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Hoe Joly Smoke: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Hoe Joly Smoke is an 8-year-old gelding by Black Sam Bellamy, trained by Dan Skelton. He has won 3 of 17 starts and placed in 8 more, for £83,403 in prize money. His best trip is 3m, where 2 wins from 4 is a 50% strike rate against 8% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:55 at Kelso on 16 September, where the best price is 8/13 with Bet365. His best performance rating is 129, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 17
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 11
  • Strike rate 18%
  • Prize money £83,403
  • Best rating 129
  • Official rating 122

Where Hoe Joly Smoke runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:55 Kelso Borders Carers Centre Novices' Hurdle Race (GBB Race) 8/13 Bet365 bet365

Hoe Joly Smoke form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
4 Sep 26 Bangor-on-Dee North Wales Business Day Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race) Class 4 2m 3.5f Good 1 — 13/8 Harry Skelton 122
13 May 26 Newton Abbot St. Austell Brewery Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 3m 2f Good 2 43 11/8 Harry Skelton 128
17 Apr 26 Ayr Hillhouse Quarry Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 4.5f Soft 6 20.75 9/4F Harry Skelton 130
21 Feb 26 Kempton Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 3m Good To Soft 6 7.75 7/1 Harry Skelton 131
13 Dec 25 Cheltenham Support The Hunt Family Fund December Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 2m 4.5f Good To Soft 5 9.5 11/2 Harry Skelton 131
15 Nov 25 Cheltenham Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase (In Memory Of Edward O'Grady) (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 2m 4f Soft 3 6.25 9/1 Kielan Woods 131
25 Oct 25 Cheltenham William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 3m 1f Good 3 3.5 12/1 Harry Skelton 129
26 Apr 25 Sandown bet365 Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 3m 4.5f Good PU - 16/1 Harry Skelton 130
8 Mar 25 Sandown Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 3m Good 1 — 9/4F Harry Skelton 127
28 Dec 24 Newbury Coral Mandarin Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 3m 2f Good To Soft 5 35 5/2F Harry Skelton 127
6 Dec 24 Sandown Bet At Your Best With Betfair Handicap Chase Class 3 3m Soft 1 — 9/4F Harry Skelton 120
18 Oct 24 Uttoxeter QuinnBet Daily Free Bet Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 4f Good To Soft 2 5.5 13/8F Harry Skelton 119
1 Dec 23 Newbury Play Coral 'Racing-Super-Series' For Free Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 3m Good To Soft 2 5.5 7/2 Harry Skelton 118
31 Oct 23 Chepstow Vickers.Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 2m 3.5f Good To Soft 3 7.75 10/3 Harry Skelton 119
4 Mar 23 Kelso bet365 Premier Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 2m 2f Good To Soft PU - 20/1 Harry Skelton 120
3 Feb 23 Chepstow Download Vickers.Bet App EBF Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good To Soft 3 3.25 10/3 Harry Skelton –
25 Oct 22 Chepstow Download The Vickers.Bet App Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 2m 3.5f Good To Soft 2 3.25 11/4F Harry Skelton –

Last time out

Finished 1 in the North Wales Business Day Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race) at Bangor-on-Dee on 4 September 2026. Set the pace from the start - given a squeeze approaching the final fence - stayed on to win.

Hoe Joly Smoke by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
24f 4 2 50% —
19.5f 3 1 33% —
26f 2 0 0% —
20.5f 2 0 0% —
20f 2 0 0% —
25f 1 0 0% —
28.5f 1 0 0% —
18f 1 0 0% —
16f 1 0 0% —

Hoe Joly Smoke by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good To Soft 9 0 0% —
Good 5 2 40% —
Soft 3 1 33% —

Hoe Joly Smoke by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Cheltenham 3 0 0% —
Sandown 3 2 67% —
Chepstow 3 0 0% —
Newbury 2 0 0% —
Bangor-on-Dee 1 1 100% —
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% —
Ayr 1 0 0% —
Kempton 1 0 0% —
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% —
Kelso 1 0 0% —

Hoe Joly Smoke breeding

  • Sire Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)
  • Dam My Miss Lucy (GB)
  • Damsire Alflora (IRE)
  • Breeder John Benfield
  • Foaled 18 March 2018

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