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Jockey profile

Andrew Leigh

1,087 rides in the lifetime window · 375 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride May 2015 98% of rides over jumps
No rides 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.
73–1,087
Wins / Runs
6.7%
Strike rate
n=1,087
247 (23%)
Placed
0.97
n=1,086 · 0.73 incl. margin
−518.08
£1 level stake
n=1,087 at SP · −47.7%
£1.36m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.5%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 140 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.97). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 20% (86 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,087 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Aug–Oct 34.5% when favourite Mrs John Harrington: 8.7% from 401 LTO winners: 19.8% Rode the favourite in 5% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Limerick (13.6%, n=81), clear of the rider's 6.7% baseline. It is weakest at Tramore (0% over 32 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 19.8% (n=86, Fair A/E 1.71), but first rides on a horse have been a poor signal at 3.2% (n=342, Fair A/E 0.71). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 4.1% strike, Fair A/E 0.74 and −120.50 to a £1 stake over 221 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Mrs John Harrington supplied 37% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (8.7%, A/E 0.90). The record read poorly on Good to Soft going — 1.3% over 80 rides, 5.4pts below the baseline. 17 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Tattersalls Ireland Dan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse (Apr 2007, £65,100). The standout partner of the record was Gemini Lucy (IRE) — 6 wins from 21 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Aug–Oct.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
3.2%−3.5
n=342 · A/E 0.71 · £1 −257.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
19.8%+13.1
n=86 · A/E 1.71 · £1 +21.76
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
4.1%−2.6
n=221 · A/E 0.74 · £1 −120.50
When favourite
34.5%
n=58 · A/E 1.26 · £1 −1.91
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
0%−6.7
n=19 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −19.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
5%−1.7
n=734 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −402.10
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.6%+0.9
n=144 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −63.67

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.7% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. First rides are the first captured pairing of horse and rider; last-time-out winners are horses whose previous captured run was a win; claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
On last-time-out winners 19.8% vs 6.7% · n=86
At Limerick 13.6% vs 6.7% · n=81
At Punchestown 1.7% vs 6.7% · n=115
On Good to Soft going 1.3% vs 6.7% · n=80
With new recruits 0% vs 6.7% · n=34
At Tramore 0% vs 6.7% · n=32
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 796 47 5.9% −381.24
Chase 269 26 9.7% −114.84
Flat 22 0 0% −22.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 395 33 8.4% −148.04
Heavy 318 22 6.9% −111.67
Good 205 13 6.3% −128.29
Good to Soft 80 1 1.3% −63.00
Good to Firm 70 3 4.3% −50.70
Firm 13 1 7.7% −10.38
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 115 2 1.7% −90.00
Fairyhouse 95 8 8.4% +35.50
Limerick 81 11 13.6% −3.59
Navan 69 2 2.9% −53.00
Gowran Park 65 4 6.2% −35.50
Leopardstown 63 4 6.3% −27.50
Naas 52 4 7.7% −24.00
Cork 50 4 8% −19.00
Clonmel 50 3 6% −31.50
Kilbeggan 42 4 9.5% −6.50
Downpatrick 41 1 2.4% −39.00
Thurles 40 3 7.5% −18.25
Listowel 39 4 10.3% −13.90
Galway 38 2 5.3% −23.00
Wexford 37 1 2.7% −34.62

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 148 11 7.4% −67.67
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 69 21 30.4% 1.20 −8.58
2nd–3rd fav 175 23 13.1% 1.00 −40.50
4th–6th fav 236 20 8.5% 1.26 −25.00
7th+ in betting 607 9 1.5% 0.49 −444.00
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
84.1% completed · 1,065 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 269 73.2% 21 9 40 1 1
Hurdle 796 87.8% 19 6 68 3 1
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 ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Lead Kindly Light (IRE) 24 3 8 6 Mar 14
Four Chimneys (IRE) 19 4 7 11 Mar 12
Conem (IRE) 19 1 5 4 May 11
Badgerlaw (IRE) 19 3 6 20 Mar 10
Blazing Sonnet (IRE) 18 2 9 18 May 14
Owega Star (IRE) 18 5 9 9 Mar 14
Dreamy Gent (IRE) 18 1 6 31 Jul 11
Substitute (IRE) 14 1 3 12 Oct 13
More Chimney's (IRE) 14 0 2 20 Apr 12
Alpine Eagle (IRE) 13 4 7 1 Aug 12
Jowango (IRE) 13 1 3 13 Sep 10
Pride Of The Artic (IRE) 12 4 5 27 May 14
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 375 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
65103486128857
A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
37% of all rides
8.7% SR · A/E 0.90
TrainerRWSR£1
Mrs John Harrington 401 35 8.7% −192.34
W J Austin 188 15 8% −34.17
Sean Byrne 97 5 5.2% −46.50
Peter Fahey 86 10 11.6% −7.40
John G Carr 61 2 3.3% −37.00
M F Morris 30 2 6.7% −20.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
126
Archived wins
17
Pattern / graded wins
£2.40m
Prize money
2006
Best season · 28 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
Gemini Lucy (IRE) — Tattersalls Ireland Dan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase Fairyhouse · Apr 2007 · Grade A
£65,100
Hide The Evidence (IRE) — Bar-One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) Fairyhouse · Dec 2006 · Grade 1
£48,750
Gazza's Girl (IRE) — INH Stallion Owners European Breeders Fund Novice Handicap Hurdle Final Fairyhouse (IRE) · Feb 2006 · Grade B
£42,315

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Oscar (IRE) 6.5% · 4–62
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Beneficial (GB) 8.9% · 4–45
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Presenting (GB) 7.3% · 3–41
Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Accordion (IRE) 10.3% · 3–29
Progeny have won 10.8% of 3,309 runs since 2008 (327 horses).
Definite Article (GB) 13.8% · 4–29
Progeny have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since 2008 (527 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.
Old Vic (GB) 12% · 3–25
Progeny have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since 2008 (630 horses).
Top line: the rider'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 1,711 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,711 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 31 May 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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 Andrew Leigh's strike rate?
Andrew Leigh has won 73 of 1,087 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.7% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Andrew Leigh do best at?
Limerick by strike rate: 11 wins from 81 rides (13.6%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most rides 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.
Which yard does Andrew Leigh ride most for?
Mrs John Harrington, with 401 rides since 2008 — 37% of the total. That pairing has won 35 (8.7%).
What is Andrew Leigh's Fair A/E?
0.97, from 1,086 rides 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).