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Jockey profile

Gary Bartley

867 rides in the lifetime window · 283 individual horses
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2025 97% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
77–867
Wins / Runs
8.9%
Strike rate
n=867
239 (28%)
Placed
1.01
n=862 · 0.87 incl. margin
−79.24
£1 level stake
n=867 at SP · −9.1%
£562k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 50 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 9% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.01). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 11% (70 rides). Rides mostly for Jim Goldie — 64% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 867 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 12 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Aug–Oct 31.9% when favourite Jim Goldie: 9.1% from 552 LTO winners: 11.4% Claiming: 9.5% Rides the favourite in 5% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Redcar (15.1%, n=53), clear of the rider's 8.9% baseline. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 4.1% (n=97, Fair A/E 0.61). Rides in big fields of 14 or more are the standout value angle: 6.5% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.24 and +12.50 to a £1 stake over 169 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Jim Goldie supplies 64% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (9.1%, A/E 0.94). The rider also reads well on Standard (AW) going (12.9%, n=62). The record reads poorly off a break of 180+ days — 0% over 56 rides, 8.9pts below the baseline. The standout partner of the record: Order Of Service (GB) — 5 wins from 17 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Aug–Oct.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
7.4%−1.5
n=258 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −68.37
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
11.4%+2.5
n=70 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −2.25
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
4.1%−4.8
n=97 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −49.00
When favourite
31.9%
n=47 · A/E 1.22 · £1 +2.76
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
9.5%+0.6
n=717 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −35.99
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.5%−2.4
n=169 · A/E 1.24 · £1 +12.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.9
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.9% 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
Off a break of 180+ days 0% vs 8.9% · n=56
At Redcar 15.1% vs 8.9% · n=53
With headgear back on 2.9% vs 8.9% · n=35
With horses switching code 2.9% vs 8.9% · n=35
With debutants 3.1% vs 8.9% · n=32
On Standard (AW) going 12.9% vs 8.9% · n=62
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
Flat 844 76 9% −82.24
Hurdle 19 1 5.3% +7.00
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 275 26 9.5% −13.75
Good to Firm 265 22 8.3% −42.25
Good to Soft 157 11 7% −42.12
Soft 89 8 9% −17.75
Standard (AW) 62 8 12.9% +45.75
Heavy 15 1 6.7% −7.50
Firm 4 1 25% −1.62

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Ayr 191 12 6.3% −118.37
Musselburgh 167 18 10.8% −41.00
Hamilton 109 6 5.5% −66.25
Redcar 53 8 15.1% +65.88
Newcastle 48 5 10.4% −1.00
Thirsk 41 4 9.8% +10.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 38 4 10.5% +27.50
Doncaster 29 2 6.9% +3.75
Carlisle 24 1 4.2% −7.00
Southwell (AW) 22 4 18.2% +20.25
Catterick 22 1 4.5% −12.00
Beverley 22 2 9.1% +19.00
York 19 2 10.5% +12.00
Haydock 16 1 6.3% −6.00
Pontefract 14 2 14.3% −3.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 340 27 7.9% −141.49
Class 6 243 23 9.5% +17.50
Class 4 189 20 10.6% +60.25
Class 3 51 5 9.8% +10.00
Class 2 40 2 5% −21.50
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 63 16 25.4% 1.05 −9.99
2nd–3rd fav 168 25 14.9% 0.94 −13.25
4th–6th fav 274 20 7.3% 0.92 −51.00
7th+ in betting 362 16 4.4% 1.27 −5.00
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
Dhaular Dhar (IRE) 30 4 17 1 Sep 15
Stellite (GB) 21 2 9 22 Oct 10
Rasaman (IRE) 20 3 6 27 May 15
Order Of Service (GB) 17 5 7 8 Aug 15
Rothesay Chancer (GB) 17 3 7 21 Jul 15
Middlemarch (IRE) 17 2 4 4 Apr 10
Daring Dream (GER) 16 4 9 20 Aug 12
Eternal Instinct (GB) 16 2 4 15 Sep 11
Dabbers Ridge (IRE) 14 4 7 25 Aug 11
Ingleby Star (IRE) 14 2 9 29 Jul 11
Esoterica (IRE) 14 1 5 24 Apr 11
Hawkeyethenoo (IRE) 13 4 4 3 Apr 15
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 283 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 4 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
143381277711111140
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 yardJim Goldie
64% of all rides
9.1% SR · A/E 0.94
TrainerRWSR£1
Jim Goldie 552 50 9.1% −74.37
Noel Wilson 78 9 11.5% +6.50
Ian McInnes 56 6 10.7% +33.38
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
101
Archived wins
£687k
Prize money
2007
Best season · 20 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.
Hawkeyethenoo (IRE) — totesport Victoria Cup (Handicap) Ascot · May 2011 · Class 2
£52,964
Jonny Delta (GB) — Betfair Bonus Scottish Racing Stayers' Series Final Handicap Musselburgh · Sep 2011 · Class 4
£14,755
Demolition (GB) — Williamhill.com/bonus25 Handicap Ayr · Sep 2009 · Class 2
£12,952

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Indian Ridge (IRE) 16% · 8–50
Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,484 runs since 2008 (142 horses).
Compton Place (GB) 0% · 0–33
Progeny have won 8.5% of 8,347 runs since 2008 (515 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 11.5% from 165.
Big Shuffle (USA) 21.4% · 6–28
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,088 runs since 2008 (134 horses).
Pivotal (GB) 7.4% · 2–27
Progeny have won 13.6% of 12,790 runs since 2008 (1,019 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
Grand Lodge (USA) 7.7% · 2–26
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,359 runs since 2008 (104 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.6% from 250. Weakest on Soft going: 4.4% from 182.
Medicean (GB) 20% · 5–25
Progeny have won 10.4% of 9,890 runs since 2008 (682 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 12 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 1,128 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,128 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 14 September 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
08 Oct 15 Ayr Oriental Tiger (GB)T: Jim Goldie Guinness Golden Ale HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 4th 6/1
08 Oct 15 Ayr Sea Of Green (GB)T: Jim Goldie Bacardi HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Good · 14 ran 4th 33/1
26 Sep 15 Chester Funding Deficit (IRE)T: Jim Goldie Advanced Insulation HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 2nd 5/1
20 Sep 15 Hamilton Oriental Tiger (GB)T: Jim Goldie Bet totetrifecta HandicapClass 4 · 13f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 6th 4/1
17 Sep 15 Ayr Goninodaethat (GB)T: Jim Goldie SM Signs HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Good · 15 ran 10th 16/1
12 Sep 15 Musselburgh Merchant of Dubai (GB)T: Jim Goldie Three Hop HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4th 7/2
04 Sep 15 Musselburgh Rioja Day (IRE)T: Jim Goldie Ronnie Walker Retirement HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 5th 16/1
04 Sep 15 Musselburgh Celtic Power (GB)T: Jim Goldie Visiteastlothian.org HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6th 50/1
04 Sep 15 Newcastle Hero's Story (GB)T: Jim Goldie Gowland & Dawson HandicapClass 6 · 16f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 8th 9/2
01 Sep 15 Hamilton Dhaular Dhar (IRE)T: Jim Goldie Always Trying HandicapClass 5 · 11f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4th 20/1
28 Aug 15 Hamilton Goninodaethat (GB)T: Jim Goldie Download The Ladbrokes App HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4th 11/2

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 Gary Bartley's strike rate?
Gary Bartley has won 77 of 867 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.9% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Gary Bartley do best at?
Redcar by strike rate: 8 wins from 53 rides (15.1%) 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 Gary Bartley ride most for?
Jim Goldie, with 552 rides since 2008 — 64% of the total. That pairing has won 50 (9.1%).
What is Gary Bartley's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 862 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 12 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).