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Joyeux Vivo (FR)

6yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2025) · Last trainer John E & Thomas Kiely · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Kapgarde (FR) out of Thet Viva (FR) (Sleeping Car)
16 runs · 10 courses · from Apr 2023
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Oct 2025 — 373 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2025 · 8th of 12 Last raced off OR 108
KTB Profile

Joyeux Vivo is a maiden who has placed six times from 16 starts on turf. His best effort came when second of 12 at Punchestown in Oct 2024. He has raced eight times over 2m1f – 2m4f without success and has shown form on good to soft, heavy and soft ground. The gelding, by Kapgarde out of Thet Viva, finished eighth of 12 in the Littleton Handicap Chase at Thurles in Oct 2025.

Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
Official rating108↓ 5lb off peak
108 108–113

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 100 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kilbeggan, 12 Jul 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 12 figures · best 121B · median 92
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Good to Soft6100A86—
Heavy3121B121—
Soft2100B76—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6121B77—
2m5f – 3m395A89—
1m5f – 2m2121B110.5—
Over 3m1———

Of 16 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · 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 · 12 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 100C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown, 8 Jun 2025 Official rating 108 at the last jumps run, 30 Oct 2025

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 75B the best of the last 1 rated run · Punchestown, 25 Apr 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 14 figures · best 139A · median 115
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Good to Soft6129A102.5—
Soft3139A122—
Heavy3121A115—
Good2131A128.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7131A115—
2m5f – 3m3129A100—
1m5f – 2m3139A122—
Over 3m1———
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 16 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 · 15 figures from 16 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 7 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Held up 3 (43%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 2 (29%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (29%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Kapgarde (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 6,638 runs since Mar 2008 (725 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−12.4—
Good to Firm981313.3%+0.9—
Good1,28318614.5%+2.10 from 2
Good to Soft1,03515014.5%+2.10 from 6
Soft2,71532211.9%−0.50 from 4
Heavy1,46315210.4%−20 from 4
Standard (AW)4037.5%−4.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−12.4—
1m – 1m1f800%−12.4—
1m2f – 1m4f32721.9%+9.5—
1m5f – 2m1,36020715.2%+2.80 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f3,21837411.6%−0.80 from 8
2m5f – 3m1,62919712.1%−0.30 from 3
Over 3m3904110.5%−1.90 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2008 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Thet Viva (FR) (Sleeping Car)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Feria Viva (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Punchestown 5 0 0% −5.00
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Kilbeggan 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 8 0 0% −8.00
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mark Walsh 8 0 0% −8.00
Mr J L Gleeson 3 0 0% −3.00
Peter Smithers 1 0 0% −1.00
Simon Torrens 1 0 0% −1.00
Charlie O'Dwyer 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss A B O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00
Alex Harvey 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 3 0 0% −3.00
2024 9 0 0% −9.00
2023 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00
Chase 7 0 0% −7.00
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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 3 runs
30 Oct 25+97d Thurles Littleton Handicap Chase 2m2½f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran Settled midpack - pushed along in 7th with no headway before the turn - unable to find more into the straight - well held at the finish 8/12 3¼ 11-3 10883C94C Peter Smithers 10/1
25 Jul 25+47d Kilbeggan Egan Stone Kilbeggan Handicap Chase 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran Settled in the pack early - error at 6th - 7th at halfway - driven approaching 3 out - lost touch after 2 out - well held at the finish 8/8 33 11-5 11071C99C Simon Torrens 12/1
08 Jun 25+235d Punchestown Madison Flooring Supporting Kilmacud Crokes Handicap Hurdle 2m7½f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran Sat with front group early - 7th at halfway - into 5th with 5 out - pushed along but found nothing and dropped away late 13/17 21 10-13 11289C100C Charlie O'Dwyer 16/1
2024 · 9 runs
16 Oct 24+19d Punchestown Morell Suite At Punchestown (Q.R.) Handicap Chase 2m7f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran Sat behind pace early - settled around 4th in the pack - moved into 3rd with 5 to jump - up to 2nd 3 out - pushed into contention 2 out and stumbled a touch on landing - stayed on strongly then overtaken late and just edged out at the line 2/12 1¼ 12-1 10995A129A Mr J L Gleeson 8/1
27 Sep 24+18d Listowel Paud, Sarah & Mary Fitzmaurice Memorial Handicap Chase (0-109) 2m3½f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran Held up in last - came down at the 8th while well off the pace F/16 — 12-0 109—— Mark Walsh 17/2
09 Sep 24+14d Galway Galway City Beginners Chase 2m2f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran Held up towards the back of the pack - lost touch in 7th before 3 out despite urging - unable to find more and well held at the finish 8/11 10 11-12 —51A105A Mark Walsh 40/1
26 Aug 24+45d Ballinrobe Corrib Oil Beginners Chase 2m7½f · Soft · 10 ran Held up towards the back - bumped lightly at the opening obstacle - eighth at the midpoint then sixth three out - held on without finding more from there to finish sixth 6/10 25 11-12 —52C96C Mark Walsh 7/2
12 Jul 24+33d Kilbeggan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase 3m1½f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 4/11 13 11-12 —100A115B Mark Walsh 7/2
09 Jun 24+29d Punchestown Cheers To The Punchestown Women Ladies Handicap Hurdle 2m3f · Good · 15 ran 3/15 1½ 11-12 113—131A Miss A B O'Connor 9/4F
11 May 24+41d Cork Follow Us On Twitter Handicap Hurdle 2m4f · Good · 17 ran 3/17 ½ 11-12 111118B126A Mark Walsh 3/1F
31 Mar 24+76d Fairyhouse Cawley Furniture Novice Handicap Hurdle 2m4f · Heavy · 16 ran 6/16 ½ 10-9 111121B115A Mr J L Gleeson 5/1F
15 Jan 24+18d Punchestown John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle 2m½f · Soft · 17 ran 2/17 4¼ 12-4 109—139A Alex Harvey 11/2
2023 · 4 runs
28 Dec 23+28d Leopardstown Savills Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Heavy · 16 ran 10/16 14 11-7 —70C115C Mark Walsh 9/2
30 Nov 23+19d Thurles Sign Up To Gavinlynchracing.com Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Yielding · 16 ran 6/16 3¼ 10-13 —100B122A Mark Walsh 3/1
11 Nov 23+200d Gowran Park PRL Group Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 2m · Heavy · 15 ran 2/15 15 11-7 —121B121A Mark Walsh 6/4F
25 Apr 23 Punchestown Oak Lodge Landscapes Flat Race 2m½f · Yielding To Soft · 22 ran 3/22 4 11-3 ——75B Mr J L Gleeson 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Joyeux Vivo won?
Joyeux Vivo (FR) has yet to win, from 16 archived starts between 2023 and 2025. Placed 6 times in total (37.5% of starts).
Who trained Joyeux Vivo?
Joyeux Vivo (FR) was trained by John E & Thomas Kiely on the most recent run on record, at Thurles on 30 October 2025.
Who is Joyeux Vivo's sire?
Joyeux Vivo (FR) is by Kapgarde (FR) out of Thet Viva (FR), whose sire is Sleeping Car.
What is Joyeux Vivo's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 108, from the run on 30 October 2025. The highest on record is 113.
What is Joyeux Vivo's sire's record?
Kapgarde (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 6,638 runs since Mar 2008 (725 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Joyeux Vivo's siblings?
Out of Thet Viva (FR), Joyeux Vivo (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 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.