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Trainer profile

David C Griffiths

147 runners in the last 5 seasons · 20 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Dec 2023 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2010→)
from 1 Jan 2022
8–147
Wins / Runs
5.4%
Strike rate
n=147
19 (13%)
Placed
1.19
Fair A/E
n=146 · 1.01 incl. margin
+106.25
£1 level stake
n=147 at SP · +72.3%
£52,574
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.4%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 5% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.19).

Deterministic profile computed from 147 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 15 Oct 2026
The read

The yard also reads well in Class 6 (10%, n=80) and off a 8-14-day break (9.3%, n=43). The market has also underrated the yard on Standard (AW) going: Fair A/E 1.48 across 83 runners (8.4% strike, +103.25 to a £1 stake). The record reads poorly in Class 5 — 0% over 41 runners, 5.4pts below the baseline. 10 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Qatar King George Stakes at Goodwood (Jul 2016, £176,992). The stable star of the record: Take Cover (GB) — 12 wins from 46 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 5.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
11.8%+6.4
n=17 · A/E 5.52 · £1 +67.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
10%+4.6
n=10 · A/E 4.99 · £1 +7.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.4
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.4
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−5.4
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
When favourite
66.7%
n=3 · A/E 2.34 · £1 +4.25
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.6%+0.2
n=18 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −14.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.4% 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 6 10% vs 5.4% · n=80
In Class 5 0% vs 5.4% · n=41
Off a 8-14-day break 9.3% vs 5.4% · n=43
On Standard (AW) going 8.4% vs 5.4% · n=83
Over 6f – 7f 8.5% vs 5.4% · n=47
Off a 15-30-day break 2.4% vs 5.4% · n=42
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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 83 7 8.4% +103.25
Good to Firm 24 0 0% −24.00
Good 24 0 0% −24.00
Soft 11 1 9.1% +56.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Southwell (AW) 24 0 0% −24.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 23 1 4.3% −6.00
Newcastle (AW) 20 2 10% +113.00
Beverley 9 0 0% −9.00
Catterick 9 0 0% −9.00
Doncaster 8 0 0% −8.00
Thirsk 8 0 0% −8.00
Lingfield (AW) 8 2 25% −0.75
Chelmsford City (AW) 5 1 20% +5.00
Chester 4 0 0% −4.00
York 3 0 0% −3.00
Haydock 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 3 1 33.3% +16.00
Nottingham 3 1 33.3% +64.00
Wetherby 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 80 8 10% +173.25
Class 5 41 0 0% −41.00
Class 4 18 0 0% −18.00
Class 3 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 2 50% 1.94 +3.25
2nd–3rd fav 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
4th–6th fav 36 2 5.6% 0.76 −10.00
7th+ in betting 103 4 3.9% 1.61 +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.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Ornate (GB)from Robert Cowell 23 1 3 23 Jan 23
Cool Spirit (GB)from Olly Williams 21 3 6 4 Oct 22
Duke Of Firenze (GB)from Robert Cowell 17 0 1 27 Dec 22
Lucky Beggar (IRE)from Charles Hills 12 1 2 20 Jan 23
Canzone (GB)from Kevin Frost 10 1 3 23 Feb 23
Endofastorm (IRE)then Joe Ponting 10 1 2 3 Feb 23
Herbertandflorence (GB)from Mark Johnston 9 0 0 29 Jul 22
Blazing Hot (GB)from David Brown · then Michael Herrington 6 0 1 22 Jul 23
Firewater (GB)from Richard Fahey 6 0 0 26 Oct 22
Dash Power (GB)from Richard Hannon · then Derek Shaw 4 0 0 29 Dec 23
Billy Mcgarry (GB)from David Brown · then Michael Herrington 4 0 0 15 Aug 23
Arnie Angell (GB)from David Brown · then Michael Herrington 4 0 0 25 Jul 23
All 20 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 20 horses listed, 16 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from David Brown (5) and Robert Cowell (2); 4 had their first archived run for this yard.

11 have since run for another yard, most often for Michael Herrington (4) and Derek Shaw (3); 9 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
522250060002200
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 riderPhil Dennis
24% of all rides
5.7% SR · A/E 0.97
RiderRWSR£1
Phil Dennis 35 2 5.7% +101.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2010→
155
Archived wins
10
Pattern / graded wins
£1.95m
Prize money
2017
Best season · 23 wins
Take Cover (GB) — Qatar King George Stakes (Group 2) Goodwood · Jul 2016 · Group 2
£176,992
Ornate (GB) — Investec 'Dash' Handicap Epsom Downs · Jun 2019 · Class 2
£61,590
Take Cover (GB) — Betfred King George Stakes (Group 2) Goodwood · Aug 2014 · Group 2
£56,710
Notable horses
Take Cover (GB) Archimedes (IRE) Cyflymder (IRE) Ornate (GB) Brother Tiger (GB) Duke Of Firenze (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bahamian Bounty (GB) 4.3% · 1–23
Progeny have won 9.6% of 9,353 runs since 2008 (598 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1% from 202.
Swiss Spirit (GB) 14.3% · 3–21
Progeny have won 9.4% of 3,644 runs since 2008 (243 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 4.5% from 244. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 3.7% from 136.
Pivotal (GB) 0% · 0–17
Progeny have won 13.6% of 12,785 runs since 2008 (1,019 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
Bobby's Kitten (USA) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 8% of 1,666 runs since 2008 (144 horses).
Verglas (IRE) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 10.2% of 6,977 runs since 2008 (499 horses).
Galileo Gold (GB) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 10.8% of 2,005 runs since 2008 (172 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 1,976 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,976 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 8 April 2010 to 29 December 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Dec 23 Southwell (AW) Dash Power (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill Boost Your Acca-Fenwa With BetUK Classified StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 200/1
22 Dec 23 Southwell (AW) Dash Power (GB)J: Andrew Mullen Stay Golden With BetMGM Safer Gambling NurseryClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 11th 125/1
21 Dec 23 Southwell (AW) Persian Wolf (IRE)J: Cam Hardie BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 200/1
16 Dec 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Dash Power (GB)J: Dougie Costello Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 5f · Standard · 9 ran 6th 200/1
07 Dec 23 Southwell (AW) Persian Wolf (IRE)J: Cam Hardie BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets HandicapClass 6 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 125/1
19 Nov 23 Newcastle (AW) Persian Wolf (IRE)J: Jason Hart Find More Big Deals At BetUK HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 66/1
14 Nov 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Dash Power (GB)J: Liam Keniry Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 5f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 125/1
09 Nov 23 Chelmsford City (AW) Belvoir Kitten (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill Havens Hospice NurseryClass 6 · 5f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 10th 20/1
20 Oct 23 Newcastle (AW) Belvoir Kitten (GB)J: Cam Hardie Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM NurseryClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 33/1
28 Sep 23 Southwell (AW) Belvoir Kitten (GB)J: Cam Hardie Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter NurseryClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 50/1
16 Aug 23 Beverley Buzz Box (GB)J: Tom Eaves 60 Years Of Porsche 911 EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 6th 100/1
15 Aug 23 Newcastle (AW) Billy Mcgarry (GB)J: David Allan At The Races App Market Movers Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran 7th 18/1
11 Aug 23 Thirsk Storminghull (GB)J: Jason Watson JW 4x4 Northallerton HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Good · 14 ran 7th 33/1
03 Aug 23 Newcastle (AW) Billy Mcgarry (GB)J: Lewis Edmunds Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 20/1
26 Jul 23 Catterick Buzz Box (GB)J: Tom Eaves British Stallion Studs EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 6f · Good · 12 ran 10th 100/1
25 Jul 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Arnie Angell (GB)J: Lewis Edmunds Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 5f · Standard · 10 ran 9th 18/1
25 Jul 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Magic Gem (GB)J: Lewis Edmunds Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 9/2
22 Jul 23 Doncaster Blazing Hot (GB)J: Sean Kirrane Childrens Air Ambulance Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Soft · 7 ran 3rd 18/1
18 Jul 23 Beverley Arnie Angell (GB)J: Phil Dennis Malcolm Greenslade Doncaster LVA Stalwart Memorial Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 5f · Soft · 13 ran 6th 40/1
07 Jul 23 Doncaster Billy Mcgarry (GB)J: Jason Watson Luke Normanton Takepayments Handicap (Rnd)Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 4th 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 David C Griffiths's strike rate?
David C Griffiths has won 8 of 147 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 5.4% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is David C Griffiths's Fair A/E?
1.19, from 146 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).