Wise Approach (IRE)
Typically ridden with patience — held up in 5 of 5 analysed runs — Wise Approach (IRE) is 3 from 12, including a Group 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Tattersalls Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket (Sep 2025).
- 3–12Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 4 (33.3%)Placed
- −3.32£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.23Fair A/E n=12 · 1.06 incl. margin
- 115Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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 106
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 7 | 105A | 91 | 2 · 88 / 44 |
| Good | 2 | 103A | 90.5 | 2 · 103 / 90.5 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 106A | 94 | 5 · 106 / 88 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 94C | 92.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 runs · as at 8 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 5 analysed runs
- Held up 5 (100%) · 2 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 8,086 runs since Jan 2008 (746 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | −1.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,457 | 179 | 12.3% | +0.7 | 3 from 7 |
| Good | 1,957 | 221 | 11.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 749 | 84 | 11.2% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 912 | 96 | 10.5% | −1.1 | — |
| Heavy | 208 | 22 | 10.6% | −1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,784 | 337 | 12.1% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,085 | 267 | 12.8% | +1.2 | 1 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 4,250 | 475 | 11.2% | −0.4 | 2 from 10 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,353 | 156 | 11.5% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 361 | 42 | 11.6% | 0 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | −8.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Perfect Power (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Perfect Power (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Power (IRE) | 12 | 6 | 5f–7f | Group 1 |
| Golden Mind (IRE) | 31 | 4 | 6f–7f | Class 2 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 7 | 3 | 43% | +1.68 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −2.52 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.20 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.20 |
| Deauville (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 10 | 2 | 20% | −5.52 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.20 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 10 | 3 | 30% | −1.32 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Christophe Soumillon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 3 | 30% | −1.32 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +2.68 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 26+18d | Kempton (AW) | Ebfstallions.com Conditions Stakes (gbb Race) Held up in last few early - shaken up 1f out - kept on steadily - lacked the speed to get involved - 4th | 4/6 | ¾ | 9-3 | 112 | 106A | 96B | William Buick | 3/1 |
| 12 Sep 26+34d | Doncaster | Betfred Park Stakes (Group 2) Settled in rear - angled out and pushed along inside the final furlong - stayed on without finding more near the line to finish 4th | 4/8 | ½ | 9-2 | 110 | 103A | 99A | Billy Loughnane | 12/1 |
| 09 Aug 26+51d | Deauville (FR) | Arc Prix Maurice De Gheest - Fee - En Memoire De Louis Romanet (group 1) | 7/11 | nk | 8-13 | 111 | — | — | Christophe Soumillon | 22/1 |
| 19 Jun 26+34d | Ascot | Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) Settled towards the back on the near flank - pressed for effort with 2f left - dropped away quickly - allowed to drop away in the final furlong - finished last of all | 22/22 | 27 | 9-2 | 113 | 0C | 65C | William Buick | 14/1 |
| 16 May 26+15d | Newbury | Highclere Castle Gin Carnarvon Stakes (Listed) Settled towards the back down the far flank - began to make progress a furlong out - drifted right when pressing the front group inside the final furlong - couldn't find more close home - edged out of third on the line | 4/10 | hd | 9-7 | 115 | 78A | 105A | William Buick | 5/2 |
| 01 May 26+216d | Ascot | Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes (Registered As The Pavilion Stakes) (Group 3) Settled midpack early - moved up nicely with two furlongs left - eased over to the inner - stayed on down the straight without truly closing - finished fifth beaten three and a quarter lengths | 5/8 | ¾ | 9-7 | 115 | 88A | 96A | William Buick | 2/1F |
| 27 Sep 25+34d | Newmarket | Tattersalls Middle Park Stakes (Group 1) Stumbled after the off - settled towards the back - shifted wide approaching 2f out - drove for a determined run entering the final furlong - hit the front close home - kept finding more to score | 1/9 | 9-2 | 114 | 105A | 105A | William Buick | 11/8F | |
| 24 Aug 25+37d | Deauville (FR) | Sumbe Prix Morny (2yo Colts & Fillies) (Straight Course) (Turf) | 3/6 | ½ | 9-0 | — | — | — | William Buick | 68/10 |
| 18 Jul 25+29d | Newbury | IRE-Incentive - It Pays To Buy Irish Rose Bowl Stakes (Listed) Held up towards back - moved through gap with a furlong left - burst to the front inside the final furlong - went on to win in style | 1/5 | 9-2 | 101 | 100C | 107B | William Buick | 11/10F | |
| 19 Jun 25+35d | Ascot | Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) Held up towards the back of the pack - made headway from 2f out - drifted left approaching the final furlong - kept on to take second near the line - unable to challenge the winner | 2/15 | 2¼ | 9-3 | — | 91C | 104A | William Buick | 10/1 |
| 15 May 25+15d | York | Frank Whittle Partnership ebfstallions.com Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Sat close to the pace near the rail - pushed along and dropped to third with a furlong left - couldn't find another gear inside the final furlong - held to fourth at the line | 4/11 | nk | 9-9 | — | 66A | 89A | William Buick | 11/8F |
| 30 Apr 25 | Ascot | Royal Ascot Two-Year-Old Trial EBF Conditions Stakes (GBB Race) Settled just behind the front group near the rail - driven forward at halfway - shifted wide with a furlong left and found room between rivals - hit the front close home to win | 1/13 | 9-4 | — | 94C | 100A | William Buick | 16/5J |
Quick answers
- How many races has Wise Approach (IRE) won?
- Wise Approach (IRE) won 3 of 12 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 4 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trains Wise Approach (IRE)?
- Wise Approach (IRE) is trained by Charlie Appleby, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 30 September 2026.
- Who is Wise Approach (IRE)'s sire?
- Wise Approach (IRE) is by Mehmas (IRE) out of Sagely (IRE), whose sire is Frozen Power.
- What going does Wise Approach (IRE) prefer?
- Wise Approach (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 3 wins from 7 starts (42.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Wise Approach (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 112, from the run on 30 September 2026. The highest on record is 115.
- What is Wise Approach (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Mehmas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 8,086 runs since Jan 2008 (746 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Wise Approach (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Sagely (IRE), Wise Approach (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Perfect Power (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Perfect Power (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.