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Trainer profile

Ian Wood

853 runners in the lifetime window · 56 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Oct 2012 97% 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.
66–853
Wins / Runs
7.7%
Strike rate
n=853
216 (25%)
Placed
0.94
Fair A/E
n=847 · 0.81 incl. margin
−175.34
£1 level stake
n=853 at SP · −20.6%
£378k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.7%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 170 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 8% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.94).

Deterministic profile computed from 853 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Feb–Mar Fresh horses: 9.1% 23.8% when favourite James Doyle: 7.2% from 83 Sent off the favourite in 5% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Yarmouth (21.6%, n=37), clear of the yard's 7.7% baseline. It is weakest at Bath (3.2% over 31 runners) — the widest gap in the record. James Doyle rode 10% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (7.2%, A/E 0.91). The record read poorly on Good to Firm going — 3.6% over 140 runners, 4.1pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard off a 8-14-day break: Fair A/E 0.55 across 246 runners (4.9% strike, −136.34 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. The stable star of the record was William's Way (GB) — 9 wins from 73 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Feb–Mar.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
9.1%+1.4
n=77 · A/E 1.55 · £1 +11.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−7.7
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Debutants · first career start
3.4%−4.3
n=29 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −25.25
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−7.7
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
5.9%−1.8
n=34 · A/E 0.91 · £1 +8.00
When favourite
23.8%
n=42 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −2.84
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.7%+0.0
n=143 · A/E 0.97 · £1 +16.25
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−7.7
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.7% 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
At Yarmouth 21.6% vs 7.7% · n=37
With Mr Chris Martin 18.2% vs 7.7% · n=33
On Good to Firm going 3.6% vs 7.7% · n=140
On last-time-out winners 11.8% vs 7.7% · n=68
At Bath 3.2% vs 7.7% · n=31
Off a 8-14-day break 4.9% vs 7.7% · n=246
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
Flat 827 66 8% −149.34
Hurdle 25 0 0% −25.00
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 473 41 8.7% −104.00
Good to Firm 140 5 3.6% −92.09
Good 110 10 9.1% −10.50
Good to Soft 61 6 9.8% +84.00
Soft 51 2 3.9% −43.50
Firm 12 1 8.3% −7.00
Heavy 6 1 16.7% −2.25

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kempton (AW) 182 16 8.8% −37.25
Lingfield (AW) 140 11 7.9% −26.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 97 9 9.3% −11.00
Yarmouth 37 8 21.6% +44.41
Bath 31 1 3.2% −12.00
Southwell (AW) 29 5 17.2% −4.75
Brighton 28 2 7.1% −14.00
Newmarket 23 1 4.3% −14.00
Windsor 23 3 13% +4.50
Chelmsford (AW) 20 0 0% −20.00
Salisbury 20 0 0% −20.00
Newbury 19 0 0% −19.00
Lingfield 19 1 5.3% −7.00
Goodwood 16 1 6.3% −3.00
Chepstow 14 0 0% −14.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 294 27 9.2% −23.75
Class 5 272 25 9.2% −46.34
Class 4 192 11 5.7% −37.25
Class 3 38 2 5.3% −23.00
Class 2 23 1 4.3% −11.00
Class 1 15 0 0% −15.00
Class 7 14 0 0% −14.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 53 13 24.5% 1.05 −2.59
2nd–3rd fav 143 20 14% 0.88 −19.75
4th–6th fav 251 20 8% 0.98 −27.00
7th+ in betting 406 13 3.2% 0.89 −126.00
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
Requisite (GB)from Jane Chapple-Hyam 75 7 27 25 Feb 12
Towy Boy (IRE) 59 4 23 19 Jan 12
Easy Wonder (GER) 55 0 5 15 Sep 10
William's Way (GB) 50 6 10 15 Aug 12
Perfect Ch'i (IRE)then Paul Fitzsimons 49 5 14 25 Jul 12
Quasi Congaree (GER)then Paul Fitzsimons 38 3 12 20 Jul 12
Button Moon (IRE)then Paul Fitzsimons 36 2 11 31 Oct 12
Dozy Joe (GB)then Paul Fitzsimons 30 2 10 31 Oct 12
Boundless Applause (GB) 25 1 3 20 Feb 11
Dawn Wind (GB) 25 0 2 27 Jul 09
Professor John (IRE)from Michael Bell 22 1 8 12 Sep 11
Alfresco (GB)from Pat Eddery · then John Best 22 1 7 10 Oct 08
All 56 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 56 horses listed, 8 arrived from another yard in our archive; 48 had their first archived run for this yard.

20 have since run for another yard, most often for Paul Fitzsimons (7) and Jonathan Portman (2); 36 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
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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
Go-to riderJames Doyle
10% of all rides
7.2% SR · A/E 0.91
RiderRWSR£1
James Doyle 83 6 7.2% −20.00
Neil Callan 62 5 8.1% −18.00
Martin Lane 57 4 7% +45.91
Cathy Gannon 55 6 10.9% +28.50
George Baker 38 4 10.5% −15.25
Mr Chris Martin 33 6 18.2% +15.00
Seb Sanders 30 1 3.3% −21.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
122
Archived wins
£740k
Prize money
2006
Best season · 26 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.
Bee Stinger (GB) — John Smith's Brighton Mile Challenge Trophy Handicap Brighton · Aug 2006 · Class 4
£21,812
Three Crowns (GB) — British Stallion Studs / Betfred Mobile E.b.f. Fillies' Conditions Stakes Windsor · Jul 2012 · Class 2
£9,338
Bee Stinger (GB) — totetrifecta Handicap Windsor · Jul 2006 · Class 3
£8,725
Notable horses
William's Way (GB) Meditation (GB) Requisite (GB) Bee Stinger (GB) Perfect Ch'i (IRE) Towy Boy (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Pivotal (GB) 9.3% · 7–75
Progeny have won 13.6% of 12,785 runs since 2008 (1,019 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
King Charlemagne (USA) 6.2% · 4–65
Progeny have won 7.4% of 1,605 runs since 2008 (116 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 3.7% from 189. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.9% from 156.
Royal Dragon (USA) 0% · 0–55
Progeny have won 6.4% of 202 runs since 2008 (27 horses).
Fraam (GB) 12% · 6–50
Progeny have won 9.3% of 2,027 runs since 2008 (136 horses).
Choisir (AUS) 10.2% · 5–49
Progeny have won 10.7% of 5,779 runs since 2008 (392 horses).
Congaree (USA) 7.9% · 3–38
Progeny have won 8.2% of 61 runs since 2008 (4 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 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 1,668 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,668 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 4 January 2005 to 31 October 2012.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
31 Oct 12 Lingfield (AW) Dozy Joe (GB)J: Seb Sanders attheraces.com Breeders' Cup Site Now Live Handicap (Div 1)Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 2nd 9/1
31 Oct 12 Lingfield (AW) Button Moon (IRE)J: Seb Sanders Breathe Spa At Lingfield Park Marriott Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 2nd 8/1
27 Oct 12 Doncaster Kyleakin Lass (GB)J: James Sullivan Genting Casinos Levy Board HandicapClass 2 · 5f · Soft · 21 ran 9th 16/1
24 Oct 12 Kempton (AW) Dozy Joe (GB)J: Seb Sanders Glenfiddich HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 10/1
18 Oct 12 Kempton (AW) Ivan The Engine (GB)J: Seb Sanders 32RedBingo.com Classified StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 25/1
17 Oct 12 Lingfield (AW) Dozy Joe (GB)J: Seb Sanders GP London Handicap (Div 1)Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 4th 14/1
16 Oct 12 Wolverhampton (AW) Button Moon (IRE)J: Silvestre De Sousa 32Red Casino Handicap (Div 1)Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 7th 6/1
10 Oct 12 Kempton (AW) Miss Mocca (GB)J: Raul Da Silva Betdaq Mobile Apps Maiden Auction Stakes (Div 1)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 5th 12/1
04 Oct 12 Wolverhampton (AW) Button Moon (IRE)J: Seb Sanders Bids 5 Screen System From MRG Handicap (Div 2)Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 3rd 10/1
29 Sep 12 Wolverhampton (AW) Dozy Joe (GB)J: James Doyle 32Red.com HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 5/1F
29 Sep 12 Haydock Kyleakin Lass (GB)J: James Sullivan Joseph Heler Cheese Lester Piggott HandicapClass 2 · 5f · Heavy · 16 ran 4th 14/1
26 Sep 12 Kempton (AW) Ivan The Engine (GB)J: Seb Sanders Betdaq Casino Games Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 100/1
26 Sep 12 Goodwood Button Moon (IRE)J: Seb Sanders 3663 First For Food Service HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Soft · 14 ran 8th 16/1
20 Sep 12 Kempton (AW) Ivan The Engine (GB)J: Seb Sanders 32Red.com Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 100/1
20 Sep 12 Kempton (AW) Present Story (GB)J: Seb Sanders 32RedBingo Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 14/1
16 Sep 12 Ffos Las Kyleakin Lass (GB)J: Joe Fanning OJ Williams Supplier Of Fuel And Lubricants HandicapClass 3 · 5f · Soft · 7 ran 1st 3/1
15 Sep 12 Kempton (AW) Dozy Joe (GB)J: Seb Sanders Betfair Supports Grassroots Racing At Kempton HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 3rd 25/1
15 Sep 12 Bath Three Crowns (GB)J: Seb Sanders Bathwick Tyres Chippenham NurseryClass 4 · 5.5f · Firm · 8 ran 8th 20/1
12 Sep 12 Carlisle Miss Mocca (GB)J: Martin Harley Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 2)Class 5 · 8f · Heavy · 9 ran 3rd 7/2
10 Sep 12 Bath Button Moon (IRE)J: Seb Sanders Weatherbys Bank HandicapClass 5 · 5.5f · Firm · 15 ran 2nd 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 Ian Wood's strike rate?
Ian Wood has won 66 of 853 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.7% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Ian Wood do best at?
Yarmouth by strike rate: 8 wins from 37 runners (21.6%) 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 Ian Wood?
James Doyle, with 83 runners since 2008 — 10% of the total. That pairing has won 6 (7.2%).
What is Ian Wood's Fair A/E?
0.94, from 847 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).