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V Smith

112 runners in the lifetime window · 23 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Sep 2008 92% 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.
10–112
Wins / Runs
8.9%
Strike rate
n=112
28 (25%)
Placed
0.85
Fair A/E
n=111 · 0.73 incl. margin
−47.13
£1 level stake
n=112 at SP · −42.1%
£43,279
Prize money (window)
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 110 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 9% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.85).

Deterministic profile computed from 112 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 9.4%
The read

The yard also read well on Standard (AW) going (13.6%, n=59) and over 6f – 7f (12.9%, n=31). One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Skybet.com Autumn Stakes at Salisbury (Oct 2005, £23,200). The stable star of the record was Majestical (IRE) — 5 wins from 26 runs for the yard.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−8.9
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
25%+16.1
n=8 · A/E 2.46 · £1 +6.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−8.9
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−8.9
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−8.9
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
When favourite
0%
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
9.4%+0.5
n=32 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −5.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.9% 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.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
On Standard (AW) going 13.6% vs 8.9% · n=59
With a new jockey booking 5% vs 8.9% · n=60
Over 6f – 7f 12.9% vs 8.9% · n=31
In Class 6 11.3% vs 8.9% · n=53
In Class 5 6.5% vs 8.9% · n=31
Descriptive splits ranked by divergence × sample — insight, not instruction. Every angle carries its N; nothing under 30 runs qualifies. Rows within 2pts of the baseline appear only when the market-relative read (Fair A/E) diverges, and show it.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Flat 103 10 9.7% −38.13
Hurdle 9 0 0% −9.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 59 8 13.6% −6.13
Good to Firm 22 2 9.1% −10.00
Good 19 0 0% −19.00
Good to Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kempton (AW) 17 3 17.6% +2.50
Southwell (AW) 16 1 6.3% −8.00
Lingfield (AW) 16 3 18.8% +6.75
Newmarket 11 0 0% −11.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 9 1 11.1% −6.38
Yarmouth 7 1 14.3% −3.50
Brighton 5 1 20% +3.50
Southwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Newmarket 3 0 0% −3.00
Doncaster 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield 2 0 0% −2.00
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Folkestone 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 53 6 11.3% −9.63
Class 5 31 2 6.5% −23.50
Class 4 12 0 0% −12.00
Class 3 9 1 11.1% −2.00
Class 2 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 7 1 1 100% +6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 12 1 8.3% 0.32 −8.25
2nd–3rd fav 26 4 15.4% 0.89 −10.38
4th–6th fav 33 5 15.2% 1.86 +12.50
7th+ in betting 41 0 0% 0.00 −41.00
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
Just Intersky (USA)from Richard Whitaker · then Hugh Collingridge 16 1 4 16 Aug 08
Majestical (IRE)from Milton Bradley · then Ronald Harris 11 2 2 7 Jul 08
Diademas (USA)from Jamie Osborne · then M J Gingell 11 0 5 14 Jun 08
Capitalise (IRE)from Jeremy Glover · then Gay Kelleway 10 3 6 31 May 08
Miss Tilen (GB) 9 0 0 3 Sep 08
Nothingtodeclaire (GB)from G A Huffer · then Amy Weaver 9 0 0 3 Sep 08
Bad Beat (GB) 7 1 3 1 Aug 08
Tapas Lad (IRE)then Graham Smith 7 1 1 26 Feb 08
Tender The Great (IRE)then Hugh Collingridge 6 0 1 3 Sep 08
Royal Tender (IRE)then Hugh Collingridge 5 0 1 3 Sep 08
Dalkey Girl (IRE)then Marco Botti 4 0 0 21 Jun 08
Multi Tasker (GB)then Miss J R Tooth 4 0 0 12 May 08
All 23 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 23 horses listed, 11 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Michael Wigham (4); 12 had their first archived run for this yard.

18 have since run for another yard, most often for Hugh Collingridge (4) and Gay Kelleway (3); 5 have no later run for another yard in our archive.

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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
9833780700···
A flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Chris Catlin 11 0 0% −11.00
William Buick 10 3 30% +17.50
Jerry O'Dwyer 10 1 10% −2.00
Ashley Morgan 9 1 11.1% −3.50
Neil Callan 7 0 0% −7.00
David Kinsella 7 0 0% −7.00
Philip Hide 5 0 0% −5.00
Simon Whitworth 4 1 25% +3.00
George Baker 3 1 33.3% +0.75
Charles Eddery 3 0 0% −3.00
Saleem Golam 3 0 0% −3.00
Dean McKeown 3 0 0% −3.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
42
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£254k
Prize money
2006
Best season · 14 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
Blitzkrieg (IRE) — Skybet.com Autumn Stakes (Group 3) Salisbury · Oct 2005 · Group 3
£23,200
Sharadi (IRE) — Toteexacta Pontefract Handicap Pontefract · Jun 2005 · Class 4
£6,698
Benllech (GB) — Book Now For Easter Saturday Handicap Kempton (AW) · Mar 2008 · Class 3
£6,544
Notable horses
Majestical (IRE) Capitalise (IRE) Vacation (IRE) Lenoir (GER) Just Intersky (USA) Mister Incredible (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Distant View (USA) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 5.2% of 249 runs since 2008 (23 horses).
Fayruz (GB) 18.2% · 2–11
Progeny have won 7.4% of 620 runs since 2008 (43 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.3% from 151.
Grand Slam (USA) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 10.9% of 467 runs since 2008 (54 horses).
City On A Hill (USA) 30% · 3–10
Progeny have won 9.8% of 632 runs since 2008 (34 horses).
Tipsy Creek (USA) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 6.8% of 443 runs since 2008 (30 horses).
Tobougg (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 8.5% of 6,096 runs since 2008 (464 horses).
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 15 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

latest 50 of 604 · newest first

The latest 50 of 604 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 10 January 2005 to 3 September 2008.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
03 Sep 08 Brighton Nothingtodeclaire (GB)J: Nicol Polli Bet365 Best Odds Guaranteed Every Race Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good · 13 ran 12th 25/1
03 Sep 08 Brighton Royal Tender (IRE)J: William Buick Matthew Clark Wines & Spirits Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 8th 25/1
03 Sep 08 Brighton Tender The Great (IRE)J: Chris Catlin Bet365 Best Odds Guaranteed On Every Race HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good · 15 ran 11th 8/1
03 Sep 08 Hereford Miss Tilen (GB)J: Philip Hide Echo Falls Juvenile Fillies Only Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 11 ran PU 40/1
22 Aug 08 Newmarket Deckchair (GB)J: David Kinsella E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 2)Class 4 · 7f · Good · 17 ran 13th 100/1
18 Aug 08 Yarmouth Miss Tilen (GB)J: Matthew Henry Firstbet 50 Matched Telephone Betting 0800 230 0800 HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 11th 100/1
16 Aug 08 Newmarket Just Intersky (USA)J: J-P Guillambert Lloyds TSB 'For The Journey' HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good · 12 ran 5th 12/1
15 Aug 08 Newmarket Tender The Great (IRE)J: Richard Kingscote Walker Transport Services Fillies' HandicapClass 3 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 7th 16/1
08 Aug 08 Newmarket Just Intersky (USA)J: Charles Eddery davidcroft.co.uk HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3rd 33/1
07 Aug 08 Yarmouth Miss Tilen (GB)J: Charles Eddery Great Yarmouth Mercury Selling StakesClass 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7th 10/1
06 Aug 08 Brighton Tender The Great (IRE)J: Richard Kingscote John Smith's Brighton Mile Challenge Trophy HandicapClass 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 3rd 16/1
01 Aug 08 Newmarket Bad Beat (GB)J: Ted Durcan Home Of Racing Novice StakesClass 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 2nd 11/2
01 Aug 08 Newmarket Royal Tender (IRE)J: David Kinsella NGK Spark Plugs Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2nd 22/1
30 Jul 08 Kempton (AW) Just Intersky (USA)J: Charles Eddery Digibet HandicapClass 5 · 16f · Standard · 7 ran 5th 16/1
30 Jul 08 Redcar Miss Tilen (GB)J: Dale Gibson Weddings At Redcar HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 15th 66/1
29 Jul 08 Worcester Nothingtodeclaire (GB)J: Philip Hide Ladbrokes Selling HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 10th 11/1
28 Jul 08 Yarmouth Royal Tender (IRE)J: Saleem Golam Shirley Gill Memorial HandicapClass 6 · 16f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9th 33/1
26 Jul 08 Newmarket Tender The Great (IRE)J: Saleem Golam Turftv HandicapClass 3 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9th 33/1
22 Jul 08 Yarmouth Wouldn'titbenice (GB)J: Chris Catlin Lindley Catering Selling StakesClass 6 · 10f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3rd 5/2F
20 Jul 08 Stratford Nothingtodeclaire (GB)J: Philip Hide Draycotts Electrical Engineers Novices' HurdleClass 3 · 16.5f · Good · 11 ran 5th 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 V Smith's strike rate?
V Smith has won 10 of 112 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.9% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is V Smith's Fair A/E?
0.85, from 111 runners with a computed fair probability since 2008. Fair A/E compares actual wins with a margin-stripped market expectation, so 1.00 is par: above it the wins came at bigger prices than the margin-free market implied, below it they did not.
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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).