The Very Thing (IRE)
The Very Thing won the Millbry Hill Novices' Handicap Chase at Catterick over 3m on good to soft in Jan 2022 at Class 5 level off an official rating of 69. The gelding, who was aged 9 at his last run in May 2023, raced 32 times in all for one win and six places. All his wins came at Class 5. He last ran at Market Rasen off an official rating of 74, 38lb below his highest ever mark.
- 1–32Wins / Runs
- 3.1%Strike rate
- 6 (18.8%)Placed
- +35.00£1 level staken=32 at SP
- 0.32Fair A/E n=32 · 0.28 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 60dAvg 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 95
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 108C | 83 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 110A | 65 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 128A | 77 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 128A | 88 | — |
| Over 3m | 5 | 110A | 97 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 82A | 75.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 67A | 66 | — |
Of 32 runs looked at, 14 have no figure: did not complete (7) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (6) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 32 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 11.3% of 10,934 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 23.3% from 133.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 133 | 31 | 23.3% | +12 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 3,873 | 508 | 13.1% | +1.8 | 0 from 13 |
| Good to Soft | 2,387 | 263 | 11% | −0.3 | 1 from 8 |
| Soft | 3,162 | 291 | 9.2% | −2.1 | 0 from 6 |
| Heavy | 1,250 | 126 | 10.1% | −1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 128 | 13 | 10.2% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 78 | 7 | 9% | −2.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,402 | 371 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,102 | 469 | 11.4% | +0.1 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,709 | 311 | 11.5% | +0.2 | 0 from 13 |
| Over 3m | 615 | 73 | 11.9% | +0.6 | 1 from 9 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | +59.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 19 | 1 | 5% | +48.00 |
| Class 4 | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherby | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Catterick | 5 | 1 | 20% | +62.00 |
| Market Rasen | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Sedgefield | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hexham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fakenham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cartmel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Over 3m | 9 | 1 | 11% | +58.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Becky Smith | 10 | 1 | 10% | +57.00 |
| Alain Cawley | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Billy Garritty | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Aidan Coleman | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Richard Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Emma Smith-Chaston | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lewis Stones | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David England | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Visor | 10 | 1 | 10% | +57.00 |
| Hood | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +59.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 19 | 0 | 0% | −19.00 |
| Chase | 12 | 1 | 8% | +55.00 |
| 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 Very Thing won?
- The Very Thing (IRE) won 1 of 32 archived starts between 2018 and 2023, a strike rate of 3.1%. Placed 6 times in total (18.8% of starts).
- Who trained The Very Thing?
- The Very Thing (IRE) was trained by Micky Hammond on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 22 May 2023.
- Who is The Very Thing's sire?
- The Very Thing (IRE) is by Getaway (GER) out of Katie Quinn (IRE), whose sire is Glacial Storm.
- What going does The Very Thing prefer?
- The Very Thing (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Very Thing's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 22 May 2023. The highest on record is 112.
- What is The Very Thing's sire's record?
- Getaway (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,934 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 23.3% from 133.