Kalif Du Berlais (FR)
Kalif Du Berlais won six of 11 starts on turf, including the Grade 1 Rosconn Group Maghull Novices' Chase at Aintree in Apr 2025. Five of those wins came over 1m5f – 2m, with two at Kempton and one each at Cheltenham and Newbury. He gained two of his victories in Class 1 races and has pattern wins at Grade 1 and Grade 2 level in the archive. His last run, at Kempton in Jan 2026, was off an official rating of 156 and he was the beaten favourite.
- 6–11Wins / Runs
- 54.5%Strike rate
- 6 (54.5%)Placed
- +4.07£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.35Fair A/E n=11 · 1.22 incl. margin
- 156Highest OR
- 47dBetween runs (median)longest 216 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 107
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 111C | 102 | — |
| Good | 2 | 98A | 95 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 107A | 95 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 111C | 92 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 108C | 102 | — |
Of 10 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 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 Nov 2024
- Prominent 5 (71%) · 2 wins
- Mid-division 1 (14%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (14%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 15.5% of 1,643 runs since Mar 2019 (268 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 19.9% from 291.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.5 | — |
| Good | 293 | 51 | 17.4% | +1.9 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 291 | 58 | 19.9% | +4.4 | 2 from 2 |
| Soft | 607 | 86 | 14.2% | −1.3 | 2 from 3 |
| Heavy | 433 | 58 | 13.4% | −2.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −15.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 31 | 2 | 6.5% | −9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 424 | 72 | 17% | +1.5 | 5 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 886 | 130 | 14.7% | −0.8 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 259 | 41 | 15.8% | +0.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 38 | 9 | 23.7% | +8.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2019 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Kivala Du Berlais (FR) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m1½f–2m6f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Kivala Du Berlais (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kivala Du Berlais (FR) | 12 | 3 | 2m2f–2m6f | Grade 1 |
| Kansas Du Berlais (FR) | 18 | 2 | 2m1½f–2m3f | Class 4 |
| Kirikou Du Berlais (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mahadevi (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.12 |
| Soft | 3 | 2 | 67% | +0.48 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 2 | 100% | +1.71 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 6 | 2 | 33% | −1.21 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +1.48 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton | 3 | 2 | 67% | +0.71 |
| Aintree | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Compiegne (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 5 | 83% | +4.07 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Cobden | 10 | 5 | 50% | +0.07 |
| Kilian Dubourg | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 5 | 50% | +0.07 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.45 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +0.62 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 7 | 3 | 43% | −0.64 |
| Hurdle | 4 | 3 | 75% | +4.71 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 10 Jan 26+64d | Kempton | Coral Silviniaco Conti Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Handy early - hit front after opening fence - blundered and unseated 9th | UR/4 | — | 11-5 | 156 | — | — | Harry Cobden | 8/11F |
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Nov 25+216d | Exeter | BetMGM Haldon Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 2) (Limited Handicap Chase) (GBB Race) Settled into midfield early - pushed along before 4 out - kept going from 2 out to finish fourth | 4/6 | ½ | 11-12 | 156 | 98A | 138B | Harry Cobden | 13/8F |
| 05 Apr 25+63d | Aintree | Rosconn Group Maghull Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Fenced cleanly early - set the pace throughout - given a squeeze approaching final fence - kept finding more to the line clear of rivals | 1/5 | 11-7 | 152 | 92C | 146B | Harry Cobden | 15/8 | |
| 01 Feb 25+31d | Sandown | Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Sat close to the pace early - nudged for effort three out - lost touch approaching two out - finished fourth well held | 4/4 | 1¾ | 11-3 | 152 | 108C | 127B | Harry Cobden | 11/4 |
| 01 Jan 25+33d | Cheltenham | Sonic The Hedgehog 3 In Cinemas Now Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Sat close to pace early - hit the front 3rd - pulled away in the straight for a comfortable win | 1/3 | 11-10 | 141 | 64C | 159C | Harry Cobden | 4/7F | |
| 2024 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Nov 24+18d | Newbury | Coral Racing Club Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (For The Fulke Walwyn Trophy) (GBB Race) Sat behind the pace early - moved through to hit the front four out before being overtaken approaching the final fence - rallied on the run-in to regain command - kept going strongly to the line | 1/10 | 11-6 | 135 | 107A | 150A | Harry Cobden | 10/11F | |
| 11 Nov 24+214d | Carlisle | Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Graduation Chase (GBB Race) Sitting close to the pace - came down 4 out | F/4 | — | 10-6 | 135 | — | — | Harry Cobden | 4/11F |
| 11 Apr 24+47d | Aintree | Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 3/5 | 14 | 11-2 | 135 | 102C | 134B | Harry Cobden | 9/2 |
| 24 Feb 24+42d | Kempton | Coral Adonis Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 1/5 | 11-5 | — | 111C | 150B | Harry Cobden | 10/11F | |
| 13 Jan 24+77d | Kempton | Play Coral 'Racing-Super-Series' For Free Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 11-8 | — | 83A | 148B | Harry Cobden | 4/5F | |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 28 Oct 23 | Compiegne (FR) | Prix Shandrani Beachcomber Resort & Spa (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Unraced Over Obstacles) (Turf) | 1/13 | 10-10 | — | — | — | Kilian Dubourg | 4/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Kalif Du Berlais won?
- Kalif Du Berlais (FR) won 6 of 11 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 54.5%. Placed 6 times in total (54.5% of starts).
- Who trains Kalif Du Berlais?
- Kalif Du Berlais (FR) is trained by Paul Nicholls, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 10 January 2026.
- Who is Kalif Du Berlais's sire?
- Kalif Du Berlais (FR) is by Masked Marvel (GB) out of Kadika (FR), whose sire is Poliglote.
- What going does Kalif Du Berlais prefer?
- Kalif Du Berlais (FR) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Kalif Du Berlais's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 156, from the run on 10 January 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Kalif Du Berlais's sire's record?
- Masked Marvel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.5% of 1,643 runs since Mar 2019 (268 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 19.9% from 291.
- Who are Kalif Du Berlais's siblings?
- Out of Kadika (FR), Kalif Du Berlais (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Kivala Du Berlais (FR) (3). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Kivala Du Berlais (FR)). The wins came over 2m1½f–2m6f. As at Nov 2026.