Shrewd Approach (IRE)
Shrewd Approach (IRE) is 2 from 8. Hasn't won since Oct 2017. Each win came on a first visit to the course.
Progeny in our archive
As a dam, Shrewd Approach (IRE) has 3 produce in the archive, 1 winner — most wins Thiscouldbefun (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 1m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Thiscouldbefun (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiscouldbefun (IRE) | 32 | 3 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Little Trigger (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Kesteven Rda (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
- 2–8Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 3 (37.5%)Placed
- +0.38£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.92Fair A/E n=8 · 1.67 incl. margin
- 72Highest OR
- 43dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 106
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 103A | 73 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 68A | 61.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 91A | 81.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 106A | 81.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 8% of 3,572 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | +7.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 333 | 42 | 12.6% | +4.6 | — |
| Good | 891 | 57 | 6.4% | −1.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 365 | 24 | 6.6% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 623 | 32 | 5.1% | −2.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 234 | 17 | 7.3% | −0.7 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,113 | 113 | 10.2% | +2.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 125 | 15 | 12% | +4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 950 | 77 | 8.1% | +0.1 | 2 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,029 | 82 | 8% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 797 | 70 | 8.8% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 456 | 34 | 7.5% | −0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 179 | 9 | 5% | −3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 28 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Gossip (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Gossip (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gossip (GB) | 19 | 2 | 5f | Class 6 |
| Valley Belle (IRE) | 38 | 1 | 6f | Class 6 |
| Regal Defence (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sharac (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| On The Rattler (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.12 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.38 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Lee | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| Pat Dobbs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gregory Benoist | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.38 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +2.38 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 May 18+13d | Brighton | totequadpot Handicap | 3/7 | 2 | 9-3 | 71 | 103A | 75A | Pat Dobbs | 4/1 |
| 19 Apr 18+149d | Newcastle (AW) | Morpeth Practice Fillies' Handicap | 8/10 | 2¼ | 9-4 | 72 | 55A | 67A | Graham Lee | 5/1 |
| 2017 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Nov 17+51d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix Herod () (2yo) (Turf) | 11/11 | 1½ | 8-9 | — | — | — | Gregory Benoist | 195/10 |
| 01 Oct 17+43d | Epsom Downs | Bet toteplacepot At betfred.com Nursery | 1/11 | 8-7 | 67 | 106A | 87A | Silvestre De Sousa | 9/2F | |
| 19 Aug 17+11d | Newmarket | randox.com Fillies' Nursery | 6/9 | hd | 8-6 | 68 | 72A | 62A | Joe Fanning | 8/1 |
| 08 Aug 17+14d | Catterick | British Stallion Studs Ebf Novice Stakes | 1/8 | 8-11 | — | 91A | 74A | Graham Lee | 15/8F | |
| 25 Jul 17+20d | Ffos Las | Download The Free At The Races App Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 3/8 | ¾ | 8-11 | — | 43A | 68A | Ryan Powell | 12/1 |
| 05 Jul 17 | Kempton (AW) | British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10) | 5/10 | 3½ | 9-0 | — | 68A | 56A | Harry Bentley | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Shrewd Approach won?
- Shrewd Approach (IRE) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2017 and 2018, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trained Shrewd Approach?
- Shrewd Approach (IRE) was trained by Simon Crisford on the most recent run on record, at Brighton on 2 May 2018.
- Who is Shrewd Approach's sire?
- Shrewd Approach (IRE) is by Dawn Approach (IRE) out of Al Sharood (GB), whose sire is Shamardal.
- What going does Shrewd Approach prefer?
- Shrewd Approach (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Shrewd Approach's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 2 May 2018. The highest on record is 72.
- What is Shrewd Approach's sire's record?
- Dawn Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 3,572 runs since Jan 2008 (358 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
- Who are Shrewd Approach's siblings?
- Out of Al Sharood (GB), Shrewd Approach (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Gossip (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Gossip (GB)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Oct 2026.
- Has Shrewd Approach produced winners?
- As a dam, Shrewd Approach (IRE) has 3 produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Thiscouldbefun (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Thiscouldbefun (IRE)). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.