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Horse profile

Mate Story (IRE)

4yo colt (at last run, Aug 2018) · Last trainer D Smaga · Last owner Aleyrion Bloodstock Ltd
by Makfi (GB) out of Tierra Luna (IRE) (Giant's Causeway)
9 runs · 5 courses · from Aug 2016
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Aug 2018 — 3,006 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2018 · 9th of 16 Won at Saint-Cloud (FR)
KTB Profile

Mate Story (IRE) is 1 from 9, including a Group 3 win. The biggest win we hold: the Prix Thomas Bryon at Saint-Cloud (FR) (Oct 2016). Hasn't won since Oct 2016. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 5 on softer).

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

No KTB Rating figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 3,829 runs since Mar 2014 (358 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+3—
Good to Firm3454513%+1.7—
Good7849712.4%+1.11 from 4
Good to Soft5646311.2%−0.10 from 3
Soft683649.4%−1.90 from 2
Heavy2914013.7%+2.4—
Standard (AW)1,15512310.6%−0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f56712.5%+1.2—
6f – 7f88210211.6%+0.31 from 4
1m – 1m1f1,14012210.7%−0.60 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f1,11113612.2%+0.9—
1m5f – 2m4284510.5%−0.8—
2m1f – 2m4f141128.5%−2.8—
2m5f – 3m61914.8%+3.5—
Over 3m1000%−11.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2014 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Tierra Luna (IRE) (Giant's Causeway)

4 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Manly (GB)180——
Terravista (FR)50——
Mate Sister (FR)20——
Vaslorey (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 4 1 25% +1.50
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Saint-Cloud (FR) 3 1 33% +2.50
Deauville (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Longchamp (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chantilly (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 5 0 0% −5.00
6f – 7f 4 1 25% +1.50

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Gregory Benoist 7 0 0% −7.00
Stephane Pasquier 1 0 0% −1.00
Christophe Soumillon 1 1 100% +4.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 5 0 0% −5.00
2016 4 1 25% +1.50

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 Jockey SP
2018 · 5 runs
12 Aug 18+33d Deauville (FR) Grand Handicap de Deauville (3yo+) (Turf) 1m · Good To Soft · 16 ran 9/16 ¾ 8-11 Gregory Benoist 14/1
10 Jul 18+30d Compiegne (FR) Prix de Vignemont (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 1m · Good · 9 ran 4/9 nse 9-0 Gregory Benoist 48/10
10 Jun 18+24d Longchamp (FR) Prix des Pavillons de Bercy (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 1m · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2/6 ¾ 9-0 Gregory Benoist 9/10F
17 May 18+31d Longchamp (FR) Prix du Pont au Change (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 1m · Good · 11 ran 2/11 nk 9-0 Stephane Pasquier 89/10
16 Apr 18+533d Chantilly (FR) Prix de Valmondois (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) 1m · Very Soft · 13 ran 7/13 1½ 9-0 Gregory Benoist 37/10F
2016 · 4 runs
30 Oct 16+25d Saint-Cloud (FR) Criterium International (2yo Colts & Fillies) (Turf) 7f · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 1¼ 9-0 Gregory Benoist 11/2
05 Oct 16+31d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Thomas Bryon (2yo) (Turf) 7f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 8-11 Christophe Soumillon 9/2
04 Sep 16+33d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix La Rochette (2yo) (Turf) 7f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 ¾ 8-11 Gregory Benoist 5/1
02 Aug 16 Deauville (FR) Prix la Bella Vita (Prix d'Etreham) (Conditions) (2yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 7½f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 2 9-0 Gregory Benoist 9/5

Quick answers

How many races has Mate Story won?
Mate Story (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2016 and 2018, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 4 times in total (44.4% of starts).
Who trained Mate Story?
Mate Story (IRE) was trained by D Smaga on the most recent run on record, at Deauville (FR) on 12 August 2018.
Who is Mate Story's sire?
Mate Story (IRE) is by Makfi (GB) out of Tierra Luna (IRE), whose sire is Giant's Causeway.
What going does Mate Story prefer?
Mate Story (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Mate Story's sire's record?
Makfi (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 3,829 runs since Mar 2014 (358 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Mate Story's siblings?
Out of Tierra Luna (IRE), Mate Story (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2016. 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.