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Trainer profile

John Bridger

149 runners in the last 5 seasons · 24 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Apr 2023 99% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
2–149
Wins / Runs
1.3%
Strike rate
n=149
13 (9%)
Placed
0.32
Fair A/E
n=148 · 0.28 incl. margin
−119.00
£1 level stake
n=149 at SP · −79.9%
£42,644
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 1% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.32).

Deterministic profile computed from 149 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 2.4%
The read

The market has consistently overbet the yard on Standard (AW) going: Fair A/E 0.00 across 74 runners (0% strike, −74.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. The stable star of the record: Megalala (IRE) — 20 wins from 148 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 1.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−1.3
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−1.3
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−1.3
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−1.3
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−1.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
When favourite
0%
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.4%+1.1
n=41 · A/E 0.66 · £1 −28.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 1.3% 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
Over 6f – 7f 2.7% vs 1.3% · n=74 · A/E 0.79
On Standard (AW) going 0% vs 1.3% · n=74 · A/E 0.00
Off a 15-30-day break 0% vs 1.3% · n=66 · A/E 0.00
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 147 2 1.4% −117.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 74 0 0% −74.00
Good 26 1 3.8% −9.00
Good to Firm 24 0 0% −24.00
Good to Soft 12 0 0% −12.00
Soft 12 1 8.3% +1.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 39 0 0% −39.00
Kempton (AW) 32 0 0% −32.00
Windsor 24 0 0% −24.00
Goodwood 12 1 8.3% +1.00
Brighton 9 0 0% −9.00
Lingfield 8 1 12.5% +9.00
Salisbury 7 0 0% −7.00
Bath 4 0 0% −4.00
Epsom Downs 4 0 0% −4.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Newbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 74 1 1.4% −57.00
Class 5 47 1 2.1% −34.00
Class 4 19 0 0% −19.00
Class 3 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
2nd–3rd fav 6 0 0% 0.00 −6.00
4th–6th fav 31 0 0% 0.00 −31.00
7th+ in betting 109 2 1.8% 0.98 −79.00
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
Essme (GB)then Rachel Cook & John Bridger 13 1 4 19 Nov 22
Pettochside (GB)from Chris Gordon 11 0 4 2 Nov 22
Firenze Rosa (IRE)then Rachel Cook & John Bridger 11 1 3 17 Oct 22
Beau Jardine (IRE)from Roger Varian · then Rachel Cook & John Bridger 10 0 0 19 Apr 23
Elementofsurprise (GB) 10 0 0 31 Dec 22
Debbie's Choice (IRE) 9 0 0 19 Dec 22
Rules Of Order (IRE)from Michael Attwater 8 0 0 26 Oct 22
Lahina Bay (IRE)then Rachel Cook & John Bridger 8 0 0 26 Oct 22
Julie Johnston (GB)from David Evans 8 0 0 5 Jul 22
Be Prepared (GB)from Simon Crisford · then Rachel Cook & John Bridger 7 0 0 17 Apr 23
Vice Royal (GB) 7 0 0 5 Sep 22
Santorini Sal (GB) 7 0 0 29 Jun 22
All 24 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 24 horses listed, 9 arrived from another yard in our archive; 15 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard, most often for Rachel Cook & John Bridger (8); 15 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 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
RiderRWSR£1
William Carson 28 1 3.6% −11.00
Kieran O'Neill 21 0 0% −21.00
Callum Shepherd 13 0 0% −13.00
George Rooke 11 0 0% −11.00
Mollie Phillips 11 0 0% −11.00
Aidan Keeley 6 0 0% −6.00
Saffie Osborne 6 0 0% −6.00
Christian Howarth 5 0 0% −5.00
Dougie Costello 4 0 0% −4.00
David Egan 4 0 0% −4.00
Georgia Dobie 3 0 0% −3.00
Rhys Clutterbuck 3 0 0% −3.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
252
Archived wins
£1.39m
Prize money
2011
Best season · 25 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.
Hallingdal (UAE) — Totepool E.b.f. Fillies' Handicap Folkestone · Aug 2009 · Class 3
£9,714
Pettochside (GB) — 188bet.co.uk Handicap Goodwood · Oct 2017 · Class 3
£9,704
Pettochside (GB) — Matchbook Betting Podcast Handicap Goodwood · May 2018 · Class 3
£9,704
Notable horses
Megalala (IRE) Starwatch (GB) Pharoh Jake (GB) Choral Festival (GB) Pettochside (GB) Shifting Star (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Acclamation (GB) 0% · 0–16
Progeny have won 10% of 19,672 runs since 2008 (1,326 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 193.
Eastern Anthem (IRE) 0% · 0–16
Progeny have won 7% of 187 runs since 2008 (19 horses).
Ardad (IRE) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 8.8% of 3,483 runs since 2008 (350 horses).
Twilight Son (GB) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 9.7% of 3,634 runs since 2008 (281 horses).
Refuse To Bend (IRE) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 9.8% of 4,868 runs since 2008 (320 horses).
Zebedee (GB) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 9% of 7,139 runs since 2008 (435 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 4,279 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,279 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 4 January 2005 to 19 April 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
19 Apr 23 Kempton (AW) Beau Jardine (IRE)J: Luke Morris Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 4th 14/1
19 Apr 23 Kempton (AW) Rhythm Dancer (GB)J: Mollie Phillips Unibet Supporting Safe Gambling Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 7th 250/1
17 Apr 23 Kempton (AW) Be Prepared (GB)J: David Egan More Extra Place Races At Unibet HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 12th 25/1
17 Apr 23 Kempton (AW) Penny Be (GB)J: David Egan Unibet Support Safe Gambling HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 8th 150/1
31 Mar 23 Lingfield (AW) Penny Be (GB)J: David Egan talkSPORT Powered By Fans HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 50/1
25 Mar 23 Lingfield (AW) Be Prepared (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill Betuk Over 40,000 Live Streamed Races HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 5th 33/1
25 Mar 23 Lingfield (AW) Beau Jardine (IRE)J: Darragh Keenan Spreadex Sports In-play Racing Betting HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 50/1
03 Mar 23 Lingfield (AW) Rhythm Dancer (GB)J: George Rooke Huge Daily Boosts Only At BetUK Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 9th 200/1
01 Mar 23 Lingfield (AW) Penny Be (GB)J: George Rooke Spreadex Sports First Goalscorer Insurance Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 3 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 125/1
15 Feb 23 Kempton (AW) Raphel Jake (GB)J: Rhys Clutterbuck Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 7th 125/1
11 Feb 23 Lingfield (AW) Beau Jardine (IRE)J: Kieran O'Neill Spreadex Sports In-Play Racing Betting HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 9th 22/1
10 Feb 23 Kempton Pearly Girl (GB)J: Shane Quinlan Racing TV Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 8th 250/1
17 Jan 23 Kempton (AW) Beau Jardine (IRE)J: Miss Arabella Fox Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 9th 40/1
17 Jan 23 Kempton (AW) Raphel Jake (GB)J: Rhys Clutterbuck Unibet Supports Safe Gambling Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 6th 300/1
06 Jan 23 Kempton (AW) The Last Tango (GB)J: Charlie Bennett Unibet Support Safe Gambling HandicapClass 6 · 16f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 8th 150/1
31 Dec 22 Lingfield (AW) Elementofsurprise (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill Top Odds Every Day With Betuk HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 8th 200/1
21 Dec 22 Lingfield (AW) Pearly Girl (GB)J: James Best Download The At The Races App Mares' Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (AWT)Class 5 · 16f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 9th 150/1
19 Dec 22 Kempton (AW) Debbie's Choice (IRE)J: Thore Hammer Hansen Ladbrokes Play '1-2-Free' On Football Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 10th 80/1
14 Dec 22 Kempton (AW) Be Prepared (GB)J: William Carson Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 11th 150/1
14 Dec 22 Kempton (AW) Debbie's Choice (IRE)J: Tyler Heard Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 11th 150/1

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 Bridger's strike rate?
John Bridger has won 2 of 149 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 1.3% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does John Bridger do best at?
Lingfield (AW) by strike rate: 0 wins from 39 runners (0%) 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.
What is John Bridger's Fair A/E?
0.32, from 148 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).