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Horse profile

Vaihau (FR)

6yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2015) · Last trainer Jonjo O'Neill · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Lavirco (GER) out of Niponne (FR) (Funny Baby)
16 runs · 14 courses · from May 2013
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Oct 2015 — 4,017 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2015 · 4th of 8 4 wins · 4 courses First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 114
KTB Profile

Vaihau (FR) is 4 from 16. Hasn't won since May 2015. Each win came on a first visit to the course.

Based on 16 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
Official rating114↓ 6lb off peak
114 109–120

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

Best recent KTB Rating 103A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sedgefield, 29 Oct 2015 Official rating 114 at the last run, 29 Oct 2015

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 12 figures · best 128B · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good6118A102.5—
Soft4117B104—
Good to Soft2128B113—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m4128B117.5—
1m5f – 2m4108B105.5—
2m1f – 2m4f3101B99—
Over 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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
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%−7.71 from 7
Good to Soft1281914.8%−22 from 3
Soft4967915.9%−0.90 from 4
Heavy3007324.3%+7.5—
Standard (AW)26519.2%+2.40 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−16.8—
1m – 1m1f500%−16.8—
1m2f – 1m4f55916.4%−0.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m2404418.3%+1.53 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f5428014.8%−20 from 3
2m5f – 3m2785620.1%+3.31 from 4
Over 3m49816.3%−0.50 from 1

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
Niponne (FR) (Funny Baby)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Umpact (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m6f–2m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Umpact (FR)521m6f–2m—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 1 14% −3.20
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 2 67% +4.60
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 1 13% −3.50
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 2 0 0% −2.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 1 100% +3.50
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Argentan 1 1 100% +2.10
Pornichet-La Baule 1 0 0% −1.00
Morlaix 1 1 100% +2.80
Vire 1 1 100% +3.60

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 7 3 43% +4.50
2m5f – 3m 4 1 25% +0.50
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Richie McLernon 4 0 0% −4.00
Patrick Cowley 3 1 33% +1.50
A P McCoy 3 0 0% −3.00
Adrien Fouassier 2 2 100% +5.70
Jack Savage 1 0 0% −1.00
Noel Fehily 1 0 0% −1.00
Alexandre Roussel 1 0 0% −1.00
Marc-Antoine Dragon 1 1 100% +2.80

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 15 4 27% +1.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2015 8 1 13% −3.50
2014 4 0 0% −4.00
2013 4 3 75% +7.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 12 1 8% −7.50
Flat 4 3 75% +7.50

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2015 · 8 runs
29 Oct 15+15d Sedgefield Roflow Engineering Celebrating 25 Years Of Ventilation Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 27f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 22 10-12 114103A Richie McLernon 8/1
14 Oct 15+24d Worcester R & A Mason Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 9 11-1 11696A Patrick Cowley 6/1
20 Sep 15+67d Uttoxeter Sentinel Green 'Un Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 5/9 nk 11-2 11899A Jack Savage 7/2
15 Jul 15+51d Uttoxeter Ken Boulton 50th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle (For The Ken Boulton Memorial Trophy) Class 4 · 23.5f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 shd 11-12 120118A Noel Fehily 9/2
25 May 15+7d Cartmel Swan Hotel & Spa Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 22f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 11 10-10 10998B Patrick Cowley EvensF
18 May 15+10d Towcester Flexineb Nebulisers Breathe Freely Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-1 109128B Patrick Cowley 7/2
08 May 15+36d Market Rasen Market Rasen Racecourse Caravan Site Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 nk 11-6 10998A Richie McLernon 8/1
02 Apr 15+119d Ludlow Ludlow Food Centre Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 6 11-2 109117B A P McCoy 15/2
2014 · 4 runs
04 Dec 14+40d Market Rasen 10 Free Bet At 32RedSport.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 2 11-8 111101B A P McCoy 11/4
25 Oct 14+23d Stratford totepool Racing's Biggest Supporter Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 7 11-0 —106A Richie McLernon 10/3
02 Oct 14+222d Warwick Racinguk.com 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 ½ 10-12 —108B A P McCoy 1/6F
22 Feb 14+145d Kempton Sky Bet Dovecote Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) Class 1 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 9 11-2 —105A Richie McLernon 50/1
2013 · 4 runs
30 Sep 13+81d Argentan Prix Cadoudal (AQPS) 14f · Good To Soft · 3 ran 1/3 10-1 —— Adrien Fouassier 21/10F
11 Jul 13+17d Pornichet-La Baule Prix de Blain (AQPS) (Fibresand) 12f · Standard · 3 ran 3/3 hd 10-1 —— Alexandre Roussel EvensF
24 Jun 13+28d Morlaix Prix de Kerozar (AQPS) 13f · Good · 3 ran 1/3 10-1 —— Marc-Antoine Dragon 14/5
27 May 13 Vire Prix Yearly (AQPS) (4yo) (Turf) 13f · 3 ran 1/3 9-11 —— Adrien Fouassier 18/5

Quick answers

How many races has Vaihau won?
Vaihau (FR) won 4 of 16 archived starts between 2013 and 2015, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 6 times in total (37.5% of starts).
Who trained Vaihau?
Vaihau (FR) was trained by Jonjo O'Neill on the most recent run on record, at Sedgefield on 29 October 2015.
Who is Vaihau's sire?
Vaihau (FR) is by Lavirco (GER) out of Niponne (FR), whose sire is Funny Baby.
What going does Vaihau prefer?
Vaihau (FR) has the best record on good to soft 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 Vaihau's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 29 October 2015. The highest on record is 120.
What is Vaihau'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.
Who are Vaihau's siblings?
Out of Niponne (FR), Vaihau (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Umpact (FR) (2). The wins came over 1m6f–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2013. 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.