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Horse profile

Crystal Cliche (GB)

6yo mare (at last run, Jan 2011) · Last trainer Julian Smith · Last owner Exors Of The Late Donald Smith
by Classic Cliche (IRE) out of Tirley Pop Eye (GB) (Cruise Missile)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jan 2011
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Jan 2011 — 5,767 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2011 · 11th of 14
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in Jan 2011, the last of them as a 6yo mare. Finished 11 of 14 at Taunton last time. By Classic Cliche (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 8% of 2,328 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

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 79C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Hereford, 3 Jan 2011

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 79C · median 76.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m279C76.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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
Classic Cliche (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 2,328 runs since Jan 2008 (231 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 11.1% from 244.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm9111.1%+3.1—
Good to Firm2442711.1%+3.1—
Good784739.3%+1.3—
Good to Soft475275.7%−2.30 from 1
Soft533397.3%−0.70 from 1
Heavy273176.2%−1.8—
Standard (AW)10220%+12—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f600%−8—
1m5f – 2m512458.8%+0.80 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f710578%0—
2m5f – 3m780536.8%−1.2—
Over 3m320319.7%+1.7—

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
Tirley Pop Eye (GB) (Cruise Missile)

4 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Fly For Paddy (GB)30——
Sailor's Sovereign (GB)230——
Tirley Bay (GB)10——
Illusionary Star (GB)30——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2011 · 2 runs
20 Jan 11+17d Taunton P.A.S. Sound & Communications Maiden Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 11/14 8 10-11 74C Gerard Tumelty 125/1
03 Jan 11 Hereford Lindley Group Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Class 6 · 2m · Soft · 10 ran 7/10 10 10-12 79C Daryl Jacob 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Crystal Cliche won?
Crystal Cliche (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2011.
Who trained Crystal Cliche?
Crystal Cliche (GB) was trained by Julian Smith on the most recent run on record, at Taunton on 20 January 2011.
Who is Crystal Cliche's sire?
Crystal Cliche (GB) is by Classic Cliche (IRE) out of Tirley Pop Eye (GB), whose sire is Cruise Missile.
What is Crystal Cliche's sire's record?
Classic Cliche (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 2,328 runs since Jan 2008 (231 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 11.1% from 244.
Who are Crystal Cliche's siblings?
Out of Tirley Pop Eye (GB), Crystal Cliche (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from January 2011. 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.