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Horse profile

Gala Marceau (FR)

6yo mare (at last run, May 2025) · Last trainer W P Mullins · Last owner Kenneth Alexander
by Galiway (GB) out of Alma Marceau (FR) (Kendargent)
16 runs · 9 courses · from Oct 2021
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 May 2025 — 542 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2025 · 2nd of 6 4 wins · Auteuil (FR), Leopardstown & Compiegne (FR) Last raced off OR 143
KTB Profile

Gala Marceau won four of 16 starts in our archive including the Grade 1 Prix Alain du Breil at Auteuil in May 2023. All four wins came on soft or heavy ground over trips from 1m5f to 2m4f with three of them at Auteuil Leopardstown and Compiegne. She finished second of six in the SBK Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle at Punchestown in May 2025 off an official rating of 143. She has not won since May 2023.

Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Feb 2025 · updated 27 Oct 2026
Official rating143↓ 3lb off peak
143 136–146

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 121 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Warwick, 8 Feb 2025

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 10 figures · best 151C · median 111
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft5151C116—
Heavy3118A110—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6151C109—
1m5f – 2m3116A112—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 12 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 140B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown, 3 May 2025 Official rating 143 at the last run, 3 May 2025

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 →

Jumps 11 figures · best 146B · median 138
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft6146B140—
Heavy3138A124—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6146B138—
1m5f – 2m4144A138—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 12 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 12 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 from 4 analysed runs since Feb 2025

  • Prominent 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 2 (50%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Galiway (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 1,710 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses).

Strongest on good going: 15.6% from 262. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8% from 388. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.3% from 228. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.4% from 478.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm4149.8%−1.7—
Good2624115.6%+4.10 from 1
Good to Soft3083310.7%−0.80 from 2
Soft4715712.1%+0.63 from 8
Heavy2372912.2%+0.71 from 4
Standard (AW)388318%−3.50 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f13215.4%+3.9—
6f – 7f2322912.5%+10 from 1
1m – 1m1f478265.4%−6.1—
1m2f – 1m4f5296211.7%+0.2—
1m5f – 2m2284419.3%+7.83 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f2032713.3%+1.81 from 8
2m5f – 3m27622.2%+10.70 from 1

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
Alma Marceau (FR) (Kendargent)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 8 3 38% +13.80
Heavy 4 1 25% +3.20
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 5 0 0% −5.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Punchestown 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheltenham 3 0 0% −3.00
Auteuil (FR) 2 2 100% +14.30
Leopardstown 2 1 50% +3.50
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 1 100% +6.20
Chantilly (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 8 1 13% +3.40
1m5f – 2m 6 3 50% +11.60
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Danny Mullins 10 2 20% +6.90
Paul Townend 2 0 0% −2.00
Bertrand Lestrade 2 2 100% +10.10
Brian Hayes 1 0 0% −1.00
Anthony Crastus 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood 11 1 9% +0.40
Tongue tie 3 2 67% +9.10
None 2 1 50% +3.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 4 0 0% −4.00
2024 4 0 0% −4.00
2023 4 2 50% +12.90
2022 3 2 67% +9.10
2021 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 15 4 27% +14.00
Flat 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 4 runs
03 May 25+12d Punchestown SBK Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) 20.5f · Yielding · 6 ran Up with the front group in 4th - nudged forward in a sluggish 5th 3 out - moved to 3rd and under pressure at the following fence - unable to close on the winner before the last - took 2nd inside the final furlong but held on at one pace 2/6 6½ 11-7 143108A140B Danny Mullins 12/1
21 Apr 25+41d Fairyhouse Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Hurdle (Grade 2) 20f · Soft To Heavy · 10 ran Settled towards the back early - made progress into 4th two out with a small error there - moved into 2nd at the last then stayed on to finish second 2/10 ¾ 10-10 144118A138A Paul Townend 15/8F
11 Mar 25+31d Cheltenham Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle (Registered As The David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 20f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Settled towards the back - came down 3 out F/10 — 11-5 145—— Brian Hayes 66/1
08 Feb 25+280d Warwick Read Nicky Henderson's Weekly Unibet Blog Mares' Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 21f · Soft · 6 ran Sat behind pace - clipped fourth from home - driven and slipped back on home turn - scratchy and asked for effort 2 out - found renewed energy to go second at the last - eased back late to finish third 3/6 ½ 11-2 145121A121B Danny Mullins EvensF
2024 · 4 runs
04 May 24+53d Punchestown Coolmore N.H. Sires Bolshoi Ballet Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) 20.5f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 7 11-7 140151C146B Danny Mullins 16/1
12 Mar 24+20d Cheltenham Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle (Registered As The David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 20f · Heavy · 11 ran 6/11 15 11-5 146110A115A Danny Mullins 12/1
21 Feb 24+25d Punchestown Bet Victor Quevega Mares Hurdle (grade 3) 20f · Heavy · 4 ran 3/4 10 11-7 14199C124B Paul Townend 2/7F
27 Jan 24+251d Doncaster SBK Yorkshire Rose Mares' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 2 11-8 141106A133B Danny Mullins 10/11F
2023 · 4 runs
21 May 23+22d Auteuil (FR) Prix Alain du Breil - Course de Haies de Printemps (Hurdle) (4yo) (Turf) 19.5f · Very Soft · 10 ran 1/10 10-3 ——— Danny Mullins 104/10
29 Apr 23+43d Punchestown Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1) 16f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 3/8 2¾ 10-7 136112A136A Danny Mullins 11/4
17 Mar 23+41d Cheltenham JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 17f · Soft · 15 ran 2/15 2¼ 10-9 14195B138A Danny Mullins 10/3
04 Feb 23+40d Leopardstown Donohue Marquees Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) 16f · Yielding · 8 ran 1/8 10-7 —116A144A Danny Mullins 9/2
2022 · 3 runs
26 Dec 22+240d Leopardstown Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle (grade 2) 16f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 7½ 10-6 ——140A Danny Mullins 3/1
30 Apr 22+45d Auteuil (FR) Prix Girofla (Hurdle) () (3yo Fillies) (Turf) 15f · Very Soft · 6 ran 1/6 10-6 ——— Bertrand Lestrade 39/10
16 Mar 22+140d Compiegne (FR) Prix d'Essai des Pouliches (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Fillies Unraced Over Obstacles) (Turf) 16f · Heavy · 12 ran 1/12 10-8 ——— Bertrand Lestrade 31/5
2021 · 1 run
27 Oct 21 Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Maniguette (Maiden) (2yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 7.5f · Standard · 7 ran 7/7 ¾ 8-13 ——— Anthony Crastus 77/10

Quick answers

How many races has Gala Marceau won?
Gala Marceau (FR) won 4 of 16 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 10 times in total (62.5% of starts).
Who trained Gala Marceau?
Gala Marceau (FR) was trained by W P Mullins on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 3 May 2025.
Who is Gala Marceau's sire?
Gala Marceau (FR) is by Galiway (GB) out of Alma Marceau (FR), whose sire is Kendargent.
What going does Gala Marceau prefer?
Gala Marceau (FR) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 8 starts (37.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Gala Marceau's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 143, from the run on 3 May 2025. The highest on record is 146.
What is Gala Marceau's sire's record?
Galiway (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 1,710 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 15.6% from 262. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8% from 388. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.3% from 228. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.4% from 478.

Record shown from October 2021. 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.