What is William Knight's strike rate?

William Knight has won 132 of 1,127 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 11.7% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does William Knight do best at?

Sandown by strike rate: 5 wins from 34 runners (14.7%) 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 William Knight?

Marco Ghiani, with 154 runners since 2022 — 14% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (9.7%).

Is William Knight in form?

Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 13 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is William Knight's Fair A/E?

0.93, from 1,121 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.

Trainer profile

William Knight

1,127 runners in the last 5 seasons · 113 individual horses

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Non-runners: 6.0% of 268 declared in the last 365 days, counting all recorded withdrawals, including reserves. For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days). As at 21 Oct 2026.

Last runner yesterday 100% of runners on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2022

132–1,127

Wins / Runs

11.7%

Strike rate

n=1,127

387 (34%)

Placed

0.93

Fair A/E

n=1,121 · 0.80 incl. margin

−327.34

£1 level stake

n=1,127 at SP · −29.0%

£2.86m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

12.5%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 230 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 12% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.93). With a claiming rider up the record reads 14% (109 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,127 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Jun–Jul 30% when favourite Marco Ghiani: 9.7% from 154 Claiming riders: 13.8% Sends off the favourite in 13% of races

The read

It is weakest at Ascot (5.4% over 37 runners) — the widest gap in the record. A horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 5.1% (n=59, Fair A/E 0.57). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 8.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.76 and −50.17 to a £1 stake over 124 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Marco Ghiani rides 14% of the entries and sits below the yard's average (9.7% vs 11.7%, A/E 0.69). The record reads poorly on Good to Soft going — 6.3% over 80 runners, 5.4pts below the baseline. 14 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Sky Bet York Stakes at York (Jul 2022, £70,888). The stable star of the record: Regal Envoy (IRE) — 11 wins from 45 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Jun–Jul.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 11.7% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

8.9%−2.8

n=124 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −50.17

New recruits · first run for the yard

11.1%−0.6

n=9 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −4.67

Debutants · first career start

7.5%−4.2

n=80 · A/E 1.32 · £1 −21.00

First-time headgear · true-first definition

5.1%−6.6

n=59 · A/E 0.57 · £1 −46.15

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

6.7%−5.0

n=30 · A/E 0.45 · £1 −22.88

When favourite

30%

n=150 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −23.49

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

13.8%+2.1

n=109 · A/E 1.35 · £1 −0.70

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

7.6%−4.1

n=79 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −43.22

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.7% 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 Oisin Murphy 27.5% vs 11.7% · n=40

On last-time-out winners 22.7% vs 11.7% · n=132

With Brandon Wilkie 20.2% vs 11.7% · n=89

With first-time headgear 5.1% vs 11.7% · n=59

On Good to Soft going 6.3% vs 11.7% · n=80

At Ascot 5.4% vs 11.7% · n=37

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

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 464 55 11.9% −130.11

Good to Firm 269 37 13.8% −44.64

Good 247 25 10.1% −104.59

Good to Soft 80 5 6.3% −51.25

Soft 57 7 12.3% −1.25

Heavy 7 3 42.9% +7.50

Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Kempton (AW) 122 13 10.7% −14.49

Yarmouth 100 13 13% −33.13

Wolverhampton (AW) 99 11 11.1% −37.18

Lingfield (AW) 84 11 13.1% −21.62

Southwell (AW) 66 8 12.1% −36.32

Chelmsford City (AW) 53 7 13.2% −2.50

Windsor 49 4 8.2% −32.25

Newmarket 44 5 11.4% −3.00

York 42 6 14.3% +7.75

Newbury 41 4 9.8% −15.17

Newcastle (AW) 40 5 12.5% −18.00

Ascot 37 2 5.4% −27.00

Doncaster 36 4 11.1% −23.65

Sandown 34 5 14.7% +8.12

Newmarket 33 3 9.1% −19.67

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 369 37 10% −133.26

Class 6 248 35 14.1% −78.79

Class 4 231 32 13.9% −14.57

Class 2 127 15 11.8% −31.50

Class 1 79 6 7.6% −43.22

Class 3 71 7 9.9% −24.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 170 46 27.1% 0.89 −35.99

2nd–3rd fav 292 46 15.8% 0.92 −63.35

4th–6th fav 362 34 9.4% 1.11 −38.00

7th+ in betting 303 6 2% 0.64 −190.00

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

Regal Envoy (IRE)from Clive Cox 45 11 19 19 Oct 26

Checkandchallenge (GB) 39 3 12 26 Sep 26

Beach Point (IRE) 35 5 15 5 Oct 26

Red Hat Eagle (GB) 30 4 14 9 Oct 26

Dual Identity (IRE) 28 4 13 3 May 25

Royal Velvet (GB) 25 9 10 13 Sep 26

Blenheim Star (IRE) 25 4 8 16 Oct 25

Sir Busker (IRE) 25 2 6 23 Aug 25

Sugarloaf Lenny (IRE) 24 4 8 28 Aug 25

Holkham Bay (GB) 24 5 13 12 Jul 25

Divot (GB) 22 2 6 20 Oct 26

Tilted Kilt (FR) 20 2 7 8 Aug 26

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 113 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 7 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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, 6 arrived from another yard in our archive; 54 had their first archived run for this yard.

14 have since run for another yard, most often for Micky Hammond (2); 46 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 13

Only 13 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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211101311141610810186

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 riderMarco Ghiani

14% of all rides
9.7% SR · A/E 0.69

RiderRWSR£1

Marco Ghiani 154 15 9.7% −89.48

Callum Shepherd 134 16 11.9% −36.09

Neil Callan 102 12 11.8% −60.29

Brandon Wilkie 89 18 20.2% +31.63

Cieren Fallon 83 9 10.8% −15.87

Luke Morris 70 10 14.3% +15.13

Oisin Murphy 40 11 27.5% +5.52

Taylor Fisher 34 5 14.7% −11.90

Jim Crowley 32 5 15.6% −13.50

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→

505

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£6.54m

Prize money

2024

Best season · 39 wins

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.

Sir Busker (IRE) — Sky Bet York Stakes (Group 2) York · Jul 2022 · Group 2

£70,888

Checkandchallenge (GB) — Coral Burradon Stakes (Listed) Newcastle (AW) · Apr 2022 · Listed

£60,963

Illustrious Blue (GB) — Artemis Goodwood Cup (Group 2) Goodwood · Jul 2010 · Group 2

£56,770

Notable horses

Regal Envoy (IRE) Titan Triumph (GB) Author's Dream (GB) Royal Velvet (GB) Noble Gift (GB) Illustrious Blue (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Ardad (IRE) 19.3% · 11–57

Progeny have won 8.7% of 3,508 runs since 2008 (350 horses).

Blue Point (IRE) 12.7% · 7–55

Progeny have won 14% of 3,386 runs since 2008 (412 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 17% from 335. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 10.7% from 206.

Churchill (IRE) 13% · 6–46

Progeny have won 11% of 4,788 runs since 2008 (459 horses).

Lightning Spear (GB) 33.3% · 15–45

Progeny have won 11.2% of 605 runs since 2008 (53 horses).

Time Test (GB) 13.6% · 6–44

Progeny have won 10.8% of 3,106 runs since 2008 (337 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 5.9% from 324. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.7% from 312.

Fast Company (IRE) 7.7% · 3–39

Progeny have won 9.4% of 7,590 runs since 2008 (492 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 12.7% from 557. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.

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 21 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 4,409 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,409 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 25 March 2006 to 20 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

20 Oct 26 Yarmouth Divot (GB)J: Cieren Fallon Seadell Shops & Holiday Chalets Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Soft · 15 ran 10th 12/1

19 Oct 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Regal Envoy (IRE)J: Marco Ghiani Cavani Best Dressed Handicap StakesClass 3 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 6th 7/1

15 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Based (IRE)J: Cieren Fallon Follow @AtTheRaces On X Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd 7/2

15 Oct 26 Brighton Norfolk Blue (IRE)J: Tom Marquand bet365 Handicap StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good · 14 ran 13th 11/1

14 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Bintaryana (GB)J: Marco Ghiani Unibet London Sprint Series Final Handicap Stakes (Series Final - Qualified Horses Only)Class 2 · 6f · Standard / Slow · 11 ran 9th 15/2

13 Oct 26 Leicester Romotoso (GB)J: Marco Ghiani British EBF Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (For Horses In Bands C And D) (Div I) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 8th 3/1

12 Oct 26 Yarmouth Startled Lady (GB)J: Tom Marquand First Furnishings Handicap StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 6th 6/1

10 Oct 26 York Spirit Of Lyra (IRE)J: Jason Hart Sky Bet Rockingham Stakes (Listed Race)Class 1 · 6f · Soft · 10 ran 10th 22/1

09 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Red Hat Eagle (GB)J: Neil Callan Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 11 ran 5th 3/1

09 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Angels' Share (GB)J: Taylor Fisher Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 11 ran 3rd 17/2

09 Oct 26 York Sanbona Warrior (IRE)J: Daniel Tudhope British Ebf £100,000 Final (colts And Geldings)Class 2 · 7f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 2nd 12/1

08 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Lunar Blossom (IRE)J: Cieren Fallon Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Nursery Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 11/1

08 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Strong Performance (GB)J: Cieren Fallon Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Nursery Handicap Stakes (Div I)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 7th 8/1

07 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Seeing Stars (GB)J: Luke Morris Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 14 ran 4th 3/1

07 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Timely Affair (GB)J: Toby Moore Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Apprentice Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 8 ran 2nd 5/1

07 Oct 26 Nottingham Brighton View (GB)J: Rossa Ryan Watch Racing TV Now Handicap Stakes (Div I) (GBBPlus Race)Class 4 · 10f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 10th 7/2F

06 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Make It Up (IRE)J: Mr James Hills bettingsites.co.uk Price Boosts Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 6 · 14f · Standard · 11 ran 3rd 14/1

05 Oct 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Apex Star (IRE)J: Marco Ghiani Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd 5/4F

05 Oct 26 Yarmouth Beach Point (IRE)J: Neil Callan Haven Seashore Holiday Park Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)Class 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 3rd 11/1

03 Oct 26 Ascot Regal Envoy (IRE)J: Taylor Fisher Ascot Iron Stand Membership Handicap StakesClass 2 · 5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 11th 25/1

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 Knight's strike rate?: William Knight has won 132 of 1,127 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 11.7% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does William Knight do best at?: Sandown by strike rate: 5 wins from 34 runners (14.7%) 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 William Knight?: Marco Ghiani, with 154 runners since 2022 — 14% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (9.7%).
Is William Knight in form?: Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 13 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is William Knight's Fair A/E?: 0.93, from 1,121 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.