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Jockey profile

George Downing

822 rides in the last 5 seasons · 412 individual horses
As at 30 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Won yesterday Last ride yesterday 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
from 1 Jan 2022
67–822
Wins / Runs
8.2%
Strike rate
n=822
214 (26%)
Placed
0.88
Fair A/E
n=812 · 0.75 incl. margin
−307.36
£1 level stake
n=822 at SP · −37.4%
£792k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
8.2%
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 0.88). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 13% (61 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 822 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 30 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Apr–Jun 25% when favourite Ed Walker: 8.9% from 237 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 (8.9%, A/E 0.77). The rider also reads well over 1m2f – 1m4f (13.7%, n=139) 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 8.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
5.5%−2.7
n=401 · A/E 0.74 · £1 −239.89
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
13.1%+4.9
n=61 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −24.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
5.9%−2.3
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%−8.2
n=42 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −42.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.2
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.2% 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
At Leicester 0% vs 8.2% · n=31
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 13.7% vs 8.2% · n=139
With Eve Johnson Houghton 13.6% vs 8.2% · n=140
With Tony Carroll 1.8% vs 8.2% · n=57
With debutants 2.8% vs 8.2% · n=107
On Soft going 14.3% vs 8.2% · 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) 334 28 8.4% −107.92
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
Southwell (AW) 46 3 6.5% −11.00
Bath 45 4 8.9% −5.25
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 5 308 29 9.4% −112.89
Class 6 213 19 8.9% −57.17
Class 4 212 10 4.7% −111.54
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 272 18 6.6% 0.93 −32.50
7th+ in betting 319 5 1.6% 0.60 −229.00
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
1 from 6
Only 6 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
15471112105481204
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
8.9% SR · A/E 0.77
TrainerRWSR£1
Ed Walker 237 21 8.9% −106.40
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→
205
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 2,557 runs since 2008 (193 horses).
Bated Breath (GB) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,157 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 1,209 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 2,997 runs since 2008 (213 horses).
Mayson (GB) 0% · 0–17
Progeny have won 10.7% of 7,383 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 12,193 runs since 2008 (1,106 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 958.
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 30 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 2,855 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,855 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 7 October 2009 to 29 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Fanciulla Del West (GB)T: Ed Walker Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Fillies' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 11f · Standard · 7 ran 1st 10/1
29 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Crystal Jet (FR)T: Toby Bulgin Midnite Ain't Your Grandad's Bookie Handicap StakesClass 6 · 14f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 33/1
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

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 6 Oct 2026: fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 1) · to 29 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is George Downing's strike rate?
George Downing has won 67 of 822 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 8.2% (as at 30 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 237 rides since 2022 — 29% of the total. That pairing has won 21 (8.9%).
Is George Downing in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 6 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is George Downing's Fair A/E?
0.88, from 812 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 30 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).