One Smack Mac
One Smack Mac broke through as a four-year-old when it won at Naas on 11 May 2024, but that success looks increasingly distant. The horse has not won in the thirty months since, adding four more top-3 finishes to a career tally of one win and four top-3 finishes from 13 races — a win rate of roughly 1 in 12 attempts. Recent form has been unrewarding: in its last six races it finished 15th, 11th, 18th, 9th, 28th and 13th, none of them close enough to the frame to keep hope alive.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Emma Banks David Manasseh Austin Whelan
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
What does work for One Smack Mac is shorter distance racing. Over 5 furlongs to 6½ furlongs it has won one of three races, a win rate of 33 percent that stands out sharply against the overall record. The horse races for trainer Jamie Osborne's Upper Lambourn yard, which has been in good form this season with 48 winners, though One Smack Mac has not been part of that success. In the saddle, the horse has been ridden most often by Colin Keane, winning one of seven races together at a rate of 14 percent — still better than the overall average, though the recent downward spiral suggests neither horse nor rider has found a consistent rhythm. At four years old and still active, One Smack Mac remains a work in progress, but time is running out to return to the form that brought that single win two and a half years ago.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 4 starts (25%)
✔ Well suited by 5f – 6½f distances: 33% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_firm ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Struggles on RH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 5 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Oct
15th
Leicester
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 18 runners
3 Sep
11th
Salisbury
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Soft · 11 runners
29 Jul
18th
Goodwood
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 20 runners
4 Jul
9th
Newmarket
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
17 Jun
28th
Ascot
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Firm · 30 runners
13 Sep
13th
Leopardstown
7f – 1m · Good_To_Yielding · 16 runners
21 Jun
15th
Ascot
7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm · 15 runners
18 May
2nd
Naas
7f – 1m · Good · 10 runners
6 Apr
3rd
Cork
5f – 6½f · Good · 9 runners
23 Mar
4th
Naas
1m1f – 1m2f · Soft_To_Heavy · 7 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Naas Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 1 second, 1 other |
18 May |
33.3% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
13 Sep |
0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
17 Jun |
0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
6 Apr |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
13 Oct |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
23 Sep |
0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
3 Sep |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
29 Jul |
0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Jul |
0% |