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Horse profile

Friendly Fire (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2009) · Last trainer C A McBratney · Last owner John G Mcevoy
by Portrait Gallery (IRE) out of Tender Return (IRE) (Strong Gale)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Oct 2009
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Oct 2009 — 6,213 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2009 · 12th of 15
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in Oct 2009, the last of them as a 6yo gelding. Finished 12 of 15 at Downpatrick last time. By Portrait Gallery (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 11% of 1,448 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 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 87C the best of the last 1 rated run · Downpatrick, 17 Oct 2009

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 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
Portrait Gallery (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 1,448 runs since Jan 2008 (124 horses).

Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.3% from 223.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm9111.1%+0.1—
Good to Firm8567.1%−3.90 from 2
Good3944411.2%+0.2—
Good to Soft2473012.1%+1.1—
Soft4485011.2%+0.2—
Heavy2642810.6%−0.4—
Standard (AW)100%−11—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m236229.3%−1.7—
2m1f – 2m4f4614610%−10 from 1
2m5f – 3m5285911.2%+0.20 from 1
Over 3m2233214.3%+3.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Tender Return (IRE) (Strong Gale)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Ballyfinboy (IRE) (7 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Blinding Lights (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ballyfinboy (IRE)9372m–2m7½f—
Joxer (IRE)2832m—
Blinding Lights (IRE)1513mClass 6
Little Misshamrock (IRE)113m—
Comaun Buck (IRE)70——
Misshamrock (IRE)20——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
17 Oct 09+15d Downpatrick Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F Maiden Hurdle 22.5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 12/15 4½ 10-13 87C Ian McCarthy 33/1
02 Oct 09 Gowran Park Thomastown Hurdle 20f · Good To Firm · 10 ran F/10 — 11-2 — Mark Bolger 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Friendly Fire (IRE) won?
Friendly Fire (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2009.
Who trained Friendly Fire (IRE)?
Friendly Fire (IRE) was trained by C A McBratney on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 17 October 2009.
Who is Friendly Fire (IRE)'s sire?
Friendly Fire (IRE) is by Portrait Gallery (IRE) out of Tender Return (IRE), whose sire is Strong Gale.
What is Friendly Fire (IRE)'s sire's record?
Portrait Gallery (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 1,448 runs since Jan 2008 (124 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.3% from 223.
Who are Friendly Fire (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Tender Return (IRE), Friendly Fire (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Ballyfinboy (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Blinding Lights (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2009. 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.