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Hail To The Chief (FR)

5yo horse (at last run, Sep 2013) · Last trainer Alain Couetil · Last owner Michel Le Breton
by Shirocco (GER) out of Basse Besogne (IRE) (Pursuit Of Love)
13 runs · 7 courses · from May 2011
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Sep 2013 — 4,787 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2013 · 9th of 17 Won at Saint-Cloud (FR)
KTB Profile

Hail To The Chief (FR) is 1 from 13. Hasn't won since Mar 2013. The win came on turf — 0 from 4 on the all-weather.

Based on 13 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW

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

Best recent KTB Rating 77A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 27 Sep 2012 Official rating 80 at the last run, 5 Oct 2012

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 2 figures · best 77A · median 73
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)277A73—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m1———
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 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 11.2% of 9,182 runs since Apr 2010 (921 horses).

Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm15320%+8.8—
Good to Firm343308.7%−2.5—
Good2,74231611.5%+0.30 from 4
Good to Soft1,81221812%+0.80 from 2
Soft2,47325810.4%−0.80 from 2
Heavy1,03112311.9%+0.71 from 1
Standard (AW)766769.9%−1.30 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2000%−11.2—
6f – 7f203157.4%−3.8—
1m – 1m1f401348.5%−2.70 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f1,0911079.8%−1.41 from 8
1m5f – 2m2,70028410.5%−0.70 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f2,69031611.7%+0.5—
2m5f – 3m1,67122313.3%+2.1—
Over 3m4064511.1%−0.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Basse Besogne (IRE) (Pursuit Of Love)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Saint Elier (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m1f–1m2f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Saint Elier (FR)1621m1½f–1m2f—
Lotus (FR)1311m1f—
Law Equity (FR)130——
Koro (FR)130——
Express American (FR)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 1 100% +4.60

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Deauville (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Chantilly (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 1 1 100% +4.60
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Le Lion-D'Angers 1 0 0% —

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 8 1 13% −1.40
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Adrien Fouassier 6 1 17% −0.40
Ronan Thomas 3 0 0% −2.00
Graham Lee 2 0 0% −2.00
Nicolas Larenaudie 1 0 0% −1.00
Ioritz Mendizabal 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 1 9% −4.40
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2013 6 1 17% −0.40
2012 6 0 0% −5.00
2011 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2013 · 6 runs
26 Sep 13+37d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix du Chateau de Maisons-Laffitte (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 1m4½f · Good · 17 ran 9/17 1 8-7 —— Adrien Fouassier 77/10
20 Aug 13+113d Deauville (FR) Grand Handicap De La Manche - Etalon Muhtathir (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf) 2m · Good · 16 ran 9/16 nk 8-6 —— Adrien Fouassier 7/1
29 Apr 13+25d Chantilly (FR) Prix de Rivecourt (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 1m4f · Good · 18 ran 2/18 2½ 9-1 —— Adrien Fouassier 5/1F
04 Apr 13+26d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix des Bords de Seine (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 1m4½f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 2/17 hd 9-3 —— Adrien Fouassier 15/2
09 Mar 13+59d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Canot (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 1m4f · Heavy · 12 ran 1/12 9-2 —— Adrien Fouassier 23/5
09 Jan 13+12d Deauville (FR) Prix de la Villiere (Conditions) (5yo+) (Fibresand) 1m1½f · Standard · 7 ran 7/7 2½ 9-0 —— Adrien Fouassier 36/1
2012 · 6 runs
28 Dec 12+84d Deauville (FR) Prix Du Chenet (Conditions) (4yo+) (Jockeys who have not ridden 15 winners this year) (Fibresand) 1m1½f · Standard · 11 ran 9/11 2½ 8-11 —— Nicolas Larenaudie 15/1
05 Oct 12+8d Wolverhampton (AW) 32Red Casino Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m6f · Standard · 11 ran 8/11 4 9-12 8069C Graham Lee 10/1
27 Sep 12+75d Wolverhampton (AW) 32Red Supporting British Racing Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard · 9 ran 4/9 nse 9-11 8377A Graham Lee 14/1
14 Jul 12+36d Longchamp (FR) Prix Longines (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf) 1m2f · Soft · 18 ran —/18 8-13 —— Ronan Thomas 11/1
08 Jun 12+22d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix Ramus (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) 1m4½f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3/9 hd 8-11 —— Ronan Thomas 7/1
17 May 12+381d Le Lion-D'Angers Prix E et L De Tredern (Turf) 1m2f · Soft · 3 ran 2/3 hd 8-11 —— Ronan Thomas —
2011 · 1 run
02 May 11 Chantilly (FR) Prix Des Fontaines (Maiden) (Unraced 3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 1m · Good · 15 ran 6/15 1 9-2 —— Ioritz Mendizabal 13/1

Quick answers

How many races has Hail To The Chief won?
Hail To The Chief (FR) won 1 of 13 archived starts between 2011 and 2013, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 4 times in total (30.8% of starts).
Who trained Hail To The Chief?
Hail To The Chief (FR) was trained by Alain Couetil on the most recent run on record, at Maisons-Laffitte (FR) on 26 September 2013.
Who is Hail To The Chief's sire?
Hail To The Chief (FR) is by Shirocco (GER) out of Basse Besogne (IRE), whose sire is Pursuit Of Love.
What is Hail To The Chief's official rating?
Hail To The Chief (FR)'s highest official rating on record is 83.
What is Hail To The Chief's sire's record?
Shirocco (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,182 runs since Apr 2010 (921 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
Who are Hail To The Chief's siblings?
Out of Basse Besogne (IRE), Hail To The Chief (FR) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Saint Elier (FR) (2). The wins came over 1m1f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2011. 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.