Chain Smoker (GB)
Chain Smoker won once from 24 starts on turf, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap chase over 2m5f – 3m on soft ground at Fontwell in Jan 2020 off a mark of 78. The gelding, by Shantou out of a Saddlers Hall mare, raced at 13 different courses and last ran in a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Worcester in Jul 2023 off an official rating of 64, 27lb below his highest ever mark. He had shown no wins since that Fontwell success.
- 1–24Wins / Runs
- 4.2%Strike rate
- 1 (4.2%)Placed
- −20.00£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 0.76Fair A/E n=24 · 0.63 incl. margin
- 91Highest OR
- 73dAvg 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 98
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 98B | 70 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 75A | 68 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 59C | 37 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 80B | 73.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 98B | 71 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 80B | 67.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 58C | 51.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 24 runs looked at, 10 have no figure: did not complete (7) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 24 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 13.6% of 7,823 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +36.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 158 | 32 | 20.3% | +6.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 2,288 | 311 | 13.6% | 0 | 0 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 1,430 | 176 | 12.3% | −1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 2,611 | 363 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 1,283 | 178 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 51 | 5 | 9.8% | −3.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,030 | 276 | 13.6% | 0 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,710 | 378 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,339 | 334 | 14.3% | +0.7 | 1 from 9 |
| Over 3m | 668 | 72 | 10.8% | −2.8 | 0 from 5 |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achaemenid Empire (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Herefordshire (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Aim For Fame (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 20 | 1 | 5% | −16.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumpton | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Worcester | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Huntingdon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ffos Las | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Warwick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fontwell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabitha Worsley | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Jamie Moore | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.00 |
| Robert Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 1 | 10% | −6.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Blinkers | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 15 | 1 | 7% | −11.00 |
| Hurdle | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Chain Smoker won?
- Chain Smoker (GB) won 1 of 24 archived starts between 2018 and 2023, a strike rate of 4.2%. Placed 1 time in total (4.2% of starts).
- Who trained Chain Smoker?
- Chain Smoker (GB) was trained by Georgie Howell on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 20 July 2023.
- Who is Chain Smoker's sire?
- Chain Smoker (GB) is by Shantou (USA) out of Handmemy Moneydown (IRE), whose sire is Saddlers' Hall.
- What going does Chain Smoker prefer?
- Chain Smoker (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Chain Smoker's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 20 July 2023. The highest on record is 91.
- What is Chain Smoker's sire's record?
- Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,823 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
- Who are Chain Smoker's siblings?
- Out of Handmemy Moneydown (IRE), Chain Smoker (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.