Not What It Seems (IRE)
Not What It Seems won four of 25 starts on turf, all over 2m1f – 2m4f. Three of those wins came at Sedgefield and one at Wetherby, with the latest success in a Class 4 novices’ hurdle at Wetherby in Oct 2022 off an official rating of 114. The gelding, who reached a highest ever mark of 123, last ran at Stratford in Jul 2024 where he finished fifth of eight in a Class 4 handicap hurdle off 105.
- 4–25Wins / Runs
- 16%Strike rate
- 10 (40%)Placed
- −7.09£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 1.18Fair A/E n=25 · 1.04 incl. margin
- 123Highest OR
- 33dBetween runs (median)longest 303 d
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 109
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 151C | 100 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 111C | 77 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 110B | 93 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 151C | 106 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 80A | 78.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 80C | 71 | — |
Of 25 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · did not complete (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 25 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 9.2% of 2,800 runs since Jan 2008 (229 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 94 | 18 | 19.1% | +9.9 | — |
| Good | 1,092 | 101 | 9.2% | 0 | 2 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 525 | 46 | 8.8% | −0.4 | 1 from 5 |
| Soft | 735 | 71 | 9.7% | +0.5 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 333 | 21 | 6.3% | −2.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 15 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 719 | 65 | 9% | −0.2 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,105 | 105 | 9.5% | +0.3 | 4 from 15 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 768 | 68 | 8.9% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 190 | 20 | 10.5% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 2 | 20% | −6.09 |
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 15 | 3 | 20% | −3.09 |
| Class 3 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherby | 8 | 1 | 13% | −6.09 |
| Catterick | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Sedgefield | 3 | 3 | 100% | +13.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 15 | 4 | 27% | +2.91 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Smith-Chaston | 11 | 3 | 27% | +0.91 |
| Conor O'Farrell | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Billy Garritty | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Joe Colliver | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Ms L O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gavin Sheehan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Hogan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr J J Codd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 17 | 3 | 18% | −5.09 |
| None | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +4.91 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 17 | 3 | 18% | −5.09 |
| Chase | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Flat | 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 Not What It Seems won?
- Not What It Seems (IRE) won 4 of 25 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 16%. Placed 10 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained Not What It Seems?
- Not What It Seems (IRE) was trained by Micky Hammond on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 21 July 2024.
- Who is Not What It Seems's sire?
- Not What It Seems (IRE) is by Robin Des Pres (FR) out of Kyle Ruby (IRE), whose sire is Stowaway.
- What going does Not What It Seems prefer?
- Not What It Seems (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 10 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 Not What It Seems's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 21 July 2024. The highest on record is 123.
- What is Not What It Seems's sire's record?
- Robin Des Pres (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 2,800 runs since Jan 2008 (229 horses), Flat and jumps together.