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Espoir Moriviere (FR)

9yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2023) · Last trainer Rose Dobbin · Last owner Dickson Dobbin Ray
by Saddex (GB) out of Sagesse Moriviere (FR) (Vaguely Pleasant)
29 runs · 8 courses · from Apr 2018
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Feb 2023 — 1,367 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2023 2 wins · Ayr & Wetherby Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 74
KTB Profile

Espoir Moriviere won both starts at Class 5 in handicaps over 2m5f – 3m on soft going at Ayr in Oct 2020 and at Wetherby in Mar 2020. The gelding raced 29 times on turf for two wins and nine places from Apr 2018 to Feb 2023 and reached a highest ever mark of 85. He last ran at Carlisle in Feb 2023 off an official rating of 74 which was 11lb below his career-high mark. Headgear returned at that run.

Based on 29 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5 OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating74↓ 11lb off peak
74 73–85

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 118 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Hexham, 5 Nov 2021

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. What this means →

Jumps 16 figures · best 130A · median 97.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft6118A97.5—
Heavy5120B93—
Soft3130A87—
Good2117B109.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m12130A97.5—
Over 3m3120B117—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 29 runs looked at, 13 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (10) · did not complete (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 29 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 91A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sedgefield, 22 Nov 2022 Official rating 74 at the last run, 6 Feb 2023

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 25 figures · best 102A · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy7102A92—
Soft796A91—
Good to Soft688A74.5—
Good592A84—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m17102A88—
Over 3m492B81.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2100A92—
1m5f – 2m272C71—

Of 29 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 25 figures from 29 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 10.3% of 813 runs since Nov 2012 (112 horses).

Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.5% from 160.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm600%−10.3—
Good1181411.9%+1.60 from 5
Good to Soft120108.3%−20 from 7
Soft3383710.9%+0.62 from 8
Heavy1852010.8%+0.50 from 9
Standard (AW)4636.5%−3.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f700%−10.3—
1m – 1m1f3339.1%−1.2—
1m2f – 1m4f5024%−6.3—
1m5f – 2m1602817.5%+7.20 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f401369%−1.30 from 2
2m5f – 3m138128.7%−1.62 from 21
Over 3m24312.5%+2.20 from 4

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Nov 2012 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sagesse Moriviere (FR) (Vaguely Pleasant)

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

The wins came over 2m–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Cyrius Moriviere (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cyrius Moriviere (FR)2422m–2m½fClass 4

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 8 2 25% −1.25
Good to Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Good 5 0 0% −5.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 22 2 9% −15.25
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hexham 13 0 0% −13.00
Wetherby 5 1 20% −1.25
Sedgefield 3 0 0% −3.00
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Kelso 2 0 0% −2.00
Perth 2 0 0% −2.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 1 100% +2.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 21 2 10% −14.25
Over 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Craig Nichol 15 1 7% −11.25
Dylan Johnston 7 0 0% −7.00
Lorcan Murtagh 3 0 0% −3.00
Conor O'Farrell 2 1 50% +1.00
James Robottom 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny McMenamin 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 26 2 8% −19.25
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 5 0 0% −5.00
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2020 6 2 33% +0.75
2019 4 0 0% −4.00
2018 7 0 0% −7.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 23 2 9% −16.25
Chase 6 0 0% −6.00

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
2023 · 2 runs
06 Feb 23+22d Carlisle Happy Birthday Tony And Nora Wootten Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m½f · Soft · 14 ran PU/14 — 9-9 74—— Dylan Johnston 25/1
15 Jan 23+20d Kelso Kelso Annual Members Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m7½f · Heavy · 4 ran 4/4 hd 9-11 7742C76B Dylan Johnston 11/4
2022 · 5 runs
26 Dec 22+34d Wetherby William Hill Play Responsibly Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m · Good To Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 9-6 79—— Dylan Johnston 15/2
22 Nov 22+18d Sedgefield Download The Vickers.Bet App Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m3f · Soft · 8 ran 2/8 3 9-6 75—91A Dylan Johnston 6/1
04 Nov 22+207d Hexham Follow HexhamRaces On Twitter Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Soft · 13 ran 7/13 hd 9-8 76—78A Dylan Johnston 10/3
11 Apr 22+35d Hexham Download The N-E Bet App Today Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m · Good To Soft · 12 ran 4/12 ½ 9-7 7794A86A Dylan Johnston 5/1J
07 Mar 22+89d Wetherby RacingTV 100% Profits Back To Racing Handicap Chase Class 5 · 3m · Heavy · 8 ran 2/8 1¼ 10-0 73—91B Dylan Johnston 9/1
2021 · 5 runs
08 Dec 21+33d Hexham Happy Birthday Kian Burley Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Heavy · 14 ran PU/14 — 10-6 76—— Craig Nichol 4/1F
05 Nov 21+171d Hexham Belated Happy 70th John 'Bendex' De Moraville Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 3/12 6 10-7 78118A88A Craig Nichol 16/1
18 May 21+27d Hexham Download The At The Races App Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Soft · 14 ran 13/14 90 10-11 80—76C Lorcan Murtagh 17/2
21 Apr 21+45d Perth NHS Tayside Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 3m · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7/11 6 9-11 8387C77C James Robottom 15/2
07 Mar 21+70d Sedgefield Paxtons Have JCB Fastracs In Stock Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m3f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5/10 14 10-2 84117B72B Lorcan Murtagh 9/1
2020 · 6 runs
27 Dec 20+18d Wetherby William Hill Extra Place Races Every Day Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m · Heavy · 16 ran 5/16 20 10-10 8455C81C Danny McMenamin 10/3F
09 Dec 20+26d Hexham Hexham Membership An Ideal Christmas Present Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Heavy · 13 ran 2/13 nk 10-11 8293C102A Craig Nichol 9/1
13 Nov 20+18d Newcastle quinnbet.com Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good · 13 ran 5/13 9½ 10-3 82—92A Conor O'Farrell 3/1
26 Oct 20+223d Ayr Ayr Racecourse Sunday Market Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m½f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 10-9 7887A94A Conor O'Farrell 2/1
17 Mar 20+26d Wetherby Happy St Patrick's Day Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 10-3 74130A92A Craig Nichol 11/4
20 Feb 20+71d Sedgefield carpetgallop.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m3f · Heavy · 11 ran 4/11 1 10-3 77120B92B Craig Nichol 6/1
2019 · 4 runs
11 Dec 19+21d Hexham Purchase Your 2020 Hexham Membership Today Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7½f · Heavy · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-1 77—— Craig Nichol 2/1F
20 Nov 19+12d Hexham Christmas Packages Available On 11th December Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4f · Heavy · 14 ran 2/14 5 10-5 76—100A Craig Nichol 13/8F
08 Nov 19+263d Hexham Weatherbys Racing Bank Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Heavy · 10 ran 3/10 1 10-3 74106C102A Craig Nichol 13/2
18 Feb 19+53d Carlisle Racing TV Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m1f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 10/13 21 9-11 7570C70C Lorcan Murtagh 7/1
2018 · 7 runs
27 Dec 18+15d Wetherby Happy New Year Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 25 10-7 78101C69C Craig Nichol 8/1
12 Dec 18+33d Hexham Half Price Admission Thursday 20th December Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7½f · Soft · 11 ran 3/11 8 10-1 79—96A Craig Nichol 8/1
09 Nov 18+33d Hexham Racing Partnership Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good · 16 ran 7/16 4½ 10-8 82102B92A Craig Nichol 20/1
07 Oct 18+144d Kelso P & G Allan Catering Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Good · 14 ran 11/14 4½ 10-6 85117B84A Craig Nichol 25/1
16 May 18+11d Perth Grampian Hotel Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 25 10-9 ——84C Craig Nichol 40/1
05 May 18+12d Hexham Bobby Roberts Memorial Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 14 ran 11/14 shd 10-10 ——70C Craig Nichol 50/1
23 Apr 18 Hexham Totesport.com Home Of The Placepot 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 14 10-7 —45C72C Craig Nichol 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Espoir Moriviere won?
Espoir Moriviere (FR) won 2 of 29 archived starts between 2018 and 2023, a strike rate of 6.9%. Placed 9 times in total (31% of starts).
Who trained Espoir Moriviere?
Espoir Moriviere (FR) was trained by Rose Dobbin on the most recent run on record, at Carlisle on 6 February 2023.
Who is Espoir Moriviere's sire?
Espoir Moriviere (FR) is by Saddex (GB) out of Sagesse Moriviere (FR), whose sire is Vaguely Pleasant.
What going does Espoir Moriviere prefer?
Espoir Moriviere (FR) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Espoir Moriviere's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 6 February 2023. The highest on record is 85.
What is Espoir Moriviere's sire's record?
Saddex (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 813 runs since Nov 2012 (112 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.5% from 160.
Who are Espoir Moriviere's siblings?
Out of Sagesse Moriviere (FR), Espoir Moriviere (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Cyrius Moriviere (FR) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Cyrius Moriviere (FR)). The wins came over 2m–2m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2018. 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.