Skip to content
Jockey profile

Greg Fairley

186 rides in the last 5 seasons · 79 individual horses
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 2 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
9–186
Wins / Runs
4.8%
Strike rate
n=186
37 (20%)
Placed
0.81
Fair A/E
n=183 · 0.67 incl. margin
−100.29
£1 level stake
n=186 at SP · −53.9%
£154k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.1%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 40 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.81). First rides on a horse are a strength: 6% on the first captured pairing (79 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 186 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Ewan Whillans: 13.3% from 60 First rides: 6.3%
The read

Ewan Whillans supplies 32% of the rides and beats the rider's average (13.3% vs 4.8%, A/E 2.01) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly over 1m – 1m1f — 0% over 30 rides, 4.8pts below the baseline. 6 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Kleinwort Benson Heritage Handicap at Newmarket (Jul 2007, £43,624). The standout partner of the record: Thebes (GB) — 6 wins from 24 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 4.8% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.3%+1.5
n=79 · A/E 1.41 · £1 −23.17
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
27.3%+22.5
n=11 · A/E 2.49 · £1 +13.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
6.3%+1.5
n=16 · A/E 1.68 · £1 +18.00
When favourite
50%
n=4 · A/E 1.97 · £1 +2.88
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−4.8
n=12 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −12.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.8% 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
With Ewan Whillans 13.3% vs 4.8% · n=60
With C&D winners 11.1% vs 4.8% · n=36
With Katie Scott 0% vs 4.8% · n=41
Over 1m – 1m1f 0% vs 4.8% · n=30
At Newcastle (AW) 2% vs 4.8% · n=50
At Musselburgh 7.7% vs 4.8% · n=39
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
Good 69 2 2.9% −55.67
Standard (AW) 69 4 5.8% −19.12
Good to Firm 16 2 12.5% −5.50
Good to Soft 15 0 0% −15.00
Soft 13 1 7.7% −1.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 50 1 2% −16.00
Musselburgh 39 3 7.7% −13.67
Ayr 26 1 3.8% −22.00
Hamilton 24 1 4.2% −17.50
Wolverhampton (AW) 12 3 25% +3.88
Carlisle 12 0 0% −12.00
Southwell (AW) 7 0 0% −7.00
Redcar 4 0 0% −4.00
Catterick 3 0 0% −3.00
Thirsk 2 0 0% −2.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 110 5 4.5% −83.62
Class 5 36 2 5.6% −22.67
Class 4 26 0 0% −26.00
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 3 7 2 28.6% +39.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 2 50% 1.97 +2.88
2nd–3rd fav 24 3 12.5% 0.84 −8.67
4th–6th fav 54 3 5.6% 0.86 −24.50
7th+ in betting 104 1 1% 0.33 −70.00
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
Falaise Blanc (FR) 11 0 4 25 Sep 26
Ramon Di Loria (IRE) 11 2 7 20 Jul 26
On The Bubble (GB) 11 0 2 30 Jun 26
Team Player (GB) 7 2 3 13 Sep 26
Classy Clarets (IRE) 6 1 3 6 Jun 26
Back Tomorrow (GB) 6 0 0 9 Feb 26
Parole Officer (GB) 5 0 0 26 Oct 26
Wee Dresser (GB) 5 0 0 25 Sep 26
Sure And Stedfast (IRE) 4 1 2 19 Oct 26
Galahad Threepwood (GB) 4 0 2 12 Oct 26
Realistic Dream (IRE) 4 0 0 16 Jul 26
Concert Boy (IRE) 4 0 0 6 Jul 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 79 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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
02198001640000
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 yardEwan Whillans
32% of all rides
13.3% SR · A/E 2.01
TrainerRWSR£1
Ewan Whillans 60 8 13.3% +22.83
Iain Jardine 47 1 2.1% −44.12
Katie Scott 41 0 0% −41.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
394
Archived wins
6
Pattern / graded wins
£3.06m
Prize money
2009
Best season · 85 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.
Hearthstead Maison (IRE) — Kleinwort Benson Heritage Handicap Newmarket · Jul 2007 · Class 2
£43,624
Shaweel (GB) — Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Gimcrack Stakes (Group 2) Newbury · Aug 2008 · Group 2
£39,739
Parthenon (GB) — Totepool Glasgow Stakes (Listed) Hamilton · May 2009 · Listed
£30,815
Notable horses
Thebes (GB) McEldowney (GB) Lady Jane Digby (GB) Kingscroft (IRE) Robby Bobby (GB) Avonrose (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dandy Man (IRE) 9.5% · 2–21
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,959 runs since 2008 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
Without Parole (GB) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 10% of 680 runs since 2008 (87 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 19.4% from 139. Weakest on Good going: 6.6% from 166.
Land Force (IRE) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 7.7% of 1,463 runs since 2008 (156 horses).
Whitecliffsofdover (USA) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 3.3% of 424 runs since 2008 (64 horses).
Cotai Glory (GB) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 11.5% of 3,947 runs since 2008 (389 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 14.6% from 1,416. Weakest on Soft going: 7.1% from 425.
Kodiac (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,582 runs since 2008 (1,665 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.
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 1 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 3,222 · newest first

The latest 50 of 3,222 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 30 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
30 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Mrbluesky (IRE)T: Gary Rutherford Aw Trials Day - Lingfield 2nd Jan 2027 Handicap Stakes (Div I)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 11th 100/1
26 Oct 26 Redcar Parole Officer (GB)T: Ewan Whillans Market Cross Jewellers Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Heavy · 14 ran 5th 11/1
20 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) High Point (IRE)T: Iain Jardine Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 12.5f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 100/1
19 Oct 26 Pontefract Sure And Stedfast (IRE)T: Ewan Whillans Phil Bull Trophy Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 18f · Heavy · 9 ran 9th 22/1
13 Oct 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Inappropriate (IRE)T: Ewan Whillans Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)Class 4 · 14f · Standard · 7 ran 5th 10/1
12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Galahad Threepwood (GB)T: Ewan Whillans Racing TV Handicap StakesClass 6 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2nd 11/1
12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Pallas Lord (IRE)T: Donald Whillans Musselburgh Members Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 10th 80/1
12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Pickersgill (IRE)T: Iain Jardine Watch On Racing TV Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 8th 7/1
12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Sneakin Pete (GB)T: R. Mike Smith British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 3 · 7f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 4th 150/1
08 Oct 26 Ayr Flying Moonlight (IRE)T: Sandy Thomson Outcider Handicap StakesClass 6 · 8f · Heavy · 13 ran 3rd 9/2F
03 Oct 26 Redcar Sure And Stedfast (IRE)T: Ewan Whillans Market Cross Jewellers Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)Class 4 · 14f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 8/1
02 Oct 26 Newcastle (AW) Lazy In Red (GB)T: Donald Whillans Aalberts Integrated Piping Systems Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 8f · Standard · 6 ran 5th 300/1
30 Sep 26 Musselburgh Escape Act (IRE)T: Jean McGregor Invades Day Party Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 100/1
25 Sep 26 Newcastle (AW) Wee Dresser (GB)T: Katie Scott Northumbrian Wateraid Sprint Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 33/1
25 Sep 26 Newcastle (AW) Falaise Blanc (FR)T: Katie Scott Esh Stantec Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 33/1
22 Sep 26 Southwell (AW) Galahad Threepwood (GB)T: Ewan Whillans Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 16.5f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 40/1
21 Sep 26 Hamilton Sure And Stedfast (IRE)T: Ewan Whillans Watch Racing TV Free For 31 Days Handicap StakesClass 5 · 12f · Soft · 12 ran 5th 14/1
20 Sep 26 Hamilton Flying Moonlight (IRE)T: Sandy Thomson Hampton By Hilton Hamilton Park Handicap StakesClass 6 · 12f · Heavy · 6 ran 4th 11/2
19 Sep 26 Newcastle (AW) Maui Breeze (GB)T: Wilf Storey Happy Birthday Dave Miller From Probio energy.com Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 20/1
19 Sep 26 Newcastle (AW) Raise The Stakes (IRE)T: Ewan Whillans Quinnbet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap StakesClass 6 · 12.5f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 4/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 8 Oct 2026: fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 0) · to 13 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 Greg Fairley's strike rate?
Greg Fairley has won 9 of 186 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 4.8% (as at 1 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Greg Fairley do best at?
Musselburgh by strike rate: 3 wins from 39 rides (7.7%) 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 Greg Fairley ride most for?
Ewan Whillans, with 60 rides since 2022 — 32% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (13.3%).
Is Greg Fairley 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 Greg Fairley's Fair A/E?
0.81, from 183 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 1 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).