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Ben Dawson

16 rides in the lifetime window · 15 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride May 2014 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)
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.
1–16
Wins / Runs
6.3%
Strike rate
n=16
4 (25%)
Placed
0.84
Fair A/E
n=16 · 0.67 incl. margin
−11.00
£1 level stake
n=16 at SP · −68.8%
£25,920
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−6.3
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−6.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
6.7%+0.4
n=15 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −10.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−6.3
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.3% 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
Soft 5 1 20% +0.00
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Curragh 6 0 0% −6.00
Cork 2 1 50% +3.00
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 5 1 20% 1.40 +0.00
4th–6th fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
7th+ in betting 8 0 0% 0.00 −8.00
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
Candy Apples (IRE) 2 1 1 19 Oct 13
Smoker (GB) 1 0 0 5 May 14
Canary Row (IRE) 1 0 1 23 Mar 14
Dashwood (GB) 1 0 0 19 Oct 13
Alsium (IRE) 1 0 0 13 Oct 13
Better Value (IRE) 1 0 0 9 Oct 13
Impressioniste (IRE) 1 0 0 4 Oct 13
Ravello Again (IRE) 1 0 0 29 Sep 13
Lord Jim (IRE) 1 0 1 19 Sep 13
Tantalising (IRE) 1 0 0 1 Sep 13
Happy Anniversary (IRE) 1 0 0 5 Aug 13
R U Sirius (IRE) 1 0 0 27 Jun 13
All 15 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
P J Prendergast 8 1 12.5% −3.00
J S Bolger 3 0 0% −3.00
R Donohoe 1 0 0% −1.00
P D Deegan 1 0 0% −1.00
J F Levins 1 0 0% −1.00
J L Hassett 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke Comer 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
1
Archived wins
£25,920
Prize money
2013
Best season · 1 win
Candy Apples (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Race Cork · Oct 2013
£13,000
Notable horses
Candy Apples (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Footstepsinthesand (GB) 50% · 1–2
Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,798 runs since 2008 (937 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,878 runs since 2008 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
Ad Valorem (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,585 runs since 2008 (101 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 12.3% from 618. Weakest on Good to Firm going: 5.2% from 248.
Bachelor Duke (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 7.8% of 1,605 runs since 2008 (109 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 11.2% from 143.
Cuvee (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 11.1% of 36 runs since 2008 (5 horses).
Iffraaj (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.5% of 13,971 runs since 2008 (1,091 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 16 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Ben Dawson's 16 archived rides, from 8 June 2012 to 5 May 2014, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
05 May 14 Curragh Smoker (GB)T: P J Prendergast PG Duffy & Sons Citroen Handicap8f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 5th 6/1
23 Mar 14 Curragh Canary Row (IRE)T: P J Prendergast www.thetote.com Irish Lincolnshire (Premier Handicap)8f · Soft To Heavy · 21 ran 3rd 10/1
19 Oct 13 Cork Candy Apples (IRE)T: P J Prendergast Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Race5f · Yielding To Soft · 3 ran 1st 4/1
19 Oct 13 Cork Dashwood (GB)T: J F Levins Mallow Apprentice Handicap6f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 10th 20/1
13 Oct 13 Curragh Alsium (IRE)T: P D Deegan Stephen Quirke Memorial Apprentice Handicap8f · Good · 15 ran 11th 16/1
09 Oct 13 Navan Better Value (IRE)T: J L Hassett Trim Apprentice Handicap (47-65)5f · Yielding · 18 ran 13th 7/1
04 Oct 13 Dundalk (AW) Impressioniste (IRE)T: Luke Comer Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Apprentice Handicap (55-70)8f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 50/1
29 Sep 13 Curragh Ravello Again (IRE)T: P J Prendergast Irish Times Handicap8f · Good To Firm · 22 ran 10th 14/1
19 Sep 13 Listowel Lord Jim (IRE)T: P J Prendergast Speedy's Bars Moyvane & Ballylongford Handicap8f · Heavy · 16 ran 3rd 8/1
15 Sep 13 Curragh Candy Apples (IRE)T: P J Prendergast Gain/alltech Nursery Handicap6f · Good · 4 ran 2nd 5/2
01 Sep 13 Curragh Tantalising (IRE)T: P J Prendergast Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund 'Be My Guest' Fillies Handicap12f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 6th 18/1
05 Aug 13 Naas Happy Anniversary (IRE)T: R Donohoe Naas Apprentice Handicap (50-80)8f · Yielding · 14 ran 9th 16/1
27 Jun 13 Tipperary R U Sirius (IRE)T: P J Prendergast Ladies Day At Tipperary Sunday 21st July Rated Race9f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7th 33/1
04 Nov 12 Leopardstown Write To Me (IRE)T: J S Bolger Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden7f · Soft · 18 ran 17th 25/1
24 Oct 12 Navan Gallic Spat (USA)T: J S Bolger Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Median Auction Maiden8f · Heavy · 7 ran 5th 20/1
08 Jun 12 Leopardstown Confident Cub (IRE)T: J S Bolger Leopardstown Apprentice Handicap (50-70)8f · Heavy · 10 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 Ben Dawson's strike rate?
Ben Dawson has won 1 of 16 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.3% (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).