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Jockey profile

Clifford Lee

2,941 rides in the last 5 seasons · 1,453 individual horses
As at 19 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride yesterday 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
417–2,941
Wins / Runs
14.2%
Strike rate
n=2,941
1,001 (34%)
Placed
1.07
n=2,913 · 0.93 incl. margin
−725.46
£1 level stake
n=2,941 at SP · −24.7%
£12.2m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
13.4%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 590 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 14% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.07). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 22% (395 rides). Rides mostly for K R Burke — 48% of rides in the window. The rider is quiet just now — 3 winners in the last fortnight, below their own baseline.

Deterministic profile computed from 2,941 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 19 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Apr–May 39.9% when favourite K R Burke: 18.5% from 1,420 LTO winners: 21.5% Rides the favourite in 13% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Catterick (25.6%, n=43), clear of the rider's 14.2% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 21.5% (n=395, Fair A/E 1.12), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 6% (n=381, Fair A/E 0.82). Right now the rider is in a quiet spell: 3 from 37 rides in the last 14 days (8.1%, 6.1pts below the 14.2% baseline). K R Burke supplies 48% of the rides and edges the rider's average (18.5% vs 14.2%, A/E 1.10) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well on Soft going (21.7%, n=253). 64 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Commonwealth Cup at Ascot (Jun 2026, £396,970). The standout partner of the record: Al Qareem (IRE) — 9 wins from 26 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Apr–May.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 14.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
13.2%−1.0
n=1,391 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −345.08
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
21.5%+7.3
n=395 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −21.22
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
10.8%−3.4
n=436 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −166.42
When favourite
39.9%
n=396 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −14.48
Big fields · 14+ runners
6%−8.2
n=381 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −225.01
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.4%+0.2
n=432 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −122.07

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 14.2% 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
On last-time-out winners 21.5% vs 14.2% · n=395
At Catterick 25.6% vs 14.2% · n=43
On Soft going 21.7% vs 14.2% · n=253
With James Tate 22.8% vs 14.2% · n=123
With J R Jenkins 5% vs 14.2% · n=80
With debutants 20.7% vs 14.2% · n=266
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
Standard (AW) 1,065 144 13.5% −283.95
Good 682 90 13.2% −174.17
Good to Firm 550 71 12.9% −165.66
Good to Soft 327 45 13.8% −118.92
Soft 253 55 21.7% +20.40
Heavy 64 12 18.8% −3.16

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 336 42 12.5% −65.56
Newcastle (AW) 268 40 14.9% −71.26
Southwell (AW) 258 32 12.4% −80.98
York 187 19 10.2% −35.18
Haydock 158 20 12.7% −32.15
Ayr 135 21 15.6% −3.75
Newmarket 92 8 8.7% −28.50
Ascot 86 6 7% −59.94
Doncaster 83 8 9.6% −39.40
Nottingham 83 10 12% −24.80
Kempton (AW) 79 11 13.9% −29.63
Hamilton 77 12 15.6% −30.01
Carlisle 74 15 20.3% −12.07
Musselburgh 74 14 18.9% −10.67
Beverley 72 16 22.2% −9.88

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 734 118 16.1% −151.37
Class 4 586 93 15.9% −116.05
Class 6 575 63 11% −188.85
Class 1 431 62 14.4% −121.07
Class 2 349 41 11.7% −93.92
Class 3 256 38 14.8% −58.45

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 452 170 37.6% 1.10 −22.27
2nd–3rd fav 755 148 19.6% 1.12 −38.09
4th–6th fav 939 83 8.8% 1.08 −173.10
7th+ in betting 795 16 2% 0.61 −492.00
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
Lethal Levi (GB) 28 5 12 7 Sep 25
Al Qareem (IRE) 26 9 16 13 Jun 26
Korker (IRE) 22 3 10 5 Sep 26
Liberty Lane (IRE) 20 5 7 28 Jul 26
Royal Rhyme (IRE) 20 5 7 3 Jul 26
Spycatcher (IRE) 18 3 8 19 Sep 26
Silky Wilkie (IRE) 17 2 8 6 May 26
Bang On The Bell (GB) 17 4 8 2 Feb 25
Marshman (GB) 16 5 11 3 Apr 26
Eilean Dubh (IRE) 15 4 6 17 May 24
Ice Max (GB) 14 5 6 6 Sep 25
Beautiful Diamond (GB) 13 3 8 10 May 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,453 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
3 from 37 8.1% · −6.1pts vs baseline
Last 14 days8.1%
5-season base14.2%
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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
18151216161215141413139
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 yardK R Burke
48% of all rides
18.5% SR · A/E 1.10
TrainerRWSR£1
K R Burke 1,420 262 18.5% −219.87
Tony Carroll 176 24 13.6% +32.54
James Tate 123 28 22.8% −2.71
J R Jenkins 80 4 5% −57.67
Michael Dods 65 4 6.2% −38.62
Ian Williams 60 4 6.7% −19.76
Steph Hollinshead 47 8 17% +4.75
Hugo Palmer 40 5 12.5% −22.14
Roger Fell 38 4 10.5% −19.00
Ed Dunlop 34 4 11.8% −10.17
Iain Jardine 32 5 15.6% −8.62
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2014→
657
Archived wins
64
Pattern / graded wins
£14.7m
Prize money
2025
Best season · 98 wins
Venetian Sun (IRE) — Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) Ascot · Jun 2026 · Group 1
£396,970
Venetian Sun (IRE) — Sumbe Prix Morny (2yo Colts & Fillies) (Straight Course) (Turf) Deauville (FR) · Aug 2025 · Group 1
£165,281
Swingalong (IRE) — Sky Bet Lowther Stakes (Fillies' Group 2) York · Aug 2022 · Group 2
£151,699

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dark Angel (IRE) 17.2% · 21–122
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,868 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Dandy Man (IRE) 10.3% · 10–97
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,911 runs since 2008 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
Havana Grey (GB) 20.7% · 19–92
Progeny have won 13.3% of 4,525 runs since 2008 (415 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 16.3% from 104. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10.3% from 406.
Mehmas (IRE) 11.5% · 9–78
Progeny have won 11.6% of 8,086 runs since 2008 (746 horses).
Lope De Vega (IRE) 15.1% · 11–73
Progeny have won 13.8% of 12,145 runs since 2008 (1,099 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 953.
Night Of Thunder (IRE) 22.2% · 16–72
Progeny have won 16.3% of 5,060 runs since 2008 (561 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7% from 157.
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 4,959 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,959 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 29 April 2014 to 18 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Monhammer (GB)T: Linda Perratt Musselburgh Members Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 9/2

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 Clifford Lee's strike rate?
Clifford Lee has won 417 of 2,941 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 14.2% (as at 19 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Clifford Lee do best at?
Beverley by strike rate: 16 wins from 72 rides (22.2%) 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 Clifford Lee ride most for?
K R Burke, with 1,420 rides since 2022 — 48% of the total. That pairing has won 262 (18.5%).
Is Clifford Lee in form?
In the last 14 days: 37 rides, 3 winners, a strike rate of 8.1%. That is below the baseline of 14.2% since 2022.
What is Clifford Lee's Fair A/E?
1.07, from 2,913 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.
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 19 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).