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Horse profile

Best Path (FR)

3yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2022) · Last trainer Daniela Mele · Last owner Daniela Mele
by Pastorius (GER) out of Shawnee's Best (FR) (King's Best)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2022
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Dec 2022 — 1,424 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2022 · 5th of 13
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Sep 2022 and Dec 2022, the last of them as a 3yo gelding. Finished 5 of 13 at Auteuil (FR) last time. By Pastorius (GER), whose progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 749 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

No KTB Rating figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 749 runs since Jan 2008 (118 horses).

Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.8% from 107.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1417.1%−5.5—
Good851214.1%+1.5—
Good to Soft901718.9%+6.3—
Soft2602810.8%−1.8—
Heavy2173114.3%+1.70 from 2
Standard (AW)8156.2%−6.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−12.6—
6f – 7f2428.3%−4.3—
1m – 1m1f6857.4%−5.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1741810.3%−2.3—
1m5f – 2m1071917.8%+5.2—
2m1f – 2m4f3044113.5%+0.90 from 2
2m5f – 3m67913.4%+0.8—
Over 3m400%−12.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shawnee's Best (FR) (King's Best)

5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Best Step (FR) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Best Step (FR)1311m—
Best Stroke (FR)80——
Best Tidings (FR)10——
Best Summer (FR)20——
My Best Vow (FR)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
2022 · 2 runs
03 Dec 22+85d Auteuil (FR) Prix Fifrelet (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (3yo) (Turf) 18f · Heavy · 13 ran 5/13 5 10-4 Theo Chevillard 38/1
09 Sep 22 Compiegne (FR) Prix Nuage (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 17f · Heavy · 6 ran UR/6 — 10-3 Raphael Mayeur 31/1

Quick answers

How many races has Best Path won?
Best Path (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2022.
Who trained Best Path?
Best Path (FR) was trained by Daniela Mele on the most recent run on record, at Auteuil (FR) on 3 December 2022.
Who is Best Path's sire?
Best Path (FR) is by Pastorius (GER) out of Shawnee's Best (FR), whose sire is King's Best.
What is Best Path's sire's record?
Pastorius (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 749 runs since Jan 2008 (118 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.8% from 107.
Who are Best Path's siblings?
Out of Shawnee's Best (FR), Best Path (FR) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Best Step (FR) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2022. 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.