Best Summer (FR)
Best Summer is a lightly raced mare with no wins or places from two starts between Sep 2025 and Dec 2025, both over 2m1f – 2m4f on turf. She ran on heavy ground at Auteuil in Sep 2025 and on soft ground at Pau in Dec 2025. Her last run at Pau in Dec 2025 was her first for trainer Guillaume Soulie. By Sommerabend whose progeny have won 88 of 1,173 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip under 6f her dam has produced one winner from five runners that have run.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 92dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
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
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
Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 1,187 runs since Jan 2008 (133 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.5% from 105.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −7.5 | — |
| Good | 123 | 6 | 4.9% | −2.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 216 | 14 | 6.5% | −1 | — |
| Soft | 284 | 27 | 9.5% | +2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 117 | 11 | 9.4% | +1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 443 | 31 | 7% | −0.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 105 | 11 | 10.5% | +3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 424 | 26 | 6.1% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 377 | 27 | 7.2% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 176 | 10 | 5.7% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 38 | 4 | 10.5% | +3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 57 | 9 | 15.8% | +8.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 2 | 20% | +12.5 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Best Step (FR) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Step (FR) | 13 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Best Stroke (FR) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Best Path (FR) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Best Tidings (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| My Best Vow (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||
| 24 Dec 25+92d | Pau (FR) | Prix de Lembeye (Hurdle) (Claimer) (5yo+) (Turf) | PU/13 | — | 10-8 | Gauvain Faivre-Picon | 52/1 |
| 23 Sep 25 | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Calabrais (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (4-5yo Fillies & Mares) (Turf) | 10/15 | 20 | 9-11 | Praphan Phokaew | 62/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Best Summer won?
- Best Summer (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trains Best Summer?
- Best Summer (FR) is trained by Guillaume Soulie, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 December 2025.
- Who is Best Summer's sire?
- Best Summer (FR) is by Sommerabend (GB) out of Shawnee's Best (FR), whose sire is King's Best.
- What is Best Summer's sire's record?
- Sommerabend (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 1,187 runs since Jan 2008 (133 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.5% from 105.
- Who are Best Summer's siblings?
- Out of Shawnee's Best (FR), Best Summer (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.