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Jockey profile

Robert Whearty

1,505 rides in the last 5 seasons · 688 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 5 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2021→)
from 1 Jan 2022
97–1,505
Wins / Runs
6.4%
Strike rate
n=1,505
327 (22%)
Placed
0.98
Fair A/E
n=1,502 · 0.78 incl. margin
−464.64
£1 level stake
n=1,505 at SP · −30.9%
£1.73m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
4.3%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 300 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 6% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.98). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 8% off breaks of two months or more (214 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,505 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Mar–May Fresh horses: 7.9% 32.7% when favourite Gavin Cromwell: 7% from 342 Claiming: 6.8% Rides the favourite in 4% of races
The read

It is weakest at Down Royal (0% over 50 rides) — the widest gap in the record. In Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 0% (n=34, Fair A/E 0.00). Horses returning fresh after 61+ days are the standout value angle: 7.9% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.78 and +46.83 to a £1 stake over 214 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Gavin Cromwell supplies 23% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (7%, A/E 0.87). The rider also reads well over 1m5f – 2m (11.7%, n=111). The standout partner of the record: Little Queenie (IRE) — 6 wins from 23 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Mar–May.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.1%−0.3
n=670 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −238.42
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
3.1%−3.3
n=97 · A/E 0.27 · £1 −86.92
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
7.9%+1.5
n=214 · A/E 1.78 · £1 +46.83
When favourite
32.7%
n=55 · A/E 1.41 · £1 +8.28
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
6.8%+0.4
n=1,140 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −359.97
Big fields · 14+ runners
6%−0.4
n=823 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −321.63
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.4
n=34 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −34.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.4% 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 horses switching code 14.9% vs 6.4% · n=87
With Thomas Gibney 16.7% vs 6.4% · n=30
With new recruits 13.6% vs 6.4% · n=59
At Down Royal 0% vs 6.4% · n=50
Over 1m5f – 2m 11.7% vs 6.4% · n=111
With Paul W Flynn 10.9% vs 6.4% · n=175
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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 472 30 6.4% −145.12
Standard (AW) 465 33 7.1% −77.26
Soft 317 17 5.4% −126.01
Heavy 117 8 6.8% −48.25
Good to Soft 102 7 6.9% −49.50
Good to Firm 32 2 6.3% −18.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 460 33 7.2% −72.26
Curragh 155 7 4.5% −93.42
Navan 105 9 8.6% −17.87
Gowran Park 101 7 6.9% −28.00
Naas 96 6 6.3% −41.00
Leopardstown 85 2 2.4% −46.00
Bellewstown 76 5 6.6% −45.00
Fairyhouse 69 6 8.7% −13.00
Galway 53 2 3.8% −21.00
Down Royal 50 0 0% −50.00
Roscommon 48 3 6.3% −28.17
Cork 39 4 10.3% +22.33
Killarney 30 2 6.7% −19.00
Sligo 23 3 13% +3.50
Limerick 21 0 0% −21.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 34 0 0% −34.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 1 100% +2.75

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 81 21 25.9% 1.22 −5.64
2nd–3rd fav 202 27 13.4% 0.96 −55.00
4th–6th fav 368 24 6.5% 0.83 −151.00
7th+ in betting 854 25 2.9% 1.02 −253.00
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.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Big Gossey (IRE) 28 4 11 10 Oct 26
Little Queenie (IRE) 23 6 10 22 Jul 26
Manhattan Dandy (IRE) 15 2 7 20 Sep 25
Feature This (IRE) 13 3 6 14 Mar 25
Pachmena (IRE) 11 0 3 8 Jul 25
Charming Lady (IRE) 11 2 2 3 Oct 24
Stormy Jenn (IRE) 11 1 5 14 Aug 24
Maura's Gift (IRE) 11 1 6 15 Mar 24
Breezy Zoff (IRE) 11 0 3 24 Nov 23
Transcendental (FR) 10 2 6 3 Nov 24
Charlie Darling (FR) 10 1 2 10 Oct 24
Global Export (IRE) 10 1 4 25 Jul 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 688 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 8
Only 8 rides in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
809884896397
A flat rider: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardGavin Cromwell
23% of all rides
7% SR · A/E 0.87
TrainerRWSR£1
Gavin Cromwell 342 24 7% −94.29
Paul W Flynn 175 19 10.9% −24.51
T G McCourt 96 7 7.3% +34.50
Noel Meade 92 4 4.3% −34.50
Adrian Murray 67 3 4.5% −16.00
Thomas Coyle 42 2 4.8% −23.50
P Cluskey 41 1 2.4% −35.00
Keith Henry Clarke 40 1 2.5% +27.00
Conor David Maxwell 35 4 11.4% +11.83
James McAuley 32 0 0% −32.00
Charles O'Brien 32 4 12.5% +3.58
Thomas Gibney 30 5 16.7% +9.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2021→
106
Archived wins
£1.81m
Prize money
2024
Best season · 28 wins
Big Gossey (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund 'Bold Lad' Sprint Handicap (Premier Handicap) Curragh · Sep 2023
£88,500
Big Gossey (IRE) — David Power Memorial Premier Handicap Curragh · Jul 2024
£59,000
Smoke Them Out (IRE) — Irish EBF Auction Series Nursery Handicap Cork · Oct 2024
£29,500
Notable horses
Little Queenie (IRE) Big Gossey (IRE) Feature This (IRE) Molly Hall (IRE) Manhattan Dandy (IRE) Harbanaker (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Elzaam (AUS) 7.4% · 4–54
Progeny have won 9.2% of 4,530 runs since 2016 (374 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 327.
Camacho (GB) 18.2% · 8–44
Progeny have won 8.1% of 9,325 runs since 2009 (596 horses).
Inns Of Court (IRE) 9.8% · 4–41
Progeny have won 9.3% of 2,250 runs since 2023 (232 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 12.7% from 150.
Gutaifan (IRE) 14.3% · 5–35
Progeny have won 8.9% of 3,768 runs since 2019 (302 horses).
Churchill (IRE) 6.9% · 2–29
Progeny have won 11% of 4,841 runs since 2021 (462 horses).
Dandy Man (IRE) 11.1% · 3–27
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,980 runs since 2013 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
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 1,610 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,610 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 14 May 2021 to 1 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Dyker Heights (IRE)T: Matthew J Smith Velo Coffee At The Curragh Maiden12f · Yielding · 19 ran 16th 500/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Cash Me (IRE)T: A Oliver Isuzu Ireland Handicap7f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran 22nd 11/1
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Captain Ciano (IRE)T: T G McCourt Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap8f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 14/1
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Anaverna (IRE)T: M M Rice Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden8f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 300/1
29 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Survivor's Code (IRE)T: Conor David Maxwell See You At The GR1 Double Header – 21 & 22 November Handicap (Div II)7f · Yielding · 11 ran 7th 13/2
29 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Flying Fortress (GB)T: Gavin Cromwell Punchestown Premiere Weekend Sat 21 & Sun 22 November Handicap8f · Yielding · 14 ran 11th 22/1
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Copper Craft (IRE)T: A Oliver Happy Halloween Handicap12f · Standard · 13 ran 3rd 5/1
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Let Me Free (IRE)T: Gavin Cromwell Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden6f · Standard · 13 ran 6th 33/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Theflyingbee (IRE)T: F G Hand Navan Racecourse Handicap14f · Yielding · 23 ran 2nd 9/1
19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Staywitherjohnny (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Racing Club Membership Handicap (Div II)8.5f · Soft · 15 ran 7th 25/1
19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Survivor's Code (IRE)T: Conor David Maxwell Racing Club Membership Handicap (Div I)8.5f · Soft · 16 ran 2nd 12/1
17 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Viola Young (IRE)T: Gavin Cromwell Irish EBF Fillies Maiden (Smullen Series)8.5f · Good · 10 ran 6th 22/1
16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Howd'yadoit (IRE)T: G. M. Lyons BAR 1 Betting 'Supporting Irish Racing' Handicap7f · Standard · 12 ran 8th 20/1
16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Are You In Or Out (IRE)T: Conor David Maxwell Celebrate Your Special Occasion At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (Div II)7f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 33/1
12 Oct 26 Roscommon (IRE) Flying Fortress (GB)T: Gavin Cromwell On-Course Vets Handicap12f · Soft · 16 ran 12th 20/1
12 Oct 26 Roscommon (IRE) Courtlough Gula (IRE)T: P Cluskey Roscommon Racecourse On Facebook Handicap (Div II)7.5f · Soft · 13 ran 13th 125/1
10 Oct 26 Naas (IRE) Big Gossey (IRE)T: Charles O'Brien RFL Steels Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 6f · Soft · 9 ran 2nd 6/1
09 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Sonoran (IRE)T: G. M. Lyons BAR 1 Betting 'First For Football' Handicap8f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 9/1
09 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Lady Quigley (IRE)T: Paul W Flynn Irish EBF Median Sires Series Fillies Maiden7f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 250/1
08 Oct 26 Thurles (IRE) Glen Echo (IRE)T: Gavin Cromwell Welcome Back To Thurles Handicap12.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 9th 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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 7 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 3 runs (won 0, 1 did not run) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 2 runs (won 0, 1 did not run) · fastest on KTB Speed in 3 runs (won 0, 1 did not run) · to 30 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Robert Whearty's strike rate?
Robert Whearty has won 97 of 1,505 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 6.4% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Robert Whearty do best at?
Cork by strike rate: 4 wins from 39 rides (10.3%) since 2022. 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 Whearty ride most for?
Gavin Cromwell, with 342 rides since 2022 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 24 (7%).
Is Robert Whearty in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 8 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Robert Whearty's Fair A/E?
0.98, from 1,502 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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).