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Closer To Home (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2017) · Last trainer C Lotoux · Last owner Jean Yves Aubaud
by Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) out of Maid For Music (IRE) (Dubai Destination)
16 runs · 11 courses · from Feb 2015
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Nov 2017 — 3,263 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2017 · 10th of 15 3 wins · Exeter, Deauville (FR) & Lyon-La Soie (FR) Headgear returns LTO
KTB Profile

Closer To Home (IRE) is 3 from 16. Hasn't won since Mar 2016.

Based on 16 archived runs · 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 (jumps) 109A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Exeter, 22 Mar 2016 Official rating 103 at the last jumps run, 24 Mar 2016

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 68A the best of the last 1 rated run · Kempton (AW), 2 Mar 2016 Official rating 84 at the last flat run, 2 Mar 2016

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 5 figures · best 109A · median 92
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good2109A100.5—
Soft298C89.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m398C81—
2m1f – 2m4f2109A100.5—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,874 runs since May 2013 (684 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+88.7—
Good to Firm801620%+8.7—
Good1,54218912.3%+11 from 3
Good to Soft1,23813611%−0.3—
Soft1,89721411.3%01 from 4
Heavy7808611%−0.30 from 1
Standard (AW)336226.5%−4.81 from 8
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f300%−11.3—
6f – 7f71811.3%0—
1m – 1m1f24983.2%−8.10 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f4936413%+1.72 from 8
1m5f – 2m1,58119312.2%+0.90 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f1,99320310.2%−1.11 from 2
2m5f – 3m1,24215512.5%+1.2—
Over 3m2423313.6%+2.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2013 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Maid For Music (IRE) (Dubai Destination)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Grand Trianon (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m2f–2m2f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Grand Trianon (FR)1521m4f–2m2f—
Always Cash (FR)811m2f—
Maidstone Majesty (FR)90——
Wroclaw (FR)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 8 1 13% −5.70
Soft 4 1 25% +1.40
Good 3 1 33% +6.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 1 20% +4.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Deauville (FR) 6 1 17% −0.60
Saint-Cloud (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 1 100% +8.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Lyon-La Soie (FR) 1 1 100% +1.30
Lyon-La Soie 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 8 2 25% −0.30
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 1 50% +7.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ioritz Mendizabal 3 1 33% +2.40
Michael Heard 2 1 50% +7.00
Christophe Soumillon 2 0 0% −2.00
Tony Piccone 1 0 0% −1.00
Mickael Berto 1 0 0% −1.00
Pierre-Charles Boudot 1 0 0% −1.00
Mlle Alexandra Rosa 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Kirby 1 0 0% −1.00
David Noonan 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Scudamore 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieron Edgar 1 0 0% −1.00
Jean-Bernard Eyquem 1 1 100% +1.30

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 7 2 29% +4.30
None 6 1 17% −0.60
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 1 0 0% −1.00
2016 8 1 13% +1.00
2015 7 2 29% +0.70

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 11 2 18% −3.30
Hurdle 5 1 20% +4.00

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
2017 · 1 run
28 Nov 17+335d Deauville (FR) Prix des Cerisiers (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 1m4½f · Standard · 15 ran 10/15 hd 9-3 —— Tony Piccone 28/1
2016 · 8 runs
28 Dec 16+71d Deauville (FR) Prix d'Almeneches (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 1m4½f · Standard · 14 ran 5/14 hd 8-7 —— Mickael Berto 37/1
18 Oct 16+34d Deauville (FR) Prix du Grand Manege (Handicap) (4yo ) (Polytrack) 1m4½f · Standard · 16 ran 10/16 3 9-5 —— Pierre-Charles Boudot 13/1
14 Sep 16+174d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix de Thoiry (Claimer) (4yo+) (Amateur Riders) (Turf) 1m2½f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 6 10-7 —— Mlle Alexandra Rosa 37/1
24 Mar 16+2d Chepstow Triflex Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 1¼ 10-13 10392C Michael Heard 3/1
22 Mar 16+20d Exeter Higos Insurance Services Plymstock Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 4 · 2m2½f · Good · 11 ran 1/11 10-7 103109A Michael Heard 8/1
02 Mar 16+14d Kempton (AW) 10 Free Bet At 32RedSport.com Handicap (London Middle Distance Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 1m3f · Standard · 10 ran 8/10 2½ 9-6 8468A Adam Kirby 25/1
17 Feb 16+13d Towcester Haygain Hay Steamers Clean Healthy Forage Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 9 ran 8/9 1¾ 10-2 —81A David Noonan 20/1
04 Feb 16+50d Wincanton Worthington Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 1m7½f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 12 10-6 —80A Tom Scudamore 5/1
2015 · 7 runs
16 Dec 15+116d Newbury Blackmore Building Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Soft · 8 ran 7/8 6 10-9 —98C Kieron Edgar 10/1
22 Aug 15+13d Deauville (FR) Prix de Louvigny (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf) 1m2f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 8-11 —— Ioritz Mendizabal 22/5
09 Aug 15+43d Deauville (FR) Prix de l'Hippodrome de Maronas (Handicap) (3yo) (Polytrack) 1m1½f · Standard · 16 ran 9/16 nse 9-1 —— Ioritz Mendizabal 192/10
27 Jun 15+79d Deauville (FR) Prix de l'Abbaye Saint-Leonard (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Polytrack) 1m1½f · Standard · 7 ran 4/7 ¾ 8-13 —— Christophe Soumillon 18/5
09 Apr 15+21d Longchamp (FR) Prix de Clichy (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf) 1m4f · Very Soft · 8 ran 2/8 hd 9-4 —— Christophe Soumillon EvensF
19 Mar 15+30d Lyon-La Soie (FR) Prix Cerealiste (Maiden) (3yo) (Viscoride) 1m3f · Standard · 6 ran 1/6 9-2 —— Jean-Bernard Eyquem 13/10F
17 Feb 15 Lyon-La Soie Prix Cris Kraft (Fibresand) 1m1f · Standard · 4 ran 2/4 2 9-2 —— Ioritz Mendizabal 13/10F

Quick answers

How many races has Closer To Home won?
Closer To Home (IRE) won 3 of 16 archived starts between 2015 and 2017, a strike rate of 18.8%. Placed 4 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Closer To Home?
Closer To Home (IRE) was trained by C Lotoux on the most recent run on record, at Deauville (FR) on 28 November 2017.
Who is Closer To Home's sire?
Closer To Home (IRE) is by Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) out of Maid For Music (IRE), whose sire is Dubai Destination.
What going does Closer To Home prefer?
Closer To Home (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 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 Closer To Home's official rating?
Closer To Home (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 103.
What is Closer To Home's sire's record?
Soldier Of Fortune (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 5,874 runs since May 2013 (684 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Who are Closer To Home's siblings?
Out of Maid For Music (IRE), Closer To Home (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Grand Trianon (FR) (2). The wins came over 1m2f–2m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2015. 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.