What is James Ewart's strike rate?

James Ewart has won 259 of 2,049 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 12.6% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does James Ewart do best at?

Sedgefield by strike rate: 21 wins from 106 runners (19.8%) 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 James Ewart?

Brian Hughes, with 519 runners since 2008 — 25% of the total. That pairing has won 87 (16.8%).

What is James Ewart's Fair A/E?

0.99, from 2,045 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

James Ewart

2,049 runners in the lifetime window · 219 individual horses

As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner May 2025 94% 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

259–2,049

Wins / Runs

12.6%

Strike rate

n=2,049

652 (32%)

Placed

0.99

Fair A/E

n=2,045 · 0.87 incl. margin

−392.03

£1 level stake

n=2,049 at SP · −19.1%

£1.98m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

11.9%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 110 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 13% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.99). New recruits from other yards win at 18% first time out (78 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 2,049 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Sep–Nov 37.7% when favourite Brian Hughes: 16.8% from 519 New recruits: 17.9% Sends off the favourite in 11% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Sedgefield (19.8%, n=106), clear of the yard's 12.6% baseline. New recruits from other stables on their first run win at 17.9% (n=78, Fair A/E 1.46), but debutants struggle at 9.2% (n=130, Fair A/E 1.08). A horse in first-time headgear are the standout value angle: 14.4% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.27 and +1.50 to a £1 stake over 111 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Brian Hughes rides 25% of the entries and edges the yard's average (16.8% vs 12.6%, A/E 1.00) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also reads well off a 0-7-day break (23.7%, n=38). The record reads poorly in Flat races — 5.8% over 120 runners, 6.8pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard in NH Flat races: Fair A/E 0.75 across 220 runners (7.3% strike, −94.98 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. The stable star of the record: Civil Unrest (IRE) — 12 wins from 66 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Sep–Nov.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 12.6% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

11.5%−1.1

n=532 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −138.53

New recruits · first run for the yard

17.9%+5.3

n=78 · A/E 1.46 · £1 +7.68

Debutants · first career start

9.2%−3.4

n=130 · A/E 1.08 · £1 +9.08

First-time headgear · true-first definition

14.4%+1.8

n=111 · A/E 1.27 · £1 +1.50

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

10.8%−1.8

n=102 · A/E 0.90 · £1 −53.42

When favourite

37.7%

n=223 · A/E 1.17 · £1 +9.71

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

11.8%−0.8

n=873 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −134.06

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−12.6

n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.6% 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

On last-time-out winners 21.5% vs 12.6% · n=265

Off a 0-7-day break 23.7% vs 12.6% · n=38

At Sedgefield 19.8% vs 12.6% · n=106

In Flat races 5.8% vs 12.6% · n=120

With C&D winners 18.2% vs 12.6% · n=285

In NH Flat races 7.3% vs 12.6% · n=220

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 953 118 12.4% −96.97

Chase 756 118 15.6% −115.96

NH Flat 220 16 7.3% −94.98

Flat 120 7 5.8% −84.12

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 612 86 14.1% −58.61

Soft 559 71 12.7% −49.11

Good to Soft 478 49 10.3% −169.72

Heavy 278 37 13.3% −80.18

Good to Firm 77 12 15.6% −0.79

Standard (AW) 45 4 8.9% −33.62

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Kelso 296 45 15.2% +0.36

Ayr 284 34 12% −52.02

Newcastle 259 31 12% −88.48

Musselburgh 224 26 11.6% −43.81

Carlisle 175 17 9.7% −47.53

Hexham 160 27 16.9% −15.16

Wetherby 114 13 11.4% −30.22

Sedgefield 106 21 19.8% +2.24

Catterick 82 11 13.4% −10.75

Doncaster 75 11 14.7% −15.87

Perth 53 4 7.5% −20.92

Haydock 38 3 7.9% −28.50

Cartmel 27 5 18.5% +9.75

Newcastle (AW) 25 1 4% −21.50

Aintree 20 3 15% +11.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 917 120 13.1% −205.07

Class 5 500 57 11.4% −123.13

Class 3 352 51 14.5% +11.78

Class 6 170 17 10% −56.05

Class 2 84 13 15.5% +2.94

Class 1 20 0 0% −20.00

Class 7 6 1 16.7% −2.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 260 91 35% 1.13 −2.16

2nd–3rd fav 595 89 15% 0.86 −155.37

4th–6th fav 734 57 7.8% 0.96 −144.00

7th+ in betting 460 22 4.8% 1.33 −90.50

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

1m5f – 2m 831 115 13.8% −167.41

2m1f – 2m4f 649 83 12.8% −63.62

2m5f – 3m 348 42 12.1% −54.50

Over 3m 108 13 12% −22.88

6f – 7f 49 5 10.2% −30.62

1m2f – 1m4f 28 1 3.6% −17.00

1m – 1m1f 26 0 0% −26.00

Under 6f 10 0 0% −10.00

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2008 65 5 7.7% −30.00

2009 87 18 20.7% +11.64

2010 106 15 14.2% +14.73

2011 164 21 12.8% −36.10

2012 125 16 12.8% −46.89

2013 171 24 14% −40.11

2014 154 15 9.7% −78.75

2015 136 22 16.2% +10.65

2016 135 13 9.6% −55.12

2017 179 24 13.4% +43.60

2018 147 19 12.9% −51.16

2019 122 13 10.7% −69.11

2020 125 16 12.8% −1.59

2021 92 9 9.8% −28.30

2022 80 8 10% +13.33

2023 68 10 14.7% −12.36

2024 51 6 11.8% −16.74

2025 42 5 11.9% −19.75

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 1,303 175 13.4% −165.31

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

8-10 runners 729 89 12.2% −75.44

5-7 runners 591 95 16.1% −130.12

11-13 runners 458 43 9.4% −96.81

14-16 runners 186 15 8.1% −48.34

2-4 runners 51 17 33.3% −7.32

17+ runners 34 0 0% −34.00

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

84.4% completed · 1,709 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 756 79.4% 39 26 90 1 0

Hurdle 953 88.4% 17 10 82 1 1

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

Civil Unrest (IRE) 66 12 32 2 Aug 19

Sleep In First (FR)from Anna Bramall 52 10 17 20 Jul 19

Aristo Du Plessis (FR)from M Chapuron 38 10 12 23 Jan 21

Ueueteotl (FR) 36 4 16 23 Jun 19

Lord Wishes (IRE) 36 10 13 23 Jun 19

Un Guet Apens (FR)from D Windrif 31 5 11 2 Mar 20

Snuker (GB) 30 6 10 16 Jan 17

Rockawango (FR)from Y-M Porzier 30 3 8 4 Jan 16

Zaru (FR) 29 4 7 10 May 17

Super Baby (FR) 29 2 11 22 Mar 12

Ascot De Bruyere (FR)from A Lamotte D'Argy 27 6 10 26 Feb 22

Ange Des Malberaux (FR)then Dan Skelton 27 2 8 7 May 18

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 219 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 12 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, 21 arrived from another yard in our archive; 39 had their first archived run for this yard.

16 have since run for another yard, most often for Dan Skelton (2); 44 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

1311151112159924151410

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 riderBrian Hughes

25% of all rides
16.8% SR · A/E 1.00

RiderRWSR£1

Brian Hughes 519 87 16.8% −39.58

Harry Haynes 210 31 14.8% −0.68

Dale Irving 200 31 15.5% −21.27

Lucy Alexander 159 14 8.8% −47.12

Steven Fox 126 15 11.9% −0.95

Nathan Moscrop 70 5 7.1% −49.37

Danny McMenamin 67 6 9% −42.51

Ryan Mania 58 9 15.5% −15.25

Rachael McDonald 37 7 18.9% +52.00

Alan Doyle 37 5 13.5% +32.83

Nick Scholfield 36 7 19.4% −5.07

Dougie Costello 35 5 14.3% −6.60

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

269

Archived wins

£2.05m

Prize money

2017

Best season · 24 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.

Aristo Du Plessis (FR) — totepoolliveinfo.com Hogmaneigh Hurdle (Handicap) Musselburgh · Jan 2016 · Class 2

£25,992

Quicuyo (GER) — Mirror Punters Club Handicap Chase Doncaster · Jan 2012 · Class 2

£25,024

Empire De Maulde (FR) — Edinburgh Gin Chase (Limited Handicap) (GBB Race) Kelso · Oct 2021 · Class 2

£20,812

Notable horses

Civil Unrest (IRE) Sleep In First (FR) Aristo Du Plessis (FR) Lord Wishes (IRE) Sa Suffit (FR) Open de L'Isle (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Tikkanen (USA) 8.1% · 6–74

Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,014 runs since 2009 (170 horses).

Blueprint (IRE) 18.2% · 12–66

Progeny have won 9.9% of 1,670 runs since 2008 (137 horses).

Milan (GB) 20.4% · 11–54

Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,869 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).

Sleeping Car (FR) 19.2% · 10–52

Progeny have won 9.3% of 1,054 runs since 2008 (137 horses).

Kapgarde (FR) 13.7% · 7–51

Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,631 runs since 2008 (725 horses).

Scorpion (IRE) 2.4% · 1–41

Progeny have won 9.2% of 6,323 runs since 2011 (609 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.1% from 142.

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 4 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 2,156 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,156 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 14 January 2005 to 7 May 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

07 May 25 Kelso Lucky Manifest (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Strawmax Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 21f · Good · 6 ran 1st 2/1

03 May 25 Hexham Community Rebel (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Harry Douglas Estate Agency Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2nd 10/1

19 Apr 25 Carlisle Cruden (GB)J: Brian Hughes Bell & Plate 25th June Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 25f · Good · 6 ran 2nd 3/1

14 Apr 25 Hexham Fostered Phil (IRE)J: Brian Hughes Horslyx - For Horse's Health & Welfare Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 9 ran 4th 17/2

11 Apr 25 Sedgefield Hold Onto The Line (IRE)J: Brian Hughes JK Construction Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19.5f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 6/4F

07 Apr 25 Kelso High Dancer (GB)J: Brian Hughes Support QME Care Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 22.5f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 6/1

05 Apr 25 Newcastle Small Town Kid (IRE)J: Ryan Mania QuinnBet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 7 ran 1st 5/2

31 Mar 25 Newcastle Community Rebel (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Sunday Lunch At The Border Minstrel Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 7 ran PU 6/4F

28 Mar 25 Wetherby Hold Onto The Line (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Bulloughs Cleaning Services Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 15f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 4/1

22 Mar 25 Kelso Escapeandevade (IRE)J: Danny McMenamin Ladbrokes 'Boost Your Bet Builder' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2nd 6/1

21 Mar 25 Musselburgh Lucky Manifest (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Ladbrokes Best Odds Guaranteed On Racing Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran PU 9/4

19 Mar 25 Haydock High Dancer (GB)J: Brian Hughes Visit racingtv.com 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 21f · Good · 6 ran 1st 9/4

15 Mar 25 Newcastle Community Rebel (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Guinness At The Canny Lad Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2nd 14/1

15 Mar 25 Newcastle Athair Mor (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Guinness At Rio's Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 6/1

15 Mar 25 Newcastle Hold Onto The Line (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Guinness Draught Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 3 ran 1st 2/1

15 Mar 25 Newcastle Small Town Kid (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Guinness 0.0 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 9/2

07 Mar 25 Ayr Leitrim Chief (IRE)J: Brian Hughes Book The Coral Scottish Grand National Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Soft · 8 ran PU 17/2

03 Mar 25 Newcastle Fostered Phil (IRE)J: Brian Hughes Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 17f · Good · 7 ran 4th 15/2

03 Mar 25 Newcastle Cruden (GB)J: Brian Hughes LiveScore Bet Best Odds Daily Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 5 ran 2nd 4/7F

02 Mar 25 Doncaster Clondaw Fame (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21f · Good · 8 ran PU 8/1

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 James Ewart's strike rate?: James Ewart has won 259 of 2,049 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 12.6% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does James Ewart do best at?: Sedgefield by strike rate: 21 wins from 106 runners (19.8%) 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 James Ewart?: Brian Hughes, with 519 runners since 2008 — 25% of the total. That pairing has won 87 (16.8%).
What is James Ewart's Fair A/E?: 0.99, from 2,045 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.