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Houlanbatordechais (FR)

7yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2024) · Last trainer W P Mullins · Last owner Mrs S Ricci
by Great Pretender (IRE) out of Nadlee (FR) (Smadoun)
7 runs · 6 courses · from Mar 2022
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Aug 2024 — 814 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2024 · 2nd of 12
KTB Profile

Houlanbatordechais is a gelding by Great Pretender out of Nadlee who has yet to win from seven starts on turf though he has placed once. All seven runs came between 1m5f and 2m4f on soft or heavier ground. His best effort came when he finished second of 12 at Ballinrobe in Aug 2024 in the Bank Of Ireland Brendan Maloney Memorial Maiden Hurdle having been held up. That was his last run.

Based on 7 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Aug 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 111 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ballinrobe, 12 Aug 2024

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 →

Jumps 6 figures · best 111A · median 87
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft3111A89—
Heavy285B56.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3111A97—
1m5f – 2m389A83—

Of 7 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 126A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leopardstown, 26 Dec 2023

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 →

Jumps 7 figures · best 126A · median 113
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft4126A119—
Heavy2113C110—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m4126A113—
2m1f – 2m4f3125A125—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Great Pretender (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 3,550 runs since Mar 2010 (410 horses).

Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.5% from 728. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.6% from 151.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+86.9—
Good to Firm19210.5%−2.6—
Good71710214.2%+1.1—
Good to Soft5717813.7%+0.60 from 1
Soft1,40418112.9%−0.20 from 4
Heavy7569612.7%−0.40 from 2
Standard (AW)8144.9%−8.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−6—
1m – 1m1f2800%−13.1—
1m2f – 1m4f151106.6%−6.5—
1m5f – 2m72812016.5%+3.40 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f1,65521212.8%−0.30 from 3
2m5f – 3m7729412.2%−0.9—
Over 3m2022713.4%+0.3—

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

Dam
Nadlee (FR) (Smadoun)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Alienore De Chais (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m3f–1m4f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Alienore De Chais (FR)621m3f–1m4f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Paul Townend 2 0 0% −2.00
Danny Mullins 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael O'Sullivan 1 0 0% −1.00
Rachael Blackmore 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood 5 0 0% −5.00
None 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 2 0 0% −2.00
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 2 runs
12 Aug 24+198d Ballinrobe Bank Of Ireland Brendan Maloney Memorial Maiden Hurdle 2m1f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran Sat behind the front-runner keeping keen tempo - up within touch at intervals - went in front before the final fence - pressed on into the run-in - overtaken late - stayed on at an even gallop to finish second 2/12 3 11-12 111A125A Paul Townend 85/40
27 Jan 24+32d Fairyhouse SBK Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 11 ran 4/11 6 11-12 89A113A Sean O'Keeffe 7/2
2023 · 2 runs
26 Dec 23+16d Leopardstown Thorntons Recycling Maiden Hurdle 2m · Yielding · 23 ran 6/23 1¼ 11-12 83B126A Michael O'Sullivan 50/1
10 Dec 23+349d Cork Bar One Racing 'Guaranteed Multiples All Shops' Maiden Hurdle 2m1f · Soft To Heavy · 24 ran 6/24 1½ 11-12 85B107A Danny Mullins 6/1
2022 · 3 runs
26 Dec 22+261d Leopardstown Thorntons Recycling Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 21 ran 7/21 3½ 11-12 —112A Danny Mullins 13/2
09 Apr 22+24d Aintree Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 11/18 ¾ 11-4 97B125A Paul Townend 8/1
16 Mar 22 Cheltenham Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 2m½f · Heavy · 20 ran 15/20 41 11-5 28C113C Rachael Blackmore 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Houlanbatordechais won?
Houlanbatordechais (FR) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2022 and 2024. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained Houlanbatordechais?
Houlanbatordechais (FR) was trained by W P Mullins on the most recent run on record, at Ballinrobe on 12 August 2024.
Who is Houlanbatordechais's sire?
Houlanbatordechais (FR) is by Great Pretender (IRE) out of Nadlee (FR), whose sire is Smadoun.
What is Houlanbatordechais's sire's record?
Great Pretender (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 3,550 runs since Mar 2010 (410 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.5% from 728. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.6% from 151.
Who are Houlanbatordechais's siblings?
Out of Nadlee (FR), Houlanbatordechais (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Alienore De Chais (FR) (2). The wins came over 1m3f–1m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2022. 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.