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Horse profile

Road To Escondido (FR)

4yo filly (at last run, Mar 2025) · Last trainer Mario Hofer · Last owner Mario Hofer Gmbh
by Shalaa (IRE) out of Mintaka (FR) (Zamindar)
1 run · 1 course · from Mar 2025
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Mar 2025 — 606 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2025 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Road To Escondido (FR) is a lightly raced filly with one archived start in Mar 2025 when she finished unplaced in the Prix Otto at Chantilly on standard going over 1m to 1m1f. She raced in first-time headgear that day for trainer Mario Hofer. Her sire Shalaa has produced winners in 9.5% of 2,423 runs in the archive since Jan 2008 with strongest form on heavy ground while her dam has produced two winners from two runners to race including Cartiem with two wins.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 5 Nov 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 2,446 runs since May 2020 (279 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 14.8% from 142.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−9.6—
Good to Firm185147.6%−2—
Good340257.4%−2.2—
Good to Soft295258.5%−1.1—
Soft364277.4%−2.2—
Heavy1422114.8%+5.2—
Standard (AW)1,11612411.1%+1.50 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2102110%+0.4—
6f – 7f1,11312010.8%+1.2—
1m – 1m1f731567.7%−1.90 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f267228.2%−1.4—
1m5f – 2m5547.3%−2.3—
2m1f – 2m4f651320%+10.4—
2m5f – 3m400%−9.6—
Over 3m100%−9.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2020 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Mintaka (FR) (Zamindar)

2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Cartiem (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Cartiem (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cartiem (FR)721m2½fGroup 3
Bandiagara (GB)417f—

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
2025 · 1 run
09 Mar 25 Chantilly (FR) Prix Otto (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m1½f · Standard · 16 ran RR/16 — 9-8 Ismail Koyuncu 81/1

Quick answers

How many races has Road To Escondido won?
Road To Escondido (FR) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2025.
Who trained Road To Escondido?
Road To Escondido (FR) was trained by Mario Hofer on the most recent run on record, at Chantilly (FR) on 9 March 2025.
Who is Road To Escondido's sire?
Road To Escondido (FR) is by Shalaa (IRE) out of Mintaka (FR), whose sire is Zamindar.
What is Road To Escondido's sire's record?
Shalaa (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 2,446 runs since May 2020 (279 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 14.8% from 142.
Who are Road To Escondido's siblings?
Out of Mintaka (FR), Road To Escondido (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Cartiem (FR) (2). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Cartiem (FR)). The wins came over 7f–1m2½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2025. 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.