Willoughby Court (IRE)
Willoughby Court (IRE) is 7 from 11, including a Grade 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham (Mar 2017). Hasn't won since Dec 2017. Last raced off a career-high mark of 152.
- 7–11Wins / Runs
- 63.6%Strike rate
- 9 (81.8%)Placed
- +20.53£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 2.27Fair A/E n=11 · 2.00 incl. margin
- 152Highest OR
- 37dBetween runs (median)longest 235 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 143
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 143B | 124 | — |
| Good | 2 | 123B | 103 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 143B | 124 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 123B | 91 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 7,956 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 | 3,032 | 343 | 11.3% | +1.2 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,451 | 161 | 11.1% | +1 | 3 from 4 |
| Soft | 2,230 | 204 | 9.1% | −1 | 3 from 4 |
| Heavy | 937 | 64 | 6.8% | −3.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 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 | 1,793 | 169 | 9.4% | −0.7 | 2 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,857 | 295 | 10.3% | +0.2 | 2 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,528 | 265 | 10.5% | +0.4 | 3 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 670 | 72 | 10.7% | +0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Markov (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m1½f–2m6½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Markov (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markov (IRE) | 18 | 3 | 2m1½f–2m5½f | Class 3 |
| Will It Be You (IRE) | 20 | 1 | 2m6½f | — |
| Cavernous (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Willshebe Court (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 3 | 75% | +17.88 |
| Soft | 4 | 3 | 75% | +4.25 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.60 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +16.63 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.50 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.40 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | 3 | 3 | 100% | +7.25 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 1 | 50% | +13.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.40 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 3 | 75% | +18.75 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.28 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico de Boinville | 5 | 3 | 60% | +1.28 |
| David Bass | 4 | 4 | 100% | +21.25 |
| Brendan Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harrison Beswick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 7 | 70% | +21.53 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 100% | +19.03 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.50 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 4 | 3 | 75% | +18.75 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Chase | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.28 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Willoughby Court won?
- Willoughby Court (IRE) won 7 of 11 archived starts between 2015 and 2018, a strike rate of 63.6%. Placed 9 times in total (81.8% of starts).
- Who trained Willoughby Court?
- Willoughby Court (IRE) was trained by Ben Pauling on the most recent run on record, at Cheltenham on 1 January 2018.
- Who is Willoughby Court's sire?
- Willoughby Court (IRE) is by Court Cave (IRE) out of Willoughby Sue (IRE), whose sire is Dabali.
- What going does Willoughby Court prefer?
- Willoughby Court (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 4 starts (75%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Willoughby Court's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 152, from the run on 1 January 2018. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Willoughby Court's sire's record?
- Court Cave (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 7,956 runs since Aug 2008 (553 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
- Who are Willoughby Court's siblings?
- Out of Willoughby Sue (IRE), Willoughby Court (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Markov (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Markov (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1½f–2m6½f. As at Nov 2026.