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Trainer profile

Jim & Suzi Best

522 runners in the last 5 seasons · 68 individual horses
As at 31 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 12.7% of 212 declared in the last 365 days, counting all recorded withdrawals, including reserves. For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days). As at 31 Oct 2026.
Last runner yesterday
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2022→)
from 1 Jan 2022
45–522
Wins / Runs
8.6%
Strike rate
n=522
122 (23%)
Placed
1.01
Fair A/E
n=520 · 0.89 incl. margin
−201.35
£1 level stake
n=522 at SP · −38.6%
£356k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.1%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 100 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 9% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.01). With a claiming rider up the record reads 16% (69 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 522 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 31 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance 32.4% when favourite Luke Morris: 7.1% from 56 New recruits: 13.5% Claiming riders: 15.9% Sends off the favourite in 7% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Chelmsford City (AW) (15.5%, n=58), clear of the yard's 8.6% baseline. It is weakest at Lingfield (AW) (2.8% over 106 runners) — the largest sample in the record, and the widest gap. Runners with a claiming rider up have been a positive signal at 15.9% (n=69, Fair A/E 1.44), but a horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a poor signal at 5.4% (n=37, Fair A/E 0.71). Luke Morris rides 11% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (7.1%, A/E 0.71). The yard also reads well off a 0-7-day break (21.2%, n=52) and on Good going (14.1%, n=92). The stable star of the record: My Boy Harry (GB) — 5 wins from 35 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 8.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.3%−2.3
n=96 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −37.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
13.5%+4.9
n=52 · A/E 2.23 · £1 +10.70
Debutants · first career start
0%−8.6
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
14.3%+5.7
n=14 · A/E 1.86 · £1 −4.67
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
5.4%−3.2
n=37 · A/E 0.71 · £1 −24.50
When favourite
32.4%
n=34 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −5.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
15.9%+7.3
n=69 · A/E 1.44 · £1 +1.12
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.6
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.6% 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 21.2% vs 8.6% · n=52
On last-time-out winners 18.2% vs 8.6% · n=44
With claiming riders up 15.9% vs 8.6% · n=69
At Chelmsford City (AW) 15.5% vs 8.6% · n=58
At Lingfield (AW) 2.8% vs 8.6% · n=106
On Good going 14.1% vs 8.6% · n=92
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 392 30 7.7% −160.67
Hurdle 87 8 9.2% −23.25
NH Flat 34 2 5.9% −24.33
Chase 9 5 55.6% +6.90

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 266 15 5.6% −118.92
Good 92 13 14.1% −22.55
Good to Firm 77 9 11.7% −34.13
Good to Soft 46 4 8.7% −1.50
Soft 34 4 11.8% −17.25
Heavy 6 0 0% −6.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 106 3 2.8% −42.75
Chelmsford City (AW) 58 9 15.5% +6.50
Kempton (AW) 58 2 3.4% −47.67
Brighton 54 5 9.3% −30.50
Plumpton 33 3 9.1% −21.33
Wolverhampton (AW) 27 0 0% −27.00
Fontwell 22 1 4.5% −18.00
Lingfield 21 8 38.1% +26.25
Southwell (AW) 16 1 6.3% −7.00
Windsor 16 0 0% −16.00
Epsom 11 2 18.2% +6.00
Huntingdon 9 2 22.2% −4.05
Market Rasen 7 2 28.6% −0.25
Uttoxeter 7 2 28.6% +3.75
Newbury 6 0 0% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 230 23 10% −34.30
Class 5 155 16 10.3% −60.67
Class 4 110 5 4.5% −83.38
Class 3 15 1 6.7% −11.00
Class 2 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 41 11 26.8% 0.92 −12.00
2nd–3rd fav 88 19 21.6% 1.25 +0.15
4th–6th fav 159 11 6.9% 0.97 −68.00
7th+ in betting 234 4 1.7% 0.60 −121.50
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.

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
Foinix (GB)from Gay Kelleway 46 4 14 6 Oct 26
My Boy Harry (GB)from Darryll Holland · then Hayley Burton 35 5 14 30 Jun 26
Comedian Leader (GB)from Gay Kelleway 32 3 9 25 Jun 26
Golden Circet (IRE)from W McCreery 26 2 7 30 Oct 26
Arenas Del Tiempo (GB)from Simon Dow 24 1 7 2 Mar 26
Early Morning Dew (FR)from Peter Niven 21 3 10 21 Jul 25
Twilight Jet (IRE)from M D O'Callaghan 17 2 4 6 Jun 26
Manhattan Chute (IRE)from M D O'Callaghan 15 2 3 9 Oct 26
Good Time Ahead (IRE)from Suzi Best 15 2 3 22 Feb 24
Sullivan Bay (IRE)from Henrietta C Knight 14 1 7 28 Apr 26
Silver Nightfall (GB)from Gay Kelleway 13 2 5 12 Sep 25
Grandee (IRE)from Suzi Best 11 1 2 26 Jun 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 68 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, 44 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Denis Gerard Hogan (6) and Suzi Best (6); 16 had their first archived run for this yard.

4 have since run for another yard; 56 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 10
Only 10 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
6124962720314183
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 riderLuke Morris
11% of all rides
7.1% SR · A/E 0.71
RiderRWSR£1
Luke Morris 56 4 7.1% −37.25
Finley Marsh 51 2 3.9% −37.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2022→
45
Archived wins
£356k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 14 wins
Colours On Canvas (FR) — Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap Hurdle Fontwell · Oct 2024 · Class 3
£5,732
Camino Rocio (IRE) — weatherbysshop.co.uk Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Huntingdon · Mar 2025 · Class 4
£5,446
Colours On Canvas (FR) — John Ellis Memorial Handicap Hurdle Plumpton · Mar 2024 · Class 4
£5,357
Notable horses
My Boy Harry (GB) Camino Rocio (IRE) Foinix (GB) Colours On Canvas (FR) Comedian Leader (GB) Early Morning Dew (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Phoenix Reach (IRE) 8.7% · 4–46
Progeny have won 7.9% of 1,948 runs since 2008 (140 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14% from 178. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 3.1% from 257.
Aclaim (IRE) 8.6% · 3–35
Progeny have won 9.9% of 2,545 runs since 2008 (201 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.7% from 389.
Massaat (IRE) 14.3% · 5–35
Progeny have won 7.7% of 1,213 runs since 2008 (124 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 4.4% from 113. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 3.7% from 134.
Rajj (IRE) 7.7% · 2–26
Progeny have won 6.9% of 464 runs since 2008 (46 horses).
Footstepsinthesand (GB) 4.2% · 1–24
Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,802 runs since 2008 (937 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
Muhtathir (GB) 14.3% · 3–21
Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,714 runs since 2008 (494 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.9% from 967.
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 31 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 522 · newest first

The latest 50 of 522 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 28 October 2022 to 30 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
30 Oct 26 Newmarket Golden Circet (IRE)J: Finley Marsh German G1 Racecourses Thank World Pool Handicap StakesClass 5 · 9f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 12th 25/1
30 Oct 26 Newmarket Pints In Peace (IRE)J: Finley Marsh Munich's Grosser Dallmayr-preis Handicap StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 8th 80/1
28 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Hexagonal (IRE)J: Finley Marsh Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 13 ran 9th 66/1
28 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Faithful Ardad (GB)J: Finley Marsh Bet £20 Get £20 With Unibet Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 8 ran 7th 150/1
26 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Nezeeh (IRE)J: Tom Queally Unibet Supports Safer Gambling Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard / Slow · 12 ran 11th 28/1
22 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Rock Iguana (IRE)J: Finley Marsh Make The Move To Midnite Handicap Stakes (Div I)Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 80/1
22 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Liberate (GB)J: Finley Marsh All-Weather Championship Is Back Fillies' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 50/1
21 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Independent Expert (IRE)J: Finley Marsh Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Stakes (London Sprint Series Qualifier)Class 5 · 6f · Standard / Slow · 12 ran 11th 80/1
21 Oct 26 Fontwell Tonaghneave Well (IRE)J: Adam Wedge Betting.Bet Free Bets Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 3 · 19f · Soft · 7 ran 6th 150/1
21 Oct 26 Fontwell Unknown Stranger (IRE)J: Richie McLernon BETTING.BET Free Racing Tips Maiden Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 4 · 19f · Soft · 11 ran PU 500/1
15 Oct 26 Fontwell Unknown Stranger (IRE)J: Richie McLernon BETTING.BET Play Champion Tipster Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 4 · 19f · Good To Soft · 7 ran PU 80/1
14 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Pints In Peace (IRE)J: William Cox Racing TV Handicap StakesClass 4 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 12 ran 9th 200/1
14 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Hexagonal (IRE)J: Finley Marsh Bet £20 Get £20 With Unibet Handicap Stakes (London Mile Series Qualifier) (Div II)Class 5 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 9 ran 7th 40/1
14 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Nezeeh (IRE)J: Finley Marsh Bet £20 Get £20 With Unibet Handicap Stakes (London Mile Series Qualifier) (Div I)Class 5 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 10 ran 9th 200/1
09 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Manhattan Chute (IRE)J: Gina Mangan Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 11 ran 11th 66/1
09 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Liberate (GB)J: Joe Leavy Try Unibet's Superboosts Handicap Stakes (London Mile Series Qualifier) (Div I)Class 5 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 10 ran 7th 100/1
06 Oct 26 Brighton Dontspoilasale (IRE)J: Finley Marsh Download The Matchbook Exchange App Handicap StakesClass 5 · 5.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7th 22/1
06 Oct 26 Brighton Foinix (GB)J: Finley Marsh Bet £20 Get £40 In Free Bets At matchbook.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 12f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2nd 11/1
05 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Golden Circet (IRE)J: Finley Marsh Bet £20 Get £20 With Unibet Handicap StakesClass 6 · 12f · Standard / Slow · 10 ran 5th 8/1
05 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Rock Iguana (IRE)J: Finley Marsh Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap Stakes (London Sprint Series Qualifier) (Div I)Class 4 · 6f · Standard / Slow · 10 ran 10th 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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 13 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0, 1 did not run) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0, 1 did not run) · to 13 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Jim & Suzi Best's strike rate?
Jim & Suzi Best has won 45 of 522 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 8.6% (as at 31 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Jim & Suzi Best do best at?
Chelmsford City (AW) by strike rate: 9 wins from 58 runners (15.5%) since 2022. 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 Jim & Suzi Best?
Luke Morris, with 56 runners since 2022 — 11% of the total. That pairing has won 4 (7.1%).
Is Jim & Suzi Best in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 10 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Jim & Suzi Best's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 520 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 31 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).