What is Ed Cookson's strike rate?

Ed Cookson has won 38 of 403 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 9.4% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Ed Cookson do best at?

Towcester by strike rate: 6 wins from 40 rides (15%) 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 Ed Cookson ride most for?

Kim Bailey, with 193 rides since 2008 — 48% of the total. That pairing has won 26 (13.5%).

What is Ed Cookson's Fair A/E?

1.00, from 403 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

Ed Cookson

403 rides in the lifetime window · 188 individual horses

As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride May 2015 99% of rides over jumps

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.

38–403

Wins / Runs

9.4%

Strike rate

n=403

103 (26%)

Placed

1.00

Fair A/E

n=403 · 0.87 incl. margin

−24.02

£1 level stake

n=403 at SP · −6.0%

£197k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

5.3%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 50 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 9% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.00). Rode mostly for Kim Bailey — 48% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 403 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fired Apr–May Fresh horses: 10% 18.8% when favourite Kim Bailey: 13.5% from 193 First rides: 10.7% Claiming: 9.7% Rode the favourite in 8% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Towcester (15%, n=40), clear of the rider's 9.4% baseline. Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 5.2% (n=96, Fair A/E 0.95). First rides on a horse are the standout value angle: 10.7% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.35 and +37.38 to a £1 stake over 187 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Kim Bailey supplied 48% of the rides and edges the rider's average (13.5% vs 9.4%, A/E 1.12) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well in NH Flat races (14.3%, n=56). The record read poorly off a 31-60-day break — 5.9% over 68 rides, 3.5pts below the baseline. Seasonally, the rider fired 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 9.4% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

10.7%+1.3

n=187 · A/E 1.35 · £1 +37.38

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

7.3%−2.1

n=41 · A/E 0.40 · £1 −31.59

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

10%+0.6

n=90 · A/E 1.34 · £1 +10.50

When favourite

18.8%

n=32 · A/E 0.64 · £1 −13.48

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

9.7%+0.3

n=393 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −14.02

Big fields · 14+ runners

5.2%−4.2

n=96 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −51.00

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−9.4

n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.4% 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

With Kim Bailey 13.5% vs 9.4% · n=193

At Towcester 15% vs 9.4% · n=40

With debutants 15% vs 9.4% · n=40

In NH Flat races 14.3% vs 9.4% · n=56

Off a 31-60-day break 5.9% vs 9.4% · n=68

With horses switching code 5.7% vs 9.4% · n=53

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 218 20 9.2% −72.60

Chase 126 10 7.9% −34.17

NH Flat 56 8 14.3% +85.75

Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 161 16 9.9% +26.21

Good to Soft 94 8 8.5% −26.68

Soft 73 6 8.2% −22.30

Good to Firm 41 5 12.2% −4.75

Heavy 27 2 7.4% −6.50

Standard (AW) 6 1 16.7% +11.00

Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Towcester 40 6 15% +25.50

Uttoxeter 37 3 8.1% −8.00

Wincanton 28 4 14.3% −0.50

Stratford 19 0 0% −19.00

Kempton 18 2 11.1% +42.00

Ludlow 18 1 5.6% −9.00

Cheltenham 17 0 0% −17.00

Fontwell 15 1 6.7% +2.00

Southwell 15 4 26.7% +11.50

Newbury 14 0 0% −14.00

Bangor-on-Dee 13 0 0% −13.00

Ascot 13 0 0% −13.00

Huntingdon 12 1 8.3% −3.50

Hereford 12 0 0% −12.00

Chepstow 11 2 18.2% −0.93

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 178 15 8.4% −55.60

Class 5 97 11 11.3% +69.50

Class 3 70 7 10% −27.67

Class 6 43 5 11.6% +4.75

Class 1 9 0 0% −9.00

Class 2 6 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 37 6 16.2% 0.58 −18.48

2nd–3rd fav 83 15 18.1% 1.17 −6.54

4th–6th fav 116 9 7.8% 0.96 −39.00

7th+ in betting 167 8 4.8% 1.50 +40.00

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

74.7% completed · 344 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 126 60.3% 8 8 33 0 1

Hurdle 218 83% 7 2 26 0 2

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

The Rainbow Hunter (GB) 22 3 10 15 May 12

Up For An Oscar (IRE) 19 4 7 2 May 15

Bally Sands (IRE) 9 2 3 16 Apr 14

Magic Money (GB) 7 0 1 5 May 15

A Shade Of Bay (GB) 7 0 1 12 Nov 14

West End (IRE) 7 0 1 11 Nov 14

Finnish Melody (GB) 7 0 0 6 May 10

Agent Fedora (GB) 6 2 2 6 Nov 14

Moscow Mule (GB) 6 1 2 1 May 14

Charles (GB) 6 1 2 16 Aug 12

Turoyal (FR) 5 0 1 3 Dec 14

Midnight Oscar (IRE) 5 1 2 28 Nov 14

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 188 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

3710121601113143127

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 yardKim Bailey

48% of all rides
13.5% SR · A/E 1.12

TrainerRWSR£1

Kim Bailey 193 26 13.5% +28.73

Andy Turnell 84 7 8.3% +1.50

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→

Archived wins

£198k

Prize money

2014

Best season · 10 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.

Bally Sands (IRE) — racinguk.com Handicap Chase Warwick · Mar 2013 · Class 3

£9,747

Sonny Mullen (IRE) — Michael Conlon 50th Birthday Novices' Chase Haydock · Apr 2011 · Class 3

£6,505

The Rainbow Hunter (GB) — Turftv Handicap Hurdle Wincanton · Jan 2010 · Class 3

£6,337

Notable horses

Up For An Oscar (IRE) The Rainbow Hunter (GB) Such A Legend (GB) Bally Sands (IRE) Agent Fedora (GB) King Gabriel (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Midnight Legend (GB) 19.4% · 6–31

Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,310 runs since 2008 (494 horses).

Oscar (IRE) 20% · 5–25

Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.

Rainbow High (GB) 13.6% · 3–22

Progeny have won 6.6% of 560 runs since 2008 (48 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.9% from 132. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.2% from 158.

Kayf Tara (GB) 11.1% · 2–18

Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,744 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

Karinga Bay (GB) 7.7% · 1–13

Progeny have won 10.1% of 3,407 runs since 2008 (315 horses).

Old Vic (GB) 18.2% · 2–11

Progeny have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since 2008 (630 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

latest 50 of 419 · newest first

The latest 50 of 419 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 3 May 2006 to 5 May 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

05 May 15 Fakenham Magic Money (GB)T: Kim Bailey Fakenham Ladies Raceday 31st May Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good · 8 ran F 4/1

02 May 15 Uttoxeter Up For An Oscar (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Sentinel Green'Un Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24f · Good · 12 ran 6th 12/1

12 Apr 15 Market Rasen Tara's Rainbow (GB)T: Kim Bailey Next Meeting Friday 8th May Mares' Maiden Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 7th 20/1

11 Apr 15 Chepstow Up For An Oscar (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Bet & Watch Every Race, Every Day At unibet.co.uk Novices' Limited Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 23.5f · Good · 4 ran UR 15/2

10 Apr 15 Fontwell Midnight Charmer (GB)T: Emma-Jane Bishop bet365 Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 21f · Good · 6 ran PU 12/1

06 Apr 15 Huntingdon Abbreviate (GER)T: Kim Bailey Flexicruise Intermediate Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2nd 10/1

02 Apr 15 Ludlow Jimmy The Jetplane (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Ludlow Food Centre Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 21f · Soft · 6 ran 3rd 2/1F

01 Apr 15 Wincanton Book'em Danno (IRE)T: Laura Hurley winner.co.uk Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 20f · Good · 5 ran PU 16/1

30 Mar 15 Kempton Brinestine (USA)T: Emma-Jane Bishop Download Your Racing Uk App Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 6th 20/1

28 Mar 15 Stratford Up For An Oscar (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Bordeaux Undiscovered La Fleur Morange Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 22.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU 33/1

26 Mar 15 Newbury Magic Money (GB)T: Kim Bailey Sri Lanka The Paradise Island Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7th 11/2

21 Mar 15 Newbury Allez Encore (IRE)T: Kim Bailey EBF & TBA Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Finale (Listed Limited Handicap)Class 1 · 20.5f · Good · 17 ran 12th 28/1

19 Mar 15 Ludlow Master Dan (GB)T: Kim Bailey Wye Valley Brewery Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 4th 9/1

17 Mar 15 Wetherby Back By Midnight (GB)T: Emma-Jane Bishop Racing UK 1 Price 3 Devices Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 11 ran 10th 12/1

11 Mar 15 Huntingdon Monkhouse (IRE)T: Kim Bailey 32Red.com Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 25/1

06 Mar 15 Leicester Book'em Danno (IRE)T: Laura Hurley Nicol & Fielding Mechanical Services Ltd. Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 7 ran PU 28/1

04 Mar 15 Catterick Allez Encore (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Racinguk.com Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 2nd 3/1

27 Feb 15 Doncaster Crazy Jack (IRE)T: Kim Bailey Betbright Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 19f · Good · 5 ran UR 11/8F

21 Feb 15 Newcastle Faerie Reel (FR)T: Kim Bailey Betfred Supports Jack Berry House Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1st 11/4

12 Dec 14 Doncaster Magic Money (GB)T: Kim Bailey Betdaq Commission Free Football On Saturdays Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24.5f · Soft · 10 ran F 9/1

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 Ed Cookson's strike rate?: Ed Cookson has won 38 of 403 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 9.4% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Ed Cookson do best at?: Towcester by strike rate: 6 wins from 40 rides (15%) 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 Ed Cookson ride most for?: Kim Bailey, with 193 rides since 2008 — 48% of the total. That pairing has won 26 (13.5%).
What is Ed Cookson's Fair A/E?: 1.00, from 403 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.