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Trainer profile

Mahmood Al Zarooni

1,121 runners in the lifetime window · 345 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Apr 2013 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2010→)
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.
195–1,121
Wins / Runs
17.4%
Strike rate
n=1,121
462 (41%)
Placed
1.08
Fair A/E
n=1,116 · 0.93 incl. margin
+35.07
£1 level stake
n=1,121 at SP · +3.1%
£4.26m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
25%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 280 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 17% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.08). New recruits from other yards win at 20% first time out (41 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,121 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Apr–May Fresh horses: 19.2% 33.9% when favourite Ahmed Ajtebi: 15.6% from 315 New recruits: 19.5% Sent off the favourite in 20% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Newmarket (24.8%, n=113) and Lingfield (AW) (25%, n=36) — all clear of the yard's 17.4% baseline. It is weakest at Ascot (9.1% over 66 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Runners with a claiming rider up have been a poor signal at 11.4% (n=149, Fair A/E 0.92). Debutants are the standout value angle: 16.4% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.30 and +77.91 to a £1 stake over 304 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Ahmed Ajtebi rode 28% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (15.6%, A/E 1.09) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. 31 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Ladbrokes St Leger Stakes at Doncaster (Sep 2012, £311,905). The stable star of the record was Blue Bunting (USA) — 5 wins from 8 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Apr–May.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 17.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
19.2%+1.8
n=182 · A/E 1.23 · £1 +33.66
New recruits · first run for the yard
19.5%+2.1
n=41 · A/E 1.36 · £1 −4.37
Debutants · first career start
16.4%−1.0
n=304 · A/E 1.30 · £1 +77.91
First-time headgear · true-first definition
7.4%−10.0
n=27 · A/E 0.56 · £1 −7.50
When favourite
33.9%
n=224 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −15.39
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
11.4%−6.0
n=149 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −8.24
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
15.4%−2.0
n=201 · A/E 1.17 · £1 +11.40

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 17.4% 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
At Newmarket 24.8% vs 17.4% · n=113
At Ascot 9.1% vs 17.4% · n=66
With Frankie Dettori 23.4% vs 17.4% · n=222
With Antioco Murgia 11% vs 17.4% · n=118
With claiming riders up 11.4% vs 17.4% · n=149
At Lingfield (AW) 25% vs 17.4% · 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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 312 56 17.9% +69.56
Good to Firm 311 63 20.3% +61.97
Standard (AW) 211 37 17.5% −47.94
Good to Soft 152 19 12.5% −5.14
Soft 108 14 13% −39.74
Heavy 18 3 16.7% −5.12
Firm 9 3 33.3% +1.48

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newmarket 133 26 19.5% +74.01
Kempton (AW) 122 21 17.2% −21.90
Newmarket 113 28 24.8% +76.39
Ascot 66 6 9.1% −7.50
Doncaster 59 10 16.9% +10.80
Goodwood 54 11 20.4% −5.25
Wolverhampton (AW) 51 7 13.7% −21.40
Sandown 47 8 17% +14.50
Nottingham 42 5 11.9% −6.50
Haydock 38 5 13.2% −14.21
York 38 8 21.1% +1.13
Lingfield (AW) 36 9 25% −2.64
Yarmouth 29 4 13.8% −11.00
Leicester 27 5 18.5% −3.65
Newcastle 24 5 20.8% +14.93

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 422 69 16.4% −62.55
Class 4 297 62 20.9% +95.65
Class 1 200 31 15.5% +12.40
Class 2 94 12 12.8% +10.38
Class 3 74 14 18.9% −13.06
Class 6 34 7 20.6% −7.75

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 255 83 32.5% 1.02 −12.89
2nd–3rd fav 389 64 16.5% 1.01 −29.34
4th–6th fav 369 42 11.4% 1.36 +76.80
7th+ in betting 108 6 5.6% 1.35 +0.50
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
Double Dealer (GB) 14 1 9 29 Sep 12
Grizzle (GB) 12 1 7 3 Sep 12
Parlour Games (GB)then Saeed bin Suroor 12 4 6 11 Apr 12
Samba King (GB)then Charlie Appleby 11 2 6 10 Nov 12
Falls Of Lora (IRE)then Saeed bin Suroor 11 3 4 28 Sep 12
Ahtoug (GB)then Saeed bin Suroor 10 3 7 11 Aug 12
Bridgefield (USA) 10 2 4 4 Aug 12
Opinion Poll (IRE)from Michael Jarvis 9 3 7 20 Oct 12
Sandusky (GB)then Gordon Elliott 9 2 2 17 Oct 12
Pimpernel (IRE) 9 4 6 20 Jun 12
French Navy (GB)from A Fabre · then Saeed bin Suroor 8 3 4 3 Nov 12
Zaeem (GB)then Dean Ivory 8 1 7 14 Sep 12
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 345 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 5 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, 7 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from A Fabre (2) and Michael Jarvis (2); 53 had their first archived run for this yard.

25 have since run for another yard, most often for Charlie Appleby (6) and Saeed bin Suroor (6); 35 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
···2119121620171730·
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
Go-to riderAhmed Ajtebi
28% of all rides
15.6% SR · A/E 1.09
RiderRWSR£1
Ahmed Ajtebi 315 49 15.6% +44.45
Frankie Dettori 222 52 23.4% +23.66
Mickael Barzalona 219 47 21.5% +41.92
Antioco Murgia 118 13 11% +1.63
Silvestre De Sousa 70 11 15.7% −17.77
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2010→
195
Archived wins
31
Pattern / graded wins
£4.26m
Prize money
2011
Best season · 83 wins
Encke (USA) — Ladbrokes St Leger Stakes (British Champions Series) (Group 1) Doncaster · Sep 2012 · Group 1
£311,905
Blue Bunting (USA) — Darley Irish Oaks (Fillies' Group 1) Curragh · Jul 2011 · Group 1
£246,500
Rewilding (GB) — Prince Of Wales's Stakes (British Champions' Series) (Group 1) Ascot · Jun 2011 · Group 1
£227,080
Notable horses
Blue Bunting (USA) Parlour Games (GB) Pimpernel (IRE) Certify (USA) Falls Of Lora (IRE) Ahtoug (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dubawi (IRE) 12.6% · 13–103
Progeny have won 18.4% of 12,981 runs since 2009 (1,530 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
Street Cry (IRE) 21% · 21–100
Progeny have won 12.7% of 4,258 runs since 2008 (373 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 15.8% from 1,577. Weakest on Heavy going: 6.9% from 131.
Shamardal (USA) 23.5% · 16–68
Progeny have won 14.8% of 10,413 runs since 2009 (1,008 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 11.7% from 1,288. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
Cape Cross (IRE) 12.2% · 5–41
Progeny have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since 2008 (988 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 15.8% · 6–38
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,863 runs since 2008 (1,574 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 844.
Bernardini (USA) 8.1% · 3–37
Progeny have won 10.2% of 655 runs since 2010 (116 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 13.5% from 163.
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 6 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 1,121 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,121 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 14 April 2010 to 22 April 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 Apr 13 Windsor Satwa Story (GB)J: Mickael Barzalona Sbobet Live Casino Maiden StakesClass 5 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 5th 7/2
22 Apr 13 Kempton (AW) Thatchmaster (USA)J: Mickael Barzalona Get The BetVictor App/British Stallion Studs E.B.F. Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 9/2
20 Apr 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Waverunner (GB)J: Silvestre De Sousa 32red.com Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 4th 5/1
20 Apr 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Speckled (USA)J: Ahmed Ajtebi 32red.com Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 12/1
20 Apr 13 Nottingham Lilac Tree (GB)J: Mickael Barzalona Dick White Referrals HandicapClass 4 · 8.5f · Good · 10 ran 4th 5/2F
20 Apr 13 Nottingham Wickhambrook (IRE)J: Mickael Barzalona J C Fretwell Racing Maiden StakesClass 5 · 5f · Good · 7 ran 5th 5/2F
19 Apr 13 Newbury Cap O'rushes (GB)J: Mickael Barzalona Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup E.b.f. Conditions StakesClass 3 · 10f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 3rd 6/4F
18 Apr 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Requested (GB)J: Silvestre De Sousa 32Red.com Maiden StakesClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 11 ran 1st EvensF
18 Apr 13 Ripon Thalweg (CAN)J: Ahmed Ajtebi SIS Live Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good · 13 ran 7th 4/1
18 Apr 13 Newmarket Bustopher (USA)J: Mickael Barzalona Swan At Lavenham Wood Ditton StakesClass 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 2nd 3/1F
18 Apr 13 Newmarket Fire Blaze (IRE)J: Mickael Barzalona Ngk Spark Plugs E.b.f. Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 4 · 5f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 1st 11/2F
17 Apr 13 Newmarket Improvisation (IRE)J: Mickael Barzalona Montaz Restaurant E.b.f. Maiden StakesClass 4 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 1st 7/4F
17 Nov 12 Wolverhampton (AW) Press Room (USA)J: Silvestre De Sousa British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing E.B.F. Maiden StakesClass 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 2/1F
15 Nov 12 Kempton (AW) Waverunner (GB)J: Paul Hanagan 32Red Casino British Stallion Studs E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 2)Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 4th 9/2
15 Nov 12 Kempton (AW) Chittenden (USA)J: Eddie Ahern 32Red Casino British Stallion Studs E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 1)Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 9/1
10 Nov 12 Doncaster Samba King (GB)J: Nicky Mackay Betfred November HandicapClass 2 · 12f · Good · 23 ran 4th 40/1
07 Nov 12 Kempton (AW) Lilac Tree (GB)J: Mickael Barzalona British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 2)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 1st 3/1
06 Nov 12 Wolverhampton (AW) Filfil (USA)J: Mickael Barzalona 32Red.com NurseryClass 4 · 7f · Standard · 6 ran 1st 11/10F
03 Nov 12 Newmarket Swedish Sailor (GB)J: Paul Hanagan Betfred Ben Marshall Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 8f · Soft · 11 ran 8th 12/1
03 Nov 12 Newmarket French Navy (GB)J: Mickael Barzalona Betfred Ben Marshall Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 8f · Soft · 11 ran 1st 9/2

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 Mahmood Al Zarooni's strike rate?
Mahmood Al Zarooni has won 195 of 1,121 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 17.4% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Mahmood Al Zarooni do best at?
Lingfield (AW) by strike rate: 9 wins from 36 runners (25%) 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 Mahmood Al Zarooni?
Ahmed Ajtebi, with 315 runners since 2008 — 28% of the total. That pairing has won 49 (15.6%).
What is Mahmood Al Zarooni's Fair A/E?
1.08, from 1,116 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).