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Linda Blackford

83 runners in the last 5 seasons · 7 individual horses
As at 7 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 3 days ago 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
3–83
Wins / Runs
3.6%
Strike rate
n=83
12 (15%)
Placed
0.51
Fair A/E
n=83 · 0.43 incl. margin
−74.75
£1 level stake
n=83 at SP · −90.1%
£37,878
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.7%
KTB at a glance Sean Houlihan: 2% from 50

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−3.6
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.6
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.6
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−3.6
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−3.6
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
50%
n=4 · A/E 1.80 · £1 +1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−3.6
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.6% 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
Off a 15-30-day break 6.3% vs 3.6% · n=32
On Good going 5.8% vs 3.6% · n=52
In Chase races 5.9% vs 3.6% · n=34
In Class 5 1.8% vs 3.6% · n=57 · A/E 0.23
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 5.6% vs 3.6% · n=36
With Sean Houlihan 2% vs 3.6% · n=50 · A/E 0.28
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
Hurdle 42 1 2.4% −39.50
Chase 34 2 5.9% −28.25
NH Flat 7 0 0% −7.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 52 3 5.8% −43.75
Good to Soft 18 0 0% −18.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Exeter 26 2 7.7% −21.00
Wincanton 18 0 0% −18.00
Taunton 13 0 0% −13.00
Newton Abbot 8 0 0% −8.00
Ffos Las 7 0 0% −7.00
Warwick 5 1 20% −1.75
Chepstow 4 0 0% −4.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 57 1 1.8% −54.50
Class 4 26 2 7.7% −20.25

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 2 40% 1.56 +0.00
2nd–3rd fav 10 1 10% 0.71 −6.75
4th–6th fav 26 0 0% 0.00 −26.00
7th+ in betting 42 0 0% 0.00 −42.00
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
75% completed · 76 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 34 70.6% 1 1 8 0 0
Hurdle 42 78.6% 2 0 6 0 1
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
Prince Rhinegold (IRE) 23 1 3 3 Nov 26
Rangatira Jack (GB) 22 2 6 4 Nov 26
Poet's Reflection (IRE) 19 0 2 7 Apr 26
Baily Gorse (IRE)from Tom Lacey 10 0 1 21 Jun 23
Diamond Dusty (GB) 5 0 0 21 Nov 24
She's Our Last (GB) 2 0 0 14 May 25
Lure Des Pres (IRE) 2 0 0 17 Jul 22
All 7 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 7 horses listed, 1 arrived from another yard in our archive; 6 had their first archived run for this yard.

None of them has a 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 2
Only 2 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
01705800·0000
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 riderSean Houlihan
60% of all rides
2% SR · A/E 0.28
RiderRWSR£1
Sean Houlihan 50 1 2% −46.75
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
20
Archived wins
£154k
Prize money
2016
Best season · 5 wins
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.
Louis Phillipe (IRE) — Pkf Francis Clark Handicap Chase Newton Abbot · Aug 2016 · Class 4
£6,498
Rangatira Jack (GB) — Mane Event: Logicor Cup Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Warwick · May 2026 · Class 4
£5,809
Prince Rhinegold (IRE) — Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Exeter · Feb 2023 · Class 4
£4,901
Notable horses
Kayf Charmer (GB) Louis Phillipe (IRE) Mountain Of Mourne (IRE) Rangatira Jack (GB) Always Cruising (USA) Chance Encounter (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 4.3% · 1–23
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,001 runs since 2016 (1,031 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Mount Nelson (GB) 9.1% · 2–22
Progeny have won 9.9% of 6,281 runs since 2012 (538 horses).
Dylan Thomas (IRE) 0% · 0–19
Progeny have won 10.5% of 7,494 runs since 2011 (533 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
Milan (GB) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,877 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).
Jukebox Jury (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 13.6% of 2,249 runs since 2016 (256 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 10.3% from 155.
Robin Des Pres (FR) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,800 runs since 2008 (229 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 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 500 · newest first

The latest 50 of 500 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 15 February 2006 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Nov 26 Chepstow Rangatira Jack (GB)J: Sean Houlihan DragonBet Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 8 ran F 6/1
03 Nov 26 Warwick Prince Rhinegold (IRE)J: Jack Stenhouse Alder Demain & Akers Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 16f · Good · 11 ran RO 28/1
20 May 26 Warwick Rangatira Jack (GB)J: Sean Houlihan Mane Event: Logicor Cup Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 3 ran 1st 9/4
05 May 26 Ffos Las Rangatira Jack (GB)J: James Best Adept GRP Cabinets Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 10/1
05 May 26 Ffos Las Prince Rhinegold (IRE)J: James Best Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 5th 12/1
17 Apr 26 Exeter Rangatira Jack (GB)J: James Best New Inn, Alphington, Exeter Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Good · 10 ran 4th 4/1J
12 Apr 26 Wincanton Prince Rhinegold (IRE)J: Bryan Carver Visit Bridles Care Home Wincanton Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 15f · Good · 8 ran 4th 8/1
07 Apr 26 Exeter Poet's Reflection (IRE)J: Mr Jack Stenhouse It Pays To Buy Irish Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19f · Good · 10 ran 7th 50/1
01 Apr 26 Wincanton Prince Rhinegold (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Bridles New Luxury Care Home Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 9th 7/1
01 Apr 26 Wincanton Rangatira Jack (GB)J: Sean Houlihan Bridles Care Home In Wincanton Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Good · 7 ran 7th 7/1
24 Mar 26 Taunton Poet's Reflection (IRE)J: James Best Experience The Thrill With HotToTrot Racing Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 24f · Good · 10 ran 7th 100/1
06 Mar 26 Exeter Poet's Reflection (IRE)J: James Best Ludo Sports And Live Lounge Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 9th 50/1
06 Mar 26 Exeter Rangatira Jack (GB)J: Sean Houlihan Klargester Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 6th 11/2
05 Mar 26 Wincanton Prince Rhinegold (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 15f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 2nd 7/1
17 Jan 26 Taunton Poet's Reflection (IRE)J: James Best 3 February Sporting Clubs Raceday Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 13th 125/1
26 Dec 25 Wincanton Prince Rhinegold (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Download The PricedUp App Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 15f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 5th 16/1
18 Dec 25 Exeter Rangatira Jack (GB)J: Sean Houlihan Download The PricedUp App Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19f · Heavy · 9 ran PU 6/1
27 Nov 25 Taunton Poet's Reflection (IRE)J: James Best Elizabeth Trebble Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Good To Firm · 13 ran PU 66/1
20 Nov 25 Wincanton Prince Rhinegold (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan PricedUp Daily Racing Boosts Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)Class 5 · 15f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 7/1
20 Nov 25 Wincanton Rangatira Jack (GB)J: Sean Houlihan PricedUp The Jumps Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 8 ran 6th 18/1

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 Linda Blackford's strike rate?
Linda Blackford has won 3 of 83 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 3.6% (as at 7 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for Linda Blackford?
Sean Houlihan, with 50 runners since 2022 — 60% of the total. That pairing has won 1 (2%).
Is Linda Blackford in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 2 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Linda Blackford's Fair A/E?
0.51, from 83 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 7 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).