Free Handshake (FR)
Free Handshake won one of ten starts over hurdles, the success coming in a Class 4 maiden at Cartmel in Jun 2022 over 2m5f – 3m on good to soft. The gelding, by Zambezi Sun out of a Frimaire mare, reached an official rating of 117 after that win. All three placed efforts also came on turf. He last ran at Wetherby in Dec 2022.
- 1–10Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 3 (30%)Placed
- −7.38£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 0.68Fair A/E n=10 · 0.56 incl. margin
- 117Highest OR
- 28dBetween runs (median)longest 293 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 124
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 124A | 118 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 80B | 76.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 118B | 80 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 118B | 103 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 10 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 967 runs since Jul 2013 (119 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 12.9% from 171. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.3% from 133.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| Good | 213 | 19 | 8.9% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 132 | 15 | 11.4% | +2.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 315 | 26 | 8.3% | −0.9 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 171 | 22 | 12.9% | +3.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 133 | 7 | 5.3% | −3.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 26 | 2 | 7.7% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 76 | 3 | 3.9% | −5.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 219 | 17 | 7.8% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 260 | 19 | 7.3% | −1.9 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 319 | 34 | 10.7% | +1.5 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 58 | 12 | 20.7% | +11.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 8 | 2 | 25% | +15.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2013 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Here Comes Arthur (FR) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Gracious (FR) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Me Is Free (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.38 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Donoghue | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sean Flanagan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Mr J Dunne | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jack Hogan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Brace | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.38 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.38 |
| Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Free Handshake won?
- Free Handshake (FR) won 1 of 10 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 3 times in total (30% of starts).
- Who trained Free Handshake?
- Free Handshake (FR) was trained by Fergal O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Wetherby on 3 December 2022.
- Who is Free Handshake's sire?
- Free Handshake (FR) is by Zambezi Sun (GB) out of Toulouzette (IRE), whose sire is Frimaire.
- What going does Free Handshake prefer?
- Free Handshake (FR) has the best record on good to soft 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 Free Handshake's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 116, from the run on 3 December 2022. The highest on record is 117.
- What is Free Handshake's sire's record?
- Zambezi Sun (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 967 runs since Jul 2013 (119 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.9% from 171. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.3% from 133.
- Who are Free Handshake's siblings?
- Out of Toulouzette (IRE), Free Handshake (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.