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Horse profile

French Twist (GB)

4yo filly (at last run, Jan 2020) · Last trainer David Loughnane · Last owner Miss Sarah Hoyland
by Animal Kingdom (USA) out of Braided (USA) (Elusive Quality)
20 runs · 8 courses · from Aug 2018
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Jan 2020 — 2,473 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2020 · 6th of 11 Won at Wolverhampton (AW) Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile

French Twist (GB) is 1 from 20, the win coming at Class 6 level. Hasn't won since Aug 2019. Last raced off 60, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 20 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 6 OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating60↓ 8lb off peak
60 59–68

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 102 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Southwell (AW), 12 Jan 2020

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 →

Flat 20 figures · best 102A · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)17102A83—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1289A76—
1m – 1m1f7102A84—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 75A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 12 Jan 2020 Official rating 60 at the last run, 19 Jan 2020

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 20 figures · best 85A · median 68
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1785A68—
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1276A68—
1m – 1m1f785A68—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 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
Animal Kingdom (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 347 runs since Jan 2008 (27 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm4375%+63.2—
Good to Firm45613.3%+1.50 from 1
Good55610.9%−0.9—
Good to Soft33412.1%+0.30 from 1
Soft3239.4%−2.40 from 1
Heavy9111.1%−0.7—
Standard (AW)1691810.7%−1.11 from 17
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f700%−11.8—
6f – 7f4548.9%−2.90 from 12
1m – 1m1f111109%−2.81 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f811214.8%+30 from 1
1m5f – 2m771316.9%+5.1—
2m1f – 2m4f16212.5%+0.7—
2m5f – 3m900%−11.8—
Over 3m100%−11.8—

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

Dam
Braided (USA) (Elusive Quality)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Shining Blue (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Shining Blue (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Shining Blue (IRE)1147f–1mClass 2
Night Purosangue (IRE)311mClass 4
Royal Castle (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 17 1 6% −8.50
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 10 1 10% −1.50
Class 5 10 0 0% −10.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 8 1 13% +0.50
Southwell (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 12 0 0% −12.00
1m – 1m1f 7 1 14% +1.50
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Thomas Greatrex 9 1 11% −0.50
David Egan 2 0 0% −2.00
Joe Fanning 2 0 0% −2.00
P J McDonald 2 0 0% −2.00
Jason Hart 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Kirby 1 0 0% −1.00
Franny Norton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Curtis 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrea Atzeni 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 0 0% −10.00
Blinkers 5 0 0% −5.00
Cheekpieces 5 1 20% +3.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 2 0 0% −2.00
2019 12 1 8% −3.50
2018 6 0 0% −6.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2020 · 2 runs
19 Jan 20+7d Wolverhampton (AW) Bombardier Golden Beer Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 6/11 nse 9-4 6083A68A Thomas Greatrex 8/1
12 Jan 20+15d Southwell (AW) Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 7 ran 2/7 nk 9-4 60102A75A Thomas Greatrex 16/1
2019 · 12 runs
28 Dec 19+9d Lingfield (AW) Bombardier Golden Beer Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 1¾ 9-4 6066B43A Thomas Greatrex 10/1
19 Dec 19+12d Wolverhampton (AW) Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 2/12 nk 9-3 5989A74A Thomas Greatrex 16/1
07 Dec 19+21d Wolverhampton (AW) Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 11/13 ¾ 8-12 6183B57A Thomas Greatrex 40/1
16 Nov 19+23d Wolverhampton (AW) Bombardier Golden Beer Handicap Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 1½ 9-0 6269B42A Thomas Greatrex 16/1
24 Oct 19+14d Chelmsford City (AW) Double Delight Hat-Trick Heaven At totesport.com Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 13/13 1¾ 8-10 6265C46C Thomas Greatrex 10/1
10 Oct 19+6d Southwell (AW) Watch Sky Sports Racing In Hd Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 5/11 ¾ 8-11 6275A68A Jason Hart 4/1F
04 Oct 19+34d Southwell (AW) Visit attheraces.com Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 ¾ 8-7 6290B75A Thomas Greatrex 20/1
31 Aug 19+11d Wolverhampton (AW) Follow Us On Facebook At deskstor Handicap Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 12 ran 1/12 8-13 5984A85A Thomas Greatrex 15/2
20 Aug 19+7d Kempton (AW) Get Switched On With Matchbook Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran 6/14 ¾ 8-12 6295B68A David Egan 66/1
13 Aug 19+138d Ffos Las IWEC Electrical Services Maiden Handicap Fillies' Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8/9 22 8-13 6243C45C David Egan 20/1
28 Mar 19+64d Wolverhampton (AW) Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 4/11 hd 9-6 6483B71A Joe Fanning 11/4F
23 Jan 19+69d Kempton (AW) 32red Casino Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 4/7 nk 8-13 6687A60A P J McDonald 12/1
2018 · 6 runs
15 Nov 18+28d Southwell (AW) Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost Nursery Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 3/10 2 8-12 6659A74A P J McDonald 9/2
18 Oct 18+17d Wolverhampton (AW) Wolverhampton Disco Inferno - 24th November Nursery (Div 2) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 3/9 ½ 9-8 6677A62A Adam Kirby 5/1
01 Oct 18+13d Catterick Racing UK Extra On racinguk.com Nursery Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 11/11 4 9-6 6875C42C Joe Fanning 15/2
18 Sep 18+27d Lingfield (AW) starsports.bet / EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 7/12 ½ 9-0 —75A63A Franny Norton 18/1
22 Aug 18+9d Carlisle Smarkets British EBF Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 11 ran 6/11 ½ 9-0 —74A70A Ben Curtis 7/1
13 Aug 18 Wolverhampton (AW) Visit mymedsuk.com EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 1¼ 9-0 —88A76A Andrea Atzeni 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has French Twist won?
French Twist (GB) won 1 of 20 archived starts between 2018 and 2020, a strike rate of 5%. Placed 7 times in total (35% of starts).
Who trained French Twist?
French Twist (GB) was trained by David Loughnane on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 19 January 2020.
Who is French Twist's sire?
French Twist (GB) is by Animal Kingdom (USA) out of Braided (USA), whose sire is Elusive Quality.
What going does French Twist prefer?
French Twist (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 17 starts (5.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is French Twist's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 19 January 2020. The highest on record is 68.
What is French Twist's sire's record?
Animal Kingdom (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 347 runs since Jan 2008 (27 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are French Twist's siblings?
Out of Braided (USA), French Twist (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Shining Blue (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Shining Blue (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2018. 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.