What is William Knight's strike rate?

William Knight has won 483 of 4,189 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 11.5% (as at 5 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does William Knight do best at?

Brighton by strike rate: 21 wins from 104 runners (20.2%) 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 William Knight?

Jim Crowley, with 482 runners since 2008 — 12% of the total. That pairing has won 77 (16%).

Is William Knight in form?

Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 9 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is William Knight's Fair A/E?

1.03, from 4,168 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.

Trainer profile

William Knight

4,189 runners in the lifetime window · 400 individual horses

As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Non-runners: 5.9% of 270 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 For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days).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 5 Nov 2026.

Last runner yesterday 100% of runners on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

483–4,189

Wins / Runs

11.5%

Strike rate

n=4,189

1,282 (31%)

Placed

1.03

Fair A/E

n=4,168 · 0.88 incl. margin

−807.25

£1 level stake

n=4,189 at SP · −19.3%

£6.37m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

12%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 220 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 12% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.03).

Deterministic profile computed from 4,189 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Dec–Mar Fresh horses: 11.6% 34% when favourite Jim Crowley: 16% from 482 Sends off the favourite in 11% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Brighton (20.2%, n=104) and Ffos Las (20%, n=45) — all clear of the yard's 11.5% baseline. Debutants struggle at 5% (n=322, Fair A/E 1.11). The market has consistently overbet in Group and Graded company the record: 6% strike, Fair A/E 0.76 and −115.72 to a £1 stake over 218 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Jim Crowley rides 12% of the entries and edges the yard's average (16% vs 11.5%, A/E 1.24) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. 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 Dec–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 11.5% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

11.6%+0.1

n=542 · A/E 1.11 · £1 +25.57

New recruits · first run for the yard

8.7%−2.8

n=69 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −40.44

Debutants · first career start

5%−6.5

n=322 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −111.50

First-time headgear · true-first definition

8.9%−2.6

n=202 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −59.05

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

9.7%−1.8

n=103 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −29.80

When favourite

34%

n=462 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −10.43

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

10.7%−0.8

n=535 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −75.41

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

6%−5.5

n=218 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −115.72

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.5% 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

With Oisin Murphy 21.7% vs 11.5% · n=106

On last-time-out winners 18.9% vs 11.5% · n=472

At Brighton 20.2% vs 11.5% · n=104

With Brandon Wilkie 20.2% vs 11.5% · n=89

With debutants 5% vs 11.5% · n=322

At Ffos Las 20% vs 11.5% · n=45

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 4,185 483 11.5% −803.25

NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 1,845 250 13.6% −278.40

Good 821 79 9.6% −190.52

Good to Firm 802 79 9.9% −262.43

Good to Soft 341 34 10% −66.29

Soft 310 33 10.6% +22.39

Heavy 46 6 13% −14.00

Firm 24 2 8.3% −18.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Kempton 706 80 11.3% −124.61

Lingfield (AW) 547 84 15.4% −38.99

Wolverhampton (AW) 271 40 14.8% −71.32

Goodwood 264 18 6.8% −114.67

Windsor 193 20 10.4% −59.49

Yarmouth 178 25 14% +11.05

Chelmsford (AW) 159 21 13.2% −47.56

Newbury 147 13 8.8% −0.67

Newmarket 146 12 8.2% −30.34

Ascot 140 8 5.7% −82.50

Sandown 134 12 9% +12.37

Salisbury 126 9 7.1% −12.67

Newmarket 122 8 6.6% −50.50

Brighton 104 21 20.2% +26.55

Newcastle (AW) 89 15 16.9% +28.20

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 1,421 143 10.1% −455.25

Class 4 909 120 13.2% −38.26

Class 6 853 116 13.6% −133.52

Class 2 437 42 9.6% −32.87

Class 3 346 49 14.2% −26.63

Class 1 219 13 5.9% −116.72

Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 552 171 31% 1.07 −41.60

2nd–3rd fav 986 156 15.8% 0.99 −191.65

4th–6th fav 1,310 109 8.3% 1.02 −212.00

7th+ in betting 1,341 47 3.5% 1.04 −362.00

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.

Distance

DistanceRWSR£1

6f – 7f 1,288 136 10.6% −287.16

1m2f – 1m4f 1,215 150 12.3% −190.28

1m – 1m1f 1,184 125 10.6% −347.23

1m5f – 2m 339 53 15.6% +52.87

Under 6f 136 17 12.5% −15.15

2m1f – 2m4f 26 2 7.7% −19.30

2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2008 167 24 14.4% −6.34

2009 199 23 11.6% −56.32

2010 243 34 14% +50.45

2011 181 13 7.2% −79.26

2012 237 28 11.8% −35.74

2013 220 29 13.2% −19.25

2014 246 26 10.6% −96.07

2015 225 25 11.1% −47.27

2016 250 29 11.6% −40.88

2017 185 19 10.3% −62.89

2018 252 24 9.5% −26.10

2019 204 20 9.8% −64.39

2020 189 23 12.2% +63.63

2021 254 34 13.4% −49.48

2022 220 23 10.5% −111.54

2023 199 16 8% −78.07

2024 215 39 18.1% +21.67

2025 261 25 9.6% −38.71

2026 242 29 12% −130.69

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 2,835 366 12.9% −358.05

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

8-10 runners 1,436 182 12.7% −288.67

11-13 runners 1,361 129 9.5% −134.20

5-7 runners 706 119 16.9% −124.65

14-16 runners 461 26 5.6% −196.50

17+ runners 180 8 4.4% −71.17

2-4 runners 45 19 42.2% +7.94

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

Bloodsweatandtears (GB) 71 5 20 14 Nov 18

Noble Gift (GB)from John Dunlop 69 8 25 17 Sep 20

Gavlar (GB)then Michael Attwater 66 6 17 17 Oct 20

Jacob Cats (GB)from Olly Stevens 57 7 13 15 Aug 19

Sir Busker (IRE) 55 7 21 23 Aug 25

Titan Triumph (GB)then Michael Attwater 51 7 12 12 Apr 13

Secret Art (IRE)from Ralph Beckett · then Gary Moore 47 7 14 4 Apr 19

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

Checkandchallenge (GB) 41 4 13 28 Oct 26

Palace Moon (GB)from Hughie Morrison · then Michael Attwater 41 3 9 29 Oct 15

Dual Identity (IRE) 38 5 16 3 May 25

Fire Ship (GB)from Peter Winkworth 38 5 11 3 Oct 16

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 400 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 17 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, 11 arrived from another yard in our archive; 49 had their first archived run for this yard.

21 have since run for another yard, most often for Michael Attwater (4) and Donald McCain (2); 39 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 9

Only 9 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, lifetime

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2016141210131112991118

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 riderJim Crowley

12% of all rides
16% SR · A/E 1.24

RiderRWSR£1

Jim Crowley 482 77 16% −34.40

Callum Shepherd 426 45 10.6% −73.97

Shane Kelly 280 28 10% −68.98

Luke Morris 174 15 8.6% −29.37

Marco Ghiani 167 18 10.8% −88.45

Neil Callan 145 18 12.4% −54.66

Martin Harley 120 9 7.5% −77.55

Harry Bentley 119 10 8.4% −31.92

Adam Kirby 106 16 15.1% +5.45

Oisin Murphy 106 23 21.7% +2.96

Paul Doe 104 12 11.5% −16.28

Brandon Wilkie 89 18 20.2% +31.63

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

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

Equiano (FR) 12.5% · 13–104

Progeny have won 9.1% of 7,542 runs since 2014 (549 horses).

Cadeaux Genereux (GB) 10.6% · 10–94

Progeny have won 10.1% of 2,919 runs since 2008 (203 horses).

Kodiac (GB) 10.8% · 10–93

Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,595 runs since 2010 (1,666 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.

Authorized (IRE) 18.8% · 15–80

Progeny have won 13.5% of 7,032 runs since 2011 (543 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 9.3% from 1,044. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 19.8% from 126. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 267.

Barathea (IRE) 7% · 5–71

Progeny have won 8.5% of 4,143 runs since 2008 (315 horses).

Footstepsinthesand (GB) 14.1% · 10–71

Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,805 runs since 2009 (937 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.

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 5 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 4,419 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,419 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 25 March 2006 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

04 Nov 26 Nottingham Beach Point (IRE)J: Cieren Fallon Conference And Events At Nottingham Racecourse Handicap Stakes (Div II) (GBBPlus Race)Class 4 · 10f · Soft · 9 ran 6th 7/1

29 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Timely Affair (GB)J: Taylor Fisher All-Weather Championship Is Back Handicap StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 7th 8/1

28 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Brighton View (GB)J: Marco Ghiani Try Unibet's New Racing Bet Builder Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)Class 4 · 12f · Standard / Slow · 10 ran 5th 11/2

28 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Waiting (IRE)J: Marco Ghiani Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (For Horses In Bands B, C And D) (GBB/GBBPlus Race)Class 4 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 9 ran 7th 8/1

28 Oct 26 Nottingham Checkandchallenge (GB)J: Callum Shepherd Robin Hood Stakes (Listed Race) (Formerly Known As The Ben Marshall Stakes)Class 1 · 8.5f · Soft · 8 ran 7th 14/1

26 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Make It Up (IRE)J: Luke Morris Bet @racingtv.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 16f · Standard / Slow · 12 ran 9th 12/1

26 Oct 26 Leicester Glitter Code (IRE)J: Miss Nell Biker Aja Novice Flat Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Stakes (For Riders With 3 Wins Or Fewer At Start Of Season)Class 6 · 12f · Soft · 13 ran 13th 11/2

24 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Red Hat Eagle (GB)J: Taylor Fisher All-weather Championship Is Back Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 2nd 7/1

24 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Yellow Vision (IRE)J: Taylor Fisher Awc Season 14 Has Begun Ebf Maiden Stakes (Div II) (gbb/gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran 7th 28/1

22 Oct 26 Newmarket Beach Point (IRE)J: Ryan Moore CopyBet Pay First Past The Post Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)Class 4 · 10f · Soft · 9 ran 3rd 10/1

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

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 5 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 5 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 6 runs (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 3 runs (won 0) · to 4 Nov 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is William Knight's strike rate?: William Knight has won 483 of 4,189 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 11.5% (as at 5 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does William Knight do best at?: Brighton by strike rate: 21 wins from 104 runners (20.2%) 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 William Knight?: Jim Crowley, with 482 runners since 2008 — 12% of the total. That pairing has won 77 (16%).
Is William Knight in form?: Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 9 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is William Knight's Fair A/E?: 1.03, from 4,168 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.