Looping D'arc (FR)
Looping D'arc won the Golf And Gallop Maiden Hurdle at Southwell in Dec 2025 on good to soft going. The gelding has one win and three places from five starts over 1m5f – 2m on turf, all at Class 4 or higher. He finished sixth of 11 in the DragonBet The Roar Before Cheltenham Infernoboosts Handicap Hurdle at Stratford in Mar 2026. The son of Jeu St Eloi last ran off a mark of 118.
- 1–5Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 3 (60%)Placed
- −1.75£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.77Fair A/E n=5 · 0.63 incl. margin
- 118Highest OR
- 31dAvg between runs
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 127
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 127A | 115 | 2 runs · 127 / 115 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 124B | 101.5 | 2 runs · 124 / 101.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 127A | 113.5 | 4 runs · 127 / 113.5 |
Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 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 5 analysed runs since Nov 2025
- Prominent 3 (60%) · 1 win
- Led 1 (20%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.9% of 792 runs since Jan 2008 (152 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 19.8% from 121.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | +19.4 | — |
| Good | 97 | 17 | 17.5% | +3.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 121 | 24 | 19.8% | +5.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 320 | 37 | 11.6% | −2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 247 | 30 | 12.1% | −1.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −13.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | −7.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 204 | 30 | 14.7% | +0.8 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 425 | 57 | 13.4% | −0.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 133 | 20 | 15% | +1.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 14 | 2 | 14.3% | +0.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Gremlin Du Large (FR) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m6f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gremlin Du Large (FR) | 6 | 1 | 2m6f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| NH 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Mar 26+42d | Stratford | DragonBet The Roar Before Cheltenham Infernoboosts Handicap Hurdle Held a forward position early - driven for effort approaching 2 out - faded out of contention soon after - eventually well held in 6th | 6/11 | 5½ | 11-7 | 118 | 103C | 116A | James Bowen | 3/1 |
| 26 Jan 26+14d | Plumpton | Legendary Jimmy James 90th Birthday Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Sat close to front early - dropped back and driven along approaching 2 out - retook second by the last and stayed on but couldn't reach winner | 2/8 | 1½ | 11-12 | — | 127A | 136A | James Bowen | EvensF |
| 12 Jan 26+41d | Hereford | Blackmore Building Contractors Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Set the pace from the start - drifted left through stride - overtaken and departed the course before the 3rd | RO/14 | — | 11-10 | — | — | — | James Bowen | 6/5F |
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Dec 25+26d | Southwell | Golf And Gallop Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled into second early - hit the front three out and asked for effort after two out to open up - kept on unopposed to the line | 1/14 | 11-4 | — | 124B | 136A | James Bowen | 9/4 | |
| 06 Nov 25 | Newbury | British Horse Society Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Settled midfield - pressed for effort 3f out - finished well from 2f out to take second | 2/12 | 8 | 11-2 | — | 79B | 134A | James Bowen | 11/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Looping D'arc won?
- Looping D'arc (FR) won 1 of 5 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 3 times in total (60% of starts).
- Who trains Looping D'arc?
- Looping D'arc (FR) is trained by Warren Greatrex, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 March 2026.
- Who is Looping D'arc's sire?
- Looping D'arc (FR) is by Jeu St Eloi (FR) out of Pollinie (FR), whose sire is Poliglote.
- What going does Looping D'arc prefer?
- Looping D'arc (FR) has the best record on good to soft 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 Looping D'arc's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 9 March 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Looping D'arc's sire's record?
- Jeu St Eloi (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.9% of 792 runs since Jan 2008 (152 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 19.8% from 121.
- Who are Looping D'arc's siblings?
- Out of Pollinie (FR), Looping D'arc (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Gremlin Du Large (FR) (1). The wins came over 2m6f. As at Oct 2026.