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Trainer profile

Nicky Martin

200 runners in the last 5 seasons · 27 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 3 days ago 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2014→)
from 1 Jan 2022
28–200
Wins / Runs
14%
Strike rate
n=200
62 (31%)
Placed
1.28
Fair A/E
n=200 · 1.09 incl. margin
+289.24
£1 level stake
n=200 at SP · +144.6%
£330k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
16.7%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 40 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 14% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.28).

Deterministic profile computed from 200 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Nov–Dec James Bowen: 14.8% from 54
The read

James Bowen rides 27% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (14.8%, A/E 1.10) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well in Class 5 (23.2%, n=56) and off a 15-30-day break (21.3%, n=61). The market has also underrated the yard on Good going: Fair A/E 1.54 across 57 runners (21.1% strike, +46.39 to a £1 stake). The record reads poorly in Chase races — 4.8% over 42 runners, 9.2pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard off a 31-60-day break: Fair A/E 0.72 across 52 runners (7.7% strike, −27.25 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. Seasonally, the yard fires Nov–Dec.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 14% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
13.2%−0.8
n=68 · A/E 1.48 · £1 +65.75
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−14.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Debutants · first career start
7.1%−6.9
n=14 · A/E 1.18 · £1 +3.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
10%−4.0
n=10 · A/E 1.38 · £1 −3.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−14.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
31.8%
n=22 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −2.01
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
13.5%−0.5
n=37 · A/E 1.17 · £1 +7.76
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−14.0
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 14% 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
In Class 5 23.2% vs 14% · n=56
In Chase races 4.8% vs 14% · n=42
Off a 15-30-day break 21.3% vs 14% · n=61
On Good to Soft going 6.8% vs 14% · n=59
On Good going 21.1% vs 14% · n=57
Off a 31-60-day break 7.7% vs 14% · n=52
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 145 24 16.6% +243.24
Chase 42 2 4.8% +1.00
NH Flat 13 2 15.4% +45.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 60 9 15% +82.25
Good to Soft 59 4 6.8% +169.00
Good 57 12 21.1% +46.39
Heavy 24 3 12.5% −8.40

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Exeter 24 3 12.5% +5.00
Taunton 19 5 26.3% +212.38
Chepstow 18 5 27.8% +50.75
Ffos Las 14 0 0% −14.00
Lingfield 12 1 8.3% −9.90
Warwick 12 2 16.7% +3.88
Hereford 9 0 0% −9.00
Uttoxeter 7 0 0% −7.00
Fontwell 7 0 0% −7.00
Newton Abbot 6 0 0% −6.00
Market Rasen 6 0 0% −6.00
Worcester 6 2 33.3% +28.00
Bangor-on-Dee 5 1 20% +1.50
Ludlow 5 0 0% −5.00
Haydock 5 0 0% −5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 103 11 10.7% +163.98
Class 5 56 13 23.2% +102.76
Class 3 23 3 13% +23.50
Class 1 11 1 9.1% +6.00
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 26 7 26.9% 0.92 −6.01
2nd–3rd fav 44 7 15.9% 1.04 −7.25
4th–6th fav 79 7 8.9% 1.16 +1.50
7th+ in betting 51 7 13.7% 4.71 +301.00
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
80.2% completed · 187 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 42 81% 0 0 8 0 0
Hurdle 145 80% 2 6 21 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
Just Loose Change (GB)then Darren McAlinden 18 3 6 10 Mar 25
Ito Ditto (FR) 16 4 6 21 Feb 26
Lucky So And So (IRE) 13 0 3 21 Feb 25
Pencil (IRE) 13 0 1 11 Jun 24
Inspiratrice (IRE)from Michael G Kennedy 12 1 2 29 Mar 25
Got A Dream (IRE) 11 4 5 10 Oct 26
Apples Moon (IRE) 11 4 6 18 Jan 26
Almost Gotaway (IRE) 11 3 8 22 Sep 24
Leading Choice (IRE) 10 1 3 17 Oct 26
Dish Of The Day (IRE) 10 0 1 26 Mar 26
French Emperor (FR) 9 3 6 21 Mar 26
The Two Amigos (GB)from David Pipe 9 1 4 31 Jan 25
All 27 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 27 horses listed, 3 arrived from another yard in our archive; 24 had their first archived run for this yard.

2 have since run for another yard; 25 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 2
Only 2 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
0191215000025151919
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
27% of all rides
14.8% SR · A/E 1.10
RiderRWSR£1
James Bowen 54 8 14.8% −2.87
David Prichard 31 5 16.1% +13.76
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2014→
52
Archived wins
£643k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 7 wins
The Two Amigos (GB) — Coral Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (In Memory Of Kim Gingell) (GBB Race) Chepstow · Dec 2022 · Class 1
£85,425
The Two Amigos (GB) — Sky Sports Racing Sussex National Handicap Chase Plumpton · Jan 2019 · Class 3
£19,018
The Two Amigos (GB) — Tribute 'Quality Speaks For Itself' Handicap Chase Exeter · Dec 2018 · Class 3
£16,245
Notable horses
The Two Amigos (GB) Ito Ditto (FR) Apples Moon (IRE) Got A Dream (IRE) Bear Ghylls (IRE) Sonoftheking (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 31.8% · 7–22
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,913 runs since 2008 (1,026 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.7% from 131.
Leading Light (IRE) 5.6% · 1–18
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,196 runs since 2008 (225 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
Yorgunnabelucky (USA) 16.7% · 3–18
Progeny have won 11.2% of 1,076 runs since 2008 (97 horses).
Ito (GER) 25% · 4–16
Progeny have won 9.4% of 53 runs since 2008 (10 horses).
Lucky Speed (IRE) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 6.4% of 424 runs since 2008 (61 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.3% from 151.
Retirement Plan (GB) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 7.8% of 154 runs since 2008 (17 horses).
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 20 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 444 · newest first

The latest 50 of 444 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 May 2014 to 17 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
17 Oct 26 Newton Abbot Leading Choice (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Dartmoor Magazine Intermediate Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 2 · 21f · Good · 4 ran 3rd 18/1
10 Oct 26 Chepstow Got A Dream (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Dragonbet John Ayres Memorial Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 3rd 7/1
22 Apr 26 Taunton Docteur Romeo (FR)J: James Best Best Dressed Competitions Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19f · Good · 7 ran 5th 80/1
17 Apr 26 Exeter Got A Dream (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Heavitree Brewery PLC Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 21.5f · Good · 5 ran 1st 2/1F
04 Apr 26 Newton Abbot Docteur Romeo (FR)J: Sean Houlihan South West Rail Solutions Ltd. 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8th 66/1
26 Mar 26 Chepstow Dish Of The Day (IRE)J: Chad Bament ECIS Health Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5th 5/1
22 Mar 26 Exeter Got A Dream (IRE)J: James Bowen Guildhall Exeter Style, Favour, Fun Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 23f · Good · 8 ran 6th 7/2
21 Mar 26 Bangor-on-Dee French Emperor (FR)J: James Best Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 23f · Good · 6 ran 1st 11/2
06 Mar 26 Exeter French Emperor (FR)J: James Bowen Brett Martin Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 8th 15/8F
06 Mar 26 Exeter Docteur Romeo (FR)J: Sean Houlihan CRS Building Supplies 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran PU 40/1
25 Feb 26 Bangor-on-Dee Leading Choice (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Wrexham Lager 'Chasing Excellence' Novices' Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 17.5f · Soft · 3 ran 3rd 16/1
21 Feb 26 Chepstow Ito Ditto (FR)J: James Best Pertemps Network EMEA Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 1st 33/1
17 Feb 26 Newbury Leading Choice (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan OLBG 'Chasing Excellence' Novices' Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 3 ran 3rd 25/1
07 Feb 26 Warwick Analitheia (FR)J: Gavin Sheehan Total Metal Recovery Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 8 ran 6th 9/2
03 Feb 26 Taunton Dish Of The Day (IRE)J: Sean Bowen www.ledorneyvillascornwall.co.uk Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Heavy · 10 ran PU 5/2F
27 Jan 26 Chepstow French Emperor (FR)J: James Bowen Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 19.5f · Soft · 10 ran 3rd 4/1J
18 Jan 26 Fakenham Apples Moon (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Fakenham Skips Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3rd 7/2
16 Jan 26 Market Rasen Analitheia (FR)J: Ciaran Gethings Unibet Alan Swinbank Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Listed) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran PU 14/1
16 Dec 25 Wincanton Apples Moon (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Download The PricedUp App Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran 1st 9/4
12 Dec 25 Cheltenham French Emperor (FR)J: Sean Bowen Catesby Estates Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 17f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 9/4F

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 Nicky Martin's strike rate?
Nicky Martin has won 28 of 200 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 14% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for Nicky Martin?
James Bowen, with 54 runners since 2022 — 27% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (14.8%).
Is Nicky Martin in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 2 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Nicky Martin's Fair A/E?
1.28, from 200 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).