What is John Gosden's strike rate?

John Gosden has won 1,753 of 8,102 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 21.6% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does John Gosden do best at?

Wolverhampton (AW) by strike rate: 122 wins from 412 runners (29.6%) 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 Gosden?

Robert Havlin, with 2,101 runners since 2008 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 473 (22.5%).

What is John Gosden's Fair A/E?

1.08, from 8,056 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 Gosden

8,102 runners in the lifetime window · 1,552 individual horses

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

Last runner Mar 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.

1,753–8,102

Wins / Runs

21.6%

Strike rate

n=8,102

3,809 (47%)

Placed

1.08

Fair A/E

n=8,056 · 0.93 incl. margin

−546.38

£1 level stake

n=8,102 at SP · −6.7%

£74.3m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

28.8%

KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 580 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 22% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.08). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 27% off breaks of two months or more (1,456 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 8,102 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fired Dec–Apr Fresh horses: 26.9% 40.5% when favourite Robert Havlin: 22.5% from 2,101 Sent off the favourite in 28% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Southwell (AW) (36.2%, n=69) and Newcastle (AW) (32.7%, n=159) — all clear of the yard's 21.6% baseline. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 26.9% (n=1,456, Fair A/E 1.17), but debutants struggle at 16% (n=1,476, Fair A/E 1.05). Robert Havlin rode 26% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (22.5%, A/E 1.08) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also read well off a break of 180+ days (29.3%, n=648). 390 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp (FR) (Oct 2018, £2,528,319). The stable star of the record was Stradivarius (IRE) — 16 wins from 26 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Dec–Apr.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 21.6% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

26.9%+5.3

n=1,456 · A/E 1.17 · £1 +62.52

New recruits · first run for the yard

31%+9.4

n=29 · A/E 1.48 · £1 +18.36

Debutants · first career start

16%−5.6

n=1,476 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −122.27

First-time headgear · true-first definition

16%−5.6

n=524 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −45.72

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

19.1%−2.5

n=47 · A/E 1.42 · £1 +9.07

When favourite

40.5%

n=2,243 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −164.54

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

16.7%−4.9

n=60 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −14.22

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

19.8%−1.8

n=1,803 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −65.05

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 21.6% 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

With Saleem Golam 2.9% vs 21.6% · n=35

With Oisin Murphy 36.1% vs 21.6% · n=72

At Southwell (AW) 36.2% vs 21.6% · n=69

At Newcastle (AW) 32.7% vs 21.6% · n=159

With Frankie Dettori 29% vs 21.6% · n=916

Off a break of 180+ days 29.3% vs 21.6% · n=648

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

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 2,427 609 25.1% −243.05

Good to Firm 1,899 406 21.4% −24.20

Good 1,824 363 19.9% −13.40

Good to Soft 949 178 18.8% −148.23

Soft 842 163 19.4% −86.81

Heavy 130 29 22.3% −34.44

Firm 31 5 16.1% +3.75

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Kempton 852 190 22.3% −59.95

Newmarket 769 138 17.9% +43.37

Lingfield 590 133 22.5% −72.99

Ascot 566 89 15.7% −56.04

Newmarket 558 109 19.5% +39.22

Newbury 455 94 20.7% −1.82

Wolverhampton (AW) 412 122 29.6% −55.80

Sandown 408 80 19.6% −81.52

Doncaster 379 78 20.6% −31.81

Chelmsford (AW) 337 87 25.8% −24.12

Goodwood 317 57 18% −37.41

Nottingham 252 43 17.1% −28.42

Yarmouth 250 70 28% +20.88

Haydock 229 56 24.5% +37.38

York 211 46 21.8% −14.27

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 2,828 660 23.3% −416.85

Class 4 1,847 395 21.4% −47.14

Class 1 1,803 357 19.8% −65.05

Class 2 787 144 18.3% +32.20

Class 3 680 153 22.5% −28.34

Class 6 153 44 28.8% −17.20

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 2,485 961 38.7% 1.06 −218.45

2nd–3rd fav 2,960 580 19.6% 1.10 −137.23

4th–6th fav 1,908 172 9% 1.05 −205.70

7th+ in betting 749 40 5.3% 1.26 +15.00

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

Maverick Wave (USA) 28 6 10 17 Nov 18

Gm Hopkins (GB) 28 5 9 21 Oct 17

Western Hymn (GB) 27 8 12 29 Nov 17

Stradivarius (IRE)then John & Thady Gosden 26 16 21 17 Oct 20

Gregorian (IRE) 25 6 13 13 Sep 14

Johnny Barnes (IRE) 21 4 7 7 Oct 17

Questioning (IRE)then John Ferguson 21 2 8 20 Sep 13

Weekender (GB) 20 5 10 7 Mar 20

Dick Doughtywylie (GB) 20 3 7 19 Aug 15

Gatewood (GB) 20 7 13 27 Jun 15

Zuider Zee (GER)then John Ferguson 20 4 12 8 Oct 12

Tazeez (USA) 19 6 13 23 Jul 11

The 60 most-raced of 1,552 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, 2 arrived from another yard in our archive; 58 had their first archived run for this yard.

14 have since run for another yard, most often for John Ferguson (5) and David O'Meara (2); 46 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 riderRobert Havlin

26% of all rides
22.5% SR · A/E 1.08

RiderRWSR£1

Robert Havlin 2,101 473 22.5% −223.48

William Buick 1,608 322 20% −130.80

Frankie Dettori 916 266 29% +1.00

Nicky Mackay 785 148 18.9% −53.90

Jimmy Fortune 542 106 19.6% −23.07

James Doyle 224 52 23.2% −51.09

Paul Hanagan 183 51 27.9% +2.04

Kieran O'Neill 178 31 17.4% −28.44

Jim Crowley 163 48 29.4% +7.96

Richard Hills 134 27 20.1% +32.08

Robert Tart 118 23 19.5% +8.05

Dane O'Neill 113 23 20.4% +11.30

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

1,971

Archived wins

390

Pattern / graded wins

£78.5m

Prize money

2019

Best season · 202 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.

Enable (GB) — Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (3yo+ No Geldings) (Turf) Longchamp (FR) · Oct 2018 · Group 1

£2,528,319

Enable (GB) — Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (3yo+ No Geldings) (Turf) Chantilly (FR) · Oct 2017 · Group 1

£2,441,880

Golden Horn (GB) — Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (3yo+ No Geldings) (Turf) Longchamp (FR) · Oct 2015 · Group 1

£2,214,729

Notable horses

Stradivarius (IRE) Enable (GB) Western Hymn (GB) Wissahickon (USA) Roaring Lion (USA) Cracksman (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Oasis Dream (GB) 17.2% · 68–395

Progeny have won 11.8% of 17,987 runs since 2008 (1,508 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.3% from 150. Weakest on Heavy going: 8.5% from 481. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.1% from 790.

Dubawi (IRE) 27.1% · 106–391

Progeny have won 18.4% of 12,918 runs since 2008 (1,517 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.

Dansili (GB) 25.3% · 92–364

Progeny have won 13.7% of 11,841 runs since 2008 (983 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on Heavy going: 7.9% from 428. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.1% from 209.

Galileo (IRE) 22.3% · 73–328

Progeny have won 14.5% of 18,187 runs since 2008 (1,776 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 888.

Invincible Spirit (IRE) 19.6% · 53–271

Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,807 runs since 2008 (1,573 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.

Pivotal (GB) 21.7% · 55–253

Progeny have won 13.6% of 12,785 runs since 2008 (1,019 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.

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 9,320 · newest first

The latest 50 of 9,320 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 22 January 2005 to 19 March 2021.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

19 Mar 21 Lingfield (AW) Unforgotten (IRE)J: James Doyle Bombardier British-Hopped Amber Beer Novice StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd 10/11F

19 Mar 21 Lingfield (AW) Marshall Plan (GB)J: Nicky Mackay Ladbrokes Watch Racing Online For Free Novice StakesClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 6 ran 3rd 13/2

19 Mar 21 Lingfield (AW) Polling Day (IRE)J: Robert Havlin Ladbrokes Watch Racing Online For Free Novice StakesClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 6 ran 1st 6/4F

18 Mar 21 Chelmsford City (AW) Queen Of Zabeel (IRE)J: Robert Havlin tote.co.uk Now Never Beaten By SP Fillies' Novice StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 6 ran 5th 16/5

18 Mar 21 Chelmsford City (AW) Qurtajana (FR)J: Martin Harley tote.co.uk Now Never Beaten By SP Fillies' Novice StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 6 ran 2nd 11/4

17 Mar 21 Lingfield (AW) Alpha King (GB)J: Robert Havlin Bombardier British-hopped Amber Beer Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 10/11F

16 Mar 21 Newcastle (AW) Mostahdaf (IRE)J: Robert Havlin Bombardier Novice StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 1st 1/2F

15 Mar 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Kinderfrau (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Novice Stakes (Plus 10)Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 5th 11/1

15 Mar 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Trawlerman (IRE)J: Robert Havlin Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Novice Stakes (Plus 10)Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 3rd 8/11F

15 Mar 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Mount Marcy (IRE)J: Robert Havlin Bombardier Novice StakesClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 10 ran 4th 5/2

14 Mar 21 Lingfield (AW) Albert Camus (GB)J: Robert Havlin Play Ladbrokes 5-a-side On Football HandicapClass 4 · 10f · Standard · 6 ran 3rd 2/1F

13 Mar 21 Chelmsford City (AW) Aureum (USA)J: Robert Havlin tote Placepot Your First Bet Novice StakesClass 4 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 9/4F

13 Mar 21 Wolverhampton (AW) King Leo (GB)J: Nicky Mackay Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Novice StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 3rd 6/4

12 Mar 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Bosphorus (GB)J: Robert Havlin Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football HandicapClass 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 4/1

12 Mar 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Otyrar (GB)J: Robert Havlin Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Novice StakesClass 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 7/1

10 Mar 21 Kempton (AW) Helene North Star (GB)J: Robert Havlin Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day (London Middle Distance Qualifier) HandicapClass 4 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 5 ran 2nd 7/4

06 Mar 21 Lingfield (AW) Megallan (GB)J: Robert Havlin Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Spring Cup Stakes (Listed) (All-Weather Championships Fast-Track Qualifier)Class 1 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 2nd 5/2

05 Mar 21 Lingfield (AW) Kinderfrau (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill Betway Maiden StakesClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 11/2

05 Mar 21 Lingfield (AW) Red Square (IRE)J: Nicky Mackay Betway Maiden StakesClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 7/2

04 Mar 21 Chelmsford City (AW) Pitcher's Point (USA)J: Robert Havlin Racing Welfare HandicapClass 4 · 10f · Standard · 9 ran 6th 15/2

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 Gosden's strike rate?: John Gosden has won 1,753 of 8,102 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 21.6% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does John Gosden do best at?: Wolverhampton (AW) by strike rate: 122 wins from 412 runners (29.6%) 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 Gosden?: Robert Havlin, with 2,101 runners since 2008 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 473 (22.5%).
What is John Gosden's Fair A/E?: 1.08, from 8,056 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.