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John Norton

97 runners in the last 5 seasons · 16 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 21 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
1–97
Wins / Runs
1%
Strike rate
n=97
6 (6%)
Placed
0.46
Fair A/E
n=97 · 0.38 incl. margin
−85.00
£1 level stake
n=97 at SP · −87.6%
£12,869
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−1.0
n=31 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −31.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−1.0
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−1.0
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−1.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−1.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−1.0
n=53 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −53.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 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
On Good going 3% vs 1% · n=33
With claiming riders up 0% vs 1% · n=53 · A/E 0.00
In Flat races 0% vs 1% · n=51 · 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 51 0 0% −51.00
Hurdle 40 1 2.5% −28.00
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 38 0 0% −38.00
Good 33 1 3% −21.00
Good to Soft 15 0 0% −15.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 15 0 0% −15.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 13 0 0% −13.00
Southwell (AW) 10 0 0% −10.00
Uttoxeter 7 0 0% −7.00
Wetherby 5 0 0% −5.00
Hexham 5 0 0% −5.00
Sedgefield 4 0 0% −4.00
Southwell 4 0 0% −4.00
Stratford 4 0 0% −4.00
Newcastle 4 0 0% −4.00
Market Rasen 4 0 0% −4.00
Redcar 3 0 0% −3.00
Carlisle 3 0 0% −3.00
Haydock 3 0 0% −3.00
Doncaster 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 44 1 2.3% −32.00
Class 6 38 0 0% −38.00
Class 4 14 0 0% −14.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
4th–6th fav 14 1 7.1% 1.40 −2.00
7th+ in betting 81 0 0% 0.00 −81.00
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
Dakota Beat (IRE)from Gavin Cromwell 19 1 1 11 Sep 25
Broadstone (GB)from Mrs John Harrington 15 0 0 25 Jul 26
Freewheelin (GB)from Tom Tate 12 0 1 29 Sep 26
Red Hatter (GB) 9 0 0 4 Mar 26
Steel Soldier (IRE) 8 0 1 2 Mar 26
Brown Gold (GB) 7 0 0 4 Mar 25
Naasik (GB) 7 0 2 7 Sep 23
Black Market (IRE)from Patrick Griffin 4 0 1 20 Apr 24
Cordelin (IRE)from James Ferguson 3 0 0 20 Jan 26
Lazy Bones (IRE)from Gordon Elliott 3 0 0 27 Jul 25
Lantana Dancer (IRE)from Richard Fahey 3 0 0 5 Jul 22
Just Edith (GB) 2 0 0 22 Apr 25
All 16 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 16 horses listed, 9 arrived from another yard in our archive; 7 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 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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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Joe Williamson 20 1 5% −8.00
Mark Winn 16 0 0% −16.00
Conor Rabbitt 12 0 0% −12.00
Aiden Brookes 5 0 0% −5.00
Andrew Breslin 5 0 0% −5.00
Callum Bewley 5 0 0% −5.00
Paul Mulrennan 4 0 0% −4.00
Miss Lauren Sanders 4 0 0% −4.00
Cam Hardie 4 0 0% −4.00
Charlie Maggs 3 0 0% −3.00
Ross Chapman 2 0 0% −2.00
Sam James 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
25
Archived wins
£170k
Prize money
2005
Best season · 5 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.
Flying Power (GB) — Choose The Right Bookie At bookmakers.co.uk Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Feb 2013 · Class 4
£4,690
Flying Power (GB) — 32Red Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Dec 2012 · Class 4
£4,205
Monjules (FR) — www.carpetgallop.co.uk 01785719991 Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Sedgefield · Nov 2021 · Class 4
£4,085
Notable horses
Flying Power (GB) Red River Rebel (GB) Fiddler's Flight (IRE) Gorey Lane (IRE) Quay Meadow (IRE) Trombone Tom (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Beat Hollow (GB) 5.3% · 1–19
Progeny have won 11.3% of 6,030 runs since 2008 (412 horses).
Poet's Voice (GB) 0% · 0–19
Progeny have won 10.1% of 6,038 runs since 2008 (384 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.3% from 263. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.3% from 142.
New Bay (GB) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 14.3% of 3,939 runs since 2008 (420 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
Land Force (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 7.6% of 1,452 runs since 2008 (155 horses).
Soldier of Fortune (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 11.3% of 5,811 runs since 2008 (678 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Ardad (IRE) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 8.7% of 3,502 runs since 2008 (350 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 20 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 973 · newest first

The latest 50 of 973 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 29 September 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Freewheelin (GB)J: James Sullivan Follow @AtTheRaces On Instagram Handicap StakesClass 6 · 16.5f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 200/1
25 Jul 26 Newcastle (AW) Broadstone (GB)J: Matthew Lloyd Slater John Duncan Brack Apprentice Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Standard / Slow · 13 ran 12th 125/1
21 Jul 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Freewheelin (GB)J: Miss Lauren Sanders Get Raceday Ready Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 6 · 14f · Standard · 11 ran 8th 200/1
09 Jul 26 Carlisle Broadstone (GB)J: Mark Winn Muckle HandicapClass 6 · 11f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 6th 40/1
02 Jun 26 Newcastle (AW) Broadstone (GB)J: Paul Mulrennan Living North Magazines Classified StakesClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 40/1
21 May 26 Southwell (AW) Freewheelin (GB)J: Miss Venetia Thompson Free Tips On attheraces.com Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 5 · 11f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 200/1
04 Mar 26 Southwell (AW) Red Hatter (GB)J: Mark Winn Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Classified Stakes (Div 2)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 7 ran 7th 150/1
02 Mar 26 Southwell Steel Soldier (IRE)J: Conor Rabbitt Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 5th 8/1
19 Feb 26 Huntingdon Steel Soldier (IRE)J: William Maggs Irish Thoroughbred Marketing At Huntingdon Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran 3rd 40/1
05 Feb 26 Southwell (AW) Broadstone (GB)J: Paul Mulrennan Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 18/1
27 Jan 26 Newcastle Steel Soldier (IRE)J: Conor Rabbitt Border Minstrel Sunday Lunch Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 7th 50/1
22 Jan 26 Southwell (AW) Broadstone (GB)J: James Sullivan Midnite Aint Your Grandad's Bookie HandicapClass 6 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 20/1
20 Jan 26 Newcastle (AW) Cordelin (IRE)J: Barry McHugh Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 500/1
15 Jan 26 Newcastle Steel Soldier (IRE)J: Conor Rabbitt Mini Golf At High Gosforth Park Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 13th 80/1
06 Jan 26 Southwell (AW) Broadstone (GB)J: Mark Winn Make The Move To Midnite Classified Stakes (Div 2)Class 6 · 11f · Standard · 10 ran 5th 28/1
29 Dec 25 Newcastle (AW) Cordelin (IRE)J: Aiden Brookes Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 200/1
28 Dec 25 Southwell (AW) Broadstone (GB)J: Aiden Brookes Midnite: Built For 2025 Not 2005 HandicapClass 6 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran 9th 66/1
27 Dec 25 Wetherby Steel Soldier (IRE)J: Conor Rabbitt William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 9th 250/1
05 Dec 25 Sedgefield Steel Soldier (IRE)J: Conor Rabbitt BetWright Bet The Wright Way Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 9 ran 9th 200/1
02 Dec 25 Newcastle (AW) Cordelin (IRE)J: Mark Winn Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 200/1

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 Norton's strike rate?
John Norton has won 1 of 97 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 1% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is John Norton's Fair A/E?
0.46, from 97 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).