Skip to content
Horse profile

Martin's Friend (USA)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2009) · Last trainer Lucy Wadham · Last owner Ron Davies
by Grand Slam (USA) out of Dans La Ville (CHI) (Winning)
6 runs · 5 courses · from Dec 2008
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Jul 2009 — 6,319 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2009 · 13th of 14 Last raced off OR 65
KTB Profile

Martin's Friend (USA) is yet to win from 6 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 8 at Market Rasen (Apr 2009). Last raced off 65, 36lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 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) 54C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Newmarket, 17 Jul 2009 Official rating 65 at the last flat run, 17 Jul 2009

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 90B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Market Rasen, 5 Apr 2009 Official rating 101 at the last jumps run, 17 May 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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 2 figures · best 54C · median 54
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f254C54—
Jumps 4 figures · best 90B · median 89.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good390B89—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m390C89—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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
Grand Slam (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 467 runs since Jan 2008 (54 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−10.9—
Good to Firm9155.5%−5.4—
Good63914.3%+3.40 from 3
Good to Soft3725.4%−5.5—
Soft2428.3%−2.60 from 2
Heavy800%−10.9—
Standard (AW)2403313.8%+2.90 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f84910.7%−0.2—
6f – 7f1882412.8%+1.9—
1m – 1m1f128118.6%−2.3—
1m2f – 1m4f55712.7%+1.80 from 2
1m5f – 2m900%−10.90 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f300%−10.90 from 1

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

Dam
Dans La Ville (CHI) (Winning)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Agent Archie (USA) (6 wins).

The wins came over 1m1f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Agent Archie (USA)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Agent Archie (USA)2261m1f–2mClass 4

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fakenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Dominic Elsworth 4 0 0% −4.00
Martin Dwyer 1 0 0% −1.00
Martin Lane 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 5 0 0% −5.00
2008 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00
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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2009 · 5 runs
17 Jul 09+30d Newmarket Heath Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Soft · 14 ran 13/14 4½ 9-10 6554C Martin Dwyer 33/1
17 Jun 09+31d Kempton (AW) Weatherbys V.a.t. Services Apprentice Handicap (round 3) Class 4 · 1m2f · Standard · 13 ran 13/13 7 9-2 7154C Martin Lane 50/1
17 May 09+42d Fakenham Highline Adventure Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 9 ran 7/9 12 10-8 10167C Dominic Elsworth 6/1
05 Apr 09+18d Market Rasen Racing UK On Channel 432 Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 4 10-7 10190B Dominic Elsworth 11/1
18 Mar 09+107d Warwick Totequadpot Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 12 ran 5/12 7 10-7 —89A Dominic Elsworth 50/1
2008 · 1 run
01 Dec 08 Fakenham Cromer Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 9 ran 7/9 13 10-12 —90C Dominic Elsworth 11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Martin's Friend won?
Martin's Friend (USA) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2008 and 2009. Placed 1 time in total (16.7% of starts).
Who trained Martin's Friend?
Martin's Friend (USA) was trained by Lucy Wadham on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 17 July 2009.
Who is Martin's Friend's sire?
Martin's Friend (USA) is by Grand Slam (USA) out of Dans La Ville (CHI), whose sire is Winning.
What is Martin's Friend's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 65, from the run on 17 July 2009. The highest on record is 101.
What is Martin's Friend's sire's record?
Grand Slam (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 467 runs since Jan 2008 (54 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Martin's Friend's siblings?
Out of Dans La Ville (CHI), Martin's Friend (USA) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Agent Archie (USA) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Agent Archie (USA)). The wins came over 1m1f–2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2008. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.