What is James Given's strike rate?

James Given has won 341 of 3,569 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 9.6% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does James Given do best at?

Kempton (AW) by strike rate: 33 wins from 238 runners (13.9%) 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 Given?

Tom Eaves, with 482 runners since 2008 — 14% of the total. That pairing has won 42 (8.7%).

What is James Given's Fair A/E?

1.02, from 3,550 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 Given

3,569 runners in the lifetime window · 343 individual horses

As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner Dec 2020 99% 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.

341–3,569

Wins / Runs

9.6%

Strike rate

n=3,569

930 (26%)

Placed

1.02

Fair A/E

n=3,550 · 0.88 incl. margin

−758.79

£1 level stake

n=3,569 at SP · −21.3%

£2.68m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

8.5%

KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 270 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 10% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.02). Horses with headgear back on after a bare run strike at 14% (63 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 3,569 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fired Mar–Apr 30% when favourite Tom Eaves: 8.7% from 482 Headgear returns: 14.3% Claiming riders: 9.8% Sent off the favourite in 6% of races

The read

It is weakest at York (0% over 75 runners) — the widest gap in the record. A horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a positive signal at 14.3% (n=63, Fair A/E 1.74), but new recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 1.5% (n=68, Fair A/E 0.18). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 6.1% strike, Fair A/E 0.80 and −204.31 to a £1 stake over 344 runners — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Tom Eaves rode 14% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (8.7%, A/E 0.99) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also read well off a 0-7-day break (20.1%, n=224). 11 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Marjorie & Bernard Benham Emerald Anniversary Heritage H'cap at Goodwood (Jul 2008, £62,310). The stable star of the record was Royal Bajan (USA) — 17 wins from 85 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Mar–Apr.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 9.6% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

6.1%−3.5

n=344 · A/E 0.80 · £1 −204.31

New recruits · first run for the yard

1.5%−8.1

n=68 · A/E 0.18 · £1 −66.33

Debutants · first career start

4.1%−5.5

n=243 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −93.75

First-time headgear · true-first definition

10.1%+0.5

n=99 · A/E 1.18 · £1 +21.88

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

14.3%+4.7

n=63 · A/E 1.74 · £1 +59.50

When favourite

30%

n=230 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −41.70

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

9.8%+0.2

n=306 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −80.38

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

4.9%−4.7

n=142 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −49.25

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.6% 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

Off a 0-7-day break 20.1% vs 9.6% · n=224

With Joe Doyle 22.6% vs 9.6% · n=62

At York 0% vs 9.6% · n=75

On last-time-out winners 15.5% vs 9.6% · n=336

With new recruits 1.5% vs 9.6% · n=68

At Newcastle (AW) 1.5% vs 9.6% · n=65

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 3,538 341 9.6% −727.79

Hurdle 29 0 0% −29.00

NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 1,505 176 11.7% −108.31

Good to Firm 734 58 7.9% −291.16

Good 641 40 6.2% −298.13

Good to Soft 321 24 7.5% −111.77

Soft 273 29 10.6% +37.83

Heavy 74 9 12.2% −7.00

Firm 21 5 23.8% +19.75

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Wolverhampton (AW) 534 61 11.4% −36.23

Southwell (AW) 356 47 13.2% +25.62

Nottingham 271 17 6.3% −166.52

Kempton (AW) 238 33 13.9% +5.33

Doncaster 191 14 7.3% −24.17

Chelmsford (AW) 173 18 10.4% −12.88

Thirsk 147 14 9.5% −15.00

Redcar 143 15 10.5% −22.62

Lingfield (AW) 137 15 10.9% −39.65

Catterick 109 6 5.5% −79.25

Beverley 108 6 5.6% −45.50

Pontefract 106 13 12.3% +48.25

Ripon 103 12 11.7% −24.08

Haydock 97 5 5.2% −38.50

York 75 0 0% −75.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 1,430 156 10.9% −210.38

Class 6 849 87 10.2% −209.36

Class 4 744 57 7.7% −256.84

Class 3 216 17 7.9% −19.21

Class 2 169 13 7.7% −40.50

Class 1 142 7 4.9% −49.25

Class 7 15 3 20% +25.25

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 291 85 29.2% 1.05 −31.49

2nd–3rd fav 681 111 16.3% 1.04 −68.80

4th–6th fav 1,213 97 8% 1.01 −213.50

7th+ in betting 1,384 48 3.5% 0.98 −445.00

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

Glenridding (GB) 96 14 28 17 Mar 14

Royal Bajan (USA)then Robert Cowell 85 17 25 1 Jan 16

Oriental Relation (IRE)then John Balding 78 12 25 21 Oct 17

Kung Hei Fat Choy (USA)then Lucinda Egerton 70 9 21 21 Jan 16

Sands Chorus (GB)then Scott Dixon 58 8 25 12 Nov 18

Veroon (IRE) 58 6 22 2 May 12

Feelin Foxy (GB)from Derek Shaw 55 6 24 15 Apr 11

Lord of The Reins (IRE)from Derek Shaw · then P O'Gorman 52 7 15 13 Apr 11

Artful Prince (GB) 51 8 16 28 Sep 16

Poppy May (IRE) 45 3 13 31 Oct 20

Royal Trooper (IRE)then Jim Best 45 5 12 28 Sep 12

The Dukkerer (IRE)from Garry Moss 40 2 15 12 Oct 17

The 60 most-raced of 343 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 60 horses listed, 15 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Derek Shaw (7); 45 had their first archived run for this yard.

26 have since run for another yard, most often for John Balding (2) and Tony Newcombe (2); 34 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 riderTom Eaves

14% of all rides
8.7% SR · A/E 0.99

RiderRWSR£1

Tom Eaves 482 42 8.7% −109.96

Paul Mulrennan 457 45 9.8% −121.30

Graham Lee 290 39 13.4% −37.61

Tom Queally 273 24 8.8% −74.68

James Sullivan 217 19 8.8% +26.26

Frederik Tylicki 169 22 13% −23.16

Barry McHugh 127 15 11.8% −8.80

Dale Swift 121 15 12.4% −0.42

J-P Guillambert 112 10 8.9% −12.75

Pat Cosgrave 72 6 8.3% +18.50

Franny Norton 66 6 9.1% −27.62

Jim Crowley 66 7 10.6% −28.65

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

438

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£3.65m

Prize money

2011

Best season · 42 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.

Indian Days (GB) — Marjorie & Bernard Benham Emerald Anniversary Heritage H'cap Goodwood · Jul 2008 · Class 2

£62,310

Dandino (GB) — Qipco Jockey Club Stakes (Group 2) Newmarket · Apr 2011 · Group 2

£45,416

Lady Gloria (GB) — Select Racing UK On Sky 432 Stakes (Group 3) Goodwood · Sep 2008 · Group 3

£36,901

Notable horses

Royal Bajan (USA) Glenridding (GB) Oriental Relation (IRE) Kung Hei Fat Choy (USA) Sands Chorus (GB) Artful Prince (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Footstepsinthesand (GB) 8.1% · 11–136

Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,765 runs since 2008 (936 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.

Kodiac (GB) 10.8% · 11–102

Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,515 runs since 2008 (1,664 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.

Tagula (IRE) 12.1% · 12–99

Progeny have won 9.1% of 5,557 runs since 2008 (382 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.1% from 909.

Averti (IRE) 14.6% · 14–96

Progeny have won 8.6% of 1,137 runs since 2008 (79 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 3.6% from 110. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 13.6% from 140. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 5.6% from 162.

Imperial Ballet (IRE) 12.4% · 11–89

Progeny have won 7.2% of 1,342 runs since 2008 (99 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 10.2% from 245. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 150.

Speightstown (USA) 19.3% · 17–88

Progeny have won 14.1% of 1,835 runs since 2008 (165 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.6% from 105.

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 4,702 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,702 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 11 December 2020.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

11 Dec 20 Southwell (AW) Batocchi (GB)J: James Sullivan Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football Novice Auction StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 6th 80/1

01 Dec 20 Wolverhampton (AW) Dudley's Dream (GB)J: James Sullivan Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Novice StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 8th 200/1

19 Nov 20 Chelmsford City (AW) Monsaraz (GB)J: William Carver chelmsfordcityracecourse.com Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 14/1

17 Nov 20 Newcastle (AW) Dudley's Dream (GB)J: James Sullivan Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Plus 10/GBB Race)Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran 14th 300/1

11 Nov 20 Kempton (AW) Setantii Girl (IRE)J: James Sullivan Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet NurseryClass 4 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 8th 16/1

11 Nov 20 Kempton (AW) Stone Soldier (GB)J: James Sullivan Try Our New Super Boosts At Unibet HandicapClass 4 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 4th 13/2

07 Nov 20 Doncaster Indianapolis (IRE)J: Silvestre De Sousa Betfair November HandicapClass 2 · 12f · Soft · 23 ran 18th 28/1

07 Nov 20 Doncaster Toronto (IRE)J: Luke Morris Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange HandicapClass 2 · 7f · Soft · 15 ran 13th 40/1

06 Nov 20 Newcastle (AW) Batocchi (GB)J: James Sullivan Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football Novice Auction StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 6th 66/1

31 Oct 20 Wolverhampton (AW) Poppy May (IRE)J: James Sullivan Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd 11/1

28 Oct 20 Nottingham Toronto (IRE)J: Paul Mulrennan Play 3-2-Win At MansionBet HandicapClass 3 · 14f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 12/1

26 Oct 20 Redcar Stone Soldier (GB)J: Luke Morris Join Racing TV For The Jumps Season HandicapClass 3 · 8f · Soft · 9 ran 6th 11/1

24 Oct 20 Chelmsford City (AW) Ginvincible (GB)J: Luke Morris Bet tote Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 5f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 18/1

24 Oct 20 Newbury Setantii Girl (IRE)J: Silvestre De Sousa Racing TV Stakes (Registered As The Radley Stakes) (Fillies' Listed)Class 1 · 7f · Heavy · 9 ran 9th 10/1

22 Oct 20 Wolverhampton (AW) Poppy May (IRE)J: William Buick Bombardier Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 11/1

20 Oct 20 Newcastle (AW) Many A Star (IRE)J: Graham Lee Betway Casino HandicapClass 3 · 6f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 9/1

16 Oct 20 Newcastle (AW) Batocchi (GB)J: Graham Lee Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Novice Auction StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 8th 28/1

13 Oct 20 Newcastle (AW) Monsaraz (GB)J: Andrew Mullen Visit attheraces.com Handicap (Div 1)Class 5 · 12.5f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 8th 28/1

10 Oct 20 Chelmsford City (AW) Poppy May (IRE)J: Lewis Edmunds tote.co.uk Now Never Beaten By SP HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 16/1

10 Oct 20 Newmarket Indianapolis (IRE)J: Frankie Dettori Together For Racing International Cesarewitch Handicap (Heritage Handicap)Class 2 · 18f · Soft · 34 ran 29th 33/1

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 Given's strike rate?: James Given has won 341 of 3,569 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 9.6% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does James Given do best at?: Kempton (AW) by strike rate: 33 wins from 238 runners (13.9%) 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 Given?: Tom Eaves, with 482 runners since 2008 — 14% of the total. That pairing has won 42 (8.7%).
What is James Given's Fair A/E?: 1.02, from 3,550 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.