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Premiere Ligne: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Premiere Ligne is a 7-year-old gelding by Lope De Vega, trained by Hughie Morrison. He has won 1 of 18 starts and placed in 6 more, for £44,896 in prize money. He has won 1 of 6 on good ground, which is the surface to note. He runs next in the 4:20 at Newmarket on 19 September. His best performance rating is 88, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 18
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 7
  • Strike rate 6%
  • Prize money £44,896
  • Best rating 88
  • Official rating 77

Where Premiere Ligne runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:20 Newmarket Turners Cesarewitch Trial Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) —

Premiere Ligne form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
30 Aug 26 Goodwood City Of Chichester Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) Class 3 2m Soft 5 7.75 20/1 Oisin Murphy 77
10 Aug 26 Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Stakes (London Stayers' Series Qualifier) (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 2m Standard / Slow 6 10 14/1 Daniel Muscutt 79
27 Jun 26 Newcastle (AW) JenningsBet Festival Northumberland Vase Handicap (Consolation Race For Northumberland Plate) (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 2m 0.5f Standard To Slow 7 4 80/1 Jack Nicholls 82
12 Jun 26 Goodwood Highclere Castle Gin Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 1m 6f Soft 6 14.25 22/1 Rob Hornby 79
27 May 26 Kempton (AW) Bet 20 Get 20 With Unibet Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 2m Standard To Slow 9 30.75 16/1 Rob Hornby 82
12 Oct 24 Newmarket Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 2m 2f Soft 15 17.75 9/1 Jack Doughty 84
21 Sep 24 Newmarket Turners Cesarewitch Trial Handicap Class 2 2m 2f Good To Firm 2 .75 4/1 Hector Crouch 84
2 Aug 24 Goodwood Coral Goodwood Handicap Class 2 2m 4.5f Good To Firm 2 1.75 18/1 David Egan 81
13 Jul 24 Salisbury Ajn Steelstock Handicap Class 4 1m 4f Good 2 .25 10/3F George Bass 79
21 Jun 24 Goodwood Degen Distillery X Michel13 Handicap Class 4 1m 4f Good 2 .25 15/8F Harry Davies 77
23 May 24 Lingfield Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Handicap Class 5 1m 3.5f Good 1 — 5/2F Harry Davies 73
15 Apr 24 Windsor Ivy Crown Gardening Handicap Class 5 1m 2f Good 3 1.5 10/1 George Bass 73
14 Sep 23 Epsom Downs Everyone's Booking Fit Show 2025 Jump Jockeys Derby Handicap Class 4 1m 4f Good To Firm 6 3.5 9/1 David Bass 75
28 Aug 23 Epsom Downs Betfred Nifty 50 Amateurs' Derby Handicap (Gentleman Amateur Jockeys) Class 4 1m 4f Good 8 19 9/1 Mr Tom Broughton 77
10 Aug 23 Brighton Star Sports Brighton Challenge Cup Handicap Class 4 1m 4f Good To Firm 4 1.25 15/2 Luke Morris 77
24 Jun 23 Lingfield Choice Training Handicap Class 5 1m 3.5f Good To Firm 2 1.75 9/1 Rossa Ryan 77
5 Jun 23 Windsor Download Fitzdares For Free Race Streaming Handicap Class 4 1m 2f Good To Firm 8 10.25 16/1 Rob Hornby 80
19 May 23 Newbury Unibet Handicap Class 3 1m 2f Good 14 13.5 22/1 David Probert 82

Last time out

Finished 5 in the City Of Chichester Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) at Goodwood on 30 August 2026. Settled in the pack - pressed for effort a furlong out - unable to find more in the closing stages - finished fifth.

Premiere Ligne by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
12f 5 0 0% —
16f 3 0 0% —
10f 3 0 0% —
18f 2 0 0% —
11.5f 2 1 50% —
16.5f 1 0 0% —
14f 1 0 0% —
20.5f 1 0 0% —

Premiere Ligne by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good To Firm 6 0 0% —
Good 6 1 17% —
Soft 3 0 0% —
Standard To Slow 2 0 0% —
Standard / Slow 1 0 0% —

Premiere Ligne by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Goodwood 4 0 0% —
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% —
Newmarket 2 0 0% —
Lingfield 2 1 50% —
Windsor 2 0 0% —
Epsom Downs 2 0 0% —
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% —
Salisbury 1 0 0% —
Brighton 1 0 0% —
Newbury 1 0 0% —

Premiere Ligne breeding

  • Sire Lope De Vega (IRE)
  • Dam Realism (USA)
  • Damsire First Defence (USA)
  • Breeder S A S U Ecurie Des Monceaux Et Al
  • Foaled 1 February 2019

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