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Horse profile

The Black Friday (FR)

2yo gelding · Trainer F Foucher · Owner C Bodin
4 runs · 2 courses · from Mar 2026
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
New yard Last run 22 Oct 2026 · 13th of 13 Last raced off OR 71
KTB Profile

The Black Friday is a gelding by Born To Sea out of Beautiful Love. He has yet to win from four starts on turf, all in France, and has never placed. His last run, at Les Sables-d'Olonne in Oct 2026, was his first for the yard and saw him finish 13 of 13 off an official rating of 71. He has raced over 6f to 7f three times and under 6f once.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 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

No KTB Rating figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 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

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 4,287 runs since Apr 2016 (311 horses).

Strongest on soft going: 12.1% from 970. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 867. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 725.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2229.1%0—
Good to Firm378349%−0.1—
Good1,1111089.7%+0.60 from 1
Good to Soft5735910.3%+1.20 from 1
Soft97011712.1%+30 from 2
Heavy366318.5%−0.6—
Standard (AW)867384.4%−4.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f190136.8%−2.30 from 1
6f – 7f725425.8%−3.30 from 3
1m – 1m1f633436.8%−2.3—
1m2f – 1m4f8859010.2%+1.1—
1m5f – 2m99411011.1%+2—
2m1f – 2m4f6537411.3%+2.2—
2m5f – 3m168148.3%−0.8—
Over 3m3937.7%−1.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2016 · as at 3 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
The Black Sky (FR)20——
The Black Stone (FR)70——
The Black Stone (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Saint-Cloud (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Les Sables-d'Olonne (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Emanuele Solinas 2 0 0% −2.00
Christopher Grosbois 1 0 0% −1.00
Warren Levesque 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheekpieces 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt OR Jockey SP
2026 · 4 runs
22 Oct 26+132d Les Sables-d'Olonne (FR) Prix Vision D'etat 6f · Very Soft · 13 ran 13/13 9 9-2 71 Christopher Grosbois 14/1
12 Jun 26+14d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Chateau Bouscaut (Conditions) (Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 7f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 3 8-5 — Emanuele Solinas 33/1
29 May 26+71d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Prince Chevalier (Conditions) (Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 6f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6/8 1¼ 8-6 — Emanuele Solinas 26/1
19 Mar 26 Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix de la Marche (Claimer) (Turf) 4½f · Very Soft · 7 ran 6/7 1¼ 8-6 — Warren Levesque 66/10

Quick answers

How many races has The Black Friday won?
The Black Friday (FR) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2026.
Who trains The Black Friday?
The Black Friday (FR) is trained by F Foucher, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 22 October 2026.
Who is The Black Friday's sire?
The Black Friday (FR) is by Born To Sea (IRE) out of Beautiful Love (FR), whose sire is Air Chief Marshal.
What is The Black Friday's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 22 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is The Black Friday's sire's record?
Born To Sea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 4,287 runs since Apr 2016 (311 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 12.1% from 970. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 867. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 725.
Who are The Black Friday's siblings?
Out of Beautiful Love (FR), The Black Friday (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2026. 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.