What is Robert Walford's strike rate?

Robert Walford has won 166 of 1,331 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 12.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Robert Walford do best at?

Taunton by strike rate: 23 wins from 111 runners (20.7%) 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 Walford?

James Best, with 270 runners since 2008 — 20% of the total. That pairing has won 26 (9.6%).

Is Robert Walford in form?

Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is Robert Walford's Fair A/E?

1.08, from 1,331 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.

Trainer profile

Robert Walford

1,331 runners in the lifetime window · 150 individual horses

As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner 9 days ago 100% of runners over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

166–1,331

Wins / Runs

12.5%

Strike rate

n=1,331

429 (32%)

Placed

1.08

Fair A/E

n=1,331 · 0.93 incl. margin

−310.44

£1 level stake

n=1,331 at SP · −23.3%

£2.06m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

13.6%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 70 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 13% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.08). Horses with headgear back on after a bare run strike at 17% (36 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,331 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Mar–Apr 33.1% when favourite James Best: 9.6% from 270 Headgear returns: 16.7% Claiming riders: 15.6% Sends off the favourite in 12% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Taunton (20.7%, n=111), clear of the yard's 12.5% baseline. A horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a positive signal at 16.7% (n=36, Fair A/E 1.48), but debutants struggle at 2.7% (n=73, Fair A/E 0.60). James Best rides 20% of the entries and sits below the yard's average (9.6% vs 12.5%, A/E 1.14) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well beyond 3m (24.1%, n=112). The record reads poorly in NH Flat races — 1.8% over 55 runners, 10.7pts below the baseline. 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 12.5% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

8.3%−4.2

n=326 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −135.07

New recruits · first run for the yard

9.1%−3.4

n=77 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −33.00

Debutants · first career start

2.7%−9.8

n=73 · A/E 0.60 · £1 −67.00

First-time headgear · true-first definition

11.5%−1.0

n=61 · A/E 1.20 · £1 −7.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

16.7%+4.2

n=36 · A/E 1.48 · £1 −6.67

When favourite

33.1%

n=163 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −4.57

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

15.6%+3.1

n=288 · A/E 1.24 · £1 −12.25

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

13.9%+1.4

n=36 · A/E 1.57 · £1 +10.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.5% 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

On last-time-out winners 26.4% vs 12.5% · n=163

Beyond 3m 24.1% vs 12.5% · n=112

In NH Flat races 1.8% vs 12.5% · n=55

With debutants 2.7% vs 12.5% · n=73

At Taunton 20.7% vs 12.5% · n=111

With Felix De Giles 21.3% vs 12.5% · n=61

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 713 71 10% −209.79

Chase 560 94 16.8% −49.65

NH Flat 55 1 1.8% −48.00

Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Soft 404 64 15.8% +24.04

Good to Soft 332 35 10.5% −114.30

Good 331 33 10% −123.25

Heavy 223 28 12.6% −79.18

Good to Firm 34 6 17.6% −10.75

Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00

Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Wincanton 195 21 10.8% −64.57

Exeter 189 23 12.2% −51.17

Fontwell 167 29 17.4% +25.17

Chepstow 112 10 8.9% −46.24

Taunton 111 23 20.7% +7.71

Plumpton 67 9 13.4% −22.10

Kempton 53 2 3.8% −30.00

Newbury 52 4 7.7% −34.95

Lingfield 49 2 4.1% −41.50

Newton Abbot 47 3 6.4% −31.00

Hereford 31 6 19.4% −10.00

Worcester 31 5 16.1% −9.62

Uttoxeter 29 4 13.8% +12.00

Ascot 27 4 14.8% +17.00

Warwick 26 2 7.7% −15.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 595 66 11.1% −199.56

Class 5 314 45 14.3% −17.61

Class 3 300 41 13.7% −85.27

Class 2 62 8 12.9% −1.00

Class 1 40 5 12.5% +6.00

Class 6 20 1 5% −13.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 191 61 31.9% 1.16 −5.99

2nd–3rd fav 332 63 19% 1.10 −12.95

4th–6th fav 413 32 7.7% 0.99 −91.50

7th+ in betting 395 10 2.5% 0.85 −200.00

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

84.3% completed · 1,273 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 560 79.3% 22 13 80 1 0

Hurdle 713 88.2% 15 10 57 2 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

Chloe's Court (IRE) 40 5 15 9 Feb 25

Umberto D'olivate (FR)from Artus Adeline De Boisbrunet 40 6 15 3 Dec 18

Elios D'or (FR)from Nicky Richards 36 7 17 24 Sep 23

Amelia's Dance (IRE)from Donald McCain 34 4 17 9 May 24

Flagrant Delitiep (FR)then Miss A Lewis 29 3 11 7 Jan 24

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

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

Brody Bleu (FR)from E Leenders · then Miss L Wallace 27 7 10 2 Jun 16

Hititi (FR)from Hugo Merienne 26 5 15 6 Dec 25

Foxboro (GER)from P Schiergen · then Archie Watson 24 4 9 16 Mar 24

Ede'iffs Elton (GB) 24 3 6 17 Feb 24

Le Boizelo (FR)from O Sauvaget 24 4 9 20 Jan 21

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 150 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 8 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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, 27 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Colin Tizzard (2) and Jimmy Frost (2); 33 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard; 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample

0 from 1

Only 1 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime

JFMAMJJASOND

161215169131491010714

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 riderJames Best

20% of all rides
9.6% SR · A/E 1.14

RiderRWSR£1

James Best 270 26 9.6% −57.42

Harry Kimber 267 49 18.4% +25.88

Bryan Carver 93 12 12.9% +3.53

Stan Sheppard 78 10 12.8% −23.09

Daryl Jacob 73 9 12.3% −22.75

Felix De Giles 61 13 21.3% −6.89

Harry Cobden 53 10 18.9% −20.52

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 2020 (7 horses).

Alberto Giacometti (IRE) 12.7% · 7–55

Progeny have won 11.8% of 578 runs since 2009 (79 horses). Strongest on Good going: 18.8% from 101. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.2% from 112. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 115.

Flemensfirth (USA) 11.6% · 5–43

Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,288 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses).

Court Cave (IRE) 12.5% · 5–40

Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,956 runs since 2008 (553 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 937.

Geordieland (FR) 7.9% · 3–38

Progeny have won 11.9% of 716 runs since 2016 (71 horses).

Puit D'or (IRE) 19.4% · 7–36

Progeny have won 13.6% of 177 runs since 2012 (27 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 6 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

latest 50 of 1,331 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,331 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 28 October 2012 to 28 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

28 Oct 26 Newton Abbot Permis De Tuer (FR)J: Harry Kimber Wollens Full Spectrum Law Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 3 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5th 14/1

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

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 166 of 1,331 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 12.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Robert Walford do best at?: Taunton by strike rate: 23 wins from 111 runners (20.7%) 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 Walford?: James Best, with 270 runners since 2008 — 20% of the total. That pairing has won 26 (9.6%).
Is Robert Walford in form?: Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Robert Walford's Fair A/E?: 1.08, from 1,331 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.