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Horse profile

Sonigino (FR)

9yo gelding · Trainer Paul Nicholls · Owner Sir A Ferguson G Mason L Hales The Late J Hales
by It's Gino (GER) out of Soniador (FR) (Legolas)
22 runs · 15 courses · from Jun 2021
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
6 wins · 5 courses Last run 2 May 2026 · 3rd of 5 Last raced off OR 132
KTB Profile

Sonigino is a gelding with six wins from 22 starts on turf. He has won three times from 12 starts over 2m1f – 2m4f and once from three starts over 2m5f – 3m. All six wins have come in handicaps or novices events between Class 3 and Class 2, including at Fakenham in Apr 2026 over 2m5f – 3m on good ground off an official rating of 130. He finished third of five, racing prominently, at Hexham in May 2026 in a Class 3 novices limited handicap chase off 132, which was 11lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 22 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Nov 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating132↓ 11lb off peak
132 119–143

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 111 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Sandown, 3 Jan 2026

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. What this means →

Jumps 19 figures · best 143B · median 109
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft8122B106.51 run · —
Good5125B943 runs · 111 / 94
Soft4125A115.51 run · —
Heavy2143B133.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10143B116.53 runs · 111 / 79
1m5f – 2m6123B111—
2m5f – 3m3109B1042 runs · 109 / 101.5

Of 21 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 21 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 137C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fakenham, 6 Apr 2026 Official rating 132 at the last run, 2 May 2026

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. What this means →

Jumps 20 figures · best 153A · median 129.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft8148B129.51 run · —
Good6140A1293 runs · 137 / 133
Soft4137A1231 run · —
Heavy2153A150.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10153A129.53 runs · 133 / 124
1m5f – 2m7148B131—
2m5f – 3m3137C1282 runs · 137 / 127.5

Of 21 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 21 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 from 5 analysed runs since Nov 2025

  • Mid-division 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (20%) · 1 win
  • Held up 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
It's Gino (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 963 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses).

Strongest on good going: 23.4% from 222. Weakest on soft going: 10.1% from 308. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.7% from 227.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1218.3%−5.4—
Good2225223.4%+9.73 from 6
Good to Soft1572113.4%−0.31 from 8
Soft3083110.1%−3.60 from 4
Heavy2052311.2%−2.52 from 4
Standard (AW)5647.1%−6.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f800%−13.7—
1m – 1m1f3412.9%−10.8—
1m2f – 1m4f7434.1%−9.6—
1m5f – 2m2273816.7%+32 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f4556414.1%+0.43 from 12
2m5f – 3m1392316.5%+2.81 from 3
Over 3m26311.5%−2.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Soniador (FR) (Legolas)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Indomino (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 8 1 13% −6.20
Good 6 3 50% +1.62
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 4 2 50% +7.03

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 9 2 22% −1.17
Class 3 7 3 43% −1.08
Class 1 5 0 0% −5.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Aintree 3 1 33% +1.33
Cheltenham 3 0 0% −3.00
Chepstow 3 2 67% +1.30
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 1 100% +0.62
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 1 100% +2.50
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Auteuil (FR) 1 1 100% +5.70

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 12 3 25% +2.53
1m5f – 2m 7 2 29% −2.70
2m5f – 3m 3 1 33% −1.38

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Cobden 12 4 33% +0.13
Freddie Gingell 6 1 17% −4.38
Freddie Keighley 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss Olive Nicholls 1 0 0% −1.00
Bryony Frost 1 0 0% −1.00
Kevin Nabet 1 1 100% +5.70

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 20 6 30% +0.45
None 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 4 1 25% −2.38
2025 1 0 0% −1.00
2024 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 5 2 40% +2.83
2022 6 2 33% −1.70
2021 3 1 33% +3.70

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 20 5 25% −1.17
Chase 2 1 50% −0.38

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
2026 · 4 runs
02 May 26+26d Hexham Max And Naomi Are Getting Married Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20f · Good · 5 ran Settled in second early - hit the front three out - driven when overtaken approaching the home bend - dropped away rapidly and trailed home well beaten 3/5 32 11-10 13279C124C Freddie Gingell 3/1
06 Apr 26+64d Fakenham Watch On Racing TV 'Chasing Excellence' Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 21f · Good · 3 ran Set the pace from the off - opened up a big margin after the second-last - given a quick reminder on the run-in before being allowed to coast home 1/3 11-2 13094C137C Freddie Gingell 8/13F
01 Feb 26+29d Musselburgh Pertemps Network Group Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 24f · Good To Soft · 13 ran Pulling hard early - settled mid-pack - pressed for effort before 3 out and gave way soon after - dropped away nearing final flight 10/13 3½ 11-1 132109B118A Freddie Gingell 15/2
03 Jan 26+35d Sandown Try Unibet's Acca Boosts Seniors' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 20f · Good · 10 ran Settled towards the back of the pack early - improved position after 3 out - asked for effort before 2 out - dropped away when challenged - finished strongly to take third but couldn't match the front two 3/10 1 11-4 132111A133A Freddie Keighley 10/1
2025 · 1 run
29 Nov 25+596d Newbury 'Join Coral Bet 10 Get 50' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20.5f · Soft · 15 ran Settled midfield early - moved up to fourth approaching four out before blundering three out and losing momentum thereafter - faded to finish well beaten in 12th 12/15 15 11-2 13563C118C Miss Olive Nicholls 33/1
2024 · 3 runs
12 Apr 24+28d Aintree William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 20f · Soft · 19 ran 12/19 3 11-5 141108C126C Freddie Gingell 22/1
15 Mar 24+62d Cheltenham Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20.5f · Heavy · 21 ran PU/21 — 11-10 143—— Freddie Gingell 16/1
13 Jan 24+35d Kempton Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 21f · Good To Soft · 19 ran 12/19 5½ 12-0 143104B128A Harry Cobden 13/2
2023 · 5 runs
09 Dec 23+20d Aintree BoyleSports Extra Place Races Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20f · Heavy · 10 ran 1/10 12-0 137124A153A Harry Cobden 10/3F
19 Nov 23+36d Cheltenham Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Soft · 15 ran 4/15 2 11-6 137123B137A Freddie Gingell 11/1
14 Oct 23+183d Chepstow Wasdell Group Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 19.5f · Heavy · 14 ran 3/14 hd 11-13 135143B148A Harry Cobden 6/1
14 Apr 23+64d Aintree William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 20f · Good To Soft · 20 ran 3/20 ¾ 11-1 133122B144A Harry Cobden 18/1
09 Feb 23+88d Huntingdon Winvic Construction Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 19.5f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 11-3 131125B140A Harry Cobden 5/2J
2022 · 6 runs
13 Nov 22+18d Cheltenham Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran 8/13 ¾ 11-5 133—117A Harry Cobden 7/1
26 Oct 22+19d Chepstow Join Vickers.Bet Free Bet Club Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1/6 11-10 123118A148B Harry Cobden 4/5F
07 Oct 22+199d Chepstow Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 11-1 11969C125B Harry Cobden 6/4F
22 Mar 22+38d Exeter Harcombe Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 5/8 3½ 11-10 12197C111C Harry Cobden 9/2
12 Feb 22+21d Newbury My Odds Boost On Betfair Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 5/11 1 11-12 12293A136A Harry Cobden 16/5
22 Jan 22+42d Ascot SBK Holloway's Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 19.5f · Soft · 11 ran 4/11 3¾ 10-8 125125A120A Harry Cobden 11/1
2021 · 3 runs
11 Dec 21+21d Doncaster bet365 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5/9 9½ 10-7 128104A117A Bryony Frost 5/1
20 Nov 21+168d Haydock Betfair Weighed In Podcast Newton Novices' Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 3/5 nk 11-3 128120C131B Harry Cobden 10/3
05 Jun 21 Auteuil (FR) Prix Beaumanoir (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) 17.5f · Heavy · 15 ran 1/15 11-3 ——— Kevin Nabet 57/10

Quick answers

How many races has Sonigino won?
Sonigino (FR) won 6 of 22 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 27.3%. Placed 9 times in total (40.9% of starts).
Who trains Sonigino?
Sonigino (FR) is trained by Paul Nicholls, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 2 May 2026.
Who is Sonigino's sire?
Sonigino (FR) is by It's Gino (GER) out of Soniador (FR), whose sire is Legolas.
What going does Sonigino prefer?
Sonigino (FR) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 6 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Sonigino's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 132, from the run on 2 May 2026. The highest on record is 143.
What is Sonigino's sire's record?
It's Gino (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 963 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 23.4% from 222. Weakest on soft going: 10.1% from 308. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.7% from 227.
Who are Sonigino's siblings?
Out of Soniador (FR), Sonigino (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2021. 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.