Johnny James (GB)
Johnny James won both his starts in Jun 2023, taking a Class 5 novice at Southwell on standard AW and a Class 5 maiden at Catterick on good to firm. The gelding, who raced over 6f to 7f throughout his nine runs, has two wins and five places from nine starts overall. He last ran when seventh of 12 in a Class 4 handicap at Southwell in Jul 2024 off a mark of 86.
- 2–9Wins / Runs
- 22.2%Strike rate
- 5 (55.6%)Placed
- +1.67£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.46Fair A/E n=9 · 1.23 incl. margin
- 87Highest OR
- 53dAvg between runs
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 110
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 112A | 100 | — |
| Good | 2 | 99B | 70 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 112A | 96 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 9.1% of 7,538 runs since Jan 2008 (549 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 75 | 9 | 12% | +2.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,316 | 133 | 10.1% | +1 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 1,402 | 123 | 8.8% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 740 | 67 | 9.1% | 0 | — |
| Soft | 859 | 85 | 9.9% | +0.8 | — |
| Heavy | 197 | 18 | 9.1% | 0 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,949 | 250 | 8.5% | −0.6 | 1 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,351 | 247 | 10.5% | +1.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,907 | 334 | 8.5% | −0.6 | 2 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 942 | 81 | 8.6% | −0.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 199 | 18 | 9% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 96 | 5 | 5.2% | −3.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 39 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Grabajabba (GB) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Grabajabba (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grabajabba (GB) | 18 | 3 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Bond Boy (GB) | 27 | 3 | 7f–1m½f | Class 5 |
| Twilley (GB) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.33 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +8.67 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.33 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Larson | 4 | 2 | 50% | +6.67 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sam Feilden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| None | 3 | 2 | 67% | +7.67 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +4.67 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 24+176d | Southwell (AW) | Starsports.Bet Handicap | 7/12 | 1½ | 9-10 | 86 | 96A | 86A | Sam Feilden | 12/1 |
| 04 Feb 24+16d | Newcastle (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap | 10/13 | 1½ | 9-5 | 86 | 104B | 79A | Alistair Rawlinson | 8/1 |
| 19 Jan 24+41d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap | 2/10 | shd | 9-9 | 85 | 110A | 93A | Alistair Rawlinson | 6/1 |
| 09 Dec 23+26d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap | 2/9 | 1 | 9-9 | 85 | 93A | 87A | Rossa Ryan | 5/2F |
| 13 Nov 23+90d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap | 2/10 | 3 | 9-0 | 84 | 112A | 83A | Frederick Larson | 8/1 |
| 15 Aug 23+38d | Nottingham | Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap | 3/7 | 2½ | 9-9 | 85 | 99B | 87A | Luke Morris | 16/1 |
| 08 Jul 23+25d | Haydock | Best Odds Guaranteed At Bet365.Com Handicap | 9/10 | 3¾ | 9-3 | 87 | 41A | 58A | Frederick Larson | 13/2 |
| 13 Jun 23+11d | Southwell (AW) | Ron & Jim Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/10 | 9-8 | — | 93A | 106A | Frederick Larson | 4/6F | |
| 02 Jun 23 | Catterick | Bet At Racingtv.Com Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/9 | 9-4 | — | 71A | 93A | Frederick Larson | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Johnny James (GB) won?
- Johnny James (GB) won 2 of 9 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 5 times in total (55.6% of starts).
- Who trained Johnny James (GB)?
- Johnny James (GB) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 29 July 2024.
- Who is Johnny James (GB)'s sire?
- Johnny James (GB) is by Equiano (FR) out of Poppy Bond (GB), whose sire is Misu Bond.
- What going does Johnny James (GB) prefer?
- Johnny James (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Johnny James (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 29 July 2024. The highest on record is 87.
- What is Johnny James (GB)'s sire's record?
- Equiano (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 7,538 runs since Jan 2008 (549 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Johnny James (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Poppy Bond (GB), Johnny James (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Grabajabba (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Grabajabba (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m½f. As at Oct 2026.