What is Phil McEntee's strike rate?

Phil McEntee has won 332 of 4,136 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8% (as at 2 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Phil McEntee do best at?

Newcastle (AW) by strike rate: 7 wins from 56 runners (12.5%) 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 Phil McEntee?

Grace McEntee, with 694 runners since 2008 — 17% of the total. That pairing has won 57 (8.2%).

Is Phil McEntee in form?

Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 3 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is Phil McEntee's Fair A/E?

0.99, from 4,119 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

Phil McEntee

4,136 runners in the lifetime window · 285 individual horses

As at 2 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner 3 days ago 99% of runners on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

332–4,136

Wins / Runs

Strike rate

n=4,136

935 (23%)

Placed

0.99

Fair A/E

n=4,119 · 0.84 incl. margin

−1,278.33

£1 level stake

n=4,136 at SP · −30.9%

£2.30m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

7.1%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 220 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 8% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.99).

Deterministic profile computed from 4,136 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 2 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Dec–Jan 31.6% when favourite Grace McEntee: 8.2% from 694 Sends off the favourite in 5% of races

The read

A horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 2.8% (n=106, Fair A/E 0.50). The market has consistently overbet a horse having headgear put back on after a bare run: 3.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.55 and −125.00 to a £1 stake over 183 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Grace McEntee rides 17% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (8.2%, A/E 1.00) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also reads well on Heavy going (17.4%, n=46). The stable star of the record: Jonnie Skull (IRE) — 21 wins from 185 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Dec–Jan.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

3.2%−4.8

n=344 · A/E 0.70 · £1 −142.50

New recruits · first run for the yard

5.8%−2.2

n=206 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −112.75

Debutants · first career start

3.5%−4.5

n=86 · A/E 1.57 · £1 +27.00

First-time headgear · true-first definition

2.8%−5.2

n=106 · A/E 0.50 · £1 −45.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

3.8%−4.2

n=183 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −125.00

When favourite

31.6%

n=215 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −0.23

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

7.9%−0.1

n=1,745 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −456.03

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−8.0

n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8% 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

On last-time-out winners 18.8% vs 8% · n=335

With Kevin Stott 21.4% vs 8% · n=42

On Heavy going 17.4% vs 8% · n=46

With Rossa Ryan 15.5% vs 8% · n=84

With Callum Shepherd 15.4% vs 8% · n=78

With Hollie Doyle 15.5% vs 8% · n=58

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 4,080 330 8.1% −1,238.21

Hurdle 48 2 4.2% −32.12

Chase 4 0 0% −4.00

NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 2,909 233 8% −979.07

Good to Firm 560 49 8.8% −156.41

Good 300 17 5.7% −143.68

Soft 153 12 7.8% +26.58

Good to Soft 139 9 6.5% −49.79

Heavy 46 8 17.4% +23.71

Firm 29 4 13.8% +0.33

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Chelmsford (AW) 721 51 7.1% −288.00

Wolverhampton (AW) 665 58 8.7% −124.42

Lingfield (AW) 602 55 9.1% −244.66

Southwell (AW) 485 37 7.6% −128.27

Kempton (AW) 371 24 6.5% −178.17

Yarmouth 360 36 10% −6.46

Brighton 218 19 8.7% −87.35

Newmarket 104 3 2.9% −78.00

Lingfield 70 4 5.7% −41.25

Newmarket 56 3 5.4% −13.50

Newcastle (AW) 56 7 12.5% −17.55

Leicester 54 4 7.4% +5.13

Nottingham 54 5 9.3% +2.00

Bath 42 5 11.9% −11.67

Windsor 37 4 10.8% +54.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 6 2,398 208 8.7% −620.49

Class 5 1,026 75 7.3% −439.13

Class 4 417 26 6.2% −147.46

Class 3 136 10 7.4% −60.75

Class 2 80 4 5% −25.00

Class 7 61 8 13.1% +21.50

Class 1 9 0 0% −9.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 258 76 29.5% 1.12 −13.23

2nd–3rd fav 670 112 16.7% 1.07 −67.10

4th–6th fav 1,456 104 7.1% 0.95 −395.00

7th+ in betting 1,752 40 2.3% 0.73 −803.00

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.

Distance

DistanceRWSR£1

6f – 7f 2,113 183 8.7% −423.08

Under 6f 728 76 10.4% −199.05

1m – 1m1f 719 43 6% −297.87

1m2f – 1m4f 433 27 6.2% −233.96

1m5f – 2m 127 3 2.4% −108.37

2m1f – 2m4f 12 0 0% −12.00

2m5f – 3m 4 0 0% −4.00

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2008 35 5 14.3% +28.30

2009 136 12 8.8% −45.07

2010 167 6 3.6% −66.00

2011 202 13 6.4% −52.62

2012 285 13 4.6% −143.81

2013 274 22 8% −49.62

2014 178 18 10.1% −66.62

2015 291 16 5.5% −24.24

2016 230 23 10% −34.67

2017 217 13 6% −129.04

2018 270 29 10.7% −20.37

2019 271 15 5.5% −154.25

2020 169 19 11.2% −45.26

2021 210 25 11.9% −16.69

2022 280 28 10% −77.21

2023 328 21 6.4% −158.62

2024 277 24 8.7% −73.21

2025 203 22 10.8% −96.45

2026 113 8 7.1% −52.88

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 3,315 280 8.4% −1,034.27

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

8-10 runners 1,643 150 9.1% −331.43

11-13 runners 1,237 75 6.1% −546.72

5-7 runners 886 78 8.8% −291.90

14-16 runners 258 16 6.2% −56.00

2-4 runners 88 13 14.8% −28.28

17+ runners 24 0 0% −24.00

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

Jonnie Skull (IRE)from David Elsworth 185 21 52 14 Jun 17

Swiss Cross (GB)from Gerard Butler 129 8 26 29 Jun 19

Putin (IRE)from Derek Haydn Jones 119 11 39 12 Nov 15

Porfin (IRE)from William Jarvis 105 11 33 13 Aug 26

Thoughtsofstardom (GB)from Mark Brisbourne 92 9 26 22 Dec 11

Alafdhal (IRE) 86 13 29 17 Aug 26

Pearl Spectre (USA)from Andrew Balding 86 7 22 4 Feb 21

Tasaaboq (GB)from Brian Meehan 82 4 25 27 Feb 19

Contingency Fee (GB)from Brian Meehan 64 11 24 16 May 22

Bernie's Boy (GB)from Iain Jardine 64 8 19 10 Apr 21

Malaysian Boleh (GB)from Brian Ellison 61 3 10 16 Aug 19

Em Jay Kay (GB)from Jane Chapple-Hyam 59 6 23 19 Oct 26

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 285 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 19 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, 49 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Charles Hills (3) and David Elsworth (3); 11 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 57 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

2 from 3

Only 3 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 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 riderGrace McEntee

17% of all rides
8.2% SR · A/E 1.00

RiderRWSR£1

Grace McEntee 694 57 8.2% −296.60

Josephine Gordon 512 33 6.4% −241.16

Luke Morris 279 30 10.8% +19.29

Danny Brock 200 13 6.5% −47.87

Nicola Currie 169 18 10.7% −5.37

Adam Kirby 112 13 11.6% −5.97

Leonna Mayor 105 3 2.9% −76.00

Rossa Ryan 84 13 15.5% −27.03

David Probert 82 5 6.1% −33.00

Callum Shepherd 78 12 15.4% +39.58

Tyler Heard 74 3 4.1% −32.88

Silvestre De Sousa 69 8 11.6% −0.75

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

358

Archived wins

£2.48m

Prize money

2018

Best season · 29 wins

In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. 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.

Living The Life (IRE) — 32Red.com All-Weather Fillies' And Mares' Championships Conditions Stakes Lingfield (AW) · Apr 2014 · Class 2

£93,375

Emily Goldfinch (GB) — British Ebf Breeders' Fillies' Series Sprint Handicap Newmarket · Oct 2018 · Class 2

£31,125

Indian Steppes (FR) — John Doyle Fillies' Stakes (Heritage Handicap) Ascot · May 2006 · Class 2

£29,147

Notable horses

Jonnie Skull (IRE) Alafdhal (IRE) Thoughtsofstardom (GB) Putin (IRE) Porfin (IRE) Contingency Fee (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Pyrus (USA) 11.4% · 21–185

Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,446 runs since 2008 (89 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.2% from 119. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 208.

Cape Cross (IRE) 5.1% · 8–156

Progeny have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since 2008 (988 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.

Belardo (IRE) 12% · 16–133

Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,726 runs since 2020 (280 horses).

Fasliyev (USA) 9.2% · 11–119

Progeny have won 8.3% of 4,140 runs since 2008 (273 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.1% from 124.

Compton Place (GB) 5.4% · 5–92

Progeny have won 8.5% of 8,347 runs since 2008 (515 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 11.5% from 165.

Mind Games (GB) 9.8% · 9–92

Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,234 runs since 2008 (80 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 12.5% from 104.

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 2 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 4,625 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,625 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 4 January 2005 to 30 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

30 Oct 26 Newmarket Marching Mac (IRE)J: Grace McEntee 157 Grosser Preis Von Baden Handicap StakesClass 4 · 5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 4th 4/1

27 Oct 26 Catterick Marching Mac (IRE)J: Grace McEntee Remembering Kevin Lumb AKA Burnley Kevin Handicap StakesClass 4 · 6f · Soft · 8 ran 1st 5/1

20 Oct 26 Yarmouth Marching Mac (IRE)J: Grace McEntee Infobond Turnkey & Personnel Services Handicap StakesClass 4 · 5f · Soft · 8 ran 1st 4/1

19 Oct 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Em Jay Kay (GB)J: Grace McEntee Cavani Tailored Champion Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 11/1

16 Oct 26 Haydock Marching Mac (IRE)J: Grace McEntee Weatherbys Stallion Book Handicap StakesClass 3 · 5f · Heavy · 14 ran 8th 12/1

12 Oct 26 Yarmouth Aspull (GB)J: Grace McEntee Moulton Racing Club Handicap StakesClass 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 11th 33/1

12 Oct 26 Yarmouth Em Jay Kay (GB)J: Grace McEntee Quinnbet Handicap StakesClass 5 · 5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3rd 18/1

28 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Court Of Session (GB)J: Billy Loughnane Cavani Style & Speed Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 11/1

23 Sep 26 Kempton (AW) Bill Plumb (IRE)J: Marco Ghiani Industry Leading In-play Markets At Unibet Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard / Slow · 11 ran 10th 11/1

17 Sep 26 Southwell (AW) Aspull (GB)J: Grace McEntee Free Tips On attheraces.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 25/1

17 Sep 26 Southwell (AW) Bill Plumb (IRE)J: Grace McEntee Follow @AtTheRaces On X Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 50/1

15 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Victor Cee (GB)J: Grace McEntee Get Raceday Ready Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 9 ran 8th 22/1

15 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Em Jay Kay (GB)J: Grace McEntee Cavani Fashion Forward Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 22/1

05 Sep 26 Haydock Marching Mac (IRE)J: Tyler Heard Betfair Be Friendly Handicap StakesClass 2 · 5f · Soft · 9 ran 5th 14/1

01 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Global Effort (IRE)J: Grace McEntee Get Raceday Ready Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 125/1

01 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Court Of Session (GB)J: Connor Planas Book Hotel & Conferencing At Wolverhampton Racecourse Apprentice Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 50/1

31 Aug 26 Southwell (AW) Aspull (GB)J: Grace McEntee Festive Fixtures At Southwell Racecourse Handicap StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 3rd 100/1

29 Aug 26 Sandown Marching Mac (IRE)J: Grace McEntee Gamble Responsibly At Betmgm Handicap StakesClass 4 · 5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 17/2

24 Aug 26 Windsor Em Jay Kay (GB)J: Grace McEntee Windsor Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 4th 66/1

22 Aug 26 Newmarket (July) Aspull (GB)J: Connor Planas Polhill Cutting Handicap StakesClass 4 · 5f · Good · 7 ran 7th 33/1

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 20 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 1) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 3 runs (won 2) · to 30 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 Phil McEntee's strike rate?: Phil McEntee has won 332 of 4,136 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8% (as at 2 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Phil McEntee do best at?: Newcastle (AW) by strike rate: 7 wins from 56 runners (12.5%) 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 Phil McEntee?: Grace McEntee, with 694 runners since 2008 — 17% of the total. That pairing has won 57 (8.2%).
Is Phil McEntee in form?: Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 3 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Phil McEntee's Fair A/E?: 0.99, from 4,119 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.