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John Stimpson

73 runners in the last 5 seasons · 10 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jul 2024
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
2–73
Wins / Runs
2.7%
Strike rate
n=73
16 (22%)
Placed
0.53
Fair A/E
n=72 · 0.44 incl. margin
−55.38
£1 level stake
n=73 at SP · −75.9%
£27,987
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.6%
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 3.9%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 2.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−2.7
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.7
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.7
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−2.7
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 1.84 · £1 +0.62
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.9%+1.2
n=51 · A/E 0.80 · £1 −33.38

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.7% 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 claiming riders up 3.9% vs 2.7% · n=51 · A/E 0.80
In Flat races 1.9% vs 2.7% · n=54 · A/E 0.38
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 54 1 1.9% −39.00
Hurdle 14 1 7.1% −11.38
NH Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 40 1 2.5% −25.00
Good 12 1 8.3% −9.38
Good to Soft 11 0 0% −11.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 18 0 0% −18.00
Southwell (AW) 9 1 11.1% +6.00
Newcastle (AW) 7 0 0% −7.00
Doncaster 4 0 0% −4.00
Uttoxeter 4 0 0% −4.00
Bath 3 0 0% −3.00
Stratford 3 0 0% −3.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Ludlow 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 2 0 0% −2.00
Bangor-on-Dee 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 37 1 2.7% −22.00
Class 5 28 1 3.6% −25.38
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 1 50% 1.84 +0.62
2nd–3rd fav 9 0 0% 0.00 −9.00
4th–6th fav 19 1 5.3% 0.84 −4.00
7th+ in betting 43 0 0% 0.00 −43.00
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
My Brother Mike (IRE)from Kevin Frost · then David Loughnane 19 1 7 28 Jun 24
Peruvian Summer (IRE)from Kevin Frost 14 0 1 8 Jun 24
The Grey Bandit (GB) 8 0 1 13 Jan 24
Poppop (FR) 8 0 1 10 Jan 24
Roman Princess (GB)then Steph Hollinshead 7 0 2 24 Jul 24
Peruvian Sunset (GB) 6 0 0 29 Apr 24
Hurricane Dylan (IRE)from Kevin Frost 5 1 4 19 Apr 22
Apache Princess (GB) 4 0 0 15 Jun 24
Blue Razz (GB) 1 0 0 26 Jun 24
Lobo Del Mar (GB) 1 0 0 4 Jan 22
All 10 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 10 horses listed, 3 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Kevin Frost (3); 7 had their first archived run for this yard.

2 have since run for another yard; 8 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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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
RiderRWSR£1
Mr Adam O'Shea 24 1 4.2% −9.00
Dougie Costello 13 0 0% −13.00
Jonathan Fisher 10 0 0% −10.00
Philip Armson 6 0 0% −6.00
Joe Anderson 5 1 20% −2.38
Andrew Mullen 2 0 0% −2.00
Gina Mangan 2 0 0% −2.00
Christian Howarth 2 0 0% −2.00
Aidan Keeley 2 0 0% −2.00
David Probert 1 0 0% −1.00
Trevor Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00
Ray Dawson 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
55
Archived wins
£253k
Prize money
2008
Best season · 12 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.
Ever Special (IRE) — Chemipetro Ltd Handicap Hurdle Leicester · Dec 2006 · Class 3
£7,516
Zed Candy (FR) — Celestial Halo JCB Novices' Hurdle Uttoxeter · Oct 2008 · Class 3
£6,505
Elaala (USA) — Clean Waste Solutions Handicap Hurdle Southwell · Jul 2008 · Class 3
£6,505
Notable horses
My Brother Mike (IRE) Ice And Fire (GB) Zed Candy (FR) Diletta Tommasa (IRE) Elaala (USA) Don Pasquale (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bated Breath (GB) 5.3% · 1–19
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,112 runs since 2008 (669 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.7% from 841.
Fountain Of Youth (IRE) 0% · 0–19
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.
Lope De Vega (IRE) 0% · 0–14
Progeny have won 13.8% of 12,119 runs since 2008 (1,097 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 952.
Great Pretender (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 13% of 3,528 runs since 2008 (410 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.5% from 728. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.6% from 151.
Gregorian (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 9.4% of 1,938 runs since 2008 (164 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.1% from 115.
Brian Boru (GB) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 11% of 4,121 runs since 2008 (285 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 775 · newest first

The latest 50 of 775 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 14 January 2005 to 24 July 2024.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
24 Jul 24 Salisbury Roman Princess (GB)J: Mr Adam O'Shea Highclere Castle Horse Feeds 'Carnarvon' Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 9th 28/1
30 Jun 24 Wolverhampton (AW) Roman Princess (GB)J: Dougie Costello Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Classified Stakes (Rider Restricted Race)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 2nd 40/1
28 Jun 24 Newcastle (AW) My Brother Mike (IRE)J: Mr Adam O'Shea JenningsBet In Goole Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 3rd 14/1
26 Jun 24 Worcester Blue Razz (GB)J: Mr Adam O'Shea Pollys 80th Birthday Celebration NH Flat Race (Conditionals/Amateurs) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 8th 80/1
15 Jun 24 Uttoxeter Apache Princess (GB)J: Philip Armson Cannock Chemicals Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 10 ran PU 125/1
08 Jun 24 Bangor-on-Dee Peruvian Summer (IRE)J: Philip Armson Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 10th 200/1
13 May 24 Wolverhampton (AW) Roman Princess (GB)J: Christian Howarth Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com HandicapClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 125/1
01 May 24 Pontefract My Brother Mike (IRE)J: Andrew Mullen Trustees Of The National Horseracing College HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Soft · 12 ran 7th 16/1
29 Apr 24 Southwell (AW) Peruvian Sunset (GB)J: Andrew Mullen Download The Yeeehaaa.Bet App HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 13 ran PU 66/1
08 Apr 24 Lingfield (AW) My Brother Mike (IRE)J: Mr Adam O'Shea Enjoy The Racing App For Free Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 3rd 5/1
12 Mar 24 Southwell (AW) My Brother Mike (IRE)J: Mr Adam O'Shea BetMGM: It's Showtime Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 14/1
09 Feb 24 Chelmsford City (AW) Peruvian Sunset (GB)J: Mr Adam O'Shea Support The Injured Jockeys Fund Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 125/1
06 Feb 24 Wolverhampton (AW) My Brother Mike (IRE)J: Dougie Costello Stay Golden With Betmgm Safer Gambling HandicapClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 10 ran 6th 28/1
13 Jan 24 Wolverhampton (AW) The Grey Bandit (GB)J: Jonathan Fisher BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 10 ran 4th 33/1
10 Jan 24 Doncaster Poppop (FR)J: Mr Adam O'Shea Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys')Class 5 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 11th 6/1
09 Jan 24 Southwell (AW) Peruvian Sunset (GB)J: Gina Mangan Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Classified StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 80/1
08 Jan 24 Newcastle (AW) Roman Princess (GB)J: Jonathan Fisher Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 66/1
08 Jan 24 Newcastle (AW) My Brother Mike (IRE)J: Dougie Costello BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 66/1
11 Dec 23 Chelmsford City (AW) Peruvian Summer (IRE)J: Mr Adam O'Shea Private Events At Chelmsford City Racecourse Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 80/1
06 Dec 23 Ludlow Poppop (FR)J: Tristan Durrell G.C.Rickards Ltd Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 24f · Soft · 9 ran 3rd 11/2

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 Stimpson's strike rate?
John Stimpson has won 2 of 73 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 2.7% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is John Stimpson's Fair A/E?
0.53, from 72 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).