Giacosa (IRE)
Giacosa is a gelding with two wins from 13 starts on turf, both over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground. He won the Prix de la Rochelle handicap at Compiegne in Apr 2025 and the Prix Louis Aulnette at Machecoul in Oct 2023. The son of Shantou out of a Great Pretender mare finished third of 10 in the Grand Steeple-chase De Compiegne, a Class 1 race at Compiegne in Oct 2026, last raced off his career-high mark of 151.
- 2–13Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 6 (46.2%)Placed
- −4.10£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.00Fair A/E n=12 · 0.84 incl. margin
- 151Highest OR
- 111dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 130
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 30 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 30 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 130A | 117.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,825 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +36.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 158 | 32 | 20.3% | +6.7 | — |
| Good | 2,289 | 311 | 13.6% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,431 | 176 | 12.3% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,611 | 363 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 2 from 4 |
| Heavy | 1,283 | 178 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 0 from 7 |
| Standard (AW) | 51 | 5 | 9.8% | −3.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,030 | 276 | 13.6% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,711 | 378 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 2 from 10 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,339 | 334 | 14.3% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 669 | 72 | 10.8% | −2.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 29 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Ma Shantou (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Ma Shantou (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ma Shantou (IRE) | 13 | 6 | 2m–3m | Grade 2 |
| Bearami Creek (IRE) | 13 | 1 | 2m3f | — |
| Aeroplane Peggy (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.90 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compiegne (FR) | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.90 |
| Auteuil (FR) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ayr | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fontainebleau (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nantes (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Machecoul (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | — |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 10 | 2 | 20% | −1.10 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix De Giles | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Clement Lefebvre | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Nicolas Gauffenic | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.90 |
| James Reveley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Bass | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gabin Meunier | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alexandre Chesneau | 1 | 1 | 100% | — |
| Brian Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood + tongue tie | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.90 |
| Tongue tie | 4 | 1 | 25% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.90 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 8 | 1 | 13% | −7.00 |
| Chase | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.90 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Giacosa won?
- Giacosa (IRE) won 2 of 13 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 6 times in total (46.2% of starts).
- Who trains Giacosa?
- Giacosa (IRE) is trained by Noel George & Amanda Zetterholm, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 October 2026.
- Who is Giacosa's sire?
- Giacosa (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Ma Pretention (FR), whose sire is Great Pretender.
- What going does Giacosa prefer?
- Giacosa (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Giacosa's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 151, from the run on 24 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Giacosa's sire's record?
- Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,825 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
- Who are Giacosa's siblings?
- Out of Ma Pretention (FR), Giacosa (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Ma Shantou (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Ma Shantou (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m. As at Oct 2026.