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D J G Murray Smith

25 runners in the lifetime window · 10 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jul 2008 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
1–25
Wins / Runs
4%
Strike rate
n=25
2 (8%)
Placed
0.78
Fair A/E
n=25 · 0.66 incl. margin
−12.00
£1 level stake
n=25 at SP · −48.0%
£7,542
Prize money (window)

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−4.0
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.0
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.0
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−4.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−4.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−4.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Headgear figures use the true-first definition (first gear appearance in the captured career); returns are gear back on after a bare run. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good to Firm 10 1 10% +3.00
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Chester 5 0 0% −5.00
Nottingham 3 0 0% −3.00
Beverley 3 1 33.3% +10.00
Ripon 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Musselburgh 2 0 0% −2.00
Redcar 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 4 8 1 12.5% +5.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
4th–6th fav 7 1 14.3% 2.38 +6.00
7th+ in betting 16 0 0% 0.00 −16.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Piper's Song (IRE)from Henry Candy · then Brendan Powell 6 1 1 29 Jul 08
Quest For Success (IRE)from Richard Fahey · then Richard Fahey 4 0 1 5 Jul 08
Peckforton (GB)then Lisa Williamson 3 0 0 29 Jul 08
Artesium (GB)then Richard Fahey 3 0 0 23 Jul 08
Elusive Deal (USA)from Richard Fahey · then Lisa Williamson 2 0 0 1 Jul 08
Broken Applause (IRE)from Richard Fahey · then Richard Fahey 2 0 0 2 Jun 08
Rubenstar (IRE)from Mark H Tompkins · then Patrick Morris 2 0 0 6 May 08
Graycliffe (IRE)then Richard Fahey 1 0 0 20 Jul 08
Cognac Boy (USA)then Richard Hannon Snr 1 0 0 10 Jun 08
Maigh Eo (IRE)then Patrick Morris 1 0 0 11 Apr 08
All 10 horses sent out in this window. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 10 horses listed, 5 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Richard Fahey (3); 5 had their first archived run for this yard.

10 have since run for another yard, most often for Richard Fahey (4) and Lisa Williamson (2).

Read from each listed horse's whole archived career (2005 onwards), not only this window, and counted over the horses listed above, not the whole string. “First archived run” means our archive holds nothing earlier, not that the horse was unraced. A horse with no later run elsewhere may still be here, be off the track, or have run somewhere our archive does not cover — none of that is asserted.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Pat Cosgrave 19 1 5.3% −6.00
Dale Gibson 4 0 0% −4.00
Marc Halford 1 0 0% −1.00
Steve Drowne 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
1
Archived wins
£7,542
Prize money
2008
Best season · 1 win
Piper's Song (IRE) — St John Ambulance Handicap Beverley · Jun 2008 · Class 4
£4,209
Notable horses
Piper's Song (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Distant Music (USA) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 8.1% of 1,086 runs since 2008 (79 horses).
Noverre (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 10.7% of 3,831 runs since 2008 (235 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 13.7% from 803. Weakest on Soft going: 6.9% from 407.
Haafhd (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 10.9% of 4,750 runs since 2008 (305 horses).
Needwood Blade (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 7.9% of 2,746 runs since 2008 (187 horses).
Acclamation (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10% of 19,685 runs since 2008 (1,326 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
Elusive Quality (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 12.3% of 3,387 runs since 2008 (333 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.9% from 280. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 319.
Top line: the yard's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 22 Oct 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

all 25 archived runs · newest first

Every one of D J G Murray Smith's 25 archived runners, from 11 April 2008 to 29 July 2008, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Jul 08 Beverley Piper's Song (IRE)J: Pat Cosgrave Wilford Watts Memorial HandicapClass 4 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7th 12/1
29 Jul 08 Beverley Peckforton (GB)J: Dale Gibson Book Online Maiden Auction Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 11th 100/1
23 Jul 08 Catterick Artesium (GB)J: Pat Cosgrave Yorkshire Radio Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9th 50/1
20 Jul 08 Redcar Graycliffe (IRE)J: Pat Cosgrave European Breeders' Fund Maiden Stakes (Div I)Class 5 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 4th 40/1
12 Jul 08 Chester Peckforton (GB)J: Marc Halford totesport.com Maiden Auction StakesClass 5 · 5f · Good · 9 ran 8th 50/1
12 Jul 08 Chester Piper's Song (IRE)J: Pat Cosgrave totesport 0800 221 221 HandicapClass 4 · 10.5f · Good · 14 ran 6th 11/1
05 Jul 08 Nottingham Piper's Song (IRE)J: Pat Cosgrave Matthews & Tannert HandicapClass 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 4th 5/1
05 Jul 08 Haydock Quest For Success (IRE)J: Pat Cosgrave Poker At Bet365 HandicapClass 3 · 6f · Soft · 14 ran 14th 33/1
01 Jul 08 Hamilton Elusive Deal (USA)J: Pat Cosgrave Daily Record HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Good · 11 ran 9th 16/1
30 Jun 08 Wolverhampton (AW) Artesium (GB)J: Pat Cosgrave E.B.F. Register Now at betdaqpoker.co.uk Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 28/1
24 Jun 08 Beverley Piper's Song (IRE)J: Pat Cosgrave St John Ambulance HandicapClass 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1st 12/1
19 Jun 08 Ripon Artesium (GB)J: Pat Cosgrave E.B.F. Ingham Underwriting Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Soft · 6 ran 4th 14/1
18 Jun 08 Ripon Quest For Success (IRE)J: Dale Gibson Norman Wells Memorial Challenge Trophy HandicapClass 3 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7th 20/1
10 Jun 08 Chester Elusive Deal (USA)J: Pat Cosgrave Daniel Stewart HandicapClass 5 · 10.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 5th 25/1
10 Jun 08 Chester Piper's Song (IRE)J: Pat Cosgrave Hoole Hall HandicapClass 4 · 10.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4th 20/1
10 Jun 08 Chester Cognac Boy (USA)J: Pat Cosgrave highstreetvouchers.com E.B.F. Maiden StakesClass 4 · 5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 9th 5/1
02 Jun 08 Leicester Broken Applause (IRE)J: Dale Gibson Charnwood Forest Fillies' Conditions StakesClass 2 · 7f · Good · 8 ran 7th 16/1
29 May 08 Newcastle Piper's Song (IRE)J: Pat Cosgrave Decke Newcastle Ltd HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 11th 22/1
24 May 08 Newmarket Quest For Success (IRE)J: Steve Drowne coral.co.uk Sprint Heritage HandicapClass 2 · 6f · Firm · 14 ran 10th 25/1
12 May 08 Wolverhampton (AW) Peckforton (GB)J: Pat Cosgrave Online At wolverhampton-Racecourse.co.uk Maiden Auction StksClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 33/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is D J G Murray Smith's strike rate?
D J G Murray Smith has won 1 of 25 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 runners, so read the count before the percentage.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).