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Horse profile

What Is Love (FR)

3yo filly (at last run, Oct 2013) · Last trainer J-Y Artu · Last owner J Y Artu
by Vespone (IRE) out of What Cheeky (FR) (Cadoudal)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2013
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Oct 2013 — 4,769 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2013 · 7th of 8
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Sep 2013 and Oct 2013, the last of them as a 3yo filly. Finished 7 of 8 at Enghien (FR) last time. By Vespone (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 8% of 591 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026

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
Vespone (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 591 runs since Jan 2008 (82 horses).

Weakest on good going: 4.5% from 112. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 11.2% from 179.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm100%−8—
Good11254.5%−3.5—
Good to Soft7978.9%+0.9—
Soft1531610.5%+2.50 from 2
Heavy6134.9%−3.1—
Standard (AW)185168.6%+0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f600%−8—
6f – 7f9577.4%−0.6—
1m – 1m1f189115.8%−2.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1792011.2%+3.2—
1m5f – 2m4624.3%−3.70 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f70710%+2—
2m5f – 3m600%−8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
What Cheeky (FR) (Cadoudal)

7 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Montpellier (FR) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m2f–2m3½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Montpellier (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Montpellier (FR)3632m2f–2m3½fListed
His Mind (FR)50——
Complicated (FR)360——
Warrene (FR)20——
Le Seven (FR)40——
Miss Mag (FR)10——
Quick Daddy (FR)340——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
01 Oct 13+15d Enghien (FR) Prix De Biarritz (Hurdle) (Claimer) (3yo Fillies) (Turf) 16.5f · Very Soft · 8 ran 7/8 5 10-10 Bertrand Bourez 18/1
16 Sep 13 Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix De Bazemont (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf) 15f · Very Soft · 18 ran 13/18 1 9-1 Fabien Lefebvre 67/1

Quick answers

How many races has What Is Love (FR) won?
What Is Love (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2013.
Who trained What Is Love (FR)?
What Is Love (FR) was trained by J-Y Artu on the most recent run on record, at Enghien (FR) on 1 October 2013.
Who is What Is Love (FR)'s sire?
What Is Love (FR) is by Vespone (IRE) out of What Cheeky (FR), whose sire is Cadoudal.
What is What Is Love (FR)'s sire's record?
Vespone (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 591 runs since Jan 2008 (82 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good going: 4.5% from 112. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 11.2% from 179.
Who are What Is Love (FR)'s siblings?
Out of What Cheeky (FR), What Is Love (FR) has 7 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Montpellier (FR) (3). Highest grade won: Listed (Montpellier (FR)). The wins came over 2m2f–2m3½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 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.