Always Smile (IRE)
Always Smile (IRE) is 4 from 9, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the Betfred TV Hambleton Stakes at York (May 2016). Hasn't won since May 2016. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 110.
- 4–9Wins / Runs
- 44.4%Strike rate
- 7 (77.8%)Placed
- +9.12£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 2.05Fair A/E n=9 · 1.74 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 89dAvg 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 101
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 141 | 22 | 15.6% | +2.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,367 | 353 | 14.9% | +1.6 | 2 from 6 |
| Good | 2,866 | 382 | 13.3% | 0 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,378 | 135 | 9.8% | −3.5 | — |
| Soft | 1,618 | 172 | 10.6% | −2.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 477 | 40 | 8.4% | −4.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,905 | 588 | 15.1% | +1.8 | 2 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 245 | 31 | 12.7% | −0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,817 | 357 | 12.7% | −0.6 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,292 | 455 | 13.8% | +0.5 | 3 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,812 | 544 | 14.3% | +1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,699 | 224 | 13.2% | −0.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 629 | 61 | 9.7% | −3.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 230 | 18 | 7.8% | −5.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 30 | 3 | 10% | −3.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Thunder Snow (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Thunder Snow (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Snow (IRE) | 12 | 3 | 6f–1m | Group 1 |
| Ihtimal (IRE) | 8 | 2 | 7f–1m | Group 2 |
| First Victory (IRE) | 4 | 2 | 7f | Group 3 |
| Eastern World (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Winter Lightning (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Oriental World (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sasakia (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 6 | 2 | 33% | +5.62 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 2 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +3.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 3 | 43% | +8.37 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Doyle | 7 | 3 | 43% | +8.37 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Frederik Tylicki | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 4 | 50% | +10.12 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.37 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
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 Always Smile won?
- Always Smile (IRE) won 4 of 9 archived starts between 2014 and 2016, a strike rate of 44.4%. Placed 7 times in total (77.8% of starts).
- Who trained Always Smile?
- Always Smile (IRE) was trained by Saeed bin Suroor on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 1 October 2016.
- Who is Always Smile's sire?
- Always Smile (IRE) is by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Eastern Joy (GB), whose sire is Dubai Destination.
- What going does Always Smile prefer?
- Always Smile (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Always Smile's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 1 October 2016. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Always Smile's sire's record?
- Cape Cross (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
- Who are Always Smile's siblings?
- Out of Eastern Joy (GB), Always Smile (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Thunder Snow (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Thunder Snow (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.