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David Killahena & Graeme McPherson

498 runners in the last 5 seasons · 65 individual horses
As at 11 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 4 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2023→)
from 1 Jan 2022
82–498
Wins / Runs
16.5%
Strike rate
n=498
174 (35%)
Placed
1.42
Fair A/E
n=496 · 1.22 incl. margin
+75.76
£1 level stake
n=498 at SP · +15.2%
£854k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
17.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 100 runners a season, winning with 17% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.42).

Deterministic profile computed from 498 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 11 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 17.6% 53.8% when favourite Nick Slatter: 15.7% from 166 Sends off the favourite in 10% of races
The read

New recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 12.1% (n=33, Fair A/E 1.36). Horses returning fresh after 61+ days are the standout value angle: 17.6% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.54 and +53.43 to a £1 stake over 108 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Nick Slatter rides 33% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (15.7%, A/E 1.51) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well in Class 3 (26.7%, n=30) and off a 61-180-day break (23.1%, n=65). The record reads poorly off a break of 180+ days — 9.3% over 43 runners, 7.2pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Pertemps Network Swinton Handicap Hurdle at Haydock (May 2026, £45,560). The stable star of the record: Moon Chime (GB) — 8 wins from 22 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 16.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
17.6%+1.1
n=108 · A/E 1.54 · £1 +53.43
New recruits · first run for the yard
12.1%−4.4
n=33 · A/E 1.36 · £1 +25.00
Debutants · first career start
15.6%−0.9
n=32 · A/E 1.76 · £1 −3.71
First-time headgear · true-first definition
13%−3.5
n=23 · A/E 1.40 · £1 +34.88
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−16.5
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
When favourite
53.8%
n=52 · A/E 1.56 · £1 +18.22
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
15.3%−1.2
n=176 · A/E 1.40 · £1 +37.92
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
13.3%−3.2
n=15 · A/E 1.54 · £1 −1.12

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 16.5% 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
On last-time-out winners 26.7% vs 16.5% · n=75
With Kielan Woods 24% vs 16.5% · n=125
In Class 3 26.7% vs 16.5% · n=30
Off a 61-180-day break 23.1% vs 16.5% · n=65
Off a break of 180+ days 9.3% vs 16.5% · n=43
Off a 31-60-day break 11.6% vs 16.5% · n=138
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 286 49 17.1% +34.86
Flat 80 12 15% −2.79
Chase 75 12 16% +28.84
NH Flat 57 9 15.8% +14.85

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 230 38 16.5% +61.16
Good to Soft 113 21 18.6% +41.34
Standard (AW) 65 9 13.8% −11.19
Soft 55 8 14.5% −4.55
Good to Firm 26 3 11.5% −11.00
Heavy 9 3 33.3% +0.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Worcester 50 6 12% +9.33
Stratford 35 6 17.1% +2.53
Hereford 31 3 9.7% −9.50
Market Rasen 27 6 22.2% −4.09
Uttoxeter 26 5 19.2% +45.50
Southwell 24 2 8.3% −8.50
Wolverhampton (AW) 22 1 4.5% −16.00
Warwick 22 4 18.2% +8.58
Southwell (AW) 20 2 10% −13.37
Huntingdon 20 4 20% +2.66
Doncaster 16 3 18.8% +6.00
Newton Abbot 12 1 8.3% −5.00
Ludlow 12 1 8.3% −4.00
Chepstow 11 2 18.2% +10.88
Ayr 11 2 18.2% +14.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 189 28 14.8% +18.07
Class 4 187 31 16.6% +8.02
Class 6 43 9 20.9% +17.46
Class 3 30 8 26.7% +17.08
Class 2 25 2 8% −16.75
Class 1 24 4 16.7% +31.88

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 56 28 50% 1.48 +14.22
2nd–3rd fav 117 25 21.4% 1.24 +6.04
4th–6th fav 179 22 12.3% 1.60 +40.50
7th+ in betting 146 7 4.8% 1.39 +15.00
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
90% completed · 361 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 75 85.3% 2 0 9 0 0
Hurdle 286 91.3% 2 1 20 1 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
Sunday Soldier (IRE)from Fergal O'Brien 24 5 8 23 Apr 26
Moon Chime (GB)from Fergal O'Brien 22 8 11 5 Nov 26
Billy Boi Blue (GB)from Fergal O'Brien 22 6 8 2 Nov 26
Getaway With You (GB)from Billy Aprahamian 22 4 9 21 Oct 26
Marble Sands (FR)from Fergal O'Brien 20 4 9 6 Nov 26
Seraphic (IRE)from Simon Pearce 19 5 11 28 Oct 26
Not So Sobers (GB) 19 3 5 8 Jul 26
Getthepot (IRE)from Fergal O'Brien 18 1 7 4 Nov 25
Eagle's Realm (GB)from Fergal O'Brien 18 4 11 14 Dec 24
Pop The Champagne (FR)from Fergal O'Brien 16 0 4 2 Dec 24
Leave Her To Me (GB)from Fergal O'Brien 15 3 4 8 Oct 26
Ebony Warrior (IRE) 15 3 8 10 Jul 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 65 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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, 32 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Fergal O'Brien (19) and Ed Walker (2); 28 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard; 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
3 from 9
Only 9 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
2313271328161738181515
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 riderNick Slatter
33% of all rides
15.7% SR · A/E 1.51
RiderRWSR£1
Nick Slatter 166 26 15.7% +39.34
Kielan Woods 125 30 24% +64.94
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2023→
82
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£854k
Prize money
2026
Best season · 27 wins
Moon Chime (GB) — Pertemps Network Swinton Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Haydock · May 2026 · Class 1
£45,560
Marble Sands (FR) — Oddschecker Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Cheltenham · Nov 2025 · Class 1
£44,580
Yellow Car (IRE) — Pertemps Network River Don Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Doncaster · Jan 2025 · Grade 2
£42,914
Notable horses
Moon Chime (GB) Billy Boi Blue (GB) Sunday Soldier (IRE) Seraphic (IRE) Rockola Vogue (IRE) Getaway With You (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 13.3% · 6–45
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,024 runs since 2016 (1,034 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Jack Hobbs (GB) 15.4% · 6–39
Progeny have won 10.3% of 1,092 runs since 2021 (205 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 18% from 122.
Sholokhov (IRE) 13.3% · 4–30
Progeny have won 12.5% of 4,279 runs since 2008 (423 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
Martaline (GB) 20.7% · 6–29
Progeny have won 14.2% of 7,350 runs since 2008 (723 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
Spanish Moon (USA) 3.4% · 1–29
Progeny have won 12.3% of 1,679 runs since 2014 (220 horses). Strongest on Good going: 16.8% from 394. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 278.
Blue Bresil (FR) 26.9% · 7–26
Progeny have won 12.1% of 3,557 runs since 2013 (467 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 11 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 498 · newest first

The latest 50 of 498 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 18 July 2023 to 7 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
07 Nov 26 Uttoxeter Nala The Lioness (GB)J: Nick Slatter 0% Commission For 110 Days At Matchbook Mares' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 4/1C
06 Nov 26 Aintree Marble Sands (FR)J: Kielan Woods BetMGM Handicap Steeple Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 25f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 9th 8/1
05 Nov 26 Newbury Moon Chime (GB)J: Nick Slatter Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle Race (Pertemps Hurdle Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)Class 2 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 10th 9/1
02 Nov 26 Southwell My Boy Beasty (GB)J: Nick Slatter Christmas Jumper Day Sunday 13th December Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran PU 66/1
02 Nov 26 Southwell West Of The River (IRE)J: Nick Slatter Southwell Racecourse Conference And Events Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 2 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 1st 13/2
02 Nov 26 Southwell Billy Boi Blue (GB)J: Kielan Woods Book The Bistro In Seasons Restaurant Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 24.5f · Good · 8 ran 1st 7/1
01 Nov 26 Huntingdon Nala The Lioness (GB)J: Nick Slatter Copybet Bog Now For Racing Tomorrow Mares' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20.5f · Good · 7 ran 1st 7/2
31 Oct 26 Ascot Fidendum (GB)J: Nick Slatter Grundon Novices' Handicap Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6th 13/2
30 Oct 26 Uttoxeter Iamtheidaho (IRE)J: Kielan Woods Quinnbet Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 4 ran PU 8/1
28 Oct 26 Huntingdon Aunt Gallie (IRE)J: Nick Slatter Advertise At Huntingdon Racecourse Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 7th 66/1
28 Oct 26 Huntingdon Arm's Of An Angel (IRE)J: Kielan Woods Advertise At Huntingdon Racecourse Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 4th 7/2
28 Oct 26 Huntingdon Seraphic (IRE)J: Kielan Woods Host Your Conference At Huntingdon Racecourse Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 1st 9/4F
21 Oct 26 Worcester Getaway With You (GB)J: Nick Slatter CopyBet Overnight Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle Race (Div II)Class 5 · 20f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2nd 9/1
19 Oct 26 Pontefract Marble Sands (FR)J: David Probert Phil Bull Trophy Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 18f · Heavy · 9 ran 3rd 11/1
17 Oct 26 Stratford Seraphic (IRE)J: Kielan Woods Value With Oncourse Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 18.5f · Good · 7 ran 1st 17/2
16 Oct 26 Uttoxeter Harzandacassandra (GB)J: Isabelle Ryder QuinnBet Mares' National Hunt Flat Race (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys' Race) (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 5th 11/2
15 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) My Prerogative (GB)J: Jason Watson Follow @AtTheRaces On X Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 20/1
13 Oct 26 Southwell Nala The Lioness (GB)J: Nick Slatter Celebrate With Sponsorship At Southwell Racecourse Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran 2nd 16/1
12 Oct 26 Worcester Billy Boi Blue (GB)J: Kielan Woods CopyBet For Champions League Profit Boosts Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 23f · Good · 9 ran 1st 4/1
11 Oct 26 Chepstow My Boy Beasty (GB)J: Nick Slatter Dragonbet Daily Extra Place Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran PU 33/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 10 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 3 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 31 Oct 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 David Killahena & Graeme McPherson's strike rate?
David Killahena & Graeme McPherson has won 82 of 498 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 16.5% (as at 11 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does David Killahena & Graeme McPherson do best at?
Stratford by strike rate: 6 wins from 35 runners (17.1%) 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 David Killahena & Graeme McPherson?
Nick Slatter, with 166 runners since 2022 — 33% of the total. That pairing has won 26 (15.7%).
Is David Killahena & Graeme McPherson in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 9 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is David Killahena & Graeme McPherson's Fair A/E?
1.42, from 496 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 11 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).