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Trainer profile

Fiona Shaw

228 runners in the lifetime window · 33 individual horses
As at 3 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 242 days ago 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
12–228
Wins / Runs
5.3%
Strike rate
n=228
34 (15%)
Placed
1.09
Fair A/E
n=228 · 0.93 incl. margin
−52.30
£1 level stake
n=228 at SP · −22.9%
£107k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 5% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.09). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 8% off breaks of two months or more (74 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 228 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 3 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 8.1% Mr Michael Legg: 6.8% from 74 Claiming riders: 5.8%
The read

The record is strongest at Fontwell (11.1%, n=36), clear of the yard's 5.3% baseline. It is weakest at Wincanton (0% over 41 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Mr Michael Legg rides 32% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (6.8%, A/E 1.31) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well in Chase races (10.5%, n=57) and on Soft going (10.3%, n=58). The record reads poorly in NH Flat races — 0% over 39 runners, 5.3pts below the baseline.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
8.1%+2.8
n=74 · A/E 1.67 · £1 +28.75
New recruits · first run for the yard
20%+14.7
n=10 · A/E 4.20 · £1 +23.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.3
n=23 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −23.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.3
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−5.3
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
When favourite
75%
n=4 · A/E 2.68 · £1 +5.70
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.8%+0.5
n=103 · A/E 1.22 · £1 −13.25

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.3% 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
In Chase races 10.5% vs 5.3% · n=57
At Fontwell 11.1% vs 5.3% · n=36
On Soft going 10.3% vs 5.3% · n=58
With David Noonan 0% vs 5.3% · n=42
At Wincanton 0% vs 5.3% · n=41
In NH Flat races 0% vs 5.3% · n=39
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 132 6 4.5% −25.05
Chase 57 6 10.5% +11.75
NH Flat 39 0 0% −39.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 62 3 4.8% −13.25
Good to Soft 61 2 3.3% −46.80
Soft 58 6 10.3% +20.75
Heavy 37 1 2.7% −3.00
Good to Firm 7 0 0% −7.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Exeter 43 2 4.7% +8.00
Wincanton 41 0 0% −41.00
Fontwell 36 4 11.1% +1.20
Taunton 20 1 5% +21.00
Chepstow 16 1 6.3% −12.25
Kempton 11 1 9.1% −7.00
Plumpton 9 0 0% −9.00
Lingfield 9 0 0% −9.00
Newton Abbot 7 0 0% −7.00
Newbury 6 0 0% −6.00
Worcester 6 0 0% −6.00
Warwick 6 0 0% −6.00
Stratford 6 1 16.7% +17.00
Sandown 4 1 25% −0.25
Hereford 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 104 4 3.8% −59.05
Class 5 99 5 5.1% +12.00
Class 3 14 3 21.4% +5.75
Class 6 11 0 0% −11.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 3 75% 2.68 +5.70
2nd–3rd fav 20 2 10% 0.65 −11.00
4th–6th fav 55 1 1.8% 0.29 −46.00
7th+ in betting 149 6 4% 1.81 −1.00
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
75.7% completed · 189 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 57 61.4% 1 0 21 0 0
Hurdle 132 81.8% 1 0 22 1 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
Kiwi Myth (GB) 20 2 6 30 Dec 20
Bound Hill (GB) 20 2 3 14 Feb 19
The Mighty Ash (IRE) 17 0 4 26 Jan 20
Hymn And A Prayer (GB) 15 0 2 8 Apr 22
Darwins Theory (IRE)from John Queally 14 1 4 7 Mar 19
Broadoak (GB) 13 0 1 6 Feb 24
Hollywood Ken (IRE)from Richard Woollacott 12 2 5 11 Feb 21
Highdawn (IRE) 11 0 0 30 Dec 20
Show On The Road (GB)from Philip Hobbs 10 0 2 13 Mar 23
Break Heart Hill (GB) 9 0 0 6 Mar 26
Benville Bridge (GB) 8 0 0 6 Mar 25
Etincelle Artiste (FR)from Dan Skelton 8 0 1 19 Apr 24
All 33 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 33 horses listed, 10 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Philip Hobbs (2); 23 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 30 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
0381540···047
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 riderMr Michael Legg
32% of all rides
6.8% SR · A/E 1.31
RiderRWSR£1
Mr Michael Legg 74 5 6.8% +12.00
David Noonan 42 0 0% −42.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
12
Archived wins
£107k
Prize money
2019
Best season · 2 wins
Busy Isit (GB) — Ladbrokes.com Leicestershire Silver Fox Handicap Chase Leicester · Dec 2008 · Class 3
£9,393
Busy Isit (GB) — Thales Handicap Chase Sandown · Mar 2009 · Class 3
£9,393
Busy Isit (GB) — Bet US Masters Golf - Betdaq Handicap Chase Kempton · Apr 2010 · Class 3
£7,514
Notable horses
Busy Isit (GB) Kiwi Myth (GB) Bound Hill (GB) Hollywood Ken (IRE) Darwins Theory (IRE) Sure Listen (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kayf Tara (GB) 6.1% · 2–33
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,751 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Bollin Eric (GB) 0% · 0–20
Progeny have won 9.7% of 1,319 runs since 2008 (115 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.7% from 126. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.6% from 257. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 101.
Midnight Legend (GB) 10% · 2–20
Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,311 runs since 2008 (494 horses).
Arcadio (GER) 0% · 0–17
Progeny have won 9.2% of 3,979 runs since 2011 (375 horses).
Eastern Anthem (IRE) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 6.9% of 188 runs since 2017 (19 horses).
Montjeu (IRE) 7.1% · 1–14
Progeny have won 12.3% of 7,971 runs since 2008 (665 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.3% from 686.
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 3 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 228 · newest first

The latest 50 of 228 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 May 2008 to 6 March 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
06 Mar 26 Exeter Break Heart Hill (GB)J: James Best Keystone Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 9 ran PU 33/1
17 Jan 26 Taunton Break Heart Hill (GB)J: Ben Godfrey Support Retraining Of Racehorses (RoR) Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23f · Good To Soft · 14 ran PU 33/1
08 Dec 25 Fontwell Break Heart Hill (GB)J: James Best Mercedes-Benz Of Chichester Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 9 ran 7th 50/1
16 Nov 25 Fontwell Break Heart Hill (GB)J: Rex Dingle BetGoodwin Free Bet Nose Losers Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 33/1
16 Nov 25 Fontwell Love Tree (IRE)J: James Best Bet Clever BetGoodwin Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran PU 100/1
09 Apr 25 Taunton Play Nice (GB)J: James Best BYD Taunton Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7th 20/1
06 Mar 25 Wincanton Benville Bridge (GB)J: David Noonan Gore Browne IM Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 15f · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU 80/1
27 Feb 25 Taunton Break Heart Hill (GB)J: Ben Godfrey Royal Bath & West Show Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Heavy · 12 ran 6th 66/1
07 Feb 25 Kempton Love Tree (IRE)J: Lewis Stones TrustATrader Apply Today Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7th 33/1
30 Jan 25 Wincanton Benville Bridge (GB)J: James Best Experience Irish Racing With ITM Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Heavy · 15 ran PU 50/1
19 Dec 24 Exeter Benville Bridge (GB)J: Lewis Stones Southwest Rail Solutions Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 15 ran PU 66/1
06 Dec 24 Exeter Break Heart Hill (GB)J: Lewis Stones JCB Fastrac British Stallion Studs EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 13 ran 9th 200/1
05 Dec 24 Wincanton Benville Bridge (GB)J: Ben Godfrey Patricia Chacksfield 70th Birthday Celebration Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 26.5f · Soft · 10 ran PU 28/1
09 May 24 Stratford Break Heart Hill (GB)J: Lewis Stones Foxtrot Racing Syndicates Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 11 ran 9th 150/1
19 Apr 24 Exeter Etincelle Artiste (FR)J: Lewis Stones Heavitree Brewery Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 17.5f · Good · 11 ran 7th 11/1
19 Apr 24 Exeter Break Heart Hill (GB)J: Lewis Stones Clifton Inn Newtown Exeter 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 8th 150/1
23 Feb 24 Exeter Break Heart Hill (GB)J: James Best My Pension Expert Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16.5f · Heavy · 6 ran 6th 100/1
23 Feb 24 Exeter Benville Bridge (GB)J: Ben Godfrey Don't Retire Without My Pension Expert Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 7th 150/1
06 Feb 24 Taunton Etincelle Artiste (FR)J: Rex Dingle Broadway & Horton Cricket Club Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 18f · Good · 13 ran PU 8/1
06 Feb 24 Taunton Broadoak (GB)J: Ben Godfrey Broadway & Horton Cricket Club Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 18f · Good · 13 ran 9th 80/1

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 Fiona Shaw's strike rate?
Fiona Shaw has won 12 of 228 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.3% (as at 3 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Fiona Shaw do best at?
Fontwell by strike rate: 4 wins from 36 runners (11.1%) 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 Fiona Shaw?
Mr Michael Legg, with 74 runners since 2008 — 32% of the total. That pairing has won 5 (6.8%).
What is Fiona Shaw's Fair A/E?
1.09, from 228 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 3 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).