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John McNamara

516 rides in our archive record, 2005–2006 · 276 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2006 100% of rides over jumps
Archive record 2005–2006
No rides from 1 Jan 2008, where our aggregate statistics normally begin — showing the full archive record instead, 3 Jan 2005 to 22 Apr 2006. Figures that need a horse's earlier runs (debuts, time since a run, first-time headgear, new connections, last-time-out winners) are left out: for runs this early our archive cannot see what came before.
34–516
Wins / Runs
6.6%
Strike rate
n=516
138 (27%)
Placed
0.79
Fair A/E
n=514 · 0.69 incl. margin
−83.60
£1 level stake
n=516 at SP · −16.2%
£318k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3.8%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode 516 times in our archive record (2005–2006), almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across that record (Fair A/E 0.79).

Deterministic profile computed from 516 archived runs (archive record 2005–2006) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Feb–Mar Kim Bailey: 4.3% from 139
The read

The record is strongest at Uttoxeter (13.2%, n=38), clear of the rider's 6.6% baseline. Kim Bailey supplied 27% of the rides and sits below the rider's average (4.3% vs 6.6%, A/E 0.50). The market has consistently overbet the rider in Class 3: Fair A/E 0.48 across 148 rides (4.1% strike, −50.50 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. Seasonally, the rider fired Feb–Mar.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.6% baseline
When favourite
14.3%
n=28 · A/E 0.49 · £1 −17.68
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.1%−1.5
n=157 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −7.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.6
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.6% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races. Tiles that depend on a horse's earlier runs (debuts, time off, first-time headgear, new connections, last-time-out winners) are not shown on an archive-era record: for runs this early our archive cannot see what came before.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
At Uttoxeter 13.2% vs 6.6% · n=38
With J J Lambe 12.2% vs 6.6% · n=41
Over 2m5f – 3m 9.2% vs 6.6% · n=141
In Class 3 4.1% vs 6.6% · n=148
With Kim Bailey 4.3% vs 6.6% · n=139
On Good to Firm going 8.8% vs 6.6% · n=91
Descriptive splits ranked by divergence × sample — insight, not instruction. Every angle carries its N; nothing under 30 runs qualifies. Rows within 2pts of the baseline appear only when the market-relative read (Fair A/E) diverges, and show it.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 276 16 5.8% −56.18
Chase 192 14 7.3% −44.17
NH Flat 48 4 8.3% +16.75

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 170 12 7.1% −39.67
Good to Soft 126 6 4.8% −5.50
Good to Firm 91 8 8.8% +1.00
Soft 88 6 6.8% −29.00
Heavy 37 2 5.4% −6.43
Firm 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Towcester 43 3 7% −18.67
Huntingdon 39 2 5.1% −14.50
Uttoxeter 38 5 13.2% +34.07
Ludlow 27 0 0% −27.00
Sedgefield 25 3 12% −1.25
Hereford 24 0 0% −24.00
Worcester 21 1 4.8% −16.00
Haydock 20 0 0% −20.00
Fakenham 19 3 15.8% +9.50
Market Rasen 18 0 0% −18.00
Leicester 14 0 0% −14.00
Plumpton 14 2 14.3% +10.00
Fontwell 14 1 7.1% −6.00
Folkestone 13 0 0% −13.00
Bangor-on-Dee 12 0 0% −12.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 264 21 8% −9.68
Class 3 148 6 4.1% −50.50
Class 6 44 4 9.1% +20.75
Class 5 37 3 8.1% −21.17
Class 1 15 0 0% −15.00
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 39 5 12.8% 0.48 −23.68
2nd–3rd fav 88 10 11.4% 0.74 −25.42
4th–6th fav 164 10 6.1% 0.82 −18.50
7th+ in betting 225 9 4% 1.33 −16.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
76.7% completed · 468 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 192 67.2% 9 9 45 0 0
Hurdle 276 83.3% 5 3 38 0 0
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Murphy's Nails (IRE) 9 0 4 16 Apr 06
Terivic (GB) 9 1 5 9 Mar 06
Pirandello (IRE) 8 0 3 17 Apr 06
Priscilla (GB) 8 0 4 25 Mar 06
Through The Rye (GB) 7 1 2 15 Apr 06
Whispered Promises (USA) 7 2 3 7 Apr 06
Tipp Top (IRE) 7 3 4 22 Mar 06
Malko De Beaumont (FR) 7 1 2 18 Mar 06
Onyourheadbeit (IRE) 6 0 2 15 Apr 06
King of Gothland (IRE) 6 1 2 12 Feb 06
Martovic (IRE) 6 0 3 12 Feb 06
Walking Sunday (IRE) 6 1 2 7 May 05
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 276 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.

By month

strike by month, 2005–2006
JFMAMJJASOND
3118011912250085
A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardKim Bailey
27% of all rides
4.3% SR · A/E 0.50
TrainerRWSR£1
Kim Bailey 139 6 4.3% −70.50
J J Lambe 41 5 12.2% −1.75
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
34
Archived wins
£318k
Prize money
2005
Best season · 29 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. On this page the header statistics and this card both count from the archive floor (2005), so they agree.
Through The Rye (GB) — Novices' Chase Carlisle · Feb 2005 · Class 3
£10,244
Spectrometer (GB) — Blue Square Poker Handicap Chase Wincanton · Feb 2006 · Class 3
£9,759
Longshanks (GB) — St Clement Handicap Chase Kempton · Jan 2005 · Class 3
£8,970
Notable horses
Tipp Top (IRE) Whispered Promises (USA) Herne Bay (IRE) Supply And Fix (IRE) Mocharamor (IRE) Terivic (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Terimon (GB) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 7.1% of 1,494 runs since 2005 (162 horses).
Bob's Return (IRE) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 8% of 3,001 runs since 2005 (275 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 13% from 131.
Sadler's Wells (USA) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 11.8% of 7,832 runs since 2005 (622 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.1% from 111. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 15.3% from 262.
Sabrehill (USA) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 12% of 598 runs since 2005 (52 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 16.6% from 163. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5% from 100.
Glacial Storm (USA) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 7.9% of 2,559 runs since 2005 (254 horses).
Good Thyne (USA) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 8.1% of 1,529 runs since 2005 (182 horses). Weakest on Good to Firm going: 4% from 176.
Top line: the rider's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2005, as at 6 Nov 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

latest 50 of 516 · newest first

The latest 50 of 516 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 22 April 2006.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 Apr 06 Bangor-on-Dee Three Lions (GB)T: R S Brookhouse Brookes Bell Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 23f · Good To Soft · 13 ran F 8/1
18 Apr 06 Exeter Rainbow Venture (GB)T: Jimmy Frost Gg.com/Odds Intermediate Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 17f · Firm · 12 ran PU 25/1
18 Apr 06 Exeter Flotta (GB)T: Brendan Powell Elite Racing Club Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 18.5f · Firm · 6 ran 2nd EvensF
17 Apr 06 Huntingdon Galaxia (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Betfred Million Intermediate Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good To Firm · 20 ran 18th 20/1
17 Apr 06 Huntingdon Bob's Temptation (GB)T: Jim Wilson Betfred Million Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 6th 66/1
17 Apr 06 Huntingdon Pirandello (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Betfred Million Novices' ChaseClass 4 · 23.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 2nd 8/1
16 Apr 06 Towcester Murphy's Nails (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Gala Casino - Anyone Can Be A Player Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 10th 11/1
16 Apr 06 Towcester Prince of Persia (GB)T: R S Brookhouse Gala Casino Northampton Play & Party Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 9 ran PU 12/1
16 Apr 06 Towcester Don Pasquale (GB)T: John Stimpson Gala Casino Regent St Northampton Juvenile Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran PU 80/1
16 Apr 06 Towcester Solent Sunbeam (GB)T: Kim Bailey Gala Casino Sol Central, Northampton Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 19f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 7th 14/1
15 Apr 06 Haydock My Friend Paul (GB)T: Owen Brennan Abram Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 2)Class 6 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 20 ran 20th 50/1
15 Apr 06 Haydock A Bit Of Fun (GB)T: John Stimpson Les Buckley 'Fixed Brush' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 2nd 25/1
15 Apr 06 Haydock Onyourheadbeit (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Bet365 Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 28.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran PU 20/1
15 Apr 06 Haydock Through The Rye (GB)T: Edwin Tuer Cheadle Hulme Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 16th 25/1
13 Apr 06 Ludlow Rooster's Reunion (IRE)T: D R Gandolfo Bromfield Sand & Gravel Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 20f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 6th 12/1
13 Apr 06 Ludlow Weet Watchers (GB)T: Trevor Wall Tiger Developments & R Strachan Property Selling HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 17 ran PU 11/2
13 Apr 06 Ludlow Mesmeric (IRE)T: Brendan Powell Millichope Trust Novices' ChaseClass 3 · 24f · Good To Firm · 10 ran PU 16/1
09 Apr 06 Worcester Cinnamon Line (GB)T: Richard Lee Letheby & Christopher Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 23.5f · Good · 11 ran PU 6/1
08 Apr 06 Aintree Heros Collonges (FR)T: Paul Nicholls Grand National Handicap Chase (Grade 3)Class 1 · 36f · Good To Soft · 40 ran UR 66/1
07 Apr 06 Aintree Whispered Promises (USA)T: R S Brookhouse John Smith's Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2)Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 7th 20/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is John McNamara's strike rate?
John McNamara has won 34 of 516 rides between 2005 and 2006, a strike rate of 6.6% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. Our archive begins in 2005, so anything earlier is not counted.
Which course does John McNamara do best at?
Uttoxeter by strike rate: 5 wins from 38 rides (13.2%) between 2005 and 2006. Read from the 15 courses with the most rides on the same basis, and only those with at least 30 — a small sample cannot top the list, and a rarely-visited course is not in the comparison.
Which yard does John McNamara ride most for?
Kim Bailey, with 139 rides between 2005 and 2006 — 27% of the total. That pairing has won 6 (4.3%).
What is John McNamara's Fair A/E?
0.79, from 514 rides with a computed fair probability between 2005 and 2006. Fair A/E compares actual wins with a margin-stripped market expectation, so 1.00 is par: above it the wins came at bigger prices than the margin-free market implied, below it they did not.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008). This profile has no runs from 2008, so every figure on this page counts from the start of the archive instead.