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Richard J Walker

28 runners in the lifetime window · 8 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner May 2017
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.
0–28
Wins / Runs
0%
Strike rate
n=28
6 (21%)
Placed
0.00
Fair A/E
n=28 · 0.00 incl. margin
−28.00
£1 level stake
n=28 at SP · −100.0%
£13,794
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%+0.0
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%+0.0
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Debutants · first career start
0%+0.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%+0.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%+0.0
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%+0.0
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Flat 16 0 0% −16.00
Hurdle 6 0 0% −6.00
Chase 5 0 0% −5.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 7 0 0% −7.00
Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Curragh 4 0 0% −4.00
Leopardstown 4 0 0% −4.00
Cork 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
4th–6th fav 7 0 0% 0.00 −7.00
7th+ in betting 16 0 0% 0.00 −16.00
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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Notgonnagiveup (IRE)from Mrs C O'Leary · then Miss Maura McGuinness 9 0 1 27 Jun 12
Head Waiter (IRE)from Eugene M O'Sullivan · then Patrick Martin 6 0 3 8 Apr 12
Arondo (GER)from Patrick Martin · then Miss Claire Simpson 4 0 0 4 Sep 12
From East To West (IRE) 3 0 0 9 Oct 11
Keep On Track (IRE)from I R Ferguson 2 0 0 16 May 17
A Twist Of Fate (IRE)then Miss Claire Simpson 2 0 2 29 Sep 12
Virtuous Hawk (IRE)then Miss Maura McGuinness 1 0 0 12 Oct 12
Got Options (IRE)from C A Murphy 1 0 0 3 Nov 11
All 8 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 8 horses listed, 5 arrived from another yard in our archive; 3 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard, most often for Miss Claire Simpson (2) and Miss Maura McGuinness (2); 3 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.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Andrew P Thornton 10 0 0% −10.00
Declan McDonogh 3 0 0% −3.00
N G McCullagh 2 0 0% −2.00
Niall Kelly 2 0 0% −2.00
Shane Gray 2 0 0% −2.00
Keagan Latham 2 0 0% −2.00
Miss Sophie Walker 2 0 0% −2.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Davy Russell 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Townend 1 0 0% −1.00
Gary Carroll 1 0 0% −1.00
Colin Keane 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
1
Archived wins
£22,086
Prize money
2006
Best season · 1 win
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.
Barker (IRE) — INH Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Downpatrick · Dec 2006
£8,292
Notable horses
Barker (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Trans Island (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 9% of 4,740 runs since 2008 (295 horses).
Lend A Hand (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 7.4% of 1,088 runs since 2008 (89 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 11.5% from 130. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.3% from 188.
Areion (GER) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 10.7% of 1,309 runs since 2008 (176 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.7% from 143.
Viking Ruler (AUS) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.6% of 606 runs since 2008 (45 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 14.7% from 109. Weakest on Soft going: 4.1% from 145. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 14.2% from 113.
Heron Island (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 11.2% of 2,819 runs since 2008 (317 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 162.
Rudimentary (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,114 runs since 2008 (201 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 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

all 38 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Richard J Walker's 38 archived runners, from 2 October 2006 to 16 May 2017, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
16 May 17 Southwell Keep On Track (IRE)J: Miss Sophie Walker South Notts Hunt Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 20.5f · Good · 4 ran 4th 40/1
10 May 16 Southwell Keep On Track (IRE)J: Miss Sophie Walker South Notts Hunt Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 20.5f · Soft · 5 ran 3rd 20/1
12 Oct 12 Dundalk (AW) Virtuous Hawk (IRE)J: Colin Keane Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden12f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 33/1
29 Sep 12 Navan A Twist Of Fate (IRE)J: Niall Kelly Garlow Cross (pro/am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 17 ran 2nd 4/1
04 Sep 12 Downpatrick Arondo (GER)J: Andrew P Thornton Win A Diamond Ring Today Handicap Hurdle (80-95)18.5f · Good · 15 ran 10th 14/1
02 Sep 12 Dundalk (AW) Arondo (GER)J: Andrew P Thornton www.sardaireland.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)12f · Standard · 14 ran 6th 25/1
31 Aug 12 Down Royal A Twist Of Fate (IRE)J: Niall Kelly Kerry Foods Flat Race16f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 2nd 25/1
06 Aug 12 Cork Arondo (GER)J: Andrew P Thornton Cork Handicap Hurdle (81-123)16f · Yielding To Soft · 9 ran PU 14/1
27 Jun 12 Naas Notgonnagiveup (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Play The Tote Placepot Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)7f · Yielding · 16 ran 9th 8/1
16 Jun 12 Limerick Notgonnagiveup (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Twilight BBQ Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)6.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 7th 7/1
10 Jun 12 Curragh Notgonnagiveup (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Connolly's Red Mills China Partnership Handicap (50-80)6f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 8th 12/1
15 Apr 12 Leopardstown Notgonnagiveup (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Follow Leopardstown On Facebook Handicap (50-85)7f · Good · 17 ran 9th 16/1
08 Apr 12 Cork Head Waiter (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Friday Evening Racing At Cork Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (0-140) (Grade C)19f · Good · 18 ran 11th 11/1
17 Mar 12 Wexford Head Waiter (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Richard Browne & Sons Ltd. Hurdle20f · Soft · 10 ran 3rd 8/1
04 Mar 12 Leopardstown Head Waiter (IRE)J: Paul Townend Carrickmines Handicap Chase (grade B)21f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 7/1
28 Jan 12 Leopardstown Head Waiter (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Leopardstown Handicap Chase (Grade A)21f · Yielding · 22 ran 14th 16/1
20 Jan 12 Dundalk (AW) Arondo (GER)J: Andrew P Thornton Follow Dundalk On Facebook Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)12f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 25/1
27 Dec 11 Leopardstown Head Waiter (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Paddy Power Chase (0-145) (Grade B Handicap)24f · Good To Yielding · 26 ran 7th 25/1
11 Dec 11 Cork Head Waiter (IRE)J: Andrew P Thornton Mallow.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-116)16f · Soft To Heavy · 24 ran 2nd 10/1
02 Dec 11 Dundalk (AW) Notgonnagiveup (IRE)J: Shane Gray Winter Racing At Dundalk Handicap (55-75)8f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 22/1

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 Richard J Walker's strike rate?
Richard J Walker has won 0 of 28 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 0% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 runners, so read the count before the percentage.
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).