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Horse profile

Espoir Avenir (FR)

4yo colt · Trainer C Ferland · Owner Alain Maubert
11 runs · 6 courses · from Mar 2025
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Longchamp (FR) Last run 14 Jul 2026 · 6th of 6 Last raced off OR 110
KTB Profile

Espoir Avenir won the Group 3 Prix Gerald de Geoffre at Longchamp in Aug 2025 over 1m5f – 2m on soft ground. The colt is one from 11 on turf with his sole success coming from six starts at 1m5f – 2m. He has raced four times at Longchamp for one win and finished sixth of six in the Radio FG Prix Maurice de Nieuil there in Jul 2026.

Based on 11 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since May 2026 · updated 8 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 2,396 runs since Jul 2013 (304 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.5% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.9% from 598. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 2.9% from 138.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+88.4—
Good to Firm25520%+8.4—
Good5126111.9%+0.30 from 3
Good to Soft3715214%+2.40 from 2
Soft88810411.7%+0.11 from 6
Heavy4204811.4%−0.2—
Standard (AW)17984.5%−7.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−11.6—
6f – 7f2414.2%−7.4—
1m – 1m1f13842.9%−8.7—
1m2f – 1m4f3003612%+0.40 from 5
1m5f – 2m5989515.9%+4.31 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f96111011.4%−0.2—
2m5f – 3m317288.8%−2.8—
Over 3m5758.8%−2.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2013 · as at 7 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Moro (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m2f–1m7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Moro (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Moro (FR)821m2f–1m7fClass 4

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 6 1 17% +30.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Longchamp (FR) 4 1 25% +32.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Lyon-Parilly 1 0 0% −1.00
Chantilly (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Vichy (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 6 1 17% +30.00
1m2f – 1m4f 5 0 0% −5.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 5 1 20% +31.00
Hood 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 5 0 0% −5.00
2025 6 1 17% +30.00

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 OR Jockey SP
2026 · 5 runs
14 Jul 26+22d Longchamp (FR) Radio FG - Prix Maurice de Nieuil (Group 2) 1m6f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 6/6 5½ 8-13 110 Enzo Corallo 33/1
22 Jun 26+22d Lyon-Parilly Gd Px De Lyon Listed Stakes 1m4f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 hd 9-4 110 Enzo Corallo 11/1
31 May 26+35d Chantilly (FR) Grand Prix De Chantilly (Turf) 1m4f · Good · 6 ran In touch with leaders - outpaced over 1f out 5/6 2 9-0 110 Enzo Corallo 33/1
26 Apr 26+38d Longchamp (FR) Prix de Barbeville (Turf) 1m7f · Good · 4 ran 3/4 ¾ 9-0 110 Enzo Corallo 9/1
19 Mar 26+144d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix de la Porte de Madrid () (Turf) 1m4f · Very Soft · 8 ran 7/8 ¾ 8-13 — Enzo Corallo 11/2
2025 · 6 runs
26 Oct 25+22d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Royal-Oak (3yo+) (Turf) 1m7½f · Very Soft · 7 ran 4/7 1¼ 8-11 — Enzo Corallo 21/1
04 Oct 25+34d Longchamp (FR) Qatar Prix Chaudenay (3yo) (Grande Course) (Turf) 1m7f · Very Soft · 7 ran 4/7 ¾ 9-2 — Enzo Corallo 3/1
31 Aug 25+22d Longchamp (FR) Prix Gerald de Geoffre (3yo) (Grande Course: 1st Post) (Turf) 1m7f · Very Soft · 7 ran 1/7 9-0 — Enzo Corallo 35/1
09 Aug 25+26d Deauville (FR) Prix Michel Houyvet () (3yo) (Round Course) (Turf) 1m7f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 4/11 shd 9-0 — Enzo Corallo 33/1
14 Jul 25+107d Vichy (FR) Prix Frederic de Lagrange () (3yo) (Turf) 1m4f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 1¼ 9-1 — Enzo Corallo 24/1
29 Mar 25 Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Caracalla (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf) 1m4f · Very Soft · 6 ran 3/6 3 9-0 — Enzo Corallo 33/10

Quick answers

How many races has Espoir Avenir won?
Espoir Avenir (FR) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 1 time in total (9.1% of starts).
Who trains Espoir Avenir?
Espoir Avenir (FR) is trained by C Ferland, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 14 July 2026.
Who is Espoir Avenir's sire?
Espoir Avenir (FR) is by Montmartre (FR) out of Espoir A Realiser (FR), whose sire is Linngari.
What going does Espoir Avenir prefer?
Espoir Avenir (FR) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Espoir Avenir's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 14 July 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Espoir Avenir's sire's record?
Montmartre (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 2,396 runs since Jul 2013 (304 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.5% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.9% from 598. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 2.9% from 138.
Who are Espoir Avenir's siblings?
Out of Espoir A Realiser (FR), Espoir Avenir (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Moro (FR) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Moro (FR)). The wins came over 1m2f–1m7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2025. 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.