What is Simon Whitaker's strike rate?

Simon Whitaker has won 32 of 576 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.6% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Simon Whitaker do best at?

Catterick by strike rate: 10 wins from 84 runners (11.9%) 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 Simon Whitaker?

Phil Dennis, with 158 runners since 2008 — 27% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (5.7%).

Is Simon Whitaker in form?

Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 11 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is Simon Whitaker's Fair A/E?

0.78, from 574 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

Simon Whitaker

576 runners in the lifetime window · 37 individual horses

As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Runners today 98% of runners on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2021→)

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

32–576

Wins / Runs

5.6%

Strike rate

n=576

132 (23%)

Placed

0.78

Fair A/E

n=574 · 0.65 incl. margin

−202.09

£1 level stake

n=576 at SP · −35.1%

£302k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

5.6%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 6% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.78).

Deterministic profile computed from 576 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Aug Phil Dennis: 5.7% from 158

The read

The record is strongest at Catterick (11.9%, n=84), clear of the yard's 5.6% baseline. It is weakest at Southwell (AW) (0% over 37 runners) — the widest gap in the record. The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 4.3% strike, Fair A/E 0.64 and −87.34 to a £1 stake over 115 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Phil Dennis rides 27% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (5.7%, A/E 0.72). The record reads poorly in Class 4 — 0% over 45 runners, 5.6pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Billy Roberts (IRE) — 5 wins from 33 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Jul–Aug.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.6% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

3.3%−2.3

n=90 · A/E 0.69 · £1 −55.50

New recruits · first run for the yard

0%−5.6

n=20 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −20.00

Debutants · first career start

0%−5.6

n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00

First-time headgear · true-first definition

6.3%+0.7

n=16 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −5.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

5.4%−0.2

n=37 · A/E 0.80 · £1 −1.00

When favourite

13.8%

n=29 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −14.50

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

4.3%−1.3

n=115 · A/E 0.64 · £1 −87.34

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.6% 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

At Catterick 11.9% vs 5.6% · n=84

In Class 4 0% vs 5.6% · n=45

At Southwell (AW) 0% vs 5.6% · n=37

At trips under 6f 0% vs 5.6% · n=37

At Pontefract 1.5% vs 5.6% · n=65

On last-time-out winners 9.7% vs 5.6% · n=31

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 565 31 5.5% −195.59

NH Flat 7 1 14.3% −2.50

Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 172 11 6.4% −17.00

Standard (AW) 158 6 3.8% −32.25

Good to Firm 117 6 5.1% −85.92

Soft 64 4 6.3% −36.75

Good to Soft 61 4 6.6% −33.67

Heavy 4 1 25% +3.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Newcastle (AW) 89 3 3.4% −57.00

Catterick 84 10 11.9% −16.17

Pontefract 65 1 1.5% −57.50

Redcar 61 3 4.9% −0.50

Ripon 54 4 7.4% +4.50

Beverley 42 3 7.1% −20.50

Southwell (AW) 37 0 0% −37.00

Wolverhampton (AW) 32 3 9.4% +61.75

Doncaster 27 1 3.7% −22.50

Thirsk 26 0 0% −26.00

Wetherby 15 0 0% −15.00

Carlisle 13 0 0% −13.00

Haydock 12 2 16.7% −1.17

Nottingham 5 1 20% +6.00

Chester 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 6 363 25 6.9% −36.17

Class 5 160 7 4.4% −112.92

Class 4 45 0 0% −45.00

Class 3 7 0 0% −7.00

Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 31 4 12.9% 0.58 −16.50

2nd–3rd fav 91 13 14.3% 0.95 −7.09

4th–6th fav 165 10 6.1% 0.79 −68.50

7th+ in betting 289 5 1.7% 0.64 −110.00

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

Tiberio Force (GB) 49 3 11 16 Oct 26

Variety Island (GB) 45 2 14 29 May 25

Mr Heinz (GB) 36 2 13 14 Aug 25

Round The Island (GB)from Richard Whitaker 35 2 11 4 Dec 23

Penny Ghent (GB) 34 2 6 27 Oct 26

Miss Willows (GB) 33 3 5 29 Oct 26

Billy Roberts (IRE)from Richard Whitaker 33 5 16 21 Dec 23

Liberty Breeze (GB)from Richard Whitaker 28 3 10 5 Jul 24

Stoney Lane (GB)from Richard Whitaker 26 2 9 7 Dec 23

Ziva's Star (GB)from Philip Kirby 25 0 6 12 Oct 26

Jill Rose (GB)from Richard Whitaker 23 3 7 31 Oct 23

Mythical (FR)from Joseph Patrick O'Brien · then Samantha & Jacqueline Coward 19 0 0 28 May 25

All 37 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 37 horses listed, 20 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Richard Whitaker (10) and Philip Kirby (2); 17 had their first archived run for this yard.

4 have since run for another yard; 33 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

2 from 11

Only 11 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

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A flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first

Go-to riderPhil Dennis

27% of all rides
5.7% SR · A/E 0.72

RiderRWSR£1

Phil Dennis 158 9 5.7% −84.50

Lewis Edmunds 56 5 8.9% +78.50

Ben Sanderson 40 2 5% −23.00

Cam Hardie 38 1 2.6% −26.00

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2021→

Archived wins

£302k

Prize money

2022

Best season · 11 wins

Stoney Lane (GB) — Martin Perrins Memorial Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Aug 2023 · Class 6

£5,234

Jill Rose (GB) — Betfred 'Passionate About Sport' Fillies' Handicap Haydock · Aug 2022 · Class 5

£4,266

Liberty Breeze (GB) — Maurice Fixter 80th Birthday Handicap Catterick · Jun 2023 · Class 6

£4,187

Notable horses

Billy Roberts (IRE) Tiberio Force (GB) Miss Willows (GB) Liberty Breeze (GB) Jill Rose (GB) Variety Island (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Spill The Beans (AUS) 3.9% · 4–102

Progeny have won 5.7% of 141 runs since 2008 (8 horses).

Lethal Force (IRE) 6.1% · 3–49

Progeny have won 10.7% of 4,267 runs since 2008 (268 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.2% from 357.

Outstrip (GB) 6.4% · 3–47

Progeny have won 8.8% of 3,283 runs since 2008 (240 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 12.8% from 634. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.7% from 264.

Royal Applause (GB) 5.7% · 2–35

Progeny have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since 2008 (774 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.4% from 323.

Pastoral Pursuits (GB) 5.9% · 2–34

Progeny have won 9.5% of 7,219 runs since 2008 (437 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.4% from 109. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1.5% from 133.

Multiplex (GB) 15.2% · 5–33

Progeny have won 9.1% of 4,181 runs since 2008 (291 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 29 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 576 · newest first

The latest 50 of 576 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 15 April 2021 to 29 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

29 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Miss Willows (GB)J: Lewis Edmunds AWC Season 14 Has Begun Handicap Stakes (Div I)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 50/1

27 Oct 26 Catterick Penny Ghent (GB)J: Rhys Elliott Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Soft · 15 ran 9th 66/1

26 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Twilight Dawn (GB)J: Jack Mitchell Midnite Are Upping The Betting Game Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 5th 28/1

26 Oct 26 Redcar Uncertainty (IRE)J: Barry McHugh Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Saves Lives Selling Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Heavy · 12 ran 5th 16/1

26 Oct 26 Redcar Kartini (IRE)J: Paul Mulrennan Market Cross Jewellers Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Heavy · 14 ran 1st 13/2

17 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) The New Bay Pearl (GB)J: Cam Hardie Book The Bistro In Seasons Restaurant Handicap StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 5th 22/1

16 Oct 26 Redcar Tiberio Force (GB)J: Miss Sienna Punter Watch Racing Replays At racingtv.com Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Good · 14 ran 10th 50/1

16 Oct 26 Redcar Penny Ghent (GB)J: George Wood racingtv.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good · 18 ran 18th 50/1

16 Oct 26 Redcar Miss Willows (GB)J: Cieren Fallon racingtv.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good · 18 ran 10th 28/1

16 Oct 26 Redcar Uncertainty (IRE)J: Barry McHugh racingtv.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good · 18 ran 1st 40/1

16 Oct 26 Redcar Moira Express (IRE)J: Alistair Rawlinson Sam Hall Memorial Handicap StakesClass 5 · 5f · Good · 10 ran 10th 125/1

12 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Spear Fir (GB)J: Cam Hardie Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 66/1

12 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Ziva's Star (GB)J: Tom Eaves Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 40/1

06 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Moira Express (IRE)J: Paul Mulrennan bettingsites.co.uk Bet Smarter Fillies' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 10th 200/1

03 Oct 26 Redcar Kartini (IRE)J: Paul Mulrennan Prohibition Bar Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 5 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 7th 8/1

02 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Tiberio Force (GB)J: Mark Winn Henry Malone 1926 Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 9 ran 7th 18/1

02 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Jetpack Jimmy (GB)J: Andrew Elliott Henry Malone 1926 Handicap Stakes (Div I)Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 33/1

30 Sep 26 Catterick Miss Willows (GB)J: Tom Eaves Racingtv.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Good · 10 ran 7th 33/1

26 Sep 26 Ripon Uncertainty (IRE)J: David Nolan Michael Raby Memorial Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 6f · Good · 10 ran 7th 20/1

24 Sep 26 Pontefract Ziva's Star (GB)J: Rhys Elliott ROA Shared Ownership Day Apprentice Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 9/1

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 Simon Whitaker's strike rate?: Simon Whitaker has won 32 of 576 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.6% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Simon Whitaker do best at?: Catterick by strike rate: 10 wins from 84 runners (11.9%) 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 Simon Whitaker?: Phil Dennis, with 158 runners since 2008 — 27% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (5.7%).
Is Simon Whitaker in form?: Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 11 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Simon Whitaker's Fair A/E?: 0.78, from 574 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.