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Mick The Vest (GB)

2yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2025) · Trainer Bryan Smart · Owner M Hughes And B Smart
4 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2025
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 2 Dec 2025 · 8th of 8 Last raced off OR 53
KTB Profile

Mick The Vest is a gelding by Dream Ahead out of Aerosphere who has yet to win from four starts. He has raced three times on the all-weather at Newcastle and once on turf at Pontefract, with runs over 6f to 7f and at 1m. His official rating reached a highest mark of 53, which he carried when finishing eighth of eight at Newcastle in Dec 2025 in a Class 6 nursery. He last ran off OR 53.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Sep 2025 · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 52 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Newcastle (AW), 22 Nov 2025

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 52A · median 38.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)352A433 runs · 52 / 43
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f352A432 runs · 52 / 47.5
1m – 1m1f1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 52C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newcastle (AW), 7 Nov 2025 Official rating 53 at the last run, 2 Dec 2025

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 4 figures · best 52C · median 35
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)352C423 runs · 52 / 42
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f352C422 runs · 52 / 47
1m – 1m1f1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 4 analysed runs since Sep 2025

  • Led 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 5,708 runs since Apr 2015 (529 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm29620.7%+11.6—
Good to Firm7047510.7%+1.6—
Good1,08612011%+1.9—
Good to Soft691629%−0.10 from 1
Soft839637.5%−1.6—
Heavy299268.7%−0.4—
Standard (AW)2,0601678.1%−10 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8729911.4%+2.3—
6f – 7f3,0312879.5%+0.40 from 3
1m – 1m1f1,118837.4%−1.70 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f429347.9%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m184116%−3.1—
2m1f – 2m4f6757.5%−1.6—
2m5f – 3m500%−9.1—
Over 3m200%−9.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2015 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Washington Heir (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 5½f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Washington Heir (GB)).

Family form: Cyberspace (GB) finished 2nd of 9 at Catterick, 27 Oct 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Washington Heir (GB)1115½fClass 6
Double Jabbed (GB)80——
Cyberspace (GB)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Aiden Brookes 2 0 0% −2.00
Harrison Shaw 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 4 runs
02 Dec 25+10d Newcastle (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Nursery Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 8 ran Pulled hard early and went to front - lost command 2f out then wandered towards the rail and was allowed to come home quietly - well beaten in 8th 8/8 20 8-13 5334C20C Aiden Brookes 50/1
22 Nov 25+15d Newcastle (AW) BetMGM: Stay Golden With Responsible Play EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran Settled around midfield - urged forward with 2f left - unable to land a blow - beaten home in 6th 6/10 3½ 9-4 —52A42A Aiden Brookes 150/1
07 Nov 25+43d Newcastle (AW) Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran Shared the front spot early - lost command approaching 3f out and drifted left - allowed to drop away inside final furlong to finish well held 8/9 ¾ 9-7 —43C52C Harrison Shaw 150/1
25 Sep 25 Pontefract Sam Green 30 Years At WTJ Anniversary EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 6 ran Driven early to keep tabs - never a factor at back of field - drifted left under pressure - well held at finish in 6th 6/6 15 9-7 —10C28C Harrison Shaw 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Mick The Vest won?
Mick The Vest (GB) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2025.
Who trains Mick The Vest?
Mick The Vest (GB) is trained by Bryan Smart, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 2 December 2025.
Who is Mick The Vest's sire?
Mick The Vest (GB) is by Dream Ahead (USA) out of Aerosphere (GB), whose sire is Gregorian.
What is Mick The Vest's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 53, from the run on 2 December 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Mick The Vest's sire's record?
Dream Ahead (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 5,708 runs since Apr 2015 (529 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 184.
Who are Mick The Vest's siblings?
Out of Aerosphere (GB), Mick The Vest (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Washington Heir (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Washington Heir (GB)). The wins came over 5½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2025. 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.