Very Smart (IRE)
Very Smart (IRE) is 2 from 24. Hasn't won since Jun 2019. Both wins have come on turf — 0 from 10 on the all-weather. Last raced off 45, 19lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–24Wins / Runs
- 8.3%Strike rate
- 3 (12.5%)Placed
- +13.00£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 1.51Fair A/E n=23 · 1.16 incl. margin
- 64Highest OR
- 43dAvg 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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 15 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 98B | 78.5 | — |
| Good | 6 | 96C | 84 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 88C | 75 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 99C | 75 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 15 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 17 | 99C | 79 | — |
| Under 6f | 5 | 75C | 72 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 96C | 77.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 24 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 9.1% of 14,898 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 14 | 15.2% | +6.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,477 | 256 | 10.3% | +1.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Good | 3,165 | 264 | 8.3% | −0.8 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,338 | 109 | 8.1% | −1 | — |
| Soft | 1,708 | 135 | 7.9% | −1.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 463 | 49 | 10.6% | +1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 5,655 | 533 | 9.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4,426 | 506 | 11.4% | +2.3 | 0 from 5 |
| 6f – 7f | 7,609 | 642 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 2 from 17 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,035 | 157 | 7.7% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 579 | 44 | 7.6% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 170 | 9 | 5.3% | −3.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 66 | 2 | 3% | −6.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Pretty Smart (IRE) (8 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretty Smart (IRE) | 53 | 8 | 5f–7f | — |
| Aspen Belle (IRE) | 31 | 6 | 5f–7f | — |
| Edebez (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Khorgos (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Phoenix Princess (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +22.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Navan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Gowran Park | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 2 | 100% | +35.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 17 | 2 | 12% | +20.00 |
| Under 6f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killian Leonard | 12 | 1 | 8% | +14.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stephen Mooney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Hoban | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ross Coakley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 12 | 2 | 17% | +25.00 |
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1 | 8% | −1.00 |
| 2018 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +17.00 |
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 Very Smart (IRE) won?
- Very Smart (IRE) won 2 of 24 archived starts between 2018 and 2020, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 3 times in total (12.5% of starts).
- Who trained Very Smart (IRE)?
- Very Smart (IRE) was trained by Garry Caldwell on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 28 October 2020.
- Who is Very Smart (IRE)'s sire?
- Very Smart (IRE) is by Dandy Man (IRE) out of Silk City (IRE), whose sire is Barathea.
- What going does Very Smart (IRE) prefer?
- Very Smart (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Very Smart (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 28 October 2020. The highest on record is 64.
- What is Very Smart (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dandy Man (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,898 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
- Who are Very Smart (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Silk City (IRE), Very Smart (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Pretty Smart (IRE) (8). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.