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S W James

36 runners in the lifetime window · 10 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Sep 2010 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
0–36
Wins / Runs
0%
Strike rate
n=36
3 (8%)
Placed
0.00
Fair A/E
n=34 · 0.00 incl. margin
−36.00
£1 level stake
n=36 at SP · −100.0%
£2,412
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%+0.0
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%+0.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Debutants · first career start
0%+0.0
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%+0.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%+0.0
n=1 · A/E — · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%+0.0
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 14 0 0% −14.00
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Yarmouth 6 0 0% −6.00
Newmarket 4 0 0% −4.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Chepstow 3 0 0% −3.00
Leicester 3 0 0% −3.00
Chelmsford (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 18 0 0% −18.00
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 6 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
4th–6th fav 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
7th+ in betting 34 0 0% 0.00 −34.00
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
Hayley's Girl (GB)from John Ryan 10 0 0 7 Apr 10
Hilltop Artistry (GB)then J R Jenkins 7 0 2 7 Jul 09
Majestatic (GB) 5 0 0 26 Jul 10
The Only Key (GB)from P Schiergen · then Jane Chapple-Hyam 3 0 1 28 Sep 10
Una Auroraborealis (GB)from John Ryan 3 0 0 28 Oct 08
Denton Ryal (GB)then Mark Rimmer 2 0 0 20 Oct 09
Sugarbaby Princess (IRE) 2 0 0 22 Jun 09
Hilltop Legacy (GB)then J R Jenkins 2 0 0 16 Sep 08
Spyder (GB)then Jane Chapple-Hyam 1 0 0 31 Aug 10
David Lloyd George (GB) 1 0 0 25 May 08
All 10 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 10 horses listed, 3 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from John Ryan (2); 7 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard, most often for J R Jenkins (2) and Jane Chapple-Hyam (2); 5 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
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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
RiderRWSR£1
Luke Morris 6 0 0% −6.00
David Probert 6 0 0% −6.00
Amy Baker 5 0 0% −5.00
Sam Hitchcott 4 0 0% −4.00
Travis Block 4 0 0% −4.00
Michael J Murphy 2 0 0% −2.00
J F Egan 2 0 0% −2.00
Chris Catlin 1 0 0% −1.00
Neil Chalmers 1 0 0% −1.00
Hayley Turner 1 0 0% −1.00
J-P Guillambert 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Kirby 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Deportivo (GB) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 8.9% of 1,284 runs since 2008 (125 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 11.9% from 135. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.7% from 407. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 15.8% from 101. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.8% from 226.
Polish Precedent (USA) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 7.3% of 838 runs since 2008 (80 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 11% from 145.
Reset (AUS) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 8.4% of 1,388 runs since 2008 (99 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12% from 208.
Fantastic Light (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.9% of 3,570 runs since 2008 (223 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 5.8% from 377.
Key Of Luck (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,326 runs since 2008 (171 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 136.
Danzig Connection (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 6.7% of 165 runs since 2008 (21 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 22 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

all 36 archived runs · newest first

Every one of S W James's 36 archived runners, from 25 May 2008 to 28 September 2010, newest first — no winners among them.

Best finish: 3rd of 16 — The Only Key (GB), Newbury, 28 Sep 2010.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Sep 10 Newbury The Only Key (GB)J: Luke Morris Heaton-Ellis Trust HandicapClass 3 · 10f · Good · 16 ran 3rd 40/1
18 Sep 10 Newbury The Only Key (GB)J: Andrea Atzeni Dubai Duty Free Stakes (Heritage Handicap)Class 2 · 10f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 14th 100/1
31 Aug 10 Leicester Spyder (GB)J: Luke Morris Ladbrokes.com E.b.f. Apollo Maiden StakesClass 4 · 7f · Soft · 15 ran 7th 200/1
28 Aug 10 Newmarket The Only Key (GB)J: William Carson July Course HandicapClass 3 · 10f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 9th 50/1
26 Jul 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Majestatic (GB)J: Sam Hitchcott Bet Galway Festival - Betdaq Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 9th 14/1
14 Jul 10 Kempton (AW) Majestatic (GB)J: Sam Hitchcott digibet Handicap (London Mile Qualifier)Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 40/1
29 May 10 Newmarket Majestatic (GB)J: Sam Hitchcott Rowley Mile Maiden StakesClass 4 · 8f · Good · 9 ran 4th 66/1
20 Apr 10 Folkestone Majestatic (GB)J: David Probert toteplacepot Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 7th 16/1
07 Apr 10 Lingfield (AW) Hayley's Girl (GB)J: Amy Baker Blue Square's New iPhone App Selling StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 100/1
07 Apr 10 Lingfield (AW) Majestatic (GB)J: Luke Morris Blue Square International Trial Here On Saturday Maiden Stakes (Div 1)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 6th 100/1
09 Dec 09 Lingfield (AW) Hayley's Girl (GB)J: Amy Baker Lingfieldpark.co.uk Selling StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 80/1
26 Nov 09 Kempton (AW) Hayley's Girl (GB)J: Amy Baker Groomed To Perfection, The Kia Soul Claiming Stakes (Div 2)Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 66/1
20 Oct 09 Yarmouth Denton Ryal (GB)J: Michael J Murphy E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 1)Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 10th 200/1
17 Oct 09 Wolverhampton (AW) Hayley's Girl (GB)J: Amy Baker Bet In Play At ladbrokes.com Maiden StakesClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 13 ran 8th 50/1
01 Oct 09 Wolverhampton (AW) Denton Ryal (GB)J: Michael J Murphy E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 100/1
16 Sep 09 Yarmouth Hayley's Girl (GB)J: Amy Baker Lynn Brennan 60th Birthday Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 9th 100/1
22 Jul 09 Leicester Hayley's Girl (GB)J: Neil Chalmers Dingley Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Soft · 15 ran 11th 100/1
07 Jul 09 Pontefract Hilltop Artistry (GB)J: David Probert Red Shirt Night On Friday 17th July HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3rd 8/1
22 Jun 09 Chepstow Hilltop Artistry (GB)J: David Probert Freebets.co.uk New Online Betting Forum Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good · 13 ran 3rd 10/1
22 Jun 09 Chepstow Sugarbaby Princess (IRE)J: David Probert Lindley Catering Maiden StakesClass 5 · 12f · Good · 9 ran 9th 50/1

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 S W James's strike rate?
S W James has won 0 of 36 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 0% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is S W James's Fair A/E?
0.00, from 34 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).