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W R Crawford

62 runners in the lifetime window · 18 individual horses
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 5 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2025→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
6–62
Wins / Runs
9.7%
Strike rate
n=62
13 (21%)
Placed
1.39
Fair A/E
n=62 · 1.11 incl. margin
+104.50
£1 level stake
n=62 at SP · +168.5%
£63,289
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.1%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 9.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
15.4%+5.7
n=13 · A/E 2.19 · £1 +0.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
16.7%+7.0
n=12 · A/E 3.16 · £1 +1.50
Debutants · first career start
16.7%+7.0
n=6 · A/E 5.72 · £1 +11.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−9.7
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
100%+90.3
n=1 · A/E 8.15 · £1 +5.50
When favourite
28.6%
n=7 · A/E 1.47 · £1 +0.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.6%−4.1
n=18 · A/E 0.78 · £1 −8.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.7% 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
With a new jockey booking 11.9% vs 9.7% · n=42
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 28 3 10.7% +124.50
Flat 22 0 0% −22.00
Chase 8 3 37.5% +6.00
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 25 5 20% +15.50
Soft 15 1 6.7% +111.00
Good to Soft 8 0 0% −8.00
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Heavy 6 0 0% −6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Down Royal 15 1 6.7% +111.00
Dundalk (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Fairyhouse 7 1 14.3% +2.50
Downpatrick 5 3 60% +22.50
Navan 4 0 0% −4.00
Bellewstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Roscommon 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Ballinrobe 2 0 0% −2.00
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 8 2 25% 1.33 −0.50
2nd–3rd fav 7 0 0% 0.00 −7.00
4th–6th fav 16 3 18.8% 2.98 +17.00
7th+ in betting 31 1 3.2% 1.46 +95.00
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
Swift Charm (IRE)from S R B Crawford · then R K Watson 9 0 2 28 Aug 26
Coolnagrattan (IRE) 7 0 1 28 Oct 26
Bryson (IRE)from S R B Crawford · then Adrian McGuinness 7 0 1 26 Aug 26
Dinoland (FR)from John C McConnell 6 2 3 31 Oct 26
Coul Dore (IRE)from S R B Crawford 6 0 1 18 Sep 26
Green Hope (GB) 4 1 1 5 Apr 26
Fay Og (IRE)from Miss Natalia Lupini 3 0 0 31 Oct 26
Green Chef (IRE)from S R B Crawford 3 0 0 29 Apr 26
Theabsolutegov'nor (IRE)from S R B Crawford 3 0 0 5 Apr 26
Mavetherave (IRE)from S R B Crawford · then Ms Claire O'Connell 3 0 0 17 Mar 26
Princess Aveen (IRE)from Ian John McCarthy 2 1 1 7 Nov 26
Hidden Empire (FR) 2 0 0 28 Aug 26
All 18 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 18 horses listed, 12 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from S R B Crawford (7); 6 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 15 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 4
Only 4 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
2000029025002500
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Sam Ewing 9 3 33.3% +18.00
Danny Mullins 6 2 33.3% +124.00
Gavin Ryan 5 0 0% −5.00
J J Slevin 4 0 0% −4.00
Seamie Heffernan 4 0 0% −4.00
James Smith 3 0 0% −3.00
Leigh Roche 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr S Connor 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr R Guiney 2 0 0% −2.00
J M Sheridan 2 0 0% −2.00
Alan O'Sullivan 2 1 50% +7.50
Mr T C Kileff 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2025→
6
Archived wins
£63,289
Prize money
2026
Best season · 6 wins
Princess Aveen (IRE) — Adare Manor Opportunity Mares Maiden Hurdle Fairyhouse (IRE) · Oct 2026
£10,500
Iamagetaway (IRE) — McGrady Financial Services Beginners Steeplechase Downpatrick (IRE) · Oct 2026
£7,500
Marcelrock (IRE) — Plus 2 Print Remembering Tony Oakes MBE Maiden Hurdle Downpatrick (IRE) · Jul 2026
£7,200
Notable horses
Dinoland (FR) Green Hope (GB) Princess Aveen (IRE) Marcelrock (IRE) Iamagetaway (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dandy Man (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,990 runs since 2013 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 171.
Poet's Word (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 10.2% of 765 runs since 2022 (151 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 13.9% from 108.
Order Of St George (IRE) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 9.5% of 1,207 runs since 2023 (209 horses).
Coulsty (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 9.6% of 1,557 runs since 2020 (171 horses).
Doctor Dino (FR) 33.3% · 2–6
Progeny have won 15.9% of 3,240 runs since 2013 (500 horses). Strongest on Good going: 19.8% from 565. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 9.4% from 212. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.7% from 699. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.7% from 138.
Telescope (IRE) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,920 runs since 2019 (298 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 1.9% from 106. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 285.
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 12 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 62 · newest first

The latest 50 of 62 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 5 December 2025 to 7 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
07 Nov 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Princess Aveen (IRE)J: Alan O'Sullivan Gerry Comerford Drilling Beginners Steeplechase20f · Good · 10 ran 6th 9/2
31 Oct 26 Down Royal (IRE) Rarely Miss Taken (IRE)J: Mr D G Lavery SIS, Proud Sponsors Of Irish Racing (Pro/Am) Flat Race17f · Good · 14 ran 10th 40/1
31 Oct 26 Down Royal (IRE) Dinoland (FR)J: Sam Ewing Start Your Racing TV Free Trial Now Handicap Steeplechase24f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 100/30F
31 Oct 26 Down Royal (IRE) Fay Og (IRE)J: Sam Ewing Lisburn And Castlereagh City Council 3-Y-O Hurdle17f · Good · 8 ran 6th 80/1
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Coolnagrattan (IRE)J: Nicola Burns Happy Halloween Handicap12f · Standard · 13 ran 5th 3/1F
09 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Coolnagrattan (IRE)J: Nicola Burns Halloween Mid-Term Racing At Dundalk Handicap12f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 12/1
09 Oct 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Iamagetaway (IRE)J: Danny Mullins McGrady Financial Services Beginners Steeplechase19.5f · Good · 8 ran 1st 3/1F
05 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Dinoland (FR)J: Sam Ewing Winter Festival November 28th & 29th Handicap Hurdle24f · Good · 13 ran 5th 7/2F
05 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Princess Aveen (IRE)J: Alan O'Sullivan Adare Manor Opportunity Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 10 ran 1st 17/2
30 Sep 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Fay Og (IRE)J: Patrick McGettigan Gilna's Of Laytown Optional Claiming Maiden8f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 6th 100/1
18 Sep 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Coolnagrattan (IRE)J: Reese Holohan Celebrate Your Special Occasion At Dundalk Stadium Maiden10.5f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 33/1
18 Sep 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Coul Dore (IRE)J: Gavin Ryan BAR 1 Betting 'Bet €10 Get €70' Handicap10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 4th 25/1
04 Sep 26 Down Royal (IRE) Coul Dore (IRE)J: Leigh Roche Grant Thornton Handicap (Div I)13f · Good · 13 ran 8th 28/1
31 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) Coolnagrattan (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Racing Here Again On September 28th Maiden12f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 8th 66/1
28 Aug 26 Down Royal (IRE) Hidden Empire (FR)J: James Smith Pepsico (Walkers Snacks) Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 8 ran 6th 6/1
28 Aug 26 Down Royal (IRE) Fay Og (IRE)J: J J Slevin Coca-Cola HBC Ireland And Northern Ireland 3-Y-O Hurdle17.5f · Good · 9 ran 7th 100/1
28 Aug 26 Down Royal (IRE) Swift Charm (IRE)J: P J O'Hanlon Coca-Cola HBC Ireland And Northern Ireland 3-Y-O Hurdle17.5f · Good · 9 ran 5th 40/1
26 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Bryson (IRE)J: James Smith Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Claiming Hurdle20.5f · Good · 13 ran 10th 20/1
15 Aug 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Coul Dore (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Friday Night Lights Return Weekly From 18th September Handicap10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 11/1
06 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Bryson (IRE)J: Joshua Halford Westcare Home Care Claiming Hurdle18f · Good · 8 ran 7th 5/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 5 Oct 2026: top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · to 5 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is W R Crawford's strike rate?
W R Crawford has won 6 of 62 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 9.7% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Is W R Crawford in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 4 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is W R Crawford's Fair A/E?
1.39, from 62 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 12 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).