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Trainer profile

Charlie Longsdon

5,761 runners in the lifetime window · 600 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 5.2% of 233 declared in the last 365 days, counting all recorded withdrawals, including reserves. For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.2–8.0% over 364 racing days). As at 13 Nov 2026.
Last runner yesterday 98% of runners over jumps
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
789–5,761
Wins / Runs
13.7%
Strike rate
n=5,761
1,872 (33%)
Placed
1.03
n=5,750 · 0.89 incl. margin
−1,222.73
£1 level stake
n=5,761 at SP · −21.2%
£7.52m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.4%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 300 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 14% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.03).

Deterministic profile computed from 5,761 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jun–Oct Fresh horses: 14.6% 39.2% when favourite Noel Fehily: 19.3% from 628 Sends off the favourite in 13% of races
The read

It is weakest at Cheltenham (2.7% over 226 runners) — the widest gap in the record. In Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 5.6% (n=301, Fair A/E 0.86). Noel Fehily rides 11% of the entries and beats the yard's average (19.3% vs 13.7%, A/E 1.10) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in Class 1 — 4.7% over 380 runners, 9pts below the baseline. 17 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Unibet Becher Handicap Chase at Aintree (Dec 2021, £84,195). The stable star of the record: Kilfinichen Bay (IRE) — 13 wins from 36 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Jun–Oct.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 13.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
14.6%+0.9
n=1,355 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −245.23
New recruits · first run for the yard
13%−0.7
n=254 · A/E 1.08 · £1 +77.29
Debutants · first career start
13.4%−0.3
n=337 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −33.03
First-time headgear · true-first definition
13.6%−0.1
n=301 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −28.82
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
14.4%+0.7
n=174 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −37.01
When favourite
39.2%
n=734 · A/E 1.16 · £1 +14.42
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
13.5%−0.2
n=1,333 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −281.22
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
5.6%−8.1
n=301 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −134.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 13.7% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
At Cheltenham 2.7% vs 13.7% · n=226
In Class 1 4.7% vs 13.7% · n=380
With James Best 0% vs 13.7% · n=31
In Group / Graded races 5.6% vs 13.7% · n=301
On last-time-out winners 20.5% vs 13.7% · n=777
At Taunton 3.2% vs 13.7% · n=63
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 2,858 362 12.7% −816.58
Chase 2,258 342 15.1% −308.56
NH Flat 505 77 15.2% −28.59
Flat 140 8 5.7% −69.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 2,452 364 14.8% −475.63
Good to Soft 1,453 180 12.4% −301.86
Soft 1,157 148 12.8% −227.92
Heavy 327 47 14.4% −89.86
Good to Firm 248 37 14.9% −82.53
Standard (AW) 116 11 9.5% −43.33
Firm 8 2 25% −1.60

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Huntingdon 363 52 14.3% −87.63
Worcester 332 50 15.1% −11.51
Uttoxeter 327 55 16.8% −68.65
Market Rasen 304 49 16.1% −95.88
Warwick 281 38 13.5% −33.44
Southwell 247 43 17.4% +32.49
Doncaster 241 27 11.2% −44.13
Fontwell 229 40 17.5% −29.25
Stratford 227 41 18.1% −0.76
Cheltenham 226 6 2.7% −182.00
Ludlow 208 24 11.5% −77.55
Bangor-on-Dee 189 35 18.5% +16.85
Kempton 174 18 10.3% −53.67
Newbury 169 13 7.7% −77.12
Chepstow 157 9 5.7% −103.52

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 2,551 387 15.2% −543.00
Class 3 1,153 160 13.9% −138.88
Class 5 954 124 13% −284.16
Class 2 455 48 10.5% −123.82
Class 1 380 18 4.7% −205.50
Class 6 265 51 19.2% +73.03
Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 872 317 36.4% 1.13 −5.76
2nd–3rd fav 1,633 276 16.9% 0.97 −274.97
4th–6th fav 1,832 148 8.1% 0.95 −416.50
7th+ in betting 1,424 48 3.4% 0.94 −525.50
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
82.7% completed · 5,116 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 2,258 77.2% 104 50 355 2 4
Hurdle 2,858 87.1% 58 24 281 4 3
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
Loose Chips (GB) 62 11 25 25 Feb 20
Almazhar Garde (FR) 55 8 19 22 Apr 26
Vivas (FR) 49 6 18 22 Jun 22
Western Miller (IRE) 44 8 18 22 May 21
Azure Fly (IRE)from Peter Bowen · then Jennifer Mason 43 6 18 14 Dec 18
Midnight Jewel (GB)from Kayley Woollacott 40 11 18 3 Oct 26
Zestful Hope (FR) 40 5 11 5 Jul 26
Midnight Shot (GB) 39 11 16 10 May 19
Grandads Horse (GB)from Alan Jones · then Jennie Candlish 39 11 17 24 Jul 16
Crystal Prince (GB)from Tom Tate 39 2 12 26 Mar 12
Jamacho (GB)from Brian Ellison 37 9 12 16 Jul 23
Leith Hill Legasi (GB) 37 3 11 20 Mar 19
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 600 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 22 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.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 60 horses listed, 23 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Ralph Beckett (2); 37 had their first archived run for this yard.

12 have since run for another yard; 48 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
5 from 14
Only 14 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
111513101218151624171211
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 riderNoel Fehily
11% of all rides
19.3% SR · A/E 1.10
RiderRWSR£1
Noel Fehily 628 121 19.3% −73.98
Jonathan Burke 441 33 7.5% −223.11
Aidan Coleman 421 65 15.4% −61.41
Paul O'Brien 413 51 12.3% −19.74
Lilly Pinchin 354 48 13.6% −70.55
Felix De Giles 279 51 18.3% +82.41
Richard Johnson 273 56 20.5% −23.87
Kielan Woods 270 38 14.1% −32.57
Brian Hughes 258 50 19.4% −28.57
Tom Siddall 186 19 10.2% +22.15
Graham Watters 155 17 11% −35.05
David Bass 138 17 12.3% −41.67
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
809
Archived wins
17
Pattern / graded wins
£7.66m
Prize money
2011
Best season · 75 wins
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.
Snow Leopardess (GB) — Unibet Becher Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (National Course) (GBB Race) Aintree · Dec 2021 · Grade 3
£84,195
Pete The Feat (IRE) — 32Red Veterans' Handicap Chase (The Final Of The 2016 Veterans' Chase Series) Sandown · Jan 2017 · Class 2
£61,900
Pendra (IRE) — Sodexo Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Ascot · Oct 2015 · Grade 3
£56,950

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Midnight Legend (GB) 12.3% · 33–269
Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,311 runs since 2008 (494 horses).
Oscar (IRE) 11.5% · 21–183
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Westerner (GB) 17.8% · 31–174
Progeny have won 12.1% of 11,873 runs since 2009 (946 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
Kayf Tara (GB) 15.3% · 26–170
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,769 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Kapgarde (FR) 12.9% · 17–132
Progeny have won 12.4% of 6,646 runs since 2008 (727 horses).
Milan (GB) 20% · 20–100
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,890 runs since 2008 (1,465 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 13 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 5,894 · newest first

The latest 50 of 5,894 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 18 September 2006 to 12 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 Nov 26 Market Rasen Supreme Force (IRE)J: Brian Hughes PricedUp Now With Best Odds 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2nd 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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 6 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 6 runs (won 1) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 7 runs (won 1) · fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 2) · to 8 Nov 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Charlie Longsdon's strike rate?
Charlie Longsdon has won 789 of 5,761 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 13.7% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Charlie Longsdon do best at?
Bangor-on-Dee by strike rate: 35 wins from 189 runners (18.5%) 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 Charlie Longsdon?
Noel Fehily, with 628 runners since 2008 — 11% of the total. That pairing has won 121 (19.3%).
Is Charlie Longsdon in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 14 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Charlie Longsdon's Fair A/E?
1.03, from 5,750 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).