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Norman Sanderson

19 runners in the lifetime window · 8 individual horses
As at 10 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 188 days ago 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
1–19
Wins / Runs
5.3%
Strike rate
n=19
3 (16%)
Placed
0.95
Fair A/E
n=19 · 0.84 incl. margin
−8.00
£1 level stake
n=19 at SP · −42.1%
£8,703
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
25%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−5.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−5.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.3
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.3
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.6%+0.3
n=18 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.3% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 10 1 10% +1.00
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cartmel 4 0 0% −4.00
Kelso 4 1 25% +7.00
Hexham 3 0 0% −3.00
Carlisle 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Musselburgh 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 4 3 1 33.3% +8.00
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
4th–6th fav 9 1 11.1% 2.06 +2.00
7th+ in betting 8 0 0% 0.00 −8.00
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
68.4% completed · 19 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 19 68.4% 1 0 5 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
She Is The Enemy (IRE) 5 0 1 26 May 25
Settle Down Jill (IRE)from Dan Skelton · then Tristan Davidson 4 1 2 6 May 26
Gran Paradiso (IRE)from Micky Hammond · then Tristan Davidson 3 0 0 3 May 19
Pharawaydante (IRE) 3 0 0 30 May 16
Frenchpeps (FR)from S R B Crawford 1 0 0 4 May 22
Geordie (GB) 1 0 0 4 Mar 20
Craicneasy (IRE)from Bruce Mactaggart 1 0 0 26 May 14
Trisons Star (IRE)from Ferdy Murphy 1 0 0 3 Apr 10
All 8 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 8 horses listed, 5 arrived from another yard in our archive; 3 had their first archived run for this yard.

2 have since run for another yard, most often for Tristan Davidson (2); 6 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.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Mr Ross Wilson 8 0 0% −8.00
Mr Gregor Walkingshaw 4 0 0% −4.00
Mr Nick Orpwood 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Paddy Barlow 2 1 50% +9.00
Alistair Findlay 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Sam Burton 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Henry Crow 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
1
Archived wins
£8,957
Prize money
2026
Best season · 1 win
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.
Settle Down Jill (IRE) — Aidan & Margaret McDonnell's Golden Anniversary Open Hunters' Chase Kelso · May 2026 · Class 4
£3,388
Notable horses
Settle Down Jill (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dansant (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 7.9% of 545 runs since 2014 (64 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 11.8% from 110.
Affinisea (IRE) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 13.2% of 1,301 runs since 2022 (209 horses).
Cloudings (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 10.5% of 3,888 runs since 2008 (310 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.6% from 411. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 816.
Galileo (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 14.5% of 18,201 runs since 2008 (1,776 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.4% from 890.
Anshan (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.6% of 4,216 runs since 2008 (387 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 520.
Geordieland (FR) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 11.9% of 717 runs since 2016 (71 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 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

all 25 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Norman Sanderson's 25 archived runners, from 27 February 2006 to 6 May 2026, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
06 May 26 Kelso Settle Down Jill (IRE)J: Mr Paddy Barlow Aidan & Margaret McDonnell's Golden Anniversary Open Hunters' ChaseClass 4 · 23.5f · Good · 7 ran 1st 10/1
13 Apr 26 Hexham Settle Down Jill (IRE)J: Mr Henry Crow Pointing Pointers Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 7 ran 3rd 6/1
08 Mar 26 Carlisle Settle Down Jill (IRE)J: Mr Sam Burton Cheltenham Tuesday BOG Available At CopyBet Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2nd 14/1
14 Feb 26 Haydock Settle Down Jill (IRE)J: Mr Paddy Barlow Walrus Open Hunters' ChaseClass 3 · 22f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 5th 66/1
26 May 25 Cartmel She Is The Enemy (IRE)J: Mr Gregor Walkingshaw Fraser Cup Maiden Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2nd 14/1
07 Apr 25 Kelso She Is The Enemy (IRE)J: Mr Gregor Walkingshaw Weatherbys Hamilton Buccleuch Cup (Maiden Hunters' Chase)Class 4 · 23.5f · Good · 8 ran 6th 16/1
05 Mar 25 Catterick She Is The Enemy (IRE)J: Mr Gregor Walkingshaw Nick Luck Daily Podcast Pointing Pointers Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 25f · Good · 5 ran 5th 80/1
27 May 24 Cartmel She Is The Enemy (IRE)J: Mr Nick Orpwood Fraser Cup Maiden Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good · 9 ran 4th 50/1
15 Apr 24 Kelso She Is The Enemy (IRE)J: Mr Gregor Walkingshaw Weatherbys Hamilton Buccleuch Cup (Maiden Hunters' Chase)Class 4 · 23.5f · Soft · 10 ran 7th 40/1
04 May 22 Kelso Frenchpeps (FR)J: Mr Nick Orpwood Racing Together Community Raceday Novices' Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 8 ran PU 9/1
04 Mar 20 Catterick Geordie (GB)J: Mr Ross Wilson Support Jack Berry House Novices' Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 25f · Soft · 6 ran PU 150/1
03 May 19 Cheltenham Gran Paradiso (IRE)J: Mr Ross Wilson Timico Mixed Open Gold Cup Final Hunters' ChaseClass 2 · 26.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5th 80/1
15 Apr 19 Hexham Gran Paradiso (IRE)J: Mr Ross Wilson Smooth Radio Plays Whitney And Madonna Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 24f · Good · 7 ran 3rd 13/2
27 Feb 19 Musselburgh Gran Paradiso (IRE)J: Mr Ross Wilson Like Racing TV On Facebook 'Grassroots' Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 6 ran F 5/2
30 May 16 Cartmel Pharawaydante (IRE)J: Mr Ross Wilson Jennings Brewery Maiden Hunters' Chase (For The Fraser Cup)Class 5 · 21f · Good · 10 ran PU 33/1
30 Apr 16 Hexham Pharawaydante (IRE)J: Mr Ross Wilson Eve Aitchison Heart Of All England Maiden Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 8th 40/1
07 Feb 16 Musselburgh Pharawaydante (IRE)J: Mr Ross Wilson Northern Area Point to Point Scottish Foxhunter Chase (An Open Hunters' Chase)Class 3 · 26.5f · Soft · 9 ran PU 40/1
26 May 14 Cartmel Craicneasy (IRE)J: Mr Ross Wilson Hadwins Maiden Hunters' Chase (For The Fraser Cup)Class 6 · 21f · Good · 13 ran 8th 50/1
03 Apr 10 Carlisle Trisons Star (IRE)J: Alistair Findlay Bet Totepool On All Uk Racing Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 24.5f · Heavy · 7 ran PU 18/1
28 May 07 Cartmel Wraparound You (IRE)J: Mr M Ellwood Ribble Valley Conservatives Maiden Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 21f · Good · 11 ran 7th 66/1

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 Norman Sanderson's strike rate?
Norman Sanderson has won 1 of 19 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.3% (as at 10 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 runners, so read the count before the percentage.
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 10 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).