What is J J Lambe's strike rate?

J J Lambe has won 145 of 2,242 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does J J Lambe do best at?

Hexham by strike rate: 19 wins from 81 runners (23.5%) 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 J J Lambe?

Liam McKenna, with 323 runners since 2008 — 14% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (3.1%).

What is J J Lambe's Fair A/E?

0.96, from 2,241 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.

Trainer profile

J J Lambe

2,242 runners in the lifetime window · 246 individual horses

As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner Jan 2024

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

145–2,242

Wins / Runs

6.5%

Strike rate

n=2,242

450 (20%)

Placed

0.96

Fair A/E

n=2,241 · 0.77 incl. margin

−776.36

£1 level stake

n=2,242 at SP · −34.6%

£1.54m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 120 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.96). Horses with headgear back on after a bare run strike at 10% (140 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 2,242 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance 33.7% when favourite Liam McKenna: 3.1% from 323 Headgear returns: 10% Sends off the favourite in 4% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Hexham (23.5%, n=81) and Sedgefield (16.7%, n=42) — all clear of the yard's 6.5% baseline. A horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a positive signal at 10% (n=140, Fair A/E 1.69), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 3.5% (n=57, Fair A/E 0.81). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 3.7% strike, Fair A/E 0.72 and −482.75 to a £1 stake over 1,067 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Liam McKenna rides 14% of the entries and sits below the yard's average (3.1% vs 6.5%, A/E 0.69). The yard also reads well in Class 4 (16.4%, n=226). 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Magners Ulster Derby at Down Royal (Jun 2013, £60,000). The stable star of the record: Hunting Tower (GB) — 7 wins from 40 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 6.5% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

4.6%−1.9

n=458 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −38.17

New recruits · first run for the yard

4.7%−1.8

n=128 · A/E 0.96 · £1 +73.50

Debutants · first career start

4.2%−2.3

n=95 · A/E 0.64 · £1 −84.09

First-time headgear · true-first definition

6.4%−0.1

n=78 · A/E 1.30 · £1 −28.50

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

10%+3.5

n=140 · A/E 1.69 · £1 +12.75

When favourite

33.7%

n=92 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −9.89

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

3.7%−2.8

n=1,067 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −482.75

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

3.5%−3.0

n=57 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −27.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.5% 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

With A P McCoy 27% vs 6.5% · n=74

At Hexham 23.5% vs 6.5% · n=81

On last-time-out winners 18.2% vs 6.5% · n=143

With Robert Thornton 22.2% vs 6.5% · n=36

In Class 4 16.4% vs 6.5% · n=226

At Sedgefield 16.7% vs 6.5% · n=42

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 1,171 84 7.2% −536.35

Flat 629 32 5.1% −204.75

Chase 344 21 6.1% −111.75

NH Flat 98 8 8.2% +76.49

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 628 57 9.1% −39.54

Soft 585 23 3.9% −281.67

Good to Firm 282 23 8.2% −107.44

Heavy 270 14 5.2% −134.12

Good to Soft 235 17 7.2% −80.09

Standard (AW) 219 10 4.6% −118.50

Firm 23 1 4.3% −15.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Down Royal 315 11 3.5% −216.92

Downpatrick 213 12 5.6% +86.00

Dundalk 199 7 3.5% −116.50

Navan 194 7 3.6% −141.50

Fairyhouse 124 5 4% −72.00

Ayr 99 14 14.1% +65.75

Sligo 94 11 11.7% +26.50

Leopardstown 88 5 5.7% −14.25

Hexham 81 19 23.5% +11.94

Curragh 68 3 4.4% +0.00

Galway 59 3 5.1% −26.50

Ballinrobe 55 3 5.5% −32.38

Naas 53 2 3.8% −12.00

Gowran Park 51 1 2% −45.00

Punchestown 50 0 0% −50.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 226 37 16.4% +30.15

Class 5 114 15 13.2% −21.96

Class 1 63 2 3.2% −33.50

Class 3 47 5 10.6% −21.00

Class 6 41 6 14.6% −16.25

Class 2 13 1 7.7% −5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 127 38 29.9% 1.16 −15.27

2nd–3rd fav 282 41 14.5% 1.01 −63.09

4th–6th fav 605 38 6.3% 0.91 −151.00

7th+ in betting 1,228 28 2.3% 0.77 −547.00

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.

Distance

DistanceRWSR£1

2m1f – 2m4f 751 57 7.6% −108.13

1m5f – 2m 670 43 6.4% −336.11

2m5f – 3m 303 23 7.6% −106.62

6f – 7f 176 12 6.8% −13.50

1m2f – 1m4f 135 3 2.2% −54.00

1m – 1m1f 122 4 3.3% −96.25

Under 6f 57 2 3.5% −37.00

Over 3m 28 1 3.6% −24.75

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2008 247 25 10.1% −91.15

2009 308 35 11.4% −43.54

2010 242 15 6.2% −124.88

2011 230 16 7% −89.67

2012 152 6 3.9% −79.00

2013 234 18 7.7% −45.87

2014 119 7 5.9% −19.00

2015 78 3 3.8% −54.00

2016 21 1 4.8% −16.00

2018 90 2 2.2% −78.00

2019 120 1 0.8% −105.00

2020 107 5 4.7% −63.75

2021 97 5 5.2% −9.00

2022 103 4 3.9% −25.50

2023 92 2 2.2% +70.00

2024 2 0 0% −2.00

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 1,303 72 5.5% −501.42

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

14-16 runners 643 26 4% −361.92

11-13 runners 528 42 8% −114.40

17+ runners 441 9 2% −331.00

8-10 runners 409 41 10% +56.77

5-7 runners 199 24 12.1% −60.31

2-4 runners 22 3 13.6% +34.50

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

86.1% completed · 1,515 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 344 74.1% 20 7 62 0 0

Hurdle 1,171 89.6% 14 15 86 3 4

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

Reverberation (GB)from Sylvester Kirk · then J S Moore 68 4 20 9 Jul 23

Sir Ector (USA)from J E Pease 56 4 17 19 Feb 20

Yachvili (IRE)from Declan Gillespie 53 4 14 26 Dec 14

Richelieu (GB) 49 4 12 13 Sep 13

City of Doral (GB) 44 4 10 1 Nov 14

Ever Rock (IRE)from J S Moore 41 4 11 27 Oct 23

Hunting Tower (GB)from G T Lynch · then Miss Nicole McKenna 40 7 14 11 Sep 15

Daytime Dreamer (IRE)from Martin Todhunter 38 2 10 27 Sep 13

Breeze With Ease (IRE)then Barry Murtagh 38 1 10 10 May 13

Vivaldi (IRE)from A P O'Brien 36 2 9 7 Dec 13

I Hear A Symphony (IRE)from Charlie Longsdon · then Stephen McConville 34 3 5 17 May 13

Inner Voice (USA)from Sir Michael Stoute 34 2 8 5 Jun 12

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 246 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 10 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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 60 horses listed, 39 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Mrs John Harrington (3) and A P O'Brien (2); 21 had their first archived run for this yard.

23 have since run for another yard, most often for Barry Murtagh (2) and Lee Smyth (2); 37 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 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 riderLiam McKenna

14% of all rides
3.1% SR · A/E 0.69

RiderRWSR£1

Liam McKenna 323 10 3.1% −207.00

E J O'Connell 311 22 7.1% −119.25

Robbie Colgan 132 6 4.5% −74.00

Brian Hughes 92 12 13% −11.67

Seamie Heffernan 76 4 5.3% −14.00

A P McCoy 74 20 27% +24.06

Graham Watters 59 1 1.7% −33.00

Denis O'Regan 49 6 12.2% −19.75

Gavin Ryan 46 4 8.7% −10.75

Anna McGuinness 42 1 2.4% +109.00

Chris Hayes 36 5 13.9% +29.00

Miss C V Annan 36 0 0% −36.00

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

179

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£1.83m

Prize money

2009

Best season · 35 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.

Sir Ector (USA) — Magners Ulster Derby (Premier Handicap) Down Royal · Jun 2013

£60,000

Sir Ector (USA) — Movember Handicap (Premier Handicap) Leopardstown · Nov 2013

£60,000

Silk Hall (UAE) — Kevin Mcmanus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle (grade 3) Tipperary · Jul 2013 · Grade 3

£40,625

Notable horses

Hunting Tower (GB) Richelieu (GB) Supply And Fix (IRE) Twin Plan (IRE) Reverberation (GB) Yachvili (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Sadler's Wells (USA) 15.7% · 11–70

Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,636 runs since 2008 (370 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.7% from 107.

Excelebration (IRE) 5.9% · 4–68

Progeny have won 9% of 3,605 runs since 2016 (244 horses).

Dynaformer (USA) 7.1% · 4–56

Progeny have won 14.6% of 1,776 runs since 2008 (154 horses). Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 20.6% from 199. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.3% from 169.

Definite Article (GB) 5.6% · 3–54

Progeny have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since 2008 (527 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.

Xaar (GB) 7.4% · 4–54

Progeny have won 6.1% of 2,429 runs since 2008 (218 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 10.7% from 122.

Machiavellian (USA) 8.2% · 4–49

Progeny have won 8% of 1,598 runs since 2008 (74 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 6 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 2,925 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,925 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 9 January 2005 to 12 January 2024.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

12 Jan 24 Naas Sundrenched (IRE)J: Shane O'Callaghan Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109)19f · Soft · 18 ran 15th 150/1

12 Jan 24 Naas Tony's Pet (FR)J: Anna McGuinness Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109)19f · Soft · 18 ran 13th 100/1

26 Dec 23 Down Royal Lariat (GB)J: Anna McGuinness Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)17f · Soft · 19 ran 13th 66/1

26 Dec 23 Down Royal Feast (IRE)J: Liam McKenna I.N.H. Stallion Owners European Breeders Fund Maiden Hurdle20f · Soft · 12 ran 9th 200/1

17 Dec 23 Navan Sundrenched (IRE)J: Anna McGuinness Buy Your Navan 2024 Membership Now Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Soft · 16 ran 15th 125/1

17 Dec 23 Navan Lariat (GB)J: Shane O'Callaghan Buy Your Navan 2024 Membership Now Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Soft · 16 ran 11th 40/1

15 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Darcy's Rock (GB)J: Robert Whearty Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Handicap (47-65)6f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 50/1

02 Dec 23 Fairyhouse Sundrenched (IRE)J: Anna McGuinness Redweld Stables Handicap Hurdle (80-130)20f · Soft · 20 ran 20th 100/1

24 Nov 23 Dundalk (AW) Darcy's Rock (GB)J: Colin Keane Dundalk Stadium Celebrates 20 Years 29th November Handicap (47-65)6f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 28/1

24 Nov 23 Fairyhouse Tony's Pet (FR)J: Anna McGuinness John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102)23.5f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran PU 40/1

24 Nov 23 Fairyhouse Feast (IRE)J: Liam McKenna Sign Up To GavinLynchRacing.com Maiden Hurdle23.5f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 7th 150/1

19 Nov 23 Navan Quickbuck (IRE)J: Liam McKenna Race And Stay Irish EBF Beginners Chase20f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran PU 250/1

10 Nov 23 Down Royal Feast (IRE)J: Anna McGuinness Freixenet Flat Race17f · Soft · 5 ran 5th 100/1

10 Nov 23 Down Royal General Dynamics (IRE)J: Anna McGuinness Try Racing Tv For Free Now At Racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap Chase16.5f · Soft · 9 ran PU 150/1

08 Nov 23 Dundalk (AW) Darcy's Rock (GB)J: Wayne Hassett Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Claiming Race6f · Standard · 10 ran 2nd 25/1

31 Oct 23 Curragh Wild Mountain (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Follow ToteRacing On Twitter Handicap (47-65)7f · Heavy · 20 ran 10th 40/1

27 Oct 23 Dundalk (AW) Ever Rock (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Handicap (47-65)6f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 33/1

27 Oct 23 Dundalk (AW) Darcy's Rock (GB)J: Seamie Heffernan Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Handicap (47-65)6f · Standard · 13 ran 6th 25/1

22 Oct 23 Leopardstown Wild Mountain (IRE)J: Gavin Ryan GAIN The Advantage Series Handicap7f · Heavy · 12 ran 12th 50/1

18 Oct 23 Navan Ever Rock (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Safer Gambling Handicap (47-70)5.5f · Soft · 22 ran 15th 50/1

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 J J Lambe's strike rate?: J J Lambe has won 145 of 2,242 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does J J Lambe do best at?: Hexham by strike rate: 19 wins from 81 runners (23.5%) 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 J J Lambe?: Liam McKenna, with 323 runners since 2008 — 14% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (3.1%).
What is J J Lambe's Fair A/E?: 0.96, from 2,241 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.