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Trainer profile

Brian Eckley

264 runners in the lifetime window · 42 individual horses
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 106 days ago 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
16–264
Wins / Runs
6.1%
Strike rate
n=264
46 (17%)
Placed
1.01
Fair A/E
n=263 · 0.87 incl. margin
−49.90
£1 level stake
n=264 at SP · −18.9%
£118k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
33.3%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 6% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.01).

Deterministic profile computed from 264 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Mar Robert Dunne: 11.5% from 52
The read

The record is strongest at Ffos Las (12.5%, n=48), clear of the yard's 6.1% baseline. It is weakest at Ludlow (2.4% over 41 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Debutants struggle at 2.4% (n=41, Fair A/E 0.66). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 3.6% strike, Fair A/E 0.69 and −85.00 to a £1 stake over 112 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Robert Dunne rides 20% of the entries and beats the yard's average (11.5% vs 6.1%, A/E 1.23) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well on Heavy going (10.9%, n=46). The record reads poorly on Good going — 2.8% over 71 runners, 3.3pts below the baseline. Seasonally, the yard fires Feb–Mar.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
4.8%−1.3
n=62 · A/E 1.18 · £1 +21.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−6.1
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Debutants · first career start
2.4%−3.7
n=41 · A/E 0.66 · £1 −7.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.1
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−6.1
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
36.4%
n=11 · A/E 1.19 · £1 −0.65
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.6%−2.5
n=112 · A/E 0.69 · £1 −85.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.1
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.1% 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
At Ffos Las 12.5% vs 6.1% · n=48
With Robert Dunne 11.5% vs 6.1% · n=52
On Heavy going 10.9% vs 6.1% · n=46
On Good going 2.8% vs 6.1% · n=71
At Ludlow 2.4% vs 6.1% · n=41
With debutants 2.4% vs 6.1% · n=41
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 156 10 6.4% −66.27
NH Flat 90 5 5.6% +31.75
Chase 18 1 5.6% −15.38

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 71 2 2.8% −60.25
Soft 71 3 4.2% −18.00
Good to Soft 65 6 9.2% −5.38
Heavy 46 5 10.9% +44.73
Good to Firm 11 0 0% −11.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Ffos Las 48 6 12.5% +77.73
Ludlow 41 1 2.4% −15.00
Chepstow 38 3 7.9% −22.75
Hereford 33 3 9.1% −9.25
Bangor-on-Dee 31 1 3.2% −14.00
Worcester 11 0 0% −11.00
Uttoxeter 11 0 0% −11.00
Taunton 8 0 0% −8.00
Newton Abbot 7 0 0% −7.00
Warwick 6 1 16.7% −3.38
Towcester 5 0 0% −5.00
Cheltenham 5 0 0% −5.00
Stratford 4 0 0% −4.00
Exeter 4 1 25% −0.25
Southwell 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 113 6 5.3% −46.25
Class 5 93 7 7.5% −19.02
Class 6 33 2 6.1% +37.75
Class 3 14 1 7.1% −11.38
Class 1 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 11 4 36.4% 1.19 −0.65
2nd–3rd fav 28 4 14.3% 0.89 −2.25
4th–6th fav 77 5 6.5% 1.08 −26.00
7th+ in betting 148 3 2% 0.89 −21.00
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
80.5% completed · 174 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 18 61.1% 1 2 4 0 0
Hurdle 156 82.7% 2 1 24 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
Liberty Bella (GB) 22 3 5 8 May 21
Jaunty Inflight (GB)then Dr Richard Newland 22 2 4 11 May 16
Jaunty Viking (GB) 21 1 6 20 Feb 26
Lucky Prince (GB)then Jim Best 18 1 4 9 Jun 14
Timeforarum (GB) 16 3 4 26 Mar 26
Jaunty Freyja (GB) 14 1 5 16 Apr 22
Lucky Sun (GB)then Philip Kirby 14 0 2 6 May 13
Timeforadance (GB) 11 0 0 5 Jan 23
Timeforagin (GB) 11 0 0 18 Feb 13
Jaunty Clementine (GB) 9 0 0 10 Jan 18
Jaunty Thor (GB)then Oliver Greenall 9 0 2 26 May 16
Jaunty Soria (GB)then Neil Mulholland 8 0 2 7 May 19
All 42 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 42 horses listed, none arrived from another yard in our archive — all 42 had their first archived run here.

16 have since run for another yard, most often for Dai Burchell (2); 26 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
87833130000511
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 riderRobert Dunne
20% of all rides
11.5% SR · A/E 1.23
RiderRWSR£1
Robert Dunne 52 6 11.5% +28.12
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
19
Archived wins
£134k
Prize money
2021
Best season · 4 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.
Liberty Bella (GB) — MansionBet 2 Days Until Cheltmas EBF Mares' Novices' Chase Warwick · Mar 2021 · Class 3
£7,993
Jaunty Inflight (GB) — Hampton Veterinary Group Handicap Hurdle Bangor-on-Dee · Feb 2015 · Class 4
£6,498
Jaunty Freyja (GB) — Cazoo Mares' Handicap Hurdle Chepstow · Jan 2022 · Class 4
£5,664
Notable horses
Liberty Bella (GB) Timeforarum (GB) Jaunty Inflight (GB) Libberty Hunter (GB) Jaunty Viking (GB) Lucky Prince (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Norse Dancer (IRE) 3.6% · 2–56
Progeny have won 9.3% of 1,799 runs since 2008 (157 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.4% from 277. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.3% from 207.
Lucky Owners (NZ) 3.1% · 1–32
Progeny have won 5.3% of 283 runs since 2008 (25 horses).
Busy Flight (GB) 7.4% · 2–27
Progeny have won 11.3% of 337 runs since 2008 (40 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.8% from 115.
Librettist (USA) 11.5% · 3–26
Progeny have won 9.5% of 1,644 runs since 2008 (169 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.6% from 219.
Proconsul (GB) 18.8% · 3–16
Progeny have won 8.4% of 346 runs since 2008 (34 horses).
Yorgunnabelucky (USA) 18.8% · 3–16
Progeny have won 11.2% of 1,076 runs since 2008 (97 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 21 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 305 · newest first

The latest 50 of 305 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 5 February 2005 to 7 July 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
07 Jul 26 Uttoxeter Jaunty Trooper (GB)J: Robert Dunne CopyBet Overnight Best Odds Guaranteed Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 7 ran UR 40/1
11 Jun 26 Worcester Liberty Leader (GB)J: Lewis Saunders CopyBet Royal Ascot BOG From Sunday Mares' NH Flat Race (Conditionals/Amateurs) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 3rd 22/1
23 May 26 Bangor-on-Dee Liberty Leader (GB)J: Lewis Saunders Wrexham Evening On Friday 26th June Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 5th 28/1
26 Mar 26 Chepstow Timeforarum (GB)J: Lewis Saunders ECIS Health Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1st 5/4F
20 Feb 26 Ffos Las Timeforarum (GB)J: James Best Fairplay Let's Bet On It! Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Heavy · 6 ran 1st 8/1
20 Feb 26 Ffos Las Jaunty Viking (GB)J: James Best Roperhurst Limited 50th Anniversary Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Heavy · 7 ran PU 40/1
19 Nov 25 Ffos Las Jaunty Viking (GB)J: Miss Thomasina Eyston tigerbet.co.uk Online Betting Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19.5f · Soft · 8 ran 5th 10/1
16 Oct 25 Ffos Las Jaunty Viking (GB)J: James Best Ethical Packaging Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 7 ran 5th 22/1
15 Sep 25 Worcester Timeforarum (GB)J: Conor Ring BetWright Safer Gambling Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 20f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 7th 16/1
06 Sep 25 Stratford Timeforarum (GB)J: Robert Dunne Andy Townsend Memorial Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16.5f · Good · 11 ran 5th 13/2
06 Sep 25 Stratford Jaunty Viking (GB)J: James Best Genair Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 22.5f · Good · 9 ran PU 40/1
01 Jul 25 Stratford Timeforarum (GB)J: Conor Ring Davisons Law Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5th 11/1
21 Dec 24 Hereford Timeforarum (GB)J: James Best Accasion Marquees Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 1st 9/1
11 Dec 24 Hereford Jaunty Galaxy (GB)J: Ellis Collier Hereford FC Forever United Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 7th 28/1
27 Nov 24 Hereford Jaunty Galaxy (GB)J: Conor Ring Brightwells Ltd Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 5th 250/1
29 Oct 24 Chepstow Timeforarum (GB)J: Conor Ring Cambria Consulting Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Soft · 14 ran 9th 20/1
13 Oct 24 Ffos Las Jaunty Galaxy (GB)J: Conor Ring DragonBet On Course Values Online Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 22f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 8th 200/1
14 Jul 24 Stratford Timeforarum (GB)J: Conor Ring Jebbo Becomes A Septuagenarian 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 28/1
28 Jun 24 Bangor-on-Dee Timeforarum (GB)J: Conor Ring Wynnstay Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 4th 22/1
01 Jun 24 Worcester Jaunty Galaxy (GB)J: Conor Ring bepartofit Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 11th 40/1

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 Brian Eckley's strike rate?
Brian Eckley has won 16 of 264 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.1% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Brian Eckley do best at?
Ffos Las by strike rate: 6 wins from 48 runners (12.5%) 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 Brian Eckley?
Robert Dunne, with 52 runners since 2008 — 20% of the total. That pairing has won 6 (11.5%).
What is Brian Eckley's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 263 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 21 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).