What is George Downing's strike rate?

George Downing has won 66 of 820 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 8% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does George Downing do best at?

Lingfield (AW) by strike rate: 9 wins from 74 rides (12.2%) 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 George Downing ride most for?

Ed Walker, with 236 rides since 2022 — 29% of the total. That pairing has won 20 (8.5%).

Is George Downing in form?

Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 4 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is George Downing's Fair A/E?

0.87, from 810 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.

Jockey profile

George Downing

820 rides in the last 5 seasons · 412 individual horses

As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride 3 days ago 100% of rides on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)

from 1 Jan 2022

66–820

Wins / Runs

Strike rate

n=820

213 (26%)

Placed

0.87

Fair A/E

n=810 · 0.74 incl. margin

−316.36

£1 level stake

n=820 at SP · −38.6%

£788k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

7.6%

KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 160 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 8% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.87). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 13% (61 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 820 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 29 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Apr–Jun 25% when favourite Ed Walker: 8.5% from 236 LTO winners: 13.1% Rides the favourite in 8% of races

The read

It is weakest at Leicester (0% over 31 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 13.1% (n=61, Fair A/E 0.72), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 0% (n=42, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 5.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.72 and −56.05 to a £1 stake over 102 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Ed Walker supplies 29% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (8.5%, A/E 0.74). The rider also reads well over 1m2f – 1m4f (13%, n=138) and on Soft going (14.3%, n=42). The standout partner of the record: Poetic Force (IRE) — 5 wins from 23 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Apr–Jun.

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% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

5.5%−2.5

n=401 · A/E 0.74 · £1 −239.89

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

13.1%+5.1

n=61 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −24.50

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

5.9%−2.1

n=102 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −56.05

When favourite

25%

n=64 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −18.99

Big fields · 14+ runners

0%−8.0

n=42 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −42.00

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−8.0

n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8% 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 Eve Johnson Houghton 13.6% vs 8% · n=140

At Leicester 0% vs 8% · n=31

With Tony Carroll 1.8% vs 8% · n=57

Over 1m2f – 1m4f 13% vs 8% · n=138

With debutants 2.8% vs 8% · n=107

On Soft going 14.3% vs 8% · n=42

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) 332 27 8.1% −116.92

Good to Firm 196 12 6.1% −87.80

Good 153 14 9.2% −64.19

Good to Soft 69 2 2.9% −59.75

Soft 42 6 14.3% +5.12

Heavy 18 3 16.7% −0.32

Firm 10 2 20% +7.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Wolverhampton (AW) 93 8 8.6% −42.88

Kempton (AW) 83 6 7.2% −39.67

Salisbury 82 7 8.5% −6.38

Lingfield (AW) 74 9 12.2% −12.62

Bath 45 4 8.9% −5.25

Southwell (AW) 44 2 4.5% −20.00

Chepstow 34 3 8.8% −9.50

Windsor 32 3 9.4% +7.00

Leicester 31 0 0% −31.00

Newbury 27 0 0% −27.00

Nottingham 27 3 11.1% −2.30

Chelmsford City (AW) 26 1 3.8% +8.00

Ffos Las 23 3 13% −13.32

Brighton 23 2 8.7% −15.62

Haydock 23 2 8.7% −10.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 307 28 9.1% −122.89

Class 4 212 10 4.7% −111.54

Class 6 212 19 9% −56.17

Class 3 59 7 11.9% −9.26

Class 2 20 2 10% −6.50

Class 1 10 0 0% −10.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 75 19 25.3% 0.85 −18.99

2nd–3rd fav 156 25 16% 0.96 −26.87

4th–6th fav 271 17 6.3% 0.88 −42.50

7th+ in betting 318 5 1.6% 0.61 −228.00

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

Wilderness (GB) 15 1 3 30 Sep 25

Basilette (IRE) 14 2 6 6 Oct 26

Change Sings (IRE) 13 5 6 25 Jun 26

Balgowan (IRE) 12 1 7 8 Aug 26

Rebel Star (GB) 12 1 5 9 Jun 25

Vin Rouge (IRE) 11 2 5 26 Feb 25

God Bless America (GB) 11 1 5 25 Sep 24

Jack's Point (GB) 11 1 2 25 Aug 23

Skyolaire (GB) 7 0 0 5 Aug 26

Media Mogul (IRE) 7 0 1 15 Aug 25

High Point (IRE) 7 3 4 3 Oct 24

Old Port (IRE) 7 3 4 8 Nov 22

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 412 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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

Small sample

0 from 4

Only 4 rides in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons

JFMAMJJASOND

15471112105481104

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 yardEd Walker

29% of all rides
8.5% SR · A/E 0.74

TrainerRWSR£1

Ed Walker 236 20 8.5% −116.40

David Evans 180 15 8.3% −48.50

Eve Johnson Houghton 140 19 13.6% +3.79

Seamus Mullins 71 5 7% −9.50

Tony Carroll 57 1 1.8% −46.00

Robert Cowell 43 3 7% −26.25

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→

204

Archived wins

£1.67m

Prize money

2016

Best season · 33 wins

Jack Dexter (GB) — Qipco Future Stars Apprentice Handicap Ascot · Oct 2012 · Class 2

£32,345

High Point (IRE) — British EBF Ruby Anniversary Nursery Newmarket · Oct 2023 · Class 2

£21,600

Democracy Dilemma (IRE) — British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Chester · May 2022 · Class 2

£12,885

Notable horses

Poetic Force (IRE) Queen Aggie (IRE) Change Sings (IRE) Laughing Jack (GB) Papa Delta (GB) King Olav (UAE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Due Diligence (USA) 8.3% · 2–24

Progeny have won 10.3% of 2,554 runs since 2008 (193 horses).

Bated Breath (GB) 4.8% · 1–21

Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,156 runs since 2008 (670 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.6% from 850.

Massaat (IRE) 5.6% · 1–18

Progeny have won 7.8% of 1,208 runs since 2008 (124 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 4.4% from 113. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 3.8% from 132.

Cityscape (GB) 11.8% · 2–17

Progeny have won 9% of 2,996 runs since 2008 (213 horses).

Mayson (GB) 0% · 0–17

Progeny have won 10.7% of 7,381 runs since 2008 (442 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.8% from 1,730. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.8% from 106.

Lope De Vega (IRE) 18.8% · 3–16

Progeny have won 13.8% of 12,188 runs since 2008 (1,105 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.

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 29 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 2,853 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,853 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 7 October 2009 to 26 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

26 Oct 26 Leicester West Byfleet (GB)T: Jack Channon Hamish's Birthday Countdown Handicap StakesClass 4 · 8f · Soft · 10 ran 10th 40/1

26 Oct 26 Leicester Trackman (GB)T: Simon Pearce Fireworks Festival Here Saturday 7th November Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Soft · 16 ran 14th 50/1

26 Oct 26 Leicester Secret Rival (IRE)T: Ed Walker Christmas Parties At Leicester Racecourse - Book Now Nursery Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Soft · 12 ran 3rd 14/1

22 Oct 26 Newmarket Mollstar (GB)T: Ed Walker CopyBet Proudly Backs UK Horse Racing Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Soft · 12 ran 6th 40/1

15 Oct 26 Brighton Vera Lemon (GB)T: Seamus Mullins bet365 EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (For Horses In Band D) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 11th 300/1

13 Oct 26 Leicester Astrazar (IRE)T: Ed Walker Happy 80th Reg Ling Handicap StakesClass 3 · 7f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 9th 18/1

10 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Ardangel (GB)T: Ed Walker Brooklyn Ground Works Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 28/1

09 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Happy Banner (IRE)T: Ed Walker Try Unibet's Superboosts Handicap Stakes (London Mile Series Qualifier) (Div I)Class 5 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 10 ran 10th 10/1

07 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Brave New World (IRE)T: Ed Walker Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 13 ran 11th 28/1

07 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Oddjob (IRE)T: Ed Walker Try Unibet's New Smartview Racecards Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 14 ran 7th 28/1

07 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Saaffya (GB)T: Ed Walker Unibet More Extra Place Races Fillies' Novice Stakes (gbb/gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 11f · Standard / Slow · 8 ran 4th 100/1

07 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Palladino (FR)T: Ed Walker Unibet Supports Safer Gambling EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 3 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 8 ran 8th 50/1

06 Oct 26 Brighton Basilette (IRE)T: Seamus Mullins Bet £20 Get £40 In Free Bets At matchbook.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 12f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1st 7/2

03 Oct 26 Ascot Secret History (IRE)T: Ed Walker Betmgm British Ebf October Stakes (Listed Race)Class 1 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 3rd 28/1

01 Oct 26 Salisbury River Spey (GB)T: Ed Walker Sandown Kia Salisbury Handicap StakesClass 4 · 6f · Soft · 14 ran 2nd 20/1

01 Oct 26 Salisbury Vera Lemon (GB)T: Seamus Mullins 'pyledriver' British Ebf Novice Stakes (Div II) (gbb Race)Class 3 · 7f · Soft · 12 ran 12th 500/1

01 Oct 26 Salisbury Meticulously (GB)T: Ed Walker 'Pyledriver' British EBF Novice Stakes (Div I) (GBB Race)Class 3 · 7f · Soft · 12 ran 1st 13/8F

26 Sep 26 Haydock So Darn Hot (GB)T: Ed Walker Forever Our Mike Handicap StakesClass 3 · 6f · Heavy · 11 ran 11th 15/2

15 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Oddjob (IRE)T: Ed Walker Race & Rest - Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 7th 18/1

14 Sep 26 Kempton (AW) Letmebetheboss (IRE)T: Tony Carroll Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Handicap Stakes (London Middle Distance Series Qualifier)Class 5 · 11f · Standard / Slow · 9 ran 9th 80/1

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 George Downing's strike rate?: George Downing has won 66 of 820 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 8% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does George Downing do best at?: Lingfield (AW) by strike rate: 9 wins from 74 rides (12.2%) 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 George Downing ride most for?: Ed Walker, with 236 rides since 2022 — 29% of the total. That pairing has won 20 (8.5%).
Is George Downing in form?: Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 4 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is George Downing's Fair A/E?: 0.87, from 810 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.