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Trainer profile

Michael Dods

8,432 runners in the lifetime window · 674 individual horses
As at 30 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 5.7% of 543 declared in the last 365 days, counting all recorded withdrawals, including reserves. For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days). As at 30 Oct 2026.
Last runner 3 days ago 99% of runners on the flat
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
904–8,432
Wins / Runs
10.7%
Strike rate
n=8,432
2,580 (31%)
Placed
0.98
n=8,381 · 0.84 incl. margin
−1,807.10
£1 level stake
n=8,432 at SP · −21.4%
£11.7m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
9.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 440 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 11% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.98). In Group and Graded company the record reads 16% (215 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 8,432 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 30 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance 28.7% when favourite Connor Beasley: 10.6% from 2,176 Group/Graded: 15.8% Sends off the favourite in 10% of races
The read

In Group and Graded company the record reads well at 15.8% (n=215, Fair A/E 1.23), but debutants struggle at 7.3% (n=506, Fair A/E 0.95). Connor Beasley rides 26% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (10.6%, A/E 0.92). The yard also reads well in Class 1 (15.8%, n=215). 34 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York (Aug 2016, £236,622). The stable star of the record: Dakota Gold (GB) — 17 wins from 79 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 10.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
9%−1.7
n=1,110 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −154.19
New recruits · first run for the yard
8.8%−1.9
n=137 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −18.25
Debutants · first career start
7.3%−3.4
n=506 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −137.69
First-time headgear · true-first definition
9.3%−1.4
n=300 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −127.35
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
8.8%−1.9
n=194 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −38.47
When favourite
28.7%
n=830 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −106.81
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
9.9%−0.8
n=1,284 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −305.34
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
15.8%+5.1
n=215 · A/E 1.23 · £1 −27.84

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.7% 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 last-time-out winners 16.3% vs 10.7% · n=888
With Patrick Donaghy 1.7% vs 10.7% · n=59
With Graham Lee 3% vs 10.7% · n=67
With Lee Topliss 17.4% vs 10.7% · n=92
With Oliver Stammers 2.8% vs 10.7% · n=36
In Class 1 15.8% vs 10.7% · n=215
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
Flat 8,378 901 10.8% −1,763.98
Hurdle 29 3 10.3% −18.12
NH Flat 25 0 0% −25.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 2,518 234 9.3% −699.70
Good to Firm 1,939 222 11.4% −431.75
Good to Soft 1,293 150 11.6% −162.46
Standard (AW) 1,264 135 10.7% −265.14
Soft 1,120 131 11.7% −167.67
Heavy 280 30 10.7% −80.38
Firm 18 2 11.1% +0.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Ayr 947 107 11.3% −154.50
Thirsk 885 86 9.7% −224.68
Redcar 757 79 10.4% −100.35
Newcastle (AW) 720 66 9.2% −250.54
Doncaster 516 34 6.6% −240.70
Carlisle 439 40 9.1% −163.06
York 426 47 11% −23.43
Pontefract 392 37 9.4% −55.76
Beverley 377 42 11.1% −88.35
Catterick 336 42 12.5% −68.77
Haydock 332 35 10.5% −112.83
Newcastle 326 49 15% +10.45
Hamilton 307 47 15.3% −86.64
Southwell (AW) 286 39 13.6% +16.55
Ripon 278 31 11.2% −46.21

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 3,025 340 11.2% −666.59
Class 4 1,929 190 9.8% −499.47
Class 6 1,768 200 11.3% −345.40
Class 3 774 75 9.7% −176.54
Class 2 716 65 9.1% −86.26
Class 1 215 34 15.8% −27.84

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1,012 276 27.3% 1.04 −118.47
2nd–3rd fav 2,039 324 15.9% 1.01 −286.63
4th–6th fav 2,765 220 8% 0.96 −456.00
7th+ in betting 2,616 84 3.2% 0.80 −946.00
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
Kiwi Bay (GB) 140 12 46 26 Sep 18
Osteopathic Remedy (IRE) 92 12 28 3 Oct 16
Dakota Gold (GB) 79 17 37 6 Jul 26
Langholm (IRE)from Jonjo O'Neill 76 7 29 16 Jul 26
Barney McGrew (IRE)from James Toller 68 5 19 24 Jun 16
Get Knotted (IRE) 67 8 25 13 Sep 21
Proud Archi (IRE) 62 7 16 4 Oct 22
Mass Rally (IRE)from John Gosden 62 3 17 6 Oct 16
Commanche Falls (GB) 61 12 22 5 Oct 26
Stallone (IRE)from Henry Spiller 61 4 19 28 May 25
Billy No Mates (IRE) 58 6 15 25 Sep 26
John Kirkup (GB)then David Thompson 54 8 23 18 Oct 21
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 674 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 30 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, 17 arrived from another yard in our archive; 43 had their first archived run for this yard.

17 have since run for another yard, most often for David Thompson (2) and John Davies (2); 43 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

Steady
2 from 19 10.5% · −0.2pts vs baseline
Last 14 days10.5%
Lifetime base10.7%
Shown only when the 14-day window is large enough to mean anything (n≥15). A cold run renders the same card with a quiet badge — never hidden.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
109121111121311108712
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 riderConnor Beasley
26% of all rides
10.6% SR · A/E 0.92
RiderRWSR£1
Connor Beasley 2,176 231 10.6% −588.08
Paul Mulrennan 1,606 211 13.1% −331.23
Tom Eaves 633 52 8.2% −86.40
Callum Rodriguez 573 79 13.8% +70.95
Phillip Makin 559 77 13.8% −45.31
Andrew Mullen 234 17 7.3% −80.42
Sean Kirrane 231 28 12.1% +53.66
Phil Dennis 193 15 7.8% −6.50
Rhys Elliott 173 12 6.9% −85.50
Tony Hamilton 126 9 7.1% −32.25
P J McDonald 118 15 12.7% −10.87
Frederik Tylicki 112 15 13.4% −41.05
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
1,012
Archived wins
34
Pattern / graded wins
£12.5m
Prize money
2017
Best season · 62 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.
Mecca's Angel (IRE) — Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (British Champions Series) (Group 1) York · Aug 2016 · Group 1
£236,622
Mabs Cross (GB) — Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines (2yo+) (Turf) Longchamp (FR) · Oct 2018 · Group 1
£176,982
Mecca's Angel (IRE) — Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (British Champions Series) (Group 1) York · Aug 2015 · Group 1
£175,801

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dark Angel (IRE) 13.9% · 35–252
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,908 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Acclamation (GB) 10.1% · 17–168
Progeny have won 10% of 19,697 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
Equiano (FR) 15.5% · 25–161
Progeny have won 9.1% of 7,539 runs since 2008 (549 horses).
Bungle Inthejungle (GB) 11.3% · 18–160
Progeny have won 8.8% of 4,237 runs since 2008 (353 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 2.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 2.4% from 124.
Mujahid (USA) 9.1% · 14–154
Progeny have won 9.7% of 2,375 runs since 2008 (131 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.3% from 333.
Kheleyf (USA) 6.2% · 9–146
Progeny have won 8.7% of 10,546 runs since 2008 (676 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 12.2% from 131. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 880.
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 30 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 9,484 · newest first

The latest 50 of 9,484 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 27 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 16 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 4 runs (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 27 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Michael Dods's strike rate?
Michael Dods has won 904 of 8,432 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.7% (as at 30 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Michael Dods do best at?
Hamilton by strike rate: 47 wins from 307 runners (15.3%) 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 Michael Dods?
Connor Beasley, with 2,176 runners since 2008 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 231 (10.6%).
Is Michael Dods in form?
In the last 14 days: 19 runners, 2 winners, a strike rate of 10.5%. That is in line with the baseline of 10.7% since 2008.
What is Michael Dods's Fair A/E?
0.98, from 8,381 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 30 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).