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Trainer profile

Malcolm Saunders

203 runners in the last 5 seasons · 15 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 40 days ago 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
20–203
Wins / Runs
9.9%
Strike rate
n=203
60 (30%)
Placed
0.92
Fair A/E
n=203 · 0.79 incl. margin
−85.50
£1 level stake
n=203 at SP · −42.1%
£167k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 40 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 10% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.92).

Deterministic profile computed from 203 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance William Carson: 18.5% from 54
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 6.3% (n=32, Fair A/E 1.25). William Carson rides 27% of the entries and beats the yard's average (18.5% vs 9.9%, A/E 1.41) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well over 6f – 7f (15.9%, n=88) and on Good going (15%, n=60). The record reads poorly at trips under 6f — 5.7% over 106 runners, 4.2pts below the baseline. 8 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Brady's Mercedes Benz Rockingham Handicap at Curragh (Jul 2011, £48,000). The stable star of the record: Ginzan (GB) — 11 wins from 73 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 9.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.3%−3.6
n=32 · A/E 1.25 · £1 −9.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−9.9
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−9.9
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
14.3%+4.4
n=7 · A/E 2.24 · £1 −3.50
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
9.1%−0.8
n=11 · A/E 1.03 · £1 +2.00
When favourite
31.3%
n=16 · A/E 1.21 · £1 +1.75
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7%−2.9
n=57 · A/E 0.63 · £1 −21.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−9.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.9% 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 William Carson 18.5% vs 9.9% · n=54
Over 6f – 7f 15.9% vs 9.9% · n=88
On Good going 15% vs 9.9% · n=60
At trips under 6f 5.7% vs 9.9% · n=106
In Class 6 12.9% vs 9.9% · n=116
Off a 8-14-day break 13.2% vs 9.9% · n=68
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 to Firm 63 5 7.9% −32.00
Good 60 9 15% −9.75
Good to Soft 23 2 8.7% −5.50
Soft 22 3 13.6% −9.75
Standard (AW) 22 0 0% −22.00
Firm 9 1 11.1% −2.50
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Bath 59 4 6.8% −30.00
Chepstow 58 7 12.1% −16.50
Salisbury 23 4 17.4% +0.50
Brighton 14 3 21.4% +0.25
Wolverhampton (AW) 12 0 0% −12.00
Kempton (AW) 9 0 0% −9.00
Epsom 9 2 22.2% +0.25
Windsor 7 0 0% −7.00
Ffos Las 6 0 0% −6.00
Newbury 4 0 0% −4.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 116 15 12.9% −23.25
Class 5 55 4 7.3% −35.75
Class 4 29 1 3.4% −23.50
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 20 6 30% 1.21 +1.50
2nd–3rd fav 52 8 15.4% 0.91 −10.50
4th–6th fav 64 6 9.4% 1.08 −9.50
7th+ in betting 67 0 0% 0.00 −67.00
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
Redredrobin (GB)then Damien Wingrove 42 8 20 10 Sep 26
Diamond Cottage (GB) 41 6 14 23 Jun 25
Coronation Cottage (GB) 21 1 8 25 Sep 23
Joy Choi (IRE)from Richard Hannon 19 2 7 30 May 25
Fishermans Cottage (GB) 16 1 5 2 Jul 25
Bluebell Time (IRE) 14 1 1 24 Aug 23
Secretfact (GB) 10 0 1 8 Sep 22
Ruby Cottage (IRE) 9 1 1 6 Sep 23
Titus Thor (GB) 8 0 0 5 Aug 26
Desert (IRE)from Richard Hannon 8 0 1 12 Jul 23
Sows (IRE)from Richard Hannon 6 0 1 7 Apr 23
Pastfact (GB) 4 0 1 22 Aug 22
All 15 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 15 horses listed, 4 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Richard Hannon (3); 11 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 14 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
JFMAMJJASOND
··061810912000·
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 riderWilliam Carson
27% of all rides
18.5% SR · A/E 1.41
RiderRWSR£1
William Carson 54 10 18.5% −10.00
Gina Mangan 33 2 6.1% −23.00
Charlie Bennett 30 2 6.7% −19.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
220
Archived wins
8
Pattern / graded wins
£1.64m
Prize money
2016
Best season · 20 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.
Captain Carey (GB) — Brady's Mercedes Benz Rockingham Handicap Curragh · Jul 2011
£48,000
Indian Maiden (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sweet Mimosa Stakes (Fillies Lstd) Leopardstown · Jul 2006 · Listed
£45,570
Pixeleen (GB) — British EBF Breeders' Fillies Series Sprint Handicap Newmarket · Oct 2017 · Class 2
£31,125
Notable horses
Ginzan (GB) Sunny Future (IRE) Indian Maiden (IRE) Sarangoo (GB) Caustic Wit (IRE) Secretfact (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Cappella Sansevero (GB) 12.1% · 7–58
Progeny have won 6.4% of 535 runs since 2008 (46 horses).
Helmet (AUS) 19% · 8–42
Progeny have won 9.4% of 4,851 runs since 2008 (351 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 12.8% from 148.
Pastoral Pursuits (GB) 4% · 1–25
Progeny have won 9.5% of 7,216 runs since 2008 (437 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.4% from 109. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1.5% from 133.
Coach House (IRE) 8.7% · 2–23
Progeny have won 8.6% of 2,476 runs since 2008 (145 horses).
Territories (IRE) 10.5% · 2–19
Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,601 runs since 2008 (348 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 13.3% from 533.
Sakhee's Secret (GB) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 8.8% of 3,866 runs since 2008 (253 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.3% from 772.
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 2,079 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,079 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 10 September 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 Sep 26 Epsom Redredrobin (GB)J: Harry Vigors Feeling Flush With Emplas Handicap StakesClass 5 · 8.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2nd 16/1
29 Aug 26 Chepstow Redredrobin (GB)J: William Carson Free Race Replays On Attheraces.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6th 12/1
17 Aug 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Redredrobin (GB)J: Edward Greatrex Cavani Style & Speed Fillies' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 28/1
05 Aug 26 Brighton Titus Thor (GB)J: Edward Greatrex Free Race Replays On Attheraces.com Handicap Stakes (Brighton Summer Sprint Series Qualifier)Class 6 · 5.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 3rd 11/2
05 Aug 26 Brighton Redredrobin (GB)J: Edward Greatrex Jenningsbet "we Love Brighton Racecourse" 'confined' Handicap Stakes (For Horses Which Have Not Won A Race In 2026)Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2nd 20/1
14 Jul 26 Ffos Las Redredrobin (GB)J: J F Egan Preventapest Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7.5f · Good · 9 ran 9th 28/1
14 Jul 26 Ffos Las Far From Fern (GB)J: J F Egan Diplomat Hotel Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 5f · Good · 7 ran 7th 125/1
03 Jul 26 Chepstow Titus Thor (GB)J: Jack Nicholls Bet Now With fairplaybet.co.uk Classified StakesClass 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5th 6/1
03 Jul 26 Chepstow Far From Fern (GB)J: Jack Nicholls Fairplay Daily Price Boosts Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5th 150/1
13 Jun 26 Bath Titus Thor (GB)J: Josephine Gordon Pockets Townhouse Bath HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Good · 14 ran 5th 50/1
29 May 26 Chepstow Redredrobin (GB)J: Ben Ffrench Davis DragonBet Welsh Racing Festival 9-11th October HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 8th 22/1
22 May 26 Bath Titus Thor (GB)J: Rhys Clutterbuck Blackmore Building Contractors Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 5.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9th 33/1
29 Apr 26 Bath Redredrobin (GB)J: Lewis Edmunds fairplaybet.co.uk Bet 20 Get 20 Free Bets HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Firm · 6 ran 6th 18/1
25 Nov 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Titus Thor (GB)J: Gina Mangan Book Your Good Friday Raceday HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 50/1
03 Nov 25 Kempton (AW) Titus Thor (GB)J: Ben Ffrench Davis Unibet/British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 7th 200/1
22 Oct 25 Kempton (AW) Titus Thor (GB)J: Gina Mangan Unibet Supports Safer Gambling Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 12th 300/1
01 Aug 25 Bath Able Bay (GB)J: Callum Hutchinson BetWright Bangers N'cash Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 4th 66/1
26 Jul 25 Salisbury Able Bay (GB)J: John Fahy Madar Corporation Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 4th 22/1
10 Jul 25 Epsom Downs Redredrobin (GB)J: William Carson Miles Commercial HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 9th 9/2
02 Jul 25 Chepstow Fishermans Cottage (GB)J: William Carson Bath Racecourse Thanks NetBet Classified StakesClass 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran UR 6/4F

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 Malcolm Saunders's strike rate?
Malcolm Saunders has won 20 of 203 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 9.9% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Malcolm Saunders do best at?
Chepstow by strike rate: 7 wins from 58 runners (12.1%) since 2022. 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 Malcolm Saunders?
William Carson, with 54 runners since 2022 — 27% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (18.5%).
What is Malcolm Saunders's Fair A/E?
0.92, from 203 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).