His career numbers back that up. 118 winners in four years is a solid foundation, and this season he has added 28 more from 261 runners — winning roughly 1 in every 9 races, or 11% of the time. That is down from 18% last year, which sounds like a dip, but context matters: a yard that sends out 261 runners in a season is operating at serious volume, and maintaining double-digit win rates across that workload is no small thing. More encouragingly, his last two weeks suggest the better form is returning — 2 winners from just 12 runners, a 17% hit rate that comfortably outstrips his season average.
Knight has a particular affinity for Newmarket, the most prestigious training and racing centre in the country. His record there — 5 winners from 18 runners — works out at roughly 1 in every 3-and-a-half races, which is exceptional at a track that attracts some of the sharpest yards in Britain. When good horses meet a course that suits them, trainers with an eye for detail tend to show up in the numbers, and Knight's Newmarket record is exactly that kind of signal.
He also does well when the heavens open. On wet or muddy ground, his horses win 2 from every 9 races — around 22% — well above his seasonal average. That suggests Knight is good at identifying which horses relish the conditions and placing them accordingly.
His most consistent jockey partnership is with Cieren Fallon, one of the more quietly effective riders in the weighing room. Their 3 wins from 41 rides together — around 1 in every 14 — reflects the sheer difficulty of the game rather than any lack of quality. His most fruitful single partnership is with the horse Timely Affair, who has won twice from their 9 races together. In a yard that is still growing, those two wins feel like the beginning of something.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell | 25 | 4 | 16% |
| Kempton Park | 25 | 2 | 8% |
| Wolverhampton | 22 | 1 | 4.5% |
| Great Yarmouth | 21 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 19 | 4 | 21.1% |
| Newmarket | 18 | 5 | 27.8% |
| Windsor | 14 | 2 | 14.3% |
| Haydock Park | 13 | 2 | 15.4% |
| chelmsford | 12 | 1 | 8.3% |
| York | 11 | 2 | 18.2% |
| Goodwood | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| Brighton | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Sandown Park | 8 | 2 | 25% |
| Nottingham | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Newcastle | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Doncaster | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Newbury | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Salisbury | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Bath | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Epsom Downs | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| meydan | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% |