What is Ben Curtis's strike rate?

Ben Curtis has won 196 of 1,197 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 16.4% (as at 19 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Ben Curtis do best at?

Hamilton by strike rate: 21 wins from 56 rides (37.5%) since 2022. 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 Ben Curtis ride most for?

George Boughey, with 120 rides since 2022 — 10% of the total. That pairing has won 29 (24.2%).

What is Ben Curtis's Fair A/E?

1.12, from 1,190 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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.

Jockey profile

Ben Curtis

1,197 rides in the last 5 seasons · 819 individual horses

As at 19 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride 128 days ago 100% of rides on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2022

196–1,197

Wins / Runs

16.4%

Strike rate

n=1,197

451 (38%)

Placed

1.12

Fair A/E

n=1,190 · 0.97 incl. margin

−101.15

£1 level stake

n=1,197 at SP · −8.5%

£2.81m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 240 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 16% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.12). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 21% (126 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,197 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 19 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Aug–Sep 36.5% when favourite George Boughey: 24.2% from 120 LTO winners: 21.4% Rides the favourite in 16% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Hamilton (37.5%, n=56) and Beverley (25.3%, n=79) — all clear of the rider's 16.4% baseline. It is weakest at York (5% over 40 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 21.4% (n=126, Fair A/E 1.17), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 8.1% (n=135, Fair A/E 1.13). George Boughey supplies 10% of the rides and beats the rider's average (24.2% vs 16.4%, A/E 1.22) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well off a 0-7-day break (27.1%, n=70). 32 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the bet365 Challenge Cup at Ascot (Oct 2019, £112,050). The standout partner of the record: Kelly's Dino (FR) — 7 wins from 19 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Aug–Sep.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 16.4% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

16.3%−0.1

n=724 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −79.08

Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win

21.4%+5.0

n=126 · A/E 1.17 · £1 +5.90

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

14.7%−1.7

n=143 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −34.18

When favourite

36.5%

n=192 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −12.81

Big fields · 14+ runners

8.1%−8.3

n=135 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −9.00

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

12.1%−4.3

n=58 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −22.12

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 16.4% 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.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline

At Hamilton 37.5% vs 16.4% · n=56

Off a 0-7-day break 27.1% vs 16.4% · n=70

At York 5% vs 16.4% · n=40

At Beverley 25.3% vs 16.4% · n=79

With George Boughey 24.2% vs 16.4% · n=120

With Roger Fell 8.6% vs 16.4% · n=105

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

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 349 60 17.2% −63.02

Good to Firm 250 45 18% −51.91

Standard (AW) 238 35 14.7% +34.33

Good to Soft 176 28 15.9% −1.32

Soft 145 22 15.2% −4.35

Heavy 38 6 15.8% −13.88

Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Newcastle (AW) 101 17 16.8% +28.45

Beverley 79 20 25.3% −11.93

Ripon 68 10 14.7% +5.45

Thirsk 66 8 12.1% −22.45

Haydock 64 8 12.5% −18.82

Catterick 62 8 12.9% −26.00

Pontefract 59 10 16.9% −19.62

Hamilton 56 21 37.5% +49.02

Carlisle 54 9 16.7% −20.84

Chester 44 7 15.9% −14.50

Redcar 44 11 25% −0.83

Southwell (AW) 44 7 15.9% +27.50

Ayr 43 10 23.3% +18.00

Wolverhampton (AW) 43 6 14% −17.74

Musselburgh 41 7 17.1% −11.33

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 357 52 14.6% −129.35

Class 4 281 59 21% +26.02

Class 6 279 41 14.7% −59.88

Class 2 114 15 13.2% +28.34

Class 3 108 22 20.4% +55.84

Class 1 58 7 12.1% −22.12

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 231 85 36.8% 1.16 +5.27

2nd–3rd fav 332 54 16.3% 0.94 −87.42

4th–6th fav 401 46 11.5% 1.32 +40.00

7th+ in betting 233 11 4.7% 1.18 −59.00

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

End Zone (GB) 8 2 3 21 Sep 23

Radio Goo Goo (GB) 7 3 4 22 Sep 23

Ginato (IRE) 7 0 2 5 Jul 23

Appier (IRE) 7 4 4 1 Jul 23

Oso Rapido (IRE) 6 3 4 21 Oct 23

Dandys Gold (IRE) 6 0 2 17 Oct 23

Golden Keeper (GB) 6 1 1 5 Oct 23

On A Session (USA) 6 2 2 3 Oct 23

Cockalorum (IRE) 6 1 1 21 Sep 23

Zoffee (GB) 6 2 4 1 Jul 23

Zihaam (GB) 6 0 0 28 Aug 22

Come On John (IRE) 6 1 2 6 Aug 22

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 819 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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, 5 seasons

JFMAMJJASOND

··1815191512201715··

A flat rider: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first

Main yardGeorge Boughey

10% of all rides
24.2% SR · A/E 1.22

TrainerRWSR£1

George Boughey 120 29 24.2% +3.62

Roger Fell 105 9 8.6% −47.13

Hugo Palmer 80 11 13.8% −21.67

David Evans 56 9 16.1% −5.35

David & Nicola Barron 51 12 23.5% +14.58

Ian Williams 37 4 10.8% +13.00

S Woods 36 8 22.2% +3.97

Roger Fell & Sean Murray 35 4 11.4% −5.00

Charlie Johnston 32 3 9.4% −16.00

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→

1,177

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£12.7m

Prize money

2020

Best season · 170 wins

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.

Kynren (IRE) — bet365 Challenge Cup (Heritage Handicap) Ascot · Oct 2019 · Class 2

£112,050

Sir Busker (IRE) — Sky Bet York Stakes (Group 2) York · Jul 2022 · Group 2

£70,888

Kelly's Dino (FR) — bet365 Old Newton Cup Handicap Haydock · Jul 2019 · Class 2

£62,250

Notable horses

Kelly's Dino (FR) Libran (IRE) Copper Dock (IRE) Dapper Man (IRE) Global Spirit (GB) Eutropius (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Kodiac (GB) 27.3% · 12–44

Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,530 runs since 2008 (1,665 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.

Dandy Man (IRE) 5.3% · 2–38

Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,911 runs since 2008 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.

Dark Angel (IRE) 16.7% · 5–30

Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,868 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.

Bated Breath (GB) 9.5% · 2–21

Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,125 runs since 2008 (669 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.7% from 842.

Mehmas (IRE) 14.3% · 3–21

Progeny have won 11.6% of 8,086 runs since 2008 (746 horses).

Lope De Vega (IRE) 40% · 8–20

Progeny have won 13.8% of 12,145 runs since 2008 (1,099 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 953.

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 19 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 9,530 · newest first

The latest 50 of 9,530 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 1 May 2006 to 13 June 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

13 Jun 26 Delaware Park (USA) Tricky Kitty (USA)T: Thomas Garner Robert G Dick Memorial Stakes (Fillies & Mares) (Turf)11f · Firm · 6 ran 6th 43/1

26 Oct 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Storymaker (GB)T: George Boughey Build Your Acca With BetUK HandicapClass 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 12 ran 6th 15/2

26 Oct 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Metric (GB)T: David O'Meara Boost Your Acca-Fenwa With BetUK HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 10 ran 7th 20/1

26 Oct 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Headingley (IRE)T: David O'Meara Stay Golden With BetMGM Safer Gambling HandicapClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 9 ran 6th 7/1

26 Oct 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Rukaana (GB)T: Charles Hills Boost Your Acca With BetMGM Nursery (Div 1)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 1st 3/1

25 Oct 23 Kempton (AW) Percy Willis (GB)T: Jedd O'Keeffe Racing TV HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 5th 22/1

25 Oct 23 Kempton (AW) C'mon Kenny (GB)T: Ian Williams Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts HandicapClass 3 · 16f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 1st 22/1

25 Oct 23 Kempton (AW) Al Agaila (IRE)T: Simon & Ed Crisford Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder HandicapClass 3 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 1st 7/2

21 Oct 23 Catterick Strong Johnson (IRE)T: Paul Midgley William Hill Catterick Dash HandicapClass 2 · 5f · Heavy · 9 ran 8th 25/1

21 Oct 23 Catterick Oso Rapido (IRE)T: Roger Fell & Sean Murray William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Veterans' HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Heavy · 5 ran 1st 3/1

21 Oct 23 Catterick Ludden Lass (IRE)T: Charles Hills Brian Bunkham 70th Birthday Celebration Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 6f · Heavy · 10 ran 2nd 9/4F

21 Oct 23 Catterick Mercury Day (IRE)T: Ralph Beckett Robert Kemp-Ambler Memorial/British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 7f · Heavy · 5 ran 2nd 4/6F

20 Oct 23 Newcastle (AW) Lily In The Jungle (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Build Your Acca With BetUK HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 6th 7/1

20 Oct 23 Newcastle (AW) Trabajo Detecho (GB)T: Roger Fell & Sean Murray Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 3rd 22/1

20 Oct 23 Newcastle (AW) Mehigburn (IRE)T: Roger Fell & Sean Murray Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM NurseryClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 16/1

20 Oct 23 Newcastle (AW) Louella (IRE)T: Roger Fell & Sean Murray Boost Your Acca At BetMGM NurseryClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 3rd 13/2

20 Oct 23 Newcastle (AW) Frost At Dawn (USA)T: William Knight Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 2nd 9/2

19 Oct 23 Chelmsford City (AW) Erosion Risk (IRE)T: David Evans Chelmsford City Racecourse Membership Available Now HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 7/4F

19 Oct 23 Chelmsford City (AW) This Ones For Fred (IRE)T: David Evans Betsi HandicapClass 6 · 14f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 10/1

19 Oct 23 Chelmsford City (AW) Cuban Breeze (GB)T: David Evans Illuminate Christmas Ball HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 3rd 4/1

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 Ben Curtis's strike rate?: Ben Curtis has won 196 of 1,197 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 16.4% (as at 19 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Ben Curtis do best at?: Hamilton by strike rate: 21 wins from 56 rides (37.5%) since 2022. 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 Ben Curtis ride most for?: George Boughey, with 120 rides since 2022 — 10% of the total. That pairing has won 29 (24.2%).
What is Ben Curtis's Fair A/E?: 1.12, from 1,190 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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.