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Horse profile

Great Guy (FR)

4yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2011) · Last trainer J Bertran De Balanda · Last owner Scea Ecurie Francis Gamichon
by Vespone (IRE) out of Great Care (USA) (El Gran Senor)
1 run · 1 course · from Oct 2011
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Oct 2011 — 5,491 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2011
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Oct 2011 as a 4yo gelding. By Vespone (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 8% of 591 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 21 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
Vespone (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 591 runs since Jan 2008 (82 horses).

Weakest on good going: 4.5% from 112. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 11.2% from 179.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm100%−8—
Good11254.5%−3.5—
Good to Soft7978.9%+0.9—
Soft1531610.5%+2.50 from 1
Heavy6134.9%−3.1—
Standard (AW)185168.6%+0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f600%−8—
6f – 7f9577.4%−0.6—
1m – 1m1f189115.8%−2.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1792011.2%+3.2—
1m5f – 2m4624.3%−3.7—
2m1f – 2m4f70710%+20 from 1
2m5f – 3m600%−8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Great Care (USA) (El Gran Senor)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Take This Waltz (FR) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m1½f–2m3f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Sinchiroka (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Take This Waltz (FR)1041m7½f–2m3f—
Sinchiroka (FR)1721m1½fClass 5
Great Shudder (FR)721m7f–2m2f—
Prince Of Fields (FR)190——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
09 Oct 11 Auteuil (FR) Prix Gerard Philippeau (Hurdle) (Claimer) (4yo) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 20 ran —/20 9-12 Benoit Claudic 76/1

Quick answers

How many races has Great Guy (FR) won?
Great Guy (FR) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2011.
Who trained Great Guy (FR)?
Great Guy (FR) was trained by J Bertran De Balanda on the most recent run on record, at Auteuil (FR) on 9 October 2011.
Who is Great Guy (FR)'s sire?
Great Guy (FR) is by Vespone (IRE) out of Great Care (USA), whose sire is El Gran Senor.
What is Great Guy (FR)'s sire's record?
Vespone (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 591 runs since Jan 2008 (82 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good going: 4.5% from 112. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 11.2% from 179.
Who are Great Guy (FR)'s siblings?
Out of Great Care (USA), Great Guy (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Take This Waltz (FR) (4). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Sinchiroka (FR)). The wins came over 1m1½f–2m3f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2011. 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.