Smithills (GB)
Smithills is a lightly raced colt by Ardad out of a daughter of Oasis Dream. His dam has produced one winner from two runners to date. He made his only start in a Class 5 novice stakes at Leicester in Oct 2025 where he finished 5 of 7 having been held up. Ardad s progeny in the archive have won 302 of 3,449 runs since Jan 2008.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 43
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 3,545 runs since Mar 2021 (352 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 40 | 3 | 7.5% | −1.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 697 | 68 | 9.8% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 801 | 63 | 7.9% | −0.8 | — |
| Good to Soft | 360 | 39 | 10.8% | +2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 337 | 33 | 9.8% | +1.1 | — |
| Heavy | 99 | 5 | 5.1% | −3.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,211 | 99 | 8.2% | −0.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,151 | 127 | 11% | +2.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,980 | 156 | 7.9% | −0.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 332 | 20 | 6% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 57 | 5 | 8.8% | +0.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +3.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −2.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2021 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Birkacre Brow (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 5f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Birkacre Brow (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkacre Brow (GB) | 6 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Hindley (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 25 | Leicester | Leicester Racecourse Ideal Christmas Party Venue Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Held up at the back - pushed along with 2f left - stayed on late without troubling the front runners | 5/7 | 3 | 9-7 | 43A | 58A | Clifford Lee | 15/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Smithills won?
- Smithills (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2025.
- Who trained Smithills?
- Smithills (GB) was trained by James Tate on the most recent run on record, at Leicester on 7 October 2025.
- Who is Smithills's sire?
- Smithills (GB) is by Ardad (IRE) out of Meggys Dream (GB), whose sire is Oasis Dream.
- What is Smithills's sire's record?
- Ardad (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 3,545 runs since Mar 2021 (352 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Smithills's siblings?
- Out of Meggys Dream (GB), Smithills (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Birkacre Brow (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Birkacre Brow (GB)). The wins came over 5f. As at Nov 2026.