What is R. Mike Smith's strike rate?

R. Mike Smith has won 79 of 1,277 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 6.2% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does R. Mike Smith do best at?

Perth by strike rate: 18 wins from 215 runners (8.4%) since 2022. 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 R. Mike Smith?

Ben Smith, with 144 runners since 2022 — 11% of the total. That pairing has won 13 (9%).

Is R. Mike Smith in form?

Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 12 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is R. Mike Smith's Fair A/E?

0.85, from 1,273 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.

Trainer profile

R. Mike Smith

1,277 runners in the last 5 seasons · 134 individual horses

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Non-runners: 7.3% of 288 declared in the last 365 days, counting all recorded withdrawals, including reserves. For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days). As at 21 Oct 2026.

Last runner 5 days ago

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2022

79–1,277

Wins / Runs

6.2%

Strike rate

n=1,277

251 (20%)

Placed

0.85

Fair A/E

n=1,273 · 0.73 incl. margin

−590.01

£1 level stake

n=1,277 at SP · −46.2%

£860k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

5.5%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 260 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.85).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,277 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance 29.6% when favourite Ben Smith: 9% from 144 Claiming riders: 6.3% Sends off the favourite in 4% of races

The read

It is weakest at Kelso (0% over 32 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Debutants struggle at 0% (n=52, Fair A/E 0.00). Ben Smith rides 11% of the entries and edges the yard's average (9% vs 6.2%, A/E 1.32) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The stable star of the record: Glasses Up (USA) — 13 wins from 112 runs for the yard.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.2% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

5.2%−1.0

n=172 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −91.25

New recruits · first run for the yard

1.8%−4.4

n=56 · A/E 0.41 · £1 −53.75

Debutants · first career start

0%−6.2

n=52 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −52.00

First-time headgear · true-first definition

2.9%−3.3

n=34 · A/E 0.56 · £1 −29.67

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

6.3%+0.1

n=48 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −34.25

When favourite

29.6%

n=54 · A/E 1.11 · £1 +1.08

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

6.3%+0.1

n=462 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −147.75

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.2% 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 15% vs 6.2% · n=80

With David Allan 16.7% vs 6.2% · n=30

With William Shanahan 0% vs 6.2% · n=63

With debutants 0% vs 6.2% · n=52

With Ryan Mania 11.7% vs 6.2% · n=77

At Kelso 0% vs 6.2% · n=32

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 677 42 6.2% −327.13

Hurdle 462 29 6.3% −190.76

Chase 106 8 7.5% −40.12

NH Flat 32 0 0% −32.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 486 37 7.6% −240.96

Good to Soft 300 15 5% −176.25

Soft 267 15 5.6% −111.92

Good to Firm 110 8 7.3% −41.88

Heavy 66 3 4.5% −38.00

Standard (AW) 48 1 2.1% +19.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Ayr 532 39 7.3% −232.63

Perth 215 18 8.4% −90.96

Musselburgh 160 11 6.9% −88.17

Hamilton 87 2 2.3% −75.00

Carlisle 49 2 4.1% −24.00

Newcastle (AW) 45 1 2.2% +22.00

Newcastle 32 1 3.1% −22.00

Kelso 32 0 0% −32.00

Hexham 28 2 7.1% −14.75

Cartmel 23 1 4.3% −14.00

Wetherby 19 0 0% −19.00

Catterick 17 1 5.9% −12.50

Sedgefield 11 0 0% −11.00

Haydock 5 0 0% −5.00

Southwell (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 442 28 6.3% −198.09

Class 6 383 30 7.8% −127.38

Class 4 370 17 4.6% −246.37

Class 3 54 3 5.6% −41.17

Class 2 26 0 0% −26.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 73 17 23.3% 0.93 −13.42

2nd–3rd fav 171 27 15.8% 0.97 −8.59

4th–6th fav 399 28 7% 0.93 −120.00

7th+ in betting 634 7 1.1% 0.43 −448.00

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

Glasses Up (USA) 67 6 15 10 Aug 26

Golden Valour (GB)from Robyn Brisland 56 3 12 8 Aug 26

Ski Angel (GB)from John Quinn 48 6 15 12 Oct 26

Tilsitt (FR)from Ivan Furtado 40 2 12 23 Nov 24

Euchan Falls (IRE) 39 2 9 13 Apr 26

Royal Duke (GB) 38 4 10 12 Oct 26

Zebra Star (IRE)from Amy Murphy 36 2 6 15 Oct 26

Black Friday (GB)from Karen McLintock 36 1 6 6 Nov 24

Follow Charlie (IRE)from Paul John Gilligan 33 6 13 15 Oct 26

Earn Your Stripes (GB) 33 2 5 29 Oct 24

Just Dottie (GB)from Katie Scott 31 5 9 18 Sep 26

Royal Countess (GB)from Lucy Normile 31 1 4 9 Oct 25

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 134 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 7 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, 33 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Lucy Normile (3) and John Quinn (2); 27 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard; 55 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 12

Only 12 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

35115125775610

Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first

Go-to riderBen Smith

11% of all rides
9% SR · A/E 1.32

RiderRWSR£1

Ben Smith 144 13 9% +0.00

Paddy Mathers 135 3 2.2% −113.00

Ryan Mania 77 9 11.7% +7.38

Rhys Elliott 76 4 5.3% −44.00

William Shanahan 63 0 0% −63.00

Andrew Breslin 48 3 6.3% −34.25

Nathan Moscrop 44 2 4.5% −21.00

Gavin Sheehan 33 3 9.1% −17.92

David Allan 30 5 16.7% −0.25

Amie Waugh 30 2 6.7% +40.25

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→

174

Archived wins

£1.70m

Prize money

2025

Best season · 24 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.

Buy Some Time (IRE) — Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series Final Handicap Hurdle Punchestown · Apr 2025

£59,000

Scotch Warrior (GB) — Hillhouse Quarry Handicap Chase Ayr · Apr 2014 · Class 2

£15,640

Glasses Up (USA) — Sky Bet Sunday Series Stayers Handicap Musselburgh · Jul 2021 · Class 4

£15,462

Notable horses

Glasses Up (USA) Flying Moon (GER) Scotch Warrior (GB) Black Friday (GB) Ski Angel (GB) Las Tunas (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

English Channel (USA) 9% · 6–67

Progeny have won 10.6% of 529 runs since 2008 (35 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 14.3% from 105. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.6% from 106.

Kingman (GB) 5.4% · 3–56

Progeny have won 14.6% of 7,471 runs since 2008 (775 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 11.1% from 959. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.

Harry Angel (IRE) 12.5% · 6–48

Progeny have won 12.7% of 2,753 runs since 2008 (261 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.4% from 332.

Epaulette (AUS) 4.7% · 2–43

Progeny have won 9.1% of 3,066 runs since 2008 (221 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4% from 173. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 222.

Leading Light (IRE) 14.6% · 6–41

Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,196 runs since 2008 (225 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.6% from 241.

Charm Spirit (IRE) 5% · 2–40

Progeny have won 9.4% of 3,807 runs since 2008 (339 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15% from 448. Weakest on Heavy going: 3.7% from 134. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13% from 445.

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 21 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 2,659 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,659 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 24 May 2006 to 16 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

16 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Falcon Queen (IRE)J: James Sullivan Quaff Box Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 10 ran 6th 10/1

16 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Lanarra (IRE)J: James Sullivan Central Employment & Training Partnership Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 2nd 6/5F

15 Oct 26 Perth Follow Charlie (IRE)J: Ryan Mania Racingtv, Home Of Live Racing Handicap Steeple Chase (Div II) (gbb Race)Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 7 ran PU 9/4

15 Oct 26 Perth Zebra Star (IRE)J: Ben Smith Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 9th 300/1

12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Whiskey Kisses (IRE)J: Shay Farmer Watch On Racing TV Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 9th 15/2

12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Royal Duke (GB)J: Lauren Young Watch On Racing TV Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 6th 9/2J

12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Ski Angel (GB)J: Zak Wheatley Watch On Racing TV Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 5th 12/1

12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Possessive (GB)J: Clifford Lee Kick Start Your Career With The SRA Selling StakesClass 4 · 7f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8th 9/2

12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Sneakin Pete (GB)J: Greg Fairley British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 3 · 7f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 4th 150/1

08 Oct 26 Ayr Cisco Disco (IRE)J: Cian Horgan San Miguel Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Heavy · 10 ran 4th 20/1

08 Oct 26 Ayr Gentle George (GB)J: David Nolan Tennent's Lager Handicap StakesClass 4 · 6f · Heavy · 11 ran 7th 50/1

08 Oct 26 Ayr Sophiesticate (IRE)J: Kyle McHugh Stella Artois Apprentice Handicap StakesClass 5 · 10f · Heavy · 12 ran 12th 125/1

02 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Lanarra (IRE)J: James Sullivan Smith Brothers / H. Malone Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 11/2

01 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Sophiesticate (IRE)J: Shay Farmer Follow @attheraces On Instagram Handicap StakesClass 5 · 12.5f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 80/1

29 Sep 26 Sedgefield Breaking Ground (IRE)J: Toby Wynne Sedgefield Racecourse For Outdoor Events Handicap Hurdle Race (Go North Cab On Target Series Qualifier)Class 5 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 7th 22/1

29 Sep 26 Sedgefield Royal Baroness (GB)J: Ben Smith Roxyfet Sports Lounge For Private Hire Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17f · Good · 7 ran UR 150/1

29 Sep 26 Ayr Pirates Whisper (IRE)J: Rhys Elliott Weddings At Western House Hotel Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 6f · Heavy · 6 ran 6th 66/1

29 Sep 26 Ayr Sneakin Pete (GB)J: Andrew Mullen Weddings At Western House Hotel Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 6f · Heavy · 6 ran 5th 250/1

24 Sep 26 Perth Jolyjump (FR)J: Ben Smith A Place For You Here Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20f · Good · 12 ran 9th 66/1

24 Sep 26 Pontefract Gentle George (GB)J: Paul Mulrennan Explore Shared Racehorse Ownership At inthepaddock.co.uk Handicap StakesClass 4 · 6f · Good · 14 ran 14th 40/1

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 R. Mike Smith's strike rate?: R. Mike Smith has won 79 of 1,277 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 6.2% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does R. Mike Smith do best at?: Perth by strike rate: 18 wins from 215 runners (8.4%) since 2022. 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 R. Mike Smith?: Ben Smith, with 144 runners since 2022 — 11% of the total. That pairing has won 13 (9%).
Is R. Mike Smith in form?: Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 12 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is R. Mike Smith's Fair A/E?: 0.85, from 1,273 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.