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Bryan Carver

1,523 rides in the lifetime window · 582 individual horses
As at 15 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Won yesterday Last ride yesterday 100% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
197–1,523
Wins / Runs
12.9%
Strike rate
n=1,523
480 (32%)
Placed
1.15
n=1,518 · 0.98 incl. margin
−352.39
£1 level stake
n=1,523 at SP · −23.1%
£2.24m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
15%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 80 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 13% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.15). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 27% (189 rides). The rider is quiet just now — 1 winner in the last fortnight, below their own baseline.

Deterministic profile computed from 1,523 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Jul 44.5% when favourite Harry Fry: 19% from 242 LTO winners: 27% Claiming: 14.5% Rides the favourite in 11% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Plumpton (20.8%, n=53) and Exeter (18.9%, n=159) — all clear of the rider's 12.9% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 27% (n=189, Fair A/E 1.38), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 3.5% (n=57, Fair A/E 0.47). The market has consistently overbet rides in big fields of 14 or more: 5.7% strike, Fair A/E 0.80 and −155.12 to a £1 stake over 246 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Right now the rider is in a quiet spell: 1 from 21 rides in the last 14 days (4.8%, 8.1pts below the 12.9% baseline). Harry Fry supplies 16% of the rides and beats the rider's average (19% vs 12.9%, A/E 1.23) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in Class 1 — 2.9% over 70 rides, 10pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the William Hill Formby Novices' Hurdle at Aintree (Dec 2025, £56,950). The standout partner of the record: Time To Bite (IRE) — 10 wins from 36 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Feb–Jul.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 12.9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8.9%−4.0
n=582 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −285.15
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
27%+14.1
n=189 · A/E 1.38 · £1 +0.70
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
8.2%−4.7
n=401 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −234.11
When favourite
44.5%
n=164 · A/E 1.38 · £1 +31.64
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
14.5%+1.6
n=463 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −33.17
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.7%−7.2
n=246 · A/E 0.80 · £1 −155.12
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
3.5%−9.4
n=57 · A/E 0.47 · £1 −44.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.9% 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 27% vs 12.9% · n=189
In Class 1 2.9% vs 12.9% · n=70
In Group / Graded races 3.5% vs 12.9% · n=57
With Harry Fry 19% vs 12.9% · n=242
At Plumpton 20.8% vs 12.9% · n=53
At Exeter 18.9% vs 12.9% · n=159
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 875 103 11.8% −289.06
Chase 505 80 15.8% −31.46
NH Flat 138 14 10.1% −26.87
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 647 91 14.1% −61.14
Good to Soft 368 42 11.4% −127.66
Soft 301 39 13% −63.07
Heavy 148 15 10.1% −90.35
Good to Firm 49 10 20.4% −0.17
Standard (AW) 10 0 0% −10.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Exeter 159 30 18.9% +47.02
Wincanton 124 12 9.7% −32.57
Taunton 123 11 8.9% −71.71
Chepstow 102 10 9.8% −58.43
Newton Abbot 97 17 17.5% +12.23
Fontwell 81 13 16% −14.71
Uttoxeter 81 14 17.3% −14.26
Worcester 65 7 10.8% −25.04
Warwick 58 11 19% +46.00
Plumpton 53 11 20.8% −7.51
Stratford 52 5 9.6% −32.40
Southwell 42 4 9.5% −16.00
Cheltenham 38 2 5.3% −29.92
Huntingdon 36 2 5.6% −2.50
Ffos Las 35 4 11.4% −16.17

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 639 98 15.3% −112.01
Class 5 505 53 10.5% −121.99
Class 3 174 26 14.9% −17.05
Class 2 121 15 12.4% −42.34
Class 1 70 2 2.9% −57.50
Class 6 9 3 33.3% +3.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 193 82 42.5% 1.39 +37.85
2nd–3rd fav 356 66 18.5% 1.14 −23.74
4th–6th fav 499 42 8.4% 1.05 −84.50
7th+ in betting 475 7 1.5% 0.51 −282.00
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
81.6% completed · 1,380 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 505 77.2% 12 11 91 1 0
Hurdle 875 84.1% 11 10 115 0 3
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
Time To Bite (IRE) 36 10 22 13 Nov 26
Opening Bid (GB) 23 7 12 3 May 25
Ez Tiger (IRE) 20 6 11 19 Oct 26
Mayhem Mya (GB) 18 4 7 14 Mar 25
Shortcross Storm (IRE) 17 3 5 5 Jun 24
John W Creasy (IRE) 14 2 3 20 May 26
Man Oh Man (IRE) 13 0 4 10 Sep 26
Grumpy Charley (GB) 13 4 6 18 Feb 23
Troed Y Melin (IRE) 12 2 4 12 Oct 23
Tikkinthebox (IRE) 12 2 6 25 Sep 23
Tile Tapper (GB) 12 3 8 20 Feb 23
Jet Smart (IRE) 11 3 6 14 Nov 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 582 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 6 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Quiet spell
1 from 21 4.8% · −8.1pts vs baseline
Last 14 days4.8%
Lifetime base12.9%
Shown only when the 14-day window is large enough to mean anything (n≥15). A cold run renders the same card with a quiet badge — never hidden.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
1215141720161641214712
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
Main yardHarry Fry
16% of all rides
19% SR · A/E 1.23
TrainerRWSR£1
Harry Fry 242 46 19% −32.32
Chris Honour 214 28 13.1% −23.39
Alex Hales 135 22 16.3% +7.33
Chris Down 111 16 14.4% −42.75
Robert Walford 93 12 12.9% +3.53
Jeremy Scott 83 10 12% −29.25
D Summersby 69 6 8.7% −16.79
Neil Mulholland 49 4 8.2% −25.67
Paul Nicholls 47 7 14.9% −18.96
Ben Case 46 7 15.2% +9.08
Gary Hanmer 37 5 13.5% −17.18
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2017→
197
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£2.24m
Prize money
2026
Best season · 32 wins
Idaho Sun (IRE) — William Hill Formby Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Aintree · Dec 2025 · Grade 1
£56,950
Gidleigh Park (GB) — Fitzdares Lightning Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Windsor · Jan 2025 · Grade 2
£42,713
Trustintimes (GB) — Lavazza Handicap Hurdle Race (gbb Race) Ascot · Oct 2026 · Class 2
£32,676

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 20.7% · 12–58
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,049 runs since 2016 (1,035 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Scorpion (IRE) 22.4% · 13–58
Progeny have won 9.1% of 6,330 runs since 2011 (609 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.1% from 142.
Walk In The Park (IRE) 16.1% · 5–31
Progeny have won 13.4% of 7,107 runs since 2011 (713 horses).
Sholokhov (IRE) 24.1% · 7–29
Progeny have won 12.5% of 4,287 runs since 2008 (424 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
Mahler (GB) 3.6% · 1–28
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,902 runs since 2014 (790 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Malinas (GER) 14.3% · 4–28
Progeny have won 14.1% of 3,968 runs since 2010 (420 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 15 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 1,523 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,523 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 9 May 2017 to 14 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
14 Nov 26 Windsor By Your Leave (GB)T: Alex Hales Download The Fitzdares App "Junior" National Hunt Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 5th 12/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 10 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 11 runs (won 2) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 7 runs (won 2) · fastest on KTB Speed in 6 runs (won 1, 1 did not run) · to 13 Nov 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Bryan Carver's strike rate?
Bryan Carver has won 197 of 1,523 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 12.9% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Bryan Carver do best at?
Plumpton by strike rate: 11 wins from 53 rides (20.8%) 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 Bryan Carver ride most for?
Harry Fry, with 242 rides since 2008 — 16% of the total. That pairing has won 46 (19%).
Is Bryan Carver in form?
In the last 14 days: 21 rides, 1 winner, a strike rate of 4.8%. That is below the baseline of 12.9% since 2008.
What is Bryan Carver's Fair A/E?
1.15, from 1,518 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 15 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).