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Horse profile

Sous Chef (FR)

5yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2011) · Last trainer S Foucher · Last owner Scea Des Collines
by Lavirco (GER) out of Jouvence De Nuit (FR) (April Night)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Oct 2010
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Sep 2011 — 5,537 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2011 · 4th of 10 New yard
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Oct 2010 and Sep 2011, the last of them as a 5yo gelding. Finished 4 of 10 at Longchamp (FR) last time. By Lavirco (GER), whose progeny in our archive have won 16.8% of 1,170 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · 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
Lavirco (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 16.8% of 1,170 runs since Jan 2008 (121 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 24.3% from 300. Weakest on good going: 9.1% from 175. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 20.1% from 278.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm4149.8%−7—
Good175169.1%−7.7—
Good to Soft1281914.8%−20 from 1
Soft4967915.9%−0.9—
Heavy3007324.3%+7.50 from 1
Standard (AW)26519.2%+2.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−16.8—
1m – 1m1f500%−16.8—
1m2f – 1m4f55916.4%−0.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m2404418.3%+1.5—
2m1f – 2m4f5428014.8%−20 from 1
2m5f – 3m2785620.1%+3.3—
Over 3m49816.3%−0.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Jouvence De Nuit (FR) (April Night)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
2011 · 1 run
08 Sep 11+338d Longchamp (FR) Prix De Craon (Grand Prix De A.Q.P.S.) (Conditions) (4-5yo Non-Thoroughbreds) (Turf) 1m4f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 4/10 ¾ 10-1 Alexandre Roussel 12/1
2010 · 1 run
05 Oct 10 Auteuil (FR) Prix Marittimo (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 2m2f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 3 10-3 Cyrille Gombeau 19/5

Quick answers

How many races has Sous Chef won?
Sous Chef (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2010 and 2011.
Who trained Sous Chef?
Sous Chef (FR) was trained by S Foucher on the most recent run on record, at Longchamp (FR) on 8 September 2011.
Who is Sous Chef's sire?
Sous Chef (FR) is by Lavirco (GER) out of Jouvence De Nuit (FR), whose sire is April Night.
What is Sous Chef's sire's record?
Lavirco (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 16.8% of 1,170 runs since Jan 2008 (121 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 24.3% from 300. Weakest on good going: 9.1% from 175. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 20.1% from 278.

Record shown from October 2010. 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.