 122123A Daryl Jacob 10/1
10 Oct 09+316d Chepstow Freebets.co.uk Free Bets Handicap Chase Class 2 · 2m7½f · Good · 11 ran F/11 — 10-3 122— Daryl Jacob 16/1
2008 · 7 runs
28 Nov 08+34d Newbury Strutt & Parker Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m2f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6/10 2 11-12 124113A Miss P Gundry 7/2F
25 Oct 08+14d Chepstow Bet On Breeders' Cup Call 0800 221 221 Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m7½f · Good · 15 ran 4/15 1 11-12 125127A Daryl Jacob 25/1
11 Oct 08+189d Chepstow Get Your Chips at williamhillcasino.com Handicap Chase Class 2 · 2m7½f · Good · 11 ran 11/11 23 10-12 12797C Daryl Jacob 6/1
05 Apr 08+21d Aintree John Smith's Winner's Tipple Novices' Handicap Chase (For Conditional Jockeys And Amateur Riders) Class 2 · 2m4f · Good · 15 ran UR/15 — 10-10 127— Mr J Snowden 11/2
15 Mar 08+28d Uttoxeter Ian Hutchinson Memorial Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chs Class 2 · 3m · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 11-0 121130B Daryl Jacob 4/1
16 Feb 08+46d Haydock Gordon Plant Memorial Trophy Novices' Handicap Chase Class 2 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 10-6 109116A Daryl Jacob 15/2
01 Jan 08+12d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m7½f · Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 11-12 115— David Dennis 14/1
2007 · 7 runs
20 Dec 07+33d Exeter Betfair Betting As It Should Be Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 2m7½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 4/10 20 11-0 —99C David Dennis 18/1
17 Nov 07+15d Cheltenham Club 16-24 Novices' Chase Class 2 · 3m½f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-13 —— P A Carberry 14/1
02 Nov 07+26d Uttoxeter Hilltop Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 3m · Good · 10 ran 5/10 18 11-3 —94C Wayne Hutchinson 9/2
07 Oct 07+211d Uttoxeter Scott Wilson Novices' Chase (For the Royal Mercian & Lancastrian Yeomanry Challenge Cup) Class 3 · 2m5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran F/5 — 10-12 —— Christian Williams 5/4
10 Mar 07+21d Sandown EBF Sunderlands 'NH' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Final (Gd 3) Class 1 · 2m4f · Heavy · 16 ran 14/16 4 11-9 128107C Daryl Jacob 10/1
17 Feb 07+13d Ascot Betfair Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 6/14 ½ 11-4 133121C A P McCoy 9/2F
04 Feb 07+39d Fontwell E.B.F. Clinically Proven Cortaflex 'NH' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 1/10 11-11 116132C Daryl Jacob 7/2
2006 · 3 runs
27 Dec 06+46d Chepstow Coral 'Bookmaker Of Year' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m7½f · Soft · 17 ran 1/17 10-9 103125C Wayne Hutchinson 18/1
11 Nov 06+37d Cheltenham Letheby And Christopher Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 20 ran 11/20 shd 11-1 10496C David Dennis 16/1
05 Oct 06+368d Worcester Andyloos Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 13 ran 2/13 9 11-0 104123C David Dennis 15/2
2005 · 2 runs
02 Oct 05+197d Uttoxeter Stratstone Jaguar Stoke Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 16 ran 4/16 shd 10-10 —106C David Dennis 50/1
19 Mar 05 Uttoxeter Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 13/17 5 10-7 —80C Tom Scudamore 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Real Deal won?
The Real Deal (IRE) won 4 of 29 archived starts between 2005 and 2010, a strike rate of 13.8%. Placed 9 times in total (31% of starts).
Who trained The Real Deal?
The Real Deal (IRE) was trained by Nick Williams on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 23 June 2010.
Who is The Real Deal's sire?
The Real Deal (IRE) is by Taipan (IRE) out of Forest Mist (GB), whose sire is Dalsaan.
What going does The Real Deal prefer?
The Real Deal (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 12 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is The Real Deal's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 23 June 2010. The highest on record is 133.
What is The Real Deal's sire's record?
Taipan (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 1,212 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 12.6% from 159. Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 6% from 133.
Who are The Real Deal's siblings?
Out of Forest Mist (GB), The Real Deal (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2005. 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.