Claude Du Val (FR)
Claude Du Val is a lightly raced gelding with one place from two starts over 1m5f to 2m on turf. He finished third of 14 at Navan in Feb 2024 on his debut and fifth of 25 in the Ryan's Cleaning Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse in Apr 2026. By Masked Marvel whose progeny have won 243 of 1,579 runs since Jan 2008 with a 19.3% strike rate on good to soft. His dam has produced two winners from three runners to race including Hygrove Percy with four wins.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 784dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 89
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 89B | 74.5 | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 15.5% of 1,614 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 19.8% from 283.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.5 | — |
| Good | 284 | 50 | 17.6% | +2.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 283 | 56 | 19.8% | +4.3 | — |
| Soft | 600 | 85 | 14.2% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 427 | 58 | 13.6% | −1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −15.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 31 | 2 | 6.5% | −9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 422 | 72 | 17.1% | +1.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 869 | 129 | 14.8% | −0.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 252 | 39 | 15.5% | 0 | — |
| Over 3m | 35 | 8 | 22.9% | +7.4 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Hygrove Percy (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6½f–2m3f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Hygrove Percy (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hygrove Percy (GB) | 19 | 4 | 2m1f–2m3f | Class 3 |
| Hygrove Bec (FR) | 20 | 2 | 6½f–7f | — |
| Hygrove Dan (FR) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 05 Apr 26+784d | Fairyhouse | Ryan's Cleaning Maiden Hurdle Sat close to the pace early - 6th at halfway then 4th entering the straight - driven but faded after 2 out to finish 5th | 5/25 | 5 | 11-12 | 89B | 112A | Sean Flanagan | 9/1 |
| 2024 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 11 Feb 24 | Navan | Navan Ford & Opel Maiden Hurdle | 3/14 | 1¾ | 11-12 | 60B | 135A | Mr Finian Maguire | 10/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Claude Du Val won?
- Claude Du Val (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2024 and 2026. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Claude Du Val?
- Claude Du Val (FR) is trained by Barry Connell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 5 April 2026.
- Who is Claude Du Val's sire?
- Claude Du Val (FR) is by Masked Marvel (GB) out of Hygrove Welshlady (IRE), whose sire is Langfuhr.
- What is Claude Du Val's sire's record?
- Masked Marvel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.5% of 1,614 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 19.8% from 283.
- Who are Claude Du Val's siblings?
- Out of Hygrove Welshlady (IRE), Claude Du Val (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Hygrove Percy (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Hygrove Percy (GB)). The wins came over 6½f–2m3f. As at Oct 2026.