Simply Lovely (FR)
Simply Lovely is a gelding with four wins from 25 starts, all on turf. He won the Prix du Haras Royal de Meudon at Longchamp in May 2026 over under 6f on good to soft from an official rating of 76, and has three further handicap wins over 6f to 7f at Chantilly and Deauville between July 2024 and June 2025, all on good or good to soft. He has raced 14 times at Chantilly for two of those wins. He finished 10th of 16 in a Class 2 race at Chantilly in Oct 2026 when last seen, racing off his career-high mark of 78.
- 4–25Wins / Runs
- 16%Strike rate
- 11 (44%)Placed
- −0.50£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 1.78Fair A/E n=25 · 1.47 incl. margin
- 82Highest OR
- 76dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
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
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
Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 10,546 runs since Jan 2008 (676 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 12.2% from 131. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 880.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 131 | 16 | 12.2% | +3.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,992 | 166 | 8.3% | −0.4 | — |
| Good | 1,966 | 160 | 8.1% | −0.6 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 1,028 | 80 | 7.8% | −0.9 | 3 from 8 |
| Soft | 1,090 | 76 | 7% | −1.7 | 0 from 7 |
| Heavy | 396 | 35 | 8.8% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,942 | 381 | 9.7% | +1 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,240 | 229 | 10.2% | +1.5 | 1 from 4 |
| 6f – 7f | 4,971 | 450 | 9.1% | +0.4 | 3 from 21 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,736 | 131 | 7.5% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 880 | 49 | 5.6% | −3.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 463 | 38 | 8.2% | −0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 195 | 14 | 7.2% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 48 | 3 | 6.3% | −2.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −8.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Simply Striking (FR) (6 wins).
The wins came over 5½f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Ghazawaat (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simply Striking (FR) | 50 | 6 | 5½f–7f | — |
| Ghazawaat (FR) | 8 | 1 | 1m | Class 3 |
| Simply Southern (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Simply Game (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 8 | 3 | 38% | +10.80 |
| Soft | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.70 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantilly (FR) | 14 | 2 | 14% | −4.80 |
| Deauville (FR) | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.50 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.80 |
| Vichy (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| La Teste De Buch (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 21 | 3 | 14% | −0.30 |
| Under 6f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.20 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickael Barzalona | 8 | 3 | 38% | +5.00 |
| Enzo Crublet | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.50 |
| Malone Favriaux | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mme Marie Velon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mme Lorette Gallo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alexis Pouchin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thomas Trullier | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fabrice Veron | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Christophe Soumillon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ioritz Mendizabal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 12 | 3 | 25% | +8.70 |
| Blinkers | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.20 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.20 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +3.20 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.50 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2021 | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Simply Lovely won?
- Simply Lovely (FR) won 4 of 25 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 16%. Placed 11 times in total (44% of starts).
- Who trains Simply Lovely?
- Simply Lovely (FR) is trained by J-M Beguigne, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 15 October 2026.
- Who is Simply Lovely's sire?
- Simply Lovely (FR) is by Kheleyf (USA) out of Reech Band (GB), whose sire is Choisir.
- What going does Simply Lovely prefer?
- Simply Lovely (FR) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 8 starts (37.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Simply Lovely's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 15 October 2026. The highest on record is 82.
- What is Simply Lovely's sire's record?
- Kheleyf (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 10,546 runs since Jan 2008 (676 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 12.2% from 131. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 880.
- Who are Simply Lovely's siblings?
- Out of Reech Band (GB), Simply Lovely (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Simply Striking (FR) (6). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Ghazawaat (FR)). The wins came over 5½f–1m. As at Oct 2026.