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Trainer profile

William de Best-Turner

149 runners in the lifetime window · 21 individual horses
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 206 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
2–149
Wins / Runs
1.3%
Strike rate
n=149
6 (4%)
Placed
0.65
Fair A/E
n=149 · 0.56 incl. margin
−95.38
£1 level stake
n=149 at SP · −64.0%
£36,909
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 1% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.65).

Deterministic profile computed from 149 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 2% Claiming riders: 2.6%
The read

The yard also reads well over 1m5f – 2m (4.3%, n=47). The market has consistently overbet the yard in Flat races: Fair A/E 0.00 across 60 runners (0% strike, −60.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 1.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2%+0.7
n=51 · A/E 1.31 · £1 +0.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−1.3
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−1.3
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−1.3
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−1.3
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.6%+1.3
n=76 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −22.38
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−1.3
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 1.3% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
Over 1m5f – 2m 4.3% vs 1.3% · n=47
In Flat races 0% vs 1.3% · n=60 · A/E 0.00
In Class 5 0% vs 1.3% · n=59 · A/E 0.00
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 60 0 0% −60.00
Hurdle 48 0 0% −48.00
Chase 28 2 7.1% +25.62
NH Flat 13 0 0% −13.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 44 1 2.3% −41.38
Standard (AW) 32 0 0% −32.00
Good to Soft 28 1 3.6% +23.00
Good to Firm 22 0 0% −22.00
Soft 16 0 0% −16.00
Heavy 7 0 0% −7.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 25 0 0% −25.00
Newbury 21 1 4.8% −18.38
Worcester 15 0 0% −15.00
Wincanton 10 1 10% +41.00
Windsor 8 0 0% −8.00
Cheltenham 6 0 0% −6.00
Kempton 6 0 0% −6.00
Taunton 5 0 0% −5.00
Warwick 4 0 0% −4.00
Newcastle 4 0 0% −4.00
Leicester 4 0 0% −4.00
Huntingdon 4 0 0% −4.00
Newton Abbot 4 0 0% −4.00
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Stratford 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 59 0 0% −59.00
Class 4 44 1 2.3% +7.00
Class 6 17 0 0% −17.00
Class 3 14 1 7.1% −11.38
Class 1 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 1 50% 1.25 +0.62
2nd–3rd fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
4th–6th fav 31 1 3.2% 1.03 +20.00
7th+ in betting 115 0 0% 0.00 −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
Calgary Tiger (GB) 23 2 4 12 Apr 26
Raindance Queen (IRE) 20 0 0 11 Apr 26
Nelson's Hill (GB) 13 0 0 29 May 21
Tiger Print (GB) 12 0 0 7 Jul 25
Sterling Moll (GB) 12 0 1 9 May 10
Lord Yatesbury (GB) 7 0 0 20 Jun 15
Foolsandorses (IRE) 7 0 0 21 May 14
Sea Cookie (GB) 7 0 1 30 Nov 08
Molly's Angel (GB) 6 0 0 24 Jul 25
Ruby Rubles (GB) 6 0 0 29 May 21
Petite Mambo (GB) 6 0 0 14 Nov 09
Daryainur (IRE)then Barry Brennan 5 0 0 7 Jun 10
All 21 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 21 horses listed, 4 arrived from another yard in our archive; 17 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard, most often for Barry Brennan (2); 18 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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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
James Best 17 0 0% −17.00
Charlie Studd 13 0 0% −13.00
Ben Ffrench Davis 12 2 16.7% +41.62
Howard Cheng 8 0 0% −8.00
Sophie Ralston 7 0 0% −7.00
Charlie Price 7 0 0% −7.00
Paul O'Brien 5 0 0% −5.00
Patrick Hills 4 0 0% −4.00
Paul Eddery 3 0 0% −3.00
James Rogers 3 0 0% −3.00
Aaron Jones 3 0 0% −3.00
Nicol Polli 3 0 0% −3.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
3
Archived wins
£43,540
Prize money
2023
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.
Calgary Tiger (GB) — West Berkshire Mencap Handicap Chase Newbury · Mar 2023 · Class 3
£9,585
Calgary Tiger (GB) — JenningsBet Eastleigh Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Wincanton · Feb 2023 · Class 4
£5,017
Peak Seasons (IRE) — Pettitts Animal Adventure Park At Reedham Selling Stakes Yarmouth · Jul 2006 · Class 6
£2,267
Notable horses
Calgary Tiger (GB) Peak Seasons (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Tiger Groom (GB) 5.7% · 2–35
Progeny have won 10.3% of 680 runs since 2011 (81 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 13.9% from 122.
Getaway (GER) 0% · 0–20
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,979 runs since 2016 (1,029 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Mount Nelson (GB) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 9.9% of 6,277 runs since 2012 (538 horses).
Auction House (USA) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 6.8% of 1,734 runs since 2008 (142 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 10% from 100.
Lord Of Men (GB) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 11% of 282 runs since 2008 (50 horses).
Largesse (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 7.3% of 368 runs since 2008 (25 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 4 Nov 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 244 · newest first

The latest 50 of 244 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 7 January 2005 to 12 April 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 Apr 26 Wincanton Calgary Tiger (GB)J: Brendan Powell Bridles New Luxury Care Home Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 15.5f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 4/1
11 Apr 26 Chepstow Raindance Queen (IRE)J: Charlie Price Tiptop Portable Event Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 10th 40/1
14 Mar 26 Newcastle Raindance Queen (IRE)J: Charlie Price Smirnoff At The Apartment Grand Wedding Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 12th 50/1
14 Mar 26 Newcastle Calgary Tiger (GB)J: Charlie Price Guinness At The Hawk Ponteland Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 5th 8/1
27 Dec 25 Kempton Calgary Tiger (GB)J: James Best Ladbrokes Desert Orchid Handicap Chase (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 5th 150/1
21 Dec 25 Lingfield Raindance Queen (IRE)J: James Best BetWright Bet The Wright Way Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 4th 200/1
23 Nov 25 Windsor Raindance Queen (IRE)J: James Best Listen To The Odds Law Podcast Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 7th 250/1
16 Nov 25 Cheltenham Calgary Tiger (GB)J: Harry Reed Hine Solicitors Talking Sense Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran F 80/1
11 Nov 25 Huntingdon Raindance Queen (IRE)J: James Best Download The PricedUp App Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Good · 8 ran PU 100/1
31 Aug 25 Worcester Raindance Queen (IRE)J: James Best Neu-Servo Bet On Great Repairs Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 12 ran PU 66/1
24 Jul 25 Worcester Molly's Angel (GB)J: Charlie Price Clives Of Cropthorne Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 11 ran PU 300/1
07 Jul 25 Worcester Tiger Print (GB)J: Charlie Price Download The DragonBet App Today Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 15 ran 13th 80/1
07 Jul 25 Worcester Molly's Angel (GB)J: Charlie Price Pricing By Real Bookmakers At dragonbet.co.uk Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 7th 150/1
02 Jul 25 Worcester Raindance Queen (IRE)J: Charlie Price FBC Manby Bowdler Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Good · 13 ran 4th 28/1
07 Jun 25 Worcester Raindance Queen (IRE)J: James Best Storm Windows Celebrating 25 Years Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 40/1
26 May 25 Huntingdon Raindance Queen (IRE)J: Tabitha Worsley Download The Oddschecker App Mares' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 5 ran PU 16/1
13 Apr 25 Stratford Raindance Queen (IRE)J: James Best Racecourse Streams On Racing TV Extra Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 27.5f · Good · 6 ran PU 14/1
12 Mar 25 Huntingdon Raindance Queen (IRE)J: Tabitha Worsley Barry Girling Memorial Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 12 ran 7th 80/1
06 Dec 24 Sandown Calgary Tiger (GB)J: James Best Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 15.5f · Soft · 5 ran 3rd 8/1
23 Nov 24 Huntingdon Raindance Queen (IRE)J: Philip Armson Discover Whats Trending At Rhino.Bet Casino Mares' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran PU 50/1

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 William de Best-Turner's strike rate?
William de Best-Turner has won 2 of 149 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 1.3% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is William de Best-Turner's Fair A/E?
0.65, from 149 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 4 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).