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Horse profile

Charles Messier (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2015) · Last trainer Bryan Smart · Last owner Matt Watkinson
by Acclamation (GB) out of Praesepe (GB) (Pivotal)
11 runs · 9 courses · from May 2014
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Aug 2015 — 4,087 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2015 · 8th of 10 Last raced off OR 46
KTB Profile

Charles Messier (GB) is yet to win from 11 starts. Best effort: 4th of 5 at Musselburgh (May 2014). Last raced off 46, 15lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating46↓ 15lb off peak
46 46–61

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 38A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Musselburgh, 31 Jul 2015 Official rating 46 at the last run, 27 Aug 2015

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 11 figures · best 60A · median 38
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good459A39.5—
Good to Firm360A44—
Good to Soft249A39—
Standard (AW)224A17—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Under 6f859A33.5—
6f – 7f360A41—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 runs · as at 4 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

Sire
Acclamation (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,709 runs since Jan 2008 (1,327 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1512315.2%+5.2—
Good to Firm3,91744611.4%+1.40 from 3
Good4,4104009.1%−0.90 from 4
Good to Soft1,95221411%+10 from 2
Soft2,1341848.6%−1.4—
Heavy563468.2%−1.8—
Standard (AW)6,58166310.1%+0.10 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3,75940910.9%+0.90 from 8
6f – 7f10,5091,07810.3%+0.30 from 3
1m – 1m1f3,5113319.4%−0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1,2111068.8%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m482377.7%−2.3—
2m1f – 2m4f195136.7%−3.3—
2m5f – 3m4224.8%−5.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Praesepe (GB) (Pivotal)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Musselburgh 3 0 0% −3.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Under 6f 8 0 0% −8.00
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Nicola Grundy 4 0 0% −4.00
Adam Carter 3 0 0% −3.00
Paul Mulrennan 2 0 0% −2.00
Royston Ffrench 2 0 0% −2.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 0 0% −9.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2015 7 0 0% −7.00
2014 4 0 0% −4.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2015 · 7 runs
27 Aug 15+27d Musselburgh Ecph Handicap Class 6 · 5f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 7 7-12 4611A Nicola Grundy 33/1
31 Jul 15+38d Musselburgh Racing Uk Profits Returned To Racing Handicap Class 6 · 5f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 nk 7-13 4938A Nicola Grundy 33/1
23 Jun 15+6d Beverley Go Racing In Yorkshire Future Stars Apprentice Handicap (round 4) Class 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 10/11 ½ 8-5 5227A Nicola Grundy 20/1
17 Jun 15+70d Ripon New Beginnings 'Life Past The Post' Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 2¾ 8-10 5241A Nicola Grundy 16/1
08 Apr 15+40d Catterick yorkshire-outdoors.co.uk Adventure Activities Handicap Class 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 5/11 2½ 8-9 5349A Adam Carter 12/1
27 Feb 15+24d Wolverhampton (AW) 32Red Casino Handicap Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 5 9-2 5524A Adam Carter 25/1
03 Feb 15+99d Southwell (AW) Daily Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap Class 6 · 5f · Standard · 7 ran 7/7 5 9-2 6010A Adam Carter 16/1
2014 · 4 runs
27 Oct 14+71d Redcar Download Your Racing UK App Nursery Class 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 13/14 2 9-3 6129A Paul Mulrennan 10/1
17 Aug 14+62d Pontefract British Stallion Studs EBF Trevor Woods Memorial Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 5f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 1 9-5 —59A Paul Mulrennan 7/1
16 Jun 14+24d Carlisle Germany v Portugal Live At footballscores.com Maiden Auction Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 7/10 ¾ 9-4 —60A Royston Ffrench 3/1J
23 May 14 Musselburgh Canaccord Genuity Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 4/5 4 9-5 —44B Royston Ffrench 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Charles Messier won?
Charles Messier (GB) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2014 and 2015.
Who trained Charles Messier?
Charles Messier (GB) was trained by Bryan Smart on the most recent run on record, at Musselburgh on 27 August 2015.
Who is Charles Messier's sire?
Charles Messier (GB) is by Acclamation (GB) out of Praesepe (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
What is Charles Messier's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 46, from the run on 27 August 2015. The highest on record is 61.
What is Charles Messier's sire's record?
Acclamation (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,709 runs since Jan 2008 (1,327 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.

Record shown from May 2014. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.