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Trainer profile

John Ryall

168 runners in the lifetime window · 23 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Apr 2016 100% of runners over jumps
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.
7–168
Wins / Runs
4.2%
Strike rate
n=168
29 (17%)
Placed
0.65
Fair A/E
n=167 · 0.56 incl. margin
−27.00
£1 level stake
n=168 at SP · −16.1%
£49,854
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 20 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.65).

Deterministic profile computed from 168 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
The read

Runners with a claiming rider up have been a poor signal at 0% (n=32, Fair A/E 0.00). The yard also read well off a 15-30-day break (10.9%, n=46). The record read poorly over 1m5f – 2m — 0% over 35 runners, 4.2pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard in Hurdle races: Fair A/E 0.34 across 62 runners (1.6% strike, −53.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. The stable star of the record was Alcatras (IRE) — 6 wins from 40 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 4.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
1.8%−2.4
n=57 · A/E 0.36 · £1 +10.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.2
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.2
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
12.5%+8.3
n=8 · A/E 2.54 · £1 +0.50
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.2
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
0%
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−4.2
n=32 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −32.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−4.2
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.2% 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
Off a 15-30-day break 10.9% vs 4.2% · n=46
Over 1m5f – 2m 0% vs 4.2% · n=35
Off a break of 180+ days 0% vs 4.2% · n=34
With claiming riders up 0% vs 4.2% · n=32
In Class 5 6.9% vs 4.2% · n=58
In Hurdle races 1.6% vs 4.2% · n=62
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 83 5 6% −18.00
Hurdle 62 1 1.6% −53.00
NH Flat 23 1 4.3% +44.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 52 3 5.8% +37.00
Good to Soft 47 3 6.4% +1.50
Soft 32 1 3.1% −28.50
Heavy 25 0 0% −25.00
Good to Firm 11 0 0% −11.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wincanton 25 1 4% −4.00
Fontwell 20 5 25% +81.00
Exeter 18 0 0% −18.00
Taunton 17 0 0% −17.00
Newton Abbot 16 0 0% −16.00
Hereford 11 0 0% −11.00
Stratford 10 0 0% −10.00
Chepstow 9 0 0% −9.00
Bangor-on-Dee 8 1 12.5% +11.00
Ffos Las 7 0 0% −7.00
Newbury 4 0 0% −4.00
Huntingdon 4 0 0% −4.00
Uttoxeter 3 0 0% −3.00
Towcester 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheltenham 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 72 2 2.8% −32.00
Class 5 58 4 6.9% −24.00
Class 3 23 0 0% −23.00
Class 6 14 1 7.1% +53.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
2nd–3rd fav 22 1 4.5% 0.27 −18.50
4th–6th fav 49 3 6.1% 0.82 −18.50
7th+ in betting 94 3 3.2% 1.11 +13.00
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
69% completed · 145 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 83 67.5% 3 3 20 0 1
Hurdle 62 71% 1 0 17 0 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
Cypress Grove (IRE) 29 4 6 1 May 15
Michigan d'Isop (FR) 26 1 12 12 Feb 13
This Way (IRE) 17 0 1 23 Feb 12
Alcatras (IRE) 16 1 3 26 Apr 10
Hi Bronco (GB) 13 1 3 15 Apr 16
The Grifter (GB) 11 0 0 24 Jun 12
Hot Choc (IRE) 7 0 1 6 May 10
Chipless (IRE) 6 0 0 7 Mar 13
Spring Wolf (GB)then Robert Walford 4 0 2 26 Mar 16
Hello Jazz (GB)then Bill Turner 4 0 1 17 Dec 15
Mayfair Tambourine (GB)from Bill Turner 4 0 0 2 Sep 09
Bronzesmith (GB) 4 0 0 19 Jul 09
All 23 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 23 horses listed, 3 arrived from another yard in our archive; 20 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard, most often for Robert Walford (2); 18 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
JFMAMJJASOND
004017110001104
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 riderDave Crosse
19% of all rides
6.3% SR · A/E 0.75
RiderRWSR£1
Dave Crosse 32 2 6.3% −15.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
23
Archived wins
£174k
Prize money
2005
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.
Sir Frosty (GB) — Handicap Chase Perth · Apr 2005 · Class 4
£15,927
Bronzesmith (GB) — Wynnstay Hunt Supporters Club Handicap Chase Bangor-on-Dee · May 2006 · Class 3
£10,410
Sir Frosty (GB) — Burlington Slate Grand Veterans National Handicap Chase Cartmel · May 2005 · Class 3
£8,268
Notable horses
Alcatras (IRE) Cypress Grove (IRE) Bronzesmith (GB) Sir Frosty (GB) Quizzling (IRE) Pewter Light (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Windsor Castle (GB) 13.8% · 4–29
Progeny have won 6.7% of 326 runs since 2008 (52 horses). Strongest on Good going: 10.9% from 110.
Cadoudal (FR) 3.8% · 1–26
Progeny have won 17.3% of 733 runs since 2008 (72 horses). Weakest on Good going: 13.6% from 147. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 20.4% from 280.
Emperor Fountain (GB) 5.9% · 1–17
Progeny have won 5.4% of 386 runs since 2008 (47 horses).
Exit To Nowhere (USA) 0% · 0–17
Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,787 runs since 2008 (290 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.5% from 155.
Corrouge (USA) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 6% of 250 runs since 2008 (31 horses).
Thowra (FR) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 3.2% of 252 runs since 2008 (37 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 296 · newest first

The latest 50 of 296 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 15 April 2016.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
15 Apr 16 Fontwell Hi Bronco (GB)J: Ian Popham Salisbury Hardwood Flooring Ltd Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 7 ran PU 3/1
04 Apr 16 Wincanton Spring Blossom (GB)J: Ian Popham ApolloBet Casino & Games 'Newcomers' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 2)Class 6 · 15.5f · Soft · 8 ran 6th 50/1
02 Apr 16 Newbury Bit Of A Charlie (GB)J: Andrew Thornton John Haine Memorial Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good · 15 ran 14th 250/1
26 Mar 16 Newton Abbot Spring Wolf (GB)J: Dave Crosse Cystic Fibrosis Trust 'National Hunt' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran PU 66/1
17 Dec 15 Exeter Hi Bronco (GB)J: Mr Michael Legg 25% Off Nyd Tickets Until Christmas Eve Amateur Riders' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 13 ran 3rd 9/2
17 Dec 15 Exeter Hello Jazz (GB)J: Mr Michael Legg Free Spins At 188bet Casino Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 18.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 4th 25/1
25 Nov 15 Fontwell Spring Wolf (GB)J: Dave Crosse Patrick Your 2 Weeks Late Murphy Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19f · Soft · 9 ran 8th 16/1
22 Nov 15 Exeter Hi Bronco (GB)J: Sam Twiston-Davies Higos Insurance Services Exeter Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 4th 7/1
14 Nov 15 Cheltenham Hello Jazz (GB)J: Mr Michael Legg Jockey Club Venues Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Listed)Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 10th 66/1
11 Oct 15 Chepstow Hello Jazz (GB)J: Mr Michael Legg Pickwick Bookmakers Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 1)Class 6 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 5th 25/1
18 Sep 15 Newton Abbot Beauchamp Bella (GB)J: Mr Michael Legg Weatherbys Printing Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 18.5f · Good · 13 ran PU 100/1
27 Aug 15 Stratford Sutton Storm (GB)J: Mr Michael Legg Murphy Salisbury Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 22f · Good · 8 ran 6th 11/1
12 Aug 15 Newton Abbot Sutton Storm (GB)J: Mr Michael Legg Sis Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 5th 40/1
30 May 15 Stratford Hi Bronco (GB)J: James Davies Luxurious Boutique White Swan Hotel Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 22f · Good · 10 ran PU 11/4
12 May 15 Wincanton Hello Jazz (GB)J: Mr Michael Legg Wincanton Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 2nd 20/1
01 May 15 Fontwell Cypress Grove (IRE)J: Brendan Powell Peel Hunt Independent Broking Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 25.5f · Good · 9 ran 7th 8/1
01 May 15 Fontwell Hi Bronco (GB)J: James Davies Invest With Confidence At selftrade.co.uk Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 12 ran 1st 8/1
04 Apr 15 Newton Abbot Cypress Grove (IRE)J: Dave Crosse St Austell Brewery Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good To Soft · 7 ran PU 13/2
04 Apr 15 Newton Abbot Hi Bronco (GB)J: Dave Crosse Paignton Zoo Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 5th 10/1
21 Mar 15 Stratford Hi Bronco (GB)J: Ben Poste Bet With Tattersalls Bookmakers Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 20/1

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 Ryall's strike rate?
John Ryall has won 7 of 168 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4.2% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is John Ryall's Fair A/E?
0.65, from 167 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).