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Horse profile

Smart Tom (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2009) · Last trainer Richard Phillips · Last owner The Bellflower Smart Tom Partnership
by Un Desperado (FR) out of Paper Merchant (GB) (Hays)
10 runs · 9 courses · from Oct 2006
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Mar 2009 — 6,427 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2009 Won at Haydock First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 85
KTB Profile

Smart Tom (IRE) is 1 from 10, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Dec 2006. Last raced off 85, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 6 OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating85↓ 8lb off peak
85 85–93

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 102A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Uttoxeter, 17 May 2008 Official rating 85 at the last run, 24 Mar 2009

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 6 figures · best 129C · median 92.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good4102A88.5—
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3102A92—
1m5f – 2m293A88.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

Of 10 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 10 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
Un Desperado (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 377 runs since Jan 2008 (51 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 4.7% from 106.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−8—
Good to Firm5911.7%−6.3—
Good130118.5%+0.50 from 5
Good to Soft6457.8%−0.2—
Soft751013.3%+5.30 from 4
Heavy4237.1%−0.91 from 1
Standard (AW)300%−8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f600%−81 from 1
1m5f – 2m6868.8%+0.80 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f10654.7%−3.30 from 4
2m5f – 3m121129.9%+1.90 from 2
Over 3m7679.2%+1.2—

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

Dam
Paper Merchant (GB) (Hays)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 1 1 100% +4.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 2 1 50% +3.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 1 100% +4.50
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 1 100% +4.50

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sean Quinlan 8 0 0% −8.00
Wayne Hutchinson 1 1 100% +4.50
Warren Marston 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 1 11% −3.50
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 3 0 0% −3.00
2008 5 0 0% −5.00
2006 2 1 50% +3.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00
NH Flat 2 1 50% +3.50

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
2009 · 3 runs
24 Mar 09+35d Southwell Book Tickets On Line At southwell-racecourse.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24.5f · Good · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-4 85— Sean Quinlan 16/1
17 Feb 09+25d Taunton Samaritans Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Soft · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-7 87— Sean Quinlan 16/1
23 Jan 09+58d Doncaster Crownhotel-bawtry.com Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 18 ran PU/18 — 10-13 90— Sean Quinlan 20/1
2008 · 5 runs
26 Nov 08+171d Kempton Coolmore NH Sires Mahler Conditionals' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 18 ran 10/18 5 11-2 9284A Sean Quinlan 25/1
08 Jun 08+22d Worcester Neu Servo Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 4 11-2 9378C Sean Quinlan 12/1
17 May 08+22d Uttoxeter Tahnezjo Transrent Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 19 10-7 93102A Sean Quinlan 12/1
25 Apr 08+13d Chepstow Braceys 'Friendly Builders Merchant' Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 hd 10-9 8593A Sean Quinlan 9/1
12 Apr 08+483d Uttoxeter Richard Lees Steel Decking Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 10-9 —— Sean Quinlan 8/1
2006 · 2 runs
16 Dec 06+62d Haydock Northern Racing Club Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 12.5f · Heavy · 12 ran 1/12 11-0 —129C Wayne Hutchinson 9/2
15 Oct 06 Carlisle Solway Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Class 6 · 17f · Soft · 15 ran 5/15 ¾ 11-0 —92C Warren Marston 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Smart Tom won?
Smart Tom (IRE) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2006 and 2009, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 2 times in total (20% of starts).
Who trained Smart Tom?
Smart Tom (IRE) was trained by Richard Phillips on the most recent run on record, at Southwell on 24 March 2009.
Who is Smart Tom's sire?
Smart Tom (IRE) is by Un Desperado (FR) out of Paper Merchant (GB), whose sire is Hays.
What is Smart Tom's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 85, from the run on 24 March 2009. The highest on record is 93.
What is Smart Tom's sire's record?
Un Desperado (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 377 runs since Jan 2008 (51 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 4.7% from 106.

Record shown from October 2006. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.