Always Smiling (IRE)
Always Smiling (IRE) is yet to win from 5 starts. Last raced off 91, 9lb below the career-high mark.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 132dAvg 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
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 9.7% of 1,917 runs since Jan 2008 (149 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 162. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.7% from 139.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 162 | 23 | 14.2% | +4.5 | — |
| Good | 544 | 55 | 10.1% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 290 | 23 | 7.9% | −1.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 548 | 54 | 9.9% | +0.2 | — |
| Heavy | 325 | 26 | 8% | −1.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 37 | 5 | 13.5% | +3.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | +11.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | −5.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 430 | 41 | 9.5% | −0.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 693 | 72 | 10.4% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 613 | 50 | 8.2% | −1.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 139 | 19 | 13.7% | +4 | 0 from 1 |
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
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 to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Chase | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 17 Apr 15+382d | Fontwell | Follow Us On Twitter starsports_bet Handicap Hurdle | 7/13 | 7 | 10-12 | 91 | 88A | Harry Bannister | 22/1 |
| 2014 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 14+109d | Plumpton | Friends Of Racing Welfare Handicap Hurdle | 7/9 | 28 | 11-5 | 100 | 100C | Harry Bannister | 20/1 |
| 2013 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 12 Dec 13+18d | Huntingdon | Betfred Tv Ebf Stallions/tba Mares' Novices' Chase | 5/5 | 1¼ | 10-7 | — | 91C | Harry Bannister | 100/1 |
| 24 Nov 13+20d | Towcester | Haygain Hay Steamers Clean Healthy Forage Mares' Novices' Hurdle | 5/7 | 1½ | 10-3 | — | 83B | Harry Bannister | 7/1 |
| 04 Nov 13 | Kempton | Weatherbys Bank Foreign Exchange 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle | 5/9 | 4 | 9-12 | — | 88A | Harry Bannister | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Always Smiling won?
- Always Smiling (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2013 and 2015.
- Who trained Always Smiling?
- Always Smiling (IRE) was trained by Charlie Mann on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 17 April 2015.
- Who is Always Smiling's sire?
- Always Smiling (IRE) is by Dushyantor (USA) out of Aherlabeag (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
- What is Always Smiling's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 17 April 2015. The highest on record is 100.
- What is Always Smiling's sire's record?
- Dushyantor (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 1,917 runs since Jan 2008 (149 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 162. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.7% from 139.