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Horse profile

Christmas In April (FR)

10yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2022) · Last trainer Colin Tizzard · Last owner Swallowfield Racing
by Crillon (FR) out of Similaresisoldofa (FR) (Kapgarde)
30 runs · 19 courses · from May 2016
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Apr 2022 — 1,663 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2022 6 wins · 6 courses Last raced off OR 122
KTB Profile

Christmas In April won six of 30 starts on turf between May 2016 and Apr 2022. Four of those wins came over 3m in handicaps, including a Class 3 success at Newton Abbot on good ground in May 2021 off an official rating of 129. He also won over 2m5f to 3m at Warwick on good ground and in a bumper at Market Rasen. The gelding, aged 10 at his last run in Apr 2022 at Haydock, last raced off a mark of 122, 15lb below his highest ever mark of 137.

Based on 30 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating122↓ 15lb off peak
122 113–137

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 141 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Exeter, 21 Feb 2020

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 →

Jumps 20 figures · best 147B · median 92.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft8118B92—
Good6147B87—
Soft5108A91—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Over 3m10141B87—
2m5f – 3m5147B118—
2m1f – 2m4f3111A97—
1m5f – 2m299B84.5—

Of 29 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: did not complete (5) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 29 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 131A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Carlisle, 31 Oct 2021 Official rating 122 at the last run, 16 Apr 2022

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 →

Jumps 23 figures · best 142A · median 116
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good8133A115—
Good to Soft8128A113.5—
Soft5131A124—
Heavy2142A132.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Over 3m11142A124—
2m5f – 3m6133A119—
2m1f – 2m4f3117B115—
1m5f – 2m3114B112—

Of 30 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (7).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 30 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
Crillon (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 981 runs since Apr 2009 (97 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm300%−14.2—
Good1732715.6%+1.43 from 9
Good to Soft1191714.3%+0.10 from 9
Soft4106014.6%+0.42 from 9
Heavy2313314.3%+0.11 from 3
Standard (AW)4412.3%−11.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f1500%−14.2—
1m2f – 1m4f661116.7%+2.5—
1m5f – 2m1742916.7%+2.51 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f4986613.3%−0.90 from 3
2m5f – 3m1762614.8%+0.61 from 7
Over 3m52713.5%−0.74 from 17

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Similaresisoldofa (FR) (Kapgarde)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Go Chique (FR) (5 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Go Chique (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Go Chique (FR)2052m–3m1½fClass 4
La Cantate (FR)80——
Earl Biffy Biffen (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 9 3 33% +12.83
Soft 9 2 22% −1.70
Good to Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Heavy 3 1 33% +6.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 13 3 23% +14.50
Class 4 9 2 22% −0.20
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +0.83

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Plumpton 3 1 33% +2.50
Chepstow 3 0 0% −3.00
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Exeter 2 1 50% +7.00
Fontwell 2 1 50% −0.20
Cheltenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 2 1 50% −0.17
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 1 100% +12.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 1 100% +6.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Over 3m 17 4 24% +12.30
2m5f – 3m 7 1 14% +0.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% −1.17

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Brendan Powell 8 1 13% +5.00
Harry Cobden 7 3 43% +9.30
Jonjo O'Neill Jr 4 0 0% −4.00
Nico de Boinville 4 1 25% +3.00
Ned Curtis 3 1 33% −1.17
Richard Johnson 1 0 0% −1.00
Robbie Power 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Dunne 1 0 0% −1.00
Jeremiah McGrath 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 14 4 29% +15.30
None 9 1 11% −7.17
Hood 5 1 20% +2.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 4 0 0% −4.00
2021 6 1 17% +7.00
2020 5 2 40% +9.50
2019 4 1 25% −2.20
2018 5 1 20% +2.00
2017 3 0 0% −3.00
2016 3 1 33% −1.17

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 20 4 20% +9.30
Hurdle 9 1 11% −2.00
NH Flat 1 1 100% +0.83

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
2022 · 4 runs
16 Apr 22+42d Haydock Rising Sun Veterans' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 3m1½f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 12-0 122—— Jonjo O'Neill Jr 11/1
05 Mar 22+30d Newbury Play Pick 6 And Win 1000 Veterans' Handicap Chase Class 2 · 3m2f · Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 10-11 127—— Brendan Powell 6/1
03 Feb 22+32d Wincanton Dick Hunt Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m1f · Good · 6 ran 5/6 7 11-7 13277C108C Brendan Powell 16/1
02 Jan 22+29d Plumpton Sky Sports Racing Sussex National Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m4½f · Soft · 15 ran 8/15 3¾ 11-11 13484C113C Brendan Powell 25/1
2021 · 6 runs
04 Dec 21+34d Sandown Betfair Exchange London National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 3m5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-2 135—— Brendan Powell 11/1
31 Oct 21+179d Carlisle Cumberland Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m2f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 3½ 11-11 134108A131A Brendan Powell 16/1
05 May 21+42d Newton Abbot newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m2f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 11-1 12972A132B Brendan Powell 12/1
24 Mar 21+26d Haydock Tim Molony Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m4½f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 4/5 32 11-8 13256C98C Jonjo O'Neill Jr 14/1
26 Feb 21+48d Exeter Thank You NHS Devon National Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m6½f · Soft · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-12 135—— Harry Cobden 14/1
09 Jan 21+55d Chepstow Coral Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 3m6½f · Soft · 18 ran PU/18 — 10-3 136—— Brendan Powell 9/1
2020 · 5 runs
15 Nov 20+246d Fontwell Paddy Power Southern National Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m3½f · Heavy · 7 ran 2/7 13 11-12 137—123B Jonjo O'Neill Jr 11/4F
14 Mar 20+22d Uttoxeter Marston's 61 Deep Midlands Grand National (Listed Open Handicap Chase) Class 1 · 4m2f · Heavy · 14 ran PU/14 — 10-6 137—— Richard Johnson 11/2F
21 Feb 20+32d Exeter Be Wiser Insurance Devon National Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m6½f · Heavy · 14 ran 1/14 11-6 129141B142A Harry Cobden 8/1
20 Jan 20+15d Plumpton New Plumpton History Book Available Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 3m1½f · Soft · 4 ran 3/4 1 11-5 12991C115C Harry Cobden 4/5F
05 Jan 20+26d Plumpton Sky Sports Racing Sussex National Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m4½f · Soft · 11 ran 1/11 11-2 123105A127A Harry Cobden 9/2
2019 · 4 runs
10 Dec 19+42d Fontwell Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 3m2f · Soft · 4 ran 1/4 11-12 12077C124C Harry Cobden 4/5F
29 Oct 19+186d Chepstow Edmundson Electrical Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 3m2f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 2/12 6 11-11 11990B128A Robbie Power 11/4F
26 Apr 19+20d Perth Balnakeilly Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 hd 10-9 117111A117B Jonjo O'Neill Jr 15/8F
06 Apr 19+114d Chepstow Sid Hooper On Course Bookmaker Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 2m7½f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5/9 8 11-1 12094A112A Brendan Powell 11/1
2018 · 5 runs
13 Dec 18+26d Taunton Dave Criddle Travel & Bristol Airport Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 4 · 2m7f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 8 11-11 12170C106C Harry Cobden 11/4F
17 Nov 18+22d Cheltenham BetVictor Intermediate Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 2m5f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 1¾ 10-10 121—116A Robert Dunne 4/1J
26 Oct 18+167d Cheltenham Brandon Hill Capital Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m5f · Good · 20 ran 3/20 2¼ 10-7 119147B124A Harry Cobden 7/1
12 May 18+50d Warwick Qatar Airways Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 11-10 113126B133A Nico de Boinville 6/1
23 Mar 18+90d Newbury Doom Bar Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-10 113—— Nico de Boinville 10/3F
2017 · 3 runs
23 Dec 17+16d Ascot Foundation Developments Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 4/14 ½ 11-0 113118B122A Ned Curtis 15/2
07 Dec 17+267d Market Rasen Read Noel Fehily At 188bet Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 3/8 7 11-9 11488A115A Nico de Boinville 9/2
15 Mar 17+74d Huntingdon Best Price Mullins Day 2 Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 15 ran 5/15 1¾ 10-11 12099B109A Ned Curtis 5/2
2016 · 3 runs
31 Dec 16+55d Newbury Betfred 'Supports Jack Berry House' Introductory Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 2 11-0 —70A112A Jeremiah McGrath 16/1
06 Nov 16+165d Ffos Las Likes Landrover Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 7 10-12 —97B109A Nico de Boinville 3/1
25 May 16 Market Rasen Molson Coors Carling Classic Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m½f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 10-5 ——114B Ned Curtis 5/6F

Quick answers

How many races has Christmas In April won?
Christmas In April (FR) won 6 of 30 archived starts between 2016 and 2022, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 11 times in total (36.7% of starts).
Who trained Christmas In April?
Christmas In April (FR) was trained by Colin Tizzard on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 16 April 2022.
Who is Christmas In April's sire?
Christmas In April (FR) is by Crillon (FR) out of Similaresisoldofa (FR), whose sire is Kapgarde.
What going does Christmas In April prefer?
Christmas In April (FR) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 9 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Christmas In April's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 16 April 2022. The highest on record is 137.
What is Christmas In April's sire's record?
Crillon (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 981 runs since Apr 2009 (97 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Christmas In April's siblings?
Out of Similaresisoldofa (FR), Christmas In April (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Go Chique (FR) (5). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Go Chique (FR)). The wins came over 2m–3m1½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2016. 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.