What is Dean McKeown's strike rate?

Dean McKeown has won 28 of 412 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Dean McKeown do best at?

Southwell (AW) by strike rate: 6 wins from 45 rides (13.3%) 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 Dean McKeown ride most for?

Richard Whitaker, with 97 rides since 2008 — 24% of the total. That pairing has won 6 (6.2%).

What is Dean McKeown's Fair A/E?

0.74, from 409 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.

Jockey profile

Dean McKeown

412 rides in the lifetime window · 193 individual horses

As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Nov 2008 100% of rides on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

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.

28–412

Wins / Runs

6.8%

Strike rate

n=412

97 (24%)

Placed

0.74

Fair A/E

n=409 · 0.63 incl. margin

−224.38

£1 level stake

n=412 at SP · −54.5%

£175k

Prize money (window)

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 410 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.74). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 16% (32 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 412 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Richard Whitaker: 6.2% from 97 LTO winners: 15.6%

The read

The record is strongest at Southwell (AW) (13.3%, n=45), clear of the rider's 6.8% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 15.6% (n=32, Fair A/E 0.88), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 0% (n=48, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 2.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.38 and −92.50 to a £1 stake over 118 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Richard Whitaker supplied 24% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (6.2%, A/E 0.72). The rider also read well over 1m2f – 1m4f (13.6%, n=81). The record read poorly on Soft going — 0% over 40 rides, 6.8pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider over 1m – 1m1f: Fair A/E 0.26 across 85 rides (2.4% strike, −66.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Irish Field St. Leger at Curragh (Sep 2005, £171,600). The standout partner of the record was Nevada Desert (IRE) — 5 wins from 27 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.8% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

2.5%−4.3

n=118 · A/E 0.38 · £1 −92.50

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

15.6%+8.8

n=32 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −3.13

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

0%−6.8

n=48 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −48.00

When favourite

19.2%

n=26 · A/E 0.65 · £1 −11.63

Big fields · 14+ runners

3.6%−3.2

n=84 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −59.50

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−6.8

n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.8% 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 15.6% vs 6.8% · n=32

Over 1m2f – 1m4f 13.6% vs 6.8% · n=81

On Soft going 0% vs 6.8% · n=40

At Southwell (AW) 13.3% vs 6.8% · n=45

On first rides for the horse 2.5% vs 6.8% · n=118

Over 1m – 1m1f 2.4% vs 6.8% · n=85

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) 178 16 9% −94.88

Good to Firm 70 3 4.3% −51.50

Good to Soft 59 3 5.1% −21.00

Good 56 3 5.4% −36.00

Soft 40 0 0% −40.00

Heavy 5 1 20% +5.00

Firm 4 2 50% +14.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Wolverhampton (AW) 61 3 4.9% −51.00

Southwell (AW) 45 6 13.3% −16.63

Kempton (AW) 42 4 9.5% −22.75

Redcar 36 2 5.6% −18.00

Beverley 33 2 6.1% −17.50

Ripon 25 1 4% −17.00

Chelmsford (AW) 17 3 17.6% +8.50

Newcastle 15 0 0% −15.00

Carlisle 14 1 7.1% −11.00

Doncaster 13 2 15.4% +1.50

Lingfield (AW) 13 0 0% −13.00

Catterick 12 0 0% −12.00

Thirsk 11 0 0% −11.00

Ayr 10 0 0% −10.00

Haydock 10 1 10% +0.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 6 140 10 7.1% −94.13

Class 5 138 9 6.5% −60.25

Class 4 79 5 6.3% −39.00

Class 3 27 2 7.4% −9.50

Class 2 13 0 0% −13.00

Class 7 10 2 20% −3.50

Class 1 5 0 0% −5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 31 5 16.1% 0.56 −16.63

2nd–3rd fav 73 11 15.1% 0.99 −20.75

4th–6th fav 135 11 8.1% 0.98 −31.00

7th+ in betting 173 1 0.6% 0.16 −156.00

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

Intersky Charm (USA) 13 1 4 13 Sep 08

Vicious Warrior (GB) 10 0 2 26 Sep 08

Tabaret (GB) 9 1 1 22 Oct 08

Mr Loire (GB) 8 1 3 1 Sep 08

Parkview Love (USA) 8 0 3 29 Apr 08

Epidaurian King (IRE) 8 2 3 4 Apr 08

Passion Fruit (GB) 7 0 1 18 Oct 08

Valdan (IRE) 7 1 1 9 Oct 08

Desert Falls (GB) 7 2 4 8 Oct 08

Intersky Melody (USA) 7 1 3 24 Sep 08

Blue Jet (USA) 6 0 1 3 Nov 08

Shadowtime (GB) 6 1 2 13 Sep 08

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 193 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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, lifetime

JFMAMJJASOND

10806663211150·

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 yardRichard Whitaker

24% of all rides
6.2% SR · A/E 0.72

TrainerRWSR£1

Richard Whitaker 97 6 6.2% −42.50

Derek Shaw 87 6 6.9% −59.25

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

162

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£1.47m

Prize money

2006

Best season · 54 wins

In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. 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.

Collier Hill (GB) — Irish Field St. Leger (group 1) Curragh · Sep 2005 · Group 1

£171,600

Dubai Dynamo (GB) — totescoop6 Two-Year-Old Trophy (Listed) Redcar · Oct 2007 · Listed

£125,285

Alfie Flits (GB) — Pontefract Castle Stakes (Listed) Pontefract · Jun 2006 · Listed

£19,632

Notable horses

Nevada Desert (IRE) Ouninpohja (IRE) Grand Palace (IRE) Oddsmaker (IRE) Vicious Warrior (GB) Passion Fruit (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Bertolini (USA) 7.4% · 2–27

Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).

Lure (USA) 7.7% · 1–13

Progeny have won 5.5% of 55 runs since 2008 (4 horses).

Desert Sun (GB) 10% · 1–10

Progeny have won 9.3% of 1,166 runs since 2008 (84 horses).

Elmaamul (USA) 0% · 0–10

Progeny have won 7.4% of 500 runs since 2008 (35 horses).

Piccolo (GB) 0% · 0–10

Progeny have won 7.8% of 6,904 runs since 2008 (393 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 11.6% from 164. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.5% from 258.

Captain Rio (GB) 0% · 0–9

Progeny have won 9.5% of 6,912 runs since 2008 (423 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 6 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 2,126 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,126 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 4 November 2008.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

04 Nov 08 Southwell (AW) Rascal In The Mix (USA)T: Richard Whitaker Book Your Christmas Party Here Maiden Auction StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 5th 14/1

03 Nov 08 Wolverhampton (AW) Miss Cameo (USA)T: Richard Whitaker Hotel & Conferencing At Wolverhampton Maiden Stakes (Div 2)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 7th 33/1

03 Nov 08 Wolverhampton (AW) Blue Jet (USA)T: Richard Whitaker Racing All Year Round HandicapClass 6 · 14f · Standard · 13 ran 5th 4/1

02 Nov 08 Southwell (AW) Well Informed (GB)T: E J O'Neill Coral - Bet By Phone 0800 242 232 HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 3rd 7/2

02 Nov 08 Southwell (AW) Majestic Bull (USA)T: E J O'Neill Watch Racing Uk Live At Coral.co.uk Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 7/4F

28 Oct 08 Southwell (AW) Mister Jingles (GB)T: Richard Whitaker ladbrokes.com HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 6th 12/1

27 Oct 08 Leicester Dancing Maite (GB)T: Roy Bowring ladbrokescasino.com Claiming StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 1st 11/1

25 Oct 08 Doncaster Times Vital (IRE)T: E J O'Neill Richard (boney) James Hone Memorial HandicapClass 3 · 12f · Good · 12 ran 1st 9/2

23 Oct 08 Chelmsford (AW) Well Informed (GB)T: E J O'Neill Banqueting At Great Leighs HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 9 ran 4th 7/2

22 Oct 08 Chelmsford (AW) Joinedupwriting (GB)T: Richard Whitaker Great Leighs HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 20/1

22 Oct 08 Chelmsford (AW) Tabaret (GB)T: Richard Whitaker Stour HandicapClass 3 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 20/1

20 Oct 08 Pontefract Along The Nile (GB)T: Keith Reveley totetrifecta HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 11th 50/1

20 Oct 08 Pontefract Foxy Music (GB)T: Eric Alston totesuper7 HandicapClass 4 · 5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 4th 10/1

20 Oct 08 Pontefract Spruzzo (GB)T: C W Thornton toteswinger Maiden Auction StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 14th 100/1

19 Oct 08 Southwell (AW) Dancing Maite (GB)T: Roy Bowring Janet Lord Lets Play Bingo Memorial Median Auction Maiden Stakes (Div 2)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 1st 2/1

19 Oct 08 Southwell (AW) Xpres Maite (GB)T: Roy Bowring Carlsberg Probably Best HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 4th 16/1

19 Oct 08 Southwell (AW) First Blade (GB)T: Roy Bowring Mercedes-Benz Of Derby Maiden StakesClass 4 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 50/1

18 Oct 08 Catterick Passion Fruit (GB)T: Chris Fairhurst Toteexacta HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 11th 22/1

18 Oct 08 Catterick Blue Jet (USA)T: Richard Whitaker Toteswinger HandicapClass 6 · 14f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 4th 13/2

17 Oct 08 Redcar Avitus (GB)T: Micky Hammond Market Cross Jewellers Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 8f · Good · 20 ran 11th 100/1

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 Dean McKeown's strike rate?: Dean McKeown has won 28 of 412 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Dean McKeown do best at?: Southwell (AW) by strike rate: 6 wins from 45 rides (13.3%) 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 Dean McKeown ride most for?: Richard Whitaker, with 97 rides since 2008 — 24% of the total. That pairing has won 6 (6.2%).
What is Dean McKeown's Fair A/E?: 0.74, from 409 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.