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R A Owen

40 runners in the lifetime window · 18 individual horses
As at 9 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner May 2023 100% 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
1–40
Wins / Runs
2.5%
Strike rate
n=40
3 (8%)
Placed
0.72
Fair A/E
n=40 · 0.62 incl. margin
+11.00
£1 level stake
n=40 at SP · +27.5%
£6,746
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 2.8%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 2.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−2.5
n=23 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −23.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−2.5
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.5
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.5
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−2.5
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.8%+0.3
n=36 · A/E 0.74 · £1 +15.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.5% 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
With a new jockey booking 0% vs 2.5% · n=30
This filter uses derived form angles computed for 69.3% of the archive so far (as at 9 Nov 2026); the sample will grow as sequencing completes.
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 16 0 0% −16.00
Soft 11 0 0% −11.00
Good to Soft 9 1 11.1% +42.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Bangor-on-Dee 8 0 0% −8.00
Warwick 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheltenham 4 0 0% −4.00
Musselburgh 4 0 0% −4.00
Cartmel 3 1 33.3% +48.00
Kelso 3 0 0% −3.00
Haydock 3 0 0% −3.00
Wetherby 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Towcester 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 20 0 0% −20.00
Class 5 11 1 9.1% +40.00
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
4th–6th fav 11 0 0% 0.00 −11.00
7th+ in betting 25 1 4% 2.89 +26.00
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
52.5% completed · 40 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 40 52.5% 0 1 18 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
Croan Rock (IRE)from Ian Williams 8 0 0 29 Apr 16
Write It Down (IRE)from Jonjo O'Neill 5 1 2 31 May 23
Thyne For Gold (IRE)from Donald McCain 3 0 0 3 Mar 21
Whichwaytobougie (GB)from Keith Reveley 3 0 0 12 Mar 17
Ben's Folly (IRE)from Tim Vaughan 3 0 0 29 Apr 15
African Belle (GB) 2 0 1 30 Apr 21
Midnight Request (GB)from Dai Williams · then Sam England 2 0 0 3 Mar 21
Special Wells (GB)from Sue Smith 2 0 0 20 Feb 21
Indigo Island (IRE)from Robert Bewley 2 0 0 9 Feb 18
Ampleforth (GB)from Ian Williams 2 0 0 18 Feb 15
Gold Time (IRE) 1 0 0 31 May 21
Bean Liath (IRE)from Dai Williams 1 0 0 19 Feb 21
All 18 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 18 horses listed, 15 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Dai Williams (2) and Ian Williams (2); 3 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 17 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
JFMAMJJASOND
00000100······
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
RiderRWSR£1
Mr Jamie Lyttle 7 0 0% −7.00
Miss Immy Robinson 6 1 16.7% +45.00
Miss Lorna Brooke 3 0 0% −3.00
Alex Edwards 3 0 0% −3.00
Nick Slatter 3 0 0% −3.00
William Shanahan 3 0 0% −3.00
Lilly Pinchin 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr Fred Timmis 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr Philip Thomas 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Tommie M O'Brien 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Gillon Crow 1 0 0% −1.00
Jonathan England 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→
1
Archived wins
£6,746
Prize money
2022
Best season · 1 win
Write It Down (IRE) — Molson Coors For The Fraser Cup Open Hunters' Chase Cartmel · Jun 2022 · Class 5
£2,977
Notable horses
Write It Down (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Milan (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,884 runs since 2008 (1,464 horses).
Getaway (GER) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,010 runs since 2016 (1,032 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Beneficial (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Robin Des Pres (FR) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,800 runs since 2008 (229 horses).
Tobougg (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.5% of 6,096 runs since 2008 (464 horses).
Alflora (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.8% of 5,312 runs since 2008 (535 horses).
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 9 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

all 40 archived runs · newest first

Every one of R A Owen's 40 archived runners, from 9 April 2011 to 31 May 2023, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
31 May 23 Cartmel Write It Down (IRE)J: Miss Immy Robinson Cartmel Racecourse Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 25.5f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 11/1
13 Apr 23 Aintree Write It Down (IRE)J: Miss Immy Robinson Randox Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Chase (National Course)Class 2 · 21f · Good To Soft · 27 ran PU 200/1
18 Feb 23 Haydock Write It Down (IRE)J: Miss Immy Robinson Betfred Steve Hope Walrus Open Hunters' ChaseClass 3 · 22f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 50/1
01 Jun 22 Cartmel Write It Down (IRE)J: Miss Immy Robinson Molson Coors For The Fraser Cup Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 25.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 1st 50/1
11 May 22 Perth Write It Down (IRE)J: Miss Immy Robinson Bruce Farms 'Grassroots' Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 4th 14/1
31 May 21 Cartmel Gold Time (IRE)J: Miss Immy Robinson Sticky Toffee Pudding Maiden Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good · 10 ran 6th 13/2
30 Apr 21 Cheltenham African Belle (GB)J: Mr Fred Timmis Junior Jumpers Mares' Open Hunters' ChaseClass 4 · 25.5f · Good · 7 ran PU 33/1
03 Mar 21 Musselburgh Thyne For Gold (IRE)J: Joe Williamson Williamhill.com Best Odds Guaranteed Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 22f · Good · 10 ran PU 50/1
03 Mar 21 Musselburgh Midnight Request (GB)J: William Shanahan Williamhill.com Best Odds Guaranteed Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 22f · Good · 10 ran 6th 50/1
20 Feb 21 Haydock Special Wells (GB)J: William Shanahan Follow willhillracing On Twitter Open Hunters' ChaseClass 3 · 22f · Soft · 10 ran PU 200/1
19 Feb 21 Kelso Bean Liath (IRE)J: William Shanahan racingtv.com Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Soft · 10 ran PU 250/1
19 Feb 21 Kelso Thyne For Gold (IRE)J: Alex Edwards racingtv.com Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Soft · 10 ran PU 125/1
19 Feb 21 Kelso African Belle (GB)J: Lilly Pinchin racingtv.com Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Soft · 10 ran 3rd 12/1
16 Feb 21 Catterick Midnight Request (GB)J: Jonathan England pointtopoint.co.uk Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 25f · Heavy · 11 ran PU 50/1
03 Feb 21 Warwick Crest (GB)J: Gavin Sheehan Willoughby De Broke Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 24f · Soft · 17 ran PU 100/1
01 Feb 20 Wetherby Thyne For Gold (IRE)J: Mr Fred Timmis Racing Tv Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 24f · Soft · 5 ran 4th 66/1
27 Feb 19 Musselburgh Special Wells (GB)J: Mr Fred Timmis Like Racing TV On Facebook 'Grassroots' Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 6 ran 4th 25/1
09 Feb 18 Bangor-on-Dee Indigo Island (IRE)J: Lilly Pinchin John Hewitt Memorial Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 20.5f · Heavy · 13 ran PU 200/1
12 Mar 17 Warwick Whichwaytobougie (GB)J: Mr Tommie M O'Brien 188bet Air Wedding Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 20f · Soft · 5 ran 4th 80/1
01 Mar 17 Musselburgh Whichwaytobougie (GB)J: Lilly Pinchin totepool Follow Us On Twitter Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 4th 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 R A Owen's strike rate?
R A Owen has won 1 of 40 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 2.5% (as at 9 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is R A Owen's Fair A/E?
0.72, from 40 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 9 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).