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Trainer profile

Nicky Vaughan

456 runners in the lifetime window · 75 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Sep 2013 97% of runners on the flat
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
33–456
Wins / Runs
7.2%
Strike rate
n=456
94 (21%)
Placed
0.95
Fair A/E
n=456 · 0.80 incl. margin
−143.08
£1 level stake
n=456 at SP · −31.4%
£150k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3.8%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 80 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.95). Horses in first-time headgear strike at 9% (32 runs, true-first definition).

Deterministic profile computed from 456 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Jun–Jul Luke Morris: 8.4% from 119
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 2% (n=100, Fair A/E 0.29). Luke Morris rode 26% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (8.4%, A/E 0.97) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also read well off a 8-14-day break (16%, n=75). The record read poorly off a 61-180-day break — 0% over 66 runners, 7.2pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record was Supercast (IRE) — 5 wins from 34 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Jun–Jul.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2%−5.2
n=100 · A/E 0.29 · £1 −69.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
3.7%−3.5
n=27 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −22.00
Debutants · first career start
2.7%−4.5
n=37 · A/E 0.51 · £1 −34.38
First-time headgear · true-first definition
9.4%+2.2
n=32 · A/E 1.53 · £1 +11.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−7.2
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
When favourite
38.9%
n=18 · A/E 1.31 · £1 +5.42
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.3%−3.9
n=92 · A/E 0.51 · £1 −58.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−7.2
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.2% 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
On last-time-out winners 27.3% vs 7.2% · n=33
Off a 8-14-day break 16% vs 7.2% · n=75
Off a 61-180-day break 0% vs 7.2% · n=66
With claiming riders up 3.3% vs 7.2% · n=92
With C&D winners 11.6% vs 7.2% · n=43
With debutants 2.7% vs 7.2% · n=37
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 441 33 7.5% −128.08
Hurdle 10 0 0% −10.00
NH Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 214 17 7.9% −73.33
Good to Firm 100 10 10% +0.00
Good 65 3 4.6% −48.25
Good to Soft 34 1 2.9% −17.00
Soft 25 0 0% −25.00
Firm 12 2 16.7% +26.50
Heavy 6 0 0% −6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 140 11 7.9% −52.33
Haydock 35 1 2.9% −20.00
Kempton (AW) 33 3 9.1% −0.50
Southwell (AW) 21 1 4.8% −10.00
Doncaster 20 1 5% −13.50
Chester 18 0 0% −18.00
Lingfield (AW) 17 2 11.8% −7.50
Bath 12 2 16.7% +26.50
Carlisle 12 0 0% −12.00
Warwick 11 0 0% −11.00
Ayr 11 3 27.3% +14.00
Leicester 11 2 18.2% +5.00
Nottingham 10 0 0% −10.00
Chepstow 9 1 11.1% +17.00
Redcar 8 0 0% −8.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 211 18 8.5% −50.96
Class 6 181 10 5.5% −72.62
Class 4 47 4 8.5% −17.50
Class 3 8 1 12.5% +7.00
Class 7 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 23 8 34.8% 1.26 +4.92
2nd–3rd fav 89 10 11.2% 0.79 −29.00
4th–6th fav 133 9 6.8% 0.96 −27.00
7th+ in betting 211 6 2.8% 0.91 −92.00
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
Supercast (IRE)from Mark Brisbourne 34 5 12 24 Sep 10
Gee Major (GB) 22 3 6 22 Aug 12
Faith Jicaro (IRE)from Lisa Williamson · then Rachel Hobbs 18 0 3 7 Feb 11
Inde Country (GB) 17 1 3 9 Apr 12
Rio L'Oren (IRE) 14 1 3 30 Jun 09
Omid (GB)from Tony Coyle · then Evelyn Slack 12 1 2 5 Jun 13
One For The Girls (GB) 11 0 0 19 Feb 13
Tigerbill (GB) 11 0 1 4 Oct 12
Cavendish Road (IRE)from William Muir 11 1 2 22 Jun 12
Questionnaire (IRE) 10 2 2 4 May 12
New England (GB)from Frank Sheridan 10 0 2 12 Aug 10
Theonebox (USA)from M J Wallace · then N P Moore 10 1 3 30 Jun 09
The 60 most-raced of 75 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 60 horses listed, 24 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Lisa Williamson (3) and Michael Dods (3); 36 had their first archived run for this yard.

33 have since run for another yard, most often for Tom Dascombe (16) and Tim Pitt (3); 27 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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
3710438155113117
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 riderLuke Morris
26% of all rides
8.4% SR · A/E 0.97
RiderRWSR£1
Luke Morris 119 10 8.4% −42.08
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
41
Archived wins
£177k
Prize money
2008
Best season · 14 wins
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.
Mondovi (GB) — Harvey Nichols Handicap Haydock · May 2008 · Class 3
£10,167
Supercast (IRE) — Wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Nov 2008 · Class 4
£5,181
Mr Macattack (GB) — Wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Feb 2009 · Class 4
£4,857

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Alhaarth (IRE) 14.7% · 5–34
Progeny have won 9.7% of 4,158 runs since 2008 (308 horses).
Reset (AUS) 13.6% · 3–22
Progeny have won 8.4% of 1,388 runs since 2008 (99 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12% from 208.
Dubawi (IRE) 28.6% · 6–21
Progeny have won 18.4% of 12,918 runs since 2008 (1,517 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
One Cool Cat (USA) 0% · 0–19
Progeny have won 9.4% of 3,592 runs since 2008 (254 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.4% from 605.
Indesatchel (IRE) 5.9% · 1–17
Progeny have won 8% of 1,391 runs since 2008 (106 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 12.9% from 171.
Captain Rio (GB) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 9.5% of 6,912 runs since 2008 (423 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 15 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 513 · newest first

The latest 50 of 513 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 4 June 2007 to 21 September 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
31 Aug 13 Sandown Sir Maximilian (IRE)J: Stevie Donohoe Betfred Goals Galore HandicapClass 3 · 5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 3rd 12/1
17 Aug 13 Doncaster Sir Maximilian (IRE)J: Stevie Donohoe Joc Murray Memorial HandicapClass 3 · 5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 8th 11/2
12 Jul 13 Chester An Cat Dubh (IRE)J: Luke Morris Lindop Toyota HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6th 16/1
03 Jun 13 Chepstow Youhavecontrol (IRE)J: Martin Harley Bathwick Tyres Cardiff HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 16th 10/1
27 May 13 Carlisle Youhavecontrol (IRE)J: P J McDonald 32Red.com HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 3rd 16/1
07 Mar 13 Southwell (AW) Captain Cavallo (GB)J: Luke Morris 32RedBet.com HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 8th 20/1
05 Mar 13 Southwell (AW) Omid (GB)J: Luke Morris 32Red Casino HandicapClass 5 · 14f · Standard · 7 ran 6th 7/1

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 Nicky Vaughan's strike rate?
Nicky Vaughan has won 33 of 456 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.2% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Nicky Vaughan do best at?
Kempton (AW) by strike rate: 3 wins from 33 runners (9.1%) 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 Nicky Vaughan?
Luke Morris, with 119 runners since 2008 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (8.4%).
What is Nicky Vaughan's Fair A/E?
0.95, from 456 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).