What is Robert Walford's strike rate?

Robert Walford has won 60 of 558 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Robert Walford do best at?

Sedgefield by strike rate: 8 wins from 38 rides (21.1%) 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 Robert Walford ride most for?

Tim Walford, with 263 rides since 2008 — 47% of the total. That pairing has won 33 (12.5%).

What is Robert Walford's Fair A/E?

1.13, from 558 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.

Jockey profile

Robert Walford

558 rides in the lifetime window · 184 individual horses

As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Mar 2012 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.

60–558

Wins / Runs

10.8%

Strike rate

n=558

158 (28%)

Placed

1.13

Fair A/E

n=558 · 0.97 incl. margin

−118.03

£1 level stake

n=558 at SP · −21.2%

£507k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 110 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 11% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.13). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 24% (55 rides). Rode mostly for Tim Walford — 47% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 558 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 14.3% 22.5% when favourite Tim Walford: 12.5% from 263 LTO winners: 23.6% Rode the favourite in 7% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Sedgefield (21.1%, n=38), clear of the rider's 10.8% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 23.6% (n=55, Fair A/E 1.42), but first rides on a horse have been a poor signal at 5.5% (n=146, Fair A/E 0.93). Horses returning fresh after 61+ days are the standout value angle: 14.3% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.42 and +19.87 to a £1 stake over 112 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Tim Walford supplied 47% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (12.5%, A/E 1.30) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well off a break of 180+ days (20.8%, n=53). The record read poorly in NH Flat races — 1.7% over 59 rides, 9.1pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Betfair Chase at Haydock (Nov 2005, £85,530). The standout partner of the record was Miss Pross (GB) — 5 wins from 28 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.8% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

5.5%−5.3

n=146 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −50.00

Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win

23.6%+12.8

n=55 · A/E 1.42 · £1 +12.97

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

14.3%+3.5

n=112 · A/E 1.42 · £1 +19.87

When favourite

22.5%

n=40 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −6.78

Big fields · 14+ runners

5.6%−5.2

n=160 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −65.50

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

22.2%+11.4

n=9 · A/E 2.49 · £1 +4.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.8% 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

On last-time-out winners 23.6% vs 10.8% · n=55

Off a break of 180+ days 20.8% vs 10.8% · n=53

At Sedgefield 21.1% vs 10.8% · n=38

In NH Flat races 1.7% vs 10.8% · n=59

With debutants 2% vs 10.8% · n=49

In Class 6 2.6% vs 10.8% · n=39

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 285 29 10.2% −30.88

Chase 214 30 14% −43.15

NH Flat 59 1 1.7% −44.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 156 18 11.5% −28.15

Soft 141 10 7.1% −56.38

Good to Soft 129 15 11.6% +6.00

Good to Firm 80 10 12.5% −24.75

Heavy 45 7 15.6% −7.75

Standard (AW) 7 0 0% −7.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Uttoxeter 40 3 7.5% −24.25

Sedgefield 38 8 21.1% +1.25

Exeter 34 4 11.8% −6.00

Wetherby 34 2 5.9% +13.00

Newcastle 28 1 3.6% +6.00

Market Rasen 28 3 10.7% −16.90

Chepstow 25 2 8% −16.00

Wincanton 24 1 4.2% −20.50

Catterick 23 2 8.7% −16.50

Doncaster 21 2 9.5% −10.50

Kempton 21 4 19% +16.50

Hexham 17 4 23.5% +12.00

Taunton 16 1 6.3% −7.00

Southwell 14 0 0% −14.00

Carlisle 14 2 14.3% −2.25

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 299 33 11% −72.78

Class 3 105 15 14.3% −15.50

Class 5 67 6 9% +7.75

Class 6 39 1 2.6% −24.00

Class 2 32 3 9.4% −11.00

Class 1 16 2 12.5% −2.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 64 16 25% 1.03 −2.03

2nd–3rd fav 123 26 21.1% 1.38 +23.00

4th–6th fav 175 14 8% 1.09 −50.00

7th+ in betting 196 4 2% 0.70 −89.00

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

77.6% completed · 499 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 214 72.4% 9 10 40 0 0

Hurdle 285 81.4% 6 2 45 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

Sheriff Hutton (IRE) 20 4 6 13 May 11

Magot De Grugy (FR) 14 0 5 21 Mar 10

Miss Pross (GB) 14 3 6 16 Mar 10

Blast The Past (GB) 12 1 3 15 Dec 09

What's Occurrin (GB) 11 2 5 18 Sep 11

Gypsy George (GB) 10 4 6 20 Mar 10

Minella Boys (IRE) 10 2 3 25 Nov 09

Lothian Falcon (GB) 9 0 1 30 Apr 11

Master Medic (IRE) 9 4 5 15 Dec 10

Fentara (GB) 8 2 4 29 Feb 12

Winter Holly (GB) 8 0 1 4 Jan 11

Laudamus (GB) 8 0 4 6 Mar 10

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 184 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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

881311116152913101210

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 yardTim Walford

47% of all rides
12.5% SR · A/E 1.30

TrainerRWSR£1

Tim Walford 263 33 12.5% −19.90

R H & Mrs S Alner 176 24 13.6% +3.12

Henry Hogarth 30 2 6.7% −18.25

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£1.03m

Prize money

2008

Best season · 26 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.

Kingscliff (IRE) — Betfair Chase (Grade 1) Haydock · Nov 2005 · Class 1

£85,530

Lothian Falcon (GB) — skybet.com Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Wetherby · Dec 2007 · Class 1

£28,644

Gypsy George (GB) — totepool Handicap Chase (For The Tom Wragg Trophy) Uttoxeter · May 2008 · Class 2

£19,515

Notable horses

Miss Pross (GB) Master Medic (IRE) Sheriff Hutton (IRE) Gypsy George (GB) Lothian Falcon (GB) Up The Pub (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Bob's Return (IRE) 20% · 5–25

Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,268 runs since 2008 (219 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.8% from 254.

Rudimentary (USA) 20% · 4–20

Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,114 runs since 2008 (201 horses).

Sovereign Water (FR) 26.3% · 5–19

Progeny have won 11.3% of 292 runs since 2008 (34 horses).

Alflora (IRE) 11.8% · 2–17

Progeny have won 9.8% of 5,312 runs since 2008 (535 horses).

Bollin William (GB) 14.3% · 2–14

Progeny have won 4.8% of 62 runs since 2008 (13 horses).

Tzar Rodney (FR) 0% · 0–14

Progeny have won 14.7% of 68 runs since 2008 (11 horses).

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 1,023 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,023 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 17 March 2012.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

17 Mar 12 Uttoxeter Jimsneverright (GB)T: Tim Walford Betfred 'Bonus King Bingo' Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 15th 33/1

10 Mar 12 Ayr Right Enough (GB)T: Tim Walford Christopher Hoad 21st Birthday Celebration Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24.5f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 2/1J

06 Mar 12 Newcastle Silver Carousel (GB)T: Tim Walford Thompson Commercials 'Newcomers' Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 12/1

04 Mar 12 Sedgefield Granwood (GB)T: Tim Walford Oddschecker.mobi Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Soft · 11 ran 2nd 11/4J

29 Feb 12 Bangor-on-Dee Fentara (GB)T: Tim Walford Weatherbys Bank Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 23f · Good · 17 ran 3rd 14/1

28 Feb 12 Catterick Creagan Bay (GB)T: Tim Walford Watt Fences Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good · 15 ran PU 100/1

11 Feb 12 Musselburgh Ubi Ace (GB)T: Tim Walford John Smith's Scottish County Hurdle (Handicap)Class 3 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 2nd 9/2

11 Feb 12 Musselburgh Chadford (GB)T: Tim Walford John Smith's Scottish Triumph Hurdle (Juvenile)Class 3 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 7th 12/1

11 Feb 12 Musselburgh Creagan Bay (GB)T: Tim Walford John Smith's Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6th 66/1

28 Jan 12 Uttoxeter Fentara (GB)T: Tim Walford Mirror Punters Club Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 20f · Heavy · 9 ran 2nd 6/1

22 Jan 12 Market Rasen Hail Tiberius (GB)T: Tim Walford Josell Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran PU 16/1

12 Jan 12 Catterick Carlton Mac (GB)T: Simon Griffiths Leeds Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 66/1

01 Jan 12 Catterick Shan Valley (IRE)T: Michael Easterby Turftv.co.uk Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 10 ran 8th 25/1

01 Jan 12 Catterick City Ground (USA)T: Michael Easterby Dine And View At Catterick Races Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 7 ran UR 16/1

31 Dec 11 Newbury Ubi Ace (GB)T: Tim Walford Totescoop6 Levy Board Handicap HurdleClass 2 · 16.5f · Soft · 11 ran 3rd 15/2

27 Dec 11 Chepstow Chadford (GB)T: Tim Walford Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1)Class 1 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran 6th 25/1

16 Dec 11 Uttoxeter French Seventyfive (GB)T: Tim Walford Blendcheck Ltd Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24f · Soft · 16 ran 8th 33/1

13 Dec 11 Catterick Right Enough (GB)T: Tim Walford racinguk.com Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 25.5f · Soft · 13 ran 4th 2/1F

13 Dec 11 Catterick Creagan Bay (GB)T: Tim Walford TurfTV.co.uk Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 14 ran PU 150/1

07 Dec 11 Hexham Fentara (GB)T: Tim Walford Pheasant Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Heavy · 8 ran 1st 4/1

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 Robert Walford's strike rate?: Robert Walford has won 60 of 558 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Robert Walford do best at?: Sedgefield by strike rate: 8 wins from 38 rides (21.1%) 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 Robert Walford ride most for?: Tim Walford, with 263 rides since 2008 — 47% of the total. That pairing has won 33 (12.5%).
What is Robert Walford's Fair A/E?: 1.13, from 558 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.