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Horse profile

Formidable Pecos (FR)

3yo gelding · Trainer Kevin Tavares · Owner Jm Lapoujade/b Piovesan
by Taareef (USA) out of First Lady Pecos (Ares De La Brunie)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jul 2026
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Ran 61 days ago · 3rd of 11
KTB Profile

Formidable Pecos is a lightly raced gelding with one placing from two starts since Jul 2026. By Taareef out of First Lady Pecos, he showed fair form when finishing 3 of 11 in the Prix Velox at Mont-De-Marsan in Aug 2026 on good to soft ground. His sire has produced a 10.5% strike rate from 190 runners since Jan 2008. All his racing has been over 1m2f – 1m4f on turf.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 18 Oct 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.

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 10.4% of 202 runs since Jan 2008 (27 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm100%−10.4—
Good26415.4%+50 from 1
Good to Soft2528%−2.40 from 1
Soft4137.3%−3.1—
Heavy1317.7%−2.7—
Standard (AW)961111.5%+1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f200%−10.4—
6f – 7f50612%+1.6—
1m – 1m1f5747%−3.4—
1m2f – 1m4f3925.1%−5.30 from 2
1m5f – 2m36822.2%+11.8—
2m1f – 2m4f1715.9%−4.5—
2m5f – 3m100%−10.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
17 Aug 26+17d Mont-De-Marsan (FR) Prix Velox 10.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 3/11 3½ 8-9 Antoine Werle 5/2
31 Jul 26 Dax (FR) Prix Florestan Ii 10.5f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 5½ 8-5 Antoine Werle 5/1

Quick answers

How many races has Formidable Pecos (FR) won?
Formidable Pecos (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2026. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Formidable Pecos (FR)?
Formidable Pecos (FR) is trained by Kevin Tavares, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 August 2026.
Who is Formidable Pecos (FR)'s sire?
Formidable Pecos (FR) is by Taareef (USA) out of First Lady Pecos, whose sire is Ares De La Brunie.
What is Formidable Pecos (FR)'s sire's record?
Taareef (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 202 runs since Jan 2008 (27 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from July 2026. 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.