Horse profile
My Friend Sean (IRE)
by Sholokhov (IRE) out of Kaffie (GB) (Kayf Tara (GB))
24 runs · 13 courses · from Oct 2023
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · Uttoxeter, Plumpton & Chepstow
Last run 4 Nov 2026 · 4th of 8
Last raced off OR 108
KTB Profile
My Friend Sean is a gelding who has won five of 24 starts on turf, all in handicaps. Four of those wins came over 1m5f – 2m and one over 2m1f – 2m4f, with three on good ground and one each on good to soft and soft. He has three wins from five runs at Uttoxeter, one from six at Chepstow and one from one at Plumpton. Last ran in mid-division when fourth of eight in a Class 4 chase at Chepstow in Nov 2026 off an official rating of 108, 14lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 24 archived runs · run-style from 17 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 14lb off peak
- 5–24Wins / Runs
- 20.8%Strike rate
- 9 (37.5%)Placed
- −6.97£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 1.27Fair A/E n=24 · 1.10 incl. margin
- 122Highest OR
- 36dBetween runs (median)longest 154 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.
Official rating108↓ 14lb off peak
108
79–122
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 91
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 14 | 114C | 98 | 5 runs · 114 / 101 |
| Soft | 5 | 123B | 83 | 2 runs · 86 / 60 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 115B | 92.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 14 | 123B | 84.5 | 2 runs · 84 / 59 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 10 | 114C | 102 | 5 runs · 114 / 101 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 24 runs · as at 12 Nov 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 from 17 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 7 (41%) · 4 wins
- Held up 5 (29%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 4 (24%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (6%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Sholokhov (IRE)
Progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,285 runs since Apr 2008 (424 horses).
Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 99 | 14 | 14.1% | +1.6 | — |
| Good | 1,285 | 147 | 11.4% | −1.1 | 3 from 14 |
| Good to Soft | 825 | 112 | 13.6% | +1.1 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,304 | 169 | 13% | +0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 549 | 69 | 12.6% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 222 | 23 | 10.4% | −2.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | +2.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 157 | 14 | 8.9% | −3.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 326 | 32 | 9.8% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,060 | 128 | 12.1% | −0.4 | 4 from 14 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,466 | 194 | 13.2% | +0.7 | 1 from 10 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 997 | 125 | 12.5% | 0 | — |
| Over 3m | 240 | 35 | 14.6% | +2.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2008 · as at 13 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Kaffie (GB) (Kayf Tara (GB))
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Guidedbythescience (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Guidedbythescience (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guidedbythescience (IRE) | 16 | 1 | 2m4f | Class 5 |
| Boblere (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 14 | 3 | 21% | −2.77 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.20 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 14 | 2 | 14% | −4.50 |
| Class 5 | 9 | 3 | 33% | −1.47 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.27 |
| Uttoxeter | 5 | 3 | 60% | +3.80 |
| Huntingdon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hereford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Plumpton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 14 | 4 | 29% | −3.47 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 10 | 1 | 10% | −3.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Sheppard | 17 | 1 | 6% | −13.00 |
| Cameron Iles | 5 | 4 | 80% | +8.03 |
| Jonathan Burke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 14 | 5 | 36% | +3.03 |
| Tongue tie | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 50% | +5.03 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 14 | 5 | 36% | +3.03 |
| Chase | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Nov 26+81d | Chepstow | DragonBet Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race) sluggish at the first and heavily bumped - raced mid-pack - scrappy jumping 9th - up with the front group 11th - error 4 out then under pressure - dropped away before 2 out - finished 4th | 4/8 | 19 | 11-12 | 108 | 114C | 96C | Stan Sheppard | 13/2 |
| 15 Aug 26+31d | Market Rasen | Download The Oddschecker App Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race) Held up towards the back - hit the 8th and driven on after four out - unable to find any headway thereafter | 5/8 | 2½ | 12-0 | 108 | 103C | 108C | Jonathan Burke | 4/1 |
| 15 Jul 26+43d | Uttoxeter | Alfie Flatt 18th Birthday Celebration Handicap Steeple Chase (ARC Summer Chase Series Qualifier) (GBB Race) Raced close to the front early - dropped towards the back at the eighth - recovered into third after the eleventh - driven 4 out - kept on without the turn of foot to get on terms with the winner and finished second | 2/5 | 3 | 11-2 | 108 | 101C | 117B | Stan Sheppard | 13/2 |
| 02 Jun 26+71d | Southwell | Free Race Evening Thursday 18th June Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held up towards back of field - weakened before 2 out - well beaten by the last - finished a well-held 5th | 5/5 | 7 | 11-2 | 110 | 84C | 95C | Stan Sheppard | 17/2 |
| 23 Mar 26+30d | Kempton | Virgin Bet Supports Safe Gambling Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Sat handy early - pressed for effort before 4 out - fell away to the back and finished a distant sixth | 6/6 | 9 | 11-6 | 112 | 56C | 97C | Stan Sheppard | 11/2 |
| 21 Feb 26+72d | Chepstow | Pertemps Network Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held a spot in the pack early - clipped a fence four out then pushed along - moved into third before the last - kept going late to finish third | 3/7 | 3½ | 11-12 | 114 | 86A | 122B | Stan Sheppard | 7/1 |
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Dec 25+36d | Warwick | Aztec Aerosols Spray Some Joy Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held up at the back - urged forward 8th - unable to close - eventually finished sixth | 6/9 | 3½ | 11-10 | 117 | 34A | 112A | Stan Sheppard | 28/1 |
| 05 Nov 25+19d | Chepstow | NMS UK Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled towards the back and wide - hit the 5th and made up ground before 5 out - lost touch 4 out - eventually beaten well home | 6/10 | ¾ | 11-2 | 121 | 91A | 112A | Stan Sheppard | 22/1 |
| 17 Oct 25+145d | Uttoxeter | Eaton Hall Shooting Ground Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Jumped untidily and hesitant early - travelled just behind the front group on the outer - dropped away 3 out - finished a well-held 4th | 4/5 | 19 | 12-2 | 122 | 68C | 99B | Stan Sheppard | 5/1 |
| 25 May 25+35d | Uttoxeter | Happy Birthday Mark Sergeant Handicap Hurdle Settled at the back of the four runners early - crept into contention before 5th then slipped back and needed urging before 3 out - burst back into it to edge in front 2 out - fought off a determined rival after the last - drew clear in the final 100 yards to score | 1/4 | 11-5 | 115 | 112C | 119B | Cameron Iles | 2/1 | |
| 20 Apr 25+31d | Plumpton | Harry & Betty Savill Memorial Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Handy near the front - roused turning for home - hit the front approaching last two furlongs - met the final obstacle cleanly - drew away up the straight to score with ease | 1/8 | 11-9 | 108 | 110A | 126A | Cameron Iles | 11/2 | |
| 20 Mar 25+37d | Chepstow | Ashcroft Services Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the pace early - hit the front approaching final two after a mistake three out - forged well ahead between the last pair of obstacles - allowed to coast home unchallenged | 1/5 | 11-11 | 100 | 74C | 119B | Cameron Iles | 8/11F | |
| 11 Feb 25+17d | Lingfield | Play At The Races Stableduel Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap Hurdle Went straight to front - pressed for effort when overtaken 2 out - drifted off a true line then held the gap to the line | 3/8 | 1½ | 11-6 | 100 | 85C | 118A | Cameron Iles | 6/4F |
| 25 Jan 25+36d | Uttoxeter | QuinnBet Daily Free Bet Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap Hurdle Sat close to pace early - contested front spot after 4 out - hit the front approaching 2 out - roused before the last - eased clear up the run-in for a comfortable win | 1/7 | 10-11 | 91 | 115B | 123B | Cameron Iles | 4/5F | |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Dec 24+44d | Uttoxeter | APB Andy Edwards Memorial Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Tracked the pace - hit the front three out - opened up daylight approaching the last - kept finding more to the line | 1/11 | 10-10 | 79 | 123B | 123A | Stan Sheppard | 3/1F | |
| 06 Nov 24+29d | Chepstow | Lucy Lev Handicap Hurdle Settled midpack early - dropped off the pace by third last - eventually beaten home in 8th | 8/18 | nk | 10-9 | 81 | 105B | 90A | Stan Sheppard | 5/1F |
| 08 Oct 24+154d | Huntingdon | JCB Mini-Excavator Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Settled in the pack early - dropped towards the back around the 5th and needed encouragement soon after - rallied late to move into 3rd approaching the final fence - held that spot without getting closer | 3/8 | 11 | 10-11 | 82 | 107A | 100A | Stan Sheppard | 3/1 |
| 07 May 24+43d | Hereford | Best Odds Guaranteed At PlanetSportBet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/10 | 4½ | 11-4 | 81 | 95B | 108A | Stan Sheppard | 12/1 |
| 25 Mar 24+33d | Huntingdon | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Hurdle | 7/11 | 2¾ | 11-0 | 83 | 91B | 96A | Stan Sheppard | 5/2F |
| 21 Feb 24+40d | Doncaster | At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap Hurdle | 3/12 | 2¾ | 10-13 | 83 | 83A | 104B | Stan Sheppard | 10/3F |
| 12 Jan 24+16d | Wincanton | Two Mile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 12/17 | ¾ | 11-8 | — | 41C | 96C | Stan Sheppard | 80/1 |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 23+13d | Chepstow | Coral Get Closer To The Action Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 11/13 | 1¼ | 11-0 | — | 64C | 101C | Richard Patrick | 200/1 |
| 14 Dec 23+51d | Taunton | Jetset Tours And Flights Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 10/14 | 1½ | 11-0 | — | 80C | 95C | Stan Sheppard | 100/1 |
| 24 Oct 23 | Hereford | Follow Vickers.Bet On Facebook Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 6/13 | 5 | 10-13 | — | 111B | 93A | Stan Sheppard | 13/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has My Friend Sean won?
- My Friend Sean (IRE) won 5 of 24 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 20.8%. Placed 9 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trains My Friend Sean?
- My Friend Sean (IRE) is trained by Tom Lacey, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 November 2026.
- Who is My Friend Sean's sire?
- My Friend Sean (IRE) is by Sholokhov (IRE) out of Kaffie (GB), whose sire is Kayf Tara (GB).
- What going does My Friend Sean prefer?
- My Friend Sean (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is My Friend Sean's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 108, from the run on 4 November 2026. The highest on record is 122.
- What is My Friend Sean's sire's record?
- Sholokhov (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 4,285 runs since Apr 2008 (424 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
- Who are My Friend Sean's siblings?
- Out of Kaffie (GB), My Friend Sean (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Guidedbythescience (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Guidedbythescience (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4f. As at Nov 2026.