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Kool Raoul (FR)

6yo gelding · Trainer Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Owner The County Set
by Great Pretender (IRE) out of Douma Desbois (FR) (Smadoun)
11 runs · 5 courses · from Nov 2024
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out Won at Hexham Last run 20 Oct 2026 · 1st of 9 Last raced off OR 101
KTB Profile

Kool Raoul is a gelding who has won one of 11 starts, the success coming in a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Hexham over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground in Oct 2026. He led to take that race last time out off an official rating of 101, which equals his career-high mark. The son of Great Pretender has raced prominently in 45 per cent of his runs. All his racing has been on turf.

Based on 11 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 4
Official rating101↓ 7lb off peak
101 101–108

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 127 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Hexham, 13 Apr 2026

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 11 figures · best 127A · median 98
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 29 Oct 2025
Good to Soft5115A953 runs · 115 / 95
Good3127A1062 runs · 127 / 116.5
Soft294A751 run · —
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 29 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6127A107.56 runs · 127 / 107.5
1m5f – 2m4100B82.5—
2m5f – 3m1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 runs · as at 28 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 124A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hexham, 20 Oct 2026 Official rating 101 at the last run, 20 Oct 2026

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 11 figures · best 124A · median 110
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 29 Oct 2025
Good to Soft5113A1083 runs · 113 / 110
Good3124A1172 runs · 124 / 108.5
Soft2113A107.51 run · —
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 29 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6124A110.56 runs · 124 / 110.5
1m5f – 2m4117A110.5—
2m5f – 3m1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 runs · as at 28 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 11 analysed runs since Nov 2024

  • Prominent 5 (45%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 4 (36%) · 0 wins
  • Led 2 (18%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Great Pretender (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13% of 3,544 runs since Jan 2008 (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%+87—
Good to Firm19210.5%−2.5—
Good71510014%+11 from 3
Good to Soft5677813.8%+0.80 from 5
Soft1,40218112.9%−0.10 from 2
Heavy7569612.7%−0.30 from 1
Standard (AW)8144.9%−8.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−5.9—
1m – 1m1f2800%−13—
1m2f – 1m4f151106.6%−6.4—
1m5f – 2m72812016.5%+3.50 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f1,65221012.7%−0.31 from 6
2m5f – 3m7699412.2%−0.80 from 1
Over 3m2022713.4%+0.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Douma Desbois (FR) (Smadoun)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 3 1 33% +1.50
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 9 1 11% −4.50
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hexham 4 1 25% +0.50
Musselburgh 3 0 0% −3.00
Kelso 2 0 0% −2.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 6 1 17% −1.50
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Gregor Walkingshaw 4 0 0% −4.00
Derek Fox 3 1 33% +1.50
Conner McCann 3 0 0% −3.00
Jack Power 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 1 10% −5.50
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 5 1 20% −0.50
2025 5 0 0% −5.00
2024 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 8 1 13% −3.50
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2026 · 5 runs
20 Oct 26+190d Hexham Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle Race (Go North Cab On Target Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 20f · Good · 9 ran led throughout - opened up a gap after 2nd - bumped by loose horse before 5th - went away again at the last and won easily 1/9 11-7 101106B124A Derek Fox 7/2
13 Apr 26+24d Hexham Happy Retirement Maurice & Anne Barnes Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 20f · Good · 9 ran Settled just off the pace early - driven up into contention approaching 3 out - unable to sustain the effort after 2 out - dropped away to finish fifth 5/9 12 11-4 104127A93B Gregor Walkingshaw 4/1
20 Mar 26+50d Musselburgh Heritage Portfolio Go North Night Nurse Series Final Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Went straight to front - lost command 3rd - pressed after 3 out and found a short-lived response after 2 out - lost touch nearing the last to finish eighth 8/10 1 10-12 10668C108A Derek Fox 14/1
29 Jan 26+28d Ayr Coral Daily Rewards Shaker Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 11 ran Settled just behind the pace early - improved into contention past the 7th - disputed the lead by the 9th - driven from three out then dropped away approaching the finish to come home seventh 7/11 nk 10-5 10794A102A Gregor Walkingshaw 5/1
01 Jan 26+22d Musselburgh LiveScore Bet Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 8 ran Handy early - slipped back through the pack before 6th - pressed for effort approaching 3 out - closed on the front group - clipped last and held on at one tempo before weakening 5/8 1 11-9 10895B110A Jack Power 9/1
2025 · 5 runs
10 Dec 25+33d Hexham Paxtons Now Stocking Stihl Equipment Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Heavy · 8 ran Handy early - nudged into contention 2 out then lost place to front two before last - stayed on without closing gap to finish third 3/8 8½ 11-4 108109B116B Derek Fox 5/1
07 Nov 25+33d Hexham Unibet Money Back Races Every Day Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 11 ran Settled midfield - progress from 2 out - moved into second near the line but unable to close on winner - stayed on to finish second 2/11 6½ 10-8 —115A113A Gregor Walkingshaw 9/4C
05 Oct 25+163d Kelso Justin & Susan Greig Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good · 13 ran Settled in the pack - improved into contention approaching 2 out - moved up to third before the last - took second on the run-in - kept on but no threat to winner 2/13 6½ 10-7 —98B117A Gregor Walkingshaw 5/1
25 Apr 25+70d Perth Goodbye Charlo Thanks For Everything Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 13 ran Held up in the pack - unable to make an impression - eventually finished 10th 10/13 3½ 10-10 —100B108A Conner McCann 20/1
14 Feb 25+77d Kelso Racing TV Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran Sat close to pace early - urged forward with more than a furlong left - stayed the pace before fading approaching the finish - finished 4th 4/7 ½ 11-0 —56A113A Conner McCann 15/8F
2024 · 1 run
29 Nov 24 Musselburgh Watch On Racing TV Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran Settled in the pack - urged forward with over two furlongs left - responded well into the final furlong - moved into second near the line but unable to get past the winner 2/7 1 10-11 —67A106B Conner McCann 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Kool Raoul won?
Kool Raoul (FR) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 5 times in total (45.5% of starts).
Who trains Kool Raoul?
Kool Raoul (FR) is trained by Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 October 2026.
Who is Kool Raoul's sire?
Kool Raoul (FR) is by Great Pretender (IRE) out of Douma Desbois (FR), whose sire is Smadoun.
What going does Kool Raoul prefer?
Kool Raoul (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Kool Raoul's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 101, from the run on 20 October 2026. The highest on record is 108.
What is Kool Raoul's sire's record?
Great Pretender (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13% of 3,544 runs since Jan 2008 (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.

Record shown from November 2024. 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.