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Horse profile

Defi Des Mottes (FR)

7yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2020) · Last trainer J-P Domalain · Last owner Jean Pierre Domalain
by Maresca Sorrento (FR) out of Sara De Flee (FR) (Useful)
7 runs · 4 courses · from Aug 2016
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Aug 2020 — 2,264 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2020 Won at Auteuil (FR)
KTB Profile

Defi Des Mottes (FR) is 1 from 7. Hasn't won since Oct 2018.

Based on 7 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

No KTB Rating figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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
Maresca Sorrento (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 1,431 runs since Jan 2008 (182 horses).

Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.2% from 323.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm4125%+14.9—
Good to Firm3126.5%−3.6—
Good2823211.3%+1.20 from 2
Good to Soft178179.6%−0.5—
Soft593569.4%−0.71 from 5
Heavy3253711.4%+1.3—
Standard (AW)1700%−10.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−10.1—
1m – 1m1f1200%−10.1—
1m2f – 1m4f2900%−10.10 from 1
1m5f – 2m287269.1%−1—
2m1f – 2m4f688659.4%−0.70 from 4
2m5f – 3m3234614.2%+4.11 from 2
Over 3m9088.9%−1.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sara De Flee (FR) (Useful)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Feel Des Mottes (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m½f–2m1f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Feel Des Mottes (FR)2022m½f–2m1f—
Guena Des Mottes (FR)512m1f—
Madona Des Mottes (FR)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 1 20% −2.60
Good 2 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 3 1 33% −0.60
Clairefontaine (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Granville-St Pair Sur Mer (FR) 1 0 0% —
Le Lion-D'Angers (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 2 1 50% +1.40
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Thomas Gueguen 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Leo-Paul Dory 1 0 0% —
Mathieu Delage 1 0 0% −1.00
Steven Colas 1 0 0% −1.00
Angelo Zuliani 1 1 100% +1.40
Gaetan Masure 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 3 0 0% −2.00
2018 2 1 50% +0.40
2016 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 3 1 33% +0.40
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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 Jockey SP
2020 · 3 runs
23 Aug 20+69d Granville-St Pair Sur Mer (FR) Prix Credit Agricole (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 2m5½f · Good · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-1 Mr Leo-Paul Dory —
15 Jun 20+16d Clairefontaine (FR) Prix Trembleur (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 2m2f · Very Soft · 12 ran PU/12 — 10-10 Mathieu Delage 41/1
30 May 20+583d Clairefontaine (FR) Prix du Vivarais - Prix Paris-Turf TV (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 2m3½f · Very Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 10-10 Steven Colas 20/1
2018 · 2 runs
25 Oct 18+11d Auteuil (FR) Prix Ferdinand Riant (Chase) (AQPS Conditions) (5yo) (Turf) 2m5½f · Very Soft · 9 ran 1/9 10-6 Angelo Zuliani 7/5F
14 Oct 18+765d Auteuil (FR) Prix Andre Adele (Chase) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 2m1½f · Very Soft · 15 ran F/15 — 10-12 Thomas Gueguen 6/1
2016 · 2 runs
09 Sep 16+26d Auteuil (FR) Prix Finot (Poulains) (Div 2) (Hurdle) () (3yo Colts & Geldings unraced over hurdles/fen 2m2f · Very Soft · 14 ran 5/14 1½ 10-6 Thomas Gueguen 238/10
14 Aug 16 Le Lion-D'Angers (FR) Prix des Andegaves (AQPS) (Conditions) (Unraced French-bred Non-Thoroughbred 3yo) (Turf) 1m3½f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 nk 10-1 Gaetan Masure 59/10

Quick answers

How many races has Defi Des Mottes won?
Defi Des Mottes (FR) won 1 of 7 archived starts between 2016 and 2020, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained Defi Des Mottes?
Defi Des Mottes (FR) was trained by J-P Domalain on the most recent run on record, at Granville-St Pair Sur Mer (FR) on 23 August 2020.
Who is Defi Des Mottes's sire?
Defi Des Mottes (FR) is by Maresca Sorrento (FR) out of Sara De Flee (FR), whose sire is Useful.
What going does Defi Des Mottes prefer?
Defi Des Mottes (FR) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Defi Des Mottes's sire's record?
Maresca Sorrento (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 1,431 runs since Jan 2008 (182 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.2% from 323.
Who are Defi Des Mottes's siblings?
Out of Sara De Flee (FR), Defi Des Mottes (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Feel Des Mottes (FR) (2). The wins came over 2m½f–2m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 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.