What is Harry Whittington's strike rate?

Harry Whittington has won 175 of 1,217 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 14.4% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Harry Whittington do best at?

Southwell by strike rate: 18 wins from 72 runners (25%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most runners 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.

Who rides most for Harry Whittington?

Gavin Sheehan, with 280 runners since 2008 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 61 (21.8%).

What is Harry Whittington's Fair A/E?

0.97, from 1,216 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.

Trainer profile

Harry Whittington

1,217 runners in the lifetime window · 192 individual horses

As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner May 2025 93% of runners over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

175–1,217

Wins / Runs

14.4%

Strike rate

n=1,217

431 (35%)

Placed

0.97

Fair A/E

n=1,216 · 0.84 incl. margin

−290.08

£1 level stake

n=1,217 at SP · −23.8%

£1.85m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 60 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 14% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.97).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,217 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires May–Jun Fresh horses: 15.4% 41% when favourite Gavin Sheehan: 21.8% from 280 New recruits: 14.9% Sends off the favourite in 15% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Southwell (25%, n=72), clear of the yard's 14.4% baseline. A horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 1.8% (n=55, Fair A/E 0.17). Debutants are the standout value angle: 15.8% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.15 and +19.86 to a £1 stake over 101 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 11.3% strike, Fair A/E 0.84 and −82.33 to a £1 stake over 213 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Gavin Sheehan rides 23% of the entries and beats the yard's average (21.8% vs 14.4%, A/E 1.20) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in Flat races — 5.8% over 86 runners, 8.6pts below the baseline. 7 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap Chase at Cheltenham (Mar 2020, £61,897). The stable star of the record: Bigmartre (FR) — 7 wins from 29 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires May–Jun.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 14.4% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

15.4%+1.0

n=306 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −3.68

New recruits · first run for the yard

14.9%+0.5

n=94 · A/E 1.09 · £1 +46.00

Debutants · first career start

15.8%+1.4

n=101 · A/E 1.15 · £1 +19.86

First-time headgear · true-first definition

1.8%−12.6

n=55 · A/E 0.17 · £1 −52.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

3%−11.4

n=33 · A/E 0.27 · £1 −28.50

When favourite

41%

n=178 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −7.58

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

11.3%−3.1

n=213 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −82.33

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

10%−4.4

n=70 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −41.73

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 14.4% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline

On last-time-out winners 24.6% vs 14.4% · n=171

With first-time headgear 1.8% vs 14.4% · n=55

At Southwell 25% vs 14.4% · n=72

With Gavin Sheehan 21.8% vs 14.4% · n=280

With headgear back on 3% vs 14.4% · n=33

In Flat races 5.8% vs 14.4% · n=86

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 684 102 14.9% −142.95

Chase 289 49 17% −68.22

NH Flat 158 19 12% −18.01

Flat 86 5 5.8% −60.90

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 421 70 16.6% −69.97

Soft 306 44 14.4% −122.77

Good to Soft 273 27 9.9% −31.52

Heavy 111 21 18.9% −27.92

Standard (AW) 54 7 13% −7.90

Good to Firm 52 6 11.5% −30.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Southwell 72 18 25% +49.23

Uttoxeter 66 10 15.2% +8.00

Newbury 57 7 12.3% +30.25

Chepstow 54 10 18.5% −16.96

Fontwell 50 8 16% +1.05

Market Rasen 50 5 10% −32.18

Huntingdon 48 8 16.7% −5.77

Ludlow 45 6 13.3% −2.50

Ffos Las 45 8 17.8% +3.98

Warwick 42 6 14.3% −21.26

Wetherby 40 7 17.5% −19.65

Cheltenham 38 4 10.5% −17.67

Kempton 36 5 13.9% +1.50

Plumpton 33 6 18.2% −5.27

Worcester 32 5 15.6% −0.38

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 536 92 17.2% −50.49

Class 5 243 28 11.5% −94.97

Class 3 212 30 14.2% −74.90

Class 2 78 7 9% −45.97

Class 6 77 11 14.3% +18.98

Class 1 70 7 10% −41.73

Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 203 78 38.4% 1.12 −9.08

2nd–3rd fav 374 58 15.5% 0.87 −107.00

4th–6th fav 396 33 8.3% 0.96 −91.00

7th+ in betting 244 6 2.5% 0.70 −83.00

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

88.2% completed · 973 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 289 78.5% 7 9 46 0 0

Hurdle 684 92.3% 7 4 41 0 1

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

Salto Chisco (IRE)from Oliver Sherwood 30 6 13 24 Aug 20

Bigmartre (FR)from Patrice Quinton 29 7 11 1 Jan 21

Polstar (FR)from J-F Bernard 28 5 9 13 Aug 16

Qasser (IRE)from Kevin Prendergast · then D J Barry 25 3 13 23 Apr 16

Rouge Vif (FR)then Richard J Bandey 22 7 11 24 Apr 23

Breaking Waves (IRE)from Noel Williams · then Alex Hales 22 2 9 20 Dec 22

Fourovakind (GB)from Matt Hazell · then Matt Hazell 20 4 10 1 Jan 17

Lantiern (IRE)then Ian Williams 18 3 7 5 Apr 21

Henrietta Bell (IRE) 18 3 7 31 Oct 20

Vinnie Lewis (IRE)from James Joseph Mangan · then Chris Bealby 18 3 8 8 Mar 20

Neverbeen To Paris (IRE)from David Arbuthnot · then Pat Murphy 16 1 5 16 Aug 21

Captain Tommy (IRE)from Sam Thomas · then David Bridgwater 16 2 6 8 Apr 21

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 192 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 7 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.

Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 60 horses listed, 34 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from David Arbuthnot (2) and Jonathan Portman (2); 26 had their first archived run for this yard.

37 have since run for another yard, most often for Gary Moore (3) and Brian Barr (2); 23 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 riderGavin Sheehan

23% of all rides
21.8% SR · A/E 1.20

RiderRWSR£1

Gavin Sheehan 280 61 21.8% +64.24

Daryl Jacob 185 29 15.7% −53.29

Harry Bannister 174 26 14.9% −62.63

Paul N O'Brien 40 9 22.5% +20.94

Jack Quinlan 33 3 9.1% −16.00

A P Heskin 30 4 13.3% −3.75

Page Fuller 30 4 13.3% −12.15

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→

175

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£1.85m

Prize money

2019

Best season · 37 wins

Simply The Betts (IRE) — Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Cheltenham · Mar 2020 · Grade 3

£61,897

Arzal (FR) — Merseyrail Manifesto Novices' Chase (Grade 1) Aintree · Apr 2016 · Grade 1

£56,319

Saint Calvados (FR) — Randox Health Handicap Chase Cheltenham · Oct 2019 · Class 2

£37,164

Notable horses

Bigmartre (FR) Rouge Vif (FR) Simply The Betts (IRE) Salto Chisco (IRE) Polstar (FR) Sirobbie (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Shantou (USA) 10.7% · 6–56

Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,830 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.

Sageburg (IRE) 21.1% · 8–38

Progeny have won 10% of 3,487 runs since 2012 (416 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.4% from 389. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 2.7% from 295. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.2% from 355.

Milan (GB) 13.9% · 5–36

Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,869 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).

Presenting (GB) 16.7% · 6–36

Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.

Stowaway (GB) 20% · 7–35

Progeny have won 11.3% of 7,190 runs since 2008 (561 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 124.

Montmartre (FR) 22.6% · 7–31

Progeny have won 11.6% of 2,393 runs since 2013 (303 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.5% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.9% from 598. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 2.9% from 138.

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 4 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 1,217 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,217 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 10 February 2011 to 2 May 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

02 May 25 Cheltenham Franigane (FR)J: Mr George Edgedale Bottlegreen Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 16.5f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 18/1

09 Mar 25 Carlisle Saint Calvados (FR)J: Mr David Maxwell Cocklakes Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good · 6 ran 2nd 6/5F

27 Apr 23 Warwick Docpickedme (IRE)J: Gavin Sheehan Watch Irish Racing On RacingTV Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 25f · Good · 10 ran PU 14/1

24 Apr 23 Kempton Rouge Vif (FR)J: Daryl Jacob Bet At racingtv.com Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 18f · Good To Soft · 8 ran PU 8/1

24 Apr 23 Kempton Kitesurfer (FR)J: Daryl Jacob Racing TV Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 4th 6/1

20 Apr 23 Cheltenham Juniper (GB)J: Daryl Jacob Sporting Agenda Challenger Series Mares' Chase Final Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 2 · 25.5f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 6/1

19 Apr 23 Cheltenham Young Bull (IRE)J: Daryl Jacob Gloucester Brewery Holman Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 28f · Good · 20 ran 2nd 12/1

12 Apr 23 Southwell Rogue Queen (IRE)J: Lily Jones Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Mares' Standard NH Flat Race (Conditional/Amateurs) (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3rd 9/2

12 Apr 23 Southwell Old Painless (IRE)J: Jack Quinlan Cazoo Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 6/1

10 Apr 23 Huntingdon Champetre (IRE)J: Alan Doyle Racing TV Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran 4th 9/1

09 Apr 23 Ffos Las He Knows Better (IRE)J: Gavin Sheehan Cazoo Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 8 ran 2nd 9/1

09 Apr 23 Ffos Las Galudon (FR)J: Gavin Sheehan 3as Leisure Motorhome Hire Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran PU 9/2

08 Apr 23 Haydock Docpickedme (IRE)J: Gavin Sheehan cavani.co.uk Challenger Stayers Hurdle Series Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 2 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran PU 18/1

28 Mar 23 Huntingdon Harry's Hottie (IRE)J: Daryl Jacob Racing TV Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 25f · Soft · 6 ran 3rd 5/1

26 Mar 23 Exeter Young Bull (IRE)J: Daryl Jacob Devon Stayers Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 30.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 6/1

22 Mar 23 Haydock Galudon (FR)J: Sean Quinlan Old Boston Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24.5f · Soft · 6 ran 2nd 11/2

21 Mar 23 Wetherby Ebony Spirit (IRE)J: Sean Quinlan Thank You All Groundstaff For GroundsWeek2023 Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 9th 66/1

21 Mar 23 Plumpton Old Painless (IRE)J: Daryl Jacob LWC Signature Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 25.5f · Soft · 4 ran UR 6/4F

18 Mar 23 Uttoxeter Franigane (FR)J: Gavin Sheehan Award-Winning White Lion Weston Restaurant Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran 2nd 5/1

18 Mar 23 Kempton Rouge Vif (FR)J: Daryl Jacob Virgin Bet Fives Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 2 · 20.5f · Soft · 10 ran PU 8/1

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 Harry Whittington's strike rate?: Harry Whittington has won 175 of 1,217 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 14.4% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Harry Whittington do best at?: Southwell by strike rate: 18 wins from 72 runners (25%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most runners 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.
Who rides most for Harry Whittington?: Gavin Sheehan, with 280 runners since 2008 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 61 (21.8%).
What is Harry Whittington's Fair A/E?: 0.97, from 1,216 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.