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Trainer profile

Tim Pitt

633 runners in the lifetime window · 100 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Oct 2014
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.
53–633
Wins / Runs
8.4%
Strike rate
n=633
144 (23%)
Placed
0.96
Fair A/E
n=626 · 0.83 incl. margin
−222.90
£1 level stake
n=633 at SP · −35.2%
£420k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.1%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 90 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 8% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.96).

Deterministic profile computed from 633 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Jan–Mar 35.9% when favourite Stevie Donohoe: 11.3% from 80 New recruits: 8.6% Sent off the favourite in 6% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Lingfield (AW) (20%, n=45), clear of the yard's 8.4% baseline. Debutants struggle at 2.6% (n=39, Fair A/E 0.72). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 5.4% strike, Fair A/E 0.75 and −68.75 to a £1 stake over 168 runners — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Stevie Donohoe rode 13% of the entries and edges the yard's average (11.3% vs 8.4%, A/E 1.24) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also read well at trips under 6f (16.7%, n=78) and off a 0-7-day break (15.8%, n=57). The record read poorly on Soft going — 0% over 52 runners, 8.4pts below the baseline. 5 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Darley July Cup at Newmarket (Jul 2006, £204,408). The stable star of the record was Dark Ranger (GB) — 7 wins from 50 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Jan–Mar.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6%−2.4
n=117 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −60.84
New recruits · first run for the yard
8.6%+0.2
n=58 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −35.34
Debutants · first career start
2.6%−5.8
n=39 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −22.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
2.6%−5.8
n=39 · A/E 0.34 · £1 −37.09
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
7.4%−1.0
n=27 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −15.62
When favourite
35.9%
n=39 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −2.78
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.4%−3.0
n=168 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −68.75
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.1%+0.7
n=11 · A/E 1.28 · £1 −8.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.4% 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
On last-time-out winners 22.2% vs 8.4% · n=54
At Lingfield (AW) 20% vs 8.4% · n=45
At trips under 6f 16.7% vs 8.4% · n=78
On Soft going 0% vs 8.4% · n=52
With C&D winners 17.1% vs 8.4% · n=35
Off a 0-7-day break 15.8% vs 8.4% · n=57
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 476 44 9.2% −123.16
Hurdle 113 6 5.3% −74.74
Chase 39 3 7.7% −20.00
NH Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 197 24 12.2% −47.91
Good 168 21 12.5% +37.76
Good to Firm 139 5 3.6% −120.50
Good to Soft 58 3 5.2% −21.25
Soft 52 0 0% −52.00
Firm 11 0 0% −11.00
Heavy 8 0 0% −8.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 88 8 9.1% −40.16
Kempton (AW) 47 5 10.6% −21.25
Lingfield (AW) 45 9 20% +22.75
Doncaster 33 0 0% −33.00
Chester 26 1 3.8% −18.00
York 24 3 12.5% +40.50
Catterick 22 3 13.6% −11.25
Wetherby 22 4 18.2% +9.00
Nottingham 18 3 16.7% +35.00
Southwell (AW) 17 2 11.8% −9.25
Huntingdon 15 2 13.3% +0.50
Redcar 14 0 0% −14.00
Beverley 14 0 0% −14.00
Newmarket 12 0 0% −12.00
Newcastle 12 0 0% −12.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 208 17 8.2% −77.42
Class 4 187 16 8.6% −46.12
Class 6 146 16 11% −43.36
Class 3 50 1 2% −37.00
Class 2 27 1 3.7% −19.00
Class 1 11 1 9.1% −8.00
Class 7 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 49 16 32.7% 1.12 −3.28
2nd–3rd fav 106 16 15.1% 0.94 −29.12
4th–6th fav 193 12 6.2% 0.83 −75.50
7th+ in betting 285 9 3.2% 0.91 −115.00
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
Dark Ranger (GB)from M J Wallace 50 7 21 21 Jun 14
Tropical Bachelor (IRE)from David Arbuthnot · then Richard Ford 26 2 10 18 Jul 10
Sonko (IRE) 24 6 12 5 Dec 12
King's Majesty (IRE)from Victor Dartnall 21 0 1 25 Aug 10
Mr Red Clubs (IRE)from D Donovan · then Michael Appleby 16 2 4 1 Aug 13
Electrician (GB)from John Gosden 14 2 4 26 Mar 13
Lady Pacha (GB)then Graeme McPherson 14 1 2 17 Apr 11
Basalt (IRE)from A P O'Brien 14 3 6 2 Jun 10
Palos Conti (FR)from M A Peill · then Mrs Alison Christmas 13 4 6 12 Jan 11
The 60 most-raced of 100 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 60 horses listed, 34 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from A P O'Brien (3) and M A Peill (3); 26 had their first archived run for this yard.

30 have since run for another yard, most often for John Butler (3) and Michael Appleby (3); 30 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
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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
Go-to riderStevie Donohoe
13% of all rides
11.3% SR · A/E 1.24
RiderRWSR£1
Stevie Donohoe 80 9 11.3% −17.08
Shane Kelly 56 7 12.5% +7.00
Dougie Costello 31 3 9.7% −17.12
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
86
Archived wins
5
Pattern / graded wins
£1.16m
Prize money
2006
Best season · 31 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.
Les Arcs (USA) — Darley July Cup (Group 1) Newmarket · Jul 2006 · Group 1
£204,408
Les Arcs (USA) — Golden Jubilee Stakes (British Leg of The Global Sprint Challenge) Ascot · Jun 2006 · Group 1
£198,730
Admiral (IRE) — Totesport Chester Cup Chester · May 2006 · Class 2
£74,784

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Where Or When (IRE) 14% · 7–50
Progeny have won 9.2% of 1,578 runs since 2008 (124 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 4.1% from 217. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4.6% from 151.
Red Clubs (IRE) 20% · 8–40
Progeny have won 10.3% of 3,131 runs since 2008 (143 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5.5% from 127.
King's Best (USA) 0% · 0–29
Progeny have won 9.9% of 7,763 runs since 2008 (574 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.8% from 249.
Bachelor Duke (USA) 7.7% · 2–26
Progeny have won 7.8% of 1,605 runs since 2008 (109 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 11.2% from 143.
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) 20% · 5–25
Progeny have won 9.8% of 11,562 runs since 2008 (871 horses).
Witness Box (USA) 8.3% · 2–24
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,675 runs since 2008 (194 horses). Weakest on Good to Firm going: 4% from 173.
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 865 · newest first

The latest 50 of 865 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 4 December 2005 to 14 October 2014.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 Sep 14 Leicester Lady Sorento (GB)J: Stevie Donohoe Golden Hand Selling StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 10th 100/1
11 Sep 14 Chepstow Johnny Sorrento (GB)J: Stevie Donohoe 32Red.com NurseryClass 6 · 5f · Good · 10 ran 10th 66/1
05 Sep 14 Haydock Lady Sorento (GB)J: Andrew Mullen Betfred J W Lees Maiden StakesClass 5 · 11.5f · Good · 14 ran 14th 125/1
30 Aug 14 Chester Captain Myles (IRE)J: Stevie Donohoe Stella Artois HandicapClass 4 · 5.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5th 5/1

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 Tim Pitt's strike rate?
Tim Pitt has won 53 of 633 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.4% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Tim Pitt do best at?
Lingfield (AW) by strike rate: 9 wins from 45 runners (20%) 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 Tim Pitt?
Stevie Donohoe, with 80 runners since 2008 — 13% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (11.3%).
What is Tim Pitt's Fair A/E?
0.96, from 626 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).