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April Pearson

12 rides in the lifetime window · 4 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2020 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2020→)
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.
3–12
Wins / Runs
25%
Strike rate
n=12
6 (50%)
Placed
2.20
Fair A/E
n=12 · 1.88 incl. margin
+10.50
£1 level stake
n=12 at SP · +87.5%
£12,355
Prize money (window)

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 25% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
25%+0.0
n=4 · A/E 2.90 · £1 +7.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−25.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−25.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
100%
n=1 · A/E 4.70 · £1 +3.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
25%+0.0
n=12 · A/E 2.20 · £1 +10.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−25.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 25% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 5 1 20% +2.50
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 1 50% +2.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +10.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Leicester 4 2 50% +11.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 1 50% +5.50
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 7 1 14.3% −3.00
Class 6 5 2 40% +13.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 1 100% 4.70 +3.00
2nd–3rd fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
4th–6th fav 5 2 40% 4.38 +13.50
7th+ in betting 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
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 ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Liam's Lass (IRE) 6 2 4 28 Oct 20
John Clare (IRE) 4 1 2 15 Oct 20
All My Love (IRE) 1 0 0 23 Oct 20
Keepup Kevin (GB) 1 0 0 24 Jul 20
All 4 horses ridden 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.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
Pam Sly 12 3 25% +10.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2020→
3
Archived wins
£12,355
Prize money
2020
Best season · 3 wins
John Clare (IRE) — nucleushr.com Apprentice Handicap Leicester · Oct 2020 · Class 5
£3,429
Liam's Lass (IRE) — attheraces.com Apprentice Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Sep 2020 · Class 6
£2,782
Liam's Lass (IRE) — Bodie Hodges Foundation Handicap Leicester · Jul 2020 · Class 6
£2,782
Notable horses
Liam's Lass (IRE) John Clare (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dandy Man (IRE) 33.3% · 2–6
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,950 runs since 2008 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
Poet's Voice (GB) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 10% of 6,042 runs since 2008 (384 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.3% from 264. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13% from 493. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.3% from 142.
Haafhd (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.9% of 4,751 runs since 2008 (305 horses).
Lord Shanakill (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.6% of 1,619 runs since 2008 (108 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 28 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

all 12 archived runs · newest first

Every one of April Pearson's 12 archived rides, from 25 June 2020 to 28 October 2020, newest first — 3 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Oct 20 Kempton (AW) Liam's Lass (IRE)T: Pam Sly Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap (Div 2)Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 3rd 18/1
23 Oct 20 Newbury All My Love (IRE)T: Pam Sly Download The tote Placepot App Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 16f · Heavy · 14 ran 6th 16/1
15 Oct 20 Southwell (AW) John Clare (IRE)T: Pam Sly Southwell Racecourse HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 2nd 11/4
10 Oct 20 Chelmsford City (AW) Liam's Lass (IRE)T: Pam Sly tote.co.uk Free Streaming Every UK Race HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 5th 10/1
06 Oct 20 Leicester John Clare (IRE)T: Pam Sly nucleushr.com Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Heavy · 10 ran 1st 3/1F
21 Sep 20 Wolverhampton (AW) Liam's Lass (IRE)T: Pam Sly Watch Free Replays On attheraces.com HandicapClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 11 ran 8th 11/2
05 Sep 20 Wolverhampton (AW) Liam's Lass (IRE)T: Pam Sly attheraces.com Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 13/2
24 Jul 20 Beverley Keepup Kevin (GB)T: Pam Sly Churchill Tyres HandicapClass 5 · 7.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 5th 7/1
19 Jul 20 Newbury John Clare (IRE)T: Pam Sly Cash Out At bet365 HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good · 15 ran 12th 33/1
17 Jul 20 Leicester Liam's Lass (IRE)T: Pam Sly Bodie Hodges Foundation Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 3rd 7/2
07 Jul 20 Leicester Liam's Lass (IRE)T: Pam Sly Bodie Hodges Foundation HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1st 10/1
25 Jun 20 Leicester John Clare (IRE)T: Pam Sly Bodie Hodges Foundation HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3rd 7/1

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 April Pearson's strike rate?
April Pearson has won 3 of 12 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 25% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
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 28 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).