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Horse profile

Grey Matter (FR)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2021) · Last trainer Philip Kirby · Last owner The French Connection
by Intello (GER) out of Aifa (GB) (Johann Quatz)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jun 2021
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Jun 2021 — 1,939 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2021 · 9th of 12
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in Jun 2021, the last of them as a 3yo gelding. Finished 9 of 12 at Thirsk last time. By Intello (GER), whose progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,476 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 72 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Chester, 26 Jun 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 2 figures · best 72A · median 67.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 48C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Thirsk, 30 Jun 2021

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 2 figures · best 48C · median 43
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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 3,476 runs since Jan 2008 (390 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 14.7% from 231. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.4% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+3.7—
Good to Firm3454312.5%+1.90 from 1
Good6967510.8%+0.20 from 1
Good to Soft577488.3%−2.3—
Soft5966510.9%+0.3—
Heavy2313414.7%+4.1—
Standard (AW)1,02310310.1%−0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f23313%+2.4—
6f – 7f4785110.7%+0.10 from 1
1m – 1m1f91711212.2%+1.60 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,32914611%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m494448.9%−1.7—
2m1f – 2m4f184105.4%−5.2—
2m5f – 3m4536.7%−3.9—
Over 3m600%−10.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Aifa (GB) (Johann Quatz)

5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Boarding Pass (FR) (4 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Listed (Chalnetta (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Boarding Pass (FR)1641m–1m1½f—
Johnnycometomamie (FR)1935f–6½f—
Chalnetta (FR)2331m4fListed
Beeswax (FR)511m1½f—
Beijaline (FR)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
30 Jun 21+4d Thirsk British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9/12 ½ 9-2 63C48C Andrew Elliott 200/1
26 Jun 21 Chester Racing Welfare Supporting Racing's Workforce Novice Stakes Class 4 · 7.5f · Good · 9 ran 8/9 5½ 9-2 72A38A Andrew Elliott 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Grey Matter (FR) won?
Grey Matter (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2021.
Who trained Grey Matter (FR)?
Grey Matter (FR) was trained by Philip Kirby on the most recent run on record, at Thirsk on 30 June 2021.
Who is Grey Matter (FR)'s sire?
Grey Matter (FR) is by Intello (GER) out of Aifa (GB), whose sire is Johann Quatz.
What is Grey Matter (FR)'s sire's record?
Intello (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,476 runs since Jan 2008 (390 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 14.7% from 231. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.4% from 184.
Who are Grey Matter (FR)'s siblings?
Out of Aifa (GB), Grey Matter (FR) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Boarding Pass (FR) (4). Highest grade won: Listed (Chalnetta (FR)). The wins came over 5f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2021. 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.