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Horse profile

Devil Is Back (FR)

3yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2024) · Last trainer Davide Satalia · Last owner Tobias Jones
by Intello (GER) out of Smyrnes (FR) (Anabaa)
1 run · 1 course · from Mar 2024
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Mar 2024 — 947 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2024 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Devil Is Back made his only start in the Prix Rush at Auteuil in Mar 2024 where he wore first-time headgear on heavy ground over 1m5f to 2m. The Intello gelding is lightly raced with no wins or places from one run on turf. His sire’s progeny in the archive have recorded 368 wins from 3,469 runs since Jan 2008 including a 15% strike rate on heavy ground. The dam has produced three winners from seven runners that have reached the track.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 21 Oct 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,476 runs since Jan 2008 (390 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 14.7% from 231. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.4% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+3.7—
Good to Firm3454312.5%+1.9—
Good6967510.8%+0.2—
Good to Soft577488.3%−2.3—
Soft5966510.9%+0.3—
Heavy2313414.7%+4.10 from 1
Standard (AW)1,02310310.1%−0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f23313%+2.4—
6f – 7f4785110.7%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f91711212.2%+1.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1,32914611%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m494448.9%−1.70 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f184105.4%−5.2—
2m5f – 3m4536.7%−3.9—
Over 3m600%−10.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Smyrnes (FR) (Anabaa)

7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Zelzalita (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m2f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Zelzalita (FR)3821m–1m1½f—
Serie (FR)721m1½f–1m2f—
All Come True (FR)116f—
Stratonika (FR)20——
Danzig Spring (FR)10——
Pleasant Hope (FR)140——
Evander (FR)50——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
17 Mar 24 Auteuil (FR) Prix Rush (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings Unraced Over Obstacles) (Turf) 15f · Heavy · 12 ran PU/12 — 10-8 Bertrand Lestrade 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has Devil Is Back (FR) won?
Devil Is Back (FR) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2024.
Who trained Devil Is Back (FR)?
Devil Is Back (FR) was trained by Davide Satalia on the most recent run on record, at Auteuil (FR) on 17 March 2024.
Who is Devil Is Back (FR)'s sire?
Devil Is Back (FR) is by Intello (GER) out of Smyrnes (FR), whose sire is Anabaa.
What is Devil Is Back (FR)'s sire's record?
Intello (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,476 runs since Jan 2008 (390 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 14.7% from 231. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.4% from 184.
Who are Devil Is Back (FR)'s siblings?
Out of Smyrnes (FR), Devil Is Back (FR) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Zelzalita (FR) (2). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2024. 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.