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Horse profile

Friendly Giant (USA)

5yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2009) · Last trainer J J Lambe · Last owner James Callow
by Giant's Causeway (USA) out of Aquilegia (USA) (Alydar)
9 runs · 7 courses · from Sep 2006
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Nov 2009 — 6,194 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2009 · 14th of 14 Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile

Friendly Giant (USA) is yet to win from 9 starts.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 27 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 (flat) 63C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Galway, 30 Jul 2008 Official rating 72 at the last flat run, 11 Nov 2009

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 87C the best of the last 1 rated run · Sedgefield, 25 Aug 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 →

Flat 6 figures · best 78C · median 61.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Firm378C65—
Standard (AW)1———
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f578C63—
6f – 7f1———
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 9 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: beaten lengths not stored (1) · did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 9 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
Giant's Causeway (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 3,018 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 7.1% from 394. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 8.3% from 422.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3937.7%−3.9—
Good to Firm6058313.7%+2.10 from 4
Good6556710.2%−1.4—
Good to Soft290227.6%−40 from 2
Soft394287.1%−4.50 from 1
Heavy1582012.7%+1.10 from 1
Standard (AW)87712614.4%+2.80 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f27518.5%+6.9—
6f – 7f5957312.3%+0.70 from 1
1m – 1m1f7368912.1%+0.5—
1m2f – 1m4f84610712.6%+10 from 5
1m5f – 2m422358.3%−3.30 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f202199.4%−2.20 from 1
2m5f – 3m123118.9%−2.7—
Over 3m671014.9%+3.3—

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
Aquilegia (USA) (Alydar)

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
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
J F Egan 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Thornton 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Townend 1 0 0% −1.00
Emmet McNamara 1 0 0% −1.00
Denis O'Regan 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss C V Annan 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Colm O'Donoghue 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 8 0 0% −8.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 4 0 0% −4.00
2008 2 0 0% −2.00
2007 2 0 0% −2.00
2006 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2009 · 4 runs
11 Nov 09+78d Dundalk (AW) 3 For Free - Wednesday Meetings At Dundalk Handicap (60-90) 12f · Standard · 14 ran 14/14 16 8-11 7260C J F Egan 50/1
25 Aug 09+50d Sedgefield Boro Taxis 01642 222 222 Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 9/11 28 10-12 —87C Robert Thornton 12/1
06 Jul 09+16d Roscommon Boylesports Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 17 ran 80/17 11-4 —— Paul Townend 16/1
20 Jun 09+295d Down Royal Taxi 90 33 33 33 E.B.F Maiden 10.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 7/12 1¼ 9-12 7256A Emmet McNamara 20/1
2008 · 2 runs
29 Aug 08+30d Down Royal Rainbow Telecom Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 19 ran PU/19 — 11-2 —— Denis O'Regan 11/2
30 Jul 08+430d Galway William Hill Irish Sports Book (QR) Maiden 12f · Yielding · 18 ran 14/18 2½ 11-5 7863C Miss C V Annan 20/1
2007 · 2 runs
27 May 07+35d Curragh boylesports.com Maiden 10f · Good To Firm · 21 ran 8/21 1 9-5 7865C Seamie Heffernan 5/1
22 Apr 07+217d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 10f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 5/16 shd 9-5 —78C Colm O'Donoghue 14/1
2006 · 1 run
17 Sep 06 Curragh Tinnakill House Stud EBF Maiden 7f · Good To Yielding · 25 ran 20/25 9 9-3 —42C Kieren Fallon 7/2F

Quick answers

How many races has Friendly Giant won?
Friendly Giant (USA) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2006 and 2009.
Who trained Friendly Giant?
Friendly Giant (USA) was trained by J J Lambe on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 11 November 2009.
Who is Friendly Giant's sire?
Friendly Giant (USA) is by Giant's Causeway (USA) out of Aquilegia (USA), whose sire is Alydar.
What is Friendly Giant's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 11 November 2009. The highest on record is 78.
What is Friendly Giant's sire's record?
Giant's Causeway (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 3,018 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 7.1% from 394. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 8.3% from 422.

Record shown from September 2006. 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.