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Trainer profile

Mickey Bowen

613 runners in the lifetime window · 131 individual horses
As at 31 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 10.4% of 404 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 For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days).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 31 Oct 2026.
Last runner 2 days ago 98% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2014→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
100–613
Wins / Runs
16.3%
Strike rate
n=613
227 (37%)
Placed
0.92
Fair A/E
n=612 · 0.80 incl. margin
−190.68
£1 level stake
n=612 at SP · −31.2%
£1.09m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
13.7%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 16% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.92). New recruits from other yards win at 21% first time out (105 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 613 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 31 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires May–Sep Fresh horses: 18.2% 41.1% when favourite James Bowen: 16.8% from 185 New recruits: 21% Sends off the favourite in 21% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Newton Abbot (28.1%, n=32), clear of the yard's 16.3% baseline. New recruits from other stables on their first run win at 21% (n=105, Fair A/E 1.21), but a horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 6.7% (n=30, Fair A/E 0.53). James Bowen rides 30% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (16.8%, A/E 0.84). The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 6.1% over 33 runners, 10.2pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Sir Carnegie (IRE) — 5 wins from 17 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires May–Sep.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 16.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
18.2%+1.9
n=132 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −12.41
New recruits · first run for the yard
21%+4.7
n=105 · A/E 1.21 · £1 +1.27
Debutants · first career start
10%−6.3
n=30 · A/E 0.66 · £1 −22.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
6.7%−9.6
n=30 · A/E 0.53 · £1 −12.12
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
11.8%−4.5
n=17 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −12.02
When favourite
41.1%
n=129 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −3.60
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
14.1%−2.2
n=199 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −40.55
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−16.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 16.3% 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
With C&D winners 30.4% vs 16.3% · n=69
At Newton Abbot 28.1% vs 16.3% · n=32
On Heavy going 6.1% vs 16.3% · n=33
On last-time-out winners 24% vs 16.3% · n=96
With Sean Bowen 22.9% vs 16.3% · n=144
With first-time headgear 6.7% vs 16.3% · n=30
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
Chase 328 67 20.4% −45.59
Hurdle 216 23 10.6% −111.58
NH Flat 58 10 17.2% −22.51
Flat 11 0 0% −11.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 365 73 20% −70.17
Good to Soft 108 12 11.1% −50.50
Soft 75 8 10.7% −24.25
Heavy 33 2 6.1% −27.93
Good to Firm 30 5 16.7% −15.83
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Ffos Las 69 7 10.1% −33.35
Cartmel 68 11 16.2% −28.19
Worcester 55 11 20% −9.58
Uttoxeter 45 8 17.8% −16.30
Market Rasen 43 9 20.9% −11.14
Perth 40 10 25% +6.59
Newton Abbot 32 9 28.1% −0.78
Stratford 25 5 20% −12.18
Sedgefield 22 5 22.7% +25.75
Chepstow 21 1 4.8% −14.50
Cheltenham 17 0 0% −17.00
Fontwell 17 3 17.6% −4.42
Haydock 13 1 7.7% −8.00
Hexham 13 4 30.8% +1.25
Kelso 13 4 30.8% +2.83

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 242 44 18.2% −44.83
Class 5 169 20 11.8% −96.28
Class 3 91 20 22% −21.09
Class 2 62 7 11.3% −24.50
Class 6 28 8 28.6% +8.52
Class 1 18 1 5.6% −9.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 143 54 37.8% 1.07 −14.35
2nd–3rd fav 199 29 14.6% 0.73 −67.33
4th–6th fav 172 14 8.1% 0.96 −47.00
7th+ in betting 98 2 2% 0.66 −62.00
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
84.6% completed · 544 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 328 79.6% 6 12 49 0 0
Hurdle 216 92.1% 0 3 14 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
Sir Carnegie (IRE)from John Joseph Hanlon 17 5 8 22 Oct 26
Lermoos Legend (GB)from Peter & Michael Bowen 17 2 9 14 Oct 26
Gavin (GB)from Peter & Michael Bowen 15 1 5 30 Jan 26
Fairlawn Skipper (GB)from Peter & Michael Bowen 14 4 4 23 Oct 26
Tamarind Bay (IRE)from Peter & Michael Bowen 14 3 9 14 Oct 26
Axel Bleue (GB) 14 4 8 13 Oct 26
King Roly (GB)from Peter & Michael Bowen 14 5 8 7 Oct 26
Forest Spirit (IRE)from Michael Bell 13 0 4 17 Oct 26
Roi Du Roume (FR) 12 0 3 14 Oct 26
Stratagem (FR)from Paul Nicholls 11 3 5 31 Aug 26
Mighty Fleur (GB)from Peter & Michael Bowen 10 4 8 12 Oct 26
Way Maker (IRE) 10 2 7 24 Sep 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 131 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 3 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, 52 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Peter & Michael Bowen (24) and Peter Bowen (5); 8 had their first archived run for this yard.

6 have since run for another yard, most often for Peter Bowen (4); 54 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 13
Only 13 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
9731323202518271060
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 riderJames Bowen
30% of all rides
16.8% SR · A/E 0.84
RiderRWSR£1
James Bowen 185 31 16.8% −72.69
Sean Bowen 144 33 22.9% −38.96
Shane Fenelon 142 16 11.3% −37.37
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2014→
100
Archived wins
£1.09m
Prize money
2025
Best season · 45 wins
Queensbury Boy (IRE) — Betway Summer Plate Handicap Steeple Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Market Rasen · Jul 2026 · Class 1
£42,712
Dineur (FR) — Randox Health Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Chase (National Course) Aintree · Apr 2017 · Class 2
£23,720
Statuario (GB) — bet365 Perth Gold Cup Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Perth · Jun 2025 · Class 2
£17,792
Notable horses
Sir Carnegie (IRE) King Roly (GB) Art Of Diplomacy (GB) Fairlawn Skipper (GB) Axel Bleue (GB) Mighty Fleur (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Elusive Pimpernel (USA) 25.8% · 8–31
Progeny have won 7.7% of 3,139 runs since 2008 (317 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 10.7% from 382.
Scorpion (IRE) 32.1% · 9–28
Progeny have won 9.2% of 6,316 runs since 2008 (609 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.1% from 142.
Getaway (GER) 34.6% · 9–26
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,951 runs since 2008 (1,029 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.3% from 133.
Midnight Legend (GB) 11.8% · 2–17
Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,310 runs since 2008 (494 horses).
Walk In The Park (IRE) 11.8% · 2–17
Progeny have won 13.4% of 6,994 runs since 2008 (698 horses).
Waldgeist (GB) 0% · 0–16
Progeny have won 8.8% of 936 runs since 2008 (127 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.2% from 233.
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 31 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 613 · newest first

The latest 50 of 613 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 15 February 2014 to 29 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Oct 26 Ffos Las Getaway Vic (IRE)J: Shane Fenelon Walters Group Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 25.5f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 14/1
29 Oct 26 Ffos Las Whatsgoingonmarvin (IRE)J: Sean Bowen Golwg Gwendraeth Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 16f · Heavy · 7 ran 3rd 100/30
29 Oct 26 Ffos Las Dontcontradictme (IRE)J: Shane Fenelon Dandara Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran PU 250/1
29 Oct 26 Ffos Las Tottie's Moon (GB)J: Sean Bowen Dandara Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran 8th 125/1
29 Oct 26 Ffos Las Akrramm (GB)J: James Murray Dandara Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran 5th 100/1
24 Oct 26 Kelso Muskerry Rock (IRE)J: Shane Fenelon Edinburgh Gin Steeple Chase (a Limited Handicap) (gbb Race)Class 2 · 26f · Good · 4 ran 4th 11/2
24 Oct 26 Cheltenham Landsborough (FR)J: James Bowen William Hill Extra Places Every Day Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 2 · 24f · Good · 6 ran 6th 18/1
24 Oct 26 Cheltenham Ballykinlar (IRE)J: James Bowen William Hill Epic Boosts Novices' Limited Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 3 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 7th 12/1
23 Oct 26 Cheltenham Fairlawn Skipper (GB)J: Mr Derek O'Connor Chapel Down Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 3 · 25f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 4th 7/1
22 Oct 26 Ffos Las Kayf Dancer (GB)J: James Bowen bettingsites.co.uk Fast Paying Bookmakers Novices' Limited Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 7 ran 2nd 14/1
22 Oct 26 Ffos Las Jet Bay (IRE)J: James Bowen bettingsites.co.uk Get Paid By Uk Betting Sites Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 2 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 3rd 9/2
22 Oct 26 Carlisle Sir Carnegie (IRE)J: Shane Fenelon Magnet, Better. By Design Handicap Steeple Chase (Challenger Staying Chase Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)Class 3 · 24.5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 4th 9/2
18 Oct 26 Sedgefield Dexperts Opinion (IRE)J: James Bowen Bet Vickers Durham National Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 2 · 29f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 13/8F
17 Oct 26 Market Rasen Forest Spirit (IRE)J: James Bowen Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 23f · Good · 8 ran 4th 3/1
14 Oct 26 Ffos Las Tamarind Bay (IRE)J: James Bowen Adept GRP Cabinets Novices' Steeple Chase (Listed Race) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 19.5f · Soft · 4 ran PU 17/2
14 Oct 26 Ffos Las Lermoos Legend (GB)J: Jack Tudor RWK Goodman Veterans' Handicap Steeple Chase (Leg 6 Of The Stayers' Veterans' Chase Series)Class 2 · 24f · Soft · 8 ran PU 7/2
14 Oct 26 Ffos Las Roi Du Roume (FR)J: Sean Bowen Ethical Packaging Novices' Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 4th 7/2
13 Oct 26 Southwell Axel Bleue (GB)J: James Bowen Gents Night Saturday 24th October Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 4 · 26f · Good · 3 ran 2nd 11/8
12 Oct 26 Worcester Mighty Fleur (GB)J: Sean Bowen FBC Manby Bowdler Mares' Handicap Steeple Chase (Challenger Mares' Chase Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1st 6/4F
11 Oct 26 Chepstow Onetingfornuttin (IRE)J: James Bowen Wasdell Group Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3rd 15/8

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 5 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 3 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 6 runs (won 2) · fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 0) · to 13 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 Mickey Bowen's strike rate?
Mickey Bowen has won 100 of 613 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 16.3% (as at 31 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Mickey Bowen do best at?
Newton Abbot by strike rate: 9 wins from 32 runners (28.1%) 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 Mickey Bowen?
James Bowen, with 185 runners since 2008 — 30% of the total. That pairing has won 31 (16.8%).
Is Mickey Bowen in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 13 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Mickey Bowen's Fair A/E?
0.92, from 612 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 31 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).