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Horse profile

Byford (FR)

6yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2023) · Last trainer Yoann Bonnefoy · Last owner Mme Charlotte Arnaud Jean Michel Brizon Et Al
by Toronado (IRE) out of Verba (FR) (Anabaa)
15 runs · 7 courses · from Jul 2020
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Feb 2023 — 1,339 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2023 · 8th of 11 4 wins · 4 courses
KTB Profile

Byford won four of 15 starts all on the AW. Two of those wins came over 1m2f – 1m4f including a handicap at Deauville in Jan 2023 off an official rating of 91 and another at Lingfield the previous year. He also won a novice at Wolverhampton and a race at Pornichet-La Baule over 1m – 1m1f. Aged 6 at his last run in Feb 2023 he finished eighth of 11 at Cagnes-Sur-Mer.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating91At career-high mark
91 87–91

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 111 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 8 Nov 2021

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Flat 8 figures · best 111A · median 96.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)8111A96.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f4111A101—
1m2f – 1m4f4108C88—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 93A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wolverhampton (AW), 17 Jan 2022 Official rating 91 at the last run, 17 Jan 2022

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 8 figures · best 96A · median 89
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)896A89—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f496A92.5—
1m2f – 1m4f489B86.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,864 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 192. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 15.5% from 142.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm13430.8%+20.2—
Good to Firm3553911%+0.4—
Good6256810.9%+0.3—
Good to Soft5526411.6%+1—
Soft534478.8%−1.80 from 1
Heavy192136.8%−3.8—
Standard (AW)1,59117310.9%+0.34 from 14
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1422215.5%+4.9—
6f – 7f1,16512410.6%0—
1m – 1m1f1,36815011%+0.42 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f864789%−1.62 from 8
1m5f – 2m2232913%+2.4—
2m1f – 2m4f9355.4%−5.2—
2m5f – 3m800%−10.6—
Over 3m100%−10.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Verba (FR) (Anabaa)

6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Anna Of Saxony (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Anna Of Saxony (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Anna Of Saxony (GB)1012m½fClass 6
Verba Stars (FR)511m—
Eagle Landed (GB)210——
Verbal Link (FR)50——
Mamadysh (FR)50——
Torque Power (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 14 4 29% +42.65
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 5 1 20% −2.25
Class 5 2 1 50% +0.50
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 4 1 25% −1.50
Deauville (FR) 3 1 33% +44.00
Lingfield (AW) 3 1 33% −0.25
Chantilly (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Pornichet-La Baule (FR) 1 1 100% +3.40

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 8 2 25% +41.75
1m – 1m1f 7 2 29% −0.10

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jason Hart 6 2 33% −0.75
Thomas Trullier 2 0 0% −2.00
Mme Manon Fleury 2 0 0% −2.00
Fabrice Veron 2 1 50% +2.40
Alexis Pouchin 1 1 100% +46.00
Trevor Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00
P J McDonald 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 4 31% +43.65
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 2 1 50% +45.00
2022 5 0 0% −5.00
2021 6 2 33% −0.75
2020 2 1 50% +2.40

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2023 · 2 runs
26 Feb 23+37d Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Grand Prix du Departement 06 - Defi du Galop 2023 () (4yo+) (Turf) 12.5f · Very Soft · 11 ran 8/11 1¼ 8-13 ——— Thomas Trullier 25/1
20 Jan 23+25d Deauville (FR) Prix du Pays d'Ouche (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 12.5f · Standard · 16 ran 1/16 8-9 ——— Alexis Pouchin 46/1
2022 · 5 runs
26 Dec 22+13d Deauville (FR) Prix du Val Henry (Conditions) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 12.5f · Standard · 10 ran 5/10 ¾ 8-11 ——— Thomas Trullier 27/1
13 Dec 22+17d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Remise des Lilas (Claimer) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 8f · Fast · 17 ran 10/17 ¾ 8-8 ——— Mme Manon Fleury 20/1
26 Nov 22+266d Chantilly (FR) Prix de l'Allee Sans Souci (Claimer) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 ½ 8-6 ——— Mme Manon Fleury 26/1
05 Mar 22+47d Deauville (FR) Prix de Lessard-et-le-Chene (Claimer) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 9.5f · Standard · 14 ran 5/14 hd 9-4 ——— Fabrice Veron 2/1F
17 Jan 22+32d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Handicap Class 3 · 9.5f · Standard · 8 ran 3/8 nse 9-9 9192A93A Jason Hart 2/1F
2021 · 6 runs
16 Dec 21+38d Chelmsford City (AW) Marlborough TM Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Standard · 5 ran 2/5 1¾ 9-9 91108C89B Jason Hart 4/1
08 Nov 21+220d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Handicap Class 3 · 9.5f · Standard · 8 ran 4/8 nk 10-1 91111A92A Trevor Whelan 14/1
02 Apr 21+21d Lingfield (AW) Betway Easter Classic All-Weather Middle Distance Championships Conditions Stakes Class 2 · 10f · Standard · 6 ran 6/6 2¼ 9-5 9181A74B Jason Hart 50/1
12 Mar 21+14d Lingfield (AW) Betway Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Standard · 4 ran 2/4 3 9-13 9195C84B Jason Hart 3/1
26 Feb 21+18d Lingfield (AW) Betway Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Standard · 6 ran 1/6 8-13 8776A89B Jason Hart 7/4F
08 Feb 21+185d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Novice Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 9 ran 1/9 9-9 —104A96A Jason Hart 6/4F
2020 · 2 runs
07 Aug 20+35d Pornichet-La Baule (FR) Prix Claude Rouget (Maiden) (3yo) (Viscoride) 8.5f · Standard · 15 ran 1/15 8-13 ——— Fabrice Veron 17/5
03 Jul 20 Wolverhampton (AW) Sky Sports Racing On Sky 415 Novice Median Auction Stakes Class 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 1½ 9-2 —98A88A P J McDonald 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Byford won?
Byford (FR) won 4 of 15 archived starts between 2020 and 2023, a strike rate of 26.7%. Placed 7 times in total (46.7% of starts).
Who trained Byford?
Byford (FR) was trained by Yoann Bonnefoy on the most recent run on record, at Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) on 26 February 2023.
Who is Byford's sire?
Byford (FR) is by Toronado (IRE) out of Verba (FR), whose sire is Anabaa.
What going does Byford prefer?
Byford (FR) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 4 wins from 14 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Byford's official rating?
Byford (FR)'s highest official rating on record is 91.
What is Byford's sire's record?
Toronado (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,864 runs since Jan 2008 (417 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 192. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 15.5% from 142.
Who are Byford's siblings?
Out of Verba (FR), Byford (FR) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Anna Of Saxony (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Anna Of Saxony (GB)). The wins came over 1m–2m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from July 2020. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.