Find out what the popular grey racehorse Smad Place is up to now

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Smad Place ridden by Wayne Hutchinson on his way to winning The 188Bet Monets Garden Old Roan Ltd Handicap Steeple Chase at Aintree Racecourse in 2017.
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Smad Place, who was trained by Alan King and owned by Mrs Peter Andrews for most of his racing career, won his British debut by 27 lengths. The popular grey went on to contest many top-class hurdle races, finishing third in successive Stayers’ Hurdles at the Cheltenham Festival and taking second place in the Long Walk at Ascot in 2012.

Second by just a neck in the 2014 RSA Chase (now Brown Advisory) and an easy winner of the Ladbrokes Trophy (then the Hennessy Gold Cup) the following year, Smad Place was subsequently victorious in the Cotswold Chase when beating Many Clouds by 12 lengths. While racing he won nine of his 37 starts, clocking up £493,976 in the process, with Wayne Hutchinson most often seen in the saddle.

Gemma Redrup
Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.