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Horse profile

French Bere (FR)

8yo gelding (at last run, May 2023) · Last trainer Mme Sara Vermeersch · Last owner Mme Martine Deruwez
by Peer Gynt (JPN) out of Madame Beatrice (FR) (Hold That Tiger)
27 runs · 6 courses · from Sep 2017
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 May 2023 — 1,271 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2023 · 8th of 13 4 wins · Deauville (FR), Longchamp (FR) & Lyon Parilly New yard
KTB Profile

French Bere won four of 27 starts with three of those wins at 6f – 7f. He gained his biggest success in the Prix Yves Saint-Martin at Deauville in Dec 2021 on standard going. Two wins came on all-weather and two on turf, including at Longchamp and Lyon Parilly. Aged 8 at his last run in May 2023, he finished 8 of 13 at Saint-Cloud in his first start for Mme Sara Vermeersch.

Based on 27 archived runs · updated 27 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
Peer Gynt (JPN)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 547 runs since Jan 2008 (57 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 5.9% from 101. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 14.9% from 174.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−9.3—
Good to Firm9111.1%+1.8—
Good9255.4%−3.91 from 3
Good to Soft59711.9%+2.61 from 4
Soft10165.9%−3.40 from 4
Heavy2713.7%−5.60 from 3
Standard (AW)2583112%+2.72 from 13
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3126.5%−2.80 from 1
6f – 7f179158.4%−0.93 from 19
1m – 1m1f1742614.9%+5.61 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f11387.1%−2.2—
1m5f – 2m1700%−9.3—
2m1f – 2m4f3100%−9.3—
2m5f – 3m200%−9.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Madame Beatrice (FR) (Hold That Tiger)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Hasmar Bere (FR)70——
Kanelle Bere (FR)20——
Loulou Bere (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 13 2 15% +3.80
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 4 1 25% +5.90
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 3 1 33% +0.30

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chantilly (FR) 7 0 0% −7.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 6 0 0% −6.00
Deauville (FR) 6 2 33% +10.80
Longchamp (FR) 6 1 17% −2.70
Lyon Parilly 1 1 100% +8.90
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 19 3 16% +1.10
1m – 1m1f 7 1 14% +2.90
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Stephane Pasquier 10 3 30% +7.80
Mme Sara Vermeersch 5 0 0% −5.00
Anthony Crastus 4 0 0% −4.00
Mlle Sara Vermeersch 2 1 50% +10.20
Arnaud Muste 2 0 0% −2.00
Sebastien Maillot 1 0 0% −1.00
Mickael Barzalona 1 0 0% −1.00
Jeremie Monteiro 1 0 0% −1.00
Christophe Soumillon 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 21 3 14% −3.20
Hood + tongue tie 6 1 17% +6.20

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 1 0 0% −1.00
2021 5 1 20% +7.20
2019 6 0 0% −6.00
2018 9 2 22% −1.10
2017 5 1 20% +4.90

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 Jockey SP
2023 · 1 run
05 May 23+399d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix de l'Armorique (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 6f · Soft · 13 ran 8/13 nse 8-5 Mme Sara Vermeersch 41/1
2022 · 1 run
01 Apr 22+106d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Butte Ronde (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6.5f · Standard · 17 ran 9/17 1 8-4 Mme Sara Vermeersch 81/1
2021 · 5 runs
16 Dec 21+8d Deauville (FR) Prix du Domfrontais (Handicap) (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6.5f · Standard · 12 ran 11/12 ½ 8-2 Mme Sara Vermeersch 16/5
08 Dec 21+81d Deauville (FR) Prix Yves Saint-Martin (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 7.5f · Standard · 11 ran 1/11 8-11 Mlle Sara Vermeersch 112/10
18 Sep 21+72d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix de la Pointe du Hode (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 8f · Soft · 18 ran 10/18 nk 8-0 Mlle Sara Vermeersch 26/1
08 Jul 21+128d Longchamp (FR) Prix du Bas Fort Blanc (Handicap) (4yo+) (Sprint Course) (Turf) 5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 9/11 hd 9-3 Mme Sara Vermeersch 19/1
02 Mar 21+466d Chantilly (FR) Prix de l'Allee du Pont au Roi (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6.5f · Standard · 11 ran 9/11 ½ 9-3 Mme Sara Vermeersch 28/1
2019 · 6 runs
22 Nov 19+23d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix de Gravelle (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 7f · Heavy · 16 ran 16/16 30 9-1 Arnaud Muste 70/1
30 Oct 19+20d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix du Tunnel de Saint-Cloud (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf) 8f · Heavy · 14 ran 11/14 1½ 9-1 Sebastien Maillot 48/1
10 Oct 19+53d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Bubbles (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 7f · Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 ½ 8-7 Arnaud Muste 43/1
18 Aug 19+143d Deauville (FR) Prix du Jardin des Personnalites (Conditions) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 6.5f · Standard · 11 ran 5/11 hd 8-11 Mickael Barzalona 43/10
28 Mar 19+49d Chantilly (FR) Prix du Tricentenaire des Grandes Ecuries (Handicap) (4yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6.5f · Standard · 16 ran 16/16 ¾ 8-11 Anthony Crastus 15/1
07 Feb 19+68d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Route du Debat (Handicap) (4yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6.5f · Standard · 17 ran 5/17 1¾ 9-13 Anthony Crastus 27/1
2018 · 9 runs
01 Dec 18+11d Deauville (FR) Prix des Chaumines (Handicap) (3yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6.5f · Standard · 15 ran 12/15 hd 9-5 Anthony Crastus 19/1
20 Nov 18+33d Chantilly (FR) Prix du Paddock (Handicap) (3yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 8f · Standard · 14 ran 11/14 nk 9-4 Anthony Crastus 17/1
18 Oct 18+26d Longchamp (FR) Prix du Grand Trianon (Handicap) (3yo) (Turf) 8f · Good · 17 ran 16/17 2½ 9-1 Jeremie Monteiro 47/1
22 Sep 18+13d Longchamp (FR) Prix Carrus - Grand Prix des Benevoles (Handicap) (3yo) (Turf) 8f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 8/16 1¼ 9-3 Christophe Soumillon 78/10
09 Sep 18+29d Longchamp (FR) Prix du Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf) 7f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 9-2 Stephane Pasquier 23/10F
11 Aug 18+79d Deauville (FR) Prix de Mervilly (Claimer) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Polytrack) 7.5f · Standard · 10 ran 1/10 9-4 Stephane Pasquier 18/5
24 May 18+25d Longchamp (FR) Prix du Pont Alexandre III (Handicap) (3yo) (Turf) 7f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 1¼ 8-8 Stephane Pasquier 22/5
29 Apr 18+51d Longchamp (FR) Prix RMC (Grand Optional de ParisLongchamp) (Handicap) (3yo) (Turf) 7f · Good · 11 ran 5/11 hd 8-7 Stephane Pasquier 47/10
09 Mar 18+80d Chantilly (FR) Prix du Val Saint-Georges (Conditions) (3yo) (Polytrack) 6.5f · Standard · 5 ran 2/5 ¾ 9-3 Stephane Pasquier 23/5
2017 · 5 runs
19 Dec 17+21d Chantilly (FR) Prix Abdos (Conditions) (2yo) (Polytrack) 8f · Standard · 10 ran 3/10 2 8-13 Stephane Pasquier 7/1
28 Nov 17+21d Deauville (FR) Prix Grey Dawn (Conditions) (2yo) (Polytrack) 7.5f · Standard · 9 ran 4/9 2½ 8-13 Stephane Pasquier 10/1
07 Nov 17+26d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Ravinella (Conditions) (2yo) (Turf) 6.5f · Soft · 9 ran 4/9 1 9-2 Stephane Pasquier 58/10
12 Oct 17+31d Lyon Parilly Prix du Label Equures (Maiden) (Turf) 8f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 1/4 9-2 Stephane Pasquier 89/10
11 Sep 17 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix Pharel (Maiden) (2yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 6.5f · Very Soft · 11 ran 8/11 1¾ 8-11 Stephane Pasquier 188/10

Quick answers

How many races has French Bere won?
French Bere (FR) won 4 of 27 archived starts between 2017 and 2023, a strike rate of 14.8%. Placed 6 times in total (22.2% of starts).
Who trained French Bere?
French Bere (FR) was trained by Mme Sara Vermeersch on the most recent run on record, at Saint-Cloud (FR) on 5 May 2023.
Who is French Bere's sire?
French Bere (FR) is by Peer Gynt (JPN) out of Madame Beatrice (FR), whose sire is Hold That Tiger.
What going does French Bere prefer?
French Bere (FR) has the best record on good 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 French Bere's sire's record?
Peer Gynt (JPN)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.3% of 547 runs since Jan 2008 (57 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 5.9% from 101. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 14.9% from 174.
Who are French Bere's siblings?
Out of Madame Beatrice (FR), French Bere (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2017. 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.