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Jockey profile

Bernie Wharfe

386 rides in the lifetime window · 169 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jun 2010 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
25–386
Wins / Runs
6.5%
Strike rate
n=386
79 (21%)
Placed
0.95
Fair A/E
n=386 · 0.81 incl. margin
−122.62
£1 level stake
n=386 at SP · −31.8%
£184k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.3%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 130 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.95).

Deterministic profile computed from 386 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Peter Bowen: 12.9% from 62
The read

The record is strongest at Taunton (12.1%, n=33), clear of the rider's 6.5% baseline. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 2.6% (n=76, Fair A/E 0.53). The market has consistently overbet rides in big fields of 14 or more: 2.6% strike, Fair A/E 0.64 and −87.50 to a £1 stake over 116 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Peter Bowen supplied 16% of the rides and beats the rider's average (12.9% vs 6.5%, A/E 1.31) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The market has also underrated the rider on Good going: Fair A/E 1.22 across 127 rides (9.4% strike, +47.75 to a £1 stake). The record read poorly off a 61-180-day break — 2.3% over 43 rides, 4.2pts below the baseline.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4%−2.5
n=150 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −57.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
19.2%+12.7
n=26 · A/E 1.20 · £1 +6.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
2.6%−3.9
n=76 · A/E 0.53 · £1 −65.00
When favourite
26.7%
n=15 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −4.12
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
6.5%+0.0
n=356 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −132.12
Big fields · 14+ runners
2.6%−3.9
n=116 · A/E 0.64 · £1 −87.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.5
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.5% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. First rides are the first captured pairing of horse and rider; last-time-out winners are horses whose previous captured run was a win; claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
With Peter Bowen 12.9% vs 6.5% · n=62
With Ron Hodges 0% vs 6.5% · n=35
At Taunton 12.1% vs 6.5% · n=33
Off a 61-180-day break 2.3% vs 6.5% · n=43
On Good going 9.4% vs 6.5% · n=127
On first rides for the horse 4% vs 6.5% · n=150
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
Hurdle 253 19 7.5% −66.12
Chase 96 4 4.2% −56.50
NH Flat 37 2 5.4% +0.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 127 12 9.4% +47.75
Soft 99 4 4% −80.25
Good to Soft 69 3 4.3% −49.00
Good to Firm 52 3 5.8% −22.50
Heavy 34 3 8.8% −13.62
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Taunton 33 4 12.1% −2.00
Newton Abbot 32 2 6.3% +4.25
Chepstow 29 1 3.4% −3.00
Wincanton 26 0 0% −26.00
Exeter 24 2 8.3% +5.00
Fontwell 24 1 4.2% −16.00
Hereford 19 0 0% −19.00
Ludlow 17 0 0% −17.00
Worcester 17 1 5.9% +17.00
Towcester 16 0 0% −16.00
Plumpton 15 1 6.7% −9.50
Uttoxeter 15 2 13.3% +4.50
Bangor-on-Dee 14 3 21.4% +10.00
Huntingdon 14 0 0% −14.00
Stratford 12 2 16.7% +4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 194 12 6.2% −57.87
Class 5 98 6 6.1% −48.00
Class 3 59 5 8.5% −17.75
Class 6 24 1 4.2% +2.00
Class 1 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 2 5 1 20% +5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 19 5 26.3% 1.04 −2.62
2nd–3rd fav 53 9 17% 1.09 +3.50
4th–6th fav 114 5 4.4% 0.66 −53.50
7th+ in betting 200 6 3% 1.08 −70.00
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.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
86% completed · 349 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 96 71.9% 4 5 17 0 1
Hurdle 253 91.3% 3 3 16 0 0
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Histoire De Moeurs (FR) 18 4 9 11 Aug 09
Caspar of Tarsus (IRE) 10 0 1 8 Dec 09
Beat The System (GB) 9 1 3 3 Dec 09
Nomad (FR) 9 0 1 15 Jul 09
Bally Conn (IRE) 8 2 4 8 Apr 10
Bright Green (GB) 8 0 1 31 Aug 08
Massams Lane (GB) 7 1 3 24 Jul 09
Miss Midnight (GB) 7 0 1 5 May 09
Bankers Bonus (IRE) 6 0 0 23 Apr 10
Makin A Fuss (GB) 6 0 1 26 Nov 09
Royal Prodigy (USA) 6 0 2 19 Apr 09
Kilcannon Supreme (IRE) 6 1 1 11 Dec 08
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 169 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
52610159191510003
A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardPeter Bowen
16% of all rides
12.9% SR · A/E 1.31
TrainerRWSR£1
Peter Bowen 62 8 12.9% +1.25
Martin Hill 55 4 7.3% −1.75
Gerald Ham 44 2 4.5% −28.50
Ron Hodges 35 0 0% −35.00
Carroll Gray 32 1 3.1% −26.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
39
Archived wins
£254k
Prize money
2008
Best season · 15 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. 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.
Histoire De Moeurs (FR) — Birmingham Mail Summer Handicap Chase Stratford · Jul 2009 · Class 2
£13,776
Va Vavoom (IRE) — Cheltenham Business Club Conditionals' Handicap Chase Cheltenham · Dec 2005 · Class 4
£8,493
Histoire De Moeurs (FR) — Connolly's Red Mills Horsefeed Novices' Handicap Hurdle Newton Abbot · Aug 2008 · Class 3
£6,337
Notable horses
Histoire De Moeurs (FR) Cava Bien (GB) Bally Conn (IRE) Le Forezien (FR) Reelinga (GB) Thats Confidential (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kaldounevees (FR) 22.2% · 4–18
Progeny have won 9.9% of 669 runs since 2008 (93 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 15.2% from 164. Weakest on Soft going: 4.6% from 152. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.7% from 106.
Supreme Leader (GB) 17.6% · 3–17
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,984 runs since 2008 (349 horses).
Darnay (GB) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 4.1% of 666 runs since 2008 (97 horses).
Beat All (USA) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 7% of 2,513 runs since 2008 (254 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.6% from 320. Weakest on Heavy going: 3.6% from 192. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 12.5% from 120.
Midnight Legend (GB) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,311 runs since 2008 (494 horses).
Moonax (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 5.8% of 365 runs since 2008 (62 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 1.6% from 122.
Top line: the rider'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 6 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 540 · newest first

The latest 50 of 540 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 21 March 2005 to 16 June 2010.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
16 Jun 10 Worcester Safe Catch (IRE)T: Martin Hill Bet In Running - Betdaq Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)Class 4 · 24f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 7th 100/1
07 Jun 10 Newton Abbot Darfour (GB)T: Martin Hill attheraces.com Free Race Replays Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 17f · Good · 8 ran 8th 10/1
07 Jun 10 Newton Abbot Red Twist (GB)T: Martin Hill Attheraces Virgin 534 Novices' HurdleClass 3 · 18.5f · Good · 6 ran 2nd 9/2
11 May 10 Newton Abbot Red Twist (GB)T: Martin Hill Sponsor's Name Here Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 21.5f · Good · 9 ran 1st 33/1
09 May 10 Plumpton Nomoretaxes (BRZ)T: Debbie Mountain Tom, Ella And Sophie Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 7th 66/1
28 Apr 10 Southwell Golden Smog (IRE)T: Ian Williams Southwell Racecourse Horse Trials Mares' Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 15.5f · Good · 13 ran 10th 66/1
23 Apr 10 Chepstow Bankers Bonus (IRE)T: Martin Hill Sun Trade Windows Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8th 28/1
23 Apr 10 Chepstow Miss Totnes (GB)T: Martin Hill Dunraven Windows Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran PU 66/1
21 Apr 10 Southwell Final Son (GB)T: Alan Jarvis Equiform Nutrition Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran UR 12/1
18 Apr 10 Stratford Shut The Bar (GB)T: George Baker Bet Totepool To Support Your Sport Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 16.5f · Good · 16 ran 16th 10/1
13 Apr 10 Exeter Red Twist (GB)T: Martin Hill Wood Farm Stud Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 23f · Good · 10 ran PU 25/1
11 Apr 10 Southwell Mawsem (IRE)T: George Baker Mansfield Chad Intermediate Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 15.5f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 4/1
10 Apr 10 Chepstow Bottman (IRE)T: Tim Vaughan John Smith's Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 1st 25/1
10 Apr 10 Chepstow Blunham Hill (IRE)T: Graeme McPherson John Smith's 'No Nonsense' Racing Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 17 ran 11th 16/1
08 Apr 10 Taunton Bally Conn (IRE)T: Martin Hill Somerset's Number One Radio Station - Heart Fm Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 16 ran PU 16/1
03 Apr 10 Haydock Double Dash (GB)T: George Baker Johnson Construction Group 'Fixed Brush' Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 20.5f · Heavy · 6 ran 5th 15/2
01 Apr 10 Ludlow No More Favours (GB)T: Dai Burchell Nfu Mutual Selling HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 5th 50/1
28 Mar 10 Wincanton Mr Straffan (IRE)T: Martin Hill At The Chapel Bruton Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 13th 250/1
27 Mar 10 Stratford Golden Smog (IRE)T: Ian Williams Coventry Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 5 · 16.5f · Soft · 15 ran 8th 50/1
17 Mar 10 Huntingdon Mawsem (IRE)T: George Baker 32Red.com Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good · 16 ran 2nd 66/1

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 Bernie Wharfe's strike rate?
Bernie Wharfe has won 25 of 386 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Bernie Wharfe do best at?
Taunton by strike rate: 4 wins from 33 rides (12.1%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most rides 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.
Which yard does Bernie Wharfe ride most for?
Peter Bowen, with 62 rides since 2008 — 16% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (12.9%).
What is Bernie Wharfe's Fair A/E?
0.95, from 386 rides 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.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).