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Horse profile

Great Lover (FR)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2018) · Last trainer Philip Hobbs · Last owner Dr V M G Ferguson
by Smadoun (FR) out of Dominelle (FR) (Pinmix)
8 runs · 7 courses · from Oct 2017
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Jul 2018 — 3,027 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2018 Last raced off OR 100
KTB Profile

Great Lover (FR) is yet to win from 8 starts. Best effort: 4th of 13 at Taunton (Feb 2018). Last raced off 100, 12lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 64C · median 25
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1———
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m264C29—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 93C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Warwick, 11 Mar 2018 Official rating 100 at the last run, 14 Jul 2018

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 5 figures · best 113A · median 91
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Heavy293C92—
Good to Firm1———
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m4113A92—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 8 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
Smadoun (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 1,394 runs since Jan 2008 (154 horses).

Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 8% from 187.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm27414.8%+2.60 from 1
Good2934013.7%+1.50 from 3
Good to Soft1982110.6%−1.60 from 1
Soft4795411.3%−0.90 from 1
Heavy2253415.1%+2.90 from 2
Standard (AW)171179.9%−2.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f600%−12.2—
6f – 7f62812.9%+0.7—
1m – 1m1f9899.2%−3—
1m2f – 1m4f187158%−4.2—
1m5f – 2m3053611.8%−0.40 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f5157614.8%+2.60 from 1
2m5f – 3m1802111.7%−0.50 from 2
Over 3m41512.2%0—

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

Dam
Dominelle (FR) (Pinmix)

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 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Micheal Nolan 4 0 0% −4.00
Mr Conor Smith 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Johnson 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 5 0 0% −5.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 6 0 0% −6.00
2017 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 7 0 0% −7.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 6 runs
14 Jul 18+25d Newton Abbot Download The Free At The Races App Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Good · 17 ran PU/17 — 11-12 100—— Micheal Nolan 33/1
19 Jun 18+23d Stratford Bet At racinguk.com Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8/11 24 11-12 10525C87C Micheal Nolan 33/1
27 May 18+43d Uttoxeter Drive Home With James Summers Signal 1 Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-1 108—— Micheal Nolan 33/1
14 Apr 18+34d Chepstow Bet On The Grand National With Totepool Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 13 ran 12/13 23 11-4 112—91C Micheal Nolan 20/1
11 Mar 18+35d Warwick Newark Livestock Market Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 14 ran 5/14 6 11-1 —64C93C Tom O'Brien 10/1
04 Feb 18+78d Taunton Bathwick Tyres Bath Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 13 ran 4/13 nk 11-3 ——113A Richard Johnson 33/1
2017 · 2 runs
18 Nov 17+20d Uttoxeter Pint Of Pedigree Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8/9 10 10-7 —-6C78C Mr Conor Smith 20/1
29 Oct 17 Wincanton Dominic And Ossie Baker Memorial 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 15 ran PU/15 — 10-7 ——— Mr Conor Smith 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Great Lover won?
Great Lover (FR) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2017 and 2018.
Who trained Great Lover?
Great Lover (FR) was trained by Philip Hobbs on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 14 July 2018.
Who is Great Lover's sire?
Great Lover (FR) is by Smadoun (FR) out of Dominelle (FR), whose sire is Pinmix.
What is Great Lover's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 14 July 2018. The highest on record is 112.
What is Great Lover's sire's record?
Smadoun (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 1,394 runs since Jan 2008 (154 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 8% from 187.

Record shown from October 2017. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.