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Horse profile

Victory Salute (FR)

6yo gelding · Trainer A Schepens · Owner Kenneth Vanpeteghem
by Elusive City (USA) out of Forces Sweetheart (GB) (Allied Forces)
25 runs · 3 courses · from Nov 2022
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Deauville (FR) Last run 19 Sep 2026 · 14th of 14 Last raced off OR 63
KTB Profile

Victory Salute (FR) is 1 from 25. Hasn't won since Aug 2024. The win came on turf — 0 from 5 on the all-weather. Last raced off 63, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 25 archived runs · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating63↓ 8lb off peak
63 63–71

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
Elusive City (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 8,425 runs since Apr 2008 (636 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 6.4% from 1,122.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm461328.3%+18.6—
Good to Firm90510111.2%+1.5—
Good1,4631278.7%−10 from 5
Good to Soft898728%−1.71 from 8
Soft1,122726.4%−3.30 from 5
Heavy329237%−2.70 from 2
Standard (AW)3,66241311.3%+1.60 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f99810410.4%+0.70 from 1
6f – 7f4,12043810.6%+0.91 from 23
1m – 1m1f2,2742049%−0.70 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f691527.5%−2.2—
1m5f – 2m210157.1%−2.6—
2m1f – 2m4f9766.2%−3.5—
2m5f – 3m3326.1%−3.6—
Over 3m200%−9.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2008 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Forces Sweetheart (GB) (Allied Forces)

8 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them National Service (FR) (5 wins).

The wins came over 6f–2m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (National Service (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
National Service (FR)4256f–1mGroup 3
Turtle Wars (FR)1612mClass 4
Force Aliee (FR)1317f—
Iron Ryan (FR)170——
Lady Cha Cha (FR)40——
Mataiva (FR)10——
Lady Zaza (FR)120——
National Service (FR)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 8 1 13% +4.70
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chantilly (FR) 12 0 0% −12.00
Deauville (FR) 9 1 11% +3.70
Longchamp (FR) 4 0 0% −4.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 23 1 4% −10.30
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Maxime Guyon 7 0 0% −7.00
Augustin Madamet 3 0 0% −3.00
Mickael Barzalona 3 1 33% +9.70
Kobe Vanderbeke 2 0 0% −2.00
Antoine Hamelin 2 0 0% −2.00
Pierre Bazire 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Cesar Aelbrecht 1 0 0% −1.00
Christophe Soumillon 1 0 0% −1.00
Malone Favriaux 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieran Shoemark 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Kevin Braye 1 0 0% −1.00
Antonio Orani 1 0 0% −1.00
Theo Bachelot 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 19 1 5% −6.30
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00
Hood + tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00
None 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 6 0 0% −6.00
2025 10 0 0% −10.00
2024 8 1 13% +4.70
2022 1 0 0% −1.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt OR Jockey SP
2026 · 6 runs
19 Sep 26+100d Chantilly (FR) Prix Du Roi Des Manuscrits Class 3 · 6f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 14/14 hd 8-11 63 Augustin Madamet 33/1
11 Jun 26+11d Longchamp (FR) Prix de Pontoise (Claimer) (Handicap) (Turf) 7f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 12/13 ¾ 9-1 67 Pierre Bazire 54/1
31 May 26+33d Chantilly (FR) Prix Aly Khan - Trophee Studio Harcourt (Conditions) (Gentleman Amateur Riders) (Turf) 6f · Good · 13 ran 10/13 nk 10-8 67 Mr Cesar Aelbrecht 49/1
28 Apr 26+14d Chantilly (FR) Prix de Chamant (Claimer) (Turf) 5½f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 ¾ 9-5 69 Maxime Guyon 24/1
14 Apr 26+95d Chantilly (FR) Prix du Bourget (Handicap) (Turf) 6f · Good · 16 ran 14/16 1½ 9-1 71 Christophe Soumillon 20/1
09 Jan 26+22d Deauville (FR) Prix du Bassin du Commerce (Handicap) (5yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6½f · Standard · 14 ran 9/14 shd 9-5 — Kobe Vanderbeke 56/1
2025 · 10 runs
18 Dec 25+22d Deauville (FR) Prix du Massif Armoricain (Handicap) (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6½f · Standard · 16 ran 8/16 hd 8-11 — Kobe Vanderbeke 57/1
26 Nov 25+43d Deauville (FR) Prix de l'Auberge des Peintres (Handicap) (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6½f · Standard · 15 ran 10/15 nse 8-8 — Antoine Hamelin 22/1
14 Oct 25+24d Chantilly (FR) Prix de l'Amante Inquiete (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf) 6f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 2 9-1 — Antoine Hamelin 13/1
20 Sep 25+13d Chantilly (FR) Prix du Roi des Manuscrits (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf) 6f · Soft · 14 ran 5/14 hd 9-1 — Augustin Madamet 23/1
07 Sep 25+22d Longchamp (FR) Qatar Prix de Saint-Nicolas (Handicap) (4yo+) (New Course) (Turf) 7f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11/13 ½ 8-13 — Malone Favriaux 37/1
16 Aug 25+53d Deauville (FR) Prix de Cagny (Handicap) (3yo+) (Straight Course) (Turf) 6f · Soft · 16 ran 11/16 1¼ 8-13 — Kieran Shoemark 18/1
24 Jun 25+23d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Foret du Lys (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 6f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 1¼ 9-2 — Augustin Madamet 19/1
01 Jun 25+26d Chantilly (FR) Prix Aly Khan - Trophee Studio Harcourt (Conditions) (4yo+) (Gentleman Amateur Riders) (Turf) 6f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 2/12 4 10-6 — Mr Kevin Braye 66/10
06 May 25+22d Chantilly (FR) Prix des Chataigniers (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 6f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 8/16 hd 9-3 — Maxime Guyon 53/10
14 Apr 25+116d Chantilly (FR) Prix du Bourget (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 6f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 3/16 1¾ 9-1 — Maxime Guyon 12/1
2024 · 8 runs
19 Dec 24+94d Deauville (FR) Prix du Massif Armoricain (Handicap) (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6½f · Standard · 16 ran 9/16 nk 9-5 — Antonio Orani 9/1
16 Sep 24+32d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Galerie de Peinture (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf) 6f · Soft · 17 ran 12/17 1 9-6 — Maxime Guyon 33/10F
15 Aug 24+14d Deauville (FR) Prix de Cagny (Handicap) (3yo+) (Straight Course) (Turf) 6f · Good · 15 ran 2/15 ½ 9-6 — Mickael Barzalona 23/10F
01 Aug 24+25d Deauville (FR) Prix du Bourg Saint-Leonard (Claimer) (4yo+) (Straight Course) (Turf) 6f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 1/16 8-11 — Mickael Barzalona 117/10
07 Jul 24+38d Deauville (FR) Prix de la Place Morny (Handicap) (4yo+) (Straight Course) (Turf) 6f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 15/16 2½ 8-9 — Theo Bachelot 24/1
30 May 24+23d Longchamp (FR) Prix le Figaro (Conditions) (4yo+) (Inner Course: 2nd Post) (Turf) 1m · Heavy · 7 ran 7/7 20 8-11 — Maxime Guyon 11/1
07 May 24+30d Chantilly (FR) Prix de Montagny (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 6f · Soft · 16 ran 15/16 nk 9-6 — Maxime Guyon 14/1
07 Apr 24+495d Longchamp (FR) Super Handicap de Reouverture (4yo+) (New Course) (Turf) 7f · Heavy · 17 ran 16/17 6 9-0 — Maxime Guyon 20/1
2022 · 1 run
29 Nov 22 Deauville (FR) Prix de la Louviere (Conditions) (2yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 6½f · Standard · 8 ran 3/8 ¾ 9-4 — Mickael Barzalona 6/4F

Quick answers

How many races has Victory Salute won?
Victory Salute (FR) won 1 of 25 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 4%. Placed 6 times in total (24% of starts).
Who trains Victory Salute?
Victory Salute (FR) is trained by A Schepens, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 19 September 2026.
Who is Victory Salute's sire?
Victory Salute (FR) is by Elusive City (USA) out of Forces Sweetheart (GB), whose sire is Allied Forces.
What going does Victory Salute prefer?
Victory Salute (FR) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Victory Salute's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 63, from the run on 19 September 2026. The highest on record is 71.
What is Victory Salute's sire's record?
Elusive City (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 8,425 runs since Apr 2008 (636 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 6.4% from 1,122.
Who are Victory Salute's siblings?
Out of Forces Sweetheart (GB), Victory Salute (FR) has 8 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: National Service (FR) (5). Highest grade won: Group 3 (National Service (FR)). The wins came over 6f–2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2022. 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.