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Horse profile

Place Vendome (IRE)

3yo colt (at last run, Sep 2012) · Last trainer A P O'Brien · Last owner Michael Tabor Derrick Smith Mrs John Magnier
by Giant's Causeway (USA) out of Vallee des Reves (USA) (Kingmambo)
5 runs · 4 courses · from Nov 2011
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Sep 2012 — 5,144 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2012 · 4th of 13 Last raced off OR 78
KTB Profile

Place Vendome (IRE) is yet to win from 5 starts, though has placed twice. Best effort: 2nd of 18 at Leopardstown (Nov 2011).

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

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

Best recent KTB Rating 87A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 9 Sep 2012 Official rating 78 at the last run, 27 Sep 2012

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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 87A · median 79
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)279A75.5—
Heavy1———
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f487A75.5—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 4 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Giant's Causeway (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 3,018 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 7.1% from 394. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 8.3% from 422.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3937.7%−3.9—
Good to Firm6058313.7%+2.1—
Good6556710.2%−1.40 from 1
Good to Soft290227.6%−4—
Soft394287.1%−4.50 from 1
Heavy1582012.7%+1.10 from 1
Standard (AW)87712614.4%+2.80 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f27518.5%+6.9—
6f – 7f5957312.3%+0.70 from 1
1m – 1m1f7368912.1%+0.5—
1m2f – 1m4f84610712.6%+10 from 4
1m5f – 2m422358.3%−3.3—
2m1f – 2m4f202199.4%−2.2—
2m5f – 3m123118.9%−2.7—
Over 3m671014.9%+3.3—

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
Vallee des Reves (USA) (Kingmambo)

5 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Corum (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m2½f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Maids Causeway (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Corum (IRE)3551m2f–2m2½fClass 4
Al Erayg (IRE)4741mClass 4
Manhattan Dream (USA)627f–1mClass 4
Maids Causeway (IRE)411mGroup 1
Uimhir A Haon (IRE)1117f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Joseph O'Brien 4 0 0% −4.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00
None 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 4 0 0% −4.00
2011 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2012 · 4 runs
27 Sep 12+6d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium - Light Up Your Night Maiden 12f · Standard · 13 ran 4/13 nk 9-5 7879A Joseph O'Brien 6/1
21 Sep 12+12d Listowel Listowel Printing Works Maiden 12f · Heavy · 5 ran 4/5 34 9-5 8054C Joseph O'Brien 5/2
09 Sep 12+13d Curragh Unaccompanied Maiden 10f · Good · 20 ran 3/20 1¼ 9-5 —87A Joseph O'Brien 4/1
27 Aug 12+295d Dundalk (AW) Group Discounts At Dundalk Maiden 12f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 hd 9-5 —72A Joseph O'Brien 2/1F
2011 · 1 run
06 Nov 11 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. (c & G) Maiden 7f · Yielding · 18 ran 2/18 8 9-0 —86A Seamie Heffernan 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Place Vendome won?
Place Vendome (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2011 and 2012. Placed 2 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trained Place Vendome?
Place Vendome (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 27 September 2012.
Who is Place Vendome's sire?
Place Vendome (IRE) is by Giant's Causeway (USA) out of Vallee des Reves (USA), whose sire is Kingmambo.
What is Place Vendome's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 27 September 2012. The highest on record is 80.
What is Place Vendome's sire's record?
Giant's Causeway (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 3,018 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 7.1% from 394. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 8.3% from 422.
Who are Place Vendome's siblings?
Out of Vallee des Reves (USA), Place Vendome (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Corum (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Maids Causeway (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2011. 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.