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Horse profile

Papa Caruso (GB)

9yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2013) · Last trainer Sue Smith · Last owner Mrs S Smith
by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Madonna da Rossi (GB) (Mtoto)
21 runs · 14 courses · from Dec 2008
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Jul 2013 — 4,854 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2013 · 1st of 5 Won last time out 3 wins · Cartmel, Newcastle & Hexham Last raced off OR 110
KTB Profile

Papa Caruso (GB) is 3 from 21. Won last time out at Cartmel (Class 3).

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
Official rating110↓ 7lb off peak
110 110–117

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 132B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hexham, 11 May 2013 Official rating 110 at the last run, 22 Jul 2013

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 19 figures · best 132B · median 115
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good7132B121—
Soft4122A110—
Good to Soft4119A105.5—
Good to Firm2103C102.5—
Heavy2115A103.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f11132B110—
1m5f – 2m5127A119—
2m5f – 3m2123A112.5—
Over 3m1———

Of 21 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 21 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
Kayf Tara (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,755 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1300%−12.6—
Good to Firm5296011.3%−1.31 from 2
Good4,49952511.7%−0.91 from 7
Good to Soft3,05335911.8%−0.81 from 4
Soft3,76049313.1%+0.50 from 5
Heavy1,70827716.2%+3.60 from 3
Standard (AW)1932412.4%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−12.6—
1m – 1m1f2400%−12.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1631811%−1.6—
1m5f – 2m3,97952213.1%+0.51 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f4,76659312.4%−0.21 from 13
2m5f – 3m3,81747912.5%−0.11 from 2
Over 3m1,00412612.5%−0.10 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

Dam
Madonna da Rossi (GB) (Mtoto)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Hurricane Rita (FR) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m2f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Hurricane Rita (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Hurricane Rita (FR)4341m7½f–2m4½fClass 4
Laurollie (GB)3021m2f–1m4fClass 6
Rene Le Roi (FR)60——
Riviere Ruby (GB)40——
Reg (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 1 14% −3.25
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 4 1 25% −1.25
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +1.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 8 2 25% −1.75
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 2 1 50% +1.75
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle 3 1 33% −0.25
Carlisle 3 0 0% −3.00
Hexham 2 1 50% +1.75
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 2 0 0% −2.00
Cartmel 1 1 100% +2.50
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 13 1 8% −10.25
1m5f – 2m 5 1 20% −1.25
2m5f – 3m 2 1 50% +1.50
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tjade Collier 8 1 13% −4.25
Jonathan England 4 2 50% +2.25
Ryan Mania 4 0 0% −4.00
Henry Oliver 4 0 0% −4.00
Shane Byrne 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2013 6 1 17% −2.50
2012 2 0 0% −2.00
2011 3 1 33% −0.25
2010 5 0 0% −5.00
2009 4 1 25% −0.25
2008 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 13 2 15% −6.75
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
NH Flat 3 1 33% +0.75

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2013 · 6 runs
22 Jul 13+57d Cartmel Champagne Louis Roederer Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 10-1 110102B Jonathan England 5/2
26 May 13+15d Kelso John Smith's Handicap Chase (For The Wilfred & Patricia Crawford Memorial Trophy) Class 3 · 3m2f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5/7 8 10-13 112103C Ryan Mania 9/2
11 May 13+45d Hexham Britain In Bloom Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 nk 11-9 112132B Jonathan England 11/4F
27 Mar 13+19d Wetherby Permit Trainers Association Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 8 ran 3/8 7 11-9 114115B Shane Byrne 9/1
08 Mar 13+35d Ayr Tennent's Lager Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m4f · Soft · 6 ran F/6 — 10-13 114— Ryan Mania 9/2
01 Feb 13+62d Catterick Dine And View At Catterick Races Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m3f · Soft · 8 ran 3/8 1¼ 11-7 115122A Ryan Mania 13/2
2012 · 2 runs
01 Dec 12+19d Newcastle Connor Liam Sadler Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Heavy · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-5 115— Jonathan England 8/1
12 Nov 12+322d Carlisle Border City Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Soft · 4 ran 4/4 1 11-9 117105B Ryan Mania 6/4F
2011 · 3 runs
26 Dec 11+9d Kempton William Hill - Home Of Betting Novices' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 7/13 20 11-2 117101C Henry Oliver 12/1
17 Dec 11+347d Newcastle North Sea Logistics Northumberland Chase (Handicap) Class 3 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 9-12 110110A Jonathan England 7/4F
04 Jan 11+42d Leicester Charles Street Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m6½f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 2½ 11-10 110123A Tjade Collier 13/2
2010 · 5 runs
23 Nov 10+15d Sedgefield Beacon Molson Coors Beginners' Chase Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 7 ran 5/7 1½ 11-1 112102B Tjade Collier 16/1
08 Nov 10+18d Carlisle Baines Wilson Llp Novices' Chase Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 9 ran 5/9 3½ 11-2 —115A Tjade Collier 9/1
21 Oct 10+201d Carlisle Grolsch Intermediate Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m1f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 3½ 10-13 112118A Tjade Collier 12/1
03 Apr 10+28d Haydock Racing UK 20 Per Month 'Fixed Brush' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 2m4½f · Heavy · 13 ran 8/13 30 10-6 11592C Tjade Collier 16/1
06 Mar 10+85d Doncaster Sportingbet Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 2m3½f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 3½ 11-2 115120B Henry Oliver 8/1
2009 · 4 runs
11 Dec 09+13d Doncaster Crownhotel-bawtry.com 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good · 14 ran 3/14 30 10-12 —105C Henry Oliver 20/1
28 Nov 09+49d Newcastle E.b.f. 'national Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (qualifier) Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 16 ran 4/16 5 11-0 —119A Tjade Collier 20/1
10 Oct 09+29d Hexham Barry Turnbull 'Out To Stud' Retirement Intermediate NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m · Good · 11 ran 1/11 11-1 —121A Tjade Collier 11/4
11 Sep 09+269d Bangor-on-Dee The 'World Watch' Bumper Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 2) Class 6 · 2m½f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 1¼ 10-13 —127A Tjade Collier 33/1
2008 · 1 run
16 Dec 08 Catterick Blue Square Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 1m7½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 10/14 1¾ 11-4 —88C Henry Oliver 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Papa Caruso won?
Papa Caruso (GB) won 3 of 21 archived starts between 2008 and 2013, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 9 times in total (42.9% of starts).
Who trained Papa Caruso?
Papa Caruso (GB) was trained by Sue Smith on the most recent run on record, at Cartmel on 22 July 2013.
Who is Papa Caruso's sire?
Papa Caruso (GB) is by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Madonna da Rossi (GB), whose sire is Mtoto.
What going does Papa Caruso prefer?
Papa Caruso (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Papa Caruso's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 22 July 2013. The highest on record is 117.
What is Papa Caruso's sire's record?
Kayf Tara (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,755 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Who are Papa Caruso's siblings?
Out of Madonna da Rossi (GB), Papa Caruso (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Hurricane Rita (FR) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Hurricane Rita (FR)). The wins came over 1m2f–2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2008. 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.