Esprit Du Potier (FR)
Esprit Du Potier is a gelding who has won four of 14 starts on turf. He gained all three wins on heavy ground and both successes over 2m1f – 2m4f came in Class 4 novice hurdles at Newcastle in Mar 2024 and Ayr in Jan 2024. The other two wins were in NH flat races at Ayr. He finished third of 10, prominent, in a Class 3 handicap hurdle at Wetherby in Feb 2026 off an official rating of 124. He has won three of six starts at Ayr.
- 4–14Wins / Runs
- 28.6%Strike rate
- 8 (57.1%)Placed
- −2.10£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.24Fair A/E n=14 · 1.07 incl. margin
- 127Highest OR
- 41dBetween runs (median)longest 567 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 130
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 5 | 123A | 106 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 4 | 130A | 114.5 | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 3 | 156C | 131 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 131C | 112 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 156C | 113.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 130A | 123 | 2 runs · 130 / 126.5 |
Of 14 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 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 4 analysed runs since Nov 2025
- Prominent 3 (75%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 2,393 runs since Jul 2013 (303 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.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +88.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 25 | 5 | 20% | +8.4 | — |
| Good | 510 | 60 | 11.8% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 371 | 52 | 14% | +2.4 | 1 from 6 |
| Soft | 887 | 104 | 11.7% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 420 | 48 | 11.4% | −0.2 | 3 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 179 | 8 | 4.5% | −7.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −7.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 138 | 4 | 2.9% | −8.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 300 | 36 | 12% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 598 | 95 | 15.9% | +4.3 | 2 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 958 | 109 | 11.4% | −0.2 | 2 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 317 | 28 | 8.8% | −2.8 | 0 from 5 |
| Over 3m | 57 | 5 | 8.8% | −2.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2013 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Seduction (FR) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m2f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Seduction (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seduction (FR) | 13 | 3 | 2m1f–2m2f | Grade 3 |
| Weetamoo (FR) | 7 | 1 | 2m | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.50 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 3 | 100% | +5.40 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 2 | 50% | −1.10 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | 6 | 3 | 50% | +4.57 |
| Kelso | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Aintree | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.33 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 2 | 50% | −1.10 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Fox | 11 | 3 | 27% | −2.60 |
| Patrick Wadge | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Conner McCann | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 50% | −1.10 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 10 | 2 | 20% | −7.10 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 2 | 50% | +5.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 26 Feb 26+59d | Wetherby | Join Racing TV Now Handicap Hurdle Handy early - hit front 9th - lost advantage momentarily then regained it before 3 out - pressed for effort before 2 out - overtaken after 2 out - stayed on for third | 3/10 | 8 | 12-0 | 124 | 130A | 137A | Derek Fox | 8/1 |
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Dec 25+37d | Kelso | Chas Handicap Hurdle Prominent on the rail - tracking the front group in 4th - driven and responded approaching the last - flattened out on the run-in and finished 3rd | 3/7 | 3 | 12-0 | 124 | 123A | 131B | Derek Fox | 15/2 |
| 22 Nov 25+21d | Haydock | Betfair Stayers' Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Poor leap at the opening fence - sat behind the pace - lost touch before the 7th - well behind by 4 out and pulled up | PU/17 | — | 10-9 | 126 | — | — | Derek Fox | 40/1 |
| 01 Nov 25+567d | Ayr | United Council Of Racecourse Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle Went straight to front - lost command nearing 9th then shared advantage - outpaced 3 out - pressed for effort near the last - held on final stretch finishing fourth | 4/7 | ¾ | 11-4 | 127 | 108A | 129A | Derek Fox | 9/2 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Apr 24+39d | Aintree | Turners Mersey Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 7/8 | 5 | 11-7 | 127 | 90A | 124A | Derek Fox | 22/1 |
| 05 Mar 24+38d | Newcastle | Download The Raceday Ready App Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/5 | 11-12 | 121 | 156C | 139B | Derek Fox | 1/3F | |
| 27 Jan 24+25d | Doncaster | Albert Bartlett River Don Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | PU/10 | — | 11-0 | 121 | — | — | Patrick Wadge | 14/1 |
| 02 Jan 24+22d | Ayr | Happy New Year From Ayr Racecourse Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 11-6 | 117 | 121A | 129B | Derek Fox | 4/7F | |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Dec 23+64d | Ayr | Coral 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) | 2/14 | 5 | 11-6 | — | 121B | 136A | Derek Fox | 1/2F |
| 08 Oct 23+176d | Kelso | Simpsons Malt Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/9 | 1½ | 10-13 | — | 97A | 127A | Derek Fox | EvensF |
| 15 Apr 23+47d | Aintree | Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 6/20 | nk | 10-12 | — | 106B | 131A | Derek Fox | 33/1 |
| 27 Feb 23+49d | Ayr | Virgin Bet NH Flat Race (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys) (GBB Race) | 1/9 | 10-4 | — | 112B | 125A | Patrick Wadge | 5/2F | |
| 09 Jan 23+41d | Ayr | Book For The Coral Scottish Grand National Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 10-5 | — | 131C | 119B | Derek Fox | 9/2 | |
| 2022 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 29 Nov 22 | Ayr | Virgin Bet 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 2/6 | ½ | 10-7 | — | 76B | 108B | Conner McCann | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Esprit Du Potier won?
- Esprit Du Potier (FR) won 4 of 14 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 8 times in total (57.1% of starts).
- Who trains Esprit Du Potier?
- Esprit Du Potier (FR) is trained by Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 February 2026.
- Who is Esprit Du Potier's sire?
- Esprit Du Potier (FR) is by Montmartre (FR) out of Absent Minded (GB), whose sire is Medicean.
- What going does Esprit Du Potier prefer?
- Esprit Du Potier (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 3 wins from 3 starts (100%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Esprit Du Potier's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 26 February 2026. The highest on record is 127.
- What is Esprit Du Potier's sire's record?
- Montmartre (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 2,393 runs since Jul 2013 (303 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 Esprit Du Potier's siblings?
- Out of Absent Minded (GB), Esprit Du Potier (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Seduction (FR) (3). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Seduction (FR)). The wins came over 2m–2m2f. As at Nov 2026.