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Michael Banks

75 runners in the lifetime window · 10 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jul 2017 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.
7–75
Wins / Runs
9.3%
Strike rate
n=75
19 (25%)
Placed
1.09
Fair A/E
n=75 · 0.95 incl. margin
−0.50
£1 level stake
n=75 at SP · −0.7%
£87,274
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 17.1%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 9.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
7.7%−1.6
n=26 · A/E 2.02 · £1 −4.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−9.3
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Debutants · first career start
25%+15.7
n=4 · A/E 10.05 · £1 +30.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−9.3
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
33.3%
n=6 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −3.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
17.1%+7.8
n=35 · A/E 2.09 · £1 +24.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−9.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.3% 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
Over 1m5f – 2m 17.1% vs 9.3% · n=35
With claiming riders up 17.1% vs 9.3% · n=35
With a new jockey booking 6.7% vs 9.3% · n=30
In Class 4 11.4% vs 9.3% · n=35
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 60 5 8.3% −26.50
NH Flat 11 2 18.2% +30.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 31 3 9.7% −4.33
Good to Soft 21 1 4.8% −19.67
Soft 13 2 15.4% +26.50
Standard (AW) 6 1 16.7% +1.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Huntingdon 18 2 11.1% −11.17
Towcester 12 1 8.3% +22.00
Market Rasen 6 0 0% −6.00
Cheltenham 6 1 16.7% +9.00
Southwell (AW) 5 1 20% +2.00
Southwell 5 0 0% −5.00
Doncaster 4 0 0% −4.00
Kempton 3 1 33.3% +7.00
Stratford 2 1 50% −0.33
Warwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 2 0 0% −2.00
Fakenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 35 4 11.4% −16.50
Class 5 21 1 4.8% +13.00
Class 1 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 2 5 1 20% +10.00
Class 3 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 3 1 33.3% +4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 6 2 33.3% 0.67 −3.00
2nd–3rd fav 9 2 22.2% 1.92 +3.50
4th–6th fav 21 2 9.5% 1.48 +4.00
7th+ in betting 39 1 2.6% 1.00 −5.00
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
81.3% completed · 64 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 4 25% 0 1 2 0 0
Hurdle 60 85% 2 0 7 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
Lombardy Boy (IRE) 20 2 7 30 May 16
Clerk's Choice (IRE)from William Jarvis 15 4 6 5 Mar 16
Rogue Dancer (FR)then Lawney Hill 12 0 1 28 Apr 17
Max Laurie (FR) 9 1 2 27 May 14
Jodies Jem (GB)from William Jarvis · then Stuart Edmunds 7 0 3 18 Jul 17
Play It Sam (GB)from Walter Swinburn 3 0 0 19 Nov 12
Transformer (IRE)from William Knight · then William Jarvis 3 0 0 11 Apr 10
Born West (USA)from Neil King 3 0 0 3 Dec 09
Shwaiman (IRE)from William Jarvis 2 0 0 18 Mar 17
Topalena (IRE) 1 0 0 31 Oct 10
All 10 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 10 horses listed, 6 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from William Jarvis (3); 4 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 7 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
Tom Molloy 23 6 26.1% +46.00
Alex Merriam 12 0 0% −12.00
Trevor Whelan 12 0 0% −12.00
Jack Quinlan 12 0 0% −12.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 3 0 0% −3.00
Shane Quinlan 3 1 33.3% +2.50
Timmy Murphy 3 0 0% −3.00
Dave Crosse 1 0 0% −1.00
Marc Goldstein 1 0 0% −1.00
Richie McLernon 1 0 0% −1.00
Charlie Huxley 1 0 0% −1.00
Thomas Garner 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
7
Archived wins
£88,660
Prize money
2010
Best season · 6 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.
Clerk's Choice (IRE) — Sportingbet.com Hurdle Cheltenham · Oct 2010 · Class 2
£31,310
Clerk's Choice (IRE) — Salford Priors Novices' Hurdle (Div 1) Stratford · May 2010 · Class 4
£4,228
Clerk's Choice (IRE) — williamhill.com/Bonus 25 Novices' Hurdle Kempton · Apr 2010 · Class 4
£3,253
Notable horses
Clerk's Choice (IRE) Lombardy Boy (IRE) Max Laurie (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Milan (GB) 10% · 2–20
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,840 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).
Bachelor Duke (USA) 26.7% · 4–15
Progeny have won 7.8% of 1,605 runs since 2008 (109 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 11.2% from 143.
Dark Moondancer (GB) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 7.5% of 455 runs since 2008 (56 horses).
Ungaro (GER) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 10.5% of 583 runs since 2008 (70 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13.9% from 115.
Kheleyf (USA) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 8.7% of 10,540 runs since 2008 (676 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 12.2% from 131. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 879.
Bahamian Bounty (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.6% of 9,353 runs since 2008 (598 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1% from 202.
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 81 · newest first

The latest 50 of 81 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 17 January 2005 to 18 July 2017.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
18 Jul 17 Worcester Jodies Jem (GB)J: Jack Quinlan Dantom For Electronics Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 11 ran F 16/1
04 Jul 17 Stratford Jodies Jem (GB)J: Jack Quinlan Racing UK First Meeting Live Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 2/1F
29 May 17 Huntingdon Jodies Jem (GB)J: Jack Quinlan Extra Place Races At 188bet Maiden HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 2nd 4/6F
12 May 17 Market Rasen Jodies Jem (GB)J: Jack Quinlan Victor Lucas Memorial Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good · 11 ran 2nd 14/1
28 Apr 17 Huntingdon Rogue Dancer (FR)J: Jack Quinlan Live Casino At 188bet Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 23.5f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 11/2
17 Apr 17 Huntingdon Jodies Jem (GB)J: Jack Quinlan World Snooker Betting At 188bet Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 4th 12/1
17 Apr 17 Huntingdon Rogue Dancer (FR)J: Jack Quinlan Richard Huckle Is 70 Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 8 ran UR 33/1
18 Mar 17 Kempton Shwaiman (IRE)J: Jack Quinlan Better Odds With Matchbook Silver Plate Handicap HurdleClass 2 · 21f · Good · 19 ran 7th 66/1
05 Mar 17 Huntingdon Jodies Jem (GB)J: Jack Quinlan Six Nations Rugby At 188bet Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 6th 12/1
25 Feb 17 Kempton Shwaiman (IRE)J: Jack Quinlan Racing Uk Hd Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 21f · Good · 13 ran 8th 66/1
11 Feb 17 Newbury Jodies Jem (GB)J: Jack Quinlan Read Paul Nicholls Exclusively At Betfair Novices' HurdleClass 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 10 ran 7th 100/1
30 May 16 Huntingdon Lombardy Boy (IRE)J: Trevor Whelan Racing UK Day Pass Just 10 Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 25f · Good · 9 ran PU 9/2
09 May 16 Towcester Lombardy Boy (IRE)J: Shane Quinlan Haygain Hay Steamers Clean Healthy Forage Amateur Riders' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 9/1
21 Apr 16 Market Rasen Lombardy Boy (IRE)J: Shane Quinlan High Definition Racing Uk Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 3rd 9/1
28 Mar 16 Huntingdon Lombardy Boy (IRE)J: Shane Quinlan Lancaster Loop Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 5 ran 1st 9/2
06 Mar 16 Huntingdon Lombardy Boy (IRE)J: Trevor Whelan All 28 Cheltenham Races On RacingUK Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Soft · 10 ran 5th 33/1
05 Mar 16 Doncaster Clerk's Choice (IRE)J: Jack Quinlan Betbright Casino Handicap HurdleClass 2 · 24.5f · Soft · 5 ran 5th 14/1
30 Apr 15 Towcester Rogue Dancer (FR)J: Trevor Whelan Bet Toteplacepot Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 6th 7/1
27 May 14 Huntingdon Max Laurie (FR)J: Trevor Whelan Boongate Kia 7 Year Warranty Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 25f · Good To Soft · 6 ran PU 12/1
13 May 14 Southwell Max Laurie (FR)J: Trevor Whelan Totepool Home Of Pool Betting Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6th 10/1

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 Michael Banks's strike rate?
Michael Banks has won 7 of 75 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 9.3% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Michael Banks's Fair A/E?
1.09, from 75 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).