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Horse profile

Festive Cheer (FR)

5yo horse (at last run, Mar 2015) · Last trainer P Cottin · Last owner Mme Pia Brandt
by Montjeu (IRE) out of Bold Classic (USA) (Pembroke)
10 runs · 7 courses · from Jul 2012
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Mar 2015 — 4,251 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2015 Won at Dundalk (AW) New yard
KTB Profile

Festive Cheer (FR) is 1 from 10. Hasn't won since Aug 2012. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 7 on turf.

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating105↓ 9lb off peak
105 105–114

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

Best recent KTB Rating 76C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Galway, 1 Aug 2014 Official rating 105 at the last run, 26 Sep 2014

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. What this means →

Flat 7 figures · best 98A · median 74
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)290A79.5—
Soft276C63.5—
Good to Firm298A84—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f498A72—
6f – 7f290A70.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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
Montjeu (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 7,971 runs since Jan 2008 (665 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 16.3% from 686.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5747%−5.3—
Good to Firm1,24215912.8%+0.50 from 2
Good2,14126212.2%−0.10 from 2
Good to Soft1,11014813.3%+1—
Soft1,68219411.5%−0.80 from 2
Heavy68611216.3%+40 from 1
Standard (AW)1,0531009.5%−2.81 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f600%−12.3—
6f – 7f330319.4%−2.91 from 2
1m – 1m1f8139711.9%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f2,72436013.2%+0.90 from 6
1m5f – 2m2,42631312.9%+0.60 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,15712210.5%−1.80 from 1
2m5f – 3m4144510.9%−1.4—
Over 3m1011110.9%−1.4—

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
Bold Classic (USA) (Pembroke)

9 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Monsieur Ok (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Monsieur Ok (GB)211m—
Brandy James (GER)100——
New World Symphony (IRE)40——
Hobbesian War (GB)40——
Toubax (FR)70——
Miss Mary (FR)60——
Maitre D'Armes (FR)20——
Maitre D'Armes I (FR)20——
Idaho James (FR)90——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 3 1 33% −1.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 1 50% +0.00
Auteuil (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 6 0 0% −6.00
6f – 7f 2 1 50% +0.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Joseph O'Brien 4 1 25% −2.00
Seamie Heffernan 2 0 0% −2.00
David Cottin 1 0 0% −1.00
Maxime Guyon 1 0 0% −1.00
Colm O'Donoghue 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 1 11% −7.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2015 1 0 0% −1.00
2014 4 0 0% −4.00
2013 3 0 0% −3.00
2012 2 1 50% +0.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 9 1 11% −7.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
01 Mar 15+63d Auteuil (FR) Prix Rohan (Hurdle) (Maiden) (Unraced 4yo+) (Turf) 18f · Heavy · 19 ran PU/19 — 10-8 —— David Cottin 121/10
28 Dec 14+93d Deauville (FR) Prix du Mont Lion (Conditions) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 12.5f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 hd 8-11 —— Maxime Guyon 43/10
26 Sep 14+56d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium - Light Up Your Night Race 10.5f · Standard · 7 ran 5/7 4½ 9-6 10569A Colm O'Donoghue 9/1
01 Aug 14+12d Galway Guinness Race 14f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 45 9-5 11176C Joseph O'Brien 11/2
20 Jul 14+386d Curragh Meld Stakes (Group 3) (For The Defence Forces Cup) 10f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 4/4 9½ 9-9 11470B Joseph O'Brien 9/2
29 Jun 13+28d Curragh Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1) 12f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 3/9 1¾ 9-0 10998A Seamie Heffernan 33/1
01 Jun 13+20d Epsom Downs Investec Derby (Group 1) Class 1 · 12f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 4½ 9-0 11174A Seamie Heffernan 25/1
12 May 13+258d Longchamp (FR) Prix Hocquart China Horse Club (3yo Colts & Fillies) (Turf) 11f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 shd 9-2 —— Ryan Moore 2/1F
27 Aug 12+36d Dundalk (AW) Bookings At dundalkstadium.com Maiden 7f · Standard · 14 ran 1/14 9-5 —90A Joseph O'Brien EvensF
22 Jul 12 Curragh Darley European Breeders Fund Maiden 7f · Soft · 7 ran 5/7 12 9-5 —51C Joseph O'Brien 3/1

Quick answers

How many races has Festive Cheer (FR) won?
Festive Cheer (FR) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2012 and 2015, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 3 times in total (30% of starts).
Who trained Festive Cheer (FR)?
Festive Cheer (FR) was trained by P Cottin on the most recent run on record, at Auteuil (FR) on 1 March 2015.
Who is Festive Cheer (FR)'s sire?
Festive Cheer (FR) is by Montjeu (IRE) out of Bold Classic (USA), whose sire is Pembroke.
What going does Festive Cheer (FR) prefer?
Festive Cheer (FR) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Festive Cheer (FR)'s official rating?
Festive Cheer (FR)'s highest official rating on record is 114.
What is Festive Cheer (FR)'s sire's record?
Montjeu (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 7,971 runs since Jan 2008 (665 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.3% from 686.
Who are Festive Cheer (FR)'s siblings?
Out of Bold Classic (USA), Festive Cheer (FR) has 9 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Monsieur Ok (GB) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2012. 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.