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Horse profile

Court Attire (IRE)

7yo mare (at last run, Jun 2018) · Last trainer Desmond McDonogh · Last owner Mrs Desmond Mcdonogh
by Court Cave (IRE) out of Needlework (IRE) (Needle Gun)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Jul 2017
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Jun 2018 — 3,062 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2018
KTB Profile

Court Attire (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts. Best effort: 4th of 7 at Downpatrick (Sep 2017).

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 4 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (1) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 85C the best of the last 1 rated run · Punchestown, 18 Oct 2017

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 55A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Roscommon, 11 Jul 2017

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Flat 2 figures · best 55A · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 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
Court Cave (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 7,953 runs since Aug 2008 (553 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 937.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−10.1—
Good to Firm2332812%+1.9—
Good3,03234311.3%+1.20 from 1
Good to Soft1,44916111.1%+10 from 1
Soft2,2292049.2%−0.90 from 1
Heavy937646.8%−3.30 from 1
Standard (AW)7134.2%−5.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2414.2%−5.9—
1m – 1m1f1300%−10.1—
1m2f – 1m4f7111.4%−8.7—
1m5f – 2m1,7911699.4%−0.70 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f2,85629510.3%+0.20 from 2
2m5f – 3m2,52826510.5%+0.4—
Over 3m6707210.7%+0.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Needlework (IRE) (Needle Gun)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Maighnealta (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m2f–2m4f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Maighnealta (IRE)4422m2f–2m4f—
Thornfield (IRE)140——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Downpatrick 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Miss S Ahern 2 0 0% −2.00
Corey McGivern 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr D J Benson 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 1 0 0% −1.00
2017 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 1 run
17 Jun 18+242d Downpatrick Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race 2m1½f · Good · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-2 —— Corey McGivern 33/1
2017 · 3 runs
18 Oct 17+26d Punchestown Black Hills Mares Flat Race 2m · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 13/15 7 11-4 11C85C Mr D J Benson 33/1
22 Sep 17+73d Downpatrick Black Horse Flat Race 2m2f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 4/7 21 11-0 —51C Miss S Ahern 12/1
11 Jul 17 Roscommon Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Ladies Pro/am) Flat Race 2m½f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 5/11 1¾ 11-2 —55A Miss S Ahern 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Court Attire won?
Court Attire (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2017 and 2018.
Who trained Court Attire?
Court Attire (IRE) was trained by Desmond McDonogh on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 17 June 2018.
Who is Court Attire's sire?
Court Attire (IRE) is by Court Cave (IRE) out of Needlework (IRE), whose sire is Needle Gun.
What is Court Attire's sire's record?
Court Cave (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 7,953 runs since Aug 2008 (553 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
Who are Court Attire's siblings?
Out of Needlework (IRE), Court Attire (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Maighnealta (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m2f–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2017. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.