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Trainer profile

John David Riches

214 runners in the last 5 seasons · 12 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 9 days ago 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2014→)
from 1 Jan 2022
20–214
Wins / Runs
9.3%
Strike rate
n=214
58 (27%)
Placed
1.11
Fair A/E
n=212 · 0.94 incl. margin
+105.83
£1 level stake
n=214 at SP · +49.5%
£146k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
9.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 40 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 9% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.11). With a claiming rider up the record reads 13% (113 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 214 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Sean Kirrane: 12.5% from 80 Claiming riders: 13.3%
The read

The record is strongest at Catterick (17.5%, n=57), clear of the yard's 9.3% baseline. Runners with a claiming rider up have been a positive signal at 13.3% (n=113, Fair A/E 1.55), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 5.4% (n=37, Fair A/E 1.35). Sean Kirrane rides 37% of the entries and edges the yard's average (12.5% vs 9.3%, A/E 1.18) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well at trips under 6f (13.5%, n=37). The record reads poorly on Standard (AW) going — 3.8% over 78 runners, 5.5pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Rain Cap (GB) — 7 wins from 77 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 9.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
5.4%−3.9
n=37 · A/E 1.35 · £1 −21.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−9.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−9.3
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−9.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−9.3
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
When favourite
25%
n=16 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −1.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
13.3%+4.0
n=113 · A/E 1.55 · £1 +174.33

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.3% 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
At Catterick 17.5% vs 9.3% · n=57
With a new jockey booking 3.7% vs 9.3% · n=81
On Standard (AW) going 3.8% vs 9.3% · n=78
With Ethan Tindall 15.6% vs 9.3% · n=32
With claiming riders up 13.3% vs 9.3% · n=113
At trips under 6f 13.5% vs 9.3% · n=37
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 213 20 9.4% +106.83
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 78 3 3.8% −46.50
Good 56 7 12.5% +179.33
Good to Firm 38 3 7.9% −27.50
Soft 24 3 12.5% −8.50
Good to Soft 16 4 25% +11.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Catterick 57 10 17.5% −4.17
Wolverhampton (AW) 47 3 6.4% −15.50
Newcastle (AW) 29 0 0% −29.00
Hamilton 26 3 11.5% +185.50
Thirsk 12 1 8.3% −2.00
Redcar 9 0 0% −9.00
Carlisle 7 1 14.3% −2.50
Pontefract 6 2 33.3% +3.50
Doncaster 5 0 0% −5.00
Haydock 5 0 0% −5.00
Ripon 3 0 0% −3.00
Musselburgh 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Beverley 2 0 0% −2.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 163 15 9.2% −66.50
Class 5 42 5 11.9% +181.33
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 18 4 22.2% 0.93 −3.50
2nd–3rd fav 40 9 22.5% 1.38 +6.33
4th–6th fav 61 5 8.2% 1.07 −18.00
7th+ in betting 95 2 2.1% 0.80 +121.00
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
Rain Cap (GB)from Mick Channon 60 5 21 21 Sep 26
Astapor (GB)from Mick Channon 34 6 12 28 May 25
Blue Jay Way (GB)from Mick Channon 28 2 4 13 Oct 26
Evocative Spark (IRE)from James Owen 25 4 7 30 Sep 26
Good Karma (GB)from James Owen 21 2 10 26 Sep 26
Mr Gambino (GB) 14 0 1 23 May 24
Storm Master (GB) 13 1 3 30 Jun 24
Fumbleinthejungle (GB)from Mick Channon 11 0 0 5 May 26
Jubilee Party (GB) 4 0 0 26 Sep 25
Sodeto (GB) 2 0 0 9 Jun 26
Harittondreamboy (GB) 1 0 0 18 Jun 23
Angel Eyes (GB) 1 0 0 20 Apr 22
All 12 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 12 horses listed, 6 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Mick Channon (4) and James Owen (2); 6 had their first archived run for this yard.

None of them has a 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 1
Only 1 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
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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 riderSean Kirrane
37% of all rides
12.5% SR · A/E 1.18
RiderRWSR£1
Sean Kirrane 80 10 12.5% −34.50
Ethan Tindall 32 5 15.6% +9.33
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2014→
44
Archived wins
£292k
Prize money
2014
Best season · 6 wins
Isle Road (IRE) — Bet At racinguk.com Novices' Handicap Chase Stratford · Jun 2018 · Class 4
£5,588
Gambino (IRE) — Walsh Ibs Handicap Haydock · May 2015 · Class 4
£5,499
Economic Crisis (IRE) — Max Recycle Handicap Musselburgh · Aug 2016 · Class 4
£5,175
Notable horses
Rain Cap (GB) Astapor (GB) Gambino (IRE) Evocative Spark (IRE) Indian Giver (GB) Picks Pinta (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Sixties Icon (GB) 12.9% · 8–62
Progeny have won 10% of 5,665 runs since 2008 (337 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.3% from 264. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.4% from 1,331.
Fountain Of Youth (IRE) 8.2% · 5–61
Progeny have won 7.4% of 1,074 runs since 2008 (104 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 10.9% from 201. Weakest on Soft going: 3.9% from 103. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 11.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.8% from 158.
Music Master (GB) 3.7% · 1–27
Progeny have won 6.5% of 232 runs since 2008 (17 horses).
Frankel (GB) 16% · 4–25
Progeny have won 18% of 7,503 runs since 2008 (875 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 12.3% from 324. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.4% from 267.
Dark Angel (IRE) 9.5% · 2–21
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,881 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Bungle Inthejungle (GB) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 8.8% of 4,227 runs since 2008 (353 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 2.5% from 121. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 2.4% from 124.
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 22 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 629 · newest first

The latest 50 of 629 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 29 May 2014 to 13 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
13 Oct 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Blue Jay Way (GB)J: Ethan Tindall Download The Raceday Ready App Apprentice Handicap Stakes (Div I)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 4th 22/1
30 Sep 26 Catterick Evocative Spark (IRE)J: Ethan Tindall Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Stakes (Div I)Class 5 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 6th 18/1
26 Sep 26 Ripon Good Karma (GB)J: Ethan Tindall Michael Raby Memorial Handicap Stakes (Div I)Class 6 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 6th 7/2J
21 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Rain Cap (GB)J: Callum Shepherd Race & Rest - Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 7th 14/1
17 Sep 26 Pontefract Good Karma (GB)J: Joe Bradnam Go Racing In Yorkshire Future Stars Apprentice Handicap StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good · 12 ran 3rd 4/1
14 Sep 26 Thirsk Evocative Spark (IRE)J: Ethan Tindall Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Saves Lives Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 5th 28/1
05 Sep 26 Thirsk Good Karma (GB)J: Ethan Tindall Thirsk Racecourse Ideal Conference & Events Venue Handicap Stakes (Div I)Class 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3rd 40/1
03 Sep 26 Newcastle (AW) Rain Cap (GB)J: Ethan Tindall Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 4th 9/1
17 Aug 26 Catterick Evocative Spark (IRE)J: Ethan Tindall Racing Again 26th August Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good · 9 ran 9th 9/1
17 Aug 26 Catterick Good Karma (GB)J: Ethan Tindall Chapman Milestones Celebration, Thank You NHS Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Good · 9 ran 4th 9/2
07 Aug 26 Haydock Evocative Spark (IRE)J: Sean Kirrane Find Your Zyn Moment Stride Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 7th 33/1
04 Aug 26 Catterick Rain Cap (GB)J: Ethan Tindall Hugh James Classified StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3rd 9/2
26 Jul 26 Pontefract Rain Cap (GB)J: Sean Kirrane Roy Winstanley Memorial Raising Encephalitis Awareness Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 7th 9/4F
22 Jul 26 Catterick Good Karma (GB)J: Sean Kirrane Sky Bet For The Fans Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3rd 7/2
16 Jul 26 Hamilton Rain Cap (GB)J: Ethan Tindall Cubeglassladiesnight@hamiltonpark Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5th 2/1F
22 Jun 26 Catterick Blue Jay Way (GB)J: Mikkel Mortensen Racing Again 8th July HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 7th 16/1
22 Jun 26 Catterick Rain Cap (GB)J: Ethan Tindall Racing Again 8th July HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4th 9/1
15 Jun 26 Carlisle Good Karma (GB)J: Sean Kirrane Every Race Live On Racing TV HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 6/1
15 Jun 26 Carlisle Rain Cap (GB)J: Sean Kirrane Watch Racing TV Live Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 6f · Good · 9 ran 7th 5/1
09 Jun 26 Carlisle Sodeto (GB)J: Sean Kirrane Follow Racing TV On X Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 9f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 12th 300/1

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 David Riches's strike rate?
John David Riches has won 20 of 214 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 9.3% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does John David Riches do best at?
Catterick by strike rate: 10 wins from 57 runners (17.5%) 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 John David Riches?
Sean Kirrane, with 80 runners since 2022 — 37% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (12.5%).
Is John David Riches in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is John David Riches's Fair A/E?
1.11, from 212 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).