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Horse profile

C'Est La Vie (GB)

5yo mare (at last run, Nov 2007) · Last trainer Joanne Foster · Last owner Different Racing Partnership
by Bering (GB) out of Action De Grace (USA) (Riverman)
22 runs · 15 courses · from Apr 2005
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Nov 2007 — 6,927 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2007 · 10th of 13 Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 75
KTB Profile

C'Est La Vie (GB) is yet to win from 22 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 10 at Ludlow (Oct 2006). Last raced off 75, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 22 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating75↓ 10lb off peak
75 50–85

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 (jumps) 77C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hexham, 9 Nov 2007 Official rating 75 at the last jumps run, 9 Nov 2007

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 37C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Folkestone, 19 Sep 2005 Official rating 50 at the last flat run, 23 Jul 2007

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 →

Jumps 15 figures · best 90C · median 74
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1290C75.5—
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m885C74—
2m1f – 2m4f790C74—
Flat 5 figures · best 37C · median 30
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Firm237C34.5—
Good219C0.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f232C31—
1m – 1m1f237C9.5—
6f – 7f1———

Of 22 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: no runner of known ability in the race — the level cannot be solved (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 22 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Bering (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 701 runs since Jan 2008 (69 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 13.9% from 108. Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 109. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.8% from 156.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−8.80 from 1
Good to Firm45511.1%+2.30 from 15
Good168137.7%−1.10 from 3
Good to Soft1081513.9%+5.10 from 2
Soft1721911%+2.20 from 1
Heavy10954.6%−4.2—
Standard (AW)9855.1%−3.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−8.8—
6f – 7f14214.3%+5.50 from 1
1m – 1m1f8189.9%+1.10 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f160127.5%−1.30 from 3
1m5f – 2m184137.1%−1.70 from 9
2m1f – 2m4f1562012.8%+40 from 7
2m5f – 3m8367.2%−1.6—
Over 3m2015%−3.8—

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
Action De Grace (USA) (Riverman)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Farmers Glory (GB)90——
Ex Gracia (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 15 0 0% −15.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 12 0 0% −12.00
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sedgefield 4 0 0% −4.00
Ludlow 2 0 0% −2.00
Huntingdon 2 0 0% −2.00
Worcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 9 0 0% −9.00
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Dominic Elsworth 5 0 0% −5.00
Padge Whelan 4 0 0% −4.00
Tom Messenger 2 0 0% −2.00
K May 2 0 0% −2.00
Phil Kinsella 1 0 0% −1.00
Amy Baker 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss J Foster 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael O'Connell 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00
Colin Bolger 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael Hills 1 0 0% −1.00
Darryll Holland 1 0 0% −1.00
Martin Dwyer 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 17 0 0% −17.00
Tongue tie 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 7 0 0% −7.00
2006 9 0 0% −9.00
2005 6 0 0% −6.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 14 0 0% −14.00
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2007 · 7 runs
09 Nov 07+22d Hexham Tyne Valley Selling Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 10/13 14 10-11 7577C Tom Messenger 25/1
18 Oct 07+16d Ludlow ludlowracecourse.co.uk Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 9/15 1¾ 10-0 7871C Dominic Elsworth 33/1
02 Oct 07+28d Sedgefield John Wade For Equine Fibre And Rubber Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 17f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 9/15 12 10-2 8068C Tom Messenger 50/1
04 Sep 07+8d Sedgefield John Wade Equine Fibre And Rubber Selling Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 17f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 10/14 1¼ 11-5 8272C Dominic Elsworth 22/1
27 Aug 07+35d Huntingdon Hill Residential Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 9/15 10 10-5 8263C Phil Kinsella 20/1
23 Jul 07+64d Yarmouth Norfolk Nelson Museum Apprentice Riders' Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 12/12 hd 8-9 5032C Amy Baker 66/1
20 May 07+196d Fakenham 'Rock At The Racecourse' 1st June Lady Riders' Handicap Hdl Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4/8 4 11-0 8485C Miss J Foster 15/2
2006 · 9 runs
05 Nov 06+24d Hereford Keep Country Sports Alive Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 5/10 9 9-7 8455C Michael O'Connell 10/1
12 Oct 06+16d Ludlow Welcome Back To Ludlow Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 2/10 hd 10-3 84— Dominic Elsworth 9/2
26 Sep 06+46d Sedgefield Camerons Brewery Claiming Hurdle Class 5 · 17f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4/13 1¼ 10-9 8590C Dominic Elsworth 25/1
11 Aug 06+16d Worcester Tom Hingley's 21st Birthday Selling Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 11/16 nk 11-8 8577C Tom O'Brien 20/1
26 Jul 06+48d Worcester Franchise Your Business Horwath Franchising Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 4/10 7 10-3 8580C Dominic Elsworth 100/1
08 Jun 06+10d Huntingdon GNER WIFI Conditional Jockeys' Selling Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 7/15 ¾ 10-11 8081C Colin Bolger 40/1
29 May 06+38d Cartmel E S Hartley Four Years Old Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 9/9 28 10-5 8072C Padge Whelan 20/1
21 Apr 06+73d Sedgefield Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 8/15 nk 10-3 8074C Padge Whelan 66/1
07 Feb 06+42d Market Rasen Justin Bounds' Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 14 ran 9/14 4 10-5 —77C Padge Whelan 100/1
2005 · 6 runs
27 Dec 05+99d Wetherby Skybet Press Red On CH4 Introductory Juvenile Novices Hurdle Class 2 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 9/9 30 10-7 —66C Padge Whelan 100/1
19 Sep 05+14d Folkestone Corporate Bookings Now Taken For 2006 Handicap Class 6 · 9.5f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 11/13 2½ 9-0 5537C Michael Hills 12/1
05 Sep 05+14d Bath Weatherbys Insurance Maiden Fillies' Stakes Class 5 · 11.5f · Firm · 6 ran 3/6 9 8-10 57— Darryll Holland 9/1
22 Aug 05+7d Windsor Arena Leisure Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 8/10 2 8-9 —30C Martin Dwyer 50/1
15 Aug 05+136d Windsor Reading Evening Post Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Good · 11 ran 7/11 5 8-2 —-18C K May 66/1
01 Apr 05 Doncaster Stanleybet Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 8/12 5 7-9 —19C K May 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has C'Est La Vie won?
C'Est La Vie (GB) has yet to win, from 22 archived starts between 2005 and 2007. Placed 1 time in total (4.5% of starts).
Who trained C'Est La Vie?
C'Est La Vie (GB) was trained by Joanne Foster on the most recent run on record, at Hexham on 9 November 2007.
Who is C'Est La Vie's sire?
C'Est La Vie (GB) is by Bering (GB) out of Action De Grace (USA), whose sire is Riverman.
What is C'Est La Vie's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 9 November 2007. The highest on record is 85.
What is C'Est La Vie's sire's record?
Bering (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 701 runs since Jan 2008 (69 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 13.9% from 108. Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 109. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.8% from 156.
Who are C'Est La Vie's siblings?
Out of Action De Grace (USA), C'Est La Vie (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2005. 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.