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Richard Hughes Flat horses: 2026 string, runners and form

Every horse Richard Hughes has run in the last year, who is declared from today, how the yard is going in 2026 and how its runners perform first time out. Updated every morning, so new declarations, returning horses and yesterday's results are here each day.

13 declared runners from today (0 today); 98 of the string back this season · Results to 15 October 2026 · Refreshed 16 October 2026
469
Runs 2026
12.4%
Win % 2026
12.5%
First time out win %, ten seasons
13
Declared from today
-1.5 pts

Richard Hughes Flat runners won 12.5% of seasonal debuts and 14.0% of second runs over the ten seasons 2016 to 2025, a fresh edge of -1.5 points: fires either way.Sample: 797 seasonal debuts · Window: 2016 to 2025 · Source: RaceWatch results database, GB and IRE runners since May 2014; declarations from RaceWatch racecards

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Return curve: share of the string back by month
Ten-season average, cumulative % of debutsThis season, cumulative % of last season's string
0%50%100%150%200%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTen-season average, cumulative % of debuts Jan: 12.4%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Feb: 19.9%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Mar: 31.4%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Apr: 45%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts May: 57.6%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Jun: 68.1%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Jul: 76.5%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Aug: 83.7%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Sep: 91%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Oct: 94.5%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Nov: 98.2%Ten-season average, cumulative % of debuts Dec: 100%100%This season, cumulative % of last season's string Jan: 12.5%This season, cumulative % of last season's string Feb: 25%This season, cumulative % of last season's string Mar: 35.2%This season, cumulative % of last season's string Apr: 51.1%This season, cumulative % of last season's string May: 71.6%This season, cumulative % of last season's string Jun: 86.4%This season, cumulative % of last season's string Jul: 96.6%This season, cumulative % of last season's string Aug: 104%This season, cumulative % of last season's string Sep: 116%This season, cumulative % of last season's string Oct: 117%117%

Cumulative % returned by Month

Season to date: 2026 to date

4695812.4%14530.9%£1,026,235€0

Runs under this licence name, Flat races, GB and IRE. Prize money shown separately for Britain (£) and Ireland (€), never added together.

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Strike rate by month
Ten seasons 2016 to 2025This season
0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTen seasons 2016 to 2025 Jan: 12.6%12.6%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Feb: 14.3%14.3%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Mar: 19.7%19.7%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Apr: 16.2%16.2%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 May: 10.2%10.2%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Jun: 12.2%12.2%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Jul: 12.9%12.9%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Aug: 11.8%11.8%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Sep: 12.4%12.4%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Oct: 14.2%14.2%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Nov: 11.4%11.4%Ten seasons 2016 to 2025 Dec: 17.4%17.4%This season Jan: 21.1%21.1%This season Feb: 22.7%22.7%This season Mar: 14.3%14.3%This season Apr: 7.1%7.1%This season May: 18.6%18.6%This season Jun: 6.6%6.6%This season Jul: 13%13%This season Aug: 14.8%14.8%This season Sep: 10%10%This season Oct: 4.3%4.3%

Win % by Month

Readiness: seasonal debut v second run

Seasonal debut12.5%79710013.6%10314
Second run14.0%71310015.1%9314
Third run or later13.0%2,62934311.0%27330

Ten seasons 2016 to 2025. A seasonal debut is a horse's first Flat run of the calendar year, counted across all yards and credited to the yard that ran it. Fresh edge = debut win % minus second-run win %: +2 points or better fires fresh, -2 or worse wait for run two. Fewer than 50 debuts is a small sample. This-season win % shown from 10 runs.

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Declared runners

Whip Cracker silksWhip Cracker17 Oct 2616:35AscotNo29-9951Flat5Balmoral Handicap Stakes (sponsored By Qatar Racing)
Sinex silksSinex17 Oct 2618:30Southwell (AW)Debut---00Flat2Celebrate With Sponsorship At Southwell Racecourse Restricted Novice Stakes
Captain Fox silksCaptain Fox17 Oct 2620:30Southwell (AW)No18-7071Flat3Christmas Jumper Day Sunday 13th December Handicap Stakes
Kodiac City silksKodiac City19 Oct 2614:53PontefractNo26-9031Flat2British Stallion Studs EBF Silver Tankard Stakes (Listed Race)
Star Camelot19 Oct 2615:17BathDebut---00Flat2Elite Racing Club Novice Stakes
Sea Founder silksSea Founder19 Oct 2616:17BathNo19-77112Flat4Djsn Ltd Handicap Stakes
Spirit Lead Me silksSpirit Lead Me19 Oct 2616:50BathNo11-5891Flat4Elite Racing Club Handicap Stakes
Our Cody silksOur Cody19 Oct 2616:55PontefractNo37-8340Flat3William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Stakes
Sea Founder silksSea Founder19 Oct 2617:15Wolverhampton (AW)No19-77112Flat4Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Stakes
Knebworth silksKnebworth19 Oct 2618:15Wolverhampton (AW)No5-9062Flat6Cavani Best Dressed Handicap Stakes
Marhaba Ya Tayib silksMarhaba Ya Tayib19 Oct 2618:30Southwell (AW)No19-7321Flat2bettingsites.co.uk Free Bets Offers Nursery Handicap Stakes
Circus of Rome silksCircus of Rome20 Oct 2616:57Newcastle (AW)No26--50Flat4Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Stakes
Daddy Star silksDaddy Star20 Oct 2618:00Newcastle (AW)No34--10Flat2Awc Finals Day At Newcastle 26th March EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes

Declarations from today onwards, non-runners removed. Updated as racecards are published.

The string: every horse run in the last 365 days

Whip Cracker (IRE) silksWhip Cracker (IRE)Declared17 Oct 26Ascot5118 Sep 261005-
Captain Fox (IRE) silksCaptain Fox (IRE)Declared17 Oct 26Southwell (AW)7129 Sep 26723-
Kodiac City (IRE) silksKodiac City (IRE)Declared19 Oct 26Pontefract3123 Sep 26922-
Knebworth (GB) silksKnebworth (GB)Declared19 Oct 26Wolverhampton (AW)6214 Oct 26906-
Our Cody (IRE) silksOur Cody (IRE)Declared19 Oct 26Pontefract4012 Sep 26873-
Sea Founder (GB) silksSea Founder (GB)Declared19 Oct 26Bath11230 Sep 26784-
Spirit Lead Me (IRE) silksSpirit Lead Me (IRE)Declared19 Oct 26Bath918 Oct 26634-
Marhaba Ya Tayib (IRE) silksMarhaba Ya Tayib (IRE)Declared19 Oct 26Southwell (AW)2130 Sep 26-2-
Circus Of Rome (GB) silksCircus Of Rome (GB)Declared20 Oct 26Newcastle (AW)5024 Sep 26944-
Daddy Star (IRE) silksDaddy Star (IRE)Declared20 Oct 26Newcastle (AW)1016 Sep 26-2-
No Half Measures (GB) silksNo Half Measures (GB)Not yet returned--0018 Oct 251135-
Kolsai (GB) silksKolsai (GB)Not yet returned--0027 Dec 25786-
Titanck (IRE) silksTitanck (IRE)Not yet returned--0023 Oct 25753-
Royalist (IRE) silksRoyalist (IRE)Not yet returned--0020 Oct 25543-
Ballarat Bertie (GB) silksBallarat Bertie (GB)Not yet returned--001 Dec 25464-
Cavan Lady (GB) silksCavan Lady (GB)Returned this season--407 Sep 26622-
America Queen (IRE) silksAmerica Queen (IRE)Returned this season--516 Sep 261083-
Sayidah Dariyan (IRE) silksSayidah Dariyan (IRE)Returned this season--403 Oct 261074-
Agamemnon (GB) silksAgamemnon (GB)Returned this season--7110 Oct 261022-
Rose Ghaiyyath (IRE) silksRose Ghaiyyath (IRE)Returned this season--409 Oct 26983-
Duraji (IRE) silksDuraji (IRE)Returned this season--4022 Aug 26955-
Nobody Knows (IRE) silksNobody Knows (IRE)Returned this season--3110 Oct 26933-
Bella Lyra (GER) silksBella Lyra (GER)Returned this season--3015 Sep 26903-
Harry Knows (IRE) silksHarry Knows (IRE)Returned this season--8224 Sep 26902-
Bint Archange (IRE) silksBint Archange (IRE)Returned this season--729 Oct 26892-
Sayidah Hard Spun (GB) silksSayidah Hard Spun (GB)Returned this season--3010 Jun 26873-
Winding Stream (IRE) silksWinding Stream (IRE)Returned this season--404 Jul 26873-
Love Is (IRE) silksLove Is (IRE)Returned this season--513 Sep 26862-
See Blue (IRE) silksSee Blue (IRE)Returned this season--3019 Jun 26863-
Startled (IRE) silksStartled (IRE)Returned this season--7219 Sep 26863-
Al Samsama (IRE) silksAl Samsama (IRE)Returned this season--3226 Sep 26852-
Lazurite (GB) silksLazurite (GB)Returned this season--4124 Sep 26852-
Mohaaraj (GB) silksMohaaraj (GB)Returned this season--5210 Oct 26853-
Sudden Flight (GB) silksSudden Flight (GB)Returned this season--8011 Oct 26854-
Thames Waterman (GB) silksThames Waterman (GB)Returned this season--323 Oct 26852-
Marengo Storm (GB) silksMarengo Storm (GB)Returned this season--7214 Oct 26833-
The Bookkeeper (IRE) silksThe Bookkeeper (IRE)Returned this season--6118 Sep 26832-
Dubai Charm (IRE) silksDubai Charm (IRE)Returned this season--7117 Sep 26822-
Wedonttelllies (IRE) silksWedonttelllies (IRE)Returned this season--614 Jul 26823-
Manly Fireball (IRE) silksManly Fireball (IRE)Returned this season--8123 Sep 26803-
Rare Change (IRE) silksRare Change (IRE)Returned this season--8124 Sep 26804-
Betty Boop (IRE) silksBetty Boop (IRE)Returned this season--4228 Aug 26792-
I Am Royal (IRE) silksI Am Royal (IRE)Returned this season--4014 Oct 26782-
Please Don't Go (IRE) silksPlease Don't Go (IRE)Returned this season--4123 Sep 26782-
Vice President (IRE) silksVice President (IRE)Returned this season--4012 Feb 26775-
Notimeforchitchat (IRE) silksNotimeforchitchat (IRE)Returned this season--202 Jul 26764-
Brunel Nation (FR) silksBrunel Nation (FR)Returned this season--4013 Apr 26755-
Calling A Star (GB) silksCalling A Star (GB)Returned this season--727 Oct 26753-
Roosike (IRE) silksRoosike (IRE)Returned this season--613 Oct 26752-
Sea Brave (IRE) silksSea Brave (IRE)Returned this season--305 Oct 26753-
Sheikh Raj (IRE) silksSheikh Raj (IRE)Returned this season--1027 Feb 26754-
Kilkenny Warrior (IRE) silksKilkenny Warrior (IRE)Returned this season--4012 Jun 26743-
Rajiba (GB) silksRajiba (GB)Returned this season--4031 Jul 26743-
South West (IRE) silksSouth West (IRE)Returned this season--6112 Sep 26742-
Bearly Blue (IRE) silksBearly Blue (IRE)Returned this season--4011 Sep 26732-
Perola (FR) silksPerola (FR)Returned this season--301 Jun 26723-
The Thames Boatman (GB) silksThe Thames Boatman (GB)Returned this season--13229 Sep 26726-
Nogo's Dream (GB) silksNogo's Dream (GB)Returned this season--11028 Sep 26716-
Time Saxon Warrior (FR) silksTime Saxon Warrior (FR)Returned this season--402 Jul 26712-
Lahan Kingman (IRE) silksLahan Kingman (IRE)Returned this season--502 Oct 26703-
Sakowin (IRE) silksSakowin (IRE)Returned this season--5118 Sep 26702-
Wisetanck (IRE) silksWisetanck (IRE)Returned this season--3127 Mar 26703-
Havana Grey Star (GB) silksHavana Grey Star (GB)Returned this season--402 Jul 26672-
Pretty Danielle (IRE) silksPretty Danielle (IRE)Returned this season--304 Jun 26673-
Benefacta (IRE) silksBenefacta (IRE)Returned this season--4030 Jul 26662-
Parading (GB) silksParading (GB)Returned this season--7021 Sep 26662-
Bint Havana Gold (GB) silksBint Havana Gold (GB)Returned this season--716 May 26645-
Crimson Blaze (GB) silksCrimson Blaze (GB)Returned this season--701 Oct 26642-
Katie's Song (GB) silksKatie's Song (GB)Returned this season--4017 Jun 26643-
Minzaal Time (IRE) silksMinzaal Time (IRE)Returned this season--6011 Sep 26642-
Nifty (IRE) silksNifty (IRE)Returned this season--502 Jul 26633-
Its A Ginger Thing (IRE) silksIts A Ginger Thing (IRE)Returned this season--5026 Aug 26592-
Kiss Cam (IRE) silksKiss Cam (IRE)Returned this season--5018 Sep 26582-
Best Yet (GB) silksBest Yet (GB)Returned this season--508 Oct 26572-
Havananother (GB) silksHavananother (GB)Returned this season--507 Sep 26562-
Sands Of Havana (GB) silksSands Of Havana (GB)Returned this season--3017 Feb 26564-
Yes Waliim (IRE) silksYes Waliim (IRE)Returned this season--10115 Oct 26553-
Winemaker (FR) silksWinemaker (FR)Returned this season--4010 Sep 26506-
Hailstones In May (IRE) silksHailstones In May (IRE)Returned this season--4027 Aug 26342-
Bint Palace Pier (IRE) silksBint Palace Pier (IRE)Returned this season--207 Aug 26-2-
Blowing Up A Storm (GB) silksBlowing Up A Storm (GB)Returned this season--1014 Sep 26-2-
Boy Basilica (FR) silksBoy Basilica (FR)Returned this season--1012 Oct 26-2-
Burningringoffire (IRE) silksBurningringoffire (IRE)Returned this season--2111 Sep 26-2-
Celtic Storm (FR) silksCeltic Storm (FR)Returned this season--3020 Sep 26-2-
Free Your Spirit (IRE) silksFree Your Spirit (IRE)Returned this season--117 Jan 26-3-
Freedom Flame (IRE) silksFreedom Flame (IRE)Returned this season--3117 Jun 26-2-
Ghaiyyath Deer (IRE) silksGhaiyyath Deer (IRE)Returned this season--207 Mar 26---
Ghaiyyath Dream (IRE) silksGhaiyyath Dream (IRE)Returned this season--207 Oct 26-2-
Gobby Grace (IRE) silksGobby Grace (IRE)Returned this season--1128 Aug 26-2-
Kerry Grey (GB) silksKerry Grey (GB)Returned this season--208 Oct 26-2-
Majestic Flame (GB) silksMajestic Flame (GB)Returned this season--3028 Sep 26-2-
Miss Tango (IRE) silksMiss Tango (IRE)Returned this season--307 Sep 26-2-
Momentsofsurrender (IRE) silksMomentsofsurrender (IRE)Returned this season--2019 Sep 26-2-
Mouj Albuhoor (IRE) silksMouj Albuhoor (IRE)Returned this season--103 Sep 26-2-
Nehro (IRE) silksNehro (IRE)Returned this season--1030 Sep 26-2-
Off The Peg (IRE) silksOff The Peg (IRE)Returned this season--215 Aug 26-2-
Queen Of The Gulf (GB) silksQueen Of The Gulf (GB)Returned this season--1126 Sep 26-2-
Renascent (IRE) silksRenascent (IRE)Returned this season--2012 Oct 26-2-
Sayid Harry Angel (GB) silksSayid Harry Angel (GB)Returned this season--205 Aug 26-2-
Severn Councils (IRE) silksSevern Councils (IRE)Returned this season--2028 Jul 26-2-
Star Trail (IRE) silksStar Trail (IRE)Returned this season--1018 Jun 26-3-
Yellow Mission (IRE) silksYellow Mission (IRE)Returned this season--1021 Jul 26-2-
You Name It (GB) silksYou Name It (GB)Returned this season--104 Aug 26-2-
Star Bayside Boy (IRE) silksStar Bayside Boy (IRE)Left yard--1015 Jun 26-2Marcus Tregoning
Real Gain (IRE) silksReal Gain (IRE)Left yard--003 Nov 25946Hamad Al Jehani
Arcturus Flame (IRE) silksArcturus Flame (IRE)Left yard--501 Jul 26764James Owen
Sarangpur (IRE) silksSarangpur (IRE)Left yard--536 Aug 26744Paul Mulligan
Lazzar (IRE) silksLazzar (IRE)Left yard--11227 Jun 26714Charlie Wallis
Criminal (GB) silksCriminal (GB)Left yard--8014 Jun 26704Fergal O'Brien
Thurso (GB) silksThurso (GB)Left yard--6112 May 26684Gerard O'Leary
Spring (IRE) silksSpring (IRE)Left yard--0027 Nov 25564Miss Celine De La Haye
Rajbello (IRE) silksRajbello (IRE)Left yard--405 Jun 26553Fergal O'Brien
Neat And Tidy (GB) silksNeat And Tidy (GB)Left yard--4012 Sep 26503Damien Wingrove
Sayidah Ardad (GB) silksSayidah Ardad (GB)Left yard--2029 May 26-2Grace Harris
Scheffler (IRE) silksScheffler (IRE)Left yard--3028 Apr 26-3Adrian Nicholls

Every horse to run for the yard in Flat races in the 365 days to 15 Oct 2026. Status: Declared (next declaration and course), Returned this season, Not yet returned, or Left yard (last ran for another trainer). Last OR is the official rating carried on its last run for the yard. This table lists the whole string, so it can exceed 50 rows.

Top 25 by peak official rating

No Half Measures (GB) silksNo Half Measures (GB)113113Not yet returned--018 Oct 2518 Oct 255
Sayidah Dariyan (IRE) silksSayidah Dariyan (IRE)110107Returned this season--43 Oct 2622 Aug 254
America Queen (IRE) silksAmerica Queen (IRE)108108Returned this season--56 Sep 266 Sep 263
Agamemnon (GB) silksAgamemnon (GB)104102Returned this season--710 Oct 2611 Sep 262
Kolsai (GB) silksKolsai (GB)10378Not yet returned--027 Dec 255 May 236
Rose Ghaiyyath (IRE) silksRose Ghaiyyath (IRE)10298Returned this season--49 Oct 2619 Jun 263
Whip Cracker (IRE) silksWhip Cracker (IRE)101100Declared17 Oct 26Ascot518 Sep 2620 Jun 245
Duraji (IRE) silksDuraji (IRE)10095Returned this season--422 Aug 2630 May 255
Bella Lyra (GER) silksBella Lyra (GER)9990Returned this season--315 Sep 2628 Feb 263
Circus Of Rome (GB) silksCircus Of Rome (GB)9894Declared20 Oct 26Newcastle (AW)524 Sep 2627 Jun 264
Sudden Flight (GB) silksSudden Flight (GB)9485Returned this season--811 Oct 2620 Sep 254
Bint Archange (IRE) silksBint Archange (IRE)9489Returned this season--79 Oct 2618 Jul 262
Knebworth (GB) silksKnebworth (GB)9390Declared19 Oct 26Wolverhampton (AW)614 Oct 2627 Jun 266
Nobody Knows (IRE) silksNobody Knows (IRE)9393Returned this season--310 Oct 2610 Oct 263
Kodiac City (IRE) silksKodiac City (IRE)9292Declared19 Oct 26Pontefract323 Sep 2623 Sep 262
Rare Change (IRE) silksRare Change (IRE)9180Returned this season--824 Sep 262 Aug 254
Harry Knows (IRE) silksHarry Knows (IRE)9090Returned this season--824 Sep 2624 Sep 262
Our Cody (IRE) silksOur Cody (IRE)9087Declared19 Oct 26Pontefract412 Sep 2610 Oct 253
Sayidah Hard Spun (GB) silksSayidah Hard Spun (GB)9087Returned this season--310 Jun 2616 Apr 263
Winding Stream (IRE) silksWinding Stream (IRE)8987Returned this season--44 Jul 2618 Jun 263
Vice President (IRE) silksVice President (IRE)8877Returned this season--412 Feb 2611 Apr 255
Startled (IRE) silksStartled (IRE)8786Returned this season--719 Sep 261 Aug 263
Mohaaraj (GB) silksMohaaraj (GB)8685Returned this season--510 Oct 2618 Sep 263
The Thames Boatman (GB) silksThe Thames Boatman (GB)8672Returned this season--1329 Sep 2628 Feb 256
Love Is (IRE) silksLove Is (IRE)8686Returned this season--53 Sep 263 Sep 262

Current string (horses that have not left the yard), ranked by highest official rating carried in any Flat run in our records since May 2014.

Return curve: when the string comes back

Jan12.4%12.5%12.4%9911
Feb19.9%25.0%7.5%6011
Mar31.4%35.2%11.4%919
Apr45.0%51.1%13.7%10914
May57.6%71.6%12.5%10018
Jun68.1%86.4%10.5%8413
Jul76.5%96.6%8.4%679
Aug83.7%104.5%7.2%577
Sep91.0%115.9%7.3%5810
Oct94.5%117.0%3.5%281
Nov98.2%-3.8%30-
Dec100.0%-1.8%14-

Month of each horse's seasonal debut for the yard, ten seasons 2016 to 2025 pooled. This season is measured against the number of horses that made a seasonal debut for the yard last season (88).

Season by season

202612.4%4695830.9%£1,026,235€0
202513.4%4776435.6%£1,637,981€0
202416.6%3856438.2%£895,427€475
202314.1%3695236.6%£745,338€0
202214.7%3875734.6%£660,039€155
202112.2%4014929.4%£534,519€0
202012.2%3364133.0%£309,058€0
201912.2%4525533.2%£518,084€6,300
201813.6%4566239.5%£589,633€0
201712.1%5196338.0%£441,728€0
201610.1%3573627.2%£256,505€4,560

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Courses

Kempton (AW)14.1%2834033.9%618
Lingfield (AW)16.1%2494042.2%525
Wolverhampton (AW)19.0%2164138.4%519
Chelmsford (AW)21.5%2094547.4%112
Windsor10.6%1231333.3%263
Newbury8.8%1131023.0%352
Goodwood7.0%86618.6%335
Southwell (AW)17.3%751345.3%143
Ascot1.6%63123.8%141
Newmarket7.9%63520.6%164
Bath16.7%601028.3%161
Newmarket (July)16.7%48843.8%61
Haydock19.5%41843.9%32
Brighton13.5%37529.7%121
Salisbury5.6%36225.0%171
Sandown8.3%36319.4%162
Lingfield6.7%30233.3%70

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Race type splits

AW17.6%1,04118314.1%19127Race type
Turf10.5%97810311.2%27731Race type
Handicap14.0%1,26417710.9%25728Race level
Other non-handicap15.5%65710216.0%17528Race level
Listed6.4%47311.8%172Race level
Group 2 or 37.3%4130.0%170Race level
GB14.2%2,01428612.4%46858Region
3yo16.1%85713811.5%13115Age
2yo13.7%6158413.7%19026Age
4yo+11.7%5476411.5%14817Age

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Strike rate by month

Jan12.6%1431821.1%194
Feb14.3%1331922.7%225
Mar19.7%2034014.3%284
Apr16.2%278457.1%423
May10.2%4414518.6%5911
Jun12.2%556686.6%765
Jul12.9%5126613.0%699
Aug11.8%5346314.8%619
Sep12.4%5667010.0%707
Oct14.2%395564.3%231
Nov11.4%21124-00
Dec17.4%16729-00

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Strike rate season by season
5%10%15%20%25%20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Strike rate 2016: 10.1%Strike rate 2017: 12.1%Strike rate 2018: 13.6%Strike rate 2019: 12.2%Strike rate 2020: 12.2%Strike rate 2021: 12.2%Strike rate 2022: 14.7%Strike rate 2023: 14.1%Strike rate 2024: 16.6%Strike rate 2025: 13.4%Strike rate 2026: 12.4%12.4%

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Which Richard Hughes Flat horses are declared to run?

Richard Hughes's declared runners table lists every horse entered from today, 13 at the latest count, with course, off time, days since the last run and a first time out flag.

How do Richard Hughes Flat horses go first time out?

About as well as second time out. Richard Hughes's seasonal debutants won 12.5% over 2016 to 2025 and second runs 14%, so fitness has made little difference.

How is Richard Hughes doing in 2026?

Richard Hughes's 2026 record stands at 58 wins from 469 runs, 12.4% with 145 placed, and the season by season table sets that against the last ten Flat seasons.

Which Richard Hughes Flat horses are still to return?

Richard Hughes's string table marks every horse run in the last year as returned, declared or not yet returned. 5 have yet to reappear, and the top rated table picks out the best of them.

Which courses suit Richard Hughes's runners?

Richard Hughes's courses table ranks every track used over 2021 to 2025 by runs, with win %

Questions people ask

How many horses does Richard Hughes train?

The string table lists every horse Richard Hughes has run in the last 365 days, 115 at today's count. Of those, 98 have run in 2026 so far and 5 are still to reappear.

Do Richard Hughes Flat horses win first time out?

Over 2016 to 2025 Richard Hughes's seasonal debutants won 12.5% and second runs 14%. The two figures sit close together, so fitness has made little difference to Richard Hughes's runners.

Which Richard Hughes Flat horses are running today?

The declared runners table shows 13 of Richard Hughes's string entered from today, 0 of them running today. Each row shows the course, off time, days off and whether the horse is making its seasonal debut.

Where do the Richard Hughes figures come from?

Results come from the RaceWatch results database of British and Irish racing, with declarations from RaceWatch racecards. The page refreshes every morning, so the string, declared runners and season figures change as Richard Hughes runs horses.

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