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Horse profile

Bon A Savoir (GB)

2yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2013) · Last trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam · Last owner Paul Hancock
by Layman (USA) out of Nice To Know (FR) (Machiavellian)
1 run · 1 course · from Oct 2013
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 25 Oct 2013 — 4,758 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2013 · 11th of 11
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Oct 2013 as a 2yo gelding. Finished 11 of 11 at Newbury last time. By Layman (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 1,327 runs since Apr 2010.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 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

Best recent KTB Rating 40C the best of the last 1 rated run · Newbury, 25 Oct 2013

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 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 9.3% of 1,327 runs since Apr 2010 (122 horses).

Strongest on soft going: 13.3% from 279. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.9% from 161.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+40.7—
Good to Firm35720%+10.7—
Good240177.1%−2.2—
Good to Soft130129.2%−0.1—
Soft2793713.3%+40 from 1
Heavy10798.4%−0.9—
Standard (AW)533397.3%−2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4536.7%−2.6—
6f – 7f355308.5%−0.8—
1m – 1m1f392307.7%−1.60 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f262259.5%+0.2—
1m5f – 2m8189.9%+0.6—
2m1f – 2m4f1612414.9%+5.6—
2m5f – 3m30310%+0.7—
Over 3m100%−9.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Nice To Know (FR) (Machiavellian)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Alchemystique (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Alchemystique (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Alchemystique (IRE)2821m4f–2mClass 4
Black Agnes (IRE)1611m—
Thunder Boy (FR)40——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2013 · 1 run
25 Oct 13 Newbury Free Bets freebets.co.uk Maiden Stakes (Str) (Div 1) Class 4 · 1m · Soft · 11 ran 11/11 10 9-5 40C Jamie Spencer 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Bon A Savoir won?
Bon A Savoir (GB) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2013.
Who trained Bon A Savoir?
Bon A Savoir (GB) was trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 25 October 2013.
Who is Bon A Savoir's sire?
Bon A Savoir (GB) is by Layman (USA) out of Nice To Know (FR), whose sire is Machiavellian.
What is Bon A Savoir's sire's record?
Layman (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 1,327 runs since Apr 2010 (122 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 13.3% from 279. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.9% from 161.
Who are Bon A Savoir's siblings?
Out of Nice To Know (FR), Bon A Savoir (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Alchemystique (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Alchemystique (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2013. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.