What is Nicky Martin's strike rate?

Nicky Martin has won 52 of 446 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 11.7% (as at 10 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Nicky Martin do best at?

Exeter by strike rate: 8 wins from 48 runners (16.7%) 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 Nicky Martin?

Matt Griffiths, with 140 runners since 2008 — 31% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (10.7%).

Is Nicky Martin in form?

Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is Nicky Martin's Fair A/E?

1.12, from 446 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

Nicky Martin

446 runners in the lifetime window · 54 individual horses

As at 10 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner 5 days ago 100% 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

52–446

Wins / Runs

11.7%

Strike rate

n=446

134 (30%)

Placed

1.12

Fair A/E

n=446 · 0.95 incl. margin

+273.71

£1 level stake

n=446 at SP · +61.4%

£643k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

15%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 12% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.12).

Deterministic profile computed from 446 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 10 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance 33.3% when favourite Matt Griffiths: 10.7% from 140 Sends off the favourite in 10% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Exeter (16.7%, n=48), clear of the yard's 11.7% baseline. Runners with a claiming rider up have been a poor signal at 8.7% (n=69, Fair A/E 0.84). Horses returning fresh after 61+ days are the standout value angle: 10.6% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.24 and +46.50 to a £1 stake over 151 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Matt Griffiths rides 31% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (10.7%, A/E 1.10) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well in Class 5 (18.6%, n=102). The record reads poorly on Good to Soft going — 6.5% over 108 runners, 5.2pts below the baseline.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 11.7% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

10.6%−1.1

n=151 · A/E 1.24 · £1 +46.50

New recruits · first run for the yard

9.1%−2.6

n=22 · A/E 1.44 · £1 −10.50

Debutants · first career start

12.1%+0.4

n=33 · A/E 1.74 · £1 +39.00

First-time headgear · true-first definition

4.8%−6.9

n=21 · A/E 0.80 · £1 −14.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

0%−11.7

n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00

When favourite

33.3%

n=45 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −3.79

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

8.7%−3.0

n=69 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −15.24

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−11.7

n=23 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −23.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.7% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline

In Class 5 18.6% vs 11.7% · n=102

On Good to Soft going 6.5% vs 11.7% · n=108

With horses switching code 5.6% vs 11.7% · n=54

On last-time-out winners 17.6% vs 11.7% · n=51

At Exeter 16.7% vs 11.7% · n=48

With James Bowen 15.9% vs 11.7% · n=63

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 288 35 12.2% +204.45

Chase 120 11 9.2% −15.24

NH Flat 38 6 15.8% +84.50

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 137 19 13.9% +21.89

Soft 128 18 14.1% +80.34

Good to Soft 108 7 6.5% +174.38

Heavy 66 7 10.6% −1.90

Good to Firm 5 1 20% +1.00

Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Exeter 48 8 16.7% +18.79

Chepstow 33 5 15.2% +35.75

Taunton 29 5 17.2% +202.38

Warwick 26 3 11.5% +23.88

Ffos Las 25 4 16% +7.05

Uttoxeter 24 0 0% −24.00

Newton Abbot 22 4 18.2% +4.00

Lingfield 20 3 15% −11.65

Ludlow 19 1 5.3% −16.00

Wincanton 19 3 15.8% −4.37

Hereford 18 1 5.6% +5.00

Fontwell 17 0 0% −17.00

Worcester 16 2 12.5% +18.00

Cheltenham 14 1 7.1% −8.00

Haydock 13 1 7.7% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 209 21 10% +144.53

Class 5 102 19 18.6% +157.51

Class 3 64 8 12.5% +3.67

Class 1 27 1 3.7% −10.00

Class 2 25 1 4% −13.00

Class 6 19 2 10.5% −9.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 50 16 32% 1.10 −4.79

2nd–3rd fav 106 11 10.4% 0.71 −47.00

4th–6th fav 163 11 6.7% 0.88 −48.50

7th+ in betting 127 14 11% 3.44 +374.00

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

83.8% completed · 408 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 120 82.5% 5 1 15 0 0

Hurdle 288 84.4% 5 6 34 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

The Two Amigos (GB)from David Pipe 26 4 14 31 Jan 25

Sonoftheking (IRE)from Philip Hobbs 23 3 7 23 Jul 20

Just Loose Change (GB)then Darren McAlinden 20 3 6 10 Mar 25

Steady Away (IRE)then Claire Harris 18 0 3 25 May 22

Merry Milan (IRE) 18 1 4 25 Mar 21

Sykes (IRE)from Philip Hobbs 17 2 6 14 Mar 21

Ito Ditto (FR) 16 4 6 21 Feb 26

My Last Oscar (IRE) 16 3 4 19 Mar 24

Colonel Custard (IRE) 15 3 7 21 Oct 21

Lucky So And So (IRE) 13 0 3 21 Feb 25

Fevertre (IRE) 13 1 4 18 Dec 24

Pencil (IRE) 13 0 1 11 Jun 24

All 54 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 54 horses listed, 21 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Philip Hobbs (5) and Charlie Longsdon (3); 33 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 51 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 1

Only 1 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

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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

Go-to riderMatt Griffiths

31% of all rides
10.7% SR · A/E 1.10

RiderRWSR£1

Matt Griffiths 140 15 10.7% +14.47

James Bowen 63 10 15.9% +8.38

David Prichard 36 5 13.9% +8.76

Sean Houlihan 33 5 15.2% −8.25

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2014→

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) Got A Dream (IRE) Apples Moon (IRE) Bear Ghylls (IRE) Sonoftheking (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Oscar (IRE) 7.1% · 4–56

Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.

Fame And Glory (GB) 0% · 0–26

Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,215 runs since 2016 (504 horses).

Midnight Legend (GB) 15.4% · 4–26

Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,311 runs since 2008 (494 horses).

Milan (GB) 7.7% · 2–26

Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,885 runs since 2008 (1,464 horses).

Getaway (GER) 29.2% · 7–24

Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,017 runs since 2016 (1,033 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.

King's Theatre (IRE) 13% · 3–23

Progeny have won 14.4% of 12,129 runs since 2008 (746 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.8% from 125. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 203.

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 10 Nov 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 446 · newest first

The latest 50 of 446 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 May 2014 to 5 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

05 Nov 26 Newcastle Got A Dream (IRE)J: James Best Racing At The Heart Of Our Community Handicap Hurdle Race (Go North Brindisi Breeze Series Qualifier)Class 4 · 24f · Good · 8 ran 8th 13/2

21 Oct 26 Worcester Docteur Romeo (FR)J: James Best CopyBet Overnight Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle Race (Div II)Class 5 · 20f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 5/2F

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

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 Nov 2026: fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 5 Nov 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 Nicky Martin's strike rate?: Nicky Martin has won 52 of 446 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 11.7% (as at 10 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Nicky Martin do best at?: Exeter by strike rate: 8 wins from 48 runners (16.7%) 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 Nicky Martin?: Matt Griffiths, with 140 runners since 2008 — 31% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (10.7%).
Is Nicky Martin in form?: Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Nicky Martin's Fair A/E?: 1.12, from 446 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.