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Trainer profile

John Groucott

659 runners in the lifetime window · 80 individual horses
As at 7 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner May 2023 99% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
50–659
Wins / Runs
7.6%
Strike rate
n=659
131 (20%)
Placed
1.10
Fair A/E
n=658 · 0.95 incl. margin
−257.81
£1 level stake
n=659 at SP · −39.1%
£407k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 8% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.10).

Deterministic profile computed from 659 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 7 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Dec–Feb Lee Edwards: 7.9% from 240 Claiming riders: 7.9%
The read

New recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 0% (n=38, Fair A/E 0.00). Lee Edwards rides 36% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (7.9%, A/E 1.04) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in NH Flat races — 0% over 57 runners, 7.6pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the EBF/Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Mares' Novices' Handicap Chase at Cheltenham (Apr 2018, £22,780). The stable star of the record: Pret A Thou (FR) — 10 wins from 57 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Dec–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 7.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.5%−1.1
n=170 · A/E 1.37 · £1 −29.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−7.6
n=38 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −38.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−7.6
n=39 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −39.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
4.3%−3.3
n=23 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
11.1%+3.5
n=18 · A/E 1.29 · £1 −8.00
When favourite
28.6%
n=14 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −1.38
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.9%+0.3
n=291 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −97.47
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
50%+42.4
n=2 · A/E 4.32 · £1 +2.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.6% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
With C&D winners 20.4% vs 7.6% · n=54
On last-time-out winners 18% vs 7.6% · n=50
In NH Flat races 0% vs 7.6% · n=57
With debutants 0% vs 7.6% · n=39
With new recruits 0% vs 7.6% · n=38
With Liam Heard 0% vs 7.6% · n=36
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
Chase 305 37 12.1% −32.94
Hurdle 291 13 4.5% −161.87
NH Flat 57 0 0% −57.00
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 221 11 5% −91.17
Soft 169 17 10.1% −48.04
Good to Soft 151 12 7.9% −62.05
Heavy 94 10 10.6% −32.55
Good to Firm 19 0 0% −19.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Ludlow 118 11 9.3% −15.38
Bangor-on-Dee 112 5 4.5% −88.00
Uttoxeter 91 8 8.8% −46.88
Hereford 39 2 5.1% −18.00
Southwell 34 2 5.9% −21.67
Warwick 33 2 6.1% −25.17
Chepstow 32 0 0% −32.00
Worcester 28 2 7.1% +25.00
Leicester 26 7 26.9% +25.50
Huntingdon 21 2 9.5% −12.67
Stratford 17 1 5.9% −7.00
Towcester 15 1 6.7% −11.25
Market Rasen 12 1 8.3% −6.50
Wetherby 10 2 20% +26.00
Taunton 8 0 0% −8.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 323 28 8.7% −124.34
Class 5 253 17 6.7% −77.05
Class 3 58 4 6.9% −35.92
Class 6 15 0 0% −15.00
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 1 3 1 33.3% +1.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 26 8 30.8% 1.27 +1.12
2nd–3rd fav 103 20 19.4% 1.21 −6.93
4th–6th fav 200 15 7.5% 1.04 −71.00
7th+ in betting 330 7 2.1% 0.86 −181.00
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
78.9% completed · 596 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 305 76.1% 12 13 48 0 0
Hurdle 291 81.8% 6 3 42 2 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
Pret A Thou (FR) 57 10 20 11 Feb 17
Truckers Highway (IRE) 50 9 15 21 Mar 21
One More Dinar (GB) 29 3 11 3 Dec 13
Star of Rory (IRE)from Tom Dascombe 26 4 9 9 Apr 22
Shininstar (IRE) 25 3 8 18 Apr 21
The Toojumpa (GB)then Fergal O'Brien 24 1 4 17 Apr 21
Heavenly Promise (IRE)from James Joseph Mangan · then Fergal O'Brien 23 2 5 8 Jul 19
Midnight Target (GB) 22 3 9 1 Apr 19
Richardson (GB)then Belinda Clarke 19 1 3 1 Apr 23
Happy News (GB)then Sam Allwood 19 3 4 30 Mar 22
On The Platform (IRE)then Belinda Clarke 17 1 8 22 Apr 23
Waywood Princess (GB) 17 2 2 3 Feb 14
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 80 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 2 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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, 28 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Tom Dascombe (5) and James Unett (3); 32 had their first archived run for this yard.

19 have since run for another yard, most often for Belinda Clarke (5) and Dave Roberts (2); 41 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 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 riderLee Edwards
36% of all rides
7.9% SR · A/E 1.04
RiderRWSR£1
Lee Edwards 240 19 7.9% −94.84
Harry Challoner 145 15 10.3% −31.09
Liam Heard 36 0 0% −36.00
Jordan Nailor 33 2 6.1% −4.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
59
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£457k
Prize money
2018
Best season · 8 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.
Midnight Target (GB) — EBF/Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Mares' Novices' Handicap Chase (Listed) Cheltenham · Apr 2018 · Listed
£22,780
Pret A Thou (FR) — Totepool Lord Gyllene Handicap Chase Uttoxeter · Feb 2010 · Class 3
£9,393
Pret A Thou (FR) — London Welsh Rugby Club Handicap Chase Lingfield · Feb 2010 · Class 3
£7,806
Notable horses
Pret A Thou (FR) Truckers Highway (IRE) Star of Rory (IRE) Midnight Jade (IRE) No Retreat (NZ) One More Dinar (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Funny Baby (FR) 17.5% · 10–57
Progeny have won 14.7% of 143 runs since 2008 (7 horses).
Rudimentary (USA) 18% · 9–50
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,114 runs since 2008 (201 horses).
Midnight Legend (GB) 8.7% · 4–46
Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,311 runs since 2008 (494 horses).
Kayf Tara (GB) 9.4% · 3–32
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,757 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) 0% · 0–29
Progeny have won 10.3% of 4,687 runs since 2008 (466 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Sir Harry Lewis (USA) 6.9% · 2–29
Progeny have won 11.8% of 2,425 runs since 2008 (190 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 17.3% from 306.
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 7 Nov 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 762 · newest first

The latest 50 of 762 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 18 March 2005 to 22 May 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 May 23 Ffos Las Unai (IRE)J: Lee Edwards Play With The Finest Bookmaker Fitzdares Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Firm · 11 ran PU 15/2
20 May 23 Uttoxeter Lucky Jo Jo (GB)J: Niall Houlihan Trinity Create Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 6 ran PU 150/1
14 May 23 Ludlow One Rule (IRE)J: Ben Poste Visit The Ludlow Farm Shop Today Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 21f · Good · 4 ran PU 80/1
08 May 23 Worcester Yes And Yes (IRE)J: Lee Edwards Best Odds Guaranteed At Vickers.Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 8th 100/1
08 May 23 Worcester Pearlymoon (GB)J: Lee Edwards Join Our Bet Club At Vickers.Bet Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 10th 100/1
01 May 23 Warwick Scattercash (IRE)J: Ben Poste Barrie Wells Trust Box4Kids Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 8th 66/1
23 Apr 23 Stratford Unai (IRE)J: Charlie Todd Racecourse Streams On Racing TV Extra Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 27.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5th 10/1
22 Apr 23 Bangor-on-Dee On The Platform (IRE)J: Lee Edwards Alfa Aggregate Products Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 7/2
22 Apr 23 Bangor-on-Dee Lucky Jo Jo (GB)J: Tom Cannon Beck's Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 23f · Good · 8 ran PU 40/1
22 Apr 23 Bangor-on-Dee Yes And Yes (IRE)J: Lee Edwards Beck's Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 23f · Good · 8 ran 7th 66/1
01 Apr 23 Stratford Brockarno (GB)J: Lee Edwards Hilda Peak Happy Birthday 9th April Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16.5f · Heavy · 9 ran 6th 66/1
01 Apr 23 Stratford Richardson (GB)J: Lee Edwards Crown Workforce Management Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 22f · Heavy · 9 ran 2nd 11/2
25 Mar 23 Bangor-on-Dee Unai (IRE)J: Lee Edwards Broxton Gates Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 23f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8th 40/1
24 Mar 23 Hereford On The Platform (IRE)J: Sam Twiston-Davies Download The BresBet App Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6th 11/5F
05 Mar 23 Huntingdon Richardson (GB)J: Lee Edwards Compare 25+ Bookies At Oddschecker Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 25f · Good · 11 ran 5th 25/1
05 Mar 23 Huntingdon On The Platform (IRE)J: Lee Edwards Keith Sherwood 'Oi Oi Gentle' Memorial Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 7/2
22 Feb 23 Doncaster Column Of Fire (IRE)J: Lee Edwards Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 24.5f · Good · 7 ran PU 150/1
15 Feb 23 Hereford Brockarno (GB)J: Lee Edwards Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 40/1
15 Feb 23 Hereford On The Platform (IRE)J: Lee Edwards Black Mountain Botanicals Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good · 5 ran 2nd 2/1
31 Dec 22 Uttoxeter Unai (IRE)J: Lee Edwards QuinnBet Daily Free Bet Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Heavy · 12 ran 6th 25/1

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 Groucott's strike rate?
John Groucott has won 50 of 659 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.6% (as at 7 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does John Groucott do best at?
Ludlow by strike rate: 11 wins from 118 runners (9.3%) 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 Groucott?
Lee Edwards, with 240 runners since 2008 — 36% of the total. That pairing has won 19 (7.9%).
What is John Groucott's Fair A/E?
1.10, from 658 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.
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 7 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).