Gentle John (FR)
Gentle John (FR) is 3 from 20. Hasn't won since Mar 2008. All 3 wins have come over 1m5f – 2m. Last raced off 119, 12lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–20Wins / Runs
- 15%Strike rate
- 7 (35%)Placed
- −5.29£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 0.86Fair A/E n=20 · 0.76 incl. margin
- 131Highest OR
- 73dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
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
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
Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 411 runs since Jan 2008 (70 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 26 | 3 | 11.5% | −1.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 66 | 12 | 18.2% | +4.8 | 2 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 59 | 6 | 10.2% | −3.2 | 1 from 6 |
| Soft | 173 | 23 | 13.3% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 79 | 11 | 13.9% | +0.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −13.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −13.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 21 | 6 | 28.6% | +15.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 54 | 8 | 14.8% | +1.4 | 3 from 14 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 208 | 27 | 13% | −0.4 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 91 | 9 | 9.9% | −3.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 30 | 5 | 16.7% | +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
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 2 | 20% | +0.38 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.67 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 4 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.33 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.62 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ludlow | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Kempton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.38 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 14 | 3 | 21% | +0.71 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Johnson | 11 | 2 | 18% | +1.33 |
| Tom O'Brien | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mr Joshua Guerriero | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.62 |
| Andrew Tinkler | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Barry Fenton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| A P McCoy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +0.71 |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 15 | 2 | 13% | −8.29 |
| Hurdle | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| NH Flat | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Gentle John won?
- Gentle John (FR) won 3 of 20 archived starts between 2006 and 2009, a strike rate of 15%. Placed 7 times in total (35% of starts).
- Who trained Gentle John?
- Gentle John (FR) was trained by Philip Hobbs on the most recent run on record, at Huntingdon on 1 November 2009.
- Who is Gentle John's sire?
- Gentle John (FR) is by Le Balafre (FR) out of Perky (FR), whose sire is Kendor.
- What going does Gentle John prefer?
- Gentle John (FR) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 10 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Gentle John's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 119, from the run on 1 November 2009. The highest on record is 131.
- What is Gentle John's sire's record?
- Le Balafre (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 411 runs since Jan 2008 (70 horses), Flat and jumps together.