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Trainer profile

S. P. C. Woods

1,076 runners in the last 5 seasons · 104 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 6 days ago 100% of runners on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
132–1,076
Wins / Runs
12.3%
Strike rate
n=1,076
346 (32%)
Placed
1.01
n=1,068 · 0.88 incl. margin
−278.18
£1 level stake
n=1,076 at SP · −25.9%
£1.52m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.1%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 220 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 12% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.01).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,076 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Mar–May Fresh horses: 13.4% 35.8% when favourite Robert Havlin: 16.1% from 230 Sends off the favourite in 10% of races
The read

It is weakest at Newmarket (0% over 42 runners) — the widest gap in the record. In Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 4.1% (n=49, Fair A/E 0.77). Robert Havlin rides 21% of the entries and edges the yard's average (16.1% vs 12.3%, A/E 1.25) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly on Good to Soft going — 2% over 51 runners, 10.3pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard in Class 2: Fair A/E 0.43 across 72 runners (2.8% strike, −53.50 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the EBF Stallions Highfield Farm Flying Fillies' Stakes at Pontefract (Aug 2022, £33,612). The stable star of the record: Appier (IRE) — 9 wins from 40 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Mar–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 12.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
13.4%+1.1
n=119 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −29.96
New recruits · first run for the yard
16.7%+4.4
n=6 · A/E 1.37 · £1 −4.09
Debutants · first career start
10.2%−2.1
n=88 · A/E 1.23 · £1 −16.65
First-time headgear · true-first definition
8.6%−3.7
n=58 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −22.50
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
6.7%−5.6
n=30 · A/E 0.56 · £1 −16.50
When favourite
35.8%
n=109 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −8.44
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
12.1%−0.2
n=165 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −10.97
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
4.1%−8.2
n=49 · A/E 0.77 · £1 −33.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.3% 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
With Cieren Fallon 26.7% vs 12.3% · n=30
At Newmarket 0% vs 12.3% · n=42
On last-time-out winners 21.7% vs 12.3% · n=115
In Class 2 2.8% vs 12.3% · n=72
On Good to Soft going 2% vs 12.3% · n=51
With Harry Davies 23.5% vs 12.3% · n=34
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 1,075 132 12.3% −277.18
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 613 87 14.2% −70.91
Good to Firm 183 20 10.9% −70.98
Good 168 16 9.5% −74.22
Soft 54 8 14.8% −11.57
Good to Soft 51 1 2% −43.50
Heavy 6 0 0% −6.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Southwell (AW) 121 19 15.7% +16.00
Kempton (AW) 121 13 10.7% −12.47
Lingfield (AW) 113 16 14.2% −40.75
Wolverhampton (AW) 112 22 19.6% −16.37
Chelmsford City (AW) 107 9 8.4% −38.94
Yarmouth 70 5 7.1% −31.87
Newmarket 42 0 0% −42.00
Newcastle (AW) 39 8 20.5% +21.62
Newmarket 33 2 6.1% −18.62
Ascot 29 2 6.9% −8.00
Doncaster 28 1 3.6% −23.00
Nottingham 27 3 11.1% −13.50
Sandown 26 2 7.7% −11.50
Lingfield 22 4 18.2% −2.59
Leicester 21 1 4.8% −18.90

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 425 60 14.1% −86.56
Class 4 287 33 11.5% −81.82
Class 6 161 24 14.9% −21.13
Class 3 83 11 13.3% −3.17
Class 2 72 2 2.8% −53.50
Class 1 48 2 4.2% −32.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 132 47 35.6% 1.10 −3.31
2nd–3rd fav 272 46 16.9% 0.97 −32.87
4th–6th fav 397 35 8.8% 1.11 −32.00
7th+ in betting 275 4 1.5% 0.44 −210.00
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
Francesi (IRE)then Tony Carroll 41 1 19 27 Oct 25
Appier (IRE)then Richard J Bandey 38 9 15 11 Oct 25
Savvy Victory (IRE) 36 4 7 13 Jun 26
Meng Tian (GB) 35 2 10 2 May 25
Borgi (IRE) 31 7 12 3 Apr 26
Princess Shabnam (IRE) 31 2 7 19 Nov 24
Zariela (GB) 24 3 11 20 Nov 25
Betelgeuse (IRE) 19 1 4 12 Oct 26
Lordsbridge Blu (GB) 19 2 7 30 Apr 26
Inanna (IRE)then Brian Toomey 19 1 2 30 Jan 24
Udaberri (IRE) 18 1 10 18 Nov 23
Gulmarg (IRE) 18 3 10 19 Oct 23
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 104 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, 1 arrived from another yard in our archive; 59 had their first archived run for this yard.

16 have since run for another yard, most often for Brett Crawford (2) and Jacqueline Coward (2); 44 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 7
Only 7 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
1419151714138912111422
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 riderRobert Havlin
21% of all rides
16.1% SR · A/E 1.25
RiderRWSR£1
Robert Havlin 230 37 16.1% −7.10
Ben Sanderson 87 9 10.3% +13.80
Tom Marquand 73 9 12.3% −24.21
Daniel Muscutt 48 5 10.4% −22.65
Kieran O'Neill 41 6 14.6% −4.75
David Probert 41 6 14.6% −4.50
Ben Curtis 36 8 22.2% +3.97
David Egan 34 1 2.9% −28.00
Harry Davies 34 8 23.5% +5.13
Dylan Hogan 30 4 13.3% −2.80
Cieren Fallon 30 8 26.7% +22.08
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2021→
143
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£1.63m
Prize money
2023
Best season · 33 wins
Princess Shabnam (IRE) — EBF Stallions Highfield Farm Flying Fillies' Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Listed) Pontefract · Aug 2022 · Listed
£33,612
Savvy Victory (IRE) — Davies Insurance Solutions Gala Stakes (Listed) Sandown · Jul 2023 · Listed
£28,355
Ayyab (GB) — British Stallion Studs Ebf Fillies' Handicap Goodwood · May 2024 · Class 3
£25,770

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Caravaggio (USA) 10.3% · 6–58
Progeny have won 11.7% of 1,767 runs since 2008 (201 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.5% from 164.
New Bay (GB) 8.3% · 4–48
Progeny have won 14.3% of 3,939 runs since 2008 (420 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
Territories (IRE) 12.5% · 6–48
Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,601 runs since 2008 (348 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 13.3% from 533.
Dandy Man (IRE) 9.5% · 4–42
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,917 runs since 2008 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 23.7% · 9–38
Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,867 runs since 2008 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
Almanzor (FR) 12.1% · 4–33
Progeny have won 9.7% of 2,089 runs since 2008 (282 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.2% from 154. Weakest on Heavy going: 4.8% from 145. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 13% from 300.
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 20 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 1,181 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,181 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 4 April 2021 to 14 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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. P. C. Woods's strike rate?
S. P. C. Woods has won 132 of 1,076 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 12.3% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does S. P. C. Woods do best at?
Newcastle (AW) by strike rate: 8 wins from 39 runners (20.5%) 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 S. P. C. Woods?
Robert Havlin, with 230 runners since 2022 — 21% of the total. That pairing has won 37 (16.1%).
Is S. P. C. Woods in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 7 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is S. P. C. Woods's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 1,068 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.
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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).