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Mark Shears

64 runners in the lifetime window · 24 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner May 2019 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.
0–64
Wins / Runs
0%
Strike rate
n=64
1 (2%)
Placed
0.00
Fair A/E
n=64 · 0.00 incl. margin
−64.00
£1 level stake
n=64 at SP · −100.0%
£2,159
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%+0.0
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%+0.0
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Debutants · first career start
0%+0.0
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%+0.0
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%+0.0
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%+0.0
n=34 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −34.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 39 0 0% −39.00
Chase 17 0 0% −17.00
NH Flat 8 0 0% −8.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 27 0 0% −27.00
Good to Firm 12 0 0% −12.00
Soft 11 0 0% −11.00
Good to Soft 10 0 0% −10.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newton Abbot 20 0 0% −20.00
Worcester 8 0 0% −8.00
Exeter 8 0 0% −8.00
Plumpton 4 0 0% −4.00
Uttoxeter 4 0 0% −4.00
Wincanton 3 0 0% −3.00
Chepstow 3 0 0% −3.00
Fontwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Stratford 2 0 0% −2.00
Ffos Las 2 0 0% −2.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 31 0 0% −31.00
Class 4 24 0 0% −24.00
Class 6 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
4th–6th fav 18 0 0% 0.00 −18.00
7th+ in betting 46 0 0% 0.00 −46.00
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
39.3% completed · 56 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 17 23.5% 1 0 12 0 0
Hurdle 39 46.2% 1 1 19 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
Abbi Jicaro (GB)from Alison Thorpe 11 0 1 25 Jun 13
War Treaty (IRE) 7 0 0 16 Jun 14
Thehorsemaytalk (IRE) 5 0 0 6 Nov 13
How's Vienna (IRE)from David Dennis 3 0 0 26 Dec 18
Nice Thoughts (IRE)from David Pipe 3 0 0 28 Nov 18
Scenic Star (IRE)from Gavin Cromwell 3 0 0 6 Jul 18
Ghost Runner (IRE)from Lady Cecil 3 0 0 8 Oct 15
Ruby's From Milan (IRE) 3 0 0 26 Mar 14
New Rackheath (IRE)from Evan Williams · then Chris Down 3 0 0 5 Sep 10
Chance It (IRE)from Jeremy Scott · then Johnny Farrelly 2 0 0 20 May 19
Pension Madness (IRE)from Johnny Farrelly 2 0 0 23 Aug 18
Sea Rebelle (GB)from Jo Crowley 2 0 0 15 Apr 17
All 24 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 24 horses listed, 15 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Jo Crowley (2); 9 had their first archived run for this yard.

4 have since run for another yard; 20 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
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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
RiderRWSR£1
Andrew Glassonbury 11 0 0% −11.00
Mark Quinlan 7 0 0% −7.00
James Davies 5 0 0% −5.00
Peter Hatton 5 0 0% −5.00
Sean Houlihan 4 0 0% −4.00
Kevin Jones 4 0 0% −4.00
Tommy Phelan 3 0 0% −3.00
David Noonan 3 0 0% −3.00
Ollie Garner 3 0 0% −3.00
Denis O'Regan 2 0 0% −2.00
Charlie Hammond 2 0 0% −2.00
Dave Crosse 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Passing Glance (GB) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 12.4% of 3,522 runs since 2008 (288 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 15.8% from 221. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.3% from 289. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.5% from 110. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.8% from 171.
Wareed (IRE) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 7.8% of 510 runs since 2008 (50 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.5% from 157.
Old Vic (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since 2008 (630 horses).
Erewhon (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 2% of 249 runs since 2008 (29 horses).
Milan (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,840 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).
Norwich (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 7.5% of 1,601 runs since 2008 (176 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 111 · newest first

The latest 50 of 111 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 28 March 2005 to 20 May 2019.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
20 May 19 Ludlow Chance It (IRE)J: Tom Buckley End Of Season Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran PU 40/1
12 May 19 Plumpton Chance It (IRE)J: David Noonan Julie Brown Memorial Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 7th 40/1
26 Dec 18 Fontwell How's Vienna (IRE)J: Marc Goldstein Netbet Boosts Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 26f · Soft · 5 ran 3rd 12/1
06 Dec 18 Wincanton How's Vienna (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Like Racing Uk On Facebook Now Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 26.5f · Good · 8 ran PU 40/1
28 Nov 18 Hereford Nice Thoughts (IRE)J: James Davies Sri Lanka Wonder Of Asia Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran PU 66/1
23 Nov 18 Ffos Las How's Vienna (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan myracing.com For Ffos Las Tips Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Soft · 11 ran PU 33/1
17 Nov 18 Uttoxeter Nice Thoughts (IRE)J: Ben Jones George Peard's Pint Of Pedigree Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 14 ran F 80/1
23 Aug 18 Fontwell Pension Madness (IRE)J: Charlie Hammond Netbet Sport Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Good · 12 ran 9th 16/1
22 Jul 18 Newton Abbot Pension Madness (IRE)J: Charlie Hammond Racing Partnership Trp Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good · 8 ran 4th 12/1
06 Jul 18 Newton Abbot Scenic Star (IRE)J: Edward Austin Betfair Thank You Racing Staff Selling Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 16 ran PU 50/1
12 May 18 Warwick Scenic Star (IRE)J: Patrick Cowley Agetur Conditional Jockeys' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 9 ran PU 50/1
23 Apr 18 Newton Abbot Scenic Star (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Bet In-play At Totesport.com Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Soft · 10 ran PU 40/1
01 Jan 18 Exeter Mickeysmatedusty (GB)J: Rex Dingle Devon County Show Maiden Open NH Flat RaceClass 5 · 17f · Heavy · 7 ran 7th 28/1
16 Aug 17 Newton Abbot Nice Thoughts (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Racing Partnership Trp Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 17f · Good · 13 ran 13th 50/1
15 Apr 17 Newton Abbot Sea Rebelle (GB)J: Liam Heard Smith Family Memorial Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 17f · Good To Firm · 6 ran PU 80/1
16 Mar 17 Towcester Sea Rebelle (GB)J: Andrew Glassonbury Haygain Hay Steamers Clean Healthy Forage Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 21f · Soft · 6 ran PU 33/1
29 Nov 16 Southwell Kicking Elf (IRE)J: Andrew Glassonbury At The Races Sky 415 Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 8 ran PU 200/1
11 Aug 16 Stratford The Holyman (IRE)J: Mark Quinlan Dc Catering Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 18.5f · Good · 7 ran PU 200/1
10 May 16 Wincanton Kicking Elf (IRE)J: Andrew Glassonbury Jockey Club Catering Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran PU 100/1
18 Apr 16 Newton Abbot Black Marble (GB)J: Andrew Glassonbury Attheraces Mares' Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 17f · Soft · 15 ran 14th 100/1

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 Mark Shears's strike rate?
Mark Shears has won 0 of 64 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 0% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Mark Shears's Fair A/E?
0.00, from 64 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).