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Horse profile

Laissez Dire (FR)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2017) · Last trainer Alan King · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Konig Turf (GER) out of Smaya (FR) (Smadoun)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Jul 2015
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Jan 2017 — 3,593 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2017 Won at Catterick
KTB Profile

Laissez Dire (FR) is 1 from 4, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Nov 2016.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 125B the best of the last 1 rated run · Catterick, 30 Nov 2016

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure 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
Konig Turf (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.9% of 518 runs since Mar 2015 (76 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 11.9% from 143.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm7114.3%−0.6—
Good71912.7%−2.21 from 2
Good to Soft62812.9%−2—
Soft2344017.1%+2.20 from 2
Heavy1411812.8%−2.1—
Standard (AW)3133.3%+18.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f100%−14.9—
1m2f – 1m4f11327.3%+12.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m1431711.9%−3—
2m1f – 2m4f2774817.3%+2.41 from 3
2m5f – 3m78911.5%−3.4—
Over 3m800%−14.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2015 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Smaya (FR) (Smadoun)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cadayos (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 1 50% −0.17

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +0.83

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 1 100% +0.83
Auteuil (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 3 1 33% −1.17
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Barry Geraghty 2 1 50% −0.17
David Cottin 1 0 0% −1.00
Stephane Pasquier 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 1 0 0% −1.00
2016 2 1 50% −0.17
2015 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 2 1 50% −0.17
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00
Flat 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 1 run
02 Jan 17+33d Plumpton Ultimate Guide To The Jumps Attheraces.com/jumps Novices' Chase Class 3 · 2m1f · Soft · 5 ran UR/5 — 11-1 —— Barry Geraghty 2/1
2016 · 2 runs
30 Nov 16+256d Catterick Come Racing New Year's Day Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 2m3f · Good · 4 ran 1/4 10-8 97C125B Barry Geraghty 5/6F
19 Mar 16+250d Auteuil (FR) Prix d'Indy (Hurdle) (4yo) (Turf) 2m2f · Very Soft · 5 ran 4/5 1 10-8 —— David Cottin 3/1
2015 · 1 run
13 Jul 15 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix Sica Boy (Maiden) (3yo) (Turf) 1m3f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 ¾ 9-2 —— Stephane Pasquier 106/10

Quick answers

How many races has Laissez Dire won?
Laissez Dire (FR) won 1 of 4 archived starts between 2015 and 2017, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Laissez Dire?
Laissez Dire (FR) was trained by Alan King on the most recent run on record, at Plumpton on 2 January 2017.
Who is Laissez Dire's sire?
Laissez Dire (FR) is by Konig Turf (GER) out of Smaya (FR), whose sire is Smadoun.
What is Laissez Dire's sire's record?
Konig Turf (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.9% of 518 runs since Mar 2015 (76 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 11.9% from 143.
Who are Laissez Dire's siblings?
Out of Smaya (FR), Laissez Dire (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2015. 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.