The Big Chap
8-year-old gelding, a consistent performer, with 7 wins from 31 runs who runs best on good ground.
Owner
Glenmore Goes Racing Syndicate
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 4 wins from 8 starts (50%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Returning from a 421-day absence
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Good to yielding (mild give)
Ok
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
Yielding to soft (damp)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, hilly
Likes
Right-handed, tight turns
Ok
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
1 Feb
8th
Musselburgh
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 12 runners
28 Dec
DNF
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 15 runners
7 Dec
3rd
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 19 runners
30 Nov
7th
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 11 runners
9 Nov
🏆 Won
Gowran Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
2 Nov
4th
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 5 runners
20 Oct
🏆 Won
Limerick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 15 runners
4 Oct
12th
Gowran Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 16 runners
24 Aug
3rd
Killarney
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 14 runners
11 Aug
3rd
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 8 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Limerick Galloping |
5 |
2 wins, 1 second, 2 other |
28 Dec |
40% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
3 |
1 win, 1 third, 1 other |
9 Nov |
33.3% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
30 Nov |
33.3% |
| Galway Tight |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
4 Aug |
50% |
| Sligo Sharp |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
27 Sep |
50% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
12 Jul |
50% |
| Killarney Sharp |
2 |
2 thirds |
24 Aug |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
3 Feb |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
2 Nov |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
7 Dec |
0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
1 Feb |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
11 Aug |
0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
12 Jun |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
1 Aug |
0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
30 Jun |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
22 Sep |
0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
11 Apr |
0% |