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True Friend (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer Donnacha Aidan O'Brien · Last owner Mrs John Magnier Derrick Smith Michael Tabor
by Churchill (IRE) out of After (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Apr 2025
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Apr 2025 — 548 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 5th of 12
KTB Profile

True Friend is a lightly raced filly by Churchill out of a dam who has produced six winners from six runners to race including Armory with five wins. She finished 5 of 12 in the Race and Stay Fillies Maiden at Naas in Apr 2025 having earlier finished 4 of 14 at Gowran Park the same month. Both runs came on soft turf over trips between 1m and 1m4f. Her sire’s progeny have won 525 of 4736 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Apr 2025 · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 99 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Naas, 28 Apr 2025

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 →

Flat 2 figures · best 99A · median 95.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft299A95.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1———
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 79A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Naas, 28 Apr 2025

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 →

Flat 2 figures · best 79A · median 74
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft279A74—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1———
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,817 runs since Jan 2008 (461 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm9111.1%+0.1—
Good to Firm6477912.2%+1.2—
Good1,37816512%+1—
Good to Soft533519.6%−1.4—
Soft716638.8%−2.20 from 2
Heavy226198.4%−2.6—
Standard (AW)1,30815011.5%+0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1461711.6%+0.6—
6f – 7f1,30614511.1%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f1,12211910.6%−0.40 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,30413810.6%−0.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m6468012.4%+1.4—
2m1f – 2m4f2492811.2%+0.2—
2m5f – 3m4412.3%−8.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
After (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)

6 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Armory (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Armory (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Armory (IRE)1457f–1m2½fGroup 2
Subsequent (IRE)1351m3½f–1m6½fListed
Hms Seahorse (IRE)2741m4f–2m4fClass 1
Bond Street (IRE)1327f–1m—
Last Verse (IRE)1021m4f–1m5fClass 5
Golden Ring (IRE)511m—

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 2 runs
28 Apr 25+12d Naas Race & Stay Fillies Maiden 10.5f · Yielding · 12 ran Hesitant start - settled towards back - driven up into 6th with 2f left - dropped to 7th a furlong out - stayed on same gear to finish 5th 5/12 nk 9-3 99A79A Gavin Ryan 9/1
16 Apr 25 Gowran Park Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 8f · Soft · 14 ran Held up towards the back - squeezed for space approaching 2f out then edged right entering final furlong in 7th - stayed on to finish fourth 4/14 2¼ 9-2 92C69A Gavin Ryan 3/1

Quick answers

How many races has True Friend won?
True Friend (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025.
Who trained True Friend?
True Friend (IRE) was trained by Donnacha Aidan O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 28 April 2025.
Who is True Friend's sire?
True Friend (IRE) is by Churchill (IRE) out of After (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
What is True Friend's sire's record?
Churchill (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,817 runs since Jan 2008 (461 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are True Friend's siblings?
Out of After (IRE), True Friend (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Armory (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Armory (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2025. 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.