Horse profile
Ardennes (IRE)
3yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2025) · Last trainer Michael Appleby · Last owner Chris Priestley Dave Flynn
by Soldier's Call (GB) out of Girl Invader (GB) (Foxwedge)
17 runs · 9 courses · from May 2024
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Sep 2025 — 391 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2025 · 13th of 14
Won at Salisbury
Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile
Ardennes won once from 17 starts, the success coming in a Class 4 novice at Salisbury over 6f – 7f on good to firm in Jun 2024. All wins at Class 4. The gelding, by Soldier’s Call, has recorded no wins from nine starts on the all-weather. He finished 13 of 14 at Southwell in Sep 2025 when last raced off OR 72, 12lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Won on turf, 0 on AW
Win at Class 4
OR ↓ 12lb off peak
- 1–17Wins / Runs
- 5.9%Strike rate
- 5 (29.4%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 0.70Fair A/E n=17 · 0.60 incl. margin
- 84Highest OR
- 30dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating72↓ 12lb off peak
72
72–84
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 89
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 103A | 80 | — |
| Good | 3 | 83A | 71 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 98A | 69 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 10 | 103A | 81 | — |
| Under 6f | 6 | 83A | 73 | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style from 7 analysed runs
- Prominent 3 (43%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (29%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (14%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,091 runs since Jan 2008 (215 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 13.2% from 197. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.1% from 241.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 335 | 32 | 9.6% | +0.5 | 1 from 3 |
| Good | 581 | 49 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 197 | 26 | 13.2% | +4.1 | — |
| Soft | 258 | 22 | 8.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 78 | 6 | 7.7% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 630 | 55 | 8.7% | −0.4 | 0 from 9 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 702 | 79 | 11.3% | +2.2 | 0 from 6 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,011 | 90 | 8.9% | −0.2 | 1 from 11 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 241 | 10 | 4.1% | −5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 75 | 7 | 9.3% | +0.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | +0.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 19 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Girl Invader (GB) (Foxwedge)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xenacontessa (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 33% | +9.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +3.00 |
| Class 2 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| York | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Salisbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | +10.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 11 | 1 | 9% | +1.00 |
| Under 6f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Larson | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 4 | 1 | 25% | +8.00 |
| Ray Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 14 | 1 | 7% | −2.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +3.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Sep 25+25d | Southwell (AW) | Free Bets On attheraces.com Handicap (Div 2) Settled in mid-pack early - drifted left under pressure over 2f out - driven approaching final furlong but couldn't find any response - faded to finish well held | 13/14 | ½ | 9-8 | 72 | 75B | 58A | Ray Dawson | 12/1 |
| 27 Aug 25+15d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Zero% Mission (London Sprint Series Qual) Handicap Set the pace early - pressed for effort with 2f left and lost command approaching the final furlong - dropped away close home to finish 8th | 8/11 | 1¾ | 8-12 | 74 | 89A | 67A | Tom Marquand | 25/1 |
| 12 Aug 25+45d | Lingfield (AW) | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap (AWT) Went straight to front - pushed along and lost command inside final furlong - dropped away quickly to finish 12th | 12/12 | ½ | 9-2 | 77 | — | 63A | Alistair Rawlinson | 66/1 |
| 28 Jun 25+64d | York | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sprint Handicap Handy in the middle pack near the stands rail - squeezed for room and dropped back approaching 2f out - a long way adrift from 1f out | 18/18 | 18 | 9-4 | 80 | -12C | 54C | Jason Hart | 80/1 |
| 25 Apr 25+18d | Sandown | bet365 Handicap Handy early - hit front 3f out then driven and lost lead 2f out - faded quickly late to finish well held | 9/9 | 9½ | 8-5 | 81 | 71C | 30C | Frederick Larson | 20/1 |
| 07 Apr 25+68d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Drifted slightly left from the stalls - settled near the back and was niggled at approaching 2f out - unable to make ground and finished well held | 11/11 | 3 | 9-7 | 82 | 62A | 46A | Frederick Larson | 18/1 |
| 29 Jan 25+20d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Sent to front early - driven along and battled on approaching the final furlong - overtaken and unable to match winner's finishing speed close home - finished second beaten just over a length | 2/12 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 80 | 102A | 91A | Frederick Larson | 18/1 |
| 09 Jan 25+11d | Lingfield (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap dislodged jockey beforehand - drifted left at the break - settled in 5th off the leaders - urged approaching halfway then dropped away and faded out of contention | 8/8 | 3½ | 9-6 | 82 | 81A | 39A | Frederick Larson | 8/1 |
| 29 Dec 24+25d | Southwell (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Nursery Went straight to front - drifted right approaching final furlong then overtaken and unable to match winner's speed - denied second right at the line | 3/7 | nk | 9-5 | 82 | 79A | 83A | Frederick Larson | 7/4F |
| 04 Dec 24+54d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Extra Place Races Nursery Travelled keenly early - hit front and pushed along a furlong out - overtaken close home to finish second | 2/9 | 1½ | 9-6 | 81 | 103A | 88A | Frederick Larson | 15/2 |
| 11 Oct 24+8d | York | Parsonage Hotel And Cloisters Spa Nursery Settled at the rear - made little impact through the race - finished well off the pace in 6th | 6/10 | 1¾ | 8-12 | 83 | 82A | 75A | Hollie Doyle | 9/1 |
| 03 Oct 24+40d | Salisbury | British Ebf Joan Snow Memorial Conditions Stakes (GBB Race) Held up eagerly with the pack early - pushed into it approaching final furlong - stayed on but faded to finish fifth | 5/6 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 83 | 81B | 73B | Tom Marquand | 6/1 |
| 24 Aug 24+22d | York | Julia Graves Roses Stakes (Listed) Racing handily early - pressed for effort with 2f left and dropped away - faded inside final furlong - finished well beaten in 12th | 12/16 | 2 | 9-2 | 84 | 61C | 67A | James Doyle | 16/1 |
| 02 Aug 24+34d | Goodwood | Hawes & Curtis Nursery Went clear early - shaken up and lost front spot inside last - unable to find more late - finished 4th beaten 2.5 lengths | 4/16 | nk | 9-3 | 84 | 69C | 96A | Tom Marquand | 15/2 |
| 29 Jun 24+18d | Newcastle (AW) | Winners Wear Skopes Menswear EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/9 | 2 | 9-9 | — | 71A | 86A | Hector Crouch | 10/3 |
| 11 Jun 24+18d | Salisbury | Danny McNab Bookmakers British EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 1/12 | 9-4 | — | 98A | 93A | Tom Marquand | 11/1 | |
| 24 May 24 | Bath | M J Church Contracting Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 6/8 | 1 | 9-4 | — | 83A | 75A | Billy Loughnane | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ardennes (IRE) won?
- Ardennes (IRE) won 1 of 17 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 5.9%. Placed 5 times in total (29.4% of starts).
- Who trained Ardennes (IRE)?
- Ardennes (IRE) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 21 September 2025.
- Who is Ardennes (IRE)'s sire?
- Ardennes (IRE) is by Soldier's Call (GB) out of Girl Invader (GB), whose sire is Foxwedge.
- What going does Ardennes (IRE) prefer?
- Ardennes (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ardennes (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 21 September 2025. The highest on record is 84.
- What is Ardennes (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Soldier's Call (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,091 runs since Jan 2008 (215 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 13.2% from 197. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.1% from 241.
- Who are Ardennes (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Girl Invader (GB), Ardennes (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.