What is Michael Wigham's strike rate?

Michael Wigham has won 274 of 2,255 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 12.2% (as at 27 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Michael Wigham do best at?

Brighton by strike rate: 15 wins from 82 runners (18.3%) 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 Wigham?

Franny Norton, with 219 runners since 2008 — 10% of the total. That pairing has won 37 (16.9%).

Is Michael Wigham in form?

Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 5 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is Michael Wigham's Fair A/E?

1.05, from 2,244 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.

Trainer profile

Michael Wigham

2,255 runners in the lifetime window · 256 individual horses

As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner 5 days ago 93% of runners on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

274–2,255

Wins / Runs

12.2%

Strike rate

n=2,255

671 (30%)

Placed

1.05

Fair A/E

n=2,244 · 0.90 incl. margin

−306.59

£1 level stake

n=2,255 at SP · −13.6%

£2.14m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

16.2%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 120 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 12% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.05). Horses in first-time headgear strike at 16% (73 runs, true-first definition).

Deterministic profile computed from 2,255 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Jan–Mar 32.3% when favourite Franny Norton: 16.9% from 219 Sends off the favourite in 13% of races

The read

A horse in first-time headgear has been a positive signal at 16.4% (n=73, Fair A/E 1.60), but debutants struggle at 6% (n=83, Fair A/E 1.00). New recruits from other stables on their first run are the standout value angle: 12% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.18 and +60.62 to a £1 stake over 167 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Franny Norton rides 10% of the entries and edges the yard's average (16.9% vs 12.2%, A/E 1.25) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well off a 0-7-day break (24%, n=225). The record reads poorly over 2m1f – 2m4f — 2.6% over 39 runners, 9.6pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the totesport.com Cambridgeshire at Newmarket (Oct 2010, £99,696). The stable star of the record: Foxy Forever (IRE) — 10 wins from 69 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Jan–Mar.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 12.2% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

10.3%−1.9

n=358 · A/E 1.14 · £1 +39.75

New recruits · first run for the yard

12%−0.2

n=167 · A/E 1.18 · £1 +60.62

Debutants · first career start

6%−6.2

n=83 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −20.50

First-time headgear · true-first definition

16.4%+4.2

n=73 · A/E 1.60 · £1 −3.38

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

8.3%−3.9

n=72 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −13.00

When favourite

32.3%

n=300 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −25.12

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

8.8%−3.4

n=307 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −0.71

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

7.7%−4.5

n=13 · A/E 1.95 · £1 +21.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.2% 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

Off a 0-7-day break 24% vs 12.2% · n=225

On last-time-out winners 22.6% vs 12.2% · n=265

With George Baker 22.2% vs 12.2% · n=45

With Stephen Craine 2.4% vs 12.2% · n=42

Over 2m1f – 2m4f 2.6% vs 12.2% · n=39

With Adam Kirby 3.1% vs 12.2% · n=32

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 2,103 265 12.6% −264.30

Hurdle 122 9 7.4% −12.29

Chase 17 0 0% −17.00

NH Flat 13 0 0% −13.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 1,309 166 12.7% −333.89

Good to Firm 348 42 12.1% −85.97

Good 334 40 12% +85.86

Good to Soft 142 10 7% +15.00

Soft 90 13 14.4% +28.66

Heavy 20 1 5% −16.75

Firm 12 2 16.7% +0.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Wolverhampton (AW) 362 46 12.7% −138.49

Lingfield (AW) 265 36 13.6% −68.82

Kempton (AW) 250 34 13.6% −62.09

Chelmsford (AW) 187 13 7% −53.30

Southwell (AW) 129 21 16.3% −15.43

Newcastle (AW) 113 16 14.2% +7.24

Yarmouth 113 13 11.5% −12.37

Brighton 82 15 18.3% −1.62

Newmarket 74 12 16.2% +25.73

Newmarket 66 8 12.1% +5.00

Ascot 38 5 13.2% +30.00

Windsor 37 3 8.1% −2.00

Leicester 37 6 16.2% +27.50

Fakenham 36 4 11.1% +18.88

Doncaster 29 1 3.4% −25.75

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 6 768 108 14.1% −163.93

Class 5 666 74 11.1% −141.18

Class 4 444 56 12.6% +55.89

Class 3 167 13 7.8% −80.00

Class 2 154 15 9.7% −1.87

Class 7 32 6 18.8% −6.50

Class 1 14 1 7.1% +20.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 348 103 29.6% 1.04 −47.37

2nd–3rd fav 509 92 18.1% 1.08 −42.22

4th–6th fav 637 48 7.5% 0.94 −100.50

7th+ in betting 761 31 4.1% 1.23 −116.50

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.

Distance

DistanceRWSR£1

6f – 7f 931 114 12.2% −213.86

1m – 1m1f 476 63 13.2% −79.80

1m2f – 1m4f 320 36 11.3% +4.77

Under 6f 294 42 14.3% −6.74

1m5f – 2m 186 17 9.1% +3.04

2m1f – 2m4f 39 1 2.6% −22.00

2m5f – 3m 8 1 12.5% +9.00

Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2008 234 30 12.8% −42.90

2009 156 21 13.5% +39.47

2010 147 12 8.2% −66.42

2011 97 12 12.4% −70.76

2012 89 16 18% +43.16

2013 92 11 12% −3.83

2014 86 22 25.6% +23.10

2015 100 11 11% +0.33

2016 108 12 11.1% −45.71

2017 103 15 14.6% −13.12

2018 164 16 9.8% −51.65

2019 124 19 15.3% −18.23

2020 96 8 8.3% −46.25

2021 116 8 6.9% −47.38

2022 71 10 14.1% −23.18

2023 80 9 11.3% +29.50

2024 223 20 9% +19.79

2025 101 11 10.9% −30.00

2026 68 11 16.2% −2.51

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 1,822 233 12.8% −150.62

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

8-10 runners 841 85 10.1% −277.78

11-13 runners 728 86 11.8% −33.16

5-7 runners 381 75 19.7% +18.41

14-16 runners 208 13 6.3% +2.50

17+ runners 64 4 6.3% −13.50

2-4 runners 33 11 33.3% −3.06

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

Dion Baker (IRE)from Kevin Ryan 70 9 26 28 Sep 26

Foxy Forever (IRE) 69 10 27 10 Mar 20

My Target (IRE)from Saeed bin Suroor 67 9 23 3 Jan 22

Gin And Tonic (GB) 48 5 12 2 Oct 19

Deputise (GB)from William Haggas 37 1 5 10 Apr 24

Deeds Not Words (IRE)from J F Levins · then Tracy Waggott 37 9 12 11 Jan 19

Fairway To Heaven (IRE)then Lee Carter 37 4 9 8 Mar 17

Trojan Rocket (IRE)from George Prodromou 34 10 13 30 Mar 16

Sanaadh (GB)from Richard Fahey 31 6 8 6 Feb 22

Verne Castle (GB)from Andrew Balding 31 3 9 27 Jan 21

King Of War (GB)from Alexandra Dunn 30 3 9 15 Oct 26

River Kirov (IRE)from Peter Chapple-Hyam · then F Caenepeel-Legrand 29 7 13 21 Jan 10

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 256 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 11 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, 45 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Peter Chapple-Hyam (3) and Alexandra Dunn (2); 15 had their first archived run for this yard.

25 have since run for another yard, most often for Phil McEntee (2); 35 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

0 from 5

Only 5 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

151615119131413910910

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 riderFranny Norton

10% of all rides
16.9% SR · A/E 1.25

RiderRWSR£1

Franny Norton 219 37 16.9% −30.65

Nicky Mackay 98 8 8.2% −13.29

Darragh Keenan 94 17 18.1% +21.17

Toby Atkinson 78 9 11.5% +21.63

Andrea Atzeni 72 12 16.7% −36.26

J F Egan 70 12 17.1% +21.75

Jim Crowley 67 12 17.9% −6.33

Adam Farragher 49 4 8.2% +11.00

George Baker 45 10 22.2% +30.95

Jack Quinlan 43 5 11.6% −11.84

Stephen Craine 42 1 2.4% −25.00

Connor Beasley 41 6 14.6% −7.25

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

314

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£2.28m

Prize money

2008

Best season · 30 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.

Credit Swap (GB) — totesport.com Cambridgeshire (Heritage Handicap) Newmarket · Oct 2010 · Class 2

£99,696

Foxy Forever (IRE) — Tote Rockingham Handicap (Premier Handicap) Curragh (IRE) · Jun 2015

£60,000

Fanunalter (GB) — Transformers & Rectifiers Summer Mile Stakes (Group 2) (Rnd) Ascot · Jul 2012 · Group 2

£56,710

Notable horses

Foxy Forever (IRE) Trojan Rocket (IRE) Dion Baker (IRE) My Target (IRE) Deeds Not Words (IRE) Confidentiality (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Kodiac (GB) 10.4% · 12–115

Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,559 runs since 2008 (1,665 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.

Ribchester (IRE) 14.3% · 14–98

Progeny have won 9% of 2,757 runs since 2008 (261 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 15.3% from 118. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.1% from 213.

Cape Cross (IRE) 13.2% · 9–68

Progeny have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since 2008 (988 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.

Royal Applause (GB) 28.4% · 19–67

Progeny have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since 2008 (774 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.4% from 323.

Elusive City (USA) 19.7% · 13–66

Progeny have won 9.7% of 8,423 runs since 2008 (636 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.4% from 1,122.

Exceed and Excel (AUS) 12.9% · 8–62

Progeny have won 11.9% of 16,030 runs since 2008 (1,161 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on Soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.

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 27 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 2,639 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,639 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 22 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

22 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Fram Castle (IRE)J: John Egan Midnite: Built For 2027 Not 2007 Handicap StakesClass 6 · 14f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 100/30F

21 Oct 26 Newmarket Iverson (IRE)J: John Egan Copybet Proudly Backs Uk Horse Racing Maiden Stakes (gbb/gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 10f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 40/1

19 Oct 26 Bath Flamingo Rose (GB)J: Mr Morgan Tidman Sw Hire Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 6 · 17f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 3rd 10/1

17 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Double Eagle (IRE)J: John Egan Saturday 24th October Gents Night Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 6th 200/1

15 Oct 26 Brighton King Of War (GB)J: John Egan bet365 Handicap StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good · 14 ran 12th 12/1

12 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Fram Castle (IRE)J: John Egan Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Handicap Stakes (London Stayers' Series Qualifier)Class 6 · 16f · Standard / Slow · 9 ran 2nd 8/1

28 Sep 26 Hamilton Roach Power (IRE)J: Paul Mulrennan Phoenix Drilling Ground Investigation Handicap StakesClass 5 · 5f · Soft · 8 ran 5th 2/1F

28 Sep 26 Brighton Dion Baker (IRE)J: Darragh Keenan The Bet £20 Get £40 In Free Bets At matchbook.com Handicap StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 8th 12/1

26 Sep 26 Haydock Roach Power (IRE)J: John Egan William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap StakesClass 2 · 5f · Heavy · 10 ran 7th 20/1

23 Sep 26 Redcar King Of War (GB)J: Mr Morgan Tidman Aja Novice Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Stakes (Riders Had Ridden No More Than 3 Winners At Start Of Season)Class 6 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 11th 11/2

06 Sep 26 York Roach Power (IRE)J: J F Egan Fine Details Car Valeting Sprint Handicap StakesClass 4 · 5.5f · Good To Soft · 21 ran 19th 80/1

03 Sep 26 Southwell (AW) Double Eagle (IRE)J: Kieran O'Neill Bettingsites.co.uk Handicap StakesClass 4 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 150/1

02 Sep 26 Bath Fram Castle (IRE)J: Alexandra Egan Bath Country Race Day, Running 9 Till 5 Handicap StakesClass 6 · 14f · Good · 10 ran 1st 100/30

01 Sep 26 Brighton Dion Baker (IRE)J: Darragh Keenan Streamline Supports The Martlets Hospice Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good · 6 ran 4th 5/1

29 Aug 26 Sandown Roach Power (IRE)J: Ray Dawson Gamble Responsibly At Betmgm Handicap StakesClass 4 · 5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7th 5/1

23 Aug 26 Brighton King Of War (GB)J: J F Egan Blackmore Design & Build Handicap StakesClass 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4th 14/1

23 Aug 26 Brighton Dion Baker (IRE)J: Darragh Keenan Blackmore Equestrian Construction Handicap Stakes (Brighton Summer Sprint Series Final)Class 2 · 6f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 9th 11/2

19 Aug 26 Kempton (AW) Double Eagle (IRE)J: J F Egan Unibet 40,000+ Live Streamed Events Handicap Stakes (London Mile Series Qualifier) (Div II)Class 4 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 9 ran 9th 150/1

18 Aug 26 Lingfield (AW) Flamingo Rose (GB)J: Mr Morgan Tidman Follow @AtTheRaces On Instagram Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 16f · Standard · 7 ran 5th 18/1

15 Aug 26 Ripon Roach Power (IRE)J: J F Egan William Hill Supporting MND Silver Cup Handicap StakesClass 4 · 6f · Good · 20 ran 18th 28/1

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 Wigham's strike rate?: Michael Wigham has won 274 of 2,255 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 12.2% (as at 27 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Michael Wigham do best at?: Brighton by strike rate: 15 wins from 82 runners (18.3%) 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 Wigham?: Franny Norton, with 219 runners since 2008 — 10% of the total. That pairing has won 37 (16.9%).
Is Michael Wigham in form?: Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 5 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Michael Wigham's Fair A/E?: 1.05, from 2,244 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.