1990: two-year-old season Environment Friend began his racing career in a seven furlong
maiden race at
Sandown Park Racecourse on 19 September in which he finished sixth of the sixteen runners behind the
Barry Hills-trained Surrealist. On 4 October he started
7/2 joint-favourite in a field of eighteen runners for the Westley Maiden Stakes at
Newmarket Racecourse. He made progress in the last quarter mile, took the lead inside the final furlong and won by half a length from Fly To The Moon.
1991: three-year-old season In the early part of his three-year-old season, Environment Friend was aimed at the
British Classic Races. He began in the
Easter Stakes, a trial race for the 2000 Guineas, run at
Kempton Park Racecourse on 30 March. Ridden by
Walter Swinburn he started the 3/1 third favourite of the ten runners and finished third, beaten two and a half lengths and three length by
Corrupt and
Selkirk. In April, the colt was ridden again by Swinburn when he contested another Guineas trial, the
Group Three Craven Stakes at Newmarket. He led until the last quarter mile but was then outpaced and finished fifth behind
Marju, beaten seven lengths. Environment Friend was reunited with Duffield at
York Racecourse in May when he contested the Group Two Dante Stakes, a major trial race for
The Derby. Starting a 20/1 outsider in a field headed by the
Racing Post Trophy winner Peter Davies, the colt started lowly and was restrained at the back of the eight-runner field in the early stages. He made "smooth" progress in the straight, took the lead just over a furlong from the finish, and drew clear to win by five lengths from Hailsham, a colt who won the
Derby Italiano on his next appearance. On 5 June, Environment Friend started at odds of 11/1 in a field of thirteen runners for the 212th running of the
Derby Stakes over one and a half miles at
Epsom Downs Racecourse. He made no impression in the race, being always towards the rear and finishing eleventh, more than forty lengths behind the winner
Generous. The colt was then matched against older horses for the first time in the Group One Eclipse Stakes over ten furlongs at Sandown. He ran at the insistence of his owner: Fanshawe had wanted to give the horse a confidence-boosting run against inferior opposition, while Duffield thought the decision to contest one of the year's most important
weight-for-age races was "mad". He started at odds of 28/1 in a field of seven runners which included Marju,
Terimon,
In the Groove,
Sanglamore and Stagecraft (winner of the
Prince of Wales's Stakes). Environment Friend turned into the straight sixth place but then made progress under a hard ride from Duffield and joined the leader Stagecraft inside the last quarter mile. He gained the advantage inside the final furlong and won by a head, with a gap of seven lengths back to Sanglamore in third place. In August Environment Friend met Stagecraft again in the
International Stakes at York in a field which also included the 1990 Derby winner
Quest for Fame. Racing over the same course and distance as his victory in the Dante Stakes, the grey started the 3/1 second favourite but ran poorly and finished fifth of the six runners behind Terimon. In September, Environment Friend was sent to Ireland for the
Irish Champion Stakes, which was run for the first time at
Leopardstown Racecourse. He was unable to mount a serious challenge to the French-trained favourite
Suave Dancer but finished strongly to take second place ahead of Stagecraft. Environment Friend ended his season in the
Champion Stakes at Newmarket on 19 October, when he ran poorly and finished tenth of the twelve runners behind the French colt
Tel Quel.
1992–1995: later career Environment Friend remained in training as a four-year-old, but ran only four times and failed to win. His best run came on his final appearance when he finished third behind
Rodrigo de Triano in the Champion Stakes. From 1993, Gredley took the unusual step of standing Environment Friend as a breeding stallion in the early part of the season before returning him to training to compete as a racehorse: he later admitted that he regretted the decision. He finished unplaced in his other six races. In the autumn he was transferred to the stable of Richard Shaw. Environment Friend's six-year-old campaign followed a similar pattern to that of the previous year, as he returned from stud duty to run very well in the Coronation Cup. On this occasion he finished second to Apple Tree, beaten a length, with the beaten horses including
Urban Sea,
White Muzzle,
Monsun,
Only Royale and
Intrepidity. He then rejoined Fanshawe's stable and ran quite well to finish fourt to
Ezzoud in the
Eclipse Stakes, but finished unplaced in his last three races. At the end of the year he was moved again, this time to the stable of Gary Rimmer. After another covering season, Environment Friend returned for five more races in 1995, his final season. His best efforts were a third to Prince of Andros in the
Tattersalls Gold Cup and a fourth place behind
Halling in the Eclipse. Once again, he switched trainers part-way through the season, ending his career in the care of
Clive Brittain. ==Stud record==