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Horse profile

Lord Ffrench (IRE)

6yo gelding · Trainer S Curling · Owner Mark Byrne
15 runs · 13 courses · from Jul 2024
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Sligo Ran 4 days ago · 5th of 18 Last raced off OR 102
KTB Profile

Typically ridden with patience — held up in 9 of 10 analysed runs — Lord Ffrench (IRE) is 1 from 15. Hasn't won since Aug 2025. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 7 on softer). Last raced off 102, 11lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 15 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating102↓ 11lb off peak
102 102–113

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 131 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Punchestown (IRE), 13 Oct 2026

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 →

Jumps 13 figures · best 131B · median 85
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good6131B96.53 · 131 / 113
Good to Soft5118B803 · 118 / 80
Soft289B87—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7118B874 · 118 / 96.5
2m5f – 3m4131B77.52 · 131 / 99.5
1m5f – 2m289B81—

Of 15 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 15 runs · as at 18 Oct 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 113A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown (IRE), 13 Oct 2026 Official rating 102 at the last jumps run, 13 Oct 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 61C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Downpatrick, 20 Sep 2024

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 13 figures · best 120A · median 113
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good6119B1143 · 116 / 113
Good to Soft5120A1073 · 120 / 107
Soft2111A107—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7120A1134 · 120 / 110
2m5f – 3m4119B114.52 · 116 / 114.5
1m5f – 2m2111A107.5—
Flat 2 figures · best 61C · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good261C60—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 runs · as at 18 Oct 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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 from 10 analysed runs

  • Held up 9 (90%) · 1 win
  • Midfield 1 (10%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,089 runs since Jan 2008 (139 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.1% from 126. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 16.7% from 240. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm591016.9%+3.6—
Good3354814.3%+11 from 8
Good to Soft1802614.4%+1.10 from 5
Soft2903512.1%−1.20 from 2
Heavy991717.2%+3.9—
Standard (AW)12697.1%−6.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f400%−13.3—
6f – 7f68710.3%−3—
1m – 1m1f121119.1%−4.2—
1m2f – 1m4f2592810.8%−2.5—
1m5f – 2m3205015.6%+2.30 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f2404016.7%+3.40 from 8
2m5f – 3m72912.5%−0.81 from 4
Over 3m500%−13.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Runningtostandstil (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 1 13% −5.38
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Tramore 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 1 100% +1.62
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 8 0 0% −8.00
2m5f – 3m 4 1 25% −1.38
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Phillip Enright 6 1 17% −3.38
Miss N Lockhead Anderson 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr J C Canavan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ms H Phillips 1 0 0% −1.00
Philip Byrnes 1 0 0% −1.00
Ms S North 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr D Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 12 1 8% −9.38
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 6 0 0% −6.00
2025 6 1 17% −3.38
2024 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 1 10% −7.38
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
13 Oct 26+18d Punchestown (IRE) William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle 23.5f · Good · 18 ran up with the pace early - jumping errors at 2nd and 5th - sat fourth at the midway point - challenged for command before 2 out - passed by rival 2 out then urged again - folded when asked before the last - finished 5th 5/18 ½ 10-1 102131B113A Miss N Lockhead Anderson 12/1
25 Sep 26+36d Listowel (IRE) MCG Ladies Handicap Hurdle 18f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran Sat close to front pack - 4th 3 out then driven on inner turning in - lost momentum quickly and dropped away before the following fence 7/14 1½ 11-1 10476B107A Miss N Lockhead Anderson 6/1
20 Aug 26+22d Killarney (IRE) GMIB Handicap Hurdle 17f · Good · 10 ran Sat close to the pace early - 4th at halfway - jumped awkwardly 6th - urged forward before 3 out and driven approaching the final fence - unable to threaten and finished well held in 4th 4/10 5½ 10-1 106113B113A Phillip Enright 14/1
29 Jul 26+52d Galway (IRE) Tote.ie Money-Back 2nd Every Race Handicap Hurdle 22f · Good · 19 ran Held up towards the back - untidy 4 out - improved into midfield approaching last two before finishing one-paced under pressure 7/19 1¼ 11-9 10768C116A Phillip Enright 14/1
07 Jun 26+27d Punchestown Congratulations Nicole Lockhead Anderson INHSC Ladies Handicap Hurdle 19f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran Held up towards the back - urged forward approaching two out - eighth and outpaced before the last - unable to threaten the leaders - stayed on steadily to finish sixth 6/16 4 11-1 109118B120A Miss N Lockhead Anderson 22/1
11 May 26+207d Killarney Killarney Oaks Hotel Handicap Hurdle 20f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran Held up at the back - modest 12th passing the 7th before nudging into contention approaching 3 out - lost touch before 2 out and met that flight awkwardly 8/12 14 10-11 11080C95C Phillip Enright 28/1
16 Oct 25+34d Thurles Moyne Rated Novice Hurdle 20f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran Held up towards the back - small error at the 7th - progress to 6th after 3 out - driven into 4th but untidy at 2 out - no headway into 5th before the last and one-paced to finish 6th 6/7 shd 11-5 11185A113A Phillip Enright 18/1
12 Sep 25+29d Ballinrobe Michael Cawe Suspended Ceilings Handicap Hurdle 22f · Soft · 8 ran Held up towards the back of the pack - jumped awkwardly two out - dropped away and faded before the last where again untidy 7/8 25 11-9 11385C103C Phillip Enright 10/1
14 Aug 25+7d Tramore Join Us For Hurling For Cancer Research Supported By Centra 18th August (Ladies) Maiden 16f · Good · 10 ran Held up towards the back - still 9th at halfway - began to press forward outside the final two furlongs - stayed on late without threatening the front of the field 7/10 1¼ 10-7 ——59A Ms H Phillips 12/1
07 Aug 25+27d Sligo Mulhern Leonard Chartered Accountants Maiden Hurdle 21f · Good · 7 ran Held up towards the back - jumped a little untidily at the 5th - headway from 4 out and moved into 3rd after 2 out - disputed second before the last where a touch clumsy - soon in front and stayed on strongly to win cosily 1/7 11-4 —70A119B Phillip Enright 13/8F
11 Jul 25+42d Cork Buy Tickets On www.corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle 17f · Good · 18 ran Settled in the pack early - moved into contention before fading after four out - weakened from three out to finish eighth 8/18 1¼ 11-12 —87C106A Philip Byrnes 20/1
30 May 25+252d Tramore QuinnBet (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran Sat behind the pace early - moved through to share command around halfway - hit the front 4f from home - overtaken approaching 2f out - pressed for effort with a furlong left but made no dent in 4th - held no more late to finish 5th 5/12 nse 11-7 —73A104A Ms S North 11/2
20 Sep 24+45d Downpatrick September Flat Race 18f · Good · 11 ran Held up at the back - moved into 4th with 4f left - driven approaching 3f out then found nothing and dropped away 8/11 4¾ 11-5 ——61C Mr D Doyle 13/2
06 Aug 24+32d Roscommon Brian Keenan On-Course Bookmaker Flat Race 15.5f · Soft · 13 ran Held a midfield spot wide - squeezed for space and blocked when trying to press forward 2f out then pushed along and lost touch - found a bit more in the closing stages to finish fourth beaten 10 and a half lengths 4/13 2¾ 11-3 —89B111A Mr J C Canavan 13/2
05 Jul 24 Cork Declan Nerney Plays Live After Racing Flat Race 17f · Good · 14 ran 3/14 5 11-3 —106B115A Mr J C Canavan 17/2

Quick answers

How many races has Lord Ffrench (IRE) won?
Lord Ffrench (IRE) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 2 times in total (13.3% of starts).
Who trains Lord Ffrench (IRE)?
Lord Ffrench (IRE) is trained by S Curling, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 October 2026.
Who is Lord Ffrench (IRE)'s sire?
Lord Ffrench (IRE) is by Harzand (IRE) out of Cockney Wren (GB), whose sire is Cockney Rebel.
What going does Lord Ffrench (IRE) prefer?
Lord Ffrench (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Lord Ffrench (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 13 October 2026. The highest on record is 113.
What is Lord Ffrench (IRE)'s sire's record?
Harzand (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,089 runs since Jan 2008 (139 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.1% from 126. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 16.7% from 240. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
Who are Lord Ffrench (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Cockney Wren (GB), Lord Ffrench (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2024. 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.