What is John Best's strike rate?

John Best has won 263 of 3,256 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.1% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does John Best do best at?

Epsom by strike rate: 8 wins from 58 runners (13.8%) 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 John Best?

Kieren Fox, with 735 runners since 2008 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 85 (11.6%).

What is John Best's Fair A/E?

0.93, from 3,241 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

John Best

3,256 runners in the lifetime window · 300 individual horses

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

Last runner Oct 2021 100% 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.

263–3,256

Wins / Runs

8.1%

Strike rate

n=3,256

776 (24%)

Placed

0.93

Fair A/E

n=3,241 · 0.79 incl. margin

−855.69

£1 level stake

n=3,256 at SP · −26.3%

£2.26m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

7.1%

KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 230 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 8% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.93).

Deterministic profile computed from 3,256 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fired Jan–Feb 27.4% when favourite Kieren Fox: 11.6% from 735 Sent off the favourite in 6% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Chester (18.2%, n=33) and Salisbury (16.1%, n=31) — all clear of the yard's 8.1% baseline. A horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a poor signal at 0% (n=43, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 4.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.67 and −153.39 to a £1 stake over 427 runners — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Kieren Fox rode 23% of the entries and edges the yard's average (11.6% vs 8.1%, A/E 1.15) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. 8 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Ascot (Jun 2008, £212,888). The stable star of the record was Berrahri (IRE) — 14 wins from 100 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Jan–Feb.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.1% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

7.6%−0.5

n=471 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −27.80

New recruits · first run for the yard

10.3%+2.2

n=29 · A/E 1.62 · £1 +30.00

Debutants · first career start

3.9%−4.2

n=229 · A/E 0.78 · £1 −116.00

First-time headgear · true-first definition

6.5%−1.6

n=92 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −31.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

0%−8.1

n=43 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −43.00

When favourite

27.4%

n=186 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −32.98

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

4.9%−3.2

n=427 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −153.39

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

4.3%−3.8

n=69 · A/E 0.74 · £1 +75.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.1% 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

At Chester 18.2% vs 8.1% · n=33

With George Baker 14.6% vs 8.1% · n=123

With headgear back on 0% vs 8.1% · n=43

With Marc Halford 1.9% vs 8.1% · n=106

With Ted Durcan 0% vs 8.1% · n=34

At Salisbury 16.1% vs 8.1% · n=31

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 3,244 262 8.1% −869.69

Chase 9 1 11.1% +17.00

Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00

NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 1,882 150 8% −683.68

Good to Firm 602 43 7.1% −32.00

Good 414 40 9.7% −98.87

Good to Soft 182 17 9.3% −25.50

Soft 120 10 8.3% +14.48

Firm 37 2 5.4% −26.12

Heavy 19 1 5.3% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Lingfield (AW) 807 63 7.8% −420.70

Kempton 717 53 7.4% −221.80

Chelmsford (AW) 192 24 12.5% +11.21

Windsor 157 12 7.6% −8.50

Lingfield 154 14 9.1% −74.52

Wolverhampton (AW) 124 9 7.3% −19.39

Goodwood 110 10 9.1% −25.50

Yarmouth 97 4 4.1% −59.50

Folkestone 91 7 7.7% −37.00

Sandown 77 6 7.8% −28.00

Ascot 76 6 7.9% +89.00

Newbury 65 4 6.2% −32.50

Epsom 58 8 13.8% +29.63

Brighton 53 2 3.8% −43.75

Newmarket 51 7 13.7% +73.75

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 1,187 96 8.1% −349.23

Class 6 1,083 88 8.1% −442.04

Class 4 574 58 10.1% −4.42

Class 2 143 5 3.5% −43.50

Class 3 124 9 7.3% −42.75

Class 1 69 3 4.3% +75.50

Class 7 42 3 7.1% −24.25

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 233 62 26.6% 1.05 −31.48

2nd–3rd fav 596 93 15.6% 1.00 −79.71

4th–6th fav 1,058 66 6.2% 0.79 −414.50

7th+ in betting 1,369 42 3.1% 0.89 −330.00

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

Berrahri (IRE)then John Best & Karen Jewell 100 14 38 26 Sep 21

Mossgo (IRE) 73 8 24 11 Apr 18

Gung Ho Jack (GB) 59 9 16 15 Jun 17

Sheikh The Reins (IRE) 50 3 12 4 Jun 16

Lupo D'oro (IRE) 50 3 19 24 Jan 16

Diamond Twister (USA)then Lisa Williamson 46 2 11 9 Mar 11

Eddystone Rock (IRE)from J P Murtagh 45 5 9 11 Nov 20

Mullarkey (GB) 45 4 14 22 Oct 19

Halsion Chancer (GB) 42 5 11 26 Mar 11

Charlies Mate (GB) 41 6 14 9 Nov 16

Banta Bay (GB) 38 2 13 4 Mar 20

Alfresco (GB)from Ian Wood · then Martin Bosley 37 4 9 25 Jul 12

The 60 most-raced of 300 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, 6 arrived from another yard in our archive; 54 had their first archived run for this yard.

22 have since run for another yard, most often for John Best & Karen Jewell (5) and Gary Moore (2); 38 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 riderKieren Fox

23% of all rides
11.6% SR · A/E 1.15

RiderRWSR£1

Kieren Fox 735 85 11.6% −66.00

Steve Drowne 346 22 6.4% −79.52

Luke Morris 238 22 9.2% −35.38

Robert Winston 203 20 9.9% −71.74

George Baker 123 18 14.6% +5.58

Marc Halford 106 2 1.9% −88.12

Liam Keniry 101 6 5.9% −9.43

Josephine Gordon 89 7 7.9% +4.50

Hayley Turner 81 6 7.4% −44.00

Martin Dwyer 81 7 8.6% −41.25

Jim Crowley 65 5 7.7% +4.00

Robert Havlin 64 3 4.7% −32.50

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

364

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£3.34m

Prize money

2007

Best season · 36 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.

Kingsgate Native (IRE) — Golden Jubilee Stakes (British Leg of The Global Sprint Challenge) Ascot · Jun 2008 · Group 1

£212,888

Kingsgate Native (IRE) — Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (Group 1) York · Aug 2007 · Group 1

£136,158

Rising Cross (GB) — Irish Thoroughbred Park Hill Stakes (Fillies' Group 2) York · Sep 2006 · Group 2

£56,780

Notable horses

Berrahri (IRE) Gung Ho Jack (GB) Halsion Chancer (GB) Mossgo (IRE) Charlies Mate (GB) Kallista's Pride (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Mullionmileanhour (IRE) 9.1% · 22–242

Progeny have won 7.6% of 524 runs since 2008 (38 horses).

Moss Vale (IRE) 11.3% · 18–159

Progeny have won 8.3% of 2,012 runs since 2008 (145 horses).

Bahri (USA) 12.9% · 15–116

Progeny have won 8.2% of 1,889 runs since 2008 (148 horses).

Amadeus Wolf (GB) 5% · 5–101

Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,589 runs since 2008 (199 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.1% from 157.

Kheleyf (USA) 8.2% · 7–85

Progeny have won 8.7% of 10,540 runs since 2008 (676 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 12.2% from 131. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 879.

Essence Of Dubai (USA) 6.3% · 4–63

Progeny have won 4% of 125 runs since 2008 (6 horses).

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 4,295 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,295 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 12 October 2021.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

12 Oct 21 Leicester How Hard Can It Be (GB)J: J F Egan leicesterraces Next Meeting Monday 25th October EBF Novice StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 3rd 25/1

30 Sep 21 Lingfield (AW) Torbellino (GB)J: Laura Pearson Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 5th 12/1

26 Sep 21 Epsom Downs Berrahri (IRE)J: Marco Ghiani Apprentices' Derby HandicapClass 4 · 12f · Good · 7 ran 5th 7/2

22 Sep 21 Kempton (AW) Buraback (IRE)J: J F Egan MansionBet's Beaten By A Head Restricted Novice Stakes (Div 2)Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 6th 22/1

22 Sep 21 Kempton (AW) Smiling Sunflower (IRE)J: Shane Kelly MansionBet's Beaten By A Head Restricted Novice Stakes (Div 1)Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 4th 11/1

22 Sep 21 Kempton (AW) How Hard Can It Be (GB)J: J F Egan MansionBet Proud To Support British Racing Fillies' Novice StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 5th 125/1

22 Sep 21 Kempton (AW) Pentimento (GB)J: Jamie Spencer Adoha's One Let's Have Some Fun HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 3rd 11/2

22 Sep 21 Goodwood Plantadream (GB)J: Pat Dobbs Jackson-Stops HandicapClass 4 · 9f · Good · 14 ran 7th 15/2

09 Sep 21 Epsom Downs Berrahri (IRE)J: Tom Cannon Emplas Express Jump Jockeys Derby HandicapClass 4 · 12f · Good · 11 ran 1st 10/1

09 Sep 21 Epsom Downs Buraback (IRE)J: Pat Cosgrave Glass Times EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 4th 33/1

07 Sep 21 Windsor Crystal Carole (GB)J: P J McDonald Read Hollie Doyle's Column On Attheraces.com HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 14th 40/1

07 Sep 21 Goodwood Torbellino (GB)J: Tom Marquand Rod Gaskin HandicapClass 5 · 11f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 4th 14/1

04 Sep 21 Kempton (AW) Tipperary Jack (USA)J: J F Egan Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 9th 14/1

31 Aug 21 Epsom Downs Pentimento (GB)J: William Buick John Benstead HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 7th 9/1

25 Aug 21 Lingfield (AW) Rodney Le Roc (GB)J: Cieren Fallon Racing League On Sky Sports Racing HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 5th 18/1

25 Aug 21 Lingfield (AW) Smiling Sunflower (IRE)J: Cieren Fallon Sky Sports Racing Sky 415/ EBF Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 18/1

21 Aug 21 Sandown Plantadream (GB)J: Martin Dwyer Heed Your Hunch At Betway HandicapClass 2 · 10f · Good · 11 ran 8th 50/1

18 Aug 21 Kempton (AW) Tipperary Jack (USA)J: J F Egan Try Our New Super Boosts At Unibet (london Mile Series Qualifier) HandicapClass 4 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 5th 10/1

18 Aug 21 Kempton (AW) Buraback (IRE)J: J F Egan racingtv.com EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran 6th 100/1

13 Aug 21 Newmarket Torbellino (GB)J: Hector Crouch Rich Energy Two Drinks One Taste HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6th 9/1

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 John Best's strike rate?: John Best has won 263 of 3,256 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.1% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does John Best do best at?: Epsom by strike rate: 8 wins from 58 runners (13.8%) 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 John Best?: Kieren Fox, with 735 runners since 2008 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 85 (11.6%).
What is John Best's Fair A/E?: 0.93, from 3,241 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.