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Avant Nous (FR)

4yo filly · Trainer S Smrczek · Owner Stall Burg Nanstein
11 runs · 6 courses · from Oct 2024
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 11 Aug 2026 · 13th of 16 Last raced off OR 75
KTB Profile

Avant Nous is a maiden who has yet to win from 11 starts but has placed five times. Her best effort came when second of 12 at Longchamp in Jun 2026. She has raced mainly at 1m to 1m1f on all-weather and good ground. The filly finished 13 of 16 in a class 2 race at Deauville in Aug 2026.

Based on 11 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
Official rating75↓ 1lb off peak
75 75–76

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 61 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Curragh, 25 May 2025

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 3 figures · best 87C · median 66
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good387C66—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f287C74—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 80A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 5 Oct 2024 Official rating 75 at the last run, 11 Aug 2026

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 3 figures · best 80A · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good380A77—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f277A71.5—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 4 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 3 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Mid-division 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 1,704 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses).

Strongest on good going: 15.6% from 262. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.8% from 387. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 18.6% from 226. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.4% from 478.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm4149.8%−1.5—
Good2624115.6%+4.30 from 4
Good to Soft3083310.7%−0.6—
Soft4695611.9%+0.60 from 1
Heavy2342812%+0.7—
Standard (AW)387307.8%−3.50 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f13215.4%+4.1—
6f – 7f2322912.5%+1.20 from 1
1m – 1m1f478265.4%−5.90 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f5256111.6%+0.30 from 3
1m5f – 2m2264218.6%+7.3—
2m1f – 2m4f2032713.3%+2—
2m5f – 3m27622.2%+10.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them My Way (FR) (1 win).

The wins came over 6f–1m1½f.

Family form: La Baraka (FR) won at Marseille Borely (FR), 12 Oct 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
My Way (FR)1111m1½f—
La Baraka (FR)816f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chantilly (FR) 5 0 0% −5.00
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Deauville (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Cristian Demuro 5 0 0% −5.00
W J Lee 3 0 0% −3.00
Malone Favriaux 2 0 0% −2.00
Enzo Corallo 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
Blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00
None 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 7 0 0% −7.00
2025 3 0 0% −3.00
2024 1 0 0% −1.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 7 runs
11 Aug 26+23d Deauville (FR) Prix Des Collectivites Locales Class 2 · 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 13/16 3½ 8-4 75—— Malone Favriaux 10/1
19 Jul 26+15d Chantilly (FR) Prix Sans Souci Ii Class 3 · 10f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 hd 8-12 75—— Cristian Demuro 15/8F
04 Jul 26+19d Deauville (AW) Prix De Graignes Handicap - Awt 9.5f · Standard To Slow · 15 ran 3/15 hd 8-13 75—— Cristian Demuro 7/2J
15 Jun 26+27d Longchamp (FR) Prix du Jardin de l'Avre (Handicap) (Turf) 9f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 ½ 9-6 75—— Cristian Demuro 37/10F
19 May 26+21d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Foret du Lys (Handicap) (All Weather) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 15 ran 2/15 nk 9-3 75—— Cristian Demuro 17/1
28 Apr 26+82d Chantilly (FR) Prix de l'Arrondissement de Senlis (Handicap) (All Weather) 9.5f · Standard · 15 ran 4/15 ¾ 9-5 75—— Cristian Demuro 30/1
05 Feb 26+48d Chantilly (FR) Prix du Marais du Lys (Conditions Race) (All Weather) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 13 ran 8/13 hd 8-13 76—— Enzo Corallo 36/1
2025 · 3 runs
19 Dec 25+181d Chantilly (FR) Prix Harry Grimshaw (Claimer) (3yo) (Apprentice & Young Jockeys) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 8f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 1½ 8-5 ——— Malone Favriaux 19/5F
21 Jun 25+27d Down Royal Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 10.5f · Good · 8 ran Up with the pace and hit the front approaching 2f - urged on but overtaken with 2f left then slipped to 5th inside final furlong - faded late 5/8 7 9-3 —87C66C W J Lee 2/1J
25 May 25+232d Curragh Glenroyal Hotel And Shoda Cafe Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden 10f · Good · 10 ran Settled midpack early - improved into range approaching 2f out - pushed into 4th inside final furlong - held on for third in the closing stages 3/10 4¾ 9-3 —61A77A W J Lee 3/1
2024 · 1 run
05 Oct 24 Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden 7f · Good · 16 ran Settled in the pack early - moved up into 5th approaching 3f out - pushed into 2nd inside the final 2f - dropped back and faded through the finish 5/16 1 9-2 —66C80A W J Lee 13/2

Quick answers

How many races has Avant Nous won?
Avant Nous (FR) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2024 and 2026. Placed 5 times in total (45.5% of starts).
Who trains Avant Nous?
Avant Nous (FR) is trained by S Smrczek, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 August 2026.
Who is Avant Nous's sire?
Avant Nous (FR) is by Galiway (GB) out of Lady Lay (FR), whose sire is Mehmas.
What is Avant Nous's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 11 August 2026. The highest on record is 76.
What is Avant Nous's sire's record?
Galiway (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 1,704 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 15.6% from 262. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.8% from 387. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 18.6% from 226. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.4% from 478.
Who are Avant Nous's siblings?
Out of Lady Lay (FR), Avant Nous (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: My Way (FR) (1). The wins came over 6f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.