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Fresh Kicks (IRE)

6yo gelding · Trainer Nicky Henderson · Owner Michael Blencowe
by Affinisea (IRE) out of Sadhbh's Delight (IRE) (Doyen)
7 runs · 7 courses · from Apr 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Plumpton Last run 20 Mar 2026 · 4th of 5 Last raced off OR 118
KTB Profile

Fresh Kicks is 1 from 7 on turf, the win coming in the East Sussex Farmers Benevolent Fund Maiden Hurdle at Plumpton in Dec 2025 over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground at Class 4 level. He has three places from seven starts overall. The gelding finished 4 of 5 at Newbury in Mar 2026 in a Class 3 novices limited handicap chase off an official rating of 118. He last ran off a career high mark of 120.

Based on 7 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Apr 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 125 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ascot, 20 Dec 2025

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 →

Jumps 7 figures · best 132B · median 110
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft3115A1103 runs · 115 / 110
Good to Soft2125B1062 runs · 125 / 106
Good2132B1211 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m4125B1104 runs · 125 / 110
2m1f – 2m4f2115A1042 runs · 115 / 104
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 132A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ludlow, 18 Feb 2026 Official rating 118 at the last run, 20 Mar 2026

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 →

Jumps 7 figures · best 132A · median 123
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft3132A1303 runs · 132 / 130
Good to Soft2121A110.52 runs · 121 / 110.5
Good2124B123.51 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m4132A122.54 runs · 132 / 122.5
2m1f – 2m4f2130A1252 runs · 130 / 125
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 from 7 analysed runs since Apr 2025

  • Led 3 (43%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 2 (29%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (29%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Affinisea (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 1,262 runs since Jan 2008 (198 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm8225%+11.9—
Good4515712.6%−0.50 from 2
Good to Soft3234313.3%+0.20 from 2
Soft3434613.4%+0.31 from 3
Heavy1351712.6%−0.5—
Standard (AW)200%−13.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f8225%+11.9—
1m5f – 2m4655211.2%−1.90 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f5447513.8%+0.71 from 2
2m5f – 3m2103014.3%+1.20 from 4
Over 3m35617.1%+4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sadhbh's Delight (IRE) (Doyen)

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
Soft 3 1 33% −1.67
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 4 1 25% −2.67
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 1 100% +0.33
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 1 50% −0.67
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Bowen 6 1 17% −4.67
David Bass 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 4 1 25% −2.67

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 1 20% −3.67
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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
2026 · 3 runs
20 Mar 26+30d Newbury Focus Ltd Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (For The Brown Chamberlin Trophy) (GBB Race) Class 3 · 22.5f · Good To Soft · 5 ran Settled in the pack early - slipped towards the back after the first - pushed along before the 8th - lost touch before 4 out and well beaten by the finish 4/5 24 11-7 11887C100C James Bowen 11/4
18 Feb 26+31d Ludlow Suzuki King Quad Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21f · Soft · 8 ran Went straight to the front and dictated a gentle gallop - clipped the fifth - scratchy jumping 4 out - overtaken 3 out - unable to go with the winner before 2 out - stayed on without troubling the leader late 2/8 4½ 12-0 116110A132A James Bowen 5/4F
18 Jan 26+29d Windsor Royal Windsor Horse Show Cup Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran Settled handy in the pack - up into 7th - moved into second 3 out - knocked sideways nearing 2 out - dropped back after a mistake at that fence - slipped to fourth near the last - drifted off a true line late but kept battling to the line 4/9 1½ 11-8 11993A130A James Bowen 10/1
2025 · 4 runs
20 Dec 25+19d Ascot Karen Codd Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran Pulling hard early - settled in the pack before being pushed along before two out - weakened approaching the last to finish sixth 6/9 12 12-0 120125B121A James Bowen 9/2
01 Dec 25+21d Plumpton East Sussex Farmers Benevolent Fund Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 6 ran Set the pace from the off - held firm under pressure at the turn for home - drew away before the final fence to score with something in hand 1/6 11-4 —115A120C James Bowen 1/3F
10 Nov 25+200d Kempton JCB Fastrac Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Good · 6 ran Shared the early pace and moved to front before the 2nd - pressed along 2 out - 2 lengths up approaching the last - collared near the line to finish second 2/6 1 11-0 —110B124B James Bowen 11/10F
24 Apr 25 Warwick racingtv.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Good · 13 ran Handy on the rail early - driven approaching 2f out and stayed on - flattened out final furlong 5/13 ¾ 11-3 —132B123A David Bass 15/8F

Quick answers

How many races has Fresh Kicks won?
Fresh Kicks (IRE) won 1 of 7 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 3 times in total (42.9% of starts).
Who trains Fresh Kicks?
Fresh Kicks (IRE) is trained by Nicky Henderson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 March 2026.
Who is Fresh Kicks's sire?
Fresh Kicks (IRE) is by Affinisea (IRE) out of Sadhbh's Delight (IRE), whose sire is Doyen.
What going does Fresh Kicks prefer?
Fresh Kicks (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Fresh Kicks's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 118, from the run on 20 March 2026. The highest on record is 120.
What is Fresh Kicks's sire's record?
Affinisea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 1,262 runs since Jan 2008 (198 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from April 2025. 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.