Horse profile
Operation Gimcrack (IRE)
by Showcasing (GB) out of Folk Melody (IRE) (Street Cry)
24 runs · 10 courses · from Jul 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out
3 wins · Newcastle (AW) & Southwell (AW)
Last run 19 Sep 2026 · 1st of 10
Last raced off OR 59
KTB Profile
Operation Gimcrack is a gelding who has won three of 24 starts, all at Class 6 level over 6f – 7f on Standard going. All three wins have come on the all-weather, including two at Newcastle and one at Southwell, while he is 0 from 14 on turf. He won last time out at Newcastle in Sep 2026 off an official rating of 59, eight pounds below his highest ever mark. Aged 6 at his last run in Sep 2026.
Based on 24 archived runs · run-style from 19 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically mid-division
All wins on AW
All wins at Class 6
OR ↓ 8lb off peak
- 3–24Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 8 (33.3%)Placed
- −6.67£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 1.11Fair A/E n=24 · 0.92 incl. margin
- 67Highest OR
- 51dAvg 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.
Official rating59↓ 8lb off peak
59
54–67
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 94
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 101A | 88.5 | 6 runs · 101 / 89 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 90A | 68 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 103B | 89.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good | 4 | 91C | 65.5 | 2 runs · 83 / 51.5 |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 20 | 103B | 86 | 9 runs · 101 / 88 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 84A | 69 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 24 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 from 19 analysed runs since Sep 2024
- Mid-division 11 (58%) · 3 wins
- Prominent 4 (21%) · 0 wins
- Held up 3 (16%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (5%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 11,602 runs since Jan 2008 (997 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 109.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 10 | 10.9% | +0.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,912 | 187 | 9.8% | −0.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 2,276 | 232 | 10.2% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 1,140 | 116 | 10.2% | +0.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 1,264 | 132 | 10.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 324 | 28 | 8.6% | −1.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 4,594 | 472 | 10.3% | +0.2 | 3 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,283 | 270 | 11.8% | +1.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5,904 | 631 | 10.7% | +0.6 | 3 from 20 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,168 | 188 | 8.7% | −1.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 889 | 60 | 6.7% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 217 | 15 | 6.9% | −3.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 109 | 6 | 5.5% | −4.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 24 | 4 | 16.7% | +6.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 3 | 37.5% | +27.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Folk Melody (IRE) (Street Cry)
4 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Melodic Charm (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Melodic Charm (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melodic Charm (IRE) | 10 | 2 | 6f | Class 4 |
| End Of Romance (IRE) | 3 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 4 |
| Pennywhistle (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Le Samourai (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 3 | 30% | +7.33 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 19 | 3 | 16% | −1.67 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 8 | 2 | 25% | +5.00 |
| Doncaster | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Redcar | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Thirsk | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 20 | 3 | 15% | −2.67 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Nolan | 7 | 2 | 29% | +4.33 |
| Harrison Shaw | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Sean Dylan Bowen | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Oliver Stammers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Breslin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Russell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 23 | 3 | 13% | −5.67 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 3 | 33% | +8.33 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Sep 26+30d | Newcastle (AW) | Happy Birthday Dave Miller From Probio energy.com Handicap Stakes (Div I) Settled mid-pack - pushed along with a furlong left - closed strongly to reach the front-runner inside the final furlong - edged ahead close home to score by a whisker | 1/10 | 9-8 | 59 | 89A | 83A | Sean Dylan Bowen | 5/1 | |
| 20 Aug 26+19d | Newcastle (AW) | Mini Golf At High Gosforth Park Handicap Stakes Held a central position early - pushed along with two furlongs left - closed hard on the front-runner inside the last - battled to the wire and narrowly touched off in third | 3/14 | hd | 9-8 | 59 | 94B | 87A | Paul Mulrennan | 11/2 |
| 01 Aug 26+43d | Doncaster | Harrison College Handicap Stakes (Div I) Settled in behind - pushed along with 2f to go - moved through to hit front briefly entering final furlong - stayed on but overtaken close home to finish second | 2/11 | nk | 9-9 | 57 | 81A | 81A | Oliver Stammers | 9/2 |
| 19 Jun 26+70d | Redcar | In Memory Of Peter & Shirley Fryett Handicap Held mid-group early - pressed for effort with two furlongs left - lost touch inside final furlong to finish sixth | 6/14 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 58 | 83C | 66A | Ben Robinson | 50/1 |
| 10 Apr 26+29d | Thirsk | Next Meeting Saturday 18th April Book Now Handicap Held mid-pack - pressed for effort with a furlong to run - unable to close - well held at the finish | 13/14 | 19 | 9-8 | 59 | 20C | 46C | Paul Mulrennan | 10/1 |
| 12 Mar 26+16d | Newcastle (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Settled in the pack - improved into contention over 2f out under pressure - looked to have a shout with a furlong left - lost momentum inside the closing stages to finish 5th | 5/11 | 1 | 9-3 | 59 | 101A | 75A | Paul Mulrennan | 13/2 |
| 24 Feb 26+33d | Newcastle (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Settled in the pack - angled left and began closing in over a furlong out - hit the front inside the final furlong under pressure - stayed on strongly to win | 1/10 | 9-6 | 57 | 88A | 87A | David Nolan | 6/1 | |
| 22 Jan 26+19d | Southwell (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Settled in the pack - crept forward two out and pressed on approaching the furlong pole - lost momentum in the closing stages to finish sixth | 6/9 | 2 | 9-7 | 57 | 84A | 68A | David Nolan | 3/1F |
| 03 Jan 26+78d | Southwell (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Settled in the pack early - urged forward with over two furlongs to go - made ground into contention - hit the front a furlong out under pressure - kept up the effort but eased up near the line to win | 1/11 | 9-8 | 54 | 89A | 85A | David Nolan | 10/3F | |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Oct 25+23d | Newcastle (AW) | Mini Golf At High Gosforth Park Handicap Checked and hesitant leaving the gate - settled towards the back - made no impact on the finish - eventually came home well beaten in 10th | 10/14 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 55 | 76B | 66A | Paul Mulrennan | 3/1F |
| 24 Sep 25+10d | Redcar | Watch Racing TV Free For 31 Days Handicap (Div 1) Settled in the pack - nudged for effort with two furlongs left - failed to figure in the finish | 7/12 | 2 | 9-6 | 57 | 90A | 67A | Harrison Shaw | 17/2 |
| 14 Sep 25+25d | Musselburgh | 100% Racing TV Profits Back To Racing Handicap Settled with the pack - pushed along and made progress over 1f out - unable to find more in the closing stages | 4/10 | nse | 9-6 | 57 | 84A | 80A | Andrew Breslin | 7/1 |
| 20 Aug 25+18d | Carlisle | David Allen IT Solutions Maiden Handicap Settled off the back early - made progress from the outside approaching halfway - pushed along and drifted right under pressure into the last two furlongs - third and one-paced entering the final furlong then edged back to finish fourth | 4/9 | 1¼ | 9-12 | 58 | 81B | 76A | Harrison Shaw | 2/1F |
| 02 Aug 25+14d | Doncaster | UNISON Campaigning For Public Services Handicap Settled midfield near the stand rail - pushed along with 2f left - flew home to get onto terms inside final furlong - kept battling to the line but touched off | 2/11 | nse | 9-10 | 57 | 98A | 87A | Harrison Shaw | 18/1 |
| 19 Jul 25+15d | Doncaster | Unison Raceday 2nd August Handicap (Rnd) Went straight to front - held decent spot until pressed 2f from home - dropped away inside final two furlongs - trailed off through the last furlong to finish 9th | 9/10 | nk | 10-0 | 58 | 60C | 49C | Harrison Shaw | 15/2 |
| 04 Jul 25+239d | Beverley | Tyre Scope Handicap Sat close to the pace on the rail - lost ground 3f out before rallying inside the final furlong - stayed on well to snatch second near the line | 2/11 | 1 | 9-6 | 57 | 103B | 84A | Harrison Shaw | 11/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Nov 24+16d | Newcastle (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Handy early - urged forward with over 2f left - kept responding late but lacked the speed to reach the front finishing 4th | 4/7 | nk | 9-10 | 59 | 69A | 76A | David Nolan | 11/4 |
| 22 Oct 24+27d | Newcastle (AW) | Win 1m With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Settled with the main group early - pushed along approaching 3f out - unable to quicken inside final furlong - finished seventh | 7/11 | ¾ | 9-4 | 62 | 84A | 73A | David Nolan | 17/2 |
| 25 Sep 24+13d | Redcar | Watch Racing TV Free For 31 Days Handicap Slow to start - settled towards back - driven into contention with 2f left - boxed in from the furlong marker with no room to press forward - back peddled inside final 110 yards to finish tenth | 10/15 | 1½ | 9-10 | 63 | 91C | 71A | David Nolan | 16/1 |
| 12 Sep 24+339d | Newcastle (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Settled just behind the pace - pushed along out wide over 2f from home - unable to close on the front-runners late but stayed on to finish fifth | 5/11 | ¾ | 9-13 | 64 | 91A | 80A | David Nolan | 17/2 |
| 2023 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Oct 23+65d | Pontefract | Napoleons Casino Bradford Handicap | 15/16 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 67 | 51C | 46C | Harry Russell | 18/1 |
| 05 Aug 23+15d | Thirsk | Happy Birthday Jessica Todd EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/7 | 12 | 9-4 | — | 78B | 70A | Harrison Shaw | 50/1 |
| 21 Jul 23+20d | Haydock | Barry Wilson Senior Remembrance Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 3¼ | 9-7 | — | 68B | 70B | Harrison Shaw | 18/1 |
| 01 Jul 23 | Doncaster | Your First Destination Baggage Factory Lakeside Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 9/12 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 48B | 49A | Paul Mulrennan | 11/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Operation Gimcrack won?
- Operation Gimcrack (IRE) won 3 of 24 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 8 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trains Operation Gimcrack?
- Operation Gimcrack (IRE) is trained by Bryan Smart, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 19 September 2026.
- Who is Operation Gimcrack's sire?
- Operation Gimcrack (IRE) is by Showcasing (GB) out of Folk Melody (IRE), whose sire is Street Cry.
- What going does Operation Gimcrack prefer?
- Operation Gimcrack (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 3 wins from 10 starts (30%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Operation Gimcrack's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 59, from the run on 19 September 2026. The highest on record is 67.
- What is Operation Gimcrack's sire's record?
- Showcasing (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 11,602 runs since Jan 2008 (997 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 109.
- Who are Operation Gimcrack's siblings?
- Out of Folk Melody (IRE), Operation Gimcrack (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Melodic Charm (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Melodic Charm (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.