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Horse profile

The Smiling Wolf (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2025) · Last trainer John Butler · Last owner The Endless Folly Partnership
by Twilight Son (GB) out of Quirky Gertie (IRE) (Fast Company)
17 runs · 12 courses · from Jul 2023
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Jan 2025 — 639 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2025 · 7th of 9 Won at Ffos Las Last raced off OR 57
KTB Profile

The Smiling Wolf won a Class 5 nursery handicap at Ffos Las over 6f to 7f on good to soft ground in Sep 2023 off a mark of 72. The gelding has one win and three places from 17 starts overall, all on turf from 12 runs, and is zero from five on the all-weather. He last ran at Kempton in Jan 2025 when seventh of nine in a Class 6 handicap off an official rating of 57, which was 23lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 23lb off peak
Official rating57↓ 23lb off peak
57 57–80

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 87 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kempton (AW), 20 Jan 2025

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 →

Flat 17 figures · best 97A · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good692A85.5—
Standard (AW)587A69—
Soft385A69—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1397A85—
1m – 1m1f483A70.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 68A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 18 Dec 2024 Official rating 57 at the last run, 20 Jan 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 17 figures · best 95A · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good677A67—
Standard (AW)568A60—
Soft395A59—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1395A65—
1m – 1m1f459A55.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 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 6 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Held up 3 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 3 (50%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Twilight Son (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 3,643 runs since Jan 2008 (281 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.6% from 613.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm12433.3%+23.7—
Good to Firm6517110.9%+1.30 from 1
Good816809.8%+0.20 from 6
Good to Soft302237.6%−21 from 1
Soft3293711.2%+1.60 from 3
Heavy90910%+0.40 from 1
Standard (AW)1,4421278.8%−0.80 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f6137712.6%+3—
6f – 7f1,8981799.4%−0.21 from 13
1m – 1m1f684527.6%−20 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f3673910.6%+1—
1m5f – 2m6234.8%−4.8—
2m1f – 2m4f1815.6%−4—
2m5f – 3m100%−9.6—

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

Dam
Quirky Gertie (IRE) (Fast Company)

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 6 0 0% −6.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +4.50
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 8 1 13% −2.50
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Ffos Las 2 1 50% +3.50
Epsom Downs 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Brighton 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 13 1 8% −7.50
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Rose Dawes 9 1 11% −3.50
Jack Doughty 2 0 0% −2.00
Edward Greatrex 2 0 0% −2.00
Shane Kelly 1 0 0% −1.00
George Bass 1 0 0% −1.00
Charles Bishop 1 0 0% −1.00
Rossa Ryan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 15 1 7% −9.50
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 7 0 0% −7.00
2023 8 1 13% −2.50

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
20 Jan 25+17d Kempton (AW) Free Bet With Unibet's Betbuilder Rebound Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran Always towards the rear - no meaningful impact on the finish 7/9 1¾ 9-4 5787A60A Shane Kelly 40/1
03 Jan 25+16d Lingfield (AW) Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran Sat close to the front early - urged forward 3f out - hit the front over 2f out before being overtaken inside the final furlong - dropped away into the pack - faded fast to finish sixth 6/8 13 8-12 6067C38C George Bass 66/1
18 Dec 24+44d Kempton (AW) Unibet Zero% Mission Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran Settled towards the back - urged forward with over 3f left - shortened gap in closing stages - finished 7th beaten 4.5 lengths 7/13 ½ 9-3 6278B68A Jack Doughty 40/1
04 Nov 24+18d Kempton (AW) SIG Building Solutions Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran Sluggish start - made progress into contention with over 5f left - lost ground approaching 2f out - eventually well beaten in 11th 11/11 5½ 8-11 6657A42A Jack Doughty 80/1
17 Oct 24+64d Brighton attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 11 ran Held up handy in early stages - driven with over 2f out - faded steadily to finish 10th 10/11 6½ 9-8 6969C53C Edward Greatrex 33/1
14 Aug 24+82d Ffos Las Prostate Cymru Forest Arms Brechfa 'Confined' Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Heavy · 7 ran Held up with the pack - urged forward with 2f left - dropped away inside final furlong - finished 7th 7/7 1½ 9-6 729B55A Rose Dawes 5/2
24 May 24+14d Goodwood Racehorse Shares From 45 At Racingclub.com Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good · 11 ran 10/11 2¼ 8-13 7572A59A Charles Bishop 50/1
10 May 24+13d Ascot Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% Handicap (Str) Class 4 · 8f · Good · 11 ran 9/11 5½ 9-2 7883A56A Edward Greatrex 33/1
27 Apr 24+185d Haydock TrustATrader Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 5 9-4 8058A59B Rose Dawes 15/8
25 Oct 23+24d Newmarket Racing Welfare Nursery Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 hd 9-1 7785A95A Rossa Ryan 8/1
01 Oct 23+24d Epsom Downs Betfred 'Passionate About Sport' Nursery Class 4 · 7f · Good · 9 ran 5/9 2¼ 9-4 8092A77A Rose Dawes 14/1
07 Sep 23+6d Wolverhampton (AW) William Hill Enhanced Odds Every Day Racing League Race 29 Nursery Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 9/11 1½ 9-2 7269A63A Rose Dawes 4/1F
01 Sep 23+14d Ffos Las Prostate Cymru Swansea Building Society Nursery Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 9-1 7297A84A Rose Dawes 9/2
18 Aug 23+20d Epsom Downs Jewson Bricks Nursery Class 5 · 7f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 1 9-4 7092B72A Rose Dawes 17/2
29 Jul 23+12d Salisbury Starman At Tally Ho Stud British EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 1¼ 9-2 —66B65A Rose Dawes 16/1
17 Jul 23+16d Windsor British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 6f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 ¾ 9-2 —88C69A Rose Dawes 11/1
01 Jul 23 Windsor Anderson Roofing Supplies Ltd 20th Anniversary Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6/9 ½ 9-2 —88B60A Rose Dawes 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Smiling Wolf (GB) won?
The Smiling Wolf (GB) won 1 of 17 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 5.9%. Placed 3 times in total (17.6% of starts).
Who trained The Smiling Wolf (GB)?
The Smiling Wolf (GB) was trained by John Butler on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 20 January 2025.
Who is The Smiling Wolf (GB)'s sire?
The Smiling Wolf (GB) is by Twilight Son (GB) out of Quirky Gertie (IRE), whose sire is Fast Company.
What is The Smiling Wolf (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 57, from the run on 20 January 2025. The highest on record is 80.
What is The Smiling Wolf (GB)'s sire's record?
Twilight Son (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 3,643 runs since Jan 2008 (281 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.6% from 613.

Record shown from July 2023. 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.