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Horse profile

Smooth Gale (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer T G McCourt · Last owner John P Mcgovern
by Smooth Daddy (USA) out of Hillofthenitengale (IRE) (High Chaparral)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Apr 2023
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Apr 2025 — 578 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 8th of 16 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Smooth Gale is a gelding by Smooth Daddy out of a High Chaparral mare who was yet to win from four starts. He ran on turf and all-weather without placing, racing over trips from 1m2f to 2m4f on soft and standard going. His last run, at Fairyhouse in Apr 2025, was his first in headgear; he finished eighth of 16, racing mid-division in an Easter Festival maiden hurdle.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Feb 2025 · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 53C · median 46
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft253C46—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———
Flat 2 figures · best 79C · median 65
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f279C65—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 96C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Fairyhouse, 6 Apr 2025

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 45C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 14 Feb 2025

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 96C · median 95.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft296C95.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———
Flat 2 figures · best 45C · median 41.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f245C41.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 3 analysed runs since Feb 2025

  • Mid-division 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Smooth Daddy (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 334 runs since May 2022 (27 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+92.5—
Good to Firm20210%+2.5—
Good8889.1%+1.6—
Good to Soft3113.2%−4.3—
Soft5535.5%−20 from 3
Heavy23313%+5.5—
Standard (AW)11676%−1.50 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f621016.1%+8.6—
6f – 7f11765.1%−2.4—
1m – 1m1f7867.7%+0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f4137.3%−0.20 from 2
1m5f – 2m1900%−7.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1200%−7.50 from 1
2m5f – 3m500%−7.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2022 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Hillofthenitengale (IRE) (High Chaparral)

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
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Ryan 2 0 0% −2.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Alex Harvey 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 3 runs
06 Apr 25+15d Fairyhouse Easter Festival 19th - 21st April Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Yielding · 16 ran Settled midfield early - 6th at halfway - driven but couldn't threaten leaders after four out - lost more ground with a mistake soon after and faded to finish well beaten in 8th 8/16 7½ 11-12 53C96C Darragh O'Keeffe 200/1
22 Mar 25+36d Navan Mongey Communications Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 2m · Soft · 18 ran Settled with the pack early - drifted left over the opening fence - up to 4th having been 7th - dropped away 3 out and faded tamely thereafter 15/18 9½ 11-7 39C95C Alex Harvey 150/1
14 Feb 25+666d Dundalk (AW) DundalkStadium.com Maiden 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran Held up towards the back - 6th at halfway - 7th and asked for effort entering the straight - unable to quicken and held to finish sixth 6/9 nk 9-8 51C45C James Ryan 80/1
2023 · 1 run
20 Apr 23 Tipperary Tipperary Town Maiden 1m4½f · Yielding · 5 ran 5/5 4½ 9-1 79C38C James Ryan 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Smooth Gale won?
Smooth Gale (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2023 and 2025.
Who trained Smooth Gale?
Smooth Gale (IRE) was trained by T G McCourt on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 6 April 2025.
Who is Smooth Gale's sire?
Smooth Gale (IRE) is by Smooth Daddy (USA) out of Hillofthenitengale (IRE), whose sire is High Chaparral.
What is Smooth Gale's sire's record?
Smooth Daddy (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 334 runs since May 2022 (27 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from April 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.