French Class (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

09-Oct-20

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

De Gaulle

Dam

Live And Learn

Prize Money

19650

Trainer

Shea Eden

Owners

Eltham Go Racing (Mgr: D Way), Eltham Go Racing (Mgr: D Way) 2, The Corinella (Mgr: R Usher), G Anderson, The Krackens (Mgr: S Bray), T J Werner, A S Thomas, S R Burns, Mrs H G Burns, J M Kleverkamp & C L Smith

About

French Class is a 5yo bay gelding (male) from Australia trained by Shea Eden, based at Cranbourne. His sire is De Gaulle and his dam is Live And Learn. He has recorded one victory in his career to date. On 16 June 2025 at Pakenham Synthetic, he earned his biggest win, collecting the $27000.00 prize in a 2yo+ Maiden Set Weight race.

Raced At

Pakenham Synthetic • Sale • Bairnsdale • Mornington • Moe

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Pakenham SYNTHETIC 25-Aug-25 1600m SYNTHETIC R4 BM 58 Hcp (of $27,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:38.520, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 1200m 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 11th 1st Ghemme ( T Prebble 59 ) 2nd Austrata ( D Stackhouse 63 ) 0.10L 3rd Big Kate ( P Moloney 60 ) 1.10L 11th French Class ( L Riordan 58.5 ) 41.91L See full results	L Riordan 58.5kg 41.91L	11 (11)
Pakenham SYNTHETIC 18-Aug-25 2200m SYNTHETIC R7 3YO+ BM 64 Hcp (of $27,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 02:17.940, SP: 51.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 1200m 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 12th 1st Dun Wondering ( E Walsh 58.5 ) 2nd Proshow ( T Stockdale 57.5 ) 0.15L 3rd Shockstar ( J Mott 58.5 ) 0.21L 12th French Class ( T Nugent 57 ) 16.92L See full results	T Nugent 57kg 16.92L	12 (12)
Sale 31-Jul-25 1740m SOFT 7 R8 2YO+ BM 64 Hcp (of $35,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:49.510, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 6th, 400m 7th 1st Maxxi Bon ( B Allen 58 ) 2nd Taka Speed ( J Noonan 59.5 ) 0.75L 3rd Another Nephew ( L Currie 60 ) 0.90L 11th French Class ( J Bowditch 57 ) 7.81L See full results	J Bowditch 57kg 7.81L	11 (11)
Pakenham SYNTHETIC 14-Jul-25 1600m SYNTHETIC R6 2YO+ BM 58 Hcp $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:36.680, SP: 17.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.360 1st King's Coronation ( J Mott 60 ) 2nd Austrata ( L Cartwright 63 , Cd 64.5 ) 2.25L 3rd Explicable ( P Moloney 59.5 ) 4.50L 6th French Class ( J Bowditch 61 ) 7.10L See full results	J Bowditch 61kg 7.10L	6 (11)
Pakenham SYNTHETIC 07-Jul-25 1400m SYNTHETIC R8 2YO+ BM 58 Hcp $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:24.360, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.820 1st Bencouver ( P Gatt 58.5 ) 2nd Albanian Star ( B Mertens 57 ) 1.00L 3rd Serial Celebrator ( T Stockdale 59.5 ) 1.30L 8th French Class ( J Bowditch 61 ) 2.91L See full results	J Bowditch 61kg 2.91L	8 (12)
Pakenham SYNTHETIC 16-Jun-25 1400m SYNTHETIC R2 2YO+ Mdn Set Weight $14,850 (of $27,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:26.890, SP: 9.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.800 1st French Class ( T Nugent 59.5 ) 2nd Maximus Bon ( J Maskiell 59.5 ) 0.35L 3rd Prophet's Son ( C Hefel 59.5 ) 2.60L See full results	T Nugent 59.5kg	1 (12)
Bairnsdale 19-Nov-24 1600m GOOD 3 R3 Mdn Set Weight $810 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:37.340, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.200 1st Very Grateful ( J Noonan 58 ) 2nd Savamoon ( W Price 58 ) 0.06L 3rd Discobay ( S Wynne 57.5 ) 0.08L 5th French Class ( J Bowditch 59.5 ) 1.73L See full results	J Bowditch 59.5kg 1.73L	5 (14)
Mornington 03-Nov-24 1500m GOOD 3 R4 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $750 (of $37,500) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:30.870, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.240 1st Women In Uniform ( L Nolen 57.5 ) 2nd Zoussential ( C Newitt 58 ) 0.02L 3rd Savamoon ( W Price 58 ) 1.77L 6th French Class ( J Bowditch 59.5 ) 3.54L See full results	J Bowditch 59.5kg 3.54L	6 (11)
Bairnsdale 14-Oct-24 1200m GOOD 3 R3 4YO+ Mdn Set Weight $1,215 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:10.980, SP: 20.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.110 1st Top Calibre ( J Noonan 59.5 ) 2nd Malarkey ( N Punch 59.5 ) 4.75L 3rd Bossy Star ( C Hefel 59.5 ) 9.75L 4th French Class ( J Bowditch 59.5 ) 10.75L See full results	J Bowditch 59.5kg 10.75L	4 (14)
Moe 30-Sep-24 1111m SOFT 6 R1 Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:07.170, SP: 91.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.710 1st Electric Tommy ( J Mott 57 ) 2nd Mr Marigold ( J Maskiell 59.5 ) 3.00L 3rd Bossy Star ( L King 59.5 ) 3.02L 7th French Class ( J Bowditch 59.5 ) 7.77L See full results	J Bowditch 59.5kg 7.77L	7 (10)