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Robert Waley-Cohen

12 runners in the last 5 seasons · 6 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Apr 2025 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
1–12
Wins / Runs
8.3%
Strike rate
n=12
2 (17%)
Placed
0.42
Fair A/E
n=12 · 0.37 incl. margin
−10.83
£1 level stake
n=12 at SP · −90.3%
£8,888
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 8.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
12.5%+4.2
n=8 · A/E 0.73 · £1 −6.83
New recruits · first run for the yard
20%+11.7
n=5 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −3.83
Debutants · first career start
0%−8.3
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−8.3
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−8.3
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
33.3%
n=3 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −1.83
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−8.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.3% 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
Chase 10 1 10% −8.83
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 1 100% +0.17

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Warwick 3 0 0% −3.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 1 100% +0.17
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 1 50% −0.83
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 1 33.3% 0.62 −1.83
2nd–3rd fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
4th–6th fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
7th+ in betting 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
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
45.5% completed · 11 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 10 50% 0 0 5 0 0
Hurdle 1 0% 0 0 1 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
Jett (IRE)from Olly Murphy 3 1 1 7 Apr 22
Oakley Dancer (GB)from Olly Murphy 2 0 0 24 Apr 25
Hardi Du Mesnil (FR)from Olly Murphy 2 0 0 11 May 24
Igor (GB)from Nicky Henderson 2 0 0 27 May 22
Maitree Express (GB)from Warren Greatrex 2 0 1 1 Apr 22
Double Tiger (GB)then Warren Greatrex 1 0 0 24 Apr 25
All 6 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 6 horses listed, 5 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Olly Murphy (3); 1 had its first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 5 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
Mr Sam Waley-Cohen 5 1 20% −3.83
Alice Stevens 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr James King 2 0 0% −2.00
Fergus Gregory 1 0 0% −1.00
Mrs Izzie Hill 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
20
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£230k
Prize money
2007
Best season · 5 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.
Oscar Time (IRE) — Betfred Becher Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (Nat Course) Aintree · Dec 2014 · Grade 3
£78,582
Katarino (FR) — John Smith's Fox Hunters' Chase (Nat Course) Aintree · Apr 2006 · Class 2
£21,007
Katarino (FR) — John Smith's Fox Hunters' Chase Aintree · Apr 2005 · Class 2
£20,300
Notable horses
Mel In Blue (FR) Oscar Time (IRE) Roulez Cool (GB) Irilut (FR) Bica (FR) Katarino (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Flemensfirth (USA) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 11.8% of 17,267 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses).
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.3% of 4,681 runs since 2008 (466 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Malinas (GER) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 14.1% of 3,932 runs since 2008 (418 horses).
Masterstroke (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.7% of 824 runs since 2008 (135 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.1% from 198.
Presenting (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 11% of 20,049 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Blue Bresil (FR) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 12.1% of 3,477 runs since 2008 (454 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

latest 50 of 131 · newest first

The latest 50 of 131 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 17 January 2005 to 24 April 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
24 Apr 25 Warwick Double Tiger (GB)J: Mr James King racingtv.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 8th 25/1
24 Apr 25 Warwick Oakley Dancer (GB)J: Mr James King Wigley Investment Holdings Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 10 ran PU 150/1
13 Feb 25 Leicester Oakley Dancer (GB)J: Mrs Izzie Hill TCS Recruitment 20th Anniversary Mares' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 4 ran PU 12/1
11 May 24 Warwick Hardi Du Mesnil (FR)J: Alice Stevens Valley Shoppers Dash Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 21f · Good · 13 ran PU 100/1
05 Jan 24 Ludlow Hardi Du Mesnil (FR)J: Fergus Gregory Simply Delicious Cakes Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 6 ran PU 66/1
27 May 22 Stratford Igor (GB)J: Alice Stevens Nimrod Veterinary Products Ladies Open Championship Final Hunters' Chase (Female Amateur Jockeys)Class 3 · 22.5f · Good · 3 ran 2nd 11/2
07 Apr 22 Aintree Jett (IRE)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Randox Foxhunters' Open Hunters' ChaseClass 2 · 21f · Good To Soft · 23 ran PU 5/2F
01 Apr 22 Newbury Maitree Express (GB)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Irwin Mitchell Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4th 4/1
02 Mar 22 Wincanton Maitree Express (GB)J: Alice Stevens Dick And Sue Woodhouse Memorial Hunters' Chase (For The Dick Woodhouse Trophy)Class 6 · 20f · Soft · 6 ran 2nd 10/3
27 Feb 22 Fontwell Jett (IRE)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Manor Elite Horse Box Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 26f · Soft · 4 ran 2nd 8/15F
18 Feb 22 Kelso Jett (IRE)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Lynne's 65th Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Heavy · 4 ran 1st 1/6F
05 Feb 22 Wetherby Igor (GB)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Stratstone Harrogate Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 24f · Good · 5 ran PU 6/1
13 Apr 21 Southwell Kabuki (GB)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Follow Racingwelfare On Social Mares' Standard NH Flat Race (Conditionals/Amateurs) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 12th 7/1
24 Feb 21 Doncaster Wykham (GB)J: Aidan Coleman Virgin Bet Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 26f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8th 28/1
11 Dec 20 Cheltenham Impulsive Star (IRE)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Citipost Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 2 · 24f · Soft · 12 ran PU 22/1
22 Nov 20 Uttoxeter Impulsive Star (IRE)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen mansionbet.com Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 23.5f · Soft · 13 ran 6th 50/1
07 Nov 20 Aintree Impulsive Star (IRE)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 2 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7th 66/1
19 Apr 16 Kempton Anquetta (IRE)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Egr Naturally The Best Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 20.5f · Good · 8 ran F 14/1
20 Mar 16 Carlisle Long Run (FR)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen ApolloBet Bet On Lotteries Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5th 1/2F
01 Mar 16 Leicester Warne (IRE)J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen Leicestershire Open Hunters' ChaseClass 3 · 22.5f · Heavy · 14 ran PU 11/2

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 Waley-Cohen's strike rate?
Robert Waley-Cohen has won 1 of 12 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 8.3% (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).