Horse Details

Henry's Friend (IRE)

19 Runs 7 Wins (36.8%) 2 Places (10.5%)
Owner: Elizabeth And Oliver Troup Silks Elizabeth And Oliver Troup Trainer: Ben Pauling
7 years old b IRE
Sire: Shirocco (GER)
Dam: Easter Bonnie (IRE)
Damsire: Milan
Past Runs (19 Total)
Date/Time Course Draw Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
20/12/25
15:00 		Ascot - 3m Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 6 6:9.38 3 146 11-6 18/1
Led - headed 3 out - no extra approaching last
12/12/25
13:50 		Cheltenham - 3m2½f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 8 6:58.09 10 146 10-12 6/1
Soon led - headed 3rd - lost position 17th - weakened after 3 out - tailed off (jockey said gelding never travelled; vet had nothing to report)(op 11/2)
01/11/25
15:45 		Ascot - 3m Ben Jones Ben Pauling 1st 5:57.67 Won 143 11-10 17/2
(op 12/1)
12/04/25
15:35 		Ayr - 4m Ben Jones Ben Pauling 8 8:32.28 12 144 11-8 28/1
Never better than midfield(op 22/1)
11/03/25
14:40 		Cheltenham - 3m1f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 8 6:31.45 8 145 11-7 14/1
Slowly into stride - soon midfield - headway on outer before 3 out - hung left and weakened after 2 out(op 12/1)
28/12/24
14:20 		Newbury - 3m2f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 1st 6:50.40 Won 138 11-12 7/2
Led - raced in second when headed after 5th - led 3 out - ridden after 2 out - kept on well(tchd 4/1)
30/11/24
15:00 		Newbury - 3m2f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 5 6:42.07 1 139 10-13 14/1
Prominent - mistake 14th - outpaced after 17th - rallied 3 out - stayed on from 2 out(op 12/1)
07/11/24
14:52 		Newbury - 3m Ben Jones Ben Pauling 4 6:22.25 4 134 11-4 11/4
Raced in second - lost position before 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 2/1)
12/03/24
17:30 		Cheltenham - 3m6f Jack Andrews Ben Pauling 99 - - 142 11-7 33/1
Raced in second - lost second and prominent 8th - pecked on landing 16th - mistake and lost ground 18th - pulled up before 4 out(op 25/1)
17/02/24
13:50 		Ascot - 3m Ben Jones Ben Pauling 1st 6:6.20 Won 134 11-2 13/2
In touch with leaders - mistake 1st - mistake 10th - headway and joined leader 3 out - led just before 2 out - soon joined - lost position approaching last - led again run-in - soon ridden and kept on - all out(op 11/2)
29/01/24
15:30 		Hereford - 2m5f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 1st 5:25.69 Won 129 11-7 7/4F
Prominent - went second 8th - led 4 out - good jump last - ridden and kept on well run-in(op 2/1 tchd 13/8)
30/12/23
15:35 		Newbury - 2m6½f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 1st 6:0.32 Won 126 10-11 17/2
In touch with leaders - dropped to rear 12th - headway 4 out - led 2 out - faced challenge when ridden and drifted left run-in - stayed on - just did enough(op 15/2)
16/12/23
14:05 		Doncaster - 2m3f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 5 4:52.91 2.5 128 11-8 7/1
Midfield - dropped to rear 8th - kept on from 2 out(op 5/1)
15/04/23
14:25 		Aintree - 3m½f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 20 6:14.77 7 128 10-9 8/1
Prominent - weakened after 10th (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding became upset in the preliminaries and was unsuited by the large field on this occasion - which was noted; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 10/1)
17/03/23
13:20 		Doncaster - 2m3½f Kevin Brogan Ben Pauling 1st 4:40.06 Won 128 11-7 2/1
In touch with leaders - ridden before 3 out - switched right after 3 out - led after 2 out - kept on well run-in - comfortably
07/01/23
15:08 		Newcastle - 2m4½f Luca Morgan Ben Pauling 4 5:27.86 6.5 128 11-4 30/100F
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - not fluent 7th - pushed along but disputed lead 3 out - soon led narrowly - headed when not fluent 2 out - weakened and lost two places run-in(op 4/11 tchd 2/7)
02/12/22
14:20 		Sandown - 2m4f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 2nd 5:18.96 4.25 120 11-2 17/2
Prominent - ridden and led just before 2 out - headed and bumped last - weakened final 110yds(op 12/1)
05/11/22
12:26 		Aintree - 2m4f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 3rd 5:0.41 5 – 11-6 9/2
Prominent - hit 6th - disputed lead 2 out - soon led - ridden and headed approaching last - weakened gradually run-in(op 11/2 tchd 6/1)
13/05/22
18:25 		Aintree - 2m4f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 1st 4:56.45 Won – 11-4 8/1
Disputed lead - jumped right and bumped rival 1st - wandered on approach to 2nd - led 8th - jumped right 3 out - ridden and went clear when jumped right last(op 11/1)