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Volcan Surprise (FR)

10yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2018) · Last trainer Caroline Fryer · Last owner Caroline Fryer
by Dom Alco (FR) out of Invitee Surprise (FR) (April Night)
19 runs · 12 courses · from Jun 2011
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Jun 2018 — 3,050 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2018 · 6th of 12 Last raced off OR 86
KTB Profile

Volcan Surprise (FR) is yet to win from 19 starts, though has placed 5 times. Best effort: 2nd of 9 at Wetherby (Apr 2013). Last raced off 86, 33lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 19 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 33lb off peak
Official rating86↓ 33lb off peak
86 86–119

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 81 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Market Rasen, 22 Jun 2018

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 2 figures · best 81A · median 79.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m281A79.5—

Of 5 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 89A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fakenham, 3 Jun 2018 Official rating 86 at the last run, 22 Jun 2018

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 13 figures · best 120A · median 97
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good5118A94—
Soft4120A114—
Good to Soft2119A107.5—
Good to Firm1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m6118A91.5—
2m1f – 2m4f4113B97—
1m5f – 2m3120A119—

Of 16 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 16 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
Dom Alco (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 17.1% of 1,831 runs since Jan 2008 (159 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 21.5% from 326. Weakest on good going: 14.1% from 389.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−17.1—
Good to Firm30620%+2.90 from 1
Good3895514.1%−30 from 7
Good to Soft3267021.5%+4.40 from 3
Soft73311816.1%−10 from 6
Heavy3366017.9%+0.80 from 2
Standard (AW)700%−17.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f35514.3%−2.80 from 1
1m5f – 2m2274017.6%+0.50 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f69312618.2%+1.10 from 5
2m5f – 3m61210517.2%+0.10 from 7
Over 3m2643814.4%−2.70 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
Invitee Surprise (FR) (April Night)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Super Surprise (FR)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 0 0% −7.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Market Rasen 3 0 0% −3.00
Wetherby 3 0 0% −3.00
Fakenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Clairefontaine 2 0 0% −2.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Nort-Sur-Erdre 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 0 0% −7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Wayne Hutchinson 4 0 0% −4.00
Robert Thornton 4 0 0% −4.00
Bridget Andrews 3 0 0% −3.00
David Berra 2 0 0% −2.00
Bryony Frost 1 0 0% −1.00
Fergus Gregory 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Rupert Stearn 1 0 0% −1.00
Charlie Huxley 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Mullins 1 0 0% −1.00
Vincent Cheminaud 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 0 0% −10.00
Cheekpieces 7 0 0% −7.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 5 0 0% −5.00
2014 1 0 0% −1.00
2013 4 0 0% −4.00
2012 3 0 0% −3.00
2011 6 0 0% −6.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 12 0 0% −12.00
Chase 6 0 0% −6.00
Flat 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 5 runs
22 Jun 18+19d Market Rasen Unifeeder Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 6/12 2 10-9 8681A86A Bridget Andrews 28/1
03 Jun 18+11d Fakenham Pedlars Hall Cafe Double Bubble Breakfast Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 23.5f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 6 11-7 9078B89A Bryony Frost 25/1
23 May 18+10d Southwell Betting Offers At bettingodds.com Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Good · 11 ran 9/11 18 11-9 97—81C Bridget Andrews 50/1
13 May 18+21d Southwell mintbet.com Follow Us On Twitter Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 24f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-9 97—— Bridget Andrews 25/1
22 Apr 18+1462d Stratford Extra Places At Totesport.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 26.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran PU/14 — 10-13 97—— Fergus Gregory 66/1
2014 · 1 run
21 Apr 14+337d Fakenham Robert Hoare Novices' Hunters' Chase (For The Robert Hoare Memorial Trophy) Class 6 · 21f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 19 11-3 109—94B Mr Rupert Stearn 6/4F
2013 · 4 runs
19 May 13+46d Market Rasen Rum 'n' Rasen Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 1¾ 11-5 113—99B Wayne Hutchinson 4/1
03 Apr 13+35d Wetherby Wetherby Racecourse & Conference Centre Handicap Chase Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 15 11-6 113—118A Wayne Hutchinson 10/1
27 Feb 13+22d Bangor-on-Dee Zuidam UK Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 17.5f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 8 11-12 115—97B Wayne Hutchinson 11/2
05 Feb 13+70d Market Rasen Magners Golden Draught Novices' Chase Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 14 10-12 115—113B Wayne Hutchinson 11/1
2012 · 3 runs
27 Nov 12+280d Lingfield Lingfield Christmas Party Nights Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-12 119—— Robert Thornton 13/2
21 Feb 12+30d Wetherby Bramham Hall For Conferences & Banquets Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 4/14 10 10-7 119—96A Robert Thornton 2/1F
22 Jan 12+38d Towcester Haygain Hay Steamers - Clean Healthy Hay Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 3¼ 10-4 116—120A Charlie Huxley 10/3J
2011 · 6 runs
15 Dec 11+22d Exeter South-West Racing Club Handicap Hurdle (Betfair Hurdle Series Qualifier) Class 3 · 17f · Heavy · 7 ran 3/7 7 9-11 116—97A Danny Mullins 5/1
23 Nov 11+18d Wetherby Subscribe To Racing Uk Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 2/11 2¾ 10-12 ——119A Robert Thornton 11/4F
05 Nov 11+105d Sandown Win Thousands Of Sport Tickets At bluesq.com Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 2½ 10-12 ——115A Robert Thornton 13/8F
23 Jul 11+22d Clairefontaine Prix Muriel Picard-Solvay (Prix de lOudon) (Hurdle) 17f · Very Soft · 3 ran 2/3 2 10-1 ——— David Berra 11/2
01 Jul 11+18d Clairefontaine Prix de la Ville de Trouville sur Mer (Prix du Douet) (Hurdle) 16f · Soft · 5 ran 4/5 3 10-3 ——— David Berra 12/1
13 Jun 11 Nort-Sur-Erdre Prix FGTP (Maiden) 12.5f · Good · 4 ran 9/4 dht 8-6 ——— Vincent Cheminaud 113/10

Quick answers

How many races has Volcan Surprise won?
Volcan Surprise (FR) has yet to win, from 19 archived starts between 2011 and 2018. Placed 5 times in total (26.3% of starts).
Who trained Volcan Surprise?
Volcan Surprise (FR) was trained by Caroline Fryer on the most recent run on record, at Market Rasen on 22 June 2018.
Who is Volcan Surprise's sire?
Volcan Surprise (FR) is by Dom Alco (FR) out of Invitee Surprise (FR), whose sire is April Night.
What is Volcan Surprise's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 22 June 2018. The highest on record is 119.
What is Volcan Surprise's sire's record?
Dom Alco (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 17.1% of 1,831 runs since Jan 2008 (159 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 21.5% from 326. Weakest on good going: 14.1% from 389.
Who are Volcan Surprise's siblings?
Out of Invitee Surprise (FR), Volcan Surprise (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2011. 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.