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Trainer profile

Rod Millman

5,661 runners in the lifetime window · 430 individual horses
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 5.1% of 371 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 For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days).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 1 Nov 2026.
Won yesterday Last runner yesterday 97% of runners on the flat
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
597–5,661
Wins / Runs
10.5%
Strike rate
n=5,661
1,633 (29%)
Placed
1.04
n=5,622 · 0.89 incl. margin
−1,303.15
£1 level stake
n=5,661 at SP · −23.0%
£6.07m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 300 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 11% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.04). Horses with headgear back on after a bare run strike at 14% (152 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 5,661 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jan–Feb 34.3% when favourite James Millman: 9.1% from 972 Headgear returns: 13.8% Sends off the favourite in 8% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Lingfield (18.7%, n=107), clear of the yard's 10.5% baseline. A horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a positive signal at 13.8% (n=152, Fair A/E 1.36), but debutants struggle at 2.7% (n=332, Fair A/E 0.72). A horse in first-time headgear are the standout value angle: 11.4% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.31 and +0.91 to a £1 stake over 193 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. The market has consistently overbet in Group and Graded company the record: 5.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.83 and −31.62 to a £1 stake over 137 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. James Millman rides 17% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (9.1%, A/E 0.97) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also reads well off a 0-7-day break (22.6%, n=252). 14 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes at Newbury (Jul 2025, £134,092). The stable star of the record: Airshow (GB) — 13 wins from 82 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Jan–Feb.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.9%−3.6
n=606 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −150.58
New recruits · first run for the yard
8.5%−2.0
n=71 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −27.75
Debutants · first career start
2.7%−7.8
n=332 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −219.50
First-time headgear · true-first definition
11.4%+0.9
n=193 · A/E 1.31 · £1 +0.91
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
13.8%+3.3
n=152 · A/E 1.36 · £1 −27.49
When favourite
34.3%
n=460 · A/E 1.21 · £1 +16.29
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
10.4%−0.1
n=1,399 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −264.33
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
5.8%−4.7
n=137 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −31.62

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.5% 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
Off a 0-7-day break 22.6% vs 10.5% · n=252
With Oisin Murphy 19% vs 10.5% · n=332
On last-time-out winners 18% vs 10.5% · n=579
With debutants 2.7% vs 10.5% · n=332
With Rob Hornby 20% vs 10.5% · n=60
At Lingfield 18.7% vs 10.5% · n=107
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 5,516 583 10.6% −1,264.30
Hurdle 97 6 6.2% −54.10
NH Flat 38 5 13.2% +7.50
Chase 10 3 30% +7.75

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 1,604 160 10% −253.59
Good to Firm 1,379 133 9.6% −472.99
Good 1,223 126 10.3% −314.99
Good to Soft 600 75 12.5% −88.21
Soft 559 71 12.7% −82.88
Firm 153 18 11.8% −11.69
Heavy 143 14 9.8% −78.80

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kempton (AW) 689 64 9.3% −92.36
Salisbury 519 52 10% −179.95
Windsor 490 44 9% −223.82
Bath 418 52 12.4% −11.41
Chepstow 365 41 11.2% −140.59
Wolverhampton (AW) 307 29 9.4% −110.40
Newbury 263 22 8.4% −0.97
Lingfield (AW) 252 24 9.5% −63.47
Ffos Las 250 40 16% −28.63
Southwell (AW) 244 28 11.5% −16.36
Leicester 233 20 8.6% −111.14
Sandown 207 29 14% −27.31
Goodwood 189 15 7.9% −103.92
Nottingham 168 19 11.3% −5.50
Ascot 111 8 7.2% −25.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 2,005 215 10.7% −680.94
Class 6 1,374 165 12% −187.20
Class 4 1,337 138 10.3% −262.28
Class 3 404 40 9.9% −18.93
Class 2 373 29 7.8% −103.38
Class 1 139 8 5.8% −33.62
Class 7 28 1 3.6% −20.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 559 182 32.6% 1.22 +32.62
2nd–3rd fav 1,276 217 17% 1.06 −153.27
4th–6th fav 1,857 149 8% 0.98 −330.50
7th+ in betting 1,969 49 2.5% 0.74 −852.00
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
Airshow (GB) 82 13 42 13 Dec 24
Crystal Casque (GB) 74 13 32 2 Oct 24
Four Adaay (GB) 73 8 28 28 Sep 25
Master Grey (IRE) 70 7 19 7 Aug 24
Handytalk (IRE) 69 6 25 14 Dec 22
Sir Roderic (IRE) 69 8 23 9 Sep 21
Bama Lama (GB) 68 7 22 8 Oct 26
Sir Plato (IRE)then Bernard Llewellyn 68 12 23 17 Sep 22
Masai Moon (GB) 68 6 19 11 Aug 14
Biotic (GB) 66 8 19 18 Nov 20
Amazonian Dream (IRE) 63 9 25 5 Oct 26
Icebuster (GB) 61 4 22 5 May 17
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 430 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 24 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, 9 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Richard Hannon (2); 51 had their first archived run for this yard.

14 have since run for another yard, most often for Michael Appleby (2); 46 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
1 from 11
Only 11 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
JFMAMJJASOND
1214111191213119798
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 riderJames Millman
17% of all rides
9.1% SR · A/E 0.97
RiderRWSR£1
James Millman 972 88 9.1% −307.48
Oisin Murphy 332 63 19% +40.69
Ross Coakley 311 34 10.9% −100.30
Oliver Searle 272 29 10.7% −75.81
Mr Patrick Millman 254 29 11.4% −35.51
Lewis Edmunds 253 37 14.6% −10.85
Andrea Atzeni 141 19 13.5% +19.00
David Probert 139 14 10.1% −29.75
Frederik Tylicki 112 12 10.7% −54.12
George Wood 112 11 9.8% −24.62
William Carson 96 6 6.3% −72.62
Alan Munro 93 10 10.8% −33.64
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
708
Archived wins
14
Pattern / graded wins
£7.57m
Prize money
2024
Best season · 45 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.
Anthelia (IRE) — Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes (GBB Race) Newbury · Jul 2025 · Class 2
£134,092
Sergeant Cecil (GB) — Totesport Ebor (Heritage Handicap) York · Aug 2005 · Class 2
£130,000
Bettys Hope (GB) — Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes Newbury · Jul 2019 · Class 2
£122,925

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Adaay (IRE) 13% · 32–246
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,965 runs since 2020 (192 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6% from 499.
Sir Prancealot (IRE) 16.2% · 32–198
Progeny have won 10.1% of 3,687 runs since 2016 (216 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 13.6% from 627. Weakest on Heavy going: 5.3% from 171.
Mastercraftsman (IRE) 13.4% · 21–157
Progeny have won 10.6% of 11,636 runs since 2013 (842 horses).
Bungle Inthejungle (GB) 15.8% · 24–152
Progeny have won 8.8% of 4,240 runs since 2018 (353 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 2.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 2.4% from 124.
Showcasing (GB) 11.8% · 17–144
Progeny have won 10.2% of 11,633 runs since 2014 (998 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 109.
Makbul (GB) 7.3% · 9–124
Progeny have won 8.5% of 1,039 runs since 2008 (65 horses). Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 12.8% from 117. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 120.
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 1 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 6,810 · newest first

The latest 50 of 6,810 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 31 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Oct 26 Bath Maid In Devon (GB)J: George Wood Mj Church Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Soft · 15 ran 2nd 9/1
19 Oct 26 Bath Safari Dream (IRE)J: Charlie Tucker Big Stage Hire Handicap StakesClass 5 · 5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7th 9/2

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 5 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 2 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 2 runs (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 7 runs (won 1, 1 did not run) · to 31 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 Rod Millman's strike rate?
Rod Millman has won 597 of 5,661 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.5% (as at 1 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Rod Millman do best at?
Ffos Las by strike rate: 40 wins from 250 runners (16%) 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 Rod Millman?
James Millman, with 972 runners since 2008 — 17% of the total. That pairing has won 88 (9.1%).
Is Rod Millman in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 11 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Rod Millman's Fair A/E?
1.04, from 5,622 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 1 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).