Winning Combinations

Winning Combinations

Strike rates and profit figures can often be misleading, especially if they are based on small samples of information. Proven long-term records are required to gauge genuine profitability and the table below provides them.

Of all the millions of possible combinations of trainer, jockey, owner and track, only those combinations listed below have met ALL of the following criteria based on five years of performance ending June 2011 (UK racing only):

1. Number of winners = 20 or more

2. Strike rate = 20% or more

3. Level stake profit = 20 points or more

4. Return on investment = 20% or more

Staking:

The combination totals show an overall strike rate of 25.43% from 6072 bets, providing a return of 40.46%. Based on those figures, a blanket investment whereby every combination is backed from a single bank, would be best served by setting up an initial bank of 35 points and staking 1 point to win on every bet.

Flat/NH	Trainer	Jockey	Owner	Track	Win	Run	Win%	Profit	ROI%
NH		Robert Thornton	David Sewell		20	64	31	+59	92.36
Flat		Silvestre De Sousa		Catterick	41	185	22	+153	82.76
Flat	Saeed Bin Suroor			Lingfield AW	31	61	51	+46	75.11
Flat	David Nicholls			Southwell AW	48	244	20	+169	69.19
NH	Alan King		David Sewell		27	94	29	+64	68.47
Flat	David Barron	Lee Newman			20	72	28	+47	64.76
Flat			Godolphin	Lingfield AW	34	75	45	+46	61.43
Flat	Bryan Smart			Musselburgh	26	120	22	+69	57.72
Flat	Tom Dascombe			Lingfield AW	30	119	25	+67	56.27
Flat	Saeed Bin Suroor			Nottingham	22	48	46	+27	56.02
NH			JP McManus	Towcester	21	85	25	+48	55.98
NH	Gordon Elliott	P Carberry			20	59	34	+33	55.78
NH	Charlie Longsdon	Felix De Giles			27	124	22	+67	53.94
Flat	Saeed Bin Suroor			Newbury	20	82	24	+44	53.45
Flat	David Barron			Southwell AW	50	219	23	+109	49.78
Flat			M Khan X2	Lingfield AW	26	107	24	+52	48.87
Flat	Michael Jarvis			Haydock	20	68	29	+33	48.72
Flat			Godolphin	Newbury	22	92	24	+44	47.91
NH		Denis O'Regan		Carlisle	26	95	27	+45	47.79
NH		Tom O'Brien		Newton Abbot	23	113	20	+54	47.50
NH	Steve Gollings		PJ Martin		23	102	23	+48	47.05
NH		Sam Thomas		Taunton	22	85	26	+37	43.92
Flat	John Gosden			Yarmouth	22	87	25	+38	43.14
Flat	Luca Cumani	J-P Guillambert			24	123	20	+51	41.27
Flat	Richard Hannon			Brighton	21	82	26	+33	40.15
Flat	David Barron			Wolverhampton	35	156	22	+60	38.43
NH	Howard Johnson			Carlisle	40	152	26	+58	38.34
NH		Jason Maguire		Perth	33	107	31	+41	38.00
Flat			Godolphin	Nottingham	24	66	36	+25	37.71
Flat	Kevin Ryan			Hamilton	33	145	23	+51	35.27
Flat		Dane O'Neill		Southwell AW	25	119	21	+42	35.01
Flat	BW Hills			Haydock	34	128	27	+43	33.56
Flat		Martin Dwyer		Bath	21	90	23	+29	32.62
Flat	Richard Hannon			Wolverhampton	27	129	21	+41	31.60
NH			JP McManus	Worcester	37	136	27	+41	30.43
Flat	Mark Johnston			Leicester	28	115	24	+34	29.32
Flat		Adrian Nicholls		Southwell AW	27	125	22	+37	29.26
Flat			M Khan X2	Wolverhampton	24	104	23	+29	28.01
NH	Nicky Henderson		Michael Buckley		31	82	38	+22	27.39
Flat	Richard Hannon		Malih Lahej Al Basti		26	123	21	+33	26.83
Flat	Ed McMahon		JC Fretwell		40	175	23	+46	26.25
Flat	Chris Wall	George Baker			46	227	20	+59	26.20
NH	Jonjo O'Neill			Towcester	28	130	22	+32	24.48
NH		Jason Maguire		Towcester	21	99	21	+23	22.86
NH	Jonjo O'Neill			Worcester	44	173	25	+39	22.61
NH	Nicky Henderson			Ludlow	32	87	37	+20	22.52
NH	Jonjo O'Neill			Fontwell	20	90	22	+20	22.26
Flat		Tom Queally	K Abdulla		59	182	32	+40	22.09
Flat	Richard Hannon		The Queen		34	157	22	+34	21.69
Flat	Ed Dunlop			Wolverhampton	32	130	25	+27	20.55
NH	Paul Nicholls			Newton Abbot	42	127	33	+26	20.35
NH	Paul Nicholls			Sandown	35	113	31	+23	20.17
Totals:					1544	6072	25.43	+2457	40.46