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Trainer profile

C W Thornton

216 runners in the lifetime window · 26 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Oct 2010
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.
9–216
Wins / Runs
4.2%
Strike rate
n=216
51 (24%)
Placed
0.52
Fair A/E
n=216 · 0.44 incl. margin
−88.25
£1 level stake
n=216 at SP · −40.9%
£67,654
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.9%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 70 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.52). With a claiming rider up the record reads 7% (59 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 216 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 6.8%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 0% (n=38, Fair A/E 0.00). The yard also read well in Class 5 (7.9%, n=63) and on Good to Firm going (7.7%, n=52). The record read poorly on Good to Soft going — 0% over 37 runners, 4.2pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard off a 15-30-day break: Fair A/E 0.76 across 86 runners (7% strike, −31.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. The stable star of the record was Danzatrice (GB) — 7 wins from 57 runs for the yard.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−4.2
n=38 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −38.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.2
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.2
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−4.2
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.2
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
20%
n=10 · A/E 0.60 · £1 −4.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
6.8%+2.6
n=59 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −40.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−4.2
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.2% 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
In Class 5 7.9% vs 4.2% · n=63
On Good to Soft going 0% vs 4.2% · n=37
Off a 31-60-day break 0% vs 4.2% · n=36
On Good to Firm going 7.7% vs 4.2% · n=52
Off a 15-30-day break 7% vs 4.2% · n=86
With claiming riders up 6.8% vs 4.2% · n=59
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 120 6 5% −31.50
Hurdle 65 3 4.6% −25.75
NH Flat 19 0 0% −19.00
Chase 12 0 0% −12.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 87 3 3.4% −78.25
Good to Firm 52 4 7.7% +40.50
Good to Soft 37 0 0% −37.00
Soft 24 1 4.2% −18.50
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Heavy 7 1 14.3% +14.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Musselburgh 25 1 4% −22.00
Doncaster 17 0 0% −17.00
Sedgefield 14 1 7.1% −10.75
Ayr 12 0 0% −12.00
Wetherby 12 0 0% −12.00
Newcastle 11 0 0% −11.00
Nottingham 9 0 0% −9.00
Ripon 9 3 33.3% +65.50
Uttoxeter 8 1 12.5% +7.00
Haydock 8 0 0% −8.00
Market Rasen 8 0 0% −8.00
Redcar 8 0 0% −8.00
Carlisle 7 1 14.3% −1.50
Beverley 7 0 0% −7.00
Catterick 6 0 0% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 86 3 3.5% −46.75
Class 5 63 5 7.9% +20.00
Class 6 49 1 2% −43.50
Class 3 13 0 0% −13.00
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 13 3 23.1% 0.78 −2.00
2nd–3rd fav 30 4 13.3% 0.84 +4.75
4th–6th fav 68 0 0% 0.00 −68.00
7th+ in betting 105 2 1.9% 0.65 −23.00
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
Danzatrice (GB) 31 3 14 16 Nov 09
Smarties Party (GB)then Clive Mulhall 24 1 9 11 Jun 10
Petella (GB)then George Moore 21 2 9 27 Oct 10
Lets Roll (GB) 17 0 2 28 Oct 09
Spruzzo (GB)then Chris Fairhurst 15 1 1 29 Jun 10
Sea Venture (IRE)then Tim Walford 13 0 3 30 Mar 09
Sprinkler (GB) 12 0 1 31 Aug 09
Easby Mandarin (GB) 12 0 5 11 Jun 09
Florentino (GB) 12 1 2 12 Dec 08
Vesuvio (GB)from B W Hills 7 0 2 6 Aug 08
Dance Sauvage (GB)from B W Hills · then Brian Storey 6 0 1 31 Jul 08
Freschezza (GB) 5 1 1 17 Apr 09
All 26 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 26 horses listed, 4 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from B W Hills (3); 22 had their first archived run for this yard.

12 have since run for another yard, most often for Clive Mulhall (3) and George Moore (3); 14 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
13050134556000
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderRichie McGrath
15% of all rides
6.3% SR · A/E 0.67
RiderRWSR£1
Richie McGrath 32 2 6.3% −13.75
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
21
Archived wins
£189k
Prize money
2006
Best season · 5 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.
Lets Roll (GB) — Carricks Darley Hay Architects Handicap Ayr · Sep 2006 · Class 3
£11,659
Lets Roll (GB) — Freephone Stanleybet Handicap Ayr · Jun 2005 · Class 3
£9,377
Lets Roll (GB) — turftours.com Handicap Ayr · Sep 2005 · Class 4
£8,346
Notable horses
Danzatrice (GB) Lets Roll (GB) Petella (GB) Intavac Boy (GB) Smarties Party (GB) Sprinkler (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Tamure (IRE) 6.5% · 7–107
Progeny have won 10% of 896 runs since 2008 (76 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.4% from 128. Weakest on Good to Soft going: 5% from 180.
Emperor Fountain (GB) 2.2% · 1–46
Progeny have won 5.4% of 386 runs since 2008 (47 horses).
Efisio (GB) 4.3% · 1–23
Progeny have won 9.8% of 1,142 runs since 2008 (73 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.2% from 121.
Sea Raven (IRE) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 8% of 414 runs since 2008 (49 horses).
Tiger Hill (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 9.5% of 3,823 runs since 2008 (360 horses).
Groom Dancer (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 7% of 1,020 runs since 2008 (94 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 530 · newest first

The latest 50 of 530 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 10 January 2005 to 27 October 2010.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
27 Oct 10 Nottingham Petella (GB)J: William Buick Exclusive Networks Proudly Partners Imperva HandicapClass 6 · 16f · Soft · 17 ran 7th 6/1
25 Oct 10 Leicester Silver Tigress (GB)J: Tom Eaves Haymarket Nursery (Div 1)Class 6 · 7f · Heavy · 13 ran 12th 16/1
15 Oct 10 Redcar Petella (GB)J: Paul Hanagan Sam Hall Memorial HandicapClass 5 · 14f · Good · 16 ran 7th 17/2
08 Oct 10 Carlisle Alimure (GB)J: Paddy Aspell Weddings At Carlisle Racecourse Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 17f · Good · 15 ran 6th 100/1
07 Oct 10 Newbury Petella (GB)J: Adam Beschizza Be Wiser Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 7th 7/4F
02 Oct 10 Redcar Danbrook (IRE)J: P J McDonald European Breeders' Fund Maiden Stakes (Div 1)Class 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 16th 100/1
26 Sep 10 Market Rasen Alimure (GB)J: Paddy Aspell 40% Better Off On Betfair SP Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 7th 66/1
22 Sep 10 Redcar Tigerino (IRE)J: Kelly Harrison Hold Your Christmas Party Here Nursery (Str) (Div 2)Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 8th 50/1
16 Sep 10 Yarmouth Petella (GB)J: Adam Beschizza Irish Thoroughbred Marketing HandicapClass 5 · 16f · Soft · 14 ran 1st 9/2J
14 Sep 10 Haydock Silver Tigress (GB)J: Kelly Harrison E.B.F. Northern Racing Club 30th Year Maiden Stakes (Div 2)Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 10 ran 7th 66/1
31 Aug 10 Ripon Petella (GB)J: Paul Hanagan Wakeman Stayers HandicapClass 6 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 2nd 9/4F
21 Aug 10 Ripon Tigerino (IRE)J: Daniel Tudhope At The Races Sky 415 Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good · 16 ran 15th 100/1
15 Aug 10 Pontefract Petella (GB)J: Kelly Harrison totepool Flexi Betting HandicapClass 5 · 17f · Good · 12 ran 3rd 8/1
07 Aug 10 Ayr Petella (GB)J: Kelly Harrison MJD & Sons Scaffolding Ltd HandicapClass 6 · 15f · Good · 9 ran 3rd 4/1
06 Aug 10 Haydock Tigerino (IRE)J: Barry McHugh E.b.f. Sportsbook Wirral's Leading Independent Bookmakers Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good · 8 ran 8th 33/1
05 Aug 10 Haydock Silver Tigress (GB)J: Paul Mulrennan E.b.f. Aaron Moon Novice Fillies' StakesClass 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 6th 14/1
22 Jul 10 Uttoxeter Alfinski (GB)J: Paddy Aspell NMU Birmingham Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 1)Class 6 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 12th 25/1
17 Jul 10 Haydock Silver Tigress (GB)J: P J McDonald E.b.f. Hattons Travel Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 8th 66/1
16 Jul 10 Nottingham Tigerino (IRE)J: Barry McHugh European Breeders' Fund Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 8th 28/1
03 Jul 10 Carlisle Petella (GB)J: Kelly Harrison Lloyd Motor Group Maiden HandicapClass 6 · 17f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 1st 9/2

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 C W Thornton's strike rate?
C W Thornton has won 9 of 216 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4.2% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is C W Thornton's Fair A/E?
0.52, from 216 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).