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Warren Block's Daily Report - Thursday, 23 April 2026
- Jockey-Trainer metro stats - five states - SNAPSHOT on Rachel King
- Matrix day-by-day results for Thursday and Friday racing
- Wizard Freebie - Wizard Magic Report
- Wizard Ratings, Raceday, Matrix, and Selectives Results
Jockey-Trainer metro stats - five states - SNAPSHOT on Rachel King
Today, jockeys in each of the five mainland states who are prominent in their respective 2025-2026 metropolitan premierships, with the following stats covering the past two years.
The Jockey/Trainer combinations that are included here are based on the following criteria: The Jockey/Trainer combination is listed when a jockey's record shows at least 2 wins when riding the Wizard top-rater, or at least 3 wins when riding the race favourite, or 4 wins if the runner is in the $2.00 to $5.90 odds range, for that stable. Also included are the overall percentage stats for the jockey when riding a Wizard top rater or race favourite, for any stable. Note, that these stats cover the rider's results in all races, irrespective of location.
To add to this weekly insight, here is a Snapshot Profile of Rachel King (via ChatGPT, and other sources) which makes for some interesting reading.
Rachel King is a Sydneybased jockey who has risen from British amateur ranks to become a multiple Group 1 winner in Australia and a historymaking international rider. wikipedia+1
Early life and family background
Rachel was born in Oxfordshire in England. Her father Chris King was an amateur jockey and trainer, giving her early exposure to horses and race riding. She spent her holidays working for trainer Mick Channon, further cementing her ambition to become a jockey. After leaving school she worked for trainer Alan King, riding as an amateur both on the flat and over jumps. ttrausnz.com+1 hkjc+1 turftalk.co+1
Move to Australia and main riding bases
Rachel came to Sydney in 2014 on a working holiday, initially working with the stables of James and Bart Cummings. She decided to stay and moved across to Gai Waterhouse's Tulloch Lodge at Randwick, where she began her apprenticeship. She rode her first Australian winner in 2015 and went on to claim the Sydney Champion Apprentice title in the 2016-2017 season with 88 wins. She rides predominantly in New South Wales but has developed a reputation as a globetrotting rider, taking shortterm licences in Japan, and riding at major carnivals in Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, the UK, and at the Breeders Cup in the USA. thoroughbreddailynews+2 racingpost+2
Key trainers and partnerships
Rachel's early Australian career was closely linked to Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott for whom she has ridden dozens of winners, including majorrace success. She also linked with trainer Mark Newnham (now in Hong Kong), with whom she rode her first Group winner, Lanciato in the Group 3 Newcastle Newmarket Handicap and later her first Group 1 victory on Maid Of Heaven. Rachel is currently enjoying major success with Bjorn Baker in Sydney and has built important international connections with Japanese trainers. racingzone.com+1 wikipedia+1 ttrausnz.com+1 rsn.net+2
Major wins and career highlights
Subsequent to the Group 1 victory on Maid Of Honour she has won the Sydney Cup on Knights Order in 2022 and again on Arapaho in 2025, as well as the H E Tancred Stakes on Arapaho, The Metropolitan on Just Fine in 2023, and the Coolmore Stud Stakes with Ozzmosis in 2023. Internationally, Rachel made history in 2025 by becoming the first female jockey to win a Group 1 race in Japan when she guided Costa Nova to victory in the February Stakes at Tokyo. This year, Rachel made history as the first female jockey to win the Group 1 Australian Derby aboard Green Spaces for Bjorn Baker at Randwick. thoroughbreddailynews+1 turftalk.co+1 wikipedia
Matrix day-by-day results for Thursday and Friday racing
The tables show the results for the past eight weeks for the day on which racing occurred. So, today being Thursday, this Matrix DOW (Day of Week) report covers the past eight Thursday and Friday results. The day-after results are included so that they are available on race-eve, rather than only on race morning.
(The daily Matrix report aims to assist subscribers contain the number of bets to manageable proportions and improve the strike rate. The report is posted to our website between 10:30am and 10:45am each day with an update at 12 noon.)
Wizard Freebie - Wizard Magic Report
The Wizard publishes on this page one of its Wizard reports or special features, either completely or a part thereof. Today, a Wizard Magic (abridged) Report. The full report and all other reports for all meetings for today are available now for subscribers
The Magic report is an important component of the Wizard's uniquely successful race-morning MATRIX report whose Selectives consistently outperform traditional rating methodologies.
Click here for an explanation of the Wizard Magic report.
Wizard Ratings, Raceday, Matrix, and Selectives results
We publish these full results daily so that subscribers can see the results of the Wizard's ratings options, and Report-content, and thereby formulate a selecting and betting strategy that suits them individually. The Wizard ratings should not be seen as "tips", rather as objective assessments that can be used to inform one's own judgement as to the relative chances of the runners in a race.
The full day-by-day results for Wizard (Wrat) top 4 rated runners, the Raceday Qualifier, and the Matrix (MaxR) 100 pointer, the MaxR top-two, the What-IF top-two Filtered, together with the Matrix W1+MaxR100 Selective qualifier, and the Matrix W1+*EO+MaxR100 Selective qualifier. Also included are the overall results for last week and the last four weeks. The 2024-2025 column shows the WRat results for the full racing season.
This results summary is colour coded so that it is easier for readers to track the relative performance of the Top Rated (blue) and Top-Two Rated (green) ratings options on a daily, and longer term, basis. The best overall qualifier (yellow) is highlighted. Also, the single runner options are grouped separately, as are the two-horse and multi-horse options results, again to make comparisons easier.
The following table shows this week's results of alternative options with respect to possible Matrix Selectives combinations, as well as weekly summaries. These combinations are accessible via the Wizard MATRIX report which is posted to our website between 10:30am and 10:45am each day.
(Key: The first of the two columns for each Selective combination shows number of qualifying races and the second column shows the strike rate. Headings: RWM is Raceday,Watch,Magic, RWM 2/3 means two or three qualifying, Rday is Raceday report qualifier , Magic is Magic report qualifier, R/M is Raceday and Magic, WR1 is Wrat 100, MR1 is MaxR 100.)
The following table shows where the winner of each race run yesterday was rated by WRat, WMod, WHcp, and WExpk and was the qualifier in the Wizard Raceday Report. (Note: The Wrat [W] winner results report on both the top rated and top-two rated winners.) The Raceday Report winners under the Top Rated column are from those races where there was only one Raceday qualifier, and under the Top 2 Rated on the rare occasions where there were two qualifiers in a race.
Header: WMHER = WRat (W), WMod (M), WHcp (H), WExpk (E), Raceday (R).
For a full explanation of the table click: How to read the Wizard Ratings Results