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Trainer profile

Ben Pollock

230 runners in the lifetime window · 46 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner May 2011
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
9–230
Wins / Runs
3.9%
Strike rate
n=230
30 (13%)
Placed
0.60
Fair A/E
n=228 · 0.57 incl. margin
−162.75
£1 level stake
n=230 at SP · −70.8%
£47,641
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
18.2%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 60 runners a season, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.60).

Deterministic profile computed from 230 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 0% (n=33, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 2.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.47 and −90.50 to a £1 stake over 106 runners — those runners underperformed what the price implied. The yard also read well on Standard (AW) going (10%, n=40) and off a 8-14-day break (7.9%, n=38). The record read poorly off a 31-60-day break — 0% over 36 runners, 3.9pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Sky Bet Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase at Southwell (Jan 2006, £34,212).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−3.9
n=33 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −33.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.9
n=19 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −19.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.9
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
8.3%+4.4
n=12 · A/E 1.71 · £1 −7.50
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
12.5%+8.6
n=8 · A/E 2.85 · £1 +7.00
When favourite
40%
n=5 · A/E 1.39 · £1 +2.75
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.8%−1.1
n=106 · A/E 0.47 · £1 −90.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.9% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Headgear figures use the true-first definition (first gear appearance in the captured career); returns are gear back on after a bare run. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
On Standard (AW) going 10% vs 3.9% · n=40
Off a 8-14-day break 7.9% vs 3.9% · n=38
With Alex Merriam 0% vs 3.9% · n=40
Off a 31-60-day break 0% vs 3.9% · n=36
In Flat races 7.4% vs 3.9% · n=54
With Tom Messenger 0% vs 3.9% · n=32
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
Chase 82 3 3.7% −66.50
Hurdle 80 2 2.5% −72.00
Flat 54 4 7.4% −10.25
NH Flat 14 0 0% −14.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 69 1 1.4% −64.00
Standard (AW) 40 4 10% +3.75
Good to Soft 34 1 2.9% −26.00
Soft 32 2 6.3% −24.50
Good to Firm 31 1 3.2% −28.00
Heavy 23 0 0% −23.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Market Rasen 28 1 3.6% −25.00
Towcester 24 1 4.2% −19.50
Huntingdon 22 0 0% −22.00
Fakenham 18 0 0% −18.00
Uttoxeter 13 0 0% −13.00
Leicester 13 0 0% −13.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 11 1 9.1% −6.50
Kempton (AW) 10 1 10% −6.75
Lingfield (AW) 10 1 10% +11.00
Southwell (AW) 7 1 14.3% +8.00
Warwick 7 0 0% −7.00
Lingfield 6 0 0% −6.00
Folkestone 6 1 16.7% −3.00
Southwell 5 0 0% −5.00
Kempton 5 0 0% −5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 94 5 5.3% −70.25
Class 4 72 1 1.4% −69.00
Class 6 45 2 4.4% −9.00
Class 3 15 0 0% −15.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 7 2 1 50% +2.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 7 2 28.6% 0.83 +0.75
2nd–3rd fav 30 5 16.7% 1.16 +0.50
4th–6th fav 74 1 1.4% 0.22 −66.00
7th+ in betting 119 1 0.8% 0.30 −98.00
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
75.3% completed · 162 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 82 78% 0 2 16 0 0
Hurdle 80 72.5% 2 1 19 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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Safe Investment (USA)from John Gosden · then Lawney Hill 35 0 6 17 May 11
Furze Hill (IRE) 16 1 6 14 Mar 10
Delgany Gunner (GB)then Neil King 13 2 2 30 Apr 11
Shampers (GB) 11 0 0 29 Jan 09
Royal Straight (GB)from Andrew Balding · then Richard Fahey 9 1 1 11 Feb 09
Highland Storm (GB)from George Baker 8 0 0 3 Oct 10
Rebel Raider (IRE) 8 1 2 7 Feb 09
Bahamian Ceilidh (GB)from Tom Dascombe 7 0 0 30 Nov 09
North Walk (IRE)from Tim Vaughan 7 2 3 2 Aug 09
Beau Torero (FR) 7 0 3 11 Mar 09
All In The Red (IRE)from Gay Kelleway · then Andrew Crook 7 2 2 5 Mar 09
Quick Judgement (IRE) 7 0 1 13 Jun 08
All 46 horses sent out in this window. 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.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 46 horses listed, 22 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Harry Dunlop (2) and Paul Mason (2); 24 had their first archived run for this yard.

11 have since run for another yard, most often for Neil King (2); 35 have no later run for another yard in our archive.

Read from each listed horse's whole archived career (2005 onwards), not only this window, and counted over the horses listed above, not the whole string. “First archived run” means our archive holds nothing earlier, not that the horse was unraced. A horse with no later run elsewhere may still be here, be off the track, or have run somewhere our archive does not cover — none of that is asserted.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
01230580013050
A jumps yard: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderAlex Merriam
17% of all rides
0% SR · A/E 0.00
RiderRWSR£1
Alex Merriam 40 0 0% −40.00
Tom Messenger 32 0 0% −32.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
24
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£180k
Prize money
2006
Best season · 8 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. This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
A Glass In Thyne (IRE) — Sky Bet Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase (Listed) Southwell · Jan 2006 · Listed
£34,212
Launde (IRE) — Steve Bell 50th Birthday Handicap Chase Haydock · Nov 2006 · Class 3
£13,012
Launde (IRE) — bonusprint.com Handicap Chase Aintree · Oct 2006 · Class 3
£7,807
Notable horses
Beau Torero (FR) Rebel Raider (IRE) Launde (IRE) Never Awol (IRE) Delgany Gunner (GB) North Walk (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Gone West (USA) 0% · 0–35
Progeny have won 8.9% of 549 runs since 2008 (61 horses).
Topanoora (IRE) 5.3% · 1–19
Progeny have won 7.8% of 719 runs since 2008 (82 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.8% from 126. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.4% from 210.
Commanche Run (GB) 11.8% · 2–17
Progeny have won 7.3% of 384 runs since 2008 (50 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 10.4% from 125. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4% from 101.
Shambo (IRE) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 10.1% of 267 runs since 2008 (36 horses).
Halling (USA) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 11% of 6,095 runs since 2008 (409 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.8% from 187.
Norwich (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 7.5% of 1,601 runs since 2008 (176 horses).
Top line: the yard'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 2008, as at 15 Oct 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 524 · newest first

The latest 50 of 524 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 17 May 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
17 May 11 Southwell Safe Investment (USA)J: Denis O'Regan Tickets southwell-racecourse.co.uk Handicap Chase (Div 2)Class 5 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran 4th 10/1
30 Apr 11 Uttoxeter Delgany Gunner (GB)J: Tom O'Brien Bet On The Guineas At Totesport.com Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 6th 7/1
25 Apr 11 Huntingdon Sillkom (GB)J: Jimmy McCarthy Huntingdon Racecourse Intermediate Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 6th 50/1
17 Mar 11 Towcester Delgany Gunner (GB)J: Giles Hawkins Bet On The Cheltenham Festival Totejackpot Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 11/4
16 Mar 11 Huntingdon Sillkom (GB)J: Giles Hawkins totepool Cheltenham Festival Betting At totesport.com Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 5th 33/1
09 Mar 11 Fontwell Delgany Gunner (GB)J: Giles Hawkins Betfair Supports Moorcroft Racehorse Welfare Centre Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1st 7/1
15 Feb 11 Folkestone Delgany Gunner (GB)J: Giles Hawkins ladbrokespoker.com Handicap Chase (For The Number Engaged Challenge Bowl)Class 5 · 25f · Soft · 5 ran 1st 2/1
29 Jan 11 Uttoxeter Action Hawk (GER)J: James Davies Richard Wilcoxson Memorial Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 21f · Heavy · 7 ran PU 66/1
29 Jan 11 Uttoxeter Delgany Gunner (GB)J: Giles Hawkins Richard Wilcoxson Memorial Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 21f · Heavy · 7 ran 3rd 10/1
11 Jan 11 Leicester Action Hawk (GER)J: James Davies Nomad Novices' Hurdle (Div 2)Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran 9th 200/1
10 Jan 11 Towcester Action Hawk (GER)J: Denis O'Regan Bet In Play At Ladbrokes Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19f · Soft · 14 ran PU 250/1
23 Nov 10 Lingfield Action Hawk (GER)J: James Davies louiserose.co.uk Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Heavy · 11 ran 10th 100/1
15 Nov 10 Leicester Action Hawk (GER)J: Andrew Thornton Burton Overy Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 9th 100/1
09 Nov 10 Lingfield Delgany Gunner (GB)J: Nathan Sweeney Bet Premier League Football - Betdaq Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4th 4/1C
22 Oct 10 Fakenham Safe Investment (USA)J: Andrew Thornton 1824 Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good · 7 ran PU 17/2
13 Oct 10 Uttoxeter Delgany Gunner (GB)J: Andrew Thornton Richard Bradford At Craig Tara Haven Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU 9/1
13 Oct 10 Uttoxeter Action Hawk (GER)J: Richie McLernon European Breeders' Fund Lambrini 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Qualifier)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 8th 50/1
06 Oct 10 Towcester Delgany Gunner (GB)J: Andrew Thornton Haygain Hay Steamers Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24.5f · Good · 14 ran 5th 25/1
06 Oct 10 Towcester Safe Investment (USA)J: Denis O'Regan Haygain Hay Steamers Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24.5f · Good · 14 ran 4th 18/1
03 Oct 10 Huntingdon Delgany Gunner (GB)J: Denis O'Regan Book Your Christmas Party At Huntingdon Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 25f · Good · 9 ran PU 25/1

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 Ben Pollock's strike rate?
Ben Pollock has won 9 of 230 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.9% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Ben Pollock's Fair A/E?
0.60, from 228 runners with a computed fair probability since 2008. 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).