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Grand Discours (FR)

4yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2025) · Last trainer Giada Menato · Last owner Mme Chantal Bourdier Mme Fanny Vergnolle Et Al
by The Grey Gatsby (IRE) out of Kings Speech I (FR) (King's Best)
6 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2024
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Oct 2025 — 367 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2025
KTB Profile

Grand Discours is a maiden who has run six times without a win or place. His best effort came when fourth of 13 at Compiegne in Apr 2025. All starts have been over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft or heavy turf, with five of them at Auteuil. The gelding, by The Grey Gatsby out of a King’s Best mare, last ran in the Prix Bison Fute at Auteuil in Oct 2025 for trainer Giada Menato.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 1 Nov 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 11.9% of 1,040 runs since Apr 2021 (172 horses).

Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 18.4% from 141.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−11.9—
Good to Firm2428.3%−3.6—
Good1521912.5%+0.6—
Good to Soft1751810.3%−1.6—
Soft2523011.9%00 from 3
Heavy1241713.7%+1.80 from 3
Standard (AW)3123812.2%+0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f700%−11.9—
6f – 7f1051514.3%+2.4—
1m – 1m1f345329.3%−2.6—
1m2f – 1m4f277279.7%−2.2—
1m5f – 2m1452114.5%+2.6—
2m1f – 2m4f1412618.4%+6.50 from 6
2m5f – 3m20315%+3.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2021 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Kings Speech I (FR) (King's Best)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Cour Supreme (FR) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m1f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cour Supreme (FR)512m1f—
So Gatsby (FR)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 5 0 0% −5.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Thomas Beaurain 3 0 0% −3.00
Bryony Frost 1 0 0% −1.00
Leo-Paul Brechet 1 0 0% −1.00
Theo Chevillard 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 4 0 0% −4.00
2024 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00
Hurdle 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
2025 · 4 runs
29 Oct 25+50d Auteuil (FR) Prix Bison Fute (Chase) (Claimer) (4yo) (Turf) 2m2½f · Heavy · 9 ran F/9 — 10-10 Bryony Frost 18/1
09 Sep 25+136d Auteuil (FR) Prix Gelas (Chase) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf) 2m1½f · Very Soft · 12 ran 11/12 1¼ 10-4 Thomas Beaurain 43/1
26 Apr 25+24d Auteuil (FR) Prix Katko (Chase) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf) 2m1½f · Heavy · 13 ran 5/13 nk 10-4 Thomas Beaurain 11/1
02 Apr 25+136d Compiegne (FR) Prix Alain Chelet (Chase) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf) 2m3f · Very Soft · 13 ran 4/13 4 10-4 Thomas Beaurain 50/1
2024 · 2 runs
17 Nov 24+50d Auteuil (FR) Prix Robert et Jean-Claude Weill (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (3yo) (Turf) 2m2f · Very Soft · 16 ran 9/16 20 9-12 Leo-Paul Brechet 36/1
28 Sep 24 Auteuil (FR) Prix Royal Junior (Hurdle) (Handicap) (3yo) (Turf) 2m1½f · Heavy · 11 ran 7/11 1¾ 10-6 Theo Chevillard 11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Grand Discours won?
Grand Discours (FR) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
Who trained Grand Discours?
Grand Discours (FR) was trained by Giada Menato on the most recent run on record, at Auteuil (FR) on 29 October 2025.
Who is Grand Discours's sire?
Grand Discours (FR) is by The Grey Gatsby (IRE) out of Kings Speech I (FR), whose sire is King's Best.
What is Grand Discours's sire's record?
The Grey Gatsby (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 1,040 runs since Apr 2021 (172 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 18.4% from 141.
Who are Grand Discours's siblings?
Out of Kings Speech I (FR), Grand Discours (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Cour Supreme (FR) (1). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.