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Jockey profile

Harry Bannister

1,087 rides in the last 5 seasons · 387 individual horses
As at 10 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 40 days ago 100% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
125–1,087
Wins / Runs
11.5%
Strike rate
n=1,087
326 (30%)
Placed
0.94
n=1,086 · 0.82 incl. margin
−212.95
£1 level stake
n=1,087 at SP · −19.6%
£1.47m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
13.7%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 220 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 12% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.94).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,087 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 10 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance 29.4% when favourite Richard J Bandey: 14.1% from 298 Rides the favourite in 10% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Plumpton (25%, n=40) and Stratford (22.2%, n=54) — all clear of the rider's 11.5% baseline. It is weakest at Newbury (2.8% over 36 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 4% (n=100, Fair A/E 0.77). The market has consistently overbet rides on last-time-out winners: 10.7% strike, Fair A/E 0.52 and −64.99 to a £1 stake over 103 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Richard J Bandey supplies 27% of the rides and edges the rider's average (14.1% vs 11.5%, A/E 0.96). The rider also reads well beyond 3m (18.8%, n=112). 9 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Unibet Grand National Trial Handicap Chase at Haydock (Feb 2020, £56,950). The standout partner of the record: Belles Benefit (IRE) — 6 wins from 25 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 11.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8.3%−3.2
n=315 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −68.94
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
10.7%−0.8
n=103 · A/E 0.52 · £1 −64.99
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
10.3%−1.2
n=281 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −38.11
When favourite
29.4%
n=109 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −34.30
Big fields · 14+ runners
4%−7.5
n=100 · A/E 0.77 · £1 −66.67
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.1%−2.4
n=22 · A/E 1.19 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.5% 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
At Plumpton 25% vs 11.5% · n=40
At Stratford 22.2% vs 11.5% · n=54
Beyond 3m 18.8% vs 11.5% · n=112
At Newbury 2.8% vs 11.5% · n=36
With first-time headgear 2.8% vs 11.5% · n=36
With Alex Hales 5.3% vs 11.5% · n=151
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 605 67 11.1% −122.84
Chase 382 53 13.9% −39.11
NH Flat 99 5 5.1% −50.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 479 51 10.6% −83.45
Good to Soft 316 37 11.7% −43.19
Soft 227 28 12.3% −48.53
Heavy 48 8 16.7% −24.78
Good to Firm 13 1 7.7% −9.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Market Rasen 79 7 8.9% −34.62
Worcester 79 10 12.7% −2.48
Fontwell 76 9 11.8% −40.33
Southwell 74 9 12.2% −29.25
Huntingdon 59 5 8.5% −6.17
Stratford 54 12 22.2% +26.93
Uttoxeter 53 8 15.1% +5.70
Hereford 53 7 13.2% −23.03
Warwick 52 3 5.8% −1.00
Plumpton 40 10 25% +11.95
Newbury 36 1 2.8% −32.00
Doncaster 35 3 8.6% −6.25
Ffos Las 35 2 5.7% −24.67
Wetherby 31 4 12.9% −16.29
Lingfield 31 4 12.9% +5.12

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 479 55 11.5% −8.72
Class 4 418 50 12% −150.77
Class 3 103 13 12.6% −22.71
Class 2 59 4 6.8% −41.75
Class 1 28 3 10.7% +11.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 131 37 28.2% 0.88 −34.30
2nd–3rd fav 276 42 15.2% 0.84 −72.65
4th–6th fav 386 38 9.8% 1.20 −11.00
7th+ in betting 294 8 2.7% 0.89 −95.00
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
87.1% completed · 987 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 382 85.3% 9 8 38 0 1
Hurdle 605 88.3% 12 10 49 0 0
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
Felton Bellevue (FR) 26 5 12 19 Apr 26
Belles Benefit (IRE) 25 6 11 22 Sep 26
Give Me A Moment (IRE) 18 5 8 3 Nov 24
Flintara (GB) 17 3 8 14 Mar 26
Indian Sunbird (IRE) 16 3 5 22 Jul 26
Moro Rock (IRE) 16 1 6 19 Jun 26
Icaque De L'isle (FR) 15 2 6 24 Mar 26
Gazette Bourgeoise (FR) 15 2 5 6 Mar 26
Nickelforce (IRE) 13 3 6 26 Sep 26
Belladinotte (IRE) 13 3 7 24 Jul 26
Brulure Noire (IRE) 12 2 3 21 Apr 26
Desert Halo (IRE) 12 1 3 6 Apr 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 387 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
1118101010211241112711
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
27% of all rides
14.1% SR · A/E 0.96
TrainerRWSR£1
Richard J Bandey 298 42 14.1% −77.45
Ben Case 161 24 14.9% +20.02
Alex Hales 151 8 5.3% −107.13
Warren Greatrex 90 11 12.2% −36.71
Sara Ender 70 8 11.4% +4.75
Toby Lawes 42 5 11.9% −16.50
Julian Smith 32 4 12.5% −10.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
330
Archived wins
9
Pattern / graded wins
£3.34m
Prize money
2017
Best season · 43 wins
Smooth Stepper (GB) — Unibet Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Haydock · Feb 2020 · Grade 3
£56,950
Quick Wave (FR) — Betfred Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Haydock · Feb 2023 · Class 1
£56,950
Pink Legend (GB) — Pertemps Lady Protectress Mares' Chase (Listed) (GBB Race) Huntingdon · Jan 2022 · Listed
£42,713

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Mahler (GB) 11.4% · 5–44
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,892 runs since 2014 (790 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Califet (FR) 11.8% · 4–34
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,806 runs since 2008 (399 horses).
Kap Rock (FR) 16.1% · 5–31
Progeny have won 9.9% of 565 runs since 2014 (82 horses).
Yeats (IRE) 16.7% · 5–30
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,853 runs since 2013 (708 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 820.
Leading Light (IRE) 21.4% · 6–28
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,216 runs since 2018 (226 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
Shirocco (GER) 18.5% · 5–27
Progeny have won 11.1% of 9,199 runs since 2010 (926 horses). Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
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 10 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 2,706 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,706 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 29 November 2012 to 1 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
31 Aug 26 Cartmel Belles Benefit (IRE)T: Ben Case EWGA Handicap Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 2 · 25.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5th 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).

Quick answers

What is Harry Bannister's strike rate?
Harry Bannister has won 125 of 1,087 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 11.5% (as at 10 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Harry Bannister do best at?
Plumpton by strike rate: 10 wins from 40 rides (25%) 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 Harry Bannister ride most for?
Richard J Bandey, with 298 rides since 2022 — 27% of the total. That pairing has won 42 (14.1%).
What is Harry Bannister's Fair A/E?
0.94, from 1,086 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 10 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).