French Affair (2023) Horse
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About
French Affair, a three-year-old bay gelding by Mehmas out of Clearly Crystal, is trained by J Candlish for owners Pompey Ventures and JPS Ltd. In 19 starts he has secured three victories and seven placings, earning $98,985. His most recent race was at Kempton on 6 October 2026, finishing third of ten, and his latest win came at Redcar on 8 August 2026.
Raced At
Kempton • Ayr • Epsom Downs • Epsom • Redcar • Goodwood • Doncaster • Lingfield • Southwell • Newbury • Salisbury • Ffos Las • NewmarketRace Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Kempton 06-Oct-26 1207m SYNTHETIC R6 CL4 Hcp $2,804 (of $22,482) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:12.630, SP: 5.00 1st Mesaafi ( J Mitchell 135 ) 2nd Space Party ( N Currie 133 ) 0.10L 3rd French Affair ( D Egan 137 ) 0.30L See full results | D Egan 62.1kg 0.30L | 3 (10) |
| Ayr 18-Sep-26 1207m SOFT R5 CL2 Hcp $2,276 (of $38,845) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:14.400, SP: 17.00 1st Eye Of Dubai ( J Hart 132 ) 2nd Rousing Encore ( J P Sullivan 132 ) 0.50L 3rd Bone Marra ( D Hogan 134 ) 2.25L 5th French Affair ( S D Bowen 130 ) 4.05L See full results | S D Bowen 59kg 4.05L | 5 (25) |
| Epsom Downs 31-Aug-26 1411m SOFT R7 CL4 Hcp $2,783 (of $22,320) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:25.620, SP: 2.20 1st Dapper Guest ( S Osborne 137 ) 2nd Silver Trumpet ( C Bishop 136 ) 0.75L 3rd French Affair ( S D Bowen 138 ) 2.75L See full results | S D Bowen 62.6kg 2.75L | 3 (6) |
| Epsom 31-Aug-26 1411m SOFT Hcp (of $11,877), SP: 2.20 1st Dapper Guest ( S Osborne 137 ) 2nd Silver Trumpet ( C Bishop 136 ) 0.75L 3rd French Affair ( S D Bowen 138 ) | S D Bowen 62.6kg | 3 |
| Redcar 08-Aug-26 1204m GOOD R7 CL5 Hcp $6,999 (of $6,999) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:09.040, SP: 2.63 1st French Affair ( S D Bowen 139 ) 2nd Space Bear ( C Fallon 135 ) 0.30L 3rd Masaban ( O J Orr 129 ) 1.75L See full results | S D Bowen 63kg | 1 (7) |
| GOODwood 29-Jul-26 1207m GOOD TO FIRM (GOOD IN PLACES) CL4 Flat, SP: 14/1 Missed break, raced near side, held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on well to lead final strides | Billy Loughnane 58.1kg | 1 (26) |
| Doncaster 20-Jun-26 1414m GOOD TO FIRM CL4 Flat, SP: 5/2 Chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden and faded 1f out | Alec Voikhansky 59.4kg 1/2 length | 6 (13) |
| Doncaster 05-Jun-26 1414m GOOD TO FIRM CL4 Flat, SP: 10/1 Shifted right start, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, ran on one pace | Alec Voikhansky 57.2kg Head | 4 (10) |
| York 23-May-26 1408m GOOD (GOOD TO FIRM IN PLACES) CL4 Flat, SP: 25/1 Towards rear, pushed along before halfway, ridden and headway 2f out, led 1f out, ran on well, headed post | Alec Voikhansky 59kg Neck | 2 (20) |
| Lingfield 09-May-26 1408m GOOD TO FIRM (GOOD IN PLACES) CL4 Flat, SP: 9/2 In touch with leaders, shaken up and made good headway 2f out, challenging over 1f out, outpaced inside final furlong, soon no impression | P J Dobbs 59.4kg Neck | 4 (8) |
| Southwell 05-Apr-26 1421m STANDARD CL4 Flat, SP: 4/1 Took keen hold, tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, made brief headway over 1f out, edged left and faded inside final furlong | Joe Leavy 57.6kg 2 1/4l | 5 (8) |
| Kempton 18-Mar-26 1408m STANDARD / SLOW CL5 Flat, SP: 11/4 Midfield, pushed along 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, took second close home, just denied | S M Levey 61.2kg Head | 2 (8) |
| Newbury 19-Sep-25 1408m GOOD TO SOFT (SOFT IN PLACES) CL4 Flat, SP: 7/2 Handy, pushed along 2f out, plugged on, held 1f out | S M Levey 56.7kg 1 length | 4 (10) |
| Salisbury 12-Sep-25 1402m SOFT (HEAVY IN PLACES) CL5 Flat, SP: 9/2 Keen, led, shaken up going best over 1f out, soon ridden and faced challenge, headed inside final furlong, rallied close home, kept on | S M Levey 61.2kg Short Head | 2 (6) |
| Ffos Las 28-Aug-25 1207m GOOD TO SOFT CL5 Flat, SP: 1/1 Chased leaders on outside, challenged over 1f out, 3rd and held towards finish | Alec Voikhansky 61.2kg 3/4 length | 3 (6) |
| Newbury 15-Aug-25 1207m GOOD (GOOD TO FIRM IN PLACES) CL4 Flat, SP: 4/1 Prominent near side, ridden to lead narrowly 2f out, hard pressed final furlong, soon headed, ralled to regain lead close home, just held on (gamely) | S M Levey 57.2kg | 1 (8) |
| Salisbury 15-Jun-25 1207m GOOD TO FIRM (GOOD IN PLACES) CL3 Flat, SP: 18/1 Prominent, ran green chased leaders from 2f out, outpaced entering final furlong, weakened final 110 yards | S Hitchcott 59kg 1 1/2 length | 6 (10) |
| Newbury 16-May-25 1207m GOOD (GOOD TO FIRM IN PLACES) CL4 Flat, SP: 17/2 Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | S M Levey 60.3kg 3/4 length | 9 (18) |
| Newmarket 04-May-25 1006m GOOD TO FIRM CL2 Flat, SP: 6/1 Broke on terms but soon pushed along, always outpaced, rallied and ran on to make modest headway towards finish | S M Levey 59kg 2 1/4l | 4 (6) |