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William Bethell

81 runners in the lifetime window · 17 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Nov 2021
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
7–81
Wins / Runs
8.6%
Strike rate
n=81
23 (28%)
Placed
1.06
Fair A/E
n=81 · 0.91 incl. margin
−26.50
£1 level stake
n=81 at SP · −32.7%
£46,629
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
15.4%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−8.6
n=16 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −16.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
6.7%−1.9
n=15 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −11.75
Debutants · first career start
0%−8.6
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−8.6
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−8.6
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
When favourite
66.7%
n=3 · A/E 1.97 · £1 +4.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
20%+11.4
n=20 · A/E 2.24 · £1 +6.75

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.6% 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
In Flat races 14.3% vs 8.6% · n=42
With a new jockey booking 3.2% vs 8.6% · n=31
In Class 5 12.9% vs 8.6% · 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 42 6 14.3% +5.00
Chase 26 1 3.8% −18.50
Hurdle 12 0 0% −12.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 22 1 4.5% −14.50
Standard (AW) 21 3 14.3% −2.25
Soft 15 1 6.7% +2.00
Heavy 10 1 10% −2.50
Good to Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 6 1 16.7% −2.25

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 11 1 9.1% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 7 1 14.3% −1.50
Market Rasen 5 0 0% −5.00
Beverley 5 0 0% −5.00
Wetherby 5 0 0% −5.00
Catterick 5 1 20% +2.50
Hexham 4 0 0% −4.00
Pontefract 4 0 0% −4.00
Doncaster 4 1 25% +13.00
Southwell 4 0 0% −4.00
Uttoxeter 4 0 0% −4.00
Leicester 3 0 0% −3.00
Thirsk 2 2 100% +9.25
Huntingdon 2 0 0% −2.00
York 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 31 4 12.9% +9.00
Class 6 24 3 12.5% −9.50
Class 4 22 0 0% −22.00
Class 3 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 2 66.7% 1.97 +4.00
2nd–3rd fav 13 2 15.4% 1.04 +2.00
4th–6th fav 31 2 6.5% 0.78 −15.50
7th+ in betting 34 1 2.9% 0.88 −17.00
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
Miami Present (IRE)from Harriet Bethell · then Harriet Bethell 11 0 2 12 Oct 21
Newberry New (IRE)from Harriet Bethell · then Harriet Bethell 11 1 3 12 Mar 21
Galidermes (FR)from Charlie Mann · then Harriet Bethell 10 3 4 24 Sep 21
Lopes Dancer (IRE)from Brian Ellison · then Harriet Bethell 9 2 3 25 Nov 21
My Painter (IRE)from Denis Gerard Hogan 7 0 2 14 Nov 20
Steel Helmet (IRE)from Harriet Bethell · then Harriet Bethell 5 1 2 12 Nov 21
Broken Rifle (GB)from Ivan Furtado · then Harriet Bethell 5 0 1 2 Oct 21
Versifier (GB)from Oliver Sherwood 5 0 1 15 Mar 20
Chinese Whisperer (FR)from Alan King · then Harriet Bethell 4 0 0 2 Aug 21
Dharan (FR)then Harriet Bethell 4 0 3 21 Feb 21
Stagecoach Diamond (GB)from Sue Smith 3 0 1 7 Mar 12
Valkenburg (GB)from Harriet Bethell · then Dan Skelton 2 0 1 3 Sep 19
All 17 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 17 horses listed, 15 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Harriet Bethell (5) and Malcolm Jefferson (2); 2 had their first archived run for this yard.

12 have since run for another yard, most often for Harriet Bethell (9); 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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Joanna Mason 14 4 28.6% +26.00
Harry Bannister 9 1 11.1% −1.50
Sean Bowen 6 0 0% −6.00
Josephine Gordon 6 1 16.7% −2.75
Danny Cook 5 0 0% −5.00
Joe Fanning 4 0 0% −4.00
Barry McHugh 4 0 0% −4.00
Cam Hardie 4 0 0% −4.00
Miss H Bethell 4 0 0% −4.00
Aidan Coleman 3 0 0% −3.00
Graham Lee 3 0 0% −3.00
Henry Brooke 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→
7
Archived wins
£46,629
Prize money
2021
Best season · 6 wins
Lopes Dancer (IRE) — betyourway At Betway Handicap Newcastle (AW) · Feb 2021 · Class 5
£3,340
Newberry New (IRE) — Racingtv.com Handicap Chase Catterick · Feb 2021 · Class 5
£2,989
Galidermes (FR) — Download The At The Races App Apprentice Handicap Doncaster · May 2021 · Class 5
£2,862
Notable horses
Galidermes (FR) Lopes Dancer (IRE) Newberry New (IRE) Steel Helmet (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kodiac (GB) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,541 runs since 2008 (1,665 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.
Presenting (GB) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 11% of 20,049 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Hunter's Light (IRE) 30% · 3–10
Progeny have won 11.2% of 1,323 runs since 2008 (152 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 14.4% from 167. Weakest on Heavy going: 6.9% from 159. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.6% from 205. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.7% from 130.
Lope De Vega (IRE) 22.2% · 2–9
Progeny have won 13.8% of 12,160 runs since 2008 (1,100 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 955.
Jeremy (USA) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 11.2% of 6,724 runs since 2008 (425 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.5% from 664. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 147. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.8% from 743.
Havana Gold (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 9.5% of 5,052 runs since 2008 (402 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.3% from 116. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13% from 523. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.2% from 177.
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 22 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 81 · newest first

The latest 50 of 81 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 9 March 2011 to 25 November 2021.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
25 Nov 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Lopes Dancer (IRE)J: Joanna Mason Betway HandicapClass 4 · 14f · Standard · 8 ran 6th 33/1
12 Nov 21 Newcastle (AW) Steel Helmet (IRE)J: Joe Fanning Betway HandicapClass 6 · 12.5f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 50/1
02 Nov 21 Redcar Lopes Dancer (IRE)J: Joe Fanning EveryPoppyCounts HandicapClass 5 · 14f · Soft · 11 ran 8th 33/1
12 Oct 21 Huntingdon Miami Present (IRE)J: Brian Hughes Racing TV Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 11/1
02 Oct 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Broken Rifle (GB)J: Cam Hardie Cash Out At bet365 Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 10 ran 3rd 11/2
25 Sep 21 Market Rasen Miami Present (IRE)J: Harry Bannister Harvest Gold Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23f · Good · 10 ran 7th 10/1
24 Sep 21 York Galidermes (FR)J: Joanna Mason William Hill Build Your Odds Apprentice HandicapClass 4 · 12f · Good · 7 ran 7th 17/2
21 Sep 21 Beverley Broken Rifle (GB)J: Cam Hardie Brian And Jason Merrington Memorial Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 10f · Good · 11 ran 4th 14/1
31 Aug 21 Hexham Miami Present (IRE)J: Harry Bannister Sky Sports Racing On Sky 415 Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 12 ran 7th 8/1
13 Aug 21 Thirsk Galidermes (FR)J: Joanna Mason Visit racingtv.com HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Good · 13 ran 1st 13/2
11 Aug 21 Beverley Broken Rifle (GB)J: Cam Hardie Topmark Solutions Electric Vehicle Line Marking Specialist HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 7th 66/1
02 Aug 21 Newcastle (AW) Chinese Whisperer (FR)J: Laura Coughlan MansionBet Bet 10 Get 20 Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 8th 9/1
24 Jul 21 Newcastle (AW) Broken Rifle (GB)J: Laura Coughlan Collingwood Short-term Learner Insurance Silk Series Handicap (Pro-Am Female Jockeys)Class 4 · 10f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 5th 25/1
19 Jul 21 Beverley Chinese Whisperer (FR)J: Graham Lee George Kilburn Memorial HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 6th 14/1
13 Jul 21 Southwell Miami Present (IRE)J: Harry Bannister Casumo Bet 10 Get 10 Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24.5f · Good · 12 ran 4th 40/1
09 Jul 21 York Galidermes (FR)J: Joanna Mason williamhill.com Best Odds Guaranteed HandicapClass 4 · 12f · Good · 9 ran 7th 8/1
06 Jul 21 Pontefract Chinese Whisperer (FR)J: Graham Lee Family Day On 25th July HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Soft · 5 ran 3rd 12/1
25 Jun 21 Newcastle (AW) Chinese Whisperer (FR)J: Graham Lee Smooth Radio North East HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 22/1
24 Jun 21 Nottingham Galidermes (FR)J: Oisin McSweeney Racing TV Extra 'Hands N Heels' Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 14f · Good · 12 ran 12th 9/1
07 Jun 21 Pontefract Broken Rifle (GB)J: Joanna Mason Racing TV On Sky Channel 426 HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 6th 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).

Quick answers

What is William Bethell's strike rate?
William Bethell has won 7 of 81 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.6% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is William Bethell's Fair A/E?
1.06, from 81 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).