Horse profile
Vanillier (FR)
by Martaline (GB) out of Virgata (FR) (Turgeon)
33 runs · 10 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · Punchestown, Cheltenham & Naas
Off 220 days · 3rd of 14
Last raced off OR 145
KTB Profile
Vanillier won five of 33 starts on turf including the Grade 1 Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham in Mar 2021. He has three wins from 11 runs at Punchestown and two wins from 15 runs over 3m all on heavy ground. The gelding won the P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country Chase at Punchestown in Feb 2026 and finished third of 14 in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase at Cheltenham in Mar 2026.
Based on 33 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
- 5–33Wins / Runs
- 15.2%Strike rate
- 13 (39.4%)Placed
- −4.92£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 1.21Fair A/E n=33 · 1.01 incl. margin
- 152Highest OR
- 61dAvg 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.
Official rating145↓ 7lb off peak
145
137–152
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 65
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 9 | 107B | 72 | — |
| Good to Soft | 8 | 143A | 82 | 2 · 72 / 55.5 |
| Heavy | 8 | 146A | 95.5 | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 12 | 143A | 68.5 | 3 · 72 / 65 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 146A | 90.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 127A | 100 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 33 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (5) · did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 25 figures from 33 runs · as at 3 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
- Held up 2 (40%) · 1 win
- Led 2 (40%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Martaline (GB)
Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,339 runs since Jan 2008 (723 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 69 | 14 | 20.3% | +6.1 | — |
| Good | 1,271 | 186 | 14.6% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,024 | 149 | 14.6% | +0.4 | 1 from 10 |
| Soft | 3,134 | 408 | 13% | −1.2 | 1 from 13 |
| Heavy | 1,708 | 272 | 15.9% | +1.7 | 3 from 9 |
| Standard (AW) | 128 | 12 | 9.4% | −4.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | +1.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 120 | 12 | 10% | −4.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 269 | 29 | 10.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,519 | 236 | 15.5% | +1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,520 | 516 | 14.7% | +0.5 | 1 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,494 | 204 | 13.7% | −0.5 | 2 from 11 |
| Over 3m | 375 | 40 | 10.7% | −3.5 | 2 from 15 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Virgata (FR) (Turgeon)
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Vif Ardent (FR) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m2½f–2m6½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vif Ardent (FR) | 23 | 2 | 2m2½f–2m6½f | — |
| No No Jolie (FR) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Viking's Way (FR) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Version Soft (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Vicomte Le Brave (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 13 | 1 | 8% | −10.38 |
| Good to Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | +5.00 |
| Heavy | 9 | 3 | 33% | +1.46 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 1 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 11 | 3 | 27% | −2.25 |
| Cheltenham | 6 | 1 | 17% | +9.00 |
| Leopardstown | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Aintree | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 15 | 2 | 13% | −8.87 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 2 | 18% | +6.62 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.67 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Donoghue | 15 | 3 | 20% | −6.25 |
| Sean Flanagan | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Jonathan Moore | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Eoin Staples | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jonathan Burke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Walsh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Conor Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 19 | 3 | 16% | +2.95 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 8 | 2 | 25% | −1.87 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.88 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.75 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +11.62 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 25 | 3 | 12% | −16.25 |
| Hurdle | 8 | 2 | 25% | +11.33 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 26+35d | Cheltenham | Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase (Limited Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled with the pack early - urged forward and untidy at the 26th - had much ground to find approaching 3 out - progress from 2 out but never able to trouble the front pair - driven into third on the run-in - stayed on to the line | 3/14 | 18 | 10-7 | 145 | 39B | 129A | Sean Flanagan | 13/2 |
| 04 Feb 26+36d | Punchestown | ThatPrizeGuy.co.uk P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country Chase Settled behind the pace early - hit the front 4th - driven out after 2 out and into the last - stayed on strongly to prevail | 1/10 | 11-11 | 141 | 65B | 145A | Keith Donoghue | 15/8F | |
| 30 Dec 25+37d | Haydock | Betfred Last Fling Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Handy early - shared front spot 12th - blundered 17th losing a stirrup momentarily - pushed along and overtaken 2 out - dropped to third before last and weakened on run-in | 3/4 | 7½ | 11-10 | 146 | 72C | 132B | Eoin Staples | 11/2 |
| 23 Nov 25+206d | Punchestown | Colm Quinn BMW Risk Of Thunder Chase Shared front-running duties early - edged in charge past the 6th - bumped mildly by a loose horse before the 8th - pushed clear again by the 19th - pegged back and passed approaching three out - slipped to 4th and lost momentum before the last | 6/15 | 13 | 11-9 | 143 | — | 111C | Keith Donoghue | 4/1 |
| 01 May 25+26d | Punchestown | Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase Went straight to front - clipped 5th - error at 12th saw rider come loose | UR/12 | — | 11-12 | 143 | — | — | Keith Donoghue | 3/1F |
| 05 Apr 25+24d | Aintree | Randox Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - dropped back around the 15th - toiling badly from the 21st onward - well beaten in the finish | 14/34 | 1¼ | 10-6 | 147 | 39C | 115C | Sean Flanagan | 12/1 |
| 12 Mar 25+37d | Cheltenham | Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase (Limited Handicap) (GBB Race) Set the pace before drifting off course after the 3rd - dropped to the back thereafter - improved position from the 24th - lost momentum after three out - rallied close home to snatch third | 3/16 | 1¼ | 11-0 | 147 | 19B | 138A | Sean Flanagan | 15/2 |
| 03 Feb 25+52d | Punchestown | Ladbrokes P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country Chase Up with the front from the off - took over at the 10th - stumbled at the 19th - pulled further ahead approaching 2 out - in command before the last - stayed on strongly up the run-in to win with plenty in hand | 1/15 | 11-4 | 144 | 93B | 142A | Keith Donoghue | 9/4F | |
| 13 Dec 24+19d | Cheltenham | Glenfarclas Crystal Cup Cross Country Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Set the pace early before yielding it briefly at the 4th - back in front from the 6th - gave up the advantage at the 20th - tracked the pacesetter from there - fumbled the fence at the 25th - dropped from second four out - faded from two out to finish ninth | 9/15 | 2¼ | 11-0 | 145 | -17B | 125A | Jonathan Burke | 28/1 |
| 24 Nov 24+29d | Punchestown | Colm Quinn BMW Risk Of Thunder Chase Held up towards the back - still 11th at halfway - moved into 6th after 4 out - asked for more but stayed one-paced to the line | 6/13 | 4½ | 11-4 | 147 | -4B | 113A | Sean Flanagan | 11/2 |
| 26 Oct 24+196d | Cheltenham | William Hill Committed To Top Prices Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Tracked front group hugging the rail - stumbled and dropped back 4 out - toiling badly and pulled up after 3 out | PU/14 | — | 11-10 | 148 | — | — | Keith Donoghue | 16/1 |
| 13 Apr 24+49d | Aintree | Randox Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 14/32 | 3¾ | 10-12 | 151 | 37C | 121C | Sean Flanagan | 14/1 |
| 24 Feb 24+20d | Fairyhouse | Tote.ie Bobbyjo Chase (Grade 3) | 2/4 | 14 | 11-0 | 151 | 125C | 133B | Sean Flanagan | 7/2 |
| 04 Feb 24+35d | Leopardstown | O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Leopardstown Handicap Chase (Grade 3) | 15/25 | 1¾ | 11-3 | 152 | 76C | 135C | Sean Flanagan | 50/1 |
| 31 Dec 23+21d | Punchestown | Tote Guarantee Available On Course & Tote.ie Hurdle | 5/7 | 9 | 11-6 | 148 | 127A | 124A | Keith Donoghue | 20/1 |
| 10 Dec 23+239d | Cork | Bar One Racing Hilly Way Chase (Grade 2) | 5/6 | 8 | 11-4 | 152 | 98A | 118B | Keith Donoghue | 50/1 |
| 15 Apr 23+49d | Aintree | Randox Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 2/39 | 2¼ | 10-6 | 147 | — | 146A | Sean Flanagan | 20/1 |
| 25 Feb 23+20d | Fairyhouse | Tote Fantasy Bobbyjo Chase (Grade 3) | 2/8 | ½ | 11-8 | 145 | 106A | 149B | Sean Flanagan | 11/1 |
| 05 Feb 23+48d | Leopardstown | Bulmers Leopardstown Handicap Chase (grade A) | F/23 | — | 11-9 | 145 | — | — | Keith Donoghue | 8/1 |
| 19 Dec 22+44d | Punchestown | John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (Grade 1) | 6/6 | 26 | 11-10 | 147 | 72C | 124C | Keith Donoghue | 50/1 |
| 05 Nov 22+191d | Down Royal | Eventsec Chase (Grade 2) | 3/4 | 13 | 11-10 | 147 | — | 127B | Keith Donoghue | 9/2 |
| 28 Apr 22+44d | Punchestown | Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1) | 6/7 | 1½ | 11-10 | 148 | 138A | 133B | Keith Donoghue | 14/1 |
| 15 Mar 22+44d | Cheltenham | Ukraine Appeal National Hunt Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 22 | 11-6 | 148 | 92A | 112B | Mr Derek O'Connor | 11/4 |
| 30 Jan 22+32d | Naas | Naas Racecourse Business Club Novice Chase (Grade 3) | 3/7 | 17 | 11-10 | — | 143A | 138B | Keith Donoghue | 13/2 |
| 29 Dec 21+45d | Leopardstown | Neville Hotels Novice Chase (grade 1) | 3/8 | 10 | 11-12 | — | — | 129A | Keith Donoghue | 5/2 |
| 14 Nov 21+16d | Punchestown | Liam & Valerie Brennan Florida Pearl Novice Chase (Grade 2) | 1/4 | 11-5 | — | 68C | 139C | Keith Donoghue | 13/8 | |
| 29 Oct 21+184d | Down Royal | tote Ten To Follow Beginners Chase | 3/11 | 3½ | 12-0 | — | — | 133A | Keith Donoghue | 10/3 |
| 28 Apr 21+40d | Punchestown | Irish Mirror Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) | 4/8 | 2 | 11-12 | 150 | 105A | 136A | Jonathan Moore | 10/3 |
| 19 Mar 21+41d | Cheltenham | Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Spa Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race) | 1/16 | 11-5 | 144 | 116B | 147A | Mark Walsh | 14/1 | |
| 06 Feb 21+40d | Leopardstown | Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors '50k Cheltenham Bonus For Stable Staff' Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) | 10/13 | 11 | 11-12 | 137 | 72C | 116C | Jonathan Moore | 12/1 |
| 28 Dec 20+37d | Limerick | Lyons Of Limerick Jaguar Land Rover Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) | 2/8 | ¾ | 11-5 | — | 146A | 140B | Conor Maxwell | 9/2 |
| 21 Nov 20+24d | Naas | Irish Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle | 1/20 | 12-0 | — | 93B | 136A | Jonathan Moore | 10/3 | |
| 28 Oct 20 | Punchestown | BETDAQ 2% Commission Exchange Maiden Hurdle | 2/16 | 11 | 12-0 | — | 107B | 126A | Jonathan Moore | 11/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Vanillier (FR) won?
- Vanillier (FR) won 5 of 33 archived starts between 2020 and 2026, a strike rate of 15.2%. Placed 13 times in total (39.4% of starts).
- Who trains Vanillier (FR)?
- Vanillier (FR) is trained by Gavin Cromwell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 March 2026.
- Who is Vanillier (FR)'s sire?
- Vanillier (FR) is by Martaline (GB) out of Virgata (FR), whose sire is Turgeon.
- What going does Vanillier (FR) prefer?
- Vanillier (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 3 wins from 9 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Vanillier (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 145, from the run on 11 March 2026. The highest on record is 152.
- What is Vanillier (FR)'s sire's record?
- Martaline (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,339 runs since Jan 2008 (723 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
- Who are Vanillier (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Virgata (FR), Vanillier (FR) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Vif Ardent (FR) (2). The wins came over 2m2½f–2m6½f. As at Oct 2026.