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Trainer profile

Max Comley

258 runners in the lifetime window · 66 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner yesterday 95% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2019→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
27–258
Wins / Runs
10.5%
Strike rate
n=258
63 (24%)
Placed
1.11
Fair A/E
n=256 · 0.95 incl. margin
−90.24
£1 level stake
n=258 at SP · −35.0%
£235k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.3%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 11% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.11). New recruits from other yards win at 13% first time out (45 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 258 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance David Bass: 10.9% from 92 New recruits: 13.3% Claiming riders: 12.4%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 6.6% (n=61, Fair A/E 1.09). David Bass rides 36% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (10.9%, A/E 1.16) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well on Soft going (17.1%, n=35). The record reads poorly in Chase races — 6.4% over 47 runners, 4.1pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard on Good going: Fair A/E 0.76 across 135 runners (7.4% strike, −58.92 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Fillies' Juvenile Hurdle at Doncaster (Jan 2026, £25,628).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.6%−3.9
n=61 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −41.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
13.3%+2.8
n=45 · A/E 1.99 · £1 −12.25
Debutants · first career start
9.5%−1.0
n=21 · A/E 1.47 · £1 −13.25
First-time headgear · true-first definition
14.8%+4.3
n=27 · A/E 1.42 · £1 −13.75
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−10.5
n=12 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −12.00
When favourite
20%
n=15 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −7.65
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
12.4%+1.9
n=113 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −10.67
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
16.7%+6.2
n=6 · A/E 1.72 · £1 −3.90

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.5% 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
On Soft going 17.1% vs 10.5% · n=35
With a new jockey booking 7.2% vs 10.5% · n=139
In Chase races 6.4% vs 10.5% · n=47
On Good going 7.4% vs 10.5% · n=135
With Mr Tom Broughton 13.5% vs 10.5% · n=37
With horses switching code 13.5% vs 10.5% · n=37
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 172 20 11.6% −43.32
Chase 47 3 6.4% −31.50
NH Flat 25 1 4% −22.25
Flat 14 3 21.4% +6.83

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 135 10 7.4% −58.92
Good to Soft 54 6 11.1% −18.75
Soft 35 6 17.1% −5.32
Good to Firm 18 3 16.7% −7.75
Heavy 8 0 0% −8.00
Standard (AW) 8 2 25% +8.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Worcester 22 2 9.1% +7.00
Market Rasen 20 1 5% −16.00
Stratford 19 2 10.5% −11.67
Hereford 17 1 5.9% −13.25
Huntingdon 16 2 12.5% −3.00
Chepstow 12 0 0% −12.00
Southwell 11 3 27.3% +11.50
Newton Abbot 10 1 10% −6.50
Cheltenham 9 0 0% −9.00
Exeter 9 1 11.1% −0.50
Fontwell 8 0 0% −8.00
Warwick 8 2 25% −0.25
Ffos Las 8 1 12.5% +5.00
Wincanton 7 0 0% −7.00
Leicester 6 1 16.7% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 123 13 10.6% −19.50
Class 4 92 9 9.8% −55.67
Class 6 19 3 15.8% +1.83
Class 3 12 1 8.3% −7.00
Class 1 8 1 12.5% −5.90
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 19 4 21.1% 0.70 −7.32
2nd–3rd fav 60 16 26.7% 1.45 +7.58
4th–6th fav 85 3 3.5% 0.53 −59.50
7th+ in betting 94 4 4.3% 1.92 −31.00
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
82.6% completed · 219 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 47 68.1% 1 2 11 0 1
Hurdle 172 86.6% 1 2 20 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
Land Girl's Luck (IRE) 19 3 8 6 May 26
This Sway (GB) 12 1 4 2 Jun 26
French Diablo (FR) 10 1 2 14 Oct 26
Just Her Type (IRE) 10 2 6 17 Feb 26
Goodbyemick (IRE)from John F Gleeson 9 0 0 11 Nov 25
Hardy Buck (IRE)from Alexander Gibbons 8 1 4 21 Oct 26
Knockaderry Flyer (IRE)from Fergal O'Brien 8 0 0 29 Apr 22
Only One Blue (IRE)from Richard Hannon 7 1 3 10 Oct 26
Snooker Mccrew (GB)from J S Moore 6 3 3 7 Oct 26
Adaay Dancing (GB)from Stuart Kittow 6 0 0 3 Jul 26
Catwalk Girl (IRE) 6 1 2 12 May 26
Bebside Banter (IRE)from Chris Grant 6 1 2 4 Dec 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 66 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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, 43 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Barry Brennan (2) and Chris Grant (2); 17 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard; 55 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
1 from 8
Only 8 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
6583571162225926
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 riderDavid Bass
36% of all rides
10.9% SR · A/E 1.16
RiderRWSR£1
David Bass 92 10 10.9% −55.57
Mr Tom Broughton 37 5 13.5% −9.50
Freddie Mitchell 31 3 9.7% −12.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2019→
27
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£235k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 14 wins
Manganese (FR) — Virgin Bet Every Saturday Money Back Fillies' Juvenile Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Doncaster · Jan 2026 · Listed
£25,628
Timely Salute (GB) — John Bircham And Stephen "Jagger" Hayes Memorial Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race) Newton Abbot · Jul 2026 · Class 4
£5,446
Cloaks Of Gold (IRE) — DragonBet The Roar Before Cheltenham Extra Places Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Stratford · Mar 2026 · Class 4
£5,446
Notable horses
Land Girl's Luck (IRE) Snooker Mccrew (GB) Manganese (FR) Just Her Type (IRE) Cloaks Of Gold (IRE) Timely Salute (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Workforce (GB) 15.8% · 3–19
Progeny have won 9.1% of 748 runs since 2008 (100 horses).
Buck's Boum (FR) 13.3% · 2–15
Progeny have won 11.1% of 1,361 runs since 2008 (175 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 8% from 263.
Cannock Chase (USA) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 7.5% of 307 runs since 2008 (33 horses).
Pour Moi (IRE) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 9.9% of 2,682 runs since 2008 (265 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.8% from 380.
Fairly Ransom (USA) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 9.8% of 542 runs since 2008 (48 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.8% from 104.
Jack Hobbs (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 10.2% of 1,064 runs since 2008 (201 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 17.6% from 119.
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 22 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 258 · newest first

The latest 50 of 258 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 21 January 2019 to 21 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
21 Oct 26 Fontwell I Love You Sivola (FR)J: Freddie Mitchell tigerbet.co.uk Extra Place Races Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 21.5f · Soft · 7 ran 8th 13/8F
21 Oct 26 Worcester King Berry (IRE)J: David Bass CopyBet Overnight Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle Race (Div I)Class 5 · 20f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5th 9/2
21 Oct 26 Fontwell Hardy Buck (IRE)J: Freddie Mitchell tigerbet.co.uk Download Our App Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 26f · Soft · 8 ran 3rd 14/1
16 Oct 26 Uttoxeter Crystal Connemara (IRE)J: Miss Aimee Jones QuinnBet Mares' National Hunt Flat Race (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys' Race) (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 4th 17/2
14 Oct 26 Wetherby French Diablo (FR)J: Miss Aimee Jones Ginetta Clothing British Menswear Handicap Hurdle Race (Go North Brindisi Breeze Series Qualifier)Class 5 · 24f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4th 15/2
13 Oct 26 Hereford I Love You Sivola (FR)J: David Bass Betting.Bet Play Champion Tipster Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 25.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 1st 11/4
10 Oct 26 Chepstow Into The Park (IRE)J: David Bass Dragonbet John Ayres Memorial Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran PU 17/2
10 Oct 26 Chepstow Only One Blue (IRE)J: Freddie Mitchell McCarthy Construction Mares' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 7th 13/2
07 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Snooker McCrew (GB)J: Alfie Redman Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 13 ran 1st 7/2
07 Oct 26 Worcester Monark Wood (FR)J: Freddie Mitchell Pj Nicholls Kgm Korea Genuinely Made Novices' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 5th 7/2
28 Sep 26 Newton Abbot French Diablo (FR)J: Miss Aimee Jones Par Inn Bulpin Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 26.5f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 4/1
26 Sep 26 Market Rasen Timely Salute (GB)J: Freddie Mitchell £10 County Racedays Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 18.5f · Good · 11 ran 1st 3/1
26 Sep 26 Market Rasen Hardy Buck (IRE)J: Freddie Mitchell Dine In Altior's Restaurant Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 7 ran 3rd 13/2
22 Sep 26 Fontwell Rum Diamond (GB)J: Jamie Brace Free Tips On attheraces.com Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 4/5F
22 Sep 26 Beverley Snooker McCrew (GB)J: Alfie Redman Churchill Tyres Apprentice Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Good · 12 ran 1st 100/30J
20 Sep 26 Plumpton Kap In Hand (IRE)J: David Bass Bob George Powered By Mansell Mctaggart Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 18f · Good · 6 ran 2nd 100/30
20 Sep 26 Plumpton French Diablo (FR)J: David Bass Mansell McTaggart Mane Event Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 25f · Good · 6 ran 4th 5/2F
20 Sep 26 Plumpton One Dimensional (GB)J: David Bass Prestige Security Executive Protection Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 6 ran 1st 11/4
17 Sep 26 Southwell (AW) Mademoiselle Belle (IRE)J: Rob Hornby Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 18/1
14 Sep 26 Kempton (AW) Snooker McCrew (GB)J: Alfie Redman Bet @racingtv.com Apprentice Handicap StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 10 ran 1st 11/1

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 Max Comley's strike rate?
Max Comley has won 27 of 258 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.5% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for Max Comley?
David Bass, with 92 runners since 2008 — 36% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (10.9%).
Is Max Comley in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 8 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Max Comley's Fair A/E?
1.11, from 256 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).