Smart Contender (IRE)
Smart Contender (IRE) is yet to win from 6 starts. Best effort: 4th of 7 at Newmarket (May 2022).
- 0–6Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −6.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=6 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 73Highest OR
- 29dAvg 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 84
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 75A | 73 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 104C | 94 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 104C | 74 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 84B | 70 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 14.8% of 10,411 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,287. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,981 | 306 | 15.4% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 2,387 | 335 | 14% | −0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,013 | 124 | 12.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Soft | 1,287 | 151 | 11.7% | −3.1 | — |
| Heavy | 370 | 45 | 12.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,315 | 564 | 17% | +2.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 583 | 87 | 14.9% | +0.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,073 | 593 | 14.6% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,985 | 476 | 15.9% | +1.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,073 | 313 | 15.1% | +0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 475 | 44 | 9.3% | −5.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 180 | 21 | 11.7% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −9.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −14.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Animate (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Moving Shadow (GB)).
Family form: Moving Shadow (GB) finished 2nd of 9 at Southwell (AW), 22 Sep 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animate (IRE) | 25 | 3 | 6f–7f | Class 4 |
| Moving Shadow (GB) | 4 | 1 | 7f | Class 3 |
| Bright Lily (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Estifada (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvestre De Sousa | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Adam Farragher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Neil Callan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Sep 22+23d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Handicap | 9/9 | nk | 8-13 | 71 | 104C | 45A | Adam Farragher | 9/2 |
| 16 Aug 22+17d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Offers For New Customers At Vickers.Bet Handicap | 5/11 | nk | 9-11 | 72 | 84B | 75A | Silvestre De Sousa | 5/1 |
| 30 Jul 22+47d | Hamilton | German Doner Kebab Handicap | 7/8 | 2 | 9-6 | 73 | 56A | 57A | Clifford Lee | 2/1F |
| 13 Jun 22+31d | Windsor | I Own Fitzperfectly For 75 Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/13 | 3½ | 9-3 | — | 56C | 67A | Silvestre De Sousa | 6/1 |
| 13 May 22+27d | Newmarket | National Stud For Education Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/7 | nk | 9-4 | — | 75A | 68A | Neil Callan | 17/2 |
| 16 Apr 22 | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) (Str) | 10/17 | hd | 9-5 | — | 73C | 69A | James Doyle | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Smart Contender (IRE) won?
- Smart Contender (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts in 2022.
- Who trained Smart Contender (IRE)?
- Smart Contender (IRE) was trained by Simon & Ed Crisford on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 8 September 2022.
- Who is Smart Contender (IRE)'s sire?
- Smart Contender (IRE) is by Shamardal (USA) out of Dark Liberty (IRE), whose sire is Dark Angel.
- What is Smart Contender (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 8 September 2022. The highest on record is 73.
- What is Smart Contender (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Shamardal (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,411 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,287. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
- Who are Smart Contender (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Dark Liberty (IRE), Smart Contender (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Animate (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Moving Shadow (GB)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.