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Horse profile

True Friend

Churchill (IRE) × After (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Sex
filly
Foaled
2022
Colour
chestnut
Record (GB & IRE)
0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
Prize money (GB & IRE)
€840 IRE
Last run (GB & IRE)
28 Apr 2025, Naas (IRE) (5/12)
Last win (GB & IRE)
Never won
Recent form
45

True Friend has no declared runs or entries in Britain or Ireland at the moment.

Form

Race record

DateCoursePosSPBtnJockeyTrainerRaceClassTypeDistGoingWgtWinner / 2ndWinner prizeDaysFuture form
28 Apr 25Naas (IRE)5/129/13Gavin RyanDonnacha Aidan O'BrienRace & Stay Fillies MaidenNon-handicap (unclassified)Flat Turf1m2½fYielding9-3Kalixa (IRE)€7,080121/11
16 Apr 25Gowran Park (IRE)4/143/110Gavin RyanDonnacha Aidan O'BrienIrish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares MaidenNon-handicap (unclassified)Flat Turf1mSoft9-2Gotomylovely (IRE)€8,850-3/12
  • 5/1228 Apr 25 · Naas (IRE)9/1

    Race & Stay Fillies Maiden

    Non-handicap (unclassified)1m2½fYielding

    All fields
    Date
    28 Apr 25
    Pos
    5/12
    SP
    9/1
    Btn
    3
    Race
    Race & Stay Fillies Maiden
    Class
    Non-handicap (unclassified)
    Type
    Flat Turf
    Dist
    1m2½f
    Going
    Yielding
    Wgt
    9-3
    Winner / 2nd
    Kalixa (IRE)
    Winner prize
    €7,080
    Days
    12
    Future form
    1/11
  • 4/1416 Apr 25 · Gowran Park (IRE)3/1

    Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden

    Non-handicap (unclassified)1mSoft

    All fields
    Date
    16 Apr 25
    Pos
    4/14
    SP
    3/1
    Btn
    10
    Race
    Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden
    Class
    Non-handicap (unclassified)
    Type
    Flat Turf
    Dist
    1m
    Going
    Soft
    Wgt
    9-2
    Winner / 2nd
    Gotomylovely (IRE)
    Winner prize
    €8,850
    Days
    -
    Future form
    3/12

Every British and Irish run since 1990, latest first. Btn is the overall distance beaten (lengths). Where the horse won, the runner-up and winning margin are shown.

Future form: next-time-out winners from this horse's races

DateCourseRaceThis horseWinner next timeTheir posWon onAtRace won
28 Apr 25Naas (IRE)Race & Stay Fillies Maiden5/12It's A Heartbeat (IRE)44 Jun 25Curragh (IRE)Gannon Interiors Fillies Maiden
16 Apr 25Gowran Park (IRE)Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden4/14Murkala (IRE)55 May 25Curragh (IRE)Keadeen Hotel Irish EBF Fillies Handicap
16 Apr 25Gowran Park (IRE)Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden4/14Sissi (IRE)712 May 25Roscommon (IRE)Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden
16 Apr 25Gowran Park (IRE)Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden4/14Prime Sign (IRE)115 May 25Curragh (IRE)Treacy Group Supporting Newbridge Parishes Day Handicap
  • 5/1228 Apr 25 · Naas (IRE)

    Race & Stay Fillies Maiden

    All fields
    Date
    28 Apr 25
    Race
    Race & Stay Fillies Maiden
    This horse
    5/12
    Winner next time
    It's A Heartbeat (IRE)
    Their pos
    4
    Won on
    4 Jun 25
    At
    Curragh (IRE)
    Race won
    Gannon Interiors Fillies Maiden
  • 4/1416 Apr 25 · Gowran Park (IRE)

    Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden

    All fields
    Date
    16 Apr 25
    Race
    Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden
    This horse
    4/14
    Winner next time
    Murkala (IRE)
    Their pos
    5
    Won on
    5 May 25
    At
    Curragh (IRE)
    Race won
    Keadeen Hotel Irish EBF Fillies Handicap
  • 4/1416 Apr 25 · Gowran Park (IRE)

    Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden

    All fields
    Date
    16 Apr 25
    Race
    Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden
    This horse
    4/14
    Winner next time
    Sissi (IRE)
    Their pos
    7
    Won on
    12 May 25
    Race won
    Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden
  • 4/1416 Apr 25 · Gowran Park (IRE)

    Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden

    All fields
    Date
    16 Apr 25
    Race
    Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies & Mares Maiden
    This horse
    4/14
    Winner next time
    Prime Sign (IRE)
    Their pos
    11
    Won on
    5 May 25
    At
    Curragh (IRE)
    Race won
    Treacy Group Supporting Newbridge Parishes Day Handicap

Other runners from this horse's races (latest 20 races with a next-time-out winner, up to 40 rows) that won on their next start in Britain or Ireland. FF on the race record = next-time-out winners / runners that have run again (this horse excluded).

Trainer changes

TrainerFirst runLast runFirst run for yardRunsWins2nd3rdWin %Place %Prize GB (£)Prize IRE (€)
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien16 Apr 2528 Apr 254/1420000.0%0.0%£0€840
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien
First run
16 Apr 25
Last run
28 Apr 25
First run for yard
4/14
Runs
2
Wins
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Win %
0.0%
Place %
0.0%
Prize GB (£)
£0
Prize IRE (€)
€840

Trained by one trainer throughout its British and Irish career.

Stats

Career summary by code (GB & IRE)

CodeRunsWins2nd3rdWin %Place %Prize GB (£)Prize IRE (€)First runLast run
Flat20000.0%0.0%£0€84016 Apr 2528 Apr 25
Flat
Code
Flat
Runs
2
Wins
0
2nd
0
3rd
0
Win %
0.0%
Place %
0.0%
Prize GB (£)
£0
Prize IRE (€)
€840
First run
16 Apr 25
Last run
28 Apr 25

Placed = 1st in 2-4 runners, 1st-2nd in 5-7, 1st-3rd in 8+.

Pedigree

Pedigree

Sire branchChurchill (IRE)

Parent · 1

  1. SireChurchill (IRE)

Grandparents · 2

  1. Sire's sireGalileo (IRE)
  2. Sire's damMeow (IRE)

Great-grandparents · 4

  1. Sire's sire's sireNot traced
  2. Sire's sire's damNot traced
  3. Sire's dam's sireNot traced
  4. Sire's dam's damNot traced
Dam branchAfter (IRE)

Parent · 1

  1. DamAfter (IRE)

Grandparents · 2

  1. Dam's sireDanehill Dancer (IRE)
  2. Dam's damNoahs Ark (IRE)

Great-grandparents · 4

  1. Dam's sire's sireNot traced
  2. Dam's sire's damNot traced
  3. Dam's dam's sireCharnwood Forest (IRE)
  4. Dam's dam's damNot traced
Churchill (IRE)
After (IRE)
Galileo (IRE)
Meow (IRE)
Danehill Dancer (IRE)
Noahs Ark (IRE)
Not traced
Not traced
Not traced
Not traced
Not traced
Not traced
Charnwood Forest (IRE)
Not traced

Breeding card

HorseTrue Friend (IRE)
Sexfilly
Foaled2022
SireChurchill (IRE)
DamAfter (IRE)
DamsireDanehill Dancer (IRE)
Sire's sireGalileo (IRE)
Sire's damMeow (IRE)
2nd damNoahs Ark (IRE)
2nd dam's sireCharnwood Forest (IRE)
Dam's own recordBlack-type placed
Dam's produce6 winners from 7 runners
Notable siblingArmory (IRE)

Female line

  1. After (IRE) · by Danehill Dancer (IRE) · 6 winners from 7 runners · Black-type placed
  2. Noahs Ark (IRE) · by Charnwood Forest (IRE) · 3 winners from 8 runners · Black-type placed
  3. Abstraction (GB) · 2 winners from 4 runners

Sire, dam and damsire

SireDamDamsireBreederFoaledColourSexSire's avg winning distanceDamsire's avg winning distance
Churchill (IRE)After (IRE)Danehill Dancer (IRE)Coolmore30 Jan 22chestnutfillyFlat 9.0f · NH 2m1fFlat 8.7f · NH 2m2f
Churchill (IRE)
Breeder
Coolmore
Foaled
30 Jan 22
Colour
chestnut
Sex
filly
Sire's avg winning distance
Flat 9.0f · NH 2m1f
Damsire's avg winning distance
Flat 8.7f · NH 2m2f

Progeny of Churchill (IRE) in this horse's best conditions

ConditionRunsWinsPlacedWin %Place %This horse runsThis horse wins
All Flat runs3,8484181,08110.9%28.1%20
At 7f to 1m1,45914838810.1%26.6%10
On Good to soft or yielding going4084111110.0%27.2%10
At 7f to 1m on Good to soft or yielding going14914439.4%28.9%00
All Flat runs
Condition
All Flat runs
Runs
3,848
Wins
418
Placed
1,081
Win %
10.9%
Place %
28.1%
This horse runs
2
This horse wins
0
At 7f to 1m
Condition
At 7f to 1m
Runs
1,459
Wins
148
Placed
388
Win %
10.1%
Place %
26.6%
This horse runs
1
This horse wins
0
On Good to soft or yielding going
Condition
On Good to soft or yielding going
Runs
408
Wins
41
Placed
111
Win %
10.0%
Place %
27.2%
This horse runs
1
This horse wins
0
At 7f to 1m on Good to soft or yielding going
Condition
At 7f to 1m on Good to soft or yielding going
Runs
149
Wins
14
Placed
43
Win %
9.4%
Place %
28.9%
This horse runs
0
This horse wins
0

Best distance band and going band are where this horse has most wins (then places, then runs) in its main code. Sire figures: all British and Irish runs by the sire's progeny since 1990.

Churchill (IRE) × Danehill Dancer (IRE) mares (the cross)

CodeRunnersWinnersWinners %Black-type winnersRunsWins2nd/3rdWin %Prize GB (£)Prize IRE (€)
Flat10330.0%190122013.3%£39,085€385,997
National Hunt3133.3%012128.3%£0€11,820
All runs10330.0%1102132212.7%£39,085€397,817
Flat
Code
Flat
Runners
10
Winners
3
Winners %
30.0%
Black-type winners
1
Runs
90
Wins
12
2nd/3rd
20
Win %
13.3%
Prize GB (£)
£39,085
Prize IRE (€)
€385,997
National Hunt
Code
National Hunt
Runners
3
Winners
1
Winners %
33.3%
Black-type winners
0
Runs
12
Wins
1
2nd/3rd
2
Win %
8.3%
Prize GB (£)
£0
Prize IRE (€)
€11,820
All runs
Code
All runs
Runners
10
Winners
3
Winners %
30.0%
Black-type winners
1
Runs
102
Wins
13
2nd/3rd
22
Win %
12.7%
Prize GB (£)
£39,085
Prize IRE (€)
€397,817

All British and Irish runners by this sire out of mares by this damsire, since 1990 (includes this horse). Black type = Group/Grade 1-3 or Listed winner.

Best of the cross

HorseRunsWinsBlack-type winsBest winPrize GB (£)Prize IRE (€)
Trustyourinstinct (IRE)2394Group/Grade 2£0€380,867
Chilled Out (IRE)2320-£10,730€3,595
True Statesman (IRE)2320-£20,184€890
Lady Gwendeline (IRE)200-£0€0
True Friend (IRE)200-£0€840
Beaches (GB)300-£444€0
Implacable (IRE)500-£699€0
New Phenomenon (IRE)500-£0€5,175
Al Fujairah (IRE)500-£7,028€0
Desmond Castle (IRE)1100-£0€6,450
Trustyourinstinct (IRE)
Runs
23
Wins
9
Black-type wins
4
Best win
Group/Grade 2
Prize GB (£)
£0
Prize IRE (€)
€380,867
Chilled Out (IRE)
Runs
23
Wins
2
Black-type wins
0
Prize GB (£)
£10,730
Prize IRE (€)
€3,595
True Statesman (IRE)
Runs
23
Wins
2
Black-type wins
0
Prize GB (£)
£20,184
Prize IRE (€)
€890
Lady Gwendeline (IRE)
Runs
2
Wins
0
Black-type wins
0
Prize GB (£)
£0
Prize IRE (€)
€0
True Friend (IRE)
Runs
2
Wins
0
Black-type wins
0
Prize GB (£)
£0
Prize IRE (€)
€840
Beaches (GB)
Runs
3
Wins
0
Black-type wins
0
Prize GB (£)
£444
Prize IRE (€)
€0
Implacable (IRE)
Runs
5
Wins
0
Black-type wins
0
Prize GB (£)
£699
Prize IRE (€)
€0
New Phenomenon (IRE)
Runs
5
Wins
0
Black-type wins
0
Prize GB (£)
£0
Prize IRE (€)
€5,175
Al Fujairah (IRE)
Runs
5
Wins
0
Black-type wins
0
Prize GB (£)
£7,028
Prize IRE (€)
€0
Desmond Castle (IRE)
Runs
11
Wins
0
Black-type wins
0
Prize GB (£)
£0
Prize IRE (€)
€6,450

Top 12 by best win level, then wins.

Family

Dam summary

After (IRE)

Record
Black-type placed
G1 winners
0
Produce
6 winners from 7 runners

Full siblings

No other foal by Churchill (IRE) out of After (IRE) has raced in Britain or Ireland.

Half siblings

By Galileo (IRE)

By Galileo

By Camelot (GB)

By Wootton Bassett (GB)

Female line

  1. 1After (IRE) · by Danehill Dancer (IRE)
  2. 2Noahs Ark (IRE) · by Charnwood Forest (IRE)
  3. 3Abstraction (GB)

Notable relatives

Half-brother

First cousin

View full Abstraction family

In brief

How old is True Friend?

True Friend (IRE), a chestnut racehorse, was foaled on 30 January 2022 and is 4 years old.

Who are the sire and dam of True Friend?

True Friend (IRE) is by Churchill (IRE) out of After (IRE), a daughter of Danehill Dancer (IRE), and was bred by Coolmore.

Who trained True Friend?

True Friend (IRE) was trained by Donnacha Aidan O'Brien and owned by Mrs John Magnier & Derrick Smith & Michael Tabor at the time of the last run in Britain or Ireland.

What is True Friend's race record?

In Britain and Ireland, True Friend (IRE) ran 2 times without winning.

Is True Friend still racing?

True Friend (IRE) last ran in Britain or Ireland on 28 April 2025 at Naas (IRE) in the Race & Stay Fillies Maiden, finishing 5th of 12, and has not run there since.

Is True Friend related to any top horses?

True Friend (IRE)'s black-type relatives in Britain and Ireland include Armory (IRE) (half-brother, Group 2 winner), Subsequent (IRE) (half-brother, Listed winner) and Trustyourinstinct (IRE) (first cousin, Group 2 winner), from the Abstraction (GB) family.

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