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Horse profile

Franklins Trail (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2009) · Last trainer W P Mullins · Last owner John J Brennan
by Imperial Ballet (IRE) out of Nettle (GB) (Kris)
6 runs · 6 courses · from Dec 2006
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Sep 2009 — 6,243 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2009 · 8th of 18 Won at Gowran Park Last raced off OR 73
KTB Profile

Franklins Trail (IRE) is 1 from 6. Hasn't won since Dec 2006. Last raced off 73, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 21 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

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 76A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 28 Jun 2009 Official rating 73 at the last flat run, 17 Sep 2009

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 128C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 15 Dec 2006

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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 76A · median 71
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft276A73.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m276A73.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———
Jumps 3 figures · best 128C · median 125
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Heavy3128C125—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2125C121.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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
Imperial Ballet (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,342 runs since Jan 2008 (99 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 10.2% from 245. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 150.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1616.3%−0.9—
Good to Firm20094.5%−2.7—
Good300186%−1.2—
Good to Soft14175%−2.20 from 2
Soft261249.2%+2—
Heavy179137.3%+0.11 from 4
Standard (AW)2452510.2%+3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1501812%+4.8—
6f – 7f210146.7%−0.5—
1m – 1m1f188158%+0.8—
1m2f – 1m4f13186.1%−1.10 from 1
1m5f – 2m321175.3%−1.91 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f251166.4%−0.80 from 2
2m5f – 3m75912%+4.8—
Over 3m1600%−7.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Nettle (GB) (Kris)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 4 1 25% −0.75
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 1 100% +2.25
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% +0.25
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Davy Condon 2 1 50% +1.25
Paul Townend 1 0 0% −1.00
Declan McDonogh 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
R Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 3 0 0% −3.00
2007 1 0 0% −1.00
2006 2 1 50% +1.25

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
Hurdle 3 1 33% +0.25

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
17 Sep 09+19d Listowel F.B.D. Insurance Handicap (50-80) 16f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 8/18 2½ 9-5 7371A Paul Townend 12/1
29 Aug 09+62d Galway Higgins Motor Park Handicap (60-90) 12f · Heavy · 9 ran 7/9 18 9-8 8361C Declan McDonogh 4/1F
28 Jun 09+904d Curragh Failte Ireland E.B.F Handicap (60-100) 16f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 3/15 hd 8-10 7076A Seamie Heffernan 20/1
06 Jan 07+22d Cork McCarthy Insurance Group Hurdle 18f · Soft To Heavy · 10 ran 2/10 2 11-12 —125C Davy Condon 7/4
15 Dec 06+9d Gowran Park Thanks To All Our Sponsors Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 20 ran 1/20 11-12 —128C Davy Condon 9/4F
06 Dec 06 Fairyhouse Joe Savage Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 18f · Heavy · 22 ran 4/22 5½ 11-12 —118C R Walsh 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Franklins Trail (IRE) won?
Franklins Trail (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2006 and 2009, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 3 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Franklins Trail (IRE)?
Franklins Trail (IRE) was trained by W P Mullins on the most recent run on record, at Listowel on 17 September 2009.
Who is Franklins Trail (IRE)'s sire?
Franklins Trail (IRE) is by Imperial Ballet (IRE) out of Nettle (GB), whose sire is Kris.
What going does Franklins Trail (IRE) prefer?
Franklins Trail (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Franklins Trail (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 73, from the run on 17 September 2009. The highest on record is 83.
What is Franklins Trail (IRE)'s sire's record?
Imperial Ballet (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,342 runs since Jan 2008 (99 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 10.2% from 245. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 150.

Record shown from December 2006. 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.