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Trainer profile

Sheila Lewis

455 runners in the last 5 seasons · 59 individual horses
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner yesterday 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)
from 1 Jan 2022
31–455
Wins / Runs
6.8%
Strike rate
n=455
83 (18%)
Placed
0.96
Fair A/E
n=454 · 0.84 incl. margin
−239.63
£1 level stake
n=455 at SP · −52.7%
£379k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.7%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 90 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.96).

Deterministic profile computed from 455 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires May–Jun Sean Houlihan: 4.8% from 231 Claiming riders: 6.9%
The read

It is weakest at Worcester (1.9% over 53 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Sean Houlihan rides 51% of the entries and sits below the yard's average (4.8% vs 6.8%, A/E 0.76). The yard also reads well in Chase races (10.6%, n=218) and in Class 3 (11.8%, n=34). The record reads poorly in Hurdle races — 3.1% over 225 runners, 3.7pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Volcano (FR) — 6 wins from 35 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires May–Jun.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.8% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.7%−0.1
n=89 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −39.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−6.8
n=26 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −26.00
Debutants · first career start
4.2%−2.6
n=24 · A/E 1.91 · £1 −15.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
4.2%−2.6
n=24 · A/E 1.50 · £1 −3.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
4.8%−2.0
n=21 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −8.00
When favourite
36.4%
n=11 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −1.46
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
6.9%+0.1
n=87 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −46.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.8
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.8% 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 Ben Jones 13.3% vs 6.8% · n=45
In Chase races 10.6% vs 6.8% · n=218
In Hurdle races 3.1% vs 6.8% · n=225
At Worcester 1.9% vs 6.8% · n=53
On last-time-out winners 12.1% vs 6.8% · n=33
In Class 3 11.8% vs 6.8% · 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
Hurdle 225 7 3.1% −156.00
Chase 218 23 10.6% −80.63
NH Flat 12 1 8.3% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 237 19 8% −104.21
Good to Soft 105 6 5.7% −45.00
Soft 78 4 5.1% −62.42
Good to Firm 21 2 9.5% −14.00
Heavy 14 0 0% −14.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Hereford 101 4 4% −75.62
Ludlow 86 8 9.3% −41.50
Worcester 53 1 1.9% −45.50
Ffos Las 43 3 7% −12.00
Bangor-on-Dee 29 3 10.3% −11.00
Warwick 29 5 17.2% −2.34
Uttoxeter 20 3 15% +23.50
Stratford 17 1 5.9% −8.00
Chepstow 14 0 0% −14.00
Cheltenham 13 1 7.7% −9.50
Newton Abbot 8 1 12.5% −6.00
Taunton 7 0 0% −7.00
Huntingdon 7 0 0% −7.00
Exeter 5 0 0% −5.00
Aintree 5 0 0% −5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 211 16 7.6% −100.38
Class 4 188 10 5.3% −105.50
Class 3 34 4 11.8% −15.25
Class 1 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 2 11 1 9.1% −7.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 15 5 33.3% 1.22 −1.96
2nd–3rd fav 76 14 18.4% 1.07 −9.67
4th–6th fav 145 11 7.6% 1.11 −30.00
7th+ in betting 219 1 0.5% 0.20 −198.00
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.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
75.2% completed · 443 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 218 72.5% 3 4 53 0 0
Hurdle 225 77.8% 4 2 44 0 0
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Gris Majeur (FR)from Mrs Denise Foster 28 5 11 28 Jun 26
Family Pot (FR) 23 3 9 7 May 24
Straw Fan Jack (GB) 21 3 6 26 Oct 25
Beannaigh Do (IRE) 21 0 1 24 Sep 24
Iron D'ex (FR) 20 1 7 4 Nov 25
Sinister Minister (GB)from Nigel Twiston-Davies 18 1 6 28 Aug 24
Volcano (FR)from Nigel Twiston-Davies 18 2 5 25 Feb 24
Cotton End (IRE)from Ms Margaret Mullins · then Jackie Du Plessis 15 0 1 8 Jun 24
Talkingthetalk (IRE)from Leonard Whitmore 15 2 2 6 Jun 24
Tom O'roughley (IRE)from Alastair Ralph 15 2 2 4 Oct 23
Black Occ (IRE) 14 0 4 26 Oct 26
L'empire Vert (FR)from Davide Satalia 14 2 4 12 Oct 26
All 59 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 59 horses listed, 29 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Hannah James (3) and S R B Crawford (3); 30 had their first archived run for this yard.

11 have since run for another yard, most often for Robert Walford (2); 48 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 6
Only 6 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
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A jumps yard: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderSean Houlihan
51% of all rides
4.8% SR · A/E 0.76
RiderRWSR£1
Sean Houlihan 231 11 4.8% −146.12
Ben Jones 45 6 13.3% −14.42
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
54
Archived wins
£547k
Prize money
2023
Best season · 11 wins
Straw Fan Jack (GB) — squareintheair.com Novices' Chase (GBB Race) Cheltenham · Oct 2022 · Class 2
£13,008
Straw Fan Jack (GB) — Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Boyne Cup (Handicap Chase) (GBB Race) Ludlow · Apr 2025 · Class 3
£9,506
Volcano (FR) — MansionBet Bet 10 Get 20 Handicap Chase Warwick · Mar 2021 · Class 3
£9,419
Notable horses
Volcano (FR) Cotton End (IRE) Straw Fan Jack (GB) Gris Majeur (FR) Family Pot (FR) Junior Massini (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Gris De Gris (IRE) 17.9% · 5–28
Progeny have won 10.2% of 1,069 runs since 2008 (142 horses).
Malinas (GER) 3.8% · 1–26
Progeny have won 14.1% of 3,946 runs since 2008 (419 horses).
Mahler (GB) 0% · 0–24
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,849 runs since 2008 (785 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Monitor Closely (IRE) 13% · 3–23
Progeny have won 7.9% of 151 runs since 2008 (20 horses).
Milan (GB) 0% · 0–22
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,856 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).
Camelot (GB) 0% · 0–21
Progeny have won 11.7% of 7,698 runs since 2008 (755 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 27 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 771 · newest first

The latest 50 of 771 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 29 March 2012 to 26 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Oct 26 Hereford Black Occ (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Halo Leisure More Than Just A Gym Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 25.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 7th 10/1
26 Oct 26 Hereford Bonnie Lazarevic (GB)J: Sean Houlihan tigerbet.co.uk Download Our App Mares' Novices' Hurdle Race (herring Queen Mares' Novices' Hurdle Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 12 ran PU 250/1
26 Oct 26 Hereford Valenciaga (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan BETTING.BET New Betting Sites Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 5th 80/1
26 Oct 26 Hereford Lord Cauvelliere (FR)J: Osian Radford BETTING.BET Free Racing Tips 'hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle Race(conditional & Amateur Jockeys') (Part Of The Racing Excellence Series)Class 5 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 4th 40/1
22 Oct 26 Ffos Las Handfulofpromises (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan bettingsites.co.uk Fast Withdrawal Mares' Novices' Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 8 ran 6th 66/1
17 Oct 26 Stratford Lord Cauvelliere (FR)J: Gavin Sheehan Value With Oncourse Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 18.5f · Good · 7 ran 7th 10/1
12 Oct 26 Worcester L'empire Vert (FR)J: Callum Pritchard CopyBet Follow Us On X Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4th 16/1
12 Oct 26 Worcester Black Occ (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Richard Davis Memorial Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Good · 9 ran PU 25/1
15 Sep 26 Uttoxeter Whinny Houston (GB)J: Sean Houlihan Sun Racing Summer Jumps Championship Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 9 ran PU 300/1
04 Sep 26 Bangor-on-Dee Lord Cauvelliere (FR)J: Sean Houlihan Sun Racing Summer Jumps Championship Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 19.5f · Good · 11 ran PU 25/1
04 Sep 26 Bangor-on-Dee Whinny Houston (GB)J: Sean Houlihan North Wales Business Day Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 5 ran 5th 300/1
20 Aug 26 Stratford Lord Cauvelliere (FR)J: Sean Houlihan Sun Racing Summer Jumps Championship Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 6th 14/1
19 Aug 26 Worcester Whinny Houston (GB)J: Sean Houlihan CopyBet Support Safer Gambling Mares' Maiden Hurdle Race (ARC Summer Novices' Brush Hurdle Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 13th 300/1
12 Jul 26 Stratford League Clash (IRE)J: David Noonan Next Sunday Is Ladies Day Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 22f · Good To Firm · 6 ran PU 20/1
28 Jun 26 Uttoxeter Gris Majeur (FR)J: Sean Houlihan bet365 Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 2 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 5th 9/1
23 Jun 26 Newton Abbot Bucks Dream (IRE)J: Ben Jones Thatchers Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 26f · Good · 9 ran PU 11/1
03 Jun 26 Newton Abbot Lord Cauvelliere (FR)J: Callum Pritchard Westcountry Food Supplies Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good · 12 ran 5th 13/2
03 Jun 26 Newton Abbot Black Occ (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Par Inn Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 26f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 3/1
23 May 26 Bangor-on-Dee Bonnie Lazarevic (GB)J: Sean Houlihan Wrexham Evening On Friday 26th June Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 7th 66/1
23 May 26 Bangor-on-Dee Gris Majeur (FR)J: Sean Houlihan F Jones Initiative Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 7 ran 1st 9/1

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 Sheila Lewis's strike rate?
Sheila Lewis has won 31 of 455 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 6.8% (as at 27 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Sheila Lewis do best at?
Ludlow by strike rate: 8 wins from 86 runners (9.3%) 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 Sheila Lewis?
Sean Houlihan, with 231 runners since 2022 — 51% of the total. That pairing has won 11 (4.8%).
Is Sheila Lewis in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 6 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Sheila Lewis's Fair A/E?
0.96, from 454 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 27 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).