Too Big To Fail (IRE)
Too Big To Fail (IRE) is yet to win from 8 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 9 at Ripon (Aug 2021). Last raced off 61, 11lb below the career-high mark.
- 0–8Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (12.5%)Placed
- −8.00£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=8 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 72Highest OR
- 105dAvg 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 112
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 to Firm | 3 | 88C | 86 | — |
| Good | 2 | 112A | 110.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 112A | 109 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 88C | 87 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 90A | 82.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 12.5% of 10,076 runs since Jan 2008 (907 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7% from 625.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | −2.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,510 | 218 | 14.4% | +1.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 2,625 | 342 | 13% | +0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,130 | 138 | 12.2% | −0.3 | — |
| Soft | 1,628 | 186 | 11.4% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 528 | 55 | 10.4% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,611 | 312 | 11.9% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 40 | 6 | 15% | +2.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,295 | 154 | 11.9% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,106 | 263 | 12.5% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,761 | 512 | 13.6% | +1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,977 | 257 | 13% | +0.5 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 625 | 44 | 7% | −5.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 230 | 18 | 7.8% | −4.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | −5.4 | — |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Vivid Diamond (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m½f–1m6½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Vivid Diamond (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivid Diamond (IRE) | 17 | 2 | 1m½f–1m6½f | Listed |
| Games People Play (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 1m6f | Class 4 |
| Alnajeeb (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Bronze Green (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Fanning | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J F Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Franny Norton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Oct 21+43d | Bath | Natasha Lewis Foundation Handicap | 11/11 | 11 | 9-5 | 61 | 61C | 58C | Joe Fanning | 7/1 |
| 31 Aug 21+16d | Ripon | Sky Sports Racing On Sky 415 Stayers Handicap | 2/9 | 4 | 10-2 | 61 | 109A | 77A | Joe Fanning | 10/1 |
| 15 Aug 21+30d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Louey Parkhurst Memorial Handicap | 9/9 | 3¾ | 9-7 | 65 | 80C | 57C | Robert Havlin | 16/1 |
| 16 Jul 21+30d | Hamilton | Gamma, Working Smarter Together Handicap | 5/7 | 3¼ | 10-0 | 65 | 112A | 65A | Ben Curtis | 10/3 |
| 16 Jun 21+12d | Ripon | Affordable Ownership With Titanium Racing Handicap | 4/5 | 8½ | 9-1 | 69 | 88C | 53B | P J McDonald | 5/1 |
| 04 Jun 21+591d | Catterick | Follow RacingTV On Twitter Maiden Stakes | 5/11 | ¾ | 9-9 | 72 | 86A | 72A | Joe Fanning | 4/1 |
| 2019 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Oct 19+13d | Yarmouth | British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 6/9 | 2¼ | 9-0 | — | 75A | 56A | J F Egan | 6/4F |
| 09 Oct 19 | Nottingham | British EBF Matchbook Future Stayers Oath Restricted Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 4/10 | ½ | 9-0 | — | 90A | 89A | Franny Norton | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Too Big To Fail won?
- Too Big To Fail (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2019 and 2021. Placed 1 time in total (12.5% of starts).
- Who trained Too Big To Fail?
- Too Big To Fail (IRE) was trained by Mark Johnston on the most recent run on record, at Bath on 13 October 2021.
- Who is Too Big To Fail's sire?
- Too Big To Fail (IRE) is by Teofilo (IRE) out of Pretty Diamond (IRE), whose sire is Hurricane Run.
- What is Too Big To Fail's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 61, from the run on 13 October 2021. The highest on record is 72.
- What is Too Big To Fail's sire's record?
- Teofilo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 10,076 runs since Jan 2008 (907 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7% from 625.
- Who are Too Big To Fail's siblings?
- Out of Pretty Diamond (IRE), Too Big To Fail (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Vivid Diamond (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Vivid Diamond (IRE)). The wins came over 1m½f–1m6½f. As at Oct 2026.