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Fred Kirby

44 runners in the lifetime window · 6 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner May 2010 100% of runners over jumps
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.
2–44
Wins / Runs
4.5%
Strike rate
n=44
6 (14%)
Placed
0.84
Fair A/E
n=44 · 0.72 incl. margin
−27.50
£1 level stake
n=44 at SP · −62.5%
£12,330
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 5.6%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−4.5
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.5
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−4.5
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.5
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 3.13 · £1 +3.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.6%+1.1
n=36 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −19.50

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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Chase 33 2 6.1% −16.50
Hurdle 11 0 0% −11.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 12 0 0% −12.00
Good 10 1 10% +1.00
Good to Soft 9 1 11.1% −3.50
Good to Firm 8 0 0% −8.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Sedgefield 14 1 7.1% −3.00
Catterick 8 0 0% −8.00
Hexham 6 0 0% −6.00
Southwell 5 0 0% −5.00
Newcastle 5 0 0% −5.00
Wetherby 3 0 0% −3.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 1 100% +4.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 27 1 3.7% −16.00
Class 5 17 1 5.9% −11.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 1 50% 3.13 +3.50
2nd–3rd fav 6 0 0% 0.00 −6.00
4th–6th fav 11 1 9.1% 1.34 +0.00
7th+ in betting 25 0 0% 0.00 −25.00
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
65.9% completed · 44 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 33 72.7% 0 3 6 0 0
Hurdle 11 45.5% 0 1 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
Naval Attache (GB)from Alison Thorpe 21 1 3 19 May 10
Sound Of Cheers (GB) 14 1 3 20 Apr 09
Just Matty (GB)from John O'Shea 5 0 0 21 Apr 10
Slow Escape (USA)from Michael Wigham 2 0 0 5 Feb 10
Chart Express (GB)from Paul Howling 1 0 0 12 Dec 08
Magic Bengie (GB) 1 0 0 18 Jan 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, 4 arrived from another yard in our archive; 2 had their first archived run for this yard.

None of them has a 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
008050·····00
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
RiderRWSR£1
Gary Rutherford 9 0 0% −9.00
David Cullinane 6 1 16.7% −0.50
Campbell Gillies 5 1 20% +6.00
Kenny Johnson 4 0 0% −4.00
Michael O'Connell 4 0 0% −4.00
Adrian Lane 3 0 0% −3.00
Derek Laverty 3 0 0% −3.00
Ryan Mania 3 0 0% −3.00
Graham Lee 2 0 0% −2.00
Robert L Butler 1 0 0% −1.00
Stephen Craine 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Messenger 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
4
Archived wins
£32,174
Prize money
2009
Best season · 1 win
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.
Sound Of Cheers (GB) — Jamaica Handicap Chase Wetherby · Jan 2006 · Class 4
£4,554
Forest Dante (IRE) — Maurice Young Memorial Handicap Chase Catterick · Nov 2005 · Class 4
£4,167
Naval Attache (GB) — Paddypower.com Money-Back At Cheltenham Maiden Chase Sedgefield · Mar 2009 · Class 4
£3,422
Notable horses
Sound Of Cheers (GB) Naval Attache (GB) Forest Dante (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Slip Anchor (GB) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 8.1% of 420 runs since 2008 (38 horses).
Zilzal (USA) 7.1% · 1–14
Progeny have won 9.6% of 531 runs since 2008 (42 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 13.1% from 137.
Bertolini (USA) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Storm Creek (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 13.2% of 38 runs since 2008 (3 horses).
Magic Ring (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 4.8% of 248 runs since 2008 (20 horses).
Robellino (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.3% of 524 runs since 2008 (47 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 118 · newest first

The latest 50 of 118 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 24 January 2005 to 19 May 2010.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
19 May 10 Sedgefield Naval Attache (GB)J: Derek Laverty Crabbie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 5th 11/1
21 Apr 10 Southwell Just Matty (GB)J: Derek Laverty Lewis Perry Birthday Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 15.5f · Good · 8 ran PU 200/1
21 Apr 10 Southwell Naval Attache (GB)J: Derek Laverty J.p.d. Engineering Agriculture And Horse Box Repairs Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran 4th 11/1
18 Mar 10 Hexham Just Matty (GB)J: Gary Rutherford Hexham Abbey Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 13 ran PU 200/1
11 Mar 10 Carlisle Naval Attache (GB)J: Adrian Lane Third Time Lucky Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 6th 8/1
07 Mar 10 Sedgefield Naval Attache (GB)J: Adrian Lane Normarine Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 16.5f · Soft · 8 ran 2nd 18/1
07 Mar 10 Sedgefield Just Matty (GB)J: Adrian Lane Ocean Trawlers Beginners' ChaseClass 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 11 ran PU 250/1
09 Feb 10 Sedgefield Just Matty (GB)J: Gary Rutherford Toteswinger Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19f · Heavy · 10 ran PU 250/1
09 Feb 10 Sedgefield Naval Attache (GB)J: Gary Rutherford Toteplacepot Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Heavy · 12 ran 5th 33/1
05 Feb 10 Catterick Slow Escape (USA)J: Gary Rutherford Yorkshire4x4.com Conditional Jockeys' Selling HurdleClass 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran UR 150/1
15 Dec 09 Catterick Slow Escape (USA)J: Gary Rutherford Turftv Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 12th 250/1
08 Dec 09 Sedgefield Naval Attache (GB)J: Gary Rutherford R & D No Holiday Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 10 ran UR 25/1
14 Nov 09 Wetherby Naval Attache (GB)J: Gary Rutherford Bramham Hall Conferences & Banqueting Suite Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 16/1
09 Nov 09 Southwell Just Matty (GB)J: Gary Rutherford Southwell Golf Club Lady Members Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran PU 200/1
06 Nov 09 Hexham Naval Attache (GB)J: Gary Rutherford Racecourse Bookmakers Conditional Jockeys' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 12 ran UR 22/1
20 Apr 09 Hexham Naval Attache (GB)J: Campbell Gillies Gee Aker Malayo Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20f · Good To Firm · 11 ran PU 7/1
20 Apr 09 Hexham Sound Of Cheers (GB)J: Campbell Gillies Betfair Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 24f · Good To Firm · 17 ran PU 16/1
07 Apr 09 Sedgefield Naval Attache (GB)J: Campbell Gillies Paxtons Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 2nd 7/1
30 Mar 09 Newcastle Sound Of Cheers (GB)J: Michael O'Connell digibet.co.uk Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 23.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran UR 11/1
24 Mar 09 Sedgefield Naval Attache (GB)J: Michael O'Connell Boddingtons Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 6th 15/2

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 Fred Kirby's strike rate?
Fred Kirby has won 2 of 44 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4.5% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Fred Kirby's Fair A/E?
0.84, from 44 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).