Messy (FR)
Messy is a gelding with two wins from 26 starts on turf, both over 2m1f – 2m4f on heavy ground. He won the Prix Oiseleur at Auteuil in Feb 2025 and the Prix du Commandant Bossut handicap at Compiegne the following month. He has raced 17 times at Auteuil, where he finished 7 of 14 in the Prix Jack Barbe in Oct 2026.
- 2–26Wins / Runs
- 7.7%Strike rate
- 6 (23.1%)Placed
- −14.30£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 0.61Fair A/E n=26 · 0.49 incl. margin
- 37dAvg 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
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
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
Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 754 runs since Jan 2008 (111 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 12.6% from 151. Weakest on good to soft going: 5.7% from 140.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | +23.9 | — |
| Good | 206 | 24 | 11.7% | +2.3 | — |
| Good to Soft | 140 | 8 | 5.7% | −3.7 | — |
| Soft | 245 | 17 | 6.9% | −2.5 | 0 from 9 |
| Heavy | 151 | 19 | 12.6% | +3.2 | 2 from 17 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −9.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 224 | 15 | 6.7% | −2.7 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 375 | 38 | 10.1% | +0.7 | 2 from 22 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 124 | 14 | 11.3% | +1.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 25 | 4 | 16% | +6.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Enchante (FR) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Messy (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 17 | 2 | 12% | −5.30 |
| Soft | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auteuil (FR) | 17 | 1 | 6% | −13.20 |
| Compiegne (FR) | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.90 |
| Dieppe (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 22 | 2 | 9% | −10.30 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorian Carre | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Ludovic Philipperon | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Mme Suzie Gastout | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.20 |
| Bastien Marchand | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.90 |
| Felix De Giles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Francesco Mula | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Reveley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| V Nail-rocher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alexis Gautron | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Quentin Samaria | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clement Lefebvre | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 13 | 2 | 15% | −1.30 |
| HT | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 20% | +1.70 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 16 | 0 | 0% | −16.00 |
| Chase | 10 | 2 | 20% | +1.70 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Messy (FR) won?
- Messy (FR) won 2 of 26 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 6 times in total (23.1% of starts).
- Who trains Messy (FR)?
- Messy (FR) is trained by Noel George & Amanda Zetterholm, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 October 2026.
- Who is Messy (FR)'s sire?
- Messy (FR) is by Clovis Du Berlais (FR) out of Merlin Woods (FR), whose sire is Irish Wells.
- What going does Messy (FR) prefer?
- Messy (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 17 starts (11.8%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Messy (FR)'s sire's record?
- Clovis Du Berlais (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 754 runs since Jan 2008 (111 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.6% from 151. Weakest on good to soft going: 5.7% from 140.
- Who are Messy (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Merlin Woods (FR), Messy (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.