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Horse profile

Initiateur (FR)

7yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2025) · Last trainer L J Archdeacon · Last owner Gerard John Murphy
by Diamond Boy (FR) out of County County (FR) (Medaaly)
4 runs · 4 courses · from May 2023
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Mar 2025 — 594 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2025 · 4th of 19
KTB Profile

Initiateur was a gelding who raced four times between May 2023 and Mar 2025 without winning or placing. By Diamond Boy out of a Medaaly mare, he contested maiden hurdles over 2m1f to 2m4f on turf at four different Irish tracks. His best effort came when fourth of 19 in the Voodoo Rooms Maiden Hurdle at Cork in Mar 2025. He ran twice on good ground, once on soft and once on good to soft.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Jan 2025 · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 118 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Cork, 20 Mar 2025

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 2 figures · best 118B · median 112.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2118B112.5—

Of 4 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 120A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Cork, 20 Mar 2025

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 62C the best of the last 1 rated run · Tipperary, 4 May 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 2 figures · best 120A · median 116
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2120A116—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 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 from 3 analysed runs since Jan 2025

  • Prominent 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 12% of 2,291 runs since Mar 2016 (287 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm28828.6%+16.6—
Good6728112.1%+0.10 from 2
Good to Soft4835411.2%−0.80 from 1
Soft7438010.8%−1.20 from 1
Heavy3485014.4%+2.4—
Standard (AW)1715.9%−6.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f700%−12—
1m – 1m1f1600%−12—
1m2f – 1m4f18211.1%−0.9—
1m5f – 2m84711213.2%+1.2—
2m1f – 2m4f99010610.7%−1.30 from 4
2m5f – 3m3574612.9%+0.9—
Over 3m56814.3%+2.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2016 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
County County (FR) (Medaaly)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Lord County (FR) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Lord County (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lord County (FR)1542m–2m4fClass 4
Main De Fer (FR)10——
Esprit Tranquille (FR)50——

Record by conditions

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Phillip Enright 2 0 0% −2.00
Kevin A Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr C J Shine 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
Flat 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 3 runs
20 Mar 25+11d Cork Voodoo Rooms Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Good · 19 ran Up with the front group - clipped the 6th fence - not smooth at the 5th from home - moved to 4th and under pressure after 3 out - failed to make any headway from 2 out - one-paced on the run-in 4/19 12 11-12 118B120A Phillip Enright 25/1
09 Mar 25+49d Naas Bar One Racing 'Guaranteed Multiples All Shops' Maiden Hurdle 2m3½f · Soft · 25 ran Sat close to the pace early - 4th at halfway then 5th into the straight - driven approaching the last but making no headway - held on for a distant fifth 5/25 4 11-12 107B112A Phillip Enright 66/1
19 Jan 25+626d Thurles Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Good · 7 ran Held up in the early stages - leapt left at every obstacle - moved forward to front at the 3rd - untidy at the 6th - 4 lengths to the good at halfway - overtaken 2 out - fell at the last when making no ground on the principals F/7 — 10-13 —— Kevin A Murphy 33/1
2023 · 1 run
04 May 23 Tipperary Millennium Surveys Ltd (C & G) Point-To-Point Flat Race 2m2f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 14/15 4½ 11-7 —62C Mr C J Shine 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Initiateur won?
Initiateur (FR) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2023 and 2025.
Who trained Initiateur?
Initiateur (FR) was trained by L J Archdeacon on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 20 March 2025.
Who is Initiateur's sire?
Initiateur (FR) is by Diamond Boy (FR) out of County County (FR), whose sire is Medaaly.
What is Initiateur's sire's record?
Diamond Boy (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12% of 2,291 runs since Mar 2016 (287 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Initiateur's siblings?
Out of County County (FR), Initiateur (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Lord County (FR) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Lord County (FR)). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2023. 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.