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Trainer profile

Eric Wheeler

421 runners in the lifetime window · 25 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Aug 2017 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
19–421
Wins / Runs
4.5%
Strike rate
n=421
96 (23%)
Placed
0.59
Fair A/E
n=419 · 0.50 incl. margin
−199.13
£1 level stake
n=421 at SP · −47.3%
£105k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 40 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.59).

Deterministic profile computed from 421 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Joey Haynes: 1.1% from 87
The read

It is weakest at Windsor (0% over 31 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 0% (n=50, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 3.6% strike, Fair A/E 0.63 and −71.50 to a £1 stake over 192 runners — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Joey Haynes rode 21% of the entries and sits below the yard's average (1.1% vs 4.5%, A/E 0.23). The yard also read well off a 8-14-day break (8%, n=112) and off a 31-60-day break (8.3%, n=60). The record read poorly off a 61-180-day break — 0% over 33 runners, 4.5pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard off a 15-30-day break: Fair A/E 0.19 across 148 runners (1.4% strike, −110.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. The stable star of the record was Even Bolder (GB) — 5 wins from 84 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 4.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−4.5
n=50 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −50.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.5
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.5
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
11.1%+6.6
n=9 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −7.43
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.5
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
When favourite
13%
n=23 · A/E 0.50 · £1 −16.63
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.6%−0.9
n=192 · A/E 0.63 · £1 −71.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.5% 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 8-14-day break 8% vs 4.5% · n=112
With C&D winners 1% vs 4.5% · n=98
Off a 61-180-day break 0% vs 4.5% · n=33
Off a 31-60-day break 8.3% vs 4.5% · n=60
Off a 15-30-day break 1.4% vs 4.5% · n=148
At Windsor 0% vs 4.5% · n=31
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) 226 12 5.3% −104.13
Good to Firm 88 3 3.4% −52.50
Good 52 1 1.9% −46.50
Good to Soft 19 2 10.5% +19.00
Firm 17 1 5.9% +4.00
Soft 16 0 0% −16.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 116 7 6% −16.00
Kempton (AW) 76 3 3.9% −65.93
Windsor 31 0 0% −31.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 29 2 6.9% −17.20
Bath 25 0 0% −25.00
Lingfield 25 0 0% −25.00
Salisbury 23 0 0% −23.00
Brighton 21 3 14.3% +26.50
Goodwood 17 2 11.8% +9.00
Sandown 13 1 7.7% −7.50
Newbury 11 0 0% −11.00
Chepstow 6 0 0% −6.00
Ascot 5 1 20% +16.00
Yarmouth 4 0 0% −4.00
Folkestone 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 221 13 5.9% −64.63
Class 5 151 3 2% −119.50
Class 4 37 2 5.4% −8.50
Class 7 9 1 11.1% −3.50
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 26 3 11.5% 0.46 −19.63
2nd–3rd fav 62 3 4.8% 0.35 −45.50
4th–6th fav 131 6 4.6% 0.55 −77.00
7th+ in betting 202 7 3.5% 1.10 −57.00
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
Even Bolder (GB)from R Simpson 84 5 27 16 Jul 13
El Libertador (USA)from David Wachman 70 3 19 7 Feb 15
Batchworth Blaise (GB) 56 5 15 15 Aug 12
Cliffords Reprieve (GB)then John Gerard Fitzgerald 26 1 9 31 Jan 13
Beggers Belief (GB)then Zoe Davison 25 2 6 8 May 13
Malih (GB)from Jamie Osborne 24 1 5 8 Jun 16
Beggers Luck (GB) 20 1 6 20 May 16
Bold Ring (GB)from Edward Creighton · then Edward Creighton 16 0 2 15 Oct 12
Dancing Again (GB) 15 0 0 28 Apr 11
Links Bar Marbella (IRE) 14 0 0 6 Jun 17
Bahkov (IRE)from Andy Turnell 10 0 1 31 Aug 11
Dancing Mystery (GB) 10 0 0 12 Dec 08
All 25 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 25 horses listed, 13 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Peter Makin (3) and Edward Creighton (2); 12 had their first archived run for this yard.

7 have since run for another yard, most often for John Gerard Fitzgerald (2); 18 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
21404650401008
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 riderJoey Haynes
21% of all rides
1.1% SR · A/E 0.23
RiderRWSR£1
Joey Haynes 87 1 1.1% −66.00
Kieren Fox 64 4 6.3% +7.50
Steve Carson 45 1 2.2% −39.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
28
Archived wins
£170k
Prize money
2011
Best season · 4 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.
Dancing Mystery (GB) — Conditions Stakes Lingfield (AW) · Mar 2005 · Class 2
£17,400
Dancing Mystery (GB) — Arena Leisure Handicap Southwell (AW) · Nov 2006 · Class 3
£8,096
Even Bolder (GB) — Gooding Group Apprentice Handicap Ascot · Oct 2009 · Class 4
£6,231
Notable horses
Even Bolder (GB) Batchworth Blaise (GB) Dancing Mystery (GB) El Libertador (USA) Beggers Belief (GB) Firework (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bold Edge (GB) 5% · 5–100
Progeny have won 8.1% of 886 runs since 2008 (48 horses).
Giant's Causeway (USA) 4.3% · 3–70
Progeny have won 11.6% of 3,018 runs since 2008 (320 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.1% from 394. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 8.3% from 422.
Little Jim (GB) 8.9% · 5–56
Progeny have won 6.3% of 79 runs since 2008 (3 horses).
Kheleyf (USA) 3.8% · 1–26
Progeny have won 8.7% of 10,540 runs since 2008 (676 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 12.2% from 131. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 879.
Bertolini (USA) 8% · 2–25
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Echo Of Light (GB) 4.2% · 1–24
Progeny have won 9.6% of 1,633 runs since 2008 (126 horses). Strongest on Good going: 12.6% from 373. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 4.4% from 160.
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 592 · newest first

The latest 50 of 592 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 8 January 2005 to 21 August 2017.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
21 Aug 17 Windsor What A Welcome (GB)J: Joey Haynes Sky Bet Racing Cash Out Maiden StakesClass 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10th 150/1
29 Jul 17 Salisbury What A Welcome (GB)J: Joey Haynes Bhqms Ltd 20th Anniversary Maiden StakesClass 5 · 10f · Soft · 12 ran 12th 100/1
06 Jun 17 Yarmouth Links Bar Marbella (IRE)J: Kieren Fox Lowestoft Hydraulic HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6th 50/1
12 May 17 Lingfield Links Bar Marbella (IRE)J: John Fahy Harold Simmons Memorial Maiden Stakes (Div 2)Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 7th 66/1
24 Aug 16 Lingfield Links Bar Marbella (IRE)J: Jim Crowley Download The Ladbrokes App Claiming StakesClass 6 · 9f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 5th 33/1
14 Jul 16 Leicester Links Bar Marbella (IRE)J: Franny Norton Gaulby Selling StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good · 9 ran 6th 100/1
09 Jul 16 Salisbury Links Bar Marbella (IRE)J: Gary Mahon Cara Glass Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 12th 125/1
11 Jun 16 Lingfield Links Bar Marbella (IRE)J: Kieren Fox Bet Now With The Ladbrokes App HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Soft · 13 ran 8th 20/1
08 Jun 16 Yarmouth Malih (GB)J: Mitch Godwin Annual Badges At Great Yarmouth Racecourse Apprentice Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9th 28/1
27 May 16 Brighton Malih (GB)J: David Probert Genting Casino Brighton HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good · 9 ran 6th 20/1
20 May 16 Wolverhampton (AW) Beggers Luck (GB)J: Harry Bentley Grafityp Group Celebration HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 9/1
11 May 16 Bath Links Bar Marbella (IRE)J: J F Egan David Brown Memorial HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Soft · 10 ran 9th 25/1
26 Apr 16 Brighton Malih (GB)J: Martin Harley Brighton&Hove Buses - Official Transport Partner HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 6th 10/1
18 Mar 16 Wolverhampton (AW) Malih (GB)J: Joey Haynes Ladbrokes HandicapClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 12 ran 9th 25/1
20 Feb 16 Lingfield (AW) Malih (GB)J: Joey Haynes Coral.co.uk HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 9 ran 8th 6/1
30 Jan 16 Lingfield (AW) Links Bar Marbella (IRE)J: Joey Haynes Ladbrokes Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 33/1
27 Jan 16 Lingfield (AW) Beggers Luck (GB)J: Mitch Godwin Bet Now With The Ladbrokes App Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 4th 14/1
16 Jan 16 Lingfield (AW) Malih (GB)J: Joey Haynes Coral HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 8th 16/1
06 Jan 16 Chelmsford City (AW) Beggers Luck (GB)J: Kieren Fox Totepool Racing's Biggest Supporter HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 7th 4/1
30 Dec 15 Lingfield (AW) Malih (GB)J: Joey Haynes Bet In Play At Coral Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd 8/1

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 Wheeler's strike rate?
Eric Wheeler has won 19 of 421 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4.5% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Eric Wheeler do best at?
Lingfield (AW) by strike rate: 7 wins from 116 runners (6%) 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 Eric Wheeler?
Joey Haynes, with 87 runners since 2008 — 21% of the total. That pairing has won 1 (1.1%).
What is Eric Wheeler's Fair A/E?
0.59, from 419 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).