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Trainer profile

Sylvester Kirk

323 runners in the last 5 seasons · 53 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jan 2025 97% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
11–323
Wins / Runs
3.4%
Strike rate
n=323
53 (16%)
Placed
0.57
Fair A/E
n=321 · 0.49 incl. margin
−177.84
£1 level stake
n=323 at SP · −55.1%
£222k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 60 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.57).

Deterministic profile computed from 323 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Liam Keniry: 4.2% from 95 Claiming riders: 4.2%
The read

The record is strongest at Wolverhampton (AW) (8.1%, n=62), clear of the yard's 3.4% baseline. It is weakest at Kempton (AW) (0% over 42 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Debutants struggle at 0% (n=37, Fair A/E 0.00). Liam Keniry rides 29% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (4.2%, A/E 0.66). The record reads poorly in Class 4 — 0% over 51 runners, 3.4pts below the baseline. 12 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Tattersalls 250,000 October Auction Stakes at Newmarket (Sep 2006, £123,125). The stable star of the record: See And Be Seen (GB) — 9 wins from 65 runs for the yard.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2.6%−0.8
n=39 · A/E 0.76 · £1 +42.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.4
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.4
n=37 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −37.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
6.3%+2.9
n=16 · A/E 1.53 · £1 +65.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
11.1%+7.7
n=9 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −4.50
When favourite
28.6%
n=7 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −1.59
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.2%+0.8
n=72 · A/E 0.58 · £1 −54.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.4
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.4% 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
At Wolverhampton (AW) 8.1% vs 3.4% · n=62
In Class 4 0% vs 3.4% · n=51
On Good going 0% vs 3.4% · n=49
At Kempton (AW) 0% vs 3.4% · n=42
With debutants 0% vs 3.4% · n=37
At Chelmsford City (AW) 0% vs 3.4% · n=30
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 314 11 3.5% −168.84
Hurdle 6 0 0% −6.00
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 188 8 4.3% −129.50
Good 49 0 0% −49.00
Good to Firm 39 1 2.6% +42.00
Good to Soft 25 1 4% −23.09
Soft 19 1 5.3% −15.25
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 62 5 8.1% −21.50
Kempton (AW) 42 0 0% −42.00
Lingfield (AW) 38 1 2.6% −33.50
Chelmsford City (AW) 30 0 0% −30.00
Newbury 23 1 4.3% −21.09
Windsor 20 0 0% −20.00
Bath 19 0 0% −19.00
Southwell (AW) 14 2 14.3% −0.50
Chepstow 13 0 0% −13.00
Brighton 11 0 0% −11.00
Leicester 10 0 0% −10.00
Lingfield 7 1 14.3% +74.00
Salisbury 5 0 0% −5.00
Ascot 4 0 0% −4.00
Sandown 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 142 6 4.2% −106.50
Class 5 117 3 2.6% −13.00
Class 4 51 0 0% −51.00
Class 3 6 1 16.7% −4.09
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 2 3 1 33.3% +0.75

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 10 2 20% 0.81 −4.59
2nd–3rd fav 34 5 14.7% 0.96 −8.75
4th–6th fav 100 4 4% 0.54 +14.50
7th+ in betting 179 0 0% 0.00 −179.00
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
The Pug (IRE)then Adrian Wintle 23 3 8 10 Oct 24
Further Measure (USA)from P Bary · then Mike Murphy & Michael Keady 20 2 7 6 Nov 23
Eaux De Vie (GB) 14 0 2 28 May 24
Alodia (GB) 14 0 1 4 Nov 23
Cicely (IRE)then Kevin Philippart De Foy 14 3 3 10 Oct 22
Exigency (GB)from F-H Graffard 13 0 4 4 Nov 23
Mellow Mood (GB) 13 0 4 28 Oct 23
Escobedo (GB)from Milton Harris · then Oliver Signy 12 0 2 22 Sep 24
Diva Dancer (GB) 12 0 0 12 Sep 22
Jane Garfield (IRE) 10 0 3 28 Jan 25
Willy Campbell (IRE)then Dominic Ffrench Davis 9 0 3 4 Oct 24
Finn Star (IRE) 9 0 0 4 Sep 23
All 53 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 53 horses listed, 9 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from David Elsworth (3); 44 had their first archived run for this yard.

17 have since run for another yard, most often for Clive Cox (2); 36 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
560506454000
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 riderLiam Keniry
29% of all rides
4.2% SR · A/E 0.66
RiderRWSR£1
Liam Keniry 95 4 4.2% −2.34
Shariq Mohd 30 0 0% −30.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
493
Archived wins
12
Pattern / graded wins
£4.78m
Prize money
2008
Best season · 50 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.
Caldra (IRE) — Tattersalls 250,000 October Auction Stakes Newmarket · Sep 2006 · Class 2
£123,125
Elhamri (GB) — Weatherbys Super Sprint Newbury · Jul 2006 · Class 2
£76,725
Sri Diamond (GB) — Betdirect.co.uk Winter Derby (Group 3) Lingfield (AW) · Mar 2006 · Group 3
£56,780
Notable horses
See And Be Seen (GB) Our Faye (GB) Sri Diamond (GB) Pink Ribbon (IRE) Celestial Bay (GB) Elhamri (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Saxon Warrior (JPN) 0% · 0–25
Progeny have won 11.6% of 2,855 runs since 2008 (353 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 15% from 923. Weakest on Heavy going: 5.9% from 135.
Churchill (IRE) 13% · 3–23
Progeny have won 11.1% of 4,760 runs since 2008 (458 horses).
English Channel (USA) 10% · 2–20
Progeny have won 10.6% of 529 runs since 2008 (35 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 14.3% from 105. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.6% from 106.
James Garfield (IRE) 0% · 0–19
Progeny have won 9% of 719 runs since 2008 (64 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13.3% from 181.
Nathaniel (IRE) 0% · 0–17
Progeny have won 11.6% of 7,052 runs since 2008 (631 horses). Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.2% from 324.
Dandy Man (IRE) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,899 runs since 2008 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
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 15 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 5,637 · newest first

The latest 50 of 5,637 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 4 January 2005 to 28 January 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Jan 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Jane Garfield (IRE)J: Liam Keniry Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 7th 125/1
25 Jan 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Juan Solo (IRE)J: Rob Hornby Free Bets With BetUK Bet Club HandicapClass 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 7th 40/1
20 Jan 25 Kempton (AW) Jane Garfield (IRE)J: Robert Havlin Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap (London Sprint Series Qual) (Div 2)Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 8th 12/1
03 Jan 25 Lingfield (AW) Juan Solo (IRE)J: Liam Keniry Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap (Div 1)Class 5 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 8th 100/1
03 Jan 25 Lingfield (AW) Jane Garfield (IRE)J: Liam Keniry Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 8th 9/1
02 Dec 24 Wolverhampton (AW) Jane Garfield (IRE)J: Liam Keniry Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Nursery (Rider Restricted Race)Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 6th 13/2
11 Oct 24 Kempton (AW) Dressed In Blue (IRE)J: Liam Keniry Unibet Zero% Mission Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 4 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 3rd 66/1
10 Oct 24 Southwell (AW) The Pug (IRE)J: Joey Haynes Download The Raceday Ready App HandicapClass 6 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran 7th 16/5
04 Oct 24 Ascot Willy Campbell (IRE)J: Mr Ned Sangster Molton Brown Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (Male Amateur Riders)Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 13 ran 6th 20/1
28 Sep 24 Chelmsford City (AW) City Captain (GB)J: Shariq Mohd Betfair Safer Gambling Tools NurseryClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 11/1
22 Sep 24 Plumpton Escobedo (GB)J: Lily Jones Strong Flavours Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4th 28/1
21 Sep 24 Newbury Brian (IRE)J: Liam Keniry Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes (Group 2)Class 1 · 6f · Heavy · 6 ran 5th 15/8F
20 Sep 24 Newbury Willy Campbell (IRE)J: Liam Keniry Fitzdares HandicapClass 4 · 10f · Soft · 10 ran 9th 16/1
16 Sep 24 Kempton (AW) Willy Campbell (IRE)J: Liam Keniry Unibet More Boosts In More Races HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 2nd 10/1
14 Sep 24 Bath Chaotic (GB)J: Shariq Mohd On Course Values Online DragonBet HandicapClass 6 · 5.5f · Good · 15 ran 13th 28/1
14 Sep 24 Bath City Captain (GB)J: Liam Keniry DragonBet- Born From The Betting Ring EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 4 · 8f · Good · 10 ran 9th 80/1
11 Sep 24 Lingfield (AW) The Pug (IRE)J: Rob Hornby Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 'Confined' HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 9 ran 4th 6/1
07 Sep 24 Kempton (AW) Brian (IRE)J: Liam Keniry Unibet Sirenia Stakes (Group 3)Class 1 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 3rd 16/5
05 Sep 24 Newbury In The City (GB)J: Kieran O'Neill Download The BetVictor App EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 9 ran 9th 100/1
04 Sep 24 Southwell (AW) The Pug (IRE)J: P J McDonald Tips For Everyday At raceday-ready.com HandicapClass 6 · 11f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 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).

Quick answers

What is Sylvester Kirk's strike rate?
Sylvester Kirk has won 11 of 323 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 3.4% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Sylvester Kirk do best at?
Wolverhampton (AW) by strike rate: 5 wins from 62 runners (8.1%) 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 Sylvester Kirk?
Liam Keniry, with 95 runners since 2022 — 29% of the total. That pairing has won 4 (4.2%).
What is Sylvester Kirk's Fair A/E?
0.57, from 321 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).