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Horse profile

Friday Night Lad (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2012) · Last trainer Dianne Sayer · Last owner Mr Mrs M Miller
by Redback (GB) out of Social Butterfly (USA) (Sir Ivor)
8 runs · 5 courses · from Apr 2011
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 25 Jul 2012 — 5,215 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2012 · 13th of 13 Last raced off OR 46
KTB Profile

Friday Night Lad (IRE) is yet to win from 8 starts.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 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 55C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Catterick, 15 Oct 2011 Official rating 46 at the last run, 25 Jul 2012

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 6 figures · best 62C · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good462C53—
Good to Firm1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f355A51—
1m2f – 1m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———
1m – 1m1f1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 8 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
Redback (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 2,888 runs since Jan 2008 (249 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.9% from 181.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2926.9%−0.7—
Good to Firm441347.7%+0.10 from 1
Good538366.7%−0.90 from 5
Good to Soft263186.8%−0.8—
Soft486387.8%+0.20 from 2
Heavy182137.1%−0.5—
Standard (AW)949798.3%+0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f271269.6%+2—
6f – 7f951636.6%−10 from 3
1m – 1m1f716598.2%+0.60 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f428347.9%+0.30 from 1
1m5f – 2m330309.1%+1.50 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f18173.9%−3.70 from 1
2m5f – 3m1119.1%+1.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Social Butterfly (USA) (Sir Ivor)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Fayr Star (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m4f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Fayr Star (IRE)1931m4f—
Elisha (IRE)140——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Catterick 3 0 0% −3.00
Musselburgh 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
P J McDonald 3 0 0% −3.00
Danny Brock 1 0 0% −1.00
Alexander Voy 1 0 0% −1.00
Henry Brooke 1 0 0% −1.00
Garry Whillans 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Winston 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 1 0 0% −1.00
2011 7 0 0% −7.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00
Hurdle 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2012 · 1 run
25 Jul 12+241d Catterick Yorkshire Radio Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 1m4f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 13/13 32 8-5 4648C Danny Brock 66/1
2011 · 7 runs
27 Nov 11+24d Carlisle Malcolm Hopkinson Memorial Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1f · Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-7 —— Alexander Voy 250/1
03 Nov 11+19d Musselburgh Edinburgh Evening News Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 1m7½f · Good · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-7 —— Henry Brooke 150/1
15 Oct 11+28d Catterick totequickpick Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 1m6f · Soft · 15 ran 14/15 56 9-0 4855C Garry Whillans 28/1
17 Sep 11+134d Catterick racinguk.com Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 11/11 4 8-7 5126C P J McDonald 16/1
06 May 11+12d Hamilton Cockles And Mussels Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 1¾ 9-13 —55A P J McDonald 40/1
24 Apr 11+16d Musselburgh Totepool A Better Way To Bet Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 8 ran 8/8 5 10-0 —51C Robert Winston 33/1
08 Apr 11 Newcastle Metnor Group Maiden Stakes (Str) Class 5 · 1m · Good · 12 ran 8/12 13 9-13 —62C P J McDonald 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Friday Night Lad won?
Friday Night Lad (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2011 and 2012.
Who trained Friday Night Lad?
Friday Night Lad (IRE) was trained by Dianne Sayer on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 25 July 2012.
Who is Friday Night Lad's sire?
Friday Night Lad (IRE) is by Redback (GB) out of Social Butterfly (USA), whose sire is Sir Ivor.
What is Friday Night Lad's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 46, from the run on 25 July 2012. The highest on record is 51.
What is Friday Night Lad's sire's record?
Redback (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 2,888 runs since Jan 2008 (249 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.9% from 181.
Who are Friday Night Lad's siblings?
Out of Social Butterfly (USA), Friday Night Lad (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Fayr Star (IRE) (3). The wins came over 1m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2011. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.