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Horse profile

Royal Marchand (FR)

5yo mare (at last run, Sep 2011) · Last trainer H Billot · Last owner Jacques Benet
by Marchand De Sable (USA) out of Shaft Of Light (FR) (Cardoun)
9 runs · 7 courses · from Jul 2009
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Sep 2011 — 5,510 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2011 · 7th of 13 Won at Deauville (FR) Headgear returns LTO
KTB Profile

Royal Marchand (FR) is 1 from 9. Hasn't won since Jul 2009. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 8 on turf.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf

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
Marchand De Sable (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 1,093 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 13.2% from 167. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 148.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+39.8—
Good to Firm17211.8%+1.6—
Good260238.8%−1.40 from 2
Good to Soft1672213.2%+30 from 2
Soft289289.7%−0.50 from 4
Heavy146138.9%−1.3—
Standard (AW)2102210.5%+0.31 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f28310.7%+0.5—
6f – 7f1752112%+1.8—
1m – 1m1f2843311.6%+1.41 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f328309.1%−1.10 from 1
1m5f – 2m1101412.7%+2.50 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f148106.8%−3.40 from 5
2m5f – 3m2000%−10.2—

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
Shaft Of Light (FR) (Cardoun)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Gibor (FR) (1 win).

The wins came over 7½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gibor (FR)1017½f—
Dame D'Alep (FR)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −1.00
Good 2 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 1 100% —

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Enghien (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Lyon Parilly 1 0 0% —
Compiegne 1 0 0% —
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% —
Deauville (FR) 1 1 100% —

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% —
1m – 1m1f 1 1 100% —

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jean-Luc Beaunez 4 0 0% −2.00
Frederic Spanu 2 0 0% −2.00
Frank Panicucci 1 0 0% −1.00
Gregory Benoist 1 0 0% —
Alexandre Roussel 1 1 100% —

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 1 17% −2.00
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 1 0 0% −1.00
2010 6 0 0% −4.00
2009 2 1 50% —

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 0 0% −3.00
Flat 4 1 25% −2.00

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
2011 · 1 run
27 Sep 11+455d Enghien (FR) Prix De Chablis (Hurdle) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) 19f · Very Soft · 13 ran 7/13 1½ 10-1 Frank Panicucci 24/1
2010 · 6 runs
29 Jun 10+14d Auteuil (FR) Prix Jason (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo Fillies) (Turf) 17.5f · Very Soft · 20 ran F/20 — 10-8 Jean-Luc Beaunez 10/1
15 Jun 10+20d Auteuil (FR) Prix Beaumanoir (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) 17.5f · Very Soft · 16 ran 5/16 3 10-1 Jean-Luc Beaunez 11/1
26 May 10+13d Lyon Parilly Prix Du Puy De Dome (Hurdle) 17f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 3/4 1½ 10-1 Jean-Luc Beaunez —
13 May 10+9d Compiegne Prix De La Forte Hurdle 17f · Very Soft · 3 ran 3/3 ½ 10-1 Jean-Luc Beaunez —
04 May 10+15d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix Des Bords De Seine (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf) 13f · Good To Soft · 19 ran —/19 9-0 Frederic Spanu 40/1
19 Apr 10+212d Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix De Voisins (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 15.5f · Good · 16 ran —/16 9-2 Frederic Spanu 25/1
2009 · 2 runs
19 Sep 09+71d Longchamp (FR) Prix de Babylone (Claimer) 12f · Good · 3 ran 2/3 hd 8-8 Gregory Benoist —
10 Jul 09 Deauville (FR) Prix de la Jetee (Claimer) (Fillies) (All-Weather) 9.5f · Standard · 3 ran 1/3 9-2 Alexandre Roussel —

Quick answers

How many races has Royal Marchand won?
Royal Marchand (FR) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2009 and 2011, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 1 time in total (11.1% of starts).
Who trained Royal Marchand?
Royal Marchand (FR) was trained by H Billot on the most recent run on record, at Enghien (FR) on 27 September 2011.
Who is Royal Marchand's sire?
Royal Marchand (FR) is by Marchand De Sable (USA) out of Shaft Of Light (FR), whose sire is Cardoun.
What is Royal Marchand's sire's record?
Marchand De Sable (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 1,093 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 13.2% from 167. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 148.
Who are Royal Marchand's siblings?
Out of Shaft Of Light (FR), Royal Marchand (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Gibor (FR) (1). The wins came over 7½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2009. 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.