What is Robert Walford's strike rate?

Robert Walford has won 78 of 501 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 15.6% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Robert Walford do best at?

Taunton by strike rate: 14 wins from 47 runners (29.8%) since 2022. 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 Walford?

Harry Kimber, with 266 runners since 2022 — 53% of the total. That pairing has won 49 (18.4%).

What is Robert Walford's Fair A/E?

1.16, from 501 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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

Robert Walford

501 runners in the last 5 seasons · 58 individual horses

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner 147 days ago 100% of runners over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)

from 1 Jan 2022

78–501

Wins / Runs

15.6%

Strike rate

n=501

196 (39%)

Placed

1.16

Fair A/E

n=501 · 1.00 incl. margin

−47.65

£1 level stake

n=501 at SP · −9.5%

£895k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

13.8%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 100 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 16% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.16). With a claiming rider up the record reads 20% (132 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 501 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Mar–Apr 30.2% when favourite Harry Kimber: 18.4% from 266 Claiming riders: 19.7% Sends off the favourite in 17% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Taunton (29.8%, n=47), clear of the yard's 15.6% baseline. Runners with a claiming rider up have been a positive signal at 19.7% (n=132, Fair A/E 1.32), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 10.5% (n=95, Fair A/E 1.14). Harry Kimber rides 53% of the entries and edges the yard's average (18.4% vs 15.6%, A/E 1.40) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well beyond 3m (32.1%, n=56) and off a 8-14-day break (29.3%, n=41). 5 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Randox Health Becher Handicap Chase at Aintree (Dec 2019, £84,195). The stable star of the record: Elios D'or (FR) — 7 wins from 36 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Mar–Apr.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 15.6% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

10.5%−5.1

n=95 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −30.97

New recruits · first run for the yard

5.6%−10.0

n=18 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −13.00

Debutants · first career start

0%−15.6

n=21 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −21.00

First-time headgear · true-first definition

9.5%−6.1

n=21 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −7.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

18.8%+3.2

n=16 · A/E 1.36 · £1 −2.67

When favourite

30.2%

n=86 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −9.70

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

19.7%+4.1

n=132 · A/E 1.32 · £1 +26.38

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 15.6% 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

Beyond 3m 32.1% vs 15.6% · n=56

At Taunton 29.8% vs 15.6% · n=47

Off a 8-14-day break 29.3% vs 15.6% · n=41

On last-time-out winners 25.7% vs 15.6% · n=74

With horses switching code 7% vs 15.6% · n=57

With a new jockey booking 9.5% vs 15.6% · n=137

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 264 34 12.9% −27.75

Chase 231 44 19% −13.90

NH Flat 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good to Soft 155 22 14.2% −27.68

Soft 138 29 21% +45.78

Good 136 14 10.3% −67.25

Heavy 70 13 18.6% +3.50

Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Fontwell 86 19 22.1% +31.35

Wincanton 78 10 12.8% −17.82

Exeter 62 12 19.4% +4.33

Taunton 47 14 29.8% +31.73

Chepstow 36 4 11.1% −11.62

Plumpton 28 2 7.1% −13.75

Lingfield 19 0 0% −19.00

Newbury 18 2 11.1% −5.00

Worcester 18 2 11.1% −6.62

Kempton 17 1 5.9% −6.00

Uttoxeter 15 3 20% +9.00

Newton Abbot 15 0 0% −15.00

Hereford 13 3 23.1% −5.25

Stratford 7 1 14.3% −3.25

Sandown 7 2 28.6% −0.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 207 26 12.6% −21.51

Class 5 167 30 18% −14.94

Class 3 101 19 18.8% +5.80

Class 2 24 3 12.5% −15.00

Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 94 29 30.9% 1.11 −7.20

2nd–3rd fav 145 30 20.7% 1.16 −1.95

4th–6th fav 145 15 10.3% 1.27 +0.50

7th+ in betting 117 4 3.4% 1.11 −39.00

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

87.7% completed · 495 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 231 85.3% 8 3 23 0 0

Hurdle 264 89.8% 4 4 19 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

Gorcombe Moonshine (GB)from Jimmy Frost 28 1 10 24 May 26

Flash Gorcombe (GB)from Jimmy Frost 28 6 12 6 Mar 26

Hititi (FR)from Hugo Merienne 24 5 14 6 Dec 25

Amelia's Dance (IRE)from Donald McCain 23 3 11 9 May 24

Cooleenymore (IRE) 21 3 11 26 Feb 26

Chloe's Court (IRE) 20 4 9 9 Feb 25

Elios D'or (FR)from Nicky Richards 20 5 11 24 Sep 23

Art Decco (GB) 18 7 11 20 Feb 26

Foxboro (GER)from P Schiergen · then Archie Watson 18 4 7 16 Mar 24

Leading Swoop (IRE) 17 1 9 23 Oct 25

Tip Top Mountain (IRE) 17 6 8 15 May 24

Flagrant Delitiep (FR)then Miss A Lewis 16 1 4 7 Jan 24

All 58 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 58 horses listed, 22 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Jimmy Frost (4) and Sheila Lewis (2); 36 had their first archived run for this yard.

7 have since run for another yard, most often for Ryan Potter (2); 51 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, 5 seasons

JFMAMJJASOND

15152422982002511918

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 riderHarry Kimber

53% of all rides
18.4% SR · A/E 1.40

RiderRWSR£1

Harry Kimber 266 49 18.4% +26.88

Bryan Carver 66 8 12.1% −2.22

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→

166

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£2.06m

Prize money

2024

Best season · 21 wins

Walk In The Mill (FR) — Randox Health Becher Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (National Course) Aintree · Dec 2019 · Grade 3

£84,195

Walk In The Mill (FR) — Becher Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (National Course) Aintree · Dec 2018 · Grade 3

£84,195

Astre De La Cour (FR) — One Stop Energy Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys And Amateur Riders) Aintree · Apr 2015 · Class 2

£24,760

Notable horses

Elios D'or (FR) Brody Bleu (FR) Tip Top Mountain (IRE) Art Decco (GB) Umberto D'olivate (FR) Flash Gorcombe (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Alqaahir (USA) 12.5% · 7–56

Progeny have won 8.9% of 79 runs since 2008 (7 horses).

Great Pretender (IRE) 18.5% · 5–27

Progeny have won 13.1% of 3,536 runs since 2008 (410 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.5% from 728. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.6% from 151.

Flemensfirth (USA) 13% · 3–23

Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,274 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses).

Geordieland (FR) 4.3% · 1–23

Progeny have won 11.8% of 712 runs since 2008 (71 horses).

Mahler (GB) 14.3% · 3–21

Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,836 runs since 2008 (784 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.

Court Cave (IRE) 20% · 4–20

Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,928 runs since 2008 (551 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.9% from 934.

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 21 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 1,330 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,330 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 28 October 2012 to 27 May 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

27 May 26 Newton Abbot St Lukes Chelsea (GB)J: Sean Houlihan Chris Wills Memorial Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Good · 9 ran 9th 13/2

24 May 26 Fontwell Gorcombe Moonshine (GB)J: Harry Kimber A.W. Jeffreys (Southampton) Ltd Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19.5f · Good · 6 ran 4th 5/1

24 Apr 26 Fontwell Gorcombe Moonshine (GB)J: Harry Kimber A.W. Jefferys (Southampton) Ltd Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19.5f · Good · 12 ran 5th 10/3J

14 Apr 26 Newton Abbot Raffles Hermes (FR)J: Sam Twiston-Davies Thatchers Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 3 ran 2nd 11/4

08 Apr 26 Fontwell Gorcombe Moonshine (GB)J: Ben Godfrey Southern Contract Lifting Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 2nd 7/2

07 Apr 26 Exeter Dawn's Desire (IRE)J: Freddie Gingell Happy Birthday Fiona Walker Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 13 ran 8th 4/1C

01 Apr 26 Wincanton Eric Gorcombe (GB)J: Harry Kimber Bridles New Luxury Care Home Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 5th 20/1

24 Mar 26 Taunton St Lukes Chelsea (GB)J: Freddie Gingell 4Racing Owners Club Charitable Syndicates Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16.5f · Good · 13 ran 5th 15/8F

23 Mar 26 Wincanton What A Dragon (GB)J: Harry Kimber Golf Membership On Sale Now Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Good · 12 ran 3rd 12/1

21 Mar 26 Bangor-on-Dee Aurigny Mill (FR)J: Harry Kimber Virgin Bet Supports Safe Gambling Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 2 · 19.5f · Good · 7 ran 6th 5/1

18 Mar 26 Hereford Gorcombe Moonshine (GB)J: Harry Kimber Charity Partner We Are Farming Minds Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good · 6 ran 2nd 9/1

17 Mar 26 Exeter Snapdance (GB)J: Harry Kimber Oddschecker Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1st 9/2

14 Mar 26 Fontwell Raffles Hermes (FR)J: Harry Kimber tigerbet.co.uk Money Back Specials Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 18f · Soft · 4 ran 3rd 7/5F

14 Mar 26 Fontwell Eric Gorcombe (GB)J: Ben Godfrey tigerbet.co.uk Best Odds Guaranteed Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Soft · 5 ran 4th 20/1

14 Mar 26 Fontwell Dawn's Desire (IRE)J: Harry Kimber tigerbet.co.uk Best Odds Guaranteed Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Soft · 5 ran 3rd 11/2

14 Mar 26 Fontwell Dragons And Demons (GB)J: Harry Kimber bettingsites.co.uk New Betting Sites Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Soft · 7 ran 1st 2/1F

09 Mar 26 Taunton St Lukes Chelsea (GB)J: Freddie Gingell DragonBet The Roar Before Cheltenham Infernoboosts Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 3rd 4/1F

06 Mar 26 Exeter Ted The Thief (IRE)J: Harry Kimber Keystone Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2nd 4/5F

06 Mar 26 Exeter Flash Gorcombe (GB)J: Harry Kimber Klargester Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 15/2

05 Mar 26 Wincanton Hipop Des Ongrais (FR)J: Harry Kimber Julia's House Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 25f · Good To Soft · 8 ran PU 14/1

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 Walford's strike rate?: Robert Walford has won 78 of 501 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 15.6% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Robert Walford do best at?: Taunton by strike rate: 14 wins from 47 runners (29.8%) since 2022. 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 Walford?: Harry Kimber, with 266 runners since 2022 — 53% of the total. That pairing has won 49 (18.4%).
What is Robert Walford's Fair A/E?: 1.16, from 501 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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.