Horse profile
Fugitif (FR)
by Ballingarry (IRE) out of Turiane (FR) (Arvico)
32 runs · 13 courses · from Nov 2020
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · 5 courses
Off 185 days · 5th of 11
Last raced off OR 134
KTB Profile
Fugitif is a 5-32 gelding who won the Class 1 Virgin Bet December Gold Cup Handicap Chase at Cheltenham in Dec 2023 off an official rating of 151. All five of his wins came in handicaps on soft or heavy ground, three of them over 1m5f – 2m and two over 2m1f – 2m4f. He has raced 13 times at Cheltenham, winning once. Aged 11 at his last run in Apr 2026, he finished fifth of 11 at Haydock when leading in the Unibet Silver Trophy Handicap Chase.
Based on 32 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 23lb off peak
- 5–32Wins / Runs
- 15.6%Strike rate
- 11 (34.4%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=32 at SP
- 1.51Fair A/E n=32 · 1.30 incl. margin
- 157Highest OR
- 64dAvg between runs
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.
Official rating134↓ 23lb off peak
134
113–157
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 90
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 13 | 113A | 90 | 2 · 90 / 84 |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 108A | 65.5 | 1 · — |
| Good | 4 | 101B | 73.5 | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 2 | 131A | 99.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 16 | 113A | 84 | 3 · 78 / 72 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 131A | 68 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 90A | 72 | 1 · — |
Of 32 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (4) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 figures from 32 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 5 analysed runs
- Held up 3 (60%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (20%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Ballingarry (IRE)
Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 2,430 runs since Jan 2008 (309 horses).
Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 125.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 22 | 1 | 4.5% | −5.9 | — |
| Good | 464 | 48 | 10.3% | −0.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 286 | 36 | 12.6% | +2.2 | 1 from 9 |
| Soft | 1,031 | 107 | 10.4% | 0 | 3 from 15 |
| Heavy | 534 | 53 | 9.9% | −0.5 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 88 | 4 | 4.5% | −5.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −10.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | −2.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 53 | 1 | 1.9% | −8.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 125 | 8 | 6.4% | −4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 407 | 49 | 12% | +1.6 | 3 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,202 | 131 | 10.9% | +0.5 | 2 from 19 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 527 | 60 | 11.4% | +1 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 96 | 2 | 2.1% | −8.3 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Turiane (FR) (Arvico)
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 15 | 3 | 20% | +2.50 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.50 |
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 16 | 1 | 6% | −8.50 |
| Class 2 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +6.50 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 13 | 1 | 8% | −5.50 |
| Aintree | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Haydock | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 19 | 2 | 11% | −4.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 3 | 30% | +4.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Sheehan | 7 | 2 | 29% | +7.50 |
| Sean Bowen | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| James Best | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.00 |
| Charlie Maggs | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Nick Scholfield | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Tom Bellamy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kielan Woods | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Stan Sheppard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 22 | 5 | 23% | +7.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.50 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +4.00 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +6.50 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 27 | 4 | 15% | −3.00 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 26+11d | Haydock | Unibet Silver Trophy Handicap Chase (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) (GBB Race) Went clear early - driven up approaching 3 out - blundered 2 out and lost front spot soon after - dropped away close home finishing fifth | 5/11 | 1¼ | 11-2 | 134 | 56A | 125A | Tom Bellamy | 22/1 |
| 04 Apr 26+56d | Haydock | Unibet Middle Distance Veterans' Handicap Chase (Series Final) Sat with front group early - moved into second at the 4th and into command by the 9th - blundered 3 out and lost rider | UR/17 | — | 11-5 | 134 | — | — | Tom Bellamy | 14/1 |
| 07 Feb 26+21d | Warwick | Unibet Middle Distance Series Veterans' Handicap Chase Held mid-pack early - stumbled at 12th - moved up into third by 13th - pressed for effort after 3 out - up to second 2 out and pursued leader to the finish without threatening | 2/7 | 13 | 11-5 | 136 | — | 138B | Gavin Sheehan | 6/1 |
| 17 Jan 26+36d | Ascot | bet365 Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Handy early - upsides from the 10th - still involved 4 out - pushed along and slipped to third 2 out with a mistake there then weakened into fourth | 4/9 | 22 | 10-8 | 140 | 90A | 106B | Charlie Maggs | 28/1 |
| 12 Dec 25+28d | Cheltenham | Unibet Middle Distance Veterans' Chase Series Handicap Chase Sat behind the pace early - drifted into the middle of the pack by the 4th - urged into fourth after 3 out but couldn't find more - dropped away before 2 out to finish fifth | 5/8 | 4 | 11-5 | 143 | 72A | 124A | Charlie Maggs | 11/2 |
| 14 Nov 25+212d | Cheltenham | Unibet Middle Distance Veterans' Chase Series Veterans' Handicap Chase Settled mid-pack - pushed along before two out and briefly went third - soon dropped away finishing fifth | 5/8 | 14 | 11-9 | 145 | 78C | 114C | Charlie Maggs | 7/2J |
| 16 Apr 25+34d | Cheltenham | Matt Hampson Foundation Silver Trophy Handicap Chase (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled just off the pace - moved up to dispute matters 3 out and still involved 2 out - lost momentum in the closing stages | 8/10 | 1¾ | 10-11 | 147 | 84B | 122A | Charlie Maggs | 16/1 |
| 13 Mar 25+33d | Cheltenham | TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - clipped the fourth-last then untidy over the following obstacle amid mounting pressure - lost touch two out and well held at the line | 15/20 | 9 | 11-5 | 148 | 56C | 120C | Sean Bowen | 20/1 |
| 08 Feb 25+56d | Newbury | William Hill Bet10 Get10 On Racing Denman Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Sat close to front pack on rail - pressed for effort 4 out - dropped away 2 out - eventually beaten well | 6/7 | 1¼ | 11-6 | 148 | 54A | 132A | Sean Bowen | 12/1 |
| 14 Dec 24+28d | Cheltenham | Nyetimber December Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Held up towards the back - clipped 2nd fence - scratchy jump 8th - driven into contention 3 out - shared 3rd spot 2 out - stayed on into the leading pair before the last but no extra under pressure and finished third | 3/11 | 7½ | 11-2 | 150 | 96A | 142A | Sean Bowen | 6/1 |
| 16 Nov 24+217d | Cheltenham | Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Held up at back - clipped first fence - driven and made gradual progress from 12th - shared 4th spot before two out but couldn't threaten and slid left over the last | 5/15 | 5½ | 10-13 | 152 | 101B | 137A | Sean Bowen | 28/1 |
| 13 Apr 24+30d | Aintree | William Hill Handicap Chase (Registered As The Freebooter Handicap Chase) (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | PU/13 | — | 12-0 | 154 | — | — | Gavin Sheehan | 33/1 |
| 14 Mar 24+47d | Cheltenham | Ryanair Chase (Grade 1) (Registered As The Festival Trophy) (GBB Race) | PU/11 | — | 11-10 | 157 | — | — | Sean Bowen | 16/1 |
| 27 Jan 24+42d | Cheltenham | My Pension Expert Clarence House Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 3/5 | 6½ | 11-10 | 157 | 56C | 138B | Gavin Sheehan | 10/1 |
| 16 Dec 23+28d | Cheltenham | Virgin Bet December Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 1/12 | 11-3 | 151 | 113A | 148A | Gavin Sheehan | 13/2 | |
| 18 Nov 23+218d | Cheltenham | Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 4/14 | 4 | 11-5 | 153 | 110B | 140A | Gavin Sheehan | 12/1 |
| 14 Apr 23+29d | Aintree | Marsh Chase (Registered As The Melling Chase) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 5/7 | 5½ | 11-10 | 153 | 80C | 120C | Sean Bowen | 11/1 |
| 16 Mar 23+47d | Cheltenham | Magners Plate Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 2/23 | 2 | 11-6 | 149 | 84B | 148A | Sean Bowen | 11/1 |
| 28 Jan 23+32d | Cheltenham | Paddy Power Cheltenham Countdown Podcast Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 2/16 | 1 | 11-3 | 143 | 108B | 153A | Gavin Sheehan | 7/2F |
| 27 Dec 22+46d | Chepstow | Coral Get Closer To The Action Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/12 | 10-7 | 133 | 105A | 141A | Gavin Sheehan | 6/1 | |
| 11 Nov 22+218d | Cheltenham | Mucking Brilliant Paddy Power Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/8 | 1½ | 11-0 | 131 | 63B | 129B | Kielan Woods | 11/2 |
| 07 Apr 22+40d | Aintree | Close Brothers Red Rum Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (GBB Race) | 8/16 | 1¾ | 10-6 | 133 | 59B | 107A | Stan Sheppard | 33/1 |
| 26 Feb 22+21d | Chepstow | Pertemps Network Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 4/5 | 3¾ | 11-2 | 135 | 68C | 124B | James Best | 7/1 |
| 05 Feb 22+28d | Sandown | Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 4/5 | 30 | 11-4 | 135 | 53C | 124C | Nick Scholfield | 33/1 |
| 08 Jan 22+21d | Newcastle | QuinnBet And QuinnCasino Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/4 | 11-0 | 131 | 103C | 141B | Kielan Woods | 2/1 | |
| 18 Dec 21+36d | Haydock | Virgin Bet Novices' Chase (GBB Race) | PU/4 | — | 11-6 | 131 | — | — | Nick Scholfield | 7/4 |
| 12 Nov 21+239d | Worcester | Royal Equestrian Bedding Supports Kemp Hospice Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/10 | 11-12 | 120 | 108A | 151B | Nick Scholfield | 11/2 | |
| 18 Mar 21+25d | Hexham | Follow Hexham Racecourse On Facebook & Twitter Novices' Hurdle | 3/11 | 6½ | 11-7 | 121 | 98C | 129A | James Best | 6/4 |
| 21 Feb 21+23d | Uttoxeter | Will Cemis Happy 30th Birthday Handicap Hurdle | 1/9 | 11-6 | 113 | 131A | 142A | James Best | 4/1F | |
| 29 Jan 21+55d | Doncaster | First Race Special On Sky Bet Tomorrow Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 7/18 | hd | 11-4 | 118 | 65B | 117A | James Best | 50/1 |
| 05 Dec 20+28d | Aintree | William Hill Extra Place Races Daily Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 6/6 | 20 | 10-12 | — | 60C | 116C | James Best | 25/1 |
| 07 Nov 20 | Aintree | William Hill Extra Places Every Day EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/6 | 3 | 10-12 | — | 97A | 113B | James Best | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Fugitif (FR) won?
- Fugitif (FR) won 5 of 32 archived starts between 2020 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.6%. Placed 11 times in total (34.4% of starts).
- Who trains Fugitif (FR)?
- Fugitif (FR) is trained by Richard Hobson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 15 April 2026.
- Who is Fugitif (FR)'s sire?
- Fugitif (FR) is by Ballingarry (IRE) out of Turiane (FR), whose sire is Arvico.
- What going does Fugitif (FR) prefer?
- Fugitif (FR) has the best record on heavy 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 Fugitif (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 134, from the run on 15 April 2026. The highest on record is 157.
- What is Fugitif (FR)'s sire's record?
- Ballingarry (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 2,430 runs since Jan 2008 (309 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 125.