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Horse profile

Sao (FR)

9yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2023) · Last trainer Rebecca Menzies · Last owner Gary Eves And Partner
by Great Pretender (IRE) out of Miss Country (FR) (Country Reel)
34 runs · 18 courses · from Apr 2017
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Aug 2023 — 1,167 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2023 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 112
KTB Profile

Sao (FR) is 4 from 34. Hasn't won since Jan 2021. All 4 wins have come over 1m5f – 2m. Last raced off 112, 26lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 34 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 26lb off peak
Official rating112↓ 26lb off peak
112 112–138

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 98 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Stratford, 4 Jul 2023

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was.

Jumps 24 figures · best 103A · median 87
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good11100A88—
Good to Soft793A69—
Heavy3103A93—
Soft397B95—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m16103A72.5—
2m1f – 2m4f899A91.5—

Of 32 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 32 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 124B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Perth, 24 Jun 2023 Official rating 112 at the last run, 4 Aug 2023

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.

Jumps 28 figures · best 141B · median 120
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good12130B121.5—
Good to Soft7136A120—
Soft5141B121—
Heavy3136B118—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m18141B120.5—
2m1f – 2m4f10130B119—

Of 32 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 32 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
Great Pretender (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13% of 3,528 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—
Good7119813.8%+0.80 from 13
Good to Soft5647813.8%+0.80 from 9
Soft1,40018012.9%−0.12 from 8
Heavy7499612.8%−0.22 from 3
Standard (AW)8144.9%−8.10 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1417.1%−5.9—
1m – 1m1f2800%−13—
1m2f – 1m4f151106.6%−6.4—
1m5f – 2m72812016.5%+3.54 from 23
2m1f – 2m4f1,64220812.7%−0.30 from 11
2m5f – 3m7649312.2%−0.8—
Over 3m2012713.4%+0.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Miss Country (FR) (Country Reel)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Frodon (FR) (19 wins).

The wins came over 1m7f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Frodon (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Frodon (FR)52191m7f–3m1½fGrade 1
Country Lady (GB)512m1½fClass 4
Paolo (FR)412m2f—
Tidjy (FR)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 13 0 0% −13.00
Good to Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 8 2 25% +0.40
Heavy 3 2 67% +12.50
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 18 2 11% −9.00
Class 4 12 1 8% −2.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton 5 0 0% −5.00
Aintree 4 0 0% −4.00
Hexham 4 1 25% +6.00
Perth 3 0 0% −3.00
Wetherby 3 1 33% +2.50
Cartmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Kelso 2 0 0% −2.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 1 100% +2.50
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 1 100% +3.90
Auteuil (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 23 4 17% +0.90
2m1f – 2m4f 11 0 0% −11.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Nathan Moscrop 21 3 14% −2.00
Harry Cobden 7 0 0% −7.00
Brian Hughes 2 0 0% −2.00
Conor O'Farrell 1 0 0% −1.00
Lorcan Williams 1 0 0% −1.00
James Reveley 1 1 100% +3.90
Kevin Nabet 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
HT 30 3 10% −11.00
Hood 2 0 0% −2.00
None 2 1 50% +2.90

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 8 0 0% −8.00
2022 6 0 0% −6.00
2021 6 1 17% −0.50
2020 5 2 40% +8.50
2019 3 0 0% −3.00
2018 4 0 0% −4.00
2017 2 1 50% +2.90

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 26 3 12% −7.00
Hurdle 7 1 14% −2.10
NH Flat 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
04 Aug 23+31d Bangor-on-Dee RW Hough & Sons Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-8 112—— Brian Hughes 17/2
04 Jul 23+10d Stratford Saige Decking Ltd Handicap Chase Class 3 · 17f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 1¾ 11-10 11398A117A Nathan Moscrop 13/2
24 Jun 23+8d Perth Visit raceday-ready.com Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 1 11-7 11289C124B Nathan Moscrop 9/2
16 Jun 23+18d Aintree Racingtv.Com Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 5/6 9½ 11-12 11468A104B Conor O'Farrell 11/4
29 May 23+16d Cartmel Andy Austin Happy 64th Birthday Handicap Chase Class 3 · 17.5f · Good · 6 ran 5/6 1¼ 10-10 11786A118B Brian Hughes 9/2
13 May 23+37d Hexham premier-traffic.co.uk Handicap Chase Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran UR/6 — 12-2 117—— Nathan Moscrop 10/3
06 Apr 23+12d Wetherby Ian Ward Is 'Jumping The Last' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 15f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 5 12-2 11735A135A Nathan Moscrop 9/2
25 Mar 23+122d Kelso Lengthen The Odds At BetVictor Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 5 ran 3/5 16 12-2 122—117B Nathan Moscrop 5/1
23 Nov 22+18d Wetherby Peter Beaumont Memorial Handicap Chase Class 3 · 15f · Heavy · 6 ran 5/6 4¾ 11-3 12759C108B Nathan Moscrop 17/2
05 Nov 22+159d Aintree Boylesports Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 14 11-9 13041A96B Nathan Moscrop 5/1
30 May 22+26d Cartmel Richard Ling Memorial Handicap Chase Class 3 · 17.5f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 ¾ 11-7 13190A130B Nathan Moscrop 8/1
04 May 22+14d Kelso Bedmax Handicap Chase Class 3 · 17f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 4¼ 12-0 13388C123B Nathan Moscrop 6/1
20 Apr 22+18d Perth Bob Nelson Capercaillie Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 4/5 3½ 11-10 13569C120B Nathan Moscrop 5/1
02 Apr 22+112d Ayr Scotty Brand Handicap Chase (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran BD/7 — 11-2 135—— Nathan Moscrop 15/2
11 Dec 21+35d Doncaster Each Way Extra At Bet365 Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 1½ 11-7 13692A127B Nathan Moscrop 3/1
06 Nov 21+198d Aintree Betway Supports Safer Gambling Week Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 2¾ 11-4 13579A136A Nathan Moscrop 10/1
22 Apr 21+14d Perth williamhill.com Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 11 11-9 137100A125B Nathan Moscrop 10/3J
08 Apr 21+86d Aintree Close Brothers Red Rum Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 12/18 1¼ 10-12 13853B104A Nathan Moscrop 33/1
12 Jan 21+4d Wetherby Sixt Car Hire Handicap Chase Class 3 · 15f · Heavy · 7 ran 1/7 11-0 133103A118C Nathan Moscrop 9/2
08 Jan 21+23d Newcastle (AW) QuinnBet Quarterback 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race Class 4 · 16.5f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 5/8 2¼ 11-2 ——108A Nathan Moscrop 4/5F
16 Dec 20+40d Newbury Boscasports The No1 Digital Betting Shop Display Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 7 ran 1/7 11-11 12595A141B Nathan Moscrop 5/2F
06 Nov 20+12d Hexham Esther Sidgwick Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15.5f · Heavy · 5 ran 1/5 11-2 12093C136B Nathan Moscrop 9/1
25 Oct 20+23d Hexham Allerwash Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 10 ran F/10 — 11-9 120—— Nathan Moscrop 5/1
02 Oct 20+265d Hexham Sky Sports Racing Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran 4/7 1½ 11-11 12276A124A Nathan Moscrop 9/1
11 Jan 20+61d Kempton Unibet Download The App Handicap Chase Class 3 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4/8 4¾ 10-9 12393A107A Harry Cobden 9/2
11 Nov 19+189d Kempton Happy Birthday David Jones Handicap Chase Class 3 · 18f · Good · 13 ran 5/13 nk 11-8 124—120A Harry Cobden 11/2
06 May 19+27d Kempton Matchbook Low Commission Exchange Beginners' Chase Class 3 · 20.5f · Good · 3 ran 2/3 34 10-12 12461C100C Harry Cobden 13/8
09 Apr 19+134d Exeter City Of Exeter Challenge Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 17f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 3¼ 11-11 12499A126B Harry Cobden 8/1
26 Nov 18+217d Kempton Starlight Children's Services Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 7/7 35 11-6 12451C99C Lorcan Williams 9/1
23 Apr 18+37d Newton Abbot Double Delight Hat-trick Heaven At Totesport.com Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 3¾ 11-1 12997B123A Harry Cobden 6/5F
17 Mar 18+28d Kempton Matchbook Betting Exchange Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4/8 7 10-13 —33A108A Harry Cobden 9/2
17 Feb 18+291d Wincanton Betway 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 7 10-13 ——121A Harry Cobden 8/11F
02 May 17+24d Compiegne (FR) Prix Gacko (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 16f · Very Soft · 9 ran 1/9 10-8 ——— James Reveley 39/10
08 Apr 17 Auteuil (FR) Prix Grandak (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 15f · Very Soft · 14 ran F/14 — 10-6 ——— Kevin Nabet 58/10

Quick answers

How many races has Sao (FR) won?
Sao (FR) won 4 of 34 archived starts between 2017 and 2023, a strike rate of 11.8%. Placed 11 times in total (32.4% of starts).
Who trained Sao (FR)?
Sao (FR) was trained by Rebecca Menzies on the most recent run on record, at Bangor-on-Dee on 4 August 2023.
Who is Sao (FR)'s sire?
Sao (FR) is by Great Pretender (IRE) out of Miss Country (FR), whose sire is Country Reel.
What going does Sao (FR) prefer?
Sao (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Sao (FR)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 112, from the run on 4 August 2023. The highest on record is 138.
What is Sao (FR)'s sire's record?
Great Pretender (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13% of 3,528 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 Sao (FR)'s siblings?
Out of Miss Country (FR), Sao (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Frodon (FR) (19). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Frodon (FR)). The wins came over 1m7f–3m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2017. 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.