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Favours Pay (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2020) · Last trainer Gary McGill · Last owner Gary Mcgill
by Court Cave (IRE) out of Ornella Speed (FR) (Vertical Speed)
5 runs · 3 courses · from Jul 2020
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Oct 2020 — 2,209 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2020 · 6th of 10
KTB Profile

Favours Pay (IRE) is yet to win from 5 starts. Best effort: 4th of 14 at Punchestown (Sep 2020).

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Downpatrick, 9 Oct 2020

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 4 figures · best 92A · median 85.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft292A73.5—
Good287A85.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m287A71—
2m5f – 3m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 100A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Downpatrick, 9 Oct 2020

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 62C the best of the last 1 rated run · Downpatrick, 15 Jul 2020

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 100A · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft2100A91.5—
Good294A94—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m294A88.5—
2m5f – 3m1———
2m1f – 2m4f1———
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 7,938 runs since Jan 2008 (551 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 937.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−10.1—
Good to Firm2332812%+1.9—
Good3,02634111.3%+1.20 from 3
Good to Soft1,44016111.2%+1.1—
Soft2,2292049.2%−0.90 from 2
Heavy937646.8%−3.3—
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 – 2m1,7871699.5%−0.60 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f2,85229410.3%+0.20 from 2
2m5f – 3m2,52226410.5%+0.40 from 1
Over 3m6697210.8%+0.7—

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
Ornella Speed (FR) (Vertical Speed)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Gold Speed (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m4½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gold Speed (IRE)2542m–2m4½f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

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

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr O McGill 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr D McGill 2 0 0% −2.00
Simon Torrens 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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
2020 · 5 runs
09 Oct 20+10d Downpatrick I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle 22.5f · Yielding · 10 ran 6/10 2¼ 10-13 92A100A Mr O McGill 50/1
29 Sep 20+20d Punchestown Hanlon Concrete (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 20.5f · Good · 14 ran 4/14 9½ 11-9 84B94A Simon Torrens 100/1
09 Sep 20+32d Punchestown Swordlestown (C & G) Flat Race 16.5f · Yielding · 15 ran 11/15 5½ 11-9 55C83C Mr O McGill 28/1
08 Aug 20+24d Kilbeggan Follow Kilbeggan Races On Twitter Flat Race 16f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 9½ 11-9 87A94A Mr D McGill 40/1
15 Jul 20 Downpatrick Toals Dial-A-Bet - Check Out Our Exclusive D-A-B Specials Flat Race 18f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 16 11-9 —62C Mr D McGill 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has Favours Pay won?
Favours Pay (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2020.
Who trained Favours Pay?
Favours Pay (IRE) was trained by Gary McGill on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 9 October 2020.
Who is Favours Pay's sire?
Favours Pay (IRE) is by Court Cave (IRE) out of Ornella Speed (FR), whose sire is Vertical Speed.
What is Favours Pay's sire's record?
Court Cave (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 7,938 runs since Jan 2008 (551 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
Who are Favours Pay's siblings?
Out of Ornella Speed (FR), Favours Pay (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Gold Speed (IRE) (4). The wins came over 2m–2m4½f. 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.