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Trainer profile

Jo Davis

158 runners in the last 5 seasons · 31 individual horses
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 14 days ago 92% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
11–158
Wins / Runs
7%
Strike rate
n=158
33 (21%)
Placed
1.40
Fair A/E
n=157 · 1.20 incl. margin
−43.90
£1 level stake
n=158 at SP · −27.8%
£113k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.1%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 7% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.40).

Deterministic profile computed from 158 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 21 Oct 2026
The read

Runners with a claiming rider up have been a poor signal at 2.9% (n=34, Fair A/E 0.80). The yard also reads well off a 31-60-day break (10.8%, n=37) and on Good to Soft going (10.3%, n=39). One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Lord Mildmay Memorial Handicap Chase at Newton Abbot (Aug 2010, £22,532). The stable star of the record: Passato (GER) — 9 wins from 57 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% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
4.8%−2.2
n=62 · A/E 1.35 · £1 −16.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−7.0
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−7.0
n=16 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −16.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−7.0
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−7.0
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 1.61 · £1 +0.62
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.9%−4.1
n=34 · A/E 0.80 · £1 −26.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7% 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
With Gavin Sheehan 14.9% vs 7% · n=47
With horses switching code 0% vs 7% · n=31
With claiming riders up 2.9% vs 7% · n=34
Off a 31-60-day break 10.8% vs 7% · n=37
On Good to Soft going 10.3% vs 7% · n=39
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 4.2% vs 7% · n=48
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 100 8 8% −10.90
NH Flat 28 1 3.6% −20.00
Chase 18 0 0% −18.00
Flat 12 2 16.7% +5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 66 3 4.5% −29.38
Good to Soft 39 4 10.3% +9.88
Soft 29 2 6.9% −17.40
Heavy 12 0 0% −12.00
Standard (AW) 11 2 18.2% +6.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Worcester 20 3 15% +9.88
Huntingdon 18 2 11.1% +9.00
Fontwell 13 1 7.7% −8.40
Uttoxeter 11 0 0% −11.00
Warwick 10 0 0% −10.00
Wincanton 8 0 0% −8.00
Ffos Las 8 1 12.5% +18.00
Chepstow 7 0 0% −7.00
Kempton (AW) 6 2 33.3% +11.00
Exeter 6 0 0% −6.00
Lingfield 5 1 20% +2.00
Leicester 5 0 0% −5.00
Stratford 4 0 0% −4.00
Hereford 4 0 0% −4.00
Plumpton 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 72 5 6.9% −11.90
Class 4 69 4 5.8% −25.12
Class 3 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 6 4 1 25% +3.50
Class 2 3 1 33.3% −0.38

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 1 50% 1.61 +0.62
2nd–3rd fav 14 3 21.4% 1.56 +0.98
4th–6th fav 51 4 7.8% 1.17 −11.50
7th+ in betting 91 3 3.3% 1.61 −34.00
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
75.4% completed · 118 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 18 55.6% 0 0 7 0 1
Hurdle 100 79% 0 1 20 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
Jolie Baie (FR) 18 4 8 14 Mar 26
Ceejaybe (GB) 18 0 4 19 Feb 26
Benvoy (IRE)from Henry De Bromhead 13 4 6 7 Oct 26
Sawpit Samantha (GB)from Samuel Drinkwater 10 0 2 16 May 26
Jaja Jimmy (GB) 8 0 1 18 Mar 26
Democritus (GB) 8 1 3 19 Sep 23
Touchthesoul (ITY)from Gary Moore 8 0 2 30 Sep 22
Maximum Benefit (IRE) 7 0 0 7 Oct 26
Claude Almighty (FR) 7 0 0 10 Oct 23
Harbour Bridge (GB) 6 0 0 25 Apr 24
Love Me (FR)from Henry De Bromhead 5 0 1 11 Apr 26
Bertie The Rebel (GB) 5 0 0 11 Sep 25
All 31 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 31 horses listed, 15 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Anthony Carson (2) and Henry De Bromhead (2); 16 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 28 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, 5 seasons
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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 riderGavin Sheehan
30% of all rides
14.9% SR · A/E 2.11
RiderRWSR£1
Gavin Sheehan 47 7 14.9% +19.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
57
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£497k
Prize money
2012
Best season · 7 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.
Passato (GER) — Lord Mildmay Memorial Handicap Chase (Listed) Newton Abbot · Aug 2010 · Listed
£22,532
Benvoy (IRE) — Sodexo Live! Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Ascot · Mar 2025 · Class 2
£20,812
Passato (GER) — Jon Pinfold Industrial Cleaners Handicap Chase Stratford · May 2010 · Class 3
£9,428
Notable horses
Passato (GER) Star Foot (IRE) Jolie Baie (FR) Benvoy (IRE) Festival Dreams (GB) Mr Fitzroy (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Free Eagle (IRE) 0% · 0–22
Progeny have won 10.6% of 2,399 runs since 2008 (189 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.2% from 130.
Gris De Gris (IRE) 22.2% · 4–18
Progeny have won 10.2% of 1,068 runs since 2008 (142 horses).
Fastnet Rock (AUS) 30.8% · 4–13
Progeny have won 12.1% of 5,479 runs since 2008 (556 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9% from 211.
Champs Elysees (GB) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 11.5% of 7,118 runs since 2008 (521 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.9% from 391. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 387.
Maxios (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 11.7% of 2,122 runs since 2008 (265 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
Linda's Lad (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,312 runs since 2008 (183 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.8% from 212.
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 21 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 1,061 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,061 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 7 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
07 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Benvoy (IRE)J: Robert Havlin Set Your Limits With Unibet Handicap Stakes (London Stayers Series Qualifier)Class 5 · 16f · Standard / Slow · 9 ran 1st 17/2
07 Oct 26 Worcester Maximum Benefit (IRE)J: Finn Lambert Copybet Overnight Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 9th 50/1
07 Oct 26 Worcester Calibos (GB)J: Gavin Sheehan Pj Nicholls Kgm Korea Genuinely Made Novices' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 3rd 11/1
03 Oct 26 Fontwell Sapphire Dream (IRE)J: Gavin Sheehan Attheraces.com/marketmovers Juvenile Hurdle (gbb Race)Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 8 ran 5th 28/1
18 Aug 26 Lingfield (AW) Benvoy (IRE)J: Miss Brodie Hampson Follow @AtTheRaces On Instagram Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 16f · Standard · 7 ran 2nd 20/1
16 May 26 Uttoxeter Sawpit Samantha (GB)J: Benjamin Macey QuinnBet Conditional Jockeys' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good · 10 ran PU 25/1
08 May 26 Market Rasen Calibos (GB)J: Gavin Sheehan Molson Coors Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 3rd 12/1
16 Apr 26 Hereford Benvoy (IRE)J: Gavin Sheehan Burcombe Construction Ltd Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 4th 14/1
11 Apr 26 Chepstow Love Me (FR)J: Brendan Powell Tiptop Sensational Shower Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3rd 10/1
08 Apr 26 Fontwell Maximum Benefit (IRE)J: Finn Lambert Mercedes-Benz Of Chichester Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 11th 33/1
26 Mar 26 Warwick Sawpit Samantha (GB)J: Jack Hogan Best Odds Guaranteed At Betano Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 8th 40/1
21 Mar 26 Bangor-on-Dee Love Me (FR)J: Kielan Woods Tom Jones Live At Chester Racecourse Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19.5f · Good · 10 ran 5th 28/1
18 Mar 26 Huntingdon Jaja Jimmy (GB)J: Tom Bellamy Weatherbys General Stud Book Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 25f · Good · 9 ran PU 14/1
14 Mar 26 Fontwell Jolie Baie (FR)J: Tom Cannon tigerbet.co.uk Extra Places Paid Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 26f · Soft · 6 ran 1st 18/5
14 Mar 26 Fontwell Maximum Benefit (IRE)J: Finn Lambert bettingsites.co.uk UK Betting Sites Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17.5f · Soft · 11 ran 5th 80/1
06 Mar 26 Exeter Benvoy (IRE)J: Gavin Sheehan Brett Martin Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU 25/1
01 Mar 26 Huntingdon Calibos (GB)J: Gavin Sheehan CopyBet Supporting UK Horse Racing Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 125/1
24 Feb 26 Leicester Sawpit Samantha (GB)J: Benjamin Macey Robert Parkin 70th Birthday Celebration Mares' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Soft · 3 ran 3rd 16/1
20 Feb 26 Exeter Jaja Jimmy (GB)J: Gavin Sheehan Guildhall Shopping, Exeter Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 4th 10/1
20 Feb 26 Exeter Maximum Benefit (IRE)J: Gavin Sheehan Best Odds Guaranteed Overnight At CopyBet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 4th 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 Jo Davis's strike rate?
Jo Davis has won 11 of 158 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 7% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Jo Davis's Fair A/E?
1.40, from 157 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 21 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).