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F J Bowles

28 runners in the lifetime window · 6 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Nov 2008
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.
0–28
Wins / Runs
0%
Strike rate
n=28
0 (0%)
Placed
0.00
Fair A/E
n=28 · 0.00 incl. margin
−28.00
£1 level stake
n=28 at SP · −100.0%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%+0.0
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Debutants · first career start
0%+0.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%+0.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%+0.0
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 17 0 0% −17.00
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 10 0 0% −10.00
Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Tramore 3 0 0% −3.00
Ballinrobe 3 0 0% −3.00
Clonmel 3 0 0% −3.00
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Sligo 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
4th–6th fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
7th+ in betting 27 0 0% 0.00 −27.00
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
61.9% completed · 21 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 4 25% 1 1 1 0 0
Hurdle 17 70.6% 0 0 5 0 0
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
Backcraft (IRE)from Sue Smith 8 0 0 18 Jul 08
Dark Vocation (IRE) 7 0 0 24 Aug 08
Khudabad (IRE) 5 0 0 27 Nov 08
George Arzanine (IRE)then Thomas McGivern 4 0 0 20 Jun 08
My Little Piranha (GB) 2 0 0 12 Sep 08
Bunch Of Thyme (IRE)from Ms Joanna Morgan 2 0 0 13 Jul 08
All 6 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 6 horses listed, 2 arrived from another yard in our archive; 4 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 5 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.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Andrew P Thornton 9 0 0% −9.00
Ken Whelan 4 0 0% −4.00
Robbie Colgan 2 0 0% −2.00
Michael Darcy 2 0 0% −2.00
Wayne Lordan 1 0 0% −1.00
S Hunter 1 0 0% −1.00
Johnny Farrelly 1 0 0% −1.00
M A Cleere 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian O'Connell 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Bolger 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr M J Scallan 1 0 0% −1.00
Miriam Fogarty 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
6
Archived wins
£75,768
Prize money
2007
Best season · 3 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.
Zamnah (IRE) — John J.Galvin Handicap Hurdle (81-123) Listowel · Jun 2006
£14,648
Dark Vocation (IRE) — S.Fitzgerald Killeen/O'Toole Handicap Hurdle (74-102) Ballinrobe · May 2006
£7,256
Dark Vocation (IRE) — Corrib Oil Handicap Hurdle Ballinrobe (IRE) · Aug 2007
£6,219
Notable horses
Dark Vocation (IRE) Statute (GB) Khudabad (IRE) Zamnah (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bob Back (USA) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,724 runs since 2008 (338 horses).
College Chapel (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 5.3% of 169 runs since 2008 (14 horses).
Ashkalani (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 7.3% of 519 runs since 2008 (56 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 12.4% from 129. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 11.7% from 111.
Arzanni (GB) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 13.3% of 113 runs since 2008 (18 horses).
Elnadim (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.8% of 3,353 runs since 2008 (216 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.5% from 108. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.3% from 152.
Perryston View (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 8.9% of 112 runs since 2008 (6 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 22 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 336 · newest first

The latest 50 of 336 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 9 January 2005 to 27 November 2008.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
27 Nov 08 Thurles Khudabad (IRE)J: Ken Whelan Munster Handicap Hurdle (77-90)22.5f · Soft · 18 ran PU 16/1
15 Oct 08 Punchestown Khudabad (IRE)J: Robbie Colgan Punchestown Event Centre Maiden Hurdle20f · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 19th 25/1
11 Oct 08 Hexham Khudabad (IRE)J: Graham Lee Metrocentre Always A Winner Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 23.5f · Soft · 12 ran 5th 12/1
25 Sep 08 Perth Khudabad (IRE)J: Robbie Colgan Albion Drilling Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 8th 25/1
13 Sep 08 Tramore Khudabad (IRE)J: Michael Darcy Tote Jackpot Races 3 To 6 Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 11th 33/1
12 Sep 08 Tramore My Little Piranha (GB)J: S Hunter Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden12f · Soft · 13 ran 11th 25/1
07 Sep 08 Dundalk (AW) My Little Piranha (GB)J: M A Cleere Pelican Promotions Maiden8f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 33/1
24 Aug 08 Ballinrobe Dark Vocation (IRE)J: Paul Carberry Gypsum Industries Handicap Hurdle (77-90)16f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran PU 9/1
18 Jul 08 Kilbeggan Backcraft (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase22f · Good · 14 ran PU 66/1
16 Jul 08 Uttoxeter Dark Vocation (IRE)J: Johnny Farrelly Jamie Halpin 50th Birthday Memorial Selling HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 11th 14/1
13 Jul 08 Sligo Dark Vocation (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Guinness Handicap Hurdle (81-116)16f · Yielding · 13 ran PU 16/1
13 Jul 08 Sligo Bunch Of Thyme (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton I.T.B.A. (Western Region) Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding · 14 ran 12th 33/1
10 Jul 08 Fairyhouse Backcraft (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Naul Novice Chase16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 11th 40/1
10 Jul 08 Fairyhouse Dark Vocation (IRE)J: Mr M J Scallan irishamateurjockeys.com (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (81-116)24f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 15th 16/1
20 Jun 08 Down Royal George Arzanine (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Dennison Commercials Limited Maiden Hurdle20f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 7th 33/1
16 Jun 08 Ballinrobe Backcraft (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Martin Tyrrell Auctioneers Beginners Chase17f · Good To Firm · 15 ran F 16/1
06 Jun 08 Navan Bunch Of Thyme (IRE)J: Miriam Fogarty Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (45-60)5f · Firm · 19 ran 19th 33/1
29 May 08 Punchestown George Arzanine (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Panoramic Restaurant (C&G) Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)16f · Firm · 17 ran 9th 50/1
26 May 08 Ballinrobe Backcraft (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase17f · Good · 11 ran UR 33/1
15 May 08 Limerick Backcraft (IRE)J: Fran Berry Ryan's Event Cleaners Handicap (45-60)11.5f · Firm · 13 ran 11th 25/1

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 F J Bowles's strike rate?
F J Bowles has won 0 of 28 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 0% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 runners, so read the count before the percentage.
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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).