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Horse profile

Happy Cause (USA)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2019) · Last trainer S Cerulis · Last owner Mme Marie Claire Elaerts
by Giant's Causeway (USA) out of Happy Week (USA) (Distorted Humor)
25 runs · 4 courses · from Aug 2015
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 Jun 2019 — 2,676 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2019 · 17th of 17 3 wins · Deauville (FR) & Chantilly (FR)
KTB Profile

Happy Cause (USA) is 3 from 25. Hasn't won since Dec 2016. All 3 wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 6 on turf. All 3 wins have come over 1m – 1m1f.

Based on 25 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins 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

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
Giant's Causeway (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 3,018 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 7.1% from 394. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 8.3% from 422.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3937.7%−3.9—
Good to Firm6058313.7%+2.1—
Good6556710.2%−1.40 from 3
Good to Soft290227.6%−40 from 2
Soft394287.1%−4.5—
Heavy1582012.7%+1.10 from 1
Standard (AW)87712614.4%+2.83 from 19
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f27518.5%+6.9—
6f – 7f5957312.3%+0.70 from 1
1m – 1m1f7368912.1%+0.53 from 20
1m2f – 1m4f84610712.6%+10 from 4
1m5f – 2m422358.3%−3.3—
2m1f – 2m4f202199.4%−2.2—
2m5f – 3m123118.9%−2.7—
Over 3m671014.9%+3.3—

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
Happy Week (USA) (Distorted Humor)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Happy Bean (USA)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 19 3 16% +39.10
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Deauville (FR) 15 2 13% +29.00
Chantilly (FR) 7 1 14% +7.10
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 20 3 15% +38.10
1m2f – 1m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Aurelien Lemaitre 15 2 13% +29.10
Glen Braem 3 0 0% −3.00
Thomas Huet 2 1 50% +12.00
Maxime Guyon 2 0 0% −2.00
Quentin Perrette 1 0 0% −1.00
Cristian Demuro 1 0 0% −1.00
Mickael Barzalona 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 23 3 13% +35.10
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 3 0 0% −3.00
2018 5 0 0% −5.00
2017 9 0 0% −9.00
2016 6 3 50% +52.10
2015 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
24 Jun 19+132d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix de l'Etoile du Bout du Monde (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 10.5f · Good · 17 ran 17/17 30 9-4 Quentin Perrette 29/1
12 Feb 19+39d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Route de la Vallee (Claimer) (5yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 15/16 30 9-2 Glen Braem 16/1
04 Jan 19+38d Deauville (FR) Prix de la Fontaine Teauvillaise (Conditions) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 10 ran 7/10 1½ 9-0 Glen Braem 66/1
27 Nov 18+101d Deauville (FR) Prix du Plateau de Madrie (Handicap) (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 14/16 1¼ 9-5 Glen Braem 75/1
18 Aug 18+18d Deauville (FR) Prix Etalon Muhaarar (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 10f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 16/16 5 8-9 Aurelien Lemaitre 19/1
31 Jul 18+28d Deauville (FR) Prix Restaurant le Meeting (Prix de Pont-l'Eveque) (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 10/16 hd 9-7 Cristian Demuro 81/10
03 Jul 18+180d Deauville (FR) Prix de l'Iton (Claimer) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 14 ran 6/14 1¼ 9-4 Aurelien Lemaitre 21/1
04 Jan 18+21d Deauville (FR) Prix d'Almeneches (Handicap) (5yo+) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 15/16 1¾ 9-8 Aurelien Lemaitre 11/2
14 Dec 17+58d Deauville (FR) Prix du Pays d'Ouche (Handicap) (3yo+) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 12/16 hd 8-13 Aurelien Lemaitre 53/10F
17 Oct 17+37d Deauville (FR) Prix des Equidays (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 2/16 hd 8-10 Aurelien Lemaitre 139/10
10 Sep 17+40d Chantilly (FR) Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club - Grand Handicap Des Hauts-De-France (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 17 ran 17/17 2½ 8-7 Mickael Barzalona 138/10
01 Aug 17+62d Deauville (FR) Restaurant le Meeting Deauville (Prix de Pont l'Eveque) (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 15 ran 4/15 ½ 9-11 Aurelien Lemaitre 138/10
31 May 17+20d Chantilly (FR) Grand Handicap de l'Hippodrome des Princes de Conde (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 10f · Good · 13 ran 11/13 ½ 8-6 Aurelien Lemaitre 238/10
11 May 17+21d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix de Provence (Handicap) (4yo) (Round) (Turf) 10f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 5/16 hd 9-0 Aurelien Lemaitre 243/10
20 Apr 17+41d Chantilly (FR) Prix Kilt (Handicap) (4yo) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 7/16 shd 8-11 Aurelien Lemaitre 127/10
10 Mar 17+63d Chantilly (FR) Prix du Centre d'Entrainement (Handicap) (4yo) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 17 ran 3/17 hd 9-4 Aurelien Lemaitre 214/10
06 Jan 17+21d Deauville (FR) Prix des Villas de Benerville (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 9/16 dht 9-0 Thomas Huet 19/1
16 Dec 16+57d Deauville (FR) Prix des Manoirs (Handicap) (3yo) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 15 ran 1/15 9-1 Thomas Huet 13/1
20 Oct 16+12d Deauville (FR) Prix de Monteillerie (Claimer) (3yo) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 15 ran 3/15 ½ 8-11 Aurelien Lemaitre 10/1
08 Oct 16+30d Chantilly (FR) Prix du Bois Turquet (Claimer) (3yo) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 12 ran 1/12 9-2 Aurelien Lemaitre 131/10
08 Sep 16+10d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Picardie (Handicap) (3yo) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 17 ran 16/17 2½ 9-6 Aurelien Lemaitre 19/1
29 Aug 16+30d Deauville (FR) Prix de Perseigne (Handicap) (3yo) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 1/16 9-2 Aurelien Lemaitre 29/1
30 Jul 16+317d Deauville (FR) Prix de la Ville de Sauternes (Handicap) (3yo) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 12 ran 5/12 hd 9-4 Aurelien Lemaitre 12/1
17 Sep 15+41d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Pharel (Maiden) (2yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 8f · Heavy · 10 ran 4/10 9 9-2 Maxime Guyon 57/10
07 Aug 15 Deauville (FR) Prix de Crevecoeur (Maiden) (Unraced 2yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 7.5f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 hd 9-2 Maxime Guyon 67/10

Quick answers

How many races has Happy Cause (USA) won?
Happy Cause (USA) won 3 of 25 archived starts between 2015 and 2019, a strike rate of 12%. Placed 6 times in total (24% of starts).
Who trained Happy Cause (USA)?
Happy Cause (USA) was trained by S Cerulis on the most recent run on record, at Maisons-Laffitte (FR) on 24 June 2019.
Who is Happy Cause (USA)'s sire?
Happy Cause (USA) is by Giant's Causeway (USA) out of Happy Week (USA), whose sire is Distorted Humor.
What going does Happy Cause (USA) prefer?
Happy Cause (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 3 wins from 19 starts (15.8%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Happy Cause (USA)'s sire's record?
Giant's Causeway (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 3,018 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 7.1% from 394. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 8.3% from 422.
Who are Happy Cause (USA)'s siblings?
Out of Happy Week (USA), Happy Cause (USA) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2015. 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.