Big Orange is a bay gelding with a very small white star bred by his owner Bill Gredley at his Stetchworth Stud near Newmarket, Suffolk.
[6] In June Big Orange was steppedupin class to contest the Listed Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot in which he started a 33/1 outsider and came home fourth of the ten runners, beaten just over three lengths by the winner Hartnell.
Ridden by Tom Queally he led from the start, went clear of his rivals approaching the final furlong, and held on to win by one and a quarter lengths from the six-year-old Whiplash Willie.
[8] For his final run of the season Big Orange was stepped up to Group 2 class for the British Champions Long Distance Cup on heavy ground at Ascot in which he led the field into the straight but then faded and finished fifth behind Forgotten Rules.
In his first two starts of 2015 Big Orange proved no match for the seven-year-old gelding Clever Cookie, finishing fourth in the Ormonde Stakes at Chester and seventh in the Grand Cup at York.
Ridden by Jamie Spencer, Big Orange led from the start and rallied after being overtaken a furlong out to win by half a length and a head from Second Step and Gospel Choir.
[10] Three weeks after his win at Newmarket Big Orange was stepped up in distance to contest the Goodwood Cup over two miles and started the 6/1 fourth choice in the betting behind Quest For More (Northumberland Plate), Trip To Paris and Pallasator (Jockey Club Rose Bowl).
[12] On his next appearance, in the Lonsdale Cup at York in August Big Orange led race until the last three furlongs but dropped from contention in the last quarter mile and came home seventh of the eight runners behind the Irish-trained Max Dynamite.
Big Orange began his 2016 campaign with a trip to United Arab Emirates for the Dubai Gold Cup on 26 March in which he finished second, beaten a neck by the French-trained gelding Vazirabad.
As in the previous year, Big Orange made his seasonal debut in the Dubai Gold Cup and ran fourth behind Vazirabad, Beautiful Romance and Sheikhzayedroad.
[17] On 22 June Big Orange was one of fourteen horses to contest the Gold Cup over two and a half miles at Royal Ascot and stated the 5/1 second favourite behind the 2016 winner Order of St George.
The other runners included Simple Verse, Sheikhzayedroad, Harbour Law, Trip To Paris, Sweet Selection (Cesarewitch), Quest For More, Torcedor (Vintage Crop Stakes) and Endless Time (Lancashire Oaks).
"[19] On 1 August Big Orange attempted to become the first horse to win three consecutive runnings of the Goodwood Cup (Double Trigger won the race three times in four years) and started the 6/4 favourite in a fourteen-runner field.
In the British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot on 21 October Big Orange led early but quickly dropped from contention and finished tailed off in a race won by Order of St George.