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Horse profile

Wonder Smile (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2024) · Last trainer Hugo Palmer · Last owner Lit Lung Lee
by Exceed and Excel (AUS) out of Facilitate (GB) (Bated Breath)
9 runs · 8 courses · from Oct 2023
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Sep 2024 — 791 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2024 · 1st of 8 Won last time out Won at Newbury Last raced off OR 68
KTB Profile

Wonder Smile won one of nine starts, the success coming in a Class 5 handicap at Newbury over 6f-7f on soft ground in Sep 2024. The gelding, by Exceed and Excel out of a Bated Breath mare, had placed on six of his other eight outings. His last run, at Newbury in Sep 2024, was a win off an official rating of 68. He raced on turf six times and on all-weather three times without success.

Based on 9 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5
Official rating68↓ 2lb off peak
68 68–70

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Yarmouth, 4 Jul 2024

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 9 figures · best 109B · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Good3109B86—
Standard (AW)383A78—
Good to Firm293B91.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
6f – 7f7104A83—
1m – 1m1f2109B101—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 88A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newbury, 5 Sep 2024 Official rating 68 at the last run, 5 Sep 2024

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 →

Flat 9 figures · best 88A · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Good381A78—
Standard (AW)383A71—
Good to Firm280A79—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
6f – 7f788A80—
1m – 1m1f278A78—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Exceed and Excel (AUS)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,036 runs since Apr 2008 (1,161 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1984120.7%+8.8—
Good to Firm3,25139912.3%+0.40 from 2
Good3,14632810.4%−1.50 from 3
Good to Soft1,3101309.9%−2—
Soft1,194947.9%−41 from 1
Heavy273259.2%−2.7—
Standard (AW)6,66488413.3%+1.40 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3,86152113.5%+1.6—
6f – 7f8,01095211.9%01 from 7
1m – 1m1f2,75628910.5%−1.40 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f1,02510210%−1.9—
1m5f – 2m273269.5%−2.4—
2m1f – 2m4f102109.8%−2.1—
2m5f – 3m9111.1%−0.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Obtain (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Obtain (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Obtain (GB)1525f–6fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 1 100% +5.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 7 1 14% −0.50
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Newbury 1 1 100% +5.50
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 7 1 14% −0.50
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Davies 5 1 20% +1.50
Kevin Stott 1 0 0% −1.00
Joe Leavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Marquand 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Curtis 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 6 1 17% +0.50
2023 3 0 0% −3.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 6 runs
05 Sep 24+35d Newbury Pump Technology Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Soft · 8 ran Sat close to pace early - hit the front 2f out drifting right and had to dig deep when challenged inside final furlong - kept finding under pressure to score 1/8 9-6 68104A88A Harry Davies 11/2
01 Aug 24+28d Nottingham Discover Whats Trending At Rhino.Bet Casino Handicap Class 5 · 1m½f · Good To Firm · 8 ran Settled handy early - lost footing briefly with three furlongs left then pushed along with two to go - kept on without extra finishing third 3/8 1¼ 9-9 6893B78A Kevin Stott 5/2
04 Jul 24+12d Yarmouth QuinnBet Daily Free Bet Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good · 10 ran 5/10 3½ 9-8 69109B78A Harry Davies 4/1
22 Jun 24+28d Newmarket Newmarket Equine Hospital Supports Racing Welfare Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 3/10 4¾ 8-13 7090A80A Harry Davies 11/1
25 May 24+40d Salisbury William Hill Extra Place Races Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 2/10 1½ 9-0 6886A81A Joe Leavy 7/1
15 Apr 24+165d Kempton (AW) Racing Tv Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 8/11 1¼ 9-9 7078A62A Tom Marquand 7/2F
2023 · 3 runs
02 Nov 23+14d Chelmsford City (AW) Ebf Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 3/8 4¼ 9-4 —71A71A Harry Davies 5/1
19 Oct 23+12d Chelmsford City (AW) CCR Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 2/7 6 9-7 —83A83A Harry Davies 25/1
07 Oct 23 Redcar Racing TV EBF Stallions Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 shd 9-4 —73C73A Ben Curtis 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Wonder Smile won?
Wonder Smile (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 6 times in total (66.7% of starts).
Who trained Wonder Smile?
Wonder Smile (IRE) was trained by Hugo Palmer on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 5 September 2024.
Who is Wonder Smile's sire?
Wonder Smile (IRE) is by Exceed and Excel (AUS) out of Facilitate (GB), whose sire is Bated Breath.
What is Wonder Smile's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 68, from the run on 5 September 2024. The highest on record is 70.
What is Wonder Smile's sire's record?
Exceed and Excel (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 16,036 runs since Apr 2008 (1,161 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
Who are Wonder Smile's siblings?
Out of Facilitate (GB), Wonder Smile (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Obtain (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Obtain (GB)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 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.