French Ship (GB)
Owner: Wayne Clifford & Ian Gosden Trainer: P Hobbs & J White Sex: gelding Age: 5
Breeding: French Navy / Starlit Cantata (Oratorio)
Entries
| Date | Time | Course | Race name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2025 | 13:15 | Cheltenham | William Hill Each Way Extra Handicap Hurdle |
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to soft-good in places | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | 2 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 10 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2025 | Chepstow | Good | 2m 3f 100y | 2 | Rambo T | 10st 10lbs | UnseatedRider of 14 | M G Nolan | 7/2 |
| chased leaders, stumbled and unseated rider after 3 out | |||||||||
| 08 Jan 2025 | Taunton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 1y | 4 | French Ship | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 13 | M G Nolan | 4/11 |
| prominent, awkward 4th, not fluent 6th, pressed leader before 3 out, briefly pushed along and led before 2 out, travelling best approaching last, ridden and went clear run-in, readily | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2024 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 118y | 3 | The New Lion | 11st 5lbs | 4 of 6 | M G Nolan | 4/1 |
| tracked leader, closed 5th, ridden after 2 out, no impression on winner flat, 4th and no extra towards finish | |||||||||
| 06 Nov 2024 | Chepstow | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 100y | 4 | French Ship | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 11 | M G Nolan | 11/10 |
| chased leaders, led after 3 out, ridden after 2 out and clear with runner-up, not fluent last, stayed on, found extra closing stages | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2024 | Chepstow | Soft | 2m 11y | 4 | Palacio | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 11 | M G Nolan | 10/3 |
| raced keenly early, settled behind leaders, pushed along in 4th after 3 out, good headway approaching 2 out and chased winner, kept on, 5 lengths behind when not fluent last, no telling impression run-in | |||||||||
| 11 May 2024 | Haydock | Good to Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 7f 144y | 3 | French Ship | 11st | 1 of 11 | M G Nolan | 15/2 |
| settled in 2nd, smooth headway to lead under 4f out, ridden under 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong, readily | |||||||||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Taunton | Soft | 2m 104y | 5 | Jena D'oudairies | 10st 10lbs | 2 of 8 | M G Nolan | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, kept on against near side rail final furlong, went 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2024 | Kempton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Blues Singer | 11st | of 15 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2024 | Kempton | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m | 4 | Andashan | 10st 9lbs | 4 of 11 | Sean Houlihan | 9/1 |
| off the pace in last trio pushed along in modest 6th home turn, kept on, no chance with leading trio | |||||||||