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Horse profile

Prince Pretender (FR)

7yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2014) · Last trainer G Taupin · Last owner Gianfranko Vlacic
by Great Pretender (IRE) out of Princesse Turgeon (FR) (Turgeon)
28 runs · 6 courses · from Mar 2010
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Oct 2014 — 4,393 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2014 · 4th of 16 2 wins · Enghien (FR) & Auteuil (FR) New yard
KTB Profile

Prince Pretender (FR) is 2 from 28, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the Prix Finot at Auteuil (FR) (Sep 2010). Hasn't won since Nov 2013.

Based on 28 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

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
Great Pretender (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13% of 3,541 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%+10 from 2
Good to Soft5677813.8%+0.8—
Soft1,40218112.9%−0.11 from 17
Heavy7539612.7%−0.31 from 9
Standard (AW)8144.9%−8.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−5.9—
1m – 1m1f2800%−13—
1m2f – 1m4f151106.6%−6.40 from 6
1m5f – 2m72812016.5%+3.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,64921012.7%−0.32 from 19
2m5f – 3m7699412.2%−0.80 from 2
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
Princesse Turgeon (FR) (Turgeon)

6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Princesse Kap (FR) (9 wins).

The wins came over 1m2f–2m6f; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Princesse Kap (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Princesse Kap (FR)3392m1½f–2m6fGrade 2
Princesse Fiona (FR)911m2f—
Ecume Du Large (FR)812m1½f—
Prince De Garde (FR)10——
Princesse Du Large (FR)40——
Galop Du Large (FR)100——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 17 1 6% −12.20
Heavy 9 1 11% −1.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 12 1 8% −8.20
Enghien (FR) 9 1 11% −1.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 3 0 0% −2.00
Chantilly (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 19 2 11% −7.20
1m2f – 1m4f 6 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mlle Maelle Daubry-Barbier 4 0 0% −4.00
Sylvain Dehez 4 1 25% −0.20
Gaetan Masure 3 0 0% −3.00
Stephane Pasquier 3 0 0% −3.00
Mlle Laurie Foulard 2 0 0% −2.00
Olivier Jouin 1 0 0% −1.00
David Cottin 1 1 100% +7.00
Vincent Cheminaud 1 0 0% −1.00
Julien Desmonts 1 0 0% −1.00
Mlle Jeanne Cotta 1 0 0% −1.00
Thierry Majorcryk 1 0 0% −1.00
Bastien Benard 1 0 0% −1.00
Jonathan Plouganou 1 0 0% −1.00
Steven Colas 1 0 0% −1.00
Fabien Lefebvre 1 0 0% −1.00
Flavien Prat 1 0 0% −1.00
Pierre-Charles Boudot 1 0 0% —

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 16 1 6% −8.00
None 11 1 9% −6.20
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2014 1 0 0% −1.00
2013 10 1 10% −2.00
2012 3 0 0% −3.00
2011 5 0 0% −5.00
2010 9 1 11% −4.20

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 18 1 6% −14.20
Flat 7 0 0% −6.00
Chase 3 1 33% +5.00

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 Jockey SP
2014 · 1 run
18 Oct 14+332d Auteuil (FR) Prix Prince d'Ecouen (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 19.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 4/16 3 10-1 Olivier Jouin 29/1
2013 · 10 runs
20 Nov 13+14d Enghien (FR) Prix De L'Orne (Chase) (Claimer) (5yo+) (Turf) 19f · Heavy · 15 ran 1/15 11-0 David Cottin 7/1
06 Nov 13+11d Enghien (FR) Prix De Pithiviers (Chase) (Claimer) (5yo+) (Turf) 19f · Heavy · 11 ran 2/11 2 10-1 Mlle Maelle Daubry-Barbier 22/1
26 Oct 13+25d Enghien (FR) Prix Paiute (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 14 ran 8/14 ½ 10-10 Vincent Cheminaud 18/1
01 Oct 13+19d Enghien (FR) Prix De Chablis (Hurdle) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 19f · Very Soft · 19 ran 14/19 1½ 11-5 Mlle Maelle Daubry-Barbier 25/1
12 Sep 13+14d Auteuil (FR) Prix Chakhansoor (Hurdle) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 19.5f · Very Soft · 15 ran 3/15 2½ 10-12 Mlle Maelle Daubry-Barbier 46/1
29 Aug 13+92d Auteuil (FR) Prix Mortemart (Hurdle) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 18f · Soft · 19 ran 12/19 4 11-4 Mlle Maelle Daubry-Barbier 37/1
29 May 13+24d Longchamp (FR) Prix De La Boetie (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 14f · Soft · 9 ran 9/9 3 8-7 Mlle Laurie Foulard 55/1
05 May 13+8d Auteuil (FR) Grande Course de Haies de Printemps (Hurdle) Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 21.5f · Very Soft · 19 ran PU/19 — 9-11 Julien Desmonts 60/1
27 Apr 13+31d Auteuil (FR) Prix Roger Duchene (Hurdle) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Young Jockeys who have not ridden 35 winners) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 16 ran 6/16 1¼ 11-3 Mlle Laurie Foulard 23/1
27 Mar 13+325d Enghien (FR) Prix de la Somme (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 19f · Very Soft · 10 ran 6/10 12 11-0 Mlle Jeanne Cotta 58/10
2012 · 3 runs
06 May 12+23d Auteuil (FR) Grande Course De Haies De Printemps - Prix Le Parisien (Hurdle) Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 21.5f · Heavy · 14 ran 9/14 15 9-12 Sylvain Dehez 22/1
13 Apr 12+39d Enghien (FR) Prix Trembleur (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 17.5f · Very Soft · 13 ran 4/13 6 10-8 Sylvain Dehez 14/1
05 Mar 12+122d Enghien (FR) Prix Du Mont Cenis (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 19f · Heavy · 12 ran 7/12 2 10-3 Gaetan Masure 3/1F
2011 · 5 runs
04 Nov 11+20d Enghien (FR) Prix De Gap (Chase) (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) 17.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 4/7 8 9-13 Gaetan Masure 10/1
15 Oct 11+21d Auteuil (FR) Prix Pierre De Lassus (Hurdle) (4yo) (Turf) 19.5f · Very Soft · 13 ran —/13 10-1 Gaetan Masure 83/1
24 Sep 11+188d Auteuil (FR) Prix De Maisons-Laffitte (Hurdle) (4yo) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 10 ran 10/10 20 10-1 Thierry Majorcryk 43/1
20 Mar 11+8d Auteuil (FR) Prix D'Indy (Hurdle) (4yo) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 10 ran 9/10 6 10-6 Bastien Benard 23/1
12 Mar 11+108d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Worden (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) 10.5f · Soft · 12 ran 7/12 1½ 8-11 Stephane Pasquier 7/1
2010 · 9 runs
24 Nov 10+17d Enghien (FR) Prix General De Saint-Didier (Hurdle) (3yo) (Turf) 17.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 5/10 10 10-3 Sylvain Dehez 9/1
07 Nov 10+28d Auteuil (FR) Prix Cambaceres (Grande Course De Haies Des 3 Ans) (Hurdle) (3yo) (Turf) 18f · Heavy · 11 ran 4/11 5 10-6 Jonathan Plouganou 11/1
10 Oct 10+25d Auteuil (FR) Prix Georges De Talhouet-Roy (Hurdle) (3yo) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 9 ran 5/9 4 10-1 Steven Colas 15/2
15 Sep 10+82d Auteuil (FR) Prix Finot (Poulains) () (Div 1) (3yo Colts & Geldings Unraced Over Hurdles And Fences) 18f · Very Soft · 18 ran 1/18 10-6 Sylvain Dehez 14/5F
25 Jun 10+19d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix Pleben (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 12f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 nk 9-2 Fabien Lefebvre 5/2F
06 Jun 10+27d Chantilly (FR) Prix Du Jockey Club (3yo Colts & Fillies) (Turf) 10.5f · Soft · 22 ran 21/22 2½ 9-2 Flavien Prat 200/1
10 May 10+39d Chantilly (FR) Prix Du Mont Pagnotte (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 10f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 3 8-10 Stephane Pasquier 9/2
01 Apr 10+19d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Empery (Maiden) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 12f · Heavy · 8 ran 3/8 1½ 9-2 Stephane Pasquier 7/1
13 Mar 10 Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Leandra (Maiden) 10.5f · Very Soft · 5 ran 4/5 2½ 9-2 Pierre-Charles Boudot —

Quick answers

How many races has Prince Pretender won?
Prince Pretender (FR) won 2 of 28 archived starts between 2010 and 2014, a strike rate of 7.1%. Placed 6 times in total (21.4% of starts).
Who trained Prince Pretender?
Prince Pretender (FR) was trained by G Taupin on the most recent run on record, at Auteuil (FR) on 18 October 2014.
Who is Prince Pretender's sire?
Prince Pretender (FR) is by Great Pretender (IRE) out of Princesse Turgeon (FR), whose sire is Turgeon.
What going does Prince Pretender prefer?
Prince Pretender (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 9 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Prince Pretender's sire's record?
Great Pretender (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13% of 3,541 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.
Who are Prince Pretender's siblings?
Out of Princesse Turgeon (FR), Prince Pretender (FR) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Princesse Kap (FR) (9). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Princesse Kap (FR)). The wins came over 1m2f–2m6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 2010. 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.