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V J Hughes

40 runners in the lifetime window · 11 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Apr 2013 100% of runners over jumps
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.
4–40
Wins / Runs
10%
Strike rate
n=40
9 (23%)
Placed
1.77
Fair A/E
n=40 · 1.49 incl. margin
+46.00
£1 level stake
n=40 at SP · +115.0%
£11,392
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
13.3%+3.3
n=15 · A/E 2.82 · £1 +29.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
25%+15.0
n=4 · A/E 5.70 · £1 +6.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−10.0
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−10.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−10.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
9.1%−0.9
n=22 · A/E 1.72 · £1 +20.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−10.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10% 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

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 25 2 8% +6.00
Chase 8 0 0% −8.00
NH Flat 7 2 28.6% +48.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 19 2 10.5% +12.00
Good to Firm 10 1 10% +24.00
Good to Soft 7 1 14.3% +14.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newton Abbot 7 2 28.6% +24.00
Ffos Las 7 2 28.6% +48.00
Hereford 5 0 0% −5.00
Worcester 4 0 0% −4.00
Stratford 3 0 0% −3.00
Uttoxeter 3 0 0% −3.00
Ludlow 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 19 1 5.3% −9.00
Class 5 15 2 13.3% +27.00
Class 6 4 1 25% +30.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 7 0 0% 0.00 −7.00
4th–6th fav 16 3 18.8% 3.20 +49.00
7th+ in betting 17 1 5.9% 2.76 +4.00
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
78.8% completed · 33 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 8 62.5% 0 0 3 0 0
Hurdle 25 84% 2 0 2 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
Sheikhman (IRE)from Richard Ford · then Stephen Hughes 9 1 3 25 Sep 09
Strictly (FR) 6 1 1 25 Jul 12
Sharlene's Quest (IRE)then James Hughes 5 1 1 11 Jan 12
Idbury (IRE) 5 0 1 2 May 09
Gouranga Society (IRE) 4 0 2 18 Sep 11
Tiger's Jacey (IRE)then James Hughes 3 1 1 11 Jan 12
Caribbean Nights (IRE)from Tim Easterby 3 0 0 11 Sep 09
Maggie Aron (GB)from Tim Vaughan · then Tim Vaughan 2 0 0 9 Nov 11
Coole Abbey Major (IRE)from Sean Aherne · then Robert J Evans 1 0 0 26 Apr 13
Pennyrock (IRE)from Alan Jones 1 0 0 6 Jun 11
Miss Millfield (GB) 1 0 0 28 Aug 09
All 11 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 11 horses listed, 5 arrived from another yard in our archive; 6 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard, most often for James Hughes (2); 6 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 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
RiderRWSR£1
Mr Matthew Barber 10 2 20% +32.00
Rhys Flint 6 0 0% −6.00
Leighton Aspell 3 0 0% −3.00
Danny Cook 3 0 0% −3.00
Denis O'Regan 2 1 50% +32.00
Ed Cookson 2 0 0% −2.00
Brian Hughes 2 1 50% +8.00
Christian Williams 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Nick Williams 1 0 0% −1.00
Richie McLernon 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor O'Farrell 1 0 0% −1.00
Aidan Coleman 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
6
Archived wins
£19,061
Prize money
2011
Best season · 2 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.
Mick Murphy (IRE) — Lets Live Racing Handicap Hurdle Uttoxeter · May 2005 · Class 4
£3,595
Sheikhman (IRE) — Bath Travel Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Newton Abbot · Jun 2008 · Class 4
£2,740
Idbury (IRE) — Mansell Novices' Handicap Hurdle Worcester · Jul 2006 · Class 5
£2,398
Notable horses
Idbury (IRE) Sheikhman (IRE) Mick Murphy (IRE) Strictly (FR) Sharlene's Quest (IRE) Tiger's Jacey (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Sadler's Wells (USA) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,636 runs since 2008 (370 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.7% from 107.
Slickly (FR) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 8% of 3,070 runs since 2008 (318 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 11% from 310. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 243.
Revoque (IRE) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 8% of 1,805 runs since 2008 (202 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 12.8% from 265. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5% from 100.
Zaffaran (USA) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 8.6% of 1,087 runs since 2008 (140 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.4% from 209. Weakest on Good to Soft going: 4% from 174. Weakest beyond 3m (all codes): 5.2% from 155.
Moscow Society (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 8.3% of 2,521 runs since 2008 (255 horses).
Milan (GB) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,860 runs since 2008 (1,463 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 29 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 80 · newest first

The latest 50 of 80 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 14 May 2005 to 26 April 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Apr 13 Chepstow Coole Abbey Major (IRE)J: Mr G Ball Dunraven Bowl Novices' Hunters' Chase (For The Dunraven Windows South And West Wales Point-To-Point Championship)Class 5 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran PU 100/1
25 Jul 12 Worcester Strictly (FR)J: Mr Matthew Barber Book Christmas Parties At Worcester Racecourse Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 11 ran F 15/2
15 May 12 Hereford Strictly (FR)J: Mr Matthew Barber Herefordshire Young Farmers Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4th 12/1
12 Apr 12 Newton Abbot Strictly (FR)J: Mr Matthew Barber Attheraces Selling Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good · 9 ran 1st 20/1
27 Mar 12 Hereford Strictly (FR)J: Mr Matthew Barber Bhest Racing To School Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good · 10 ran 6th 150/1
11 Jan 12 Ffos Las Tiger's Jacey (IRE)J: Mr Matthew Barber DBS/E.B.F. Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Qualifier)Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 4th 7/2
11 Jan 12 Ffos Las Sharlene's Quest (IRE)J: Mr Matthew Barber digibet.com Maiden HurdleClass 5 · 22f · Soft · 11 ran 5th 7/1
09 Nov 11 Exeter Maggie Aron (GB)J: Rhys Flint Shop At rewards4racing.com Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 18.5f · Soft · 16 ran 12th 50/1
18 Sep 11 Uttoxeter Gouranga Society (IRE)J: Rhys Flint A & S Enterprises Electrical Services Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 24f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 4th 10/1
01 Sep 11 Newton Abbot Gouranga Society (IRE)J: Rhys Flint Dicey O'reillys, Teignmouth Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 21.5f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 5th 20/1
21 Aug 11 Newton Abbot Gouranga Society (IRE)J: Rhys Flint Toteplacepot Win Without Backing A Winner Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 2nd 11/1
18 Aug 11 Stratford Gouranga Society (IRE)J: Rhys Flint Lime Tree Holiday Park Novices' HurdleClass 3 · 22f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 3rd 25/1
07 Jun 11 Ffos Las Tiger's Jacey (IRE)J: Denis O'Regan digibet.com Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1st 33/1
07 Jun 11 Ffos Las Strictly (FR)J: Denis O'Regan Lloyd And Gravell Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6th 20/1
06 Jun 11 Newton Abbot Pennyrock (IRE)J: Jeremiah McGrath Newton Abbot Races Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran PU 20/1
11 Apr 11 Ffos Las Strictly (FR)J: Sam Twiston-Davies Lindley Heritage Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 5th 28/1
08 Apr 11 Aintree Sharlene's Quest (IRE)J: Mr Matthew Barber John Smith's Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Listed)Class 1 · 17f · Good · 18 ran 13th 66/1
07 Apr 11 Hereford Tiger's Jacey (IRE)J: Mr Matthew Barber Lindley Catering Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good · 15 ran 10th 33/1
25 Feb 11 Warwick Sharlene's Quest (IRE)J: Mr Matthew Barber EBF/DBS Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (Qualifier)Class 5 · 16f · Heavy · 14 ran 4th 12/1
05 Feb 11 Ffos Las Sharlene's Quest (IRE)J: Mr Matthew Barber Lincwear Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1st 20/1

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 V J Hughes's strike rate?
V J Hughes has won 4 of 40 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is V J Hughes's Fair A/E?
1.77, from 40 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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).