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Trainer profile

Robert Johnson

1,106 runners in the lifetime window · 104 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Apr 2015
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.
49–1,106
Wins / Runs
4.4%
Strike rate
n=1,106
182 (17%)
Placed
0.83
Fair A/E
n=1,102 · 0.72 incl. margin
−516.25
£1 level stake
n=1,106 at SP · −46.7%
£285k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
2.9%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 140 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.83). With a claiming rider up the record reads 6% (446 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,106 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired May–Jun Kenny Johnson: 2.1% from 432 Claiming riders: 6.3%
The read

It is weakest at Carlisle (0% over 76 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 0% (n=144, Fair A/E 0.00). Kenny Johnson rode 39% of the entries and sits below the yard's average (2.1% vs 4.4%, A/E 0.48). The yard also read well at trips under 6f (14.3%, n=63). The record read poorly off a 61-180-day break — 0% over 85 runners, 4.4pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record was Toulouse Express (IRE) — 9 wins from 98 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired 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 4.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−4.4
n=144 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −144.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
3.4%−1.0
n=58 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −35.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.4
n=35 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −35.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
3.1%−1.3
n=32 · A/E 0.59 · £1 −25.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.4
n=69 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −69.00
When favourite
22.2%
n=27 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −6.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
6.3%+1.9
n=446 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −87.75
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−4.4
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.4% 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 C&D winners 13% vs 4.4% · n=138
At trips under 6f 14.3% vs 4.4% · n=63
With Graham Gibbons 13.3% vs 4.4% · n=30
Off a 61-180-day break 0% vs 4.4% · n=85
At Carlisle 0% vs 4.4% · n=76
With headgear back on 0% vs 4.4% · n=69
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
Flat 413 25 6.1% −146.75
Hurdle 363 8 2.2% −232.50
Chase 288 16 5.6% −95.00
NH Flat 42 0 0% −42.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 329 11 3.3% −149.00
Good to Soft 208 8 3.8% −134.50
Good to Firm 207 11 5.3% −59.50
Soft 202 13 6.4% −60.75
Heavy 109 3 2.8% −81.00
Standard (AW) 45 3 6.7% −25.50
Firm 6 0 0% −6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newcastle 268 10 3.7% −139.50
Sedgefield 131 7 5.3% −24.50
Hexham 122 4 3.3% −60.00
Catterick 79 3 3.8% −42.50
Carlisle 76 0 0% −76.00
Kelso 54 4 7.4% −5.50
Wetherby 46 1 2.2% −43.50
Musselburgh 41 1 2.4% −37.50
Market Rasen 38 2 5.3% −21.50
Redcar 37 3 8.1% −2.50
Southwell 33 1 3% −25.00
Hamilton 29 4 13.8% +13.25
Cartmel 29 1 3.4% +5.00
Southwell (AW) 26 1 3.8% −18.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 17 2 11.8% −5.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 430 26 6% −158.50
Class 4 399 11 2.8% −220.50
Class 6 216 11 5.1% −81.75
Class 3 49 1 2% −43.50
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 7 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 39 7 17.9% 0.83 −12.00
2nd–3rd fav 100 14 14% 1.04 −8.75
4th–6th fav 306 12 3.9% 0.60 −188.50
7th+ in betting 661 16 2.4% 0.96 −307.00
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
Lindseyfield Lodge (IRE)from John Wainwright 76 4 12 16 Jun 12
Toulouse Express (IRE)from Joseph Quinn 71 7 22 19 Aug 12
Dechiper (IRE) 61 4 12 31 May 12
Media Stars (GB)from Jamie Osborne 49 2 7 15 Oct 12
Almond Court (IRE) 46 2 10 22 Jun 14
Sunrise Dance (GB)from Alan Jarvis · then Kenny Johnson 35 4 8 28 Oct 14
I'll Be Good (GB)then Alan Berry 35 3 10 7 Aug 13
Byron Bay (GB)from Richard Guest 29 1 4 24 May 11
Moheebb (IRE)from Ruth Carr 27 1 2 9 Apr 14
Uptown Lad (IRE) 26 2 5 14 Nov 09
Dolly Royal (IRE)from Kevin Ryan 23 1 5 28 Dec 12
Casino Night (GB)from John Weymes · then Geoffrey Harker 23 3 4 4 Jul 10
The 60 most-raced of 104 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 60 horses listed, 36 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from John Wainwright (4) and J Barclay (3); 24 had their first archived run for this yard.

26 have since run for another yard, most often for Kenny Johnson (11) and George Foster (3); 34 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
2335710234615
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderKenny Johnson
39% of all rides
2.1% SR · A/E 0.48
RiderRWSR£1
Kenny Johnson 432 9 2.1% −344.00
Paul Callaghan 58 5 8.6% +6.50
Graham Gibbons 30 4 13.3% +3.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
91
Archived wins
£529k
Prize money
2006
Best season · 15 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.
Lord Brendy (GB) — Psigma Investment Management Handicap Chase (For The Haddington Jubilee Cup) Kelso · Apr 2015 · Class 3
£7,798
Aelred (GB) — Handicap Chase Newcastle · Mar 2005 · Class 4
£7,703
Moyne Pleasure (IRE) — John Wade Equine Fibre Rubber Selling Handicap Hurdle Final Sedgefield · Jun 2006 · Class 5
£6,506
Notable horses
Toulouse Express (IRE) Dechiper (IRE) Stormy Beech (GB) Lindseyfield Lodge (IRE) Moyne Pleasure (IRE) Sunrise Dance (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Presenting (GB) 5.3% · 4–76
Progeny have won 11% of 20,049 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Toulon (GB) 9.9% · 7–71
Progeny have won 7.1% of 168 runs since 2008 (17 horses).
Almutawakel (GB) 6.6% · 4–61
Progeny have won 8% of 664 runs since 2008 (43 horses). Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 11.6% from 112.
Green Desert (USA) 4.1% · 2–49
Progeny have won 11% of 3,324 runs since 2008 (251 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.
Accordion (IRE) 4.3% · 2–46
Progeny have won 10.8% of 3,309 runs since 2008 (327 horses).
Exit To Nowhere (USA) 2.8% · 1–36
Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,787 runs since 2008 (290 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.5% from 155.
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 1,682 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,682 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 10 January 2005 to 14 April 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
14 Apr 15 Carlisle Coolanure (IRE)J: Thomas Dowson ApolloBet Worldwide Lotteries Novices' Handicap Chase (Div 1)Class 4 · 21f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 2nd 28/1
14 Apr 15 Carlisle Valnamixe Du Mee (FR)J: Peter Buchanan Pauline Phizacklea Memorial 'National Hunt' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 2nd 25/1
13 Apr 15 Kelso Lord Brendy (GB)J: Peter Buchanan Psigma Investment Management Handicap Chase (For The Haddington Jubilee Cup)Class 3 · 26f · Good · 9 ran 1st 9/2
11 Apr 15 Newcastle Cash Is King (GB)J: Michael J M Murphy Investing For The Future Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good · 15 ran 12th 40/1
11 Apr 15 Newcastle Haljaferia (UAE)J: James Sullivan Vertem Management Handicap (Div 2)Class 5 · 12.5f · Good · 11 ran 10th 33/1
11 Apr 15 Newcastle Azrur (IRE)J: Connor Beasley Perfect Partnerships HandicapClass 4 · 10f · Good · 13 ran 13th 20/1
11 Apr 15 Newcastle Nowreyna (GB)J: Connor Beasley vertem.co.uk Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Str)Class 5 · 8f · Good · 9 ran 8th 66/1
06 Apr 15 Redcar Captain Sharpe (GB)J: Connor Beasley Redcar Racecourse Supporting Walking The Courses HandicapClass 6 · 16f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 9th 22/1
06 Apr 15 Redcar Bygones For Coins (IRE)J: Mikey Ennis Watch Racing UK Anywhere Classified Selling StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 10th 33/1
06 Apr 15 Redcar Fleurtille (GB)J: Robert Winston Redcar Racecourse Cheapest Admission In Great Britain Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 2nd 3/1F
05 Apr 15 Sedgefield Rosquero (FR)J: John Kington Tees LED Lighting Specialists Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 16/1
27 Mar 15 Newcastle Rosquero (FR)J: Peter Buchanan chocnibbles Retro Sweets Range Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 2nd 7/2
27 Mar 15 Newcastle Valnamixe Du Mee (FR)J: Peter Buchanan Vertem Grand National Day Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11th 150/1
24 Mar 15 Hexham Littlemissylennon (GB)J: Dale Irving Hexham For Tourists Maiden Open NH Flat Race (Div 1)Class 6 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10th 250/1
17 Mar 15 Wetherby Lord Brendy (GB)J: Peter Buchanan Flat Racing Coming Soon - 26th April Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 21.5f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 9/4F
17 Mar 15 Wetherby Captain Sharpe (GB)J: Thomas Dowson Racing UK Anywhere Available Now Selling HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 12/1
10 Mar 15 Sedgefield Rosquero (FR)J: Stephen Mulqueen Post Winning Racing Tips At bookies.com Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 16.5f · Good · 7 ran UR 9/2
03 Mar 15 Newcastle Littlemissylennon (GB)J: Dale Irving S.T.P. Construction 'Newcomers' Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good · 14 ran 13th 80/1
03 Mar 15 Newcastle Captain Sharpe (GB)J: Thomas Dowson Robert Kirkland (Blyth) Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 7th 20/1
03 Mar 15 Newcastle Valnamixe Du Mee (FR)J: John Kington R F Henderson 'National Hunt' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 5th 125/1

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 Robert Johnson's strike rate?
Robert Johnson has won 49 of 1,106 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4.4% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Robert Johnson do best at?
Redcar by strike rate: 3 wins from 37 runners (8.1%) 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 Robert Johnson?
Kenny Johnson, with 432 runners since 2008 — 39% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (2.1%).
What is Robert Johnson's Fair A/E?
0.83, from 1,102 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).