What is Jackie Du Plessis's strike rate?

Jackie Du Plessis has won 40 of 511 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.8% (as at 9 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Jackie Du Plessis do best at?

Taunton by strike rate: 6 wins from 70 runners (8.6%) 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 Jackie Du Plessis?

James Best, with 289 runners since 2008 — 57% of the total. That pairing has won 24 (8.3%).

What is Jackie Du Plessis's Fair A/E?

0.97, from 511 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

Jackie Du Plessis

511 runners in the lifetime window · 66 individual horses

As at 9 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner 63 days ago 100% of runners over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)

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

40–511

Wins / Runs

7.8%

Strike rate

n=511

121 (24%)

Placed

0.97

Fair A/E

n=511 · 0.83 incl. margin

−129.60

£1 level stake

n=511 at SP · −25.4%

£328k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 8% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.97). With a claiming rider up the record reads 9% (204 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 511 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 9 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance 29% when favourite James Best: 8.3% from 289 Claiming riders: 9.3% Sends off the favourite in 6% of races

The read

It is weakest at Chepstow (3.9% over 51 runners) — the widest gap in the record. New recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 3.3% (n=30, Fair A/E 0.61). James Best rides 57% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (8.3%, A/E 0.98) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also reads well off a 8-14-day break (14.3%, n=49). The record reads poorly on Soft going — 4.3% over 117 runners, 3.5pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Fear Glic (IRE) — 5 wins from 23 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 7.8% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

5.8%−2.0

n=173 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −83.79

New recruits · first run for the yard

3.3%−4.5

n=30 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −23.00

Debutants · first career start

5.6%−2.2

n=36 · A/E 2.07 · £1 +27.00

First-time headgear · true-first definition

0%−7.8

n=28 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −28.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

10%+2.2

n=20 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −10.12

When favourite

29%

n=31 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −4.31

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

9.3%+1.5

n=204 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −34.36

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.8% 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 C&D winners 16.2% vs 7.8% · n=68

With horses switching code 0% vs 7.8% · n=73

Off a 8-14-day break 14.3% vs 7.8% · n=49

On last-time-out winners 12.8% vs 7.8% · n=39

On Soft going 4.3% vs 7.8% · n=117

At Chepstow 3.9% vs 7.8% · n=51

This filter uses derived form angles computed for 71.8% of the archive so far (as at 9 Nov 2026); the sample will grow as sequencing completes.

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 255 15 5.9% −130.04

Chase 226 23 10.2% −32.56

NH Flat 30 2 6.7% +33.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 167 13 7.8% −28.82

Soft 117 5 4.3% −48.17

Good to Soft 105 10 9.5% +8.50

Heavy 80 7 8.8% −39.62

Good to Firm 42 5 11.9% −21.49

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Exeter 149 12 8.1% +0.38

Newton Abbot 100 7 7% −28.42

Taunton 70 6 8.6% −23.62

Chepstow 51 2 3.9% −31.00

Wincanton 27 1 3.7% −8.00

Worcester 23 2 8.7% +5.00

Stratford 16 2 12.5% +0.50

Ludlow 13 4 30.8% −0.82

Uttoxeter 12 3 25% −1.12

Cheltenham 9 1 11.1% −1.50

Hereford 8 0 0% −8.00

Plumpton 6 0 0% −6.00

Ffos Las 5 0 0% −5.00

Fontwell 5 0 0% −5.00

Warwick 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 258 21 8.1% −65.62

Class 5 145 10 6.9% −43.06

Class 3 75 7 9.3% −24.67

Class 2 17 0 0% −17.00

Class 6 15 2 13.3% +21.75

Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 37 10 27% 1.00 −4.81

2nd–3rd fav 87 12 13.8% 0.88 −12.29

4th–6th fav 171 14 8.2% 1.19 +22.50

7th+ in betting 216 4 1.9% 0.66 −135.00

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

80.2% completed · 481 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 226 75.7% 10 10 31 0 4

Hurdle 255 84.3% 4 5 31 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

Kingsmill Gin (GB) 25 2 7 24 Apr 24

Winning Spark (USA)from Gary Moore 24 3 11 8 Oct 18

Fear Glic (IRE)from J Halley 23 5 8 23 Aug 18

Ray Diamond (GB)from Michael Madgwick 23 3 9 15 Apr 17

Forget You Not (FR)from Paul Webber 22 3 5 27 Nov 25

Long John (GB) 22 1 7 20 Jan 17

Theatre Mix (GB) 18 0 2 20 May 22

Absolutely Bygones (IRE)from Karen McLintock 17 1 5 21 Mar 17

St Dominick (IRE) 16 1 5 21 Mar 17

Cool George (GB) 15 1 6 14 Jun 17

Valentino (GB) 14 3 5 10 Oct 24

St Erney (GB) 14 2 4 20 Nov 22

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 66 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 2 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, 26 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Chris Down (2) and David Pipe (2); 34 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard, most often for D Summersby (3); 55 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 riderJames Best

57% of all rides
8.3% SR · A/E 0.98

RiderRWSR£1

James Best 289 24 8.3% −67.99

David Noonan 63 3 4.8% −45.00

Harry Kimber 34 4 11.8% +8.38

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→

Archived wins

£328k

Prize money

2016

Best season · 7 wins

Armenian Boy (FR) — Betfair Commits 40 Million To British Racing Handicap Chase Ludlow · Oct 2012 · Class 4

£9,384

St Dominick (IRE) — Higos Motor Insurance Deal Handicap Chase Exeter · Nov 2015 · Class 3

£7,666

Winning Spark (USA) — Dave Criddle Travel & Titan Tours Handicap Hurdle Taunton · Dec 2016 · Class 3

£7,596

Notable horses

Fear Glic (IRE) Theatre Diva (IRE) Winning Spark (USA) Ray Diamond (GB) Forget You Not (FR) Valentino (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Fair Mix (IRE) 4.7% · 2–43

Progeny have won 7.3% of 2,578 runs since 2008 (251 horses).

Medicean (GB) 14.3% · 4–28

Progeny have won 10.4% of 9,890 runs since 2008 (682 horses).

Silver Patriarch (IRE) 3.6% · 1–28

Progeny have won 7.8% of 2,609 runs since 2008 (262 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.3% from 274. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 11.3% from 300.

Bandmaster (USA) 0% · 0–25

Progeny have won 5.5% of 274 runs since 2008 (35 horses).

Theatrical (IRE) 12.5% · 3–24

Progeny have won 13.7% of 636 runs since 2008 (47 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 25% from 164. Weakest on Good going: 10% from 160.

Dr Massini (IRE) 21.7% · 5–23

Progeny have won 10.6% of 4,942 runs since 2008 (406 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14% from 421.

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 9 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 511 · newest first

The latest 50 of 511 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 9 March 2009 to 7 September 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

07 Sep 26 Newton Abbot Alberts Bay (IRE)J: James Best Devonport Royal Dockyard Social Club Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 26.5f · Good · 7 ran 4th 11/2

27 Aug 26 Newton Abbot Alberts Bay (IRE)J: James Best Compwiz Ltd - It Solutions For Business Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 26.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 3rd 17/2

27 May 26 Newton Abbot Alberts Bay (IRE)J: James Best Chris Wills Memorial Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Good · 9 ran 6th 40/1

06 May 26 Newton Abbot Alberts Bay (IRE)J: Harry Reed Racing To School Reaches 25 Years Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 25/1

17 Jan 26 Taunton Cotton End (IRE)J: Tabitha Worsley 3 February Sporting Clubs Raceday Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11th 50/1

27 Nov 25 Taunton Forget You Not (FR)J: James Best Mike Trickey And Geoff White Memorial Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 18f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 7th 20/1

06 Nov 25 Ludlow Cotton End (IRE)J: Mr Finley Freeman Racing To School Amateur Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 21f · Good · 6 ran 4th 28/1

03 Nov 25 Hereford Forget You Not (FR)J: Harry Reed Green Dragon Hotel Hereford Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 8th 22/1

17 Jul 25 Worcester Forget You Not (FR)J: Harry Kimber eventmasters.co.uk Royal Ascot 2026 On Sale Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Good · 6 ran RO 11/1

24 Apr 25 Warwick Forget You Not (FR)J: James Best Molly Ollys Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 6th 50/1

18 Mar 25 Exeter Forget You Not (FR)J: James Best Experience Irish Racing With ITM Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19f · Good · 6 ran 6th 28/1

28 Nov 24 Taunton Confused Again (GB)J: Ben Ffrench Davis Trucksmith Loloader Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU 40/1

10 Oct 24 Exeter Valentino (GB)J: Harry Kimber Follow Us On X At BetRhino Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 24f · Good · 5 ran REF 18/1

25 Jun 24 Newton Abbot Valentino (GB)J: Harry Kimber Tilly And Seth Wedding Party Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 26.5f · Good · 7 ran 4th 18/1

09 May 24 Stratford Forget You Not (FR)J: David Noonan NH Racing Club Loves Cotswold Larder Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 22.5f · Good · 9 ran 9th 40/1

24 Apr 24 Taunton Kingsmill Gin (GB)J: Tabitha Worsley Charles Clark Memorial Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 26.5f · Good · 9 ran 5th 8/1

07 Apr 24 Exeter Kingsmill Gin (GB)J: James Best Bet At Racingtv.Com Mares' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Heavy · 11 ran PU 11/2

08 Mar 24 Exeter Confused Again (GB)J: David Noonan CRS Building Supplies 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 9 ran 7th 200/1

23 Feb 24 Exeter Confused Again (GB)J: James Best Don't Retire Without My Pension Expert Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 6th 100/1

31 Jan 24 Exeter Confused Again (GB)J: James Best Herring Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6th 125/1

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 Jackie Du Plessis's strike rate?: Jackie Du Plessis has won 40 of 511 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.8% (as at 9 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Jackie Du Plessis do best at?: Taunton by strike rate: 6 wins from 70 runners (8.6%) 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 Jackie Du Plessis?: James Best, with 289 runners since 2008 — 57% of the total. That pairing has won 24 (8.3%).
What is Jackie Du Plessis's Fair A/E?: 0.97, from 511 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.