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Trainer profile

Bill Ratcliffe

377 runners in the lifetime window · 22 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Feb 2011 99% of runners on the flat
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.
32–377
Wins / Runs
8.5%
Strike rate
n=377
110 (29%)
Placed
0.98
Fair A/E
n=377 · 0.84 incl. margin
−85.30
£1 level stake
n=377 at SP · −22.6%
£204k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
10%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 90 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 9% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.98).

Deterministic profile computed from 377 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Jul–Aug Kelly Harrison: 8.7% from 126 Claiming riders: 9.7%
The read

The record is strongest at Southwell (AW) (12.9%, n=101), clear of the yard's 8.5% baseline. Kelly Harrison rode 33% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (8.7%, A/E 1.16) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also read well at trips under 6f (11.7%, n=163). The record read poorly off a 31-60-day break — 3.8% over 53 runners, 4.7pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard on Good going: Fair A/E 0.69 across 70 runners (4.3% strike, −33.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. The stable star of the record was Bel Cantor (GB) — 11 wins from 104 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Jul–Aug.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.5%−2.0
n=31 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −14.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−8.5
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−8.5
n=13 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −13.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
16.7%+8.2
n=6 · A/E 3.21 · £1 +2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−8.5
n=13 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −13.00
When favourite
26.3%
n=19 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −5.67
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
9.7%+1.2
n=269 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −22.88
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.5
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.5% 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
With Paul Pickard 23.1% vs 8.5% · n=39
At Southwell (AW) 12.9% vs 8.5% · n=101
With Andrew Mullen 3.1% vs 8.5% · n=32
Off a 31-60-day break 3.8% vs 8.5% · n=53
On Good going 4.3% vs 8.5% · n=70
At trips under 6f 11.7% vs 8.5% · n=163
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
Flat 375 32 8.5% −83.30
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 156 17 10.9% −54.05
Good to Firm 77 7 9.1% −9.75
Good 70 3 4.3% −33.00
Good to Soft 30 2 6.7% +0.50
Soft 23 0 0% −23.00
Heavy 14 1 7.1% +3.00
Firm 7 2 28.6% +31.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Southwell (AW) 101 13 12.9% −24.43
Wolverhampton (AW) 22 1 4.5% −19.12
Kempton (AW) 18 2 11.1% −2.00
Thirsk 18 1 5.6% +3.00
Pontefract 17 3 17.6% +14.75
Doncaster 17 0 0% −17.00
Yarmouth 17 1 5.9% −8.00
Catterick 17 1 5.9% −5.00
Ripon 16 1 6.3% −6.00
Nottingham 15 1 6.7% −5.50
Beverley 15 0 0% −15.00
Lingfield (AW) 13 1 7.7% −6.50
Windsor 10 2 20% +8.00
Brighton 9 1 11.1% +14.00
York 8 0 0% −8.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 140 15 10.7% −12.12
Class 6 112 9 8% −39.18
Class 4 79 5 6.3% −17.50
Class 3 30 2 6.7% −10.50
Class 2 12 1 8.3% −2.00
Class 7 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 26 5 19.2% 0.82 −12.67
2nd–3rd fav 63 9 14.3% 0.97 −14.63
4th–6th fav 139 10 7.2% 0.87 −42.00
7th+ in betting 149 8 5.4% 1.41 −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.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Bel Cantor (GB)from Phil McEntee 70 6 23 24 Feb 11
Colorus (IRE)from Michael Easterby 70 8 23 23 Feb 11
Guto (GB)from Kevin Ryan 64 8 22 17 Feb 11
Eton Fable (IRE)then Colin Teague 30 4 13 24 Feb 11
Style Award (GB) 29 2 5 27 Apr 10
Davana (GB)then Colin Teague 28 1 10 17 Feb 11
Jiminor Mack (GB) 20 0 6 17 Mar 10
My Kaiser Chief (GB) 11 1 2 11 Mar 09
Jaldarshaan (IRE)then Alan Swinbank 7 1 2 4 Jan 11
Jethro Bodine (IRE)from Tim Pitt 7 1 2 22 Apr 09
Sharp Indian (GB) 7 0 0 4 Sep 08
Irish Boy (IRE)then Noel Wilson 6 0 0 14 Dec 10
All 22 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 22 horses listed, 4 arrived from another yard in our archive; 18 had their first archived run for this yard.

10 have since run for another yard, most often for Colin Teague (3) and Alan Swinbank (2); 12 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
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A flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderKelly Harrison
33% of all rides
8.7% SR · A/E 1.16
RiderRWSR£1
Kelly Harrison 126 11 8.7% −14.50
Paul Pickard 39 9 23.1% +13.12
Andrew Mullen 32 1 3.1% −11.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
40
Archived wins
£262k
Prize money
2009
Best season · 14 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.
Bel Cantor (GB) — Ripon Cathedral City Of Dales Handicap Ripon · Aug 2008 · Class 2
£12,462
Eton Fable (IRE) — Totesport.com Brighton Challenge Cup Handicap Brighton · Aug 2009 · Class 4
£12,384
Bel Cantor (GB) — Skybet Supporting The Yorkshire Racing Festival Handicap Pontefract · Jul 2008 · Class 3
£9,347
Notable horses
Bel Cantor (GB) Colorus (IRE) Guto (GB) Style Award (GB) Eton Fable (IRE) Davana (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Largesse (GB) 8.3% · 6–72
Progeny have won 7.3% of 368 runs since 2008 (25 horses).
Night Shift (USA) 11.4% · 8–70
Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,176 runs since 2008 (140 horses).
Foxhound (USA) 12.5% · 8–64
Progeny have won 5.5% of 1,106 runs since 2008 (60 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 9.7% from 144. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 8.6% from 360.
Val Royal (FR) 13.3% · 4–30
Progeny have won 8.8% of 2,015 runs since 2008 (127 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5% from 140.
Acclamation (GB) 6.9% · 2–29
Progeny have won 10% of 19,672 runs since 2008 (1,326 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 193.
Primo Valentino (IRE) 3.6% · 1–28
Progeny have won 8.4% of 1,160 runs since 2008 (78 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 13.6% from 132. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12.2% from 181. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 3.3% from 183.
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 483 · newest first

The latest 50 of 483 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 29 October 2005 to 24 February 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
24 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Bel Cantor (GB)J: William Carson Call 01636 814481 To Sponsor A Race HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 6th 17/2
24 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Eton Fable (IRE)J: William Carson Play Golf Before Racing Selling StakesClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 7 ran 1st 5/6F
23 Feb 11 Lingfield (AW) Colorus (IRE)J: Toby Atkinson Golf And Racing At Lingfield Park Claiming StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 6 ran 5th 8/1
17 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Guto (GB)J: Martin Lane Download The Blue Square Iphone App HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 7 ran 7th 25/1
17 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Colorus (IRE)J: Matt Cosham Download The Blue Square Iphone App HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 6/1
17 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Eton Fable (IRE)J: Luke Morris Dine In The Queen Mother Restaurant Claiming StakesClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 5 ran 2nd 10/1
17 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Davana (GB)J: Luke Morris Dine In The Pantry Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 4 ran 1st 9/4
11 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Davana (GB)J: Matt Cosham Tickets On Line At southwell-racecourse.co.uk Selling HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 11 ran 5th 11/2
11 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Colorus (IRE)J: William Carson Golf Before Racing At Southwell Claiming StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 5 ran 4th 6/4F
09 Feb 11 Lingfield (AW) Eton Fable (IRE)J: Travis Block Blackberry Lane Claiming StakesClass 6 · 13f · Standard · 4 ran 4th 25/1
08 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Colorus (IRE)J: William Carson Southwell Golf Club Members Selling StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 3/1F
03 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Bel Cantor (GB)J: Matt Cosham Bet At Bluesq.com HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 3rd 3/1
03 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Guto (GB)J: Matt Cosham Southwell-racecourse.co.uk HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 13 ran 5th 10/1
29 Jan 11 Lingfield (AW) Eton Fable (IRE)J: Travis Block Lewis Cosstick 18th HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 10/1
28 Jan 11 Wolverhampton (AW) Bel Cantor (GB)J: William Carson Wolverhampton Holiday Inn HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 7th 6/1
27 Jan 11 Southwell (AW) Davana (GB)J: Natasha Eaton Play Roulette At Bluesq.com Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 14f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 13/2
25 Jan 11 Southwell (AW) Colorus (IRE)J: William Carson Golf And Racing At Southwell HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 14/1
04 Jan 11 Kempton (AW) Jaldarshaan (IRE)J: Travis Block Great Sale Offers Daily At williamhill.com HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 5th 5/2F
03 Jan 11 Southwell (AW) Guto (GB)J: William Carson Bet On Winning Distances At bluesq.com HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 6/1
02 Jan 11 Southwell (AW) Bel Cantor (GB)J: William Carson Golf Before Racing At Southwell HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 2nd 7/1

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 Bill Ratcliffe's strike rate?
Bill Ratcliffe has won 32 of 377 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.5% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Bill Ratcliffe do best at?
Southwell (AW) by strike rate: 13 wins from 101 runners (12.9%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most runners 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.
Who rides most for Bill Ratcliffe?
Kelly Harrison, with 126 runners since 2008 — 33% of the total. That pairing has won 11 (8.7%).
What is Bill Ratcliffe's Fair A/E?
0.98, from 377 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).