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Trainer profile

Chris Gordon

1,163 runners in the last 5 seasons · 149 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 6.3% of 272 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 For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days). As at 20 Oct 2026.
Won yesterday Last runner yesterday 91% of runners over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
196–1,163
Wins / Runs
16.9%
Strike rate
n=1,163
394 (34%)
Placed
1.19
n=1,159 · 1.03 incl. margin
−102.87
£1 level stake
n=1,163 at SP · −8.8%
£2.61m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
14.2%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 230 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 17% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.19). With a claiming rider up the record reads 21% (295 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,163 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Sep–Nov 43.1% when favourite Freddie Gordon: 21.2% from 377 Claiming riders: 21% Sends off the favourite in 13% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Plumpton (23%, n=252), clear of the yard's 16.9% baseline. Runners with a claiming rider up have been a positive signal at 21% (n=295, Fair A/E 1.37), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 9.4% (n=32, Fair A/E 1.10). Freddie Gordon rides 32% of the entries and edges the yard's average (21.2% vs 16.9%, A/E 1.33) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly over 6f – 7f — 4% over 50 runners, 12.9pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard on Standard (AW) going: Fair A/E 0.78 across 56 runners (7.1% strike, −13.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury (Feb 2023, £87,219). The stable star of the record: Absolute Shambles (GB) — 9 wins from 57 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Sep–Nov.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 16.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
12.6%−4.3
n=269 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −92.20
New recruits · first run for the yard
13.2%−3.7
n=38 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −2.25
Debutants · first career start
18.8%+1.9
n=69 · A/E 1.45 · £1 +14.75
First-time headgear · true-first definition
20%+3.1
n=45 · A/E 1.49 · £1 +51.88
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
13.8%−3.1
n=29 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −9.92
When favourite
43.1%
n=153 · A/E 1.24 · £1 +16.41
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
21%+4.1
n=295 · A/E 1.37 · £1 +71.53
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.4%−7.5
n=32 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −12.60

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 16.9% 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
Over 6f – 7f 4% vs 16.9% · n=50
With Tom Cannon 24.9% vs 16.9% · n=201
In Flat races 8.2% vs 16.9% · n=110
On Standard (AW) going 7.1% vs 16.9% · n=56
With Rex Dingle 10.5% vs 16.9% · n=247
At Plumpton 23% vs 16.9% · n=252
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 679 117 17.2% −9.62
Chase 278 53 19.1% −28.70
Flat 110 9 8.2% −42.00
NH Flat 96 17 17.7% −22.55

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 462 95 20.6% +2.99
Good to Soft 335 53 15.8% −10.15
Soft 236 35 14.8% −50.28
Standard (AW) 56 4 7.1% −13.00
Heavy 44 5 11.4% −20.23
Good to Firm 28 3 10.7% −15.70
Firm 2 1 50% +3.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Plumpton 252 58 23% −8.33
Fontwell 187 32 17.1% −26.96
Newbury 85 10 11.8% −30.75
Kempton 85 12 14.1% −13.17
Lingfield 49 8 16.3% −0.71
Cheltenham 43 5 11.6% −14.25
Wincanton 42 8 19% −0.67
Ascot 33 6 18.2% +8.63
Warwick 31 5 16.1% +18.60
Worcester 30 6 20% −0.17
Chepstow 28 6 21.4% +5.55
Lingfield (AW) 26 1 3.8% −18.00
Huntingdon 23 5 21.7% +9.41
Taunton 20 1 5% −8.00
Uttoxeter 20 3 15% −9.58

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 388 70 18% −10.64
Class 4 370 67 18.1% −27.44
Class 3 183 33 18% −34.61
Class 2 100 13 13% −8.08
Class 1 65 7 10.8% −0.10
Class 6 57 6 10.5% −22.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 174 78 44.8% 1.33 +35.91
2nd–3rd fav 359 72 20.1% 1.09 −5.78
4th–6th fav 365 38 10.4% 1.25 −16.00
7th+ in betting 265 8 3% 0.89 −117.00
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
85.9% completed · 957 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 278 79.5% 8 6 42 0 1
Hurdle 679 88.5% 12 11 54 0 1
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
Unanswered Prayers (IRE) 31 4 7 4 May 26
Alto Alto (FR)from Sean Thomas Doyle 29 5 10 6 May 26
Aucunrisque (FR) 29 8 14 21 Sep 25
Stanley Pincombe (IRE) 23 3 8 15 May 25
Unico (GB)from Marco Botti 22 1 7 15 Oct 26
King William Rufus (FR) 22 3 11 10 Jan 26
Goodwin (IRE) 21 6 10 15 Oct 26
Blade Runner (FR) 19 5 5 9 Feb 26
Red Windsor (IRE) 19 1 5 17 May 25
Blame The Game (IRE) 19 4 6 23 Oct 24
Southbank (IRE)from Stuart Williams 18 2 8 30 Sep 26
Highway One O Five (IRE) 18 2 6 26 May 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 149 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 8 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, 13 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Paul Henderson (2); 47 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard, most often for Anthony Honeyball (4); 55 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
2 from 10
Only 10 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
1619211718104824201811
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 riderFreddie Gordon
32% of all rides
21.2% SR · A/E 1.33
RiderRWSR£1
Freddie Gordon 377 80 21.2% +79.93
Rex Dingle 247 26 10.5% −70.66
Tom Cannon 201 50 24.9% +7.08
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
506
Archived wins
4
Pattern / graded wins
£4.96m
Prize money
2022
Best season · 63 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.
Aucunrisque (FR) — Betfair Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Newbury · Feb 2023 · Class 1
£87,219
Annual Invictus (IRE) — SBK Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Doncaster · Jan 2024 · Class 1
£56,950
Electric Mason (IRE) — Betfair Stayers' Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Haydock · Nov 2025 · Class 1
£56,950

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Presenting (GB) 12.3% · 8–65
Progeny have won 11% of 20,049 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Mahler (GB) 10.9% · 6–55
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,836 runs since 2008 (784 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Soldier of Fortune (IRE) 23.8% · 10–42
Progeny have won 11.3% of 5,811 runs since 2008 (678 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Champs Elysees (GB) 27.5% · 11–40
Progeny have won 11.5% of 7,118 runs since 2008 (521 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.9% from 391. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 387.
No Risk At All (FR) 25% · 10–40
Progeny have won 14.4% of 3,107 runs since 2008 (430 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.4% from 941.
Getaway (GER) 34.2% · 13–38
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,913 runs since 2008 (1,026 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.7% from 131.
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 20 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 4,124 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,124 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 9 November 2007 to 19 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
09 Oct 26 Chepstow Poet Laureate (FR)J: Freddie Gordon LSL Racing Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 10th 17/2

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 Chris Gordon's strike rate?
Chris Gordon has won 196 of 1,163 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 16.9% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Chris Gordon do best at?
Plumpton by strike rate: 58 wins from 252 runners (23%) since 2022. 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 Chris Gordon?
Freddie Gordon, with 377 runners since 2022 — 32% of the total. That pairing has won 80 (21.2%).
Is Chris Gordon in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 10 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Chris Gordon's Fair A/E?
1.19, from 1,159 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).