Franschhoek
Franschhoek is a three-year-old with genuine promise, though his career so far reads like a horse still finding his feet. He has won just one of his four races, but that win came at Wolverhampton back in mid-August—his first time in the winner's circle—and he has also picked up a pair of placings, which suggests there is something to work with. A 25% win rate across four attempts is respectable at this early stage, though the recent form tells a more complicated story: a twelfth place finish most recently, then a sixth, a win, and a third before that. It is the kind of patchy run that speaks to inconsistency rather than a horse on the way up or down.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
What stands out is that it has been seven weeks since that August victory at Wolverhampton. For a three-year-old in active training, that is a noticeable gap—long enough to wonder whether the horse had a setback, needed time to mature, or simply hasn't found another winning opportunity. The fact that Franschhoek was last out just yesterday suggests the trainer is continuing to campaign him, which is a vote of confidence, even if the most recent run landed him twelfth. James Fanshawe's Newmarket yard is in good form this season with 44 winners already, so the horse is at least in capable hands. Franschhoek remains a work in progress, but one with at least one confirmed success to his name and a trainer willing to keep him in the mix.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Likes
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
3 Oct
12th
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 13 runners
3 Sep
6th
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 9 runners
18 Aug
🏆 Won
1
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 6 runners
25 Mar
3rd
Kempton Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow · 11 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
3 Oct |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
18 Aug |
100% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
25 Mar |
0% |