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Eric Alston

70 runners in the last 5 seasons · 11 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Oct 2022 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
7–70
Wins / Runs
10%
Strike rate
n=70
18 (26%)
Placed
1.02
Fair A/E
n=69 · 1.01 incl. margin
+26.58
£1 level stake
n=70 at SP · +38.0%
£64,406
Prize money (window)

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
9.1%−0.9
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 +30.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−10.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−10.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−10.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−10.0
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
0%
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.9%−4.1
n=17 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −12.67

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10% 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
Off a 15-30-day break 15.6% vs 10% · n=32
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
Good 19 2 10.5% −3.50
Good to Soft 17 0 0% −17.00
Good to Firm 15 1 6.7% +26.00
Soft 10 3 30% +13.08
Standard (AW) 8 1 12.5% +9.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Haydock 12 1 8.3% +3.00
Catterick 9 1 11.1% −5.25
Redcar 7 2 28.6% +39.50
Thirsk 5 1 20% −0.67
Nottingham 4 1 25% +6.00
Carlisle 4 0 0% −4.00
Southwell (AW) 4 1 25% +13.00
Doncaster 4 0 0% −4.00
Pontefract 3 0 0% −3.00
Leicester 3 0 0% −3.00
York 2 0 0% −2.00
Hamilton 2 0 0% −2.00
Chester 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 29 4 13.8% +42.50
Class 4 22 1 4.5% −17.67
Class 6 14 2 14.3% +6.75
Class 2 5 0 0% −5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 1 20% 0.86 −1.25
2nd–3rd fav 13 1 7.7% 0.51 −8.67
4th–6th fav 17 2 11.8% 1.27 −1.50
7th+ in betting 35 3 8.6% 1.73 +38.00
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
Fox Hill (GB)from Adrian McGuinness 12 1 3 18 Sep 22
Redrosezorro (GB)then Christopher Kellett 10 1 3 25 Oct 22
Boudica Bay (IRE)then Tristan Davidson 9 2 2 21 Sep 22
Gabriella's Spirit (IRE)then K J Condon 8 1 3 10 Oct 22
Kasperenko (GB)from Denis W Cullen 8 0 1 23 Sep 22
Oneforsue (GB)then Paul Midgley 6 0 1 24 Oct 22
Captain Corcoran (IRE)from J P Murtagh · then Stella Barclay 6 1 2 12 Oct 22
Desert Cat (GB)from Hughie Morrison · then Declan Carroll 6 0 1 11 Oct 22
Grant Wood (IRE)from J P Murtagh · then Paul Midgley 2 0 1 24 Oct 22
Finbar's Lad (GB)then John Quinn 2 1 1 22 Aug 22
Harry's Ridge (IRE) 1 0 0 4 Jun 22
All 11 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 11 horses listed, 5 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from J P Murtagh (2); 6 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard, most often for Paul Midgley (2); 3 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
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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
RiderRWSR£1
Jason Hart 13 1 7.7% −7.50
Oisin McSweeney 10 1 10% −5.67
Paul Mulrennan 6 1 16.7% +11.00
Tom Eaves 5 0 0% −5.00
David Allan 3 0 0% −3.00
Tyler Heard 3 0 0% −3.00
Kevin Stott 3 1 33.3% +0.75
Gianluca Sanna 3 1 33.3% +12.00
Morgan Cole 3 0 0% −3.00
Theodore Ladd 3 0 0% −3.00
Harrison Shaw 3 1 33.3% +7.00
Paddy Mathers 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
308
Archived wins
8
Pattern / graded wins
£2.96m
Prize money
2008
Best season · 28 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.
Reverence (GB) — Betfred Sprint Cup (Group 1) Haydock · Sep 2006 · Group 1
£170,340
Reverence (GB) — VC Bet Nunthorpe Stakes (Group 1) York · Aug 2006 · Group 1
£147,401
Red Baron (IRE) — William Hill Scottish Sprint Cup (Heritage Handicap) Musselburgh · Jun 2015 · Class 2
£62,250
Notable horses
Lord Franklin (GB) Barkston Ash (GB) Reverence (GB) Redrosezorro (GB) King Of Eden (IRE) Boudica Bay (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Foxwedge (AUS) 9.1% · 2–22
Progeny have won 10.1% of 2,349 runs since 2008 (131 horses).
Rip Van Winkle (IRE) 22.2% · 2–9
Progeny have won 10.1% of 3,947 runs since 2008 (324 horses).
Archipenko (USA) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 11.3% of 2,751 runs since 2008 (203 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 127.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,807 runs since 2008 (1,573 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
Anjaal (GB) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 7.9% of 1,213 runs since 2008 (112 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.4% from 161.
Bated Breath (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,112 runs since 2008 (669 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.7% from 841.
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 3,184 · newest first

The latest 50 of 3,184 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 25 October 2022.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
25 Oct 22 Catterick Redrosezorro (GB)J: Kevin Stott Jump Season Starts 18th November Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 6f · Soft · 9 ran 1st 11/4J
24 Oct 22 Redcar Grant Wood (IRE)J: Harrison Shaw Every Race Live On Racing TV Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 6f · Heavy · 11 ran 4th 2/1
24 Oct 22 Redcar Oneforsue (GB)J: Graham Lee Visit racingtv.com EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 12 ran 2nd 17/2
17 Oct 22 Pontefract Redrosezorro (GB)J: David Allan Richard Jackson 87th Birthday Handicap (Div 2)Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 12th 16/1
12 Oct 22 Nottingham Captain Corcoran (IRE)J: Paul Mulrennan Every Race Live On Racing TV HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Soft · 13 ran 4th 11/4F
11 Oct 22 Leicester Grant Wood (IRE)J: Tom Eaves leicesterraces Next Meeting Monday 24th October EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 2nd 33/1
11 Oct 22 Leicester Desert Cat (GB)J: Tom Eaves Bet At racingtv.com Selling StakesClass 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6th 28/1
10 Oct 22 Musselburgh Gabriella's Spirit (IRE)J: Oisin McSweeney Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 9th 12/1
04 Oct 22 Southwell (AW) Captain Corcoran (IRE)J: Paul Mulrennan Duralock HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 14 ran 1st 16/1
03 Oct 22 Pontefract Redrosezorro (GB)J: Jason Hart Season Finale On Monday 17th October Handicap (Div 2)Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 25/1
01 Oct 22 Newmarket Oneforsue (GB)J: Theodore Ladd 150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes (GBB Race)Class 2 · 6f · Good To Soft · 27 ran 22nd 14/1
23 Sep 22 Haydock Kasperenko (GB)J: Oisin McSweeney Lee Thomas Christy HandicapClass 5 · 14f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 14th 10/1
23 Sep 22 Haydock Oneforsue (GB)J: Theodore Ladd Docklands Trail Liverpool EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 5th 9/2
21 Sep 22 Redcar Boudica Bay (IRE)J: Jason Hart Start Your RacingTV Free Trial Now HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 15th 28/1
18 Sep 22 Hamilton Captain Corcoran (IRE)J: Kevin Stott Sodexo Live! At Hamilton Park HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 10th 13/2
18 Sep 22 Hamilton Fox Hill (GB)J: Jason Hart Usave Business Energy Specialist Fillies' HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 10th 9/2J
13 Sep 22 Redcar Fox Hill (GB)J: Jason Hart Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 4th 15/2
12 Sep 22 Thirsk Gabriella's Spirit (IRE)J: Oisin McSweeney Vickers.Bet Best Odds Guaranteed EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 5f · Soft · 5 ran 1st 10/3
12 Sep 22 Thirsk Desert Cat (GB)J: Tom Eaves Media Displays Selling HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Soft · 14 ran 3rd 40/1
02 Sep 22 Haydock Fox Hill (GB)J: David Allan Oakmere Homes HandicapClass 4 · 5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 5th 9/1

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 Eric Alston's strike rate?
Eric Alston has won 7 of 70 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 10% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Eric Alston's Fair A/E?
1.02, from 69 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).