March traditionally marks the return of turf racing and the first outings of the 2-year-old generation.
A key moment… but always difficult to interpret.
👉 Judging a horse on a single run is risky.
👉 That’s where tracking data makes a real difference.
By analyzing splits, speeds, and effort profiles,
we can already identify early signals: speed, efficiency, stamina.
Results don’t tell the full story…but the data already reveals the profiles.
👉Access all races in data vizualisation👈
🥇 TIMUR, THE BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE
(Blackbeard x Ninetta)
📍 Prix du Premier Pas – 29 mars – Lyon-Parilly – 900m
Tracking:
- Time: 48.65
- Average speed: 63.1 km/h
- Max speed: 66.7 km/h
- Best split: 11.00 (800→600m)
- Last 600m: 34.51
- Last 400m: ~22.8
- Run style: mid-pack → progressive move → win
👉 Watch the race in aerial view mode
Total race time:
- 2026: 52.40 (penetrometer 3.1)
- 2025: 58.34 (3.8) → ⬇️⬇️ much slower
- 2024: 56.97 (3.6) → ⬇️⬇️ much slower
- 2023: 55.45 (3.5) → ⬇️⬇️ much slower
➡️ Exceptionally fast race 🔥
👉 Profile:
A very complete 2-year-old, capable of going fast early, sustaining his effort, and finishing strongly.
What stands out is not just the final time, but the consistency of his splits before the last 200m, and his ability to finish the job.
⚡ TOKAIDO, THE SHARPEST TURN OF FOOT
(Ubettabelieveit x Dora’s sister)
Tracking:
- Time: 51.80
- Average speed: ~62.6 km/h
- Max speed: 68.3 km/h
- Best split: 10.82
- Last 600m: ~34.4
- Last 400m: ~22.9
- Very sharp late acceleration
- Finished 2nd
👉Complete data set available here👈
Total race time:
- 2026: 51.80 (penetrometer 3.2)
- 2025: 52.42 (3.4) → ⬇️ slower
- 2024: 55.29 (4.0) → ⬇️⬇️ much slower
- 2023: 53.37 (3.6) → ⬇️ slower
➡️ Fast race (good level)
👉 Profile:
A pure speed horse, capable of producing an above-average acceleration over a short distance.
What stands out is not the finishing position, but the intensity of his turn of foot, with a final 200m clearly superior to the rest.
🎯 SAY SQUIRREL, THE IDEAL PROFILE
(Kodi bear x Azar)
Tracking:
- Time: 51.80
- Average speed: ~62.6 km/h
- Max speed: 67.5 km/h
- Best split: 10.93
- Last 600m: ~34.5
- Last 400m: ~23.0
- Smooth progressive acceleration
- Clear win
Total race time:
- 2026: 51.80 (penetrometer 3.2)
- 2025: 52.42 (3.4) → ⬇️ slower
- 2024: 55.29 (4.0) → ⬇️⬇️ much slower
- 2023: 53.37 (3.6) → ⬇️ slower
➡️ Fast race (good level)
👉 Profile:
A very professional filly, accelerating progressively without disruption and maximizing her effort.
What stands out is the fluidity of her action and her ability to build speed rather than produce it abruptly.
🧱 OBLINSKHA, STAMINA IN A SLOW RACE
(Zelzal x Kiwiana)
📍 La Teste – March 21 – 1000m
Tracking:
- Time: 55.63
- Average speed: ~64.7 km/h
- Max speed: 66.5 km/h
- Best split: 11.01 (800→600m)
- Last 600m: 34.28 (best in panel)
- Last 400m: 23.11
- Early move + sustained effort
Total race time:
- 2026: 58.68 (penetrometer 3.7)
- 2025: 56.77 (3.5) → ⬆️ faster
- 2024: 57.12 (3.6) → ⬆️ faster
- 2023: 56.54 (3.4) → ⬆️ faster
➡️ Slow race (testing ground conditions)
👉 Profile:
A filly capable of launching her move earlier than others and sustaining it all the way in a slowly run race.
What stands out is not overall speed, but her ability to create the tempo herself and make the difference in a low-pace context.
💥 RAFAGA, THE HIDDEN POTENTIAL
(De treville x Sage melody)
📍 Prix du Début – March 19 – Saint-Cloud – 900m
Tracking:
- Time: 53.71
- Average speed: ~60.3 km/h
- Max speed: 67.4 km/h
- Best split: 10.86
- Last 600m: ~35.0
- Last 400m: ~23.0
- Won with authority
Total race time:
- 2026: 53.71 (penetrometer 3.7)
- 2025: 52.59 (3.3) → ⬆️ faster
- 2024: 57.92 (4.3) → ⬇️⬇️ much slower
- 2023: 53.23 (3.5) → ⬆️ slightly faster
➡️ Average race level
👉 Profile:
A powerful filly who wins with authority without needing to fully extend.
What stands out is the visual impression and margin, suggesting untapped potential.