Vertical Blue (IRE)
Vertical Blue won the Group 1 Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp in Oct 2024. The filly has one win and four places from six turf starts, with the victory gained over 1m to 1m1f on soft ground. All four of her other runs at that trip came on soft or good to soft. She finished 13 of 15 as beaten favourite in the Prix Coronation at Saint-Cloud in Oct 2025.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 4 (66.7%)Placed
- +28.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.82Fair A/E n=6 · 0.69 incl. margin
- 97dAvg 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 11.6% of 8,139 runs since Jan 2008 (747 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | −1.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,457 | 179 | 12.3% | +0.7 | — |
| Good | 1,957 | 221 | 11.3% | −0.3 | — |
| Good to Soft | 754 | 84 | 11.1% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 922 | 96 | 10.4% | −1.2 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 214 | 22 | 10.3% | −1.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,816 | 339 | 12% | +0.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,093 | 267 | 12.8% | +1.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,282 | 476 | 11.1% | −0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,363 | 156 | 11.4% | −0.2 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 364 | 43 | 11.8% | +0.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | −8.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +29.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| Lyon Parilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +30.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christophe Soumillon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Alexis Pouchin | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| Mickael Barzalona | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 1 | 20% | +29.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +30.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||
| 03 Oct 25+33d | Saint-Cloud (FR) | Prix Coronation () (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Turf) | 13/15 | hd | 8-10 | Christophe Soumillon | 16/5F |
| 31 Aug 25+329d | Longchamp (FR) | Prix de la Cochere () (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Grande Course) (Turf) | 5/11 | hd | 8-9 | Christophe Soumillon | 16/5 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | |||||||
| 06 Oct 24+25d | Longchamp (FR) | Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac - Criterium des Pouliches (2yo Fillies) (Grande Course) (Turf) | 1/9 | 8-11 | Alexis Pouchin | 33/1 | |
| 11 Sep 24+77d | Lyon Parilly (FR) | Criterium de Lyon () (2yo) (Turf) | 2/6 | 1½ | 8-10 | Mickael Barzalona | 9/5F |
| 26 Jun 24+22d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix de la Troublerie (Conditions) (2yo Fillies) (Turf) | 2/9 | 3 | 9-3 | Mickael Barzalona | 11/10F |
| 04 Jun 24 | Saint-Cloud (FR) | Prix Allee d'Amour (Maiden) (Unraced 2yo Fillies) (Turf) | 2/13 | 1¼ | 9-0 | Alexis Pouchin | 74/10 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Vertical Blue won?
- Vertical Blue (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 4 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trained Vertical Blue?
- Vertical Blue (IRE) was trained by F-H Graffard on the most recent run on record, at Saint-Cloud (FR) on 3 October 2025.
- Who is Vertical Blue's sire?
- Vertical Blue (IRE) is by Mehmas (IRE) out of Krunch (GB), whose sire is Sea The Stars.
- What going does Vertical Blue prefer?
- Vertical Blue (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Vertical Blue's sire's record?
- Mehmas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 8,139 runs since Jan 2008 (747 horses), Flat and jumps together.