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Horse profile

El Vigaro (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2024) · Last trainer Matt Sheppard · Last owner Marcus Jordan
by El Salvador (IRE) out of Bonito (IRE) (Oscar)
9 runs · 6 courses · from Mar 2024
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Dec 2024 — 670 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2024 · 1st of 13 Won last time out 3 wins · Taunton, Ludlow & Uttoxeter Last raced off OR 94
KTB Profile

El Vigaro is a gelding who won three of nine starts on turf, all at Class 5 level over 1m5f – 2m. He won at Taunton, Ludlow and Uttoxeter, all in handicaps on good or good to soft going. His last run, at Taunton in Dec 2024, was a win off a mark of 94, which was his career-high rating.

Based on 9 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5 OR at career high
Official rating94At career-high mark
94 79–94

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 116 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ludlow, 25 Nov 2024

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.

Jumps 9 figures · best 116B · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good5104B101—
Good to Soft2116B100—
Soft271C69.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m5116B101—
2m1f – 2m4f4104B69.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 120A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ludlow, 25 Nov 2024 Official rating 94 at the last run, 12 Dec 2024

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race.

Jumps 9 figures · best 120A · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good5119A111—
Good to Soft2120A103.5—
Soft299C89—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m5120A116—
2m1f – 2m4f4104A94.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 from 3 analysed runs

  • Prominent 2 (67%) · 2 wins
  • Midfield 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
El Salvador (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 350 runs since Jan 2008 (51 horses).

Strongest on good going: 18.4% from 147.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm7114.3%+0.9—
Good1472718.4%+52 from 5
Good to Soft79810.1%−3.31 from 2
Soft89910.1%−3.30 from 2
Heavy2613.8%−9.6—
Standard (AW)2150%+36.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f3133.3%+19.9—
1m5f – 2m941313.8%+0.43 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f1291410.9%−2.50 from 4
2m5f – 3m1021413.7%+0.3—
Over 3m22522.7%+9.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Bonito (IRE) (Oscar)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sweet Bonnie (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 2 40% +6.50
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +0.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 3 60% +8.50
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 2 1 50% +3.00
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Taunton 1 1 100% +5.50
Ludlow 1 1 100% +1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 3 60% +8.50
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Stan Sheppard 5 1 20% −3.00
Richard Patrick 3 1 33% +2.00
Ned Fox 1 1 100% +5.50

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 5 3 60% +8.50
None 4 0 0% −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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
12 Dec 24+17d Taunton Kings College Taunton Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran Handy early - moved onto pace 4th - hit front approaching two out - went clear before last and stayed on well to score 1/13 11-3 94101B119A Ned Fox 11/2
25 Nov 24+9d Ludlow Flowfit Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran Handy early - went clear after the 3rd - driven and saw off pressure approaching 3 out - kicked on again 2 out and battled to the line 1/7 11-2 88116B120A Stan Sheppard EvensF
16 Nov 24+15d Uttoxeter Keith Bailey Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 7 ran Sat close to the front - went ahead before 3 out - opened up before the last - kept finding under pressure to the line 1/7 11-0 83103A116A Richard Patrick 4/1
01 Nov 24+25d Uttoxeter Happy 80th Birthday Vance Wasdell Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran Set the early pace - lost front spot briefly then back in command past the 4th - pushed along after 3 out - overtaken in the closing stages - narrowly denied at the line 2/9 1¼ 10-10 7974B111A Stan Sheppard 9/2
07 Oct 24+151d Stratford CWM Survey & Inspection Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 18.5f · Soft · 11 ran Settled midfield - driven approaching 2 out - dropped away thereafter - finished well held in 9th 9/11 1½ 10-2 8171C79C Stan Sheppard 9/2
09 May 24+14d Stratford Join Racing TV Now Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 18.5f · Good · 11 ran 5/11 nk 10-11 83104B104A Stan Sheppard 12/1
25 Apr 24+11d Warwick Charlie Wilson Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 19f · Good · 14 ran 8/14 15 11-6 —66C90C Richard Patrick 150/1
14 Apr 24+18d Hereford Best Odds Guaranteed At PlanetSportBet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 10/13 7 11-3 —84C87C Richard Patrick 200/1
27 Mar 24 Hereford Best Odds Guaranteed At PlanetSportBet 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 12 ran 4/12 36 11-7 —68C99C Stan Sheppard 80/1

Quick answers

How many races has El Vigaro (IRE) won?
El Vigaro (IRE) won 3 of 9 archived starts in 2024, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 4 times in total (44.4% of starts).
Who trained El Vigaro (IRE)?
El Vigaro (IRE) was trained by Matt Sheppard on the most recent run on record, at Taunton on 12 December 2024.
Who is El Vigaro (IRE)'s sire?
El Vigaro (IRE) is by El Salvador (IRE) out of Bonito (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
What going does El Vigaro (IRE) prefer?
El Vigaro (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is El Vigaro (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 94, from the run on 12 December 2024. That is also the highest on record.
What is El Vigaro (IRE)'s sire's record?
El Salvador (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 350 runs since Jan 2008 (51 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 18.4% from 147.
Who are El Vigaro (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Bonito (IRE), El Vigaro (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. 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.