Herodotus (IRE)
Herodotus (IRE) is 1 from 20, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Jul 2020. The win came on turf — 0 from 9 on the all-weather, and the win came on good or faster ground (0 from 4 on softer). Last raced off 51, 21lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–20Wins / Runs
- 5%Strike rate
- 4 (20%)Placed
- −15.67£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 0.76Fair A/E n=20 · 0.66 incl. margin
- 72Highest OR
- 44dAvg 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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 98A | 84 | — |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 110C | 87 | — |
| Good | 2 | 91A | 90.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 64C | 51.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 110C | 88.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 85B | 70 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 97A | 79 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 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 10.5% of 13,939 runs since Jan 2008 (1,089 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 65 | 8 | 12.3% | +1.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,199 | 253 | 11.5% | +1 | 1 from 5 |
| Good | 2,975 | 294 | 9.9% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,463 | 158 | 10.8% | +0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,737 | 139 | 8% | −2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 487 | 37 | 7.6% | −2.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 5,012 | 580 | 11.6% | +1.1 | 0 from 9 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 842 | 105 | 12.5% | +2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5,024 | 546 | 10.9% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,809 | 410 | 10.8% | +0.3 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,601 | 245 | 9.4% | −1.1 | 1 from 10 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,126 | 114 | 10.1% | −0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 395 | 36 | 9.1% | −1.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 122 | 11 | 9% | −1.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 20 | 2 | 10% | −0.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Bell Shot (IRE) (9 wins).
The wins came over 6f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Bell Shot (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Shot (IRE) | 56 | 9 | 6f–7½f | Class 4 |
| Merry Minister (IRE) | 22 | 2 | 7f–2m | Class 5 |
| Winston's Tipple (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 4 |
| Moonlight Warrior (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Winston's Folly (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.67 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Brighton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.67 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Ewing | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Colin Keane | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Probert | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Antonia Peck | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joshua Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 9 | 1 | 11% | −4.67 |
| Blinkers | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| HT | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.67 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 Herodotus (IRE) won?
- Herodotus (IRE) won 1 of 20 archived starts between 2019 and 2021, a strike rate of 5%. Placed 4 times in total (20% of starts).
- Who trained Herodotus (IRE)?
- Herodotus (IRE) was trained by Kevin Michael Smith on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 8 December 2021.
- Who is Herodotus (IRE)'s sire?
- Herodotus (IRE) is by Iffraaj (GB) out of Merry Me (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What going does Herodotus (IRE) prefer?
- Herodotus (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Herodotus (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 51, from the run on 8 December 2021. The highest on record is 72.
- What is Herodotus (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Iffraaj (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 13,939 runs since Jan 2008 (1,089 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Herodotus (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Merry Me (IRE), Herodotus (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Bell Shot (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Bell Shot (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m. As at Oct 2026.