Smiling Sunflower (IRE)
Smiling Sunflower won three of 26 starts, all on standard AW, with two at Kempton and one at Wolverhampton. Her wins came in handicaps at 6f to 7f and 1m to 1m1f, the most recent at Kempton in Feb 2024 off an official rating of 67. She raced off a mark of 73 when finishing sixth of six at Chelmsford City in Apr 2024. The mare was aged 5 at her last run in Apr 2024.
- 3–26Wins / Runs
- 11.5%Strike rate
- 5 (19.2%)Placed
- −6.50£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 1.11Fair A/E n=26 · 0.98 incl. margin
- 77Highest OR
- 39dAvg 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 83
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 24 | 115A | 84 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 115A | 79 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 9 | 103C | 86 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 97B | 85 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 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 6.7% of 628 runs since Jan 2008 (52 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 9.8% from 214.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −6.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 41 | 1 | 2.4% | −4.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 157 | 11 | 7% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 50 | 2 | 4% | −2.7 | — |
| Soft | 111 | 6 | 5.4% | −1.3 | — |
| Heavy | 54 | 1 | 1.9% | −4.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 214 | 21 | 9.8% | +3.1 | 3 from 24 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 105 | 6 | 5.7% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 214 | 13 | 6.1% | −0.6 | 1 from 13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 162 | 15 | 9.3% | +2.6 | 2 from 9 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 89 | 5 | 5.6% | −1.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 37 | 1 | 2.7% | −4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | +4.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −6.7 | — |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Magwadiri (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Forevertheoptimist (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magwadiri (IRE) | 32 | 4 | 7f–1m½f | Class 5 |
| Forevertheoptimist (IRE) | 7 | 2 | 5f | Listed |
| Stay Thinking (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Fanny Des Hardys (IRE) | 22 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 24 | 3 | 13% | −4.50 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 15 | 1 | 7% | −10.00 |
| Class 4 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 7 | 2 | 29% | +5.50 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 1 | 8% | −8.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 9 | 2 | 22% | +5.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Larson | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| Mia Nicholls | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Pat Cosgrave | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tyler Heard | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Winston | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 10 | 2 | 20% | +4.50 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Smiling Sunflower won?
- Smiling Sunflower (IRE) won 3 of 26 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 11.5%. Placed 5 times in total (19.2% of starts).
- Who trained Smiling Sunflower?
- Smiling Sunflower (IRE) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 6 April 2024.
- Who is Smiling Sunflower's sire?
- Smiling Sunflower (IRE) is by Fulbright (GB) out of Hankering (IRE), whose sire is Missed Flight.
- What going does Smiling Sunflower prefer?
- Smiling Sunflower (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 3 wins from 24 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Smiling Sunflower's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 73, from the run on 6 April 2024. The highest on record is 77.
- What is Smiling Sunflower's sire's record?
- Fulbright (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 628 runs since Jan 2008 (52 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 9.8% from 214.
- Who are Smiling Sunflower's siblings?
- Out of Hankering (IRE), Smiling Sunflower (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Magwadiri (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Listed (Forevertheoptimist (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.