Horse profile
Cave Court (IRE)
by Court Cave (IRE) out of Ben Roseler (IRE) (Beneficial)
29 runs · 17 courses · from May 2022
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
6 wins · 6 courses
Last run 6 Apr 2026
Last raced off OR 126
KTB Profile
Cave Court is a gelding with six wins from 29 starts on turf, five of them over 2m1f – 2m4f. He has won on good to soft and heavy ground, most recently in a handicap hurdle at Naas in Jan 2025 off an official rating of 119. He has also scored at Down Royal, Ballinrobe, Listowel, Clonmel and Perth. His last run, at Fairyhouse in Apr 2026, was off an official rating of 126.
Based on 29 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
- 6–29Wins / Runs
- 20.7%Strike rate
- 10 (34.5%)Placed
- −1.52£1 level staken=29 at SP
- 1.79Fair A/E n=29 · 1.43 incl. margin
- 132Highest OR
- 33dBetween runs (median)longest 197 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating126↓ 6lb off peak
126
95–132
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 108
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 →
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 7 | 103B | 86 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 7 | 108B | 83 | — |
| Good | 6 | 131C | 59.5 | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 3 | 107A | 103 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 108B | 91 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 131C | 81 | 1 run · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 98C | 60 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
Of 29 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · did not complete (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 29 runs · as at 3 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 from 10 analysed runs since Sep 2024
- Mid-division 5 (50%) · 1 win
- Held up 4 (40%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Court Cave (IRE)
Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 7,961 runs since Aug 2008 (553 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 233 | 28 | 12% | +1.9 | — |
| Good | 3,035 | 344 | 11.3% | +1.2 | 0 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 1,453 | 161 | 11.1% | +1 | 3 from 7 |
| Soft | 2,230 | 204 | 9.1% | −1 | 1 from 12 |
| Heavy | 937 | 64 | 6.8% | −3.3 | 2 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 71 | 3 | 4.2% | −5.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −5.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 13 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 71 | 1 | 1.4% | −8.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,794 | 169 | 9.4% | −0.7 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,858 | 295 | 10.3% | +0.2 | 5 from 14 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,531 | 266 | 10.5% | +0.4 | 0 from 9 |
| Over 3m | 670 | 72 | 10.7% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2008 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Ben Roseler (IRE) (Beneficial)
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Lie Forrit (IRE) (12 wins).
The wins came over 1m6f–3m4½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Lie Forrit (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lie Forrit (IRE) | 31 | 12 | 1m6f–3m4½f | Listed |
| Oscar Rose (IRE) | 34 | 7 | 2m–2m5f | Listed |
| Janal (IRE) | 40 | 4 | 1m7½f–2m4f | Class 5 |
| Nobel Leader (IRE) | 24 | 3 | 1m7½f–2m4½f | Class 4 |
| What A Dream (GB) | 44 | 3 | 2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Go Forrit (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Cloch Fada (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 12 | 1 | 8% | −5.00 |
| Good | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 3 | 43% | +6.25 |
| Heavy | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.23 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Down Royal | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.50 |
| Punchestown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ayr | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Perth | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| Downpatrick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Listowel | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 14 | 5 | 36% | +7.98 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr O McGill | 17 | 5 | 29% | +3.48 |
| Jody McGarvey | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Simon Torrens | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Mr D McGill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hugh Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Peter Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 27 | 6 | 22% | +0.48 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.75 |
| 2023 | 10 | 4 | 40% | +8.73 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 20 | 4 | 20% | −1.25 |
| Chase | 9 | 2 | 22% | −0.27 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Apr 26+25d | Fairyhouse | Join Racing TV Now Handicap Chase Held up towards the back - 9th and driven up entering the straight - found nothing from 3 out - pulled up before the last | PU/17 | — | 11-0 | 126 | — | — | Mr O McGill | 16/1 |
| 12 Mar 26+26d | Cheltenham | Rosconn Group Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled around midpack early - improved into contention by the 18th before still holding a share near the front approaching two out - dropped away on the run to the line | 14/23 | 2¾ | 11-0 | 131 | 46B | 109A | Mr O McGill | 100/1 |
| 14 Feb 26+197d | Haydock | Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled with the pack early - pushed for effort approaching three out - dropped away before two out - finished well beaten in 8th | 8/13 | 13 | 11-0 | 131 | 98C | 109C | Mr O McGill | 50/1 |
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Aug 25+33d | Galway | Guinness Galway Blazers Handicap Chase Settled towards the back of the pack - still 12th with three to go - driven out early in the run-in but made no headway - held throughout to finish well beaten | 13/20 | 1¼ | 10-13 | 128 | — | 114A | Mr O McGill | 9/2F |
| 29 Jun 25+61d | Cartmel | Oakmere Homes Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held up towards the back - made headway from 4 out - up to third at the last - close up on the home bend - asked to go on but couldn't get past the front-runner - kept on same gait to finish 2nd | 2/10 | 3 | 10-12 | 131 | 94A | 129A | Mr D McGill | 15/8F |
| 29 Apr 25+52d | Punchestown | Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series Final Handicap Hurdle Showed forwardly early - then dropped into the pack - made headway approaching 2 out - pushed along in 5th turning for home - unable to threaten by the last and stayed on same gear to finish seventh | 7/25 | 1¼ | 11-5 | 128 | 108B | 134A | Mr O McGill | 28/1 |
| 08 Mar 25+41d | Ayr | Virgin Bet Cheltenham Festival Money Back Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled off the pace in the pack - pressed forward and within range of the front 4 out - still holding a shout 3 out - then dropped away and had nothing left approaching the last | 4/5 | 8½ | 11-9 | 132 | 70C | 115B | Mr O McGill | 15/8F |
| 26 Jan 25+29d | Naas | Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series At Punchestown Festival 2025 Qualifier Handicap Hurdle Settled midfield early - worked into 6th approaching 3 out - moved through to share advantage 2 out and pushed along - hit front approaching finish - powered clear to win comfortably | 1/14 | 11-5 | 119 | 103B | 138A | Mr O McGill | 9/2 | |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Dec 24+94d | Leopardstown | Mercedes Benz South Dublin Handicap Hurdle (80-116) Settled off the pace towards the back - still back of the field at halfway - began to make headway after two out - into 7th turning for home - kept on to take second but couldn't get to winner | 2/23 | 1½ | 11-7 | 115 | — | 132A | Mr O McGill | 14/1 |
| 25 Sep 24+56d | Perth | Bet With The Dewhurst Ring Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the pace early - went in front after the 3rd - driven up and overtaken approaching the home turn - dropped away before 2 out to finish well beaten | 7/7 | 1¼ | 11-10 | 121 | 58C | 101C | Mr O McGill | 6/1 |
| 31 Jul 24+8d | Galway | Tote, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Hurdle | 7/20 | 1½ | 10-11 | 115 | 131C | 111A | Mr O McGill | 17/2 |
| 23 Jul 24+95d | Ballinrobe | David Heneghan Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 1/16 | 11-7 | 108 | 82B | 124A | Mr O McGill | 9/4F | |
| 19 Apr 24+18d | Ballinrobe | Lodge At Ashford Castle (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle | 10/13 | 1½ | 11-11 | 109 | 68B | 101A | Mr O McGill | 14/1 |
| 01 Apr 24+15d | Fairyhouse | Farmhouse Foods Novice Handicap Hurdle | 10/18 | 1¼ | 10-12 | 109 | 98C | 97C | Jody McGarvey | 16/1 |
| 17 Mar 24+127d | Down Royal | Full Circle Series At Punchestown Festival 2024 Qualifier Novice Handicap Hurdle | BD/14 | — | 10-12 | 109 | — | — | Simon Torrens | 9/1 |
| 2023 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Nov 23+44d | Down Royal | Eventsec Handicap Chase | 2/14 | 1¼ | 11-2 | 117 | — | 133A | Mr O McGill | 5/2F |
| 28 Sep 23+6d | Clonmel | Tickincor Handicap Chase (0-102) | 1/11 | 11-7 | 95 | 107A | 132A | Mr O McGill | 8/11F | |
| 22 Sep 23+21d | Listowel | Paud, Sarah & Mary Fitzmaurice Memorial Handicap Chase (0-109) | 1/14 | 11-0 | 95 | — | 122A | Jody McGarvey | 6/1 | |
| 01 Sep 23+31d | Down Royal | Kerry Foods Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 1/14 | 11-0 | 102 | 103B | 115A | Mr O McGill | 7/2F | |
| 01 Aug 23+88d | Perth | Gran Fondo Finishes At Scone Palace Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | 1/8 | 11-9 | 102 | 86B | 121A | Mr O McGill | 9/2 | |
| 05 May 23+33d | Downpatrick | Horatio Group Handicap Chase (0-102) | 9/13 | 1 | 11-0 | 95 | 59C | 85C | Mr O McGill | 9/2 |
| 02 Apr 23+22d | Downpatrick | Tote Always SP Or Better At Downpatrick Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 6/12 | 9 | 11-2 | 97 | 83C | 95C | Jody McGarvey | 16/1 |
| 11 Mar 23+12d | Ayr | Virgin Bet Cheltenham Festival Money Back Handicap Hurdle | 7/7 | 49 | 11-5 | 107 | 59C | 98C | Robert Dunne | 14/1 |
| 27 Feb 23+15d | Ayr | Virgin Bet Fives Handicap Hurdle | 12/15 | 8 | 11-3 | 109 | 82C | 98C | Daryl Jacob | 16/1 |
| 12 Feb 23+48d | Navan | Meath Farm Machinery Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 23/25 | 36 | 11-13 | 101 | 40C | 97C | Jody McGarvey | 8/1 |
| 2022 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 22+29d | Down Royal | Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 2/16 | 3 | 11-9 | 97 | 84C | 124A | Hugh Morgan | 7/2F |
| 27 Nov 22+47d | Carlisle | British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Qualifier) (GBB Race) | 4/6 | 1 | 10-9 | — | 103A | 101B | Peter Kavanagh | 66/1 |
| 11 Oct 22+136d | Punchestown | Paddy Power Games 'More Chances To Win' Maiden Hurdle | 13/20 | hd | 11-12 | — | 91C | 97C | Simon Torrens | 50/1 |
| 28 May 22 | Punchestown | Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boosts Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) | 5/16 | 6 | 11-12 | — | 60B | 109A | Simon Torrens | 125/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Cave Court won?
- Cave Court (IRE) won 6 of 29 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 20.7%. Placed 10 times in total (34.5% of starts).
- Who trains Cave Court?
- Cave Court (IRE) is trained by Noel C Kelly, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 April 2026.
- Who is Cave Court's sire?
- Cave Court (IRE) is by Court Cave (IRE) out of Ben Roseler (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
- What going does Cave Court prefer?
- Cave Court (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Cave Court's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 126, from the run on 6 April 2026. The highest on record is 132.
- What is Cave Court's sire's record?
- Court Cave (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 7,961 runs since Aug 2008 (553 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
- Who are Cave Court's siblings?
- Out of Ben Roseler (IRE), Cave Court (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Lie Forrit (IRE) (12). Highest grade won: Listed (Lie Forrit (IRE)). The wins came over 1m6f–3m4½f. As at Nov 2026.