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Trainer profile

Richard Hannon Snr

8,427 runners in the lifetime window · 1,095 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Dec 2013 100% 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
1,282–8,427
Wins / Runs
15.2%
Strike rate
n=8,427
2,987 (35%)
Placed
1.07
Fair A/E
n=8,362 · 0.92 incl. margin
−1,212.53
£1 level stake
n=8,426 at SP · −14.4%
£26.5m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
16.6%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 1,400 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 15% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.07).

Deterministic profile computed from 8,427 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Feb–May 38.9% when favourite Richard Hughes: 20.5% from 3,045 Sent off the favourite in 16% of races
The read

It is weakest at Ascot (8.4% over 428 runners) — the widest gap in the record. A horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a poor signal at 4.3% (n=46, Fair A/E 0.41). Richard Hughes rode 36% of the entries and beats the yard's average (20.5% vs 15.2%, A/E 1.15) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record read poorly in Class 2 — 9.4% over 1,010 runners, 5.8pts below the baseline. 205 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Parknasilla Hotel Goffs Million Stakes at Curragh (Sep 2008, £985,000). The stable star of the record was Orchard Supreme (GB) — 13 wins from 79 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Feb–May.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 15.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
15.1%−0.1
n=921 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −64.75
New recruits · first run for the yard
20%+4.8
n=25 · A/E 1.37 · £1 +11.08
Debutants · first career start
12.9%−2.3
n=976 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −151.44
First-time headgear · true-first definition
12.2%−3.0
n=181 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −17.29
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
4.3%−10.9
n=46 · A/E 0.41 · £1 −37.25
When favourite
38.9%
n=1,329 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −36.19
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
10.9%−4.3
n=780 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −113.04
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
15.6%+0.4
n=1,066 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −102.36

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 15.2% 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
With Richard Smith 1.9% vs 15.2% · n=53
With William Buick 2.9% vs 15.2% · n=35
With Richard Hughes 20.5% vs 15.2% · n=3,045
With headgear back on 4.3% vs 15.2% · n=46
At Ascot 8.4% vs 15.2% · n=428
In Class 2 9.4% vs 15.2% · n=1,010
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 8,420 1282 15.2% −1,205.53
Hurdle 6 0 0% −6.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good to Firm 2,507 418 16.7% −166.83
Good 2,193 306 14% −267.62
Standard (AW) 1,834 281 15.3% −345.92
Good to Soft 917 124 13.5% −280.59
Soft 731 113 15.5% −84.90
Firm 126 22 17.5% −29.17
Heavy 119 18 15.1% −37.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kempton (AW) 1,055 152 14.4% −165.14
Newbury 775 89 11.5% −259.82
Windsor 664 118 17.8% −90.07
Goodwood 640 103 16.1% +6.71
Lingfield 573 93 16.2% −168.89
Salisbury 554 102 18.4% −38.08
Newmarket 471 67 14.2% +3.49
Newmarket 468 57 12.2% +13.33
Sandown 437 62 14.2% −21.00
Ascot 428 36 8.4% −149.77
Doncaster 245 42 17.1% +44.27
Leicester 212 38 17.9% −16.37
Bath 208 41 19.7% −1.81
Wolverhampton (AW) 167 32 19.2% +5.36
Epsom Downs 165 26 15.8% −62.97

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 2,709 477 17.6% −309.41
Class 4 2,174 313 14.4% −218.91
Class 1 1,067 167 15.7% −93.36
Class 2 1,010 95 9.4% −340.26
Class 3 726 111 15.3% −92.93
Class 6 726 115 15.8% −166.19
Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1,548 570 36.8% 1.13 −39.89
2nd–3rd fav 2,473 433 17.5% 1.05 −255.64
4th–6th fav 2,547 213 8.4% 0.99 −385.50
7th+ in betting 1,858 66 3.6% 0.91 −531.50
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
King Supreme (IRE) 39 4 14 5 Mar 11
Orchard Supreme (GB)then John Akehurst 39 4 10 14 Sep 10
Daddy's Gift (IRE) 37 6 15 21 Oct 10
Avon River (GB)then Dean Ivory 35 9 16 12 Oct 11
Libranno (GB) 34 8 13 12 Oct 13
Captain Cool (IRE) 34 4 13 23 Mar 11
Aldwick Bay (IRE)then Tom Dascombe 32 4 7 21 Oct 13
Mister Music (GB)then Brian Meehan 29 4 11 26 Oct 13
Lord Ofthe Shadows (IRE)then Richard Hannon 29 2 11 2 Oct 13
Vitznau (IRE)then Robert Cowell 29 2 5 28 Aug 10
Compton Blue (GB)then Alan King 28 4 9 2 Nov 11
Getcarter (GB)then John Best 28 4 9 11 Jun 11
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,095 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 18 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, 1 arrived from another yard in our archive; 59 had their first archived run for this yard.

32 have since run for another yard, most often for Richard Hannon (4) and Geoffrey Harker (2); 28 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
111924181715161415131113
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 riderRichard Hughes
36% of all rides
20.5% SR · A/E 1.15
RiderRWSR£1
Richard Hughes 3,045 625 20.5% −189.32
Pat Dobbs 1,313 181 13.8% −154.88
Ryan Moore 851 131 15.4% −171.90
Sean Levey 399 47 11.8% −87.56
Dane O'Neill 387 57 14.7% −76.47
Kieran O'Neill 362 37 10.2% −122.04
Jimmy Fortune 321 27 8.4% −83.87
Patrick Hills 201 18 9% −56.93
William Twiston-Davies 131 13 9.9% −18.00
Steve Drowne 100 8 8% +1.00
Eddie Ahern 94 11 11.7% −7.37
Frankie McDonald 86 6 7% −12.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
1,704
Archived wins
205
Pattern / graded wins
£32.8m
Prize money
2013
Best season · 239 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.
Minor Vamp (IRE) — Parknasilla Hotel Goffs (Fillies) Million Stakes Curragh · Sep 2008
£985,000
Soul City (IRE) — Parknasilla Hotel Goffs (C&G) Million Stakes Curragh · Sep 2008
£985,000
Lucky General (IRE) — Goffs Million Sprint Curragh · Sep 2009
£985,000
Notable horses
Orchard Supreme (GB) Paco Boy (IRE) Avon River (GB) Plum Pudding (IRE) Ordnance Row (GB) Libranno (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Acclamation (GB) 15.3% · 48–314
Progeny have won 10% of 19,719 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 17.4% · 41–235
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,875 runs since 2008 (1,574 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 844.
Kyllachy (GB) 14.5% · 33–227
Progeny have won 9.9% of 13,847 runs since 2008 (800 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 468.
Danehill Dancer (IRE) 13.7% · 25–183
Progeny have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since 2008 (783 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.
Elusive City (USA) 15.3% · 27–176
Progeny have won 9.7% of 8,432 runs since 2008 (636 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.4% from 1,123.
Exceed and Excel (AUS) 13.9% · 24–173
Progeny have won 11.9% of 16,039 runs since 2008 (1,161 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on Soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
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 13 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 11,868 · newest first

The latest 50 of 11,868 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 4 January 2005 to 31 December 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
31 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Lions Arch (IRE)J: Sean Levey Ladbrokes HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 3rd 8/1
31 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Amontillado (IRE)J: Kieran O'Neill 32Red NurseryClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 25/1
31 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Sebs Sensei (IRE)J: Sean Levey 32Red NurseryClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd 14/1
30 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Moortahan (GB)J: Sean Levey Ladbrokes Mobile HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 8/1
30 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Lady Crossmar (IRE)J: Sean Levey 32Red NurseryClass 4 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 7/1
27 Dec 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Here For Good (IRE)J: Kieran O'Neill 32Red Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 10 ran 6th 7/1
21 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Rhamnus (GB)J: Sean Levey Ladbrokes Conditions StakesClass 3 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 3rd 14/1
21 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Gobertier (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill 32Red.com Claiming StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 7th 6/1
21 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Sebs Sensei (IRE)J: Sean Levey 32Red.com Claiming StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 4th 4/1
19 Dec 13 Kempton (AW) Dansante (GB)J: Sean Levey Cheltenham 2014 Nrfb At Betvictor.com Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 8/1
19 Dec 13 Kempton (AW) Moortahan (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill Betvictor Non-runner Free Bet Cheltenham 2014 HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 9th 20/1
18 Dec 13 Kempton (AW) Gobertier (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill Dine In The Panoramic Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 50/1
18 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Here For Good (IRE)J: Sean Levey 32red/e.b.f. Stallions Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 8/1
18 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Passing By (GB)J: Sean Levey 32red.com/british Stallion Studs E.b.f. Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 3rd 6/4F
16 Dec 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Kantara Castle (IRE)J: Sean Levey 32red Casino Claiming StakesClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 4 ran 1st 4/1
12 Dec 13 Kempton (AW) Confucius Spirit (GB)J: Sean Levey Betvictor.com Non-runner Free Bet Cheltenham 2014 HandicapClass 3 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 8th 7/1
12 Dec 13 Kempton (AW) Viewpoint (IRE)J: Sean Levey Download The Betvictor App Now HandicapClass 2 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran 7th 20/1
09 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Lions Arch (IRE)J: Kieran O'Neill Download The Ladbrokes App HandicapClass 4 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 6th 10/1
09 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Rhamnus (GB)J: Sean Levey Coral App Download From The App Store HandicapClass 3 · 10f · Standard · 7 ran 7th 9/2
06 Dec 13 Lingfield (AW) Passing By (GB)J: Sean Levey 32Red/British Stallion Studs E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 1)Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 3rd 6/1

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 Richard Hannon Snr's strike rate?
Richard Hannon Snr has won 1,282 of 8,427 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 15.2% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Richard Hannon Snr do best at?
Bath by strike rate: 41 wins from 208 runners (19.7%) 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 Richard Hannon Snr?
Richard Hughes, with 3,045 runners since 2008 — 36% of the total. That pairing has won 625 (20.5%).
What is Richard Hannon Snr's Fair A/E?
1.07, from 8,362 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).