French Crusader (FR)
French Crusader (FR) is 3 from 11. Hasn't won since Nov 2018. All 3 wins have come over 1m5f – 2m. Last raced off 122, 15lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–11Wins / Runs
- 27.3%Strike rate
- 5 (45.5%)Placed
- −1.60£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.10Fair A/E n=11 · 0.97 incl. margin
- 137Highest OR
- 153dAvg between runs
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 108
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 135C | 94.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 112A | 107.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 115B | 107 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 135C | 115.5 | — |
Of 11 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 11 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 12.5% of 6,617 runs since Jan 2008 (724 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 98 | 13 | 13.3% | +0.8 | — |
| Good | 1,273 | 186 | 14.6% | +2.1 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,030 | 150 | 14.6% | +2.1 | 2 from 4 |
| Soft | 2,708 | 322 | 11.9% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 1,459 | 152 | 10.4% | −2.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 40 | 3 | 7.5% | −5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 32 | 7 | 21.9% | +9.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,355 | 207 | 15.3% | +2.8 | 3 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,208 | 374 | 11.7% | −0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,626 | 197 | 12.1% | −0.4 | — |
| Over 3m | 387 | 41 | 10.6% | −1.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Grandes Illusions (FR) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m2f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandes Illusions (FR) | 4 | 2 | 1m | — |
| Highest Height (FR) | 9 | 2 | 7f–1m | — |
| Vert De Mer (FR) | 8 | 2 | 1m2f | — |
| Jessar (FR) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.43 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.83 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 3 | 43% | +2.40 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico de Boinville | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.43 |
| Tom O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ned Curtis | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Alan Doyle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +2.57 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 10 | 2 | 20% | −2.43 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
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 French Crusader won?
- French Crusader (FR) won 3 of 11 archived starts between 2017 and 2022, a strike rate of 27.3%. Placed 5 times in total (45.5% of starts).
- Who trained French Crusader?
- French Crusader (FR) was trained by Toby Lawes on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 29 January 2022.
- Who is French Crusader's sire?
- French Crusader (FR) is by Kapgarde (FR) out of Largesse (FR), whose sire is Saumarez.
- What going does French Crusader prefer?
- French Crusader (FR) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is French Crusader's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 29 January 2022. The highest on record is 137.
- What is French Crusader's sire's record?
- Kapgarde (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 6,617 runs since Jan 2008 (724 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are French Crusader's siblings?
- Out of Largesse (FR), French Crusader (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Grandes Illusions (FR) (2). The wins came over 7f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.