How's My Friend (GB)
How's My Friend (GB) is 4 from 44, all wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Mar 2018. 4 of 7 starts at Towcester have ended in wins. Last raced off 93, 18lb below the career-high mark.
- 4–44Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 14 (31.8%)Placed
- −26.88£1 level staken=44 at SP
- 0.84Fair A/E n=44 · 0.74 incl. margin
- 111Highest OR
- 24dBetween runs (median)longest 954 d
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
Best recent Speed 118
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 118B | 96 | — |
| Good | 2 | 68B | 64 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 80C | 70.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 94C | 58 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 118B | 87 | — |
| Over 3m | 5 | 101B | 68 | — |
Of 15 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 3,407 runs since Jan 2008 (315 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 305 | 27 | 8.9% | −1.2 | 1 from 8 |
| Good | 1,078 | 104 | 9.6% | −0.5 | 0 from 13 |
| Good to Soft | 730 | 62 | 8.5% | −1.6 | 0 from 11 |
| Soft | 822 | 93 | 11.3% | +1.2 | 2 from 9 |
| Heavy | 394 | 51 | 12.9% | +2.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 73 | 6 | 8.2% | −1.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 66 | 4 | 6.1% | −4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 839 | 75 | 8.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,107 | 124 | 11.2% | +1.1 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,083 | 117 | 10.8% | +0.7 | 3 from 22 |
| Over 3m | 307 | 23 | 7.5% | −2.6 | 0 from 15 |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them What A Friend (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 2m1f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (What A Friend (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What A Friend (GB) | 22 | 7 | 2m1f–3m1½f | Grade 1 |
| His Lordship (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Good Lord (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lord Fitzroy (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Good to Soft | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Soft | 9 | 2 | 22% | +2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.38 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 19 | 0 | 0% | −19.00 |
| Class 5 | 13 | 4 | 31% | +4.12 |
| Class 6 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wincanton | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Towcester | 7 | 4 | 57% | +10.12 |
| Exeter | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Taunton | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Fontwell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 22 | 3 | 14% | −7.50 |
| Over 3m | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.38 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Scholfield | 26 | 3 | 12% | −14.88 |
| Miss A Bush | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Tom O'Brien | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| James Bowen | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Bryony Frost | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Cobden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Timmy Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 38 | 4 | 11% | −20.88 |
| Tongue tie | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 75% | +10.50 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.38 |
| 2011 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 32 | 4 | 13% | −14.88 |
| Hurdle | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 How's My Friend won?
- How's My Friend (GB) won 4 of 44 archived starts between 2009 and 2019, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 14 times in total (31.8% of starts).
- Who trained How's My Friend?
- How's My Friend (GB) was trained by Grant Cann on the most recent run on record, at Wincanton on 5 December 2019.
- Who is How's My Friend's sire?
- How's My Friend (GB) is by Karinga Bay (GB) out of Friendly Lady (GB), whose sire is New Member.
- What going does How's My Friend prefer?
- How's My Friend (GB) has the best record on heavy 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 How's My Friend's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 93, from the run on 5 December 2019. The highest on record is 111.
- What is How's My Friend's sire's record?
- Karinga Bay (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 3,407 runs since Jan 2008 (315 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are How's My Friend's siblings?
- Out of Friendly Lady (GB), How's My Friend (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: What A Friend (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (What A Friend (GB)). The wins came over 2m1f–3m1½f. As at Nov 2026.