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Trainer profile

Arthur Whitehead

156 runners in the lifetime window · 12 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jan 2020 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners 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.
12–156
Wins / Runs
7.7%
Strike rate
n=156
50 (32%)
Placed
1.04
Fair A/E
n=156 · 0.89 incl. margin
+17.08
£1 level stake
n=156 at SP · +10.9%
£73,424
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 10 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 8% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.04).

Deterministic profile computed from 156 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Josh Wall: 9.2% from 76 Claiming riders: 8.6%
The read

Josh Wall rode 49% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (9.2%, A/E 1.11) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also read well over 2m1f – 2m4f (11.1%, n=63). The market has also underrated the yard on Good going: Fair A/E 1.36 across 67 runners (10.4% strike, +8.08 to a £1 stake). The record read poorly off a 15-30-day break — 4.5% over 44 runners, 3.2pts below the baseline.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
7.4%−0.3
n=54 · A/E 1.26 · £1 +9.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−7.7
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−7.7
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−7.7
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
40%+32.3
n=5 · A/E 8.90 · £1 +40.00
When favourite
33.3%
n=6 · A/E 1.40 · £1 +2.08
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
8.6%+0.9
n=140 · A/E 1.10 · £1 +33.08

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.7% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Headgear figures use the true-first definition (first gear appearance in the captured career); returns are gear back on after a bare run. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
With a new jockey booking 3.1% vs 7.7% · n=32
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 11.1% vs 7.7% · n=63
Off a 15-30-day break 4.5% vs 7.7% · n=44
On Good going 10.4% vs 7.7% · n=67
In Class 5 9.4% vs 7.7% · n=64 · A/E 1.18
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 128 10 7.8% +20.33
Chase 28 2 7.1% −3.25

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 67 7 10.4% +8.08
Good to Soft 24 1 4.2% −13.00
Soft 24 0 0% −24.00
Good to Firm 20 3 15% +46.00
Heavy 19 1 5.3% +2.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Worcester 29 3 10.3% +2.00
Towcester 14 1 7.1% −10.25
Bangor-on-Dee 13 0 0% −13.00
Chepstow 13 2 15.4% +29.00
Ffos Las 9 2 22.2% +7.00
Uttoxeter 9 1 11.1% −1.00
Newton Abbot 9 2 22.2% +29.33
Taunton 8 0 0% −8.00
Hereford 7 0 0% −7.00
Warwick 7 0 0% −7.00
Ludlow 6 0 0% −6.00
Stratford 5 0 0% −5.00
Wetherby 5 1 20% +29.00
Exeter 4 0 0% −4.00
Leicester 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 68 6 8.8% −5.67
Class 5 64 6 9.4% +46.75
Class 3 23 0 0% −23.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 7 2 28.6% 1.29 +1.08
2nd–3rd fav 21 2 9.5% 0.59 −9.00
4th–6th fav 55 2 3.6% 0.49 −36.00
7th+ in betting 73 6 8.2% 2.39 +61.00
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
84% completed · 156 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 28 71.4% 1 0 7 0 0
Hurdle 128 86.7% 1 1 15 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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Della Sun (FR)from C Gourdain 28 4 8 11 Oct 18
Jeanry (FR) 25 2 9 25 Apr 14
Jawahal Du Mathan (FR)from C Gourdain 24 0 3 11 Jan 17
Ton-Chee (GB)from Barry Murtagh 23 4 8 25 Sep 12
Lonesome Boatman (IRE) 19 1 9 1 May 12
Zalgarry (FR)from C Gourdain 13 1 6 10 May 18
Marlais (GB)from C Gourdain 9 0 1 7 Apr 19
Zaliapour (FR)from C Gourdain 4 0 2 21 Jun 19
Milan Of Crystal (IRE)from Dave Roberts · then Dave Roberts 3 0 2 29 Jan 20
Moderator (CZE) 3 0 2 25 May 17
Lucky Shame (FR) 3 0 0 17 May 08
Arctic Cherry (IRE)from Richard Ford 2 0 0 21 Apr 08
All 12 horses sent out in this window. 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.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 12 horses listed, 8 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from C Gourdain (5); 4 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 11 have no later run for another yard in our archive.

Read from each listed horse's whole archived career (2005 onwards), not only this window, and counted over the horses listed above, not the whole string. “First archived run” means our archive holds nothing earlier, not that the horse was unraced. A horse with no later run elsewhere may still be here, be off the track, or have run somewhere our archive does not cover — none of that is asserted.

When the yard fires

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

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderJosh Wall
49% of all rides
9.2% SR · A/E 1.11
RiderRWSR£1
Josh Wall 76 7 9.2% −1.92
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
12
Archived wins
£75,334
Prize money
2013
Best season · 3 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.
Della Sun (FR) — King Size Pools At Totepool.com Handicap Hurdle Ffos Las · Aug 2013 · Class 4
£5,393
Della Sun (FR) — South West Racing Club Handicap Hurdle Newton Abbot · Sep 2014 · Class 4
£3,509
Jeanry (FR) — Myson Radiators Handicap Hurdle Worcester · Oct 2010 · Class 4
£3,426
Notable horses
Della Sun (FR) Ton-Chee (GB) Jeanry (FR) Lonesome Boatman (IRE) Zalgarry (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Della Francesca (USA) 14.3% · 4–28
Progeny have won 10% of 1,477 runs since 2008 (172 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13% from 338. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 16% from 100. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.3% from 160.
Marathon (USA) 8% · 2–25
Progeny have won 8.2% of 255 runs since 2008 (26 horses).
Smadoun (FR) 0% · 0–24
Progeny have won 12.2% of 1,394 runs since 2008 (154 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 8% from 187.
Vettori (IRE) 17.4% · 4–23
Progeny have won 7.2% of 1,775 runs since 2008 (163 horses).
Old Vic (GB) 5.3% · 1–19
Progeny have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since 2008 (630 horses).
Ballingarry (IRE) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 10.4% of 2,430 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 125.
Top line: the yard'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 15 Oct 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 174 · newest first

The latest 50 of 174 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 17 October 2005 to 29 January 2020.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Jan 20 Leicester Milan Of Crystal (IRE)J: Lorcan Murtagh Six Hills Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 9 ran 3rd 11/1
12 Dec 19 Warwick Milan Of Crystal (IRE)J: Lorcan Murtagh Vdl Steelweld Uk Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 21f · Heavy · 18 ran 4th 20/1
12 Nov 19 Hereford Milan Of Crystal (IRE)J: Lorcan Murtagh Join 8,000 Roa Members Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Soft · 14 ran 5th 11/1
21 Jun 19 Market Rasen Zaliapour (FR)J: William Kennedy Siemens Gamesa 'Summer Plate Trial' Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 21.5f · Good · 9 ran PU 16/1
11 May 19 Haydock Zaliapour (FR)J: William Kennedy Pertemps Network Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 19f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 9/1
14 Apr 19 Wincanton Zaliapour (FR)J: William Kennedy Healthy Pets Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 66/1
07 Apr 19 Ffos Las Marlais (GB)J: William Kennedy Llanelli Herald Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Soft · 15 ran PU 33/1
17 Mar 19 Carlisle Zaliapour (FR)J: William Kennedy racingtv.com Novices' ChaseClass 3 · 16f · Heavy · 4 ran 4th 28/1
11 Oct 18 Worcester Della Sun (FR)J: William Kennedy MintBet Bet 10 Get 10 Welcome Bonus Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 11 ran PU 16/1
17 Jul 18 Worcester Della Sun (FR)J: Josh Wall Northern Water Services Selling Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Good · 15 ran 2nd 12/1
10 May 18 Worcester Zalgarry (FR)J: Josh Wall Weatherbys Stallion Book Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20f · Good · 10 ran PU 5/1
18 Jan 18 Ludlow Marlais (GB)J: Josh Wall Jubilee Restaurant Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 21f · Soft · 15 ran PU 100/1
09 Dec 17 Chepstow Zalgarry (FR)J: Josh Wall Rhys Howells Memorial Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 19.5f · Heavy · 12 ran 4th 16/1
29 Nov 17 Hereford Marlais (GB)J: Josh Wall Brecon Carreg Roa/racing Post Owners Jackpot Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good · 15 ran 15th 50/1
24 Nov 17 Ffos Las Zalgarry (FR)J: Josh Wall Robert Price Builders Merchants Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap)Class 4 · 21f · Heavy · 7 ran 4th 22/1
31 Oct 17 Bangor-on-Dee Marlais (GB)J: Josh Wall Cliftons Of Wrexham Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good · 9 ran PU 40/1
26 Oct 17 Carlisle Marlais (GB)J: Josh Wall Bet At Racinguk.com Intermediate Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 17f · Heavy · 7 ran 7th 22/1
24 Sep 17 Uttoxeter Marlais (GB)J: Josh Wall Sentinel Way We Were Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 6th 22/1
25 May 17 Warwick Moderator (CZE)J: Josh Wall William Eborall Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19f · Good · 7 ran PU 25/1
01 May 17 Warwick Moderator (CZE)J: Josh Wall John Greasley Sportsfield Contractors Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 3rd 33/1

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 Arthur Whitehead's strike rate?
Arthur Whitehead has won 12 of 156 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.7% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for Arthur Whitehead?
Josh Wall, with 76 runners since 2008 — 49% of the total. That pairing has won 7 (9.2%).
What is Arthur Whitehead's Fair A/E?
1.04, from 156 runners 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).