What is James Bowen's strike rate?

James Bowen has won 569 of 3,711 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 15.3% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does James Bowen do best at?

Perth by strike rate: 28 wins from 114 rides (24.6%) 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 James Bowen ride most for?

Nicky Henderson, with 737 rides since 2008 — 20% of the total. That pairing has won 153 (20.8%).

What is James Bowen's Fair A/E?

1.03, from 3,706 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.

Jockey profile

James Bowen

3,711 rides in the lifetime window · 1,623 individual horses

As at 14 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride 18 days ago 100% of rides over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2017→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

569–3,711

Wins / Runs

15.3%

Strike rate

n=3,711

1,364 (37%)

Placed

1.03

Fair A/E

n=3,706 · 0.89 incl. margin

−652.16

£1 level stake

n=3,710 at SP · −17.6%

£8.03m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

15.4%

KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 200 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 15% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.03). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 23% (555 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 3,711 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 14 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance 37.7% when favourite Nicky Henderson: 20.8% from 737 LTO winners: 23.2% Claiming: 17% Rides the favourite in 16% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Sedgefield (36.5%, n=52) and Perth (24.6%, n=114) — all clear of the rider's 15.3% baseline. It is weakest at Aintree (5.4% over 93 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 23.2% (n=555, Fair A/E 1.03), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 8.9% (n=482, Fair A/E 1.09). Nicky Henderson supplies 20% of the rides and beats the rider's average (20.8% vs 15.3%, A/E 1.07) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well off a 0-7-day break (25.4%, n=59). 31 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the BetMGM Clarence House Chase at Ascot (Jan 2026, £112,394). The standout partner of the record: Peejaybee (FR) — 7 wins from 17 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 15.3% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

13.4%−1.9

n=1,623 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −322.42

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

23.2%+7.9

n=555 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −96.35

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

13.1%−2.2

n=918 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −209.91

When favourite

37.7%

n=594 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −30.54

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

17%+1.7

n=399 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −46.85

Big fields · 14+ runners

8.9%−6.4

n=482 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −114.24

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

11.7%−3.6

n=266 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −51.35

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 15.3% 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 Sedgefield 36.5% vs 15.3% · n=52

On last-time-out winners 23.2% vs 15.3% · n=555

At Aintree 5.4% vs 15.3% · n=93

At Perth 24.6% vs 15.3% · n=114

Off a 0-7-day break 25.4% vs 15.3% · n=59

With Tom George 4.7% vs 15.3% · n=43

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 2,003 270 13.5% −625.71

Chase 1,376 254 18.5% +93.38

NH Flat 328 45 13.7% −115.83

Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 1,600 284 17.8% −154.65

Good to Soft 888 132 14.9% −177.77

Soft 824 106 12.9% −206.55

Heavy 300 38 12.7% −50.55

Good to Firm 85 9 10.6% −48.64

Standard (AW) 14 0 0% −14.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Ffos Las 254 27 10.6% −86.82

Uttoxeter 202 26 12.9% +34.56

Worcester 172 39 22.7% +72.36

Market Rasen 161 30 18.6% +8.13

Newbury 143 15 10.5% −65.24

Hereford 143 20 14% −36.30

Chepstow 141 17 12.1% −49.55

Huntingdon 129 13 10.1% −38.33

Warwick 125 19 15.2% −10.42

Newton Abbot 123 22 17.9% −16.30

Southwell 123 21 17.1% −21.73

Cheltenham 119 15 12.6% −28.57

Perth 114 28 24.6% +12.98

Stratford 111 17 15.3% −42.32

Ludlow 110 16 14.5% −44.79

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 1,561 257 16.5% −266.78

Class 5 851 128 15% −106.23

Class 3 657 102 15.5% −194.60

Class 2 314 48 15.3% +10.80

Class 1 310 34 11% −77.35

Class 6 9 0 0% −9.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 674 242 35.9% 1.07 −38.59

2nd–3rd fav 1,107 202 18.2% 0.99 −164.57

4th–6th fav 1,167 96 8.2% 0.99 −265.00

7th+ in betting 762 28 3.7% 1.05 −184.00

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

84% completed · 3,379 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 1,376 77.7% 41 32 231 0 3

Hurdle 2,003 88.4% 30 9 186 4 3

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

Francky Du Berlais (FR) 30 6 16 11 Oct 24

Landofsmiles (IRE) 25 4 12 29 Oct 23

Game Line (IRE) 20 4 9 24 May 25

Play The Ace (IRE) 19 4 8 8 Jul 20

Shareef Star (GB) 18 4 9 18 May 24

Peejaybee (FR) 17 7 11 21 Nov 25

Courtland (IRE) 16 5 8 4 Apr 26

Get An Oscar (IRE) 16 1 7 22 Nov 21

Jaramillo (GB) 15 2 6 8 Nov 25

Curious Carlos (GB) 15 2 5 27 Sep 19

Jet Of Dreams (IRE) 14 4 9 29 Sep 26

Axel Bleue (GB) 13 4 8 13 Oct 26

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,623 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 8 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

151316132114191626121115

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

Main yardNicky Henderson

20% of all rides
20.8% SR · A/E 1.07

TrainerRWSR£1

Nicky Henderson 737 153 20.8% −57.26

Peter Bowen 625 75 12% −111.53

Warren Greatrex 396 67 16.9% −66.63

Mickey Bowen 185 31 16.8% −72.69

Christian Williams 97 20 20.6% +22.86

Peter & Michael Bowen 89 17 19.1% −6.74

Neil Mulholland 75 13 17.3% −11.30

Ali Stronge 67 6 9% −27.12

Nicky Martin 63 10 15.9% +8.38

S R B Crawford 56 8 14.3% +2.00

Richard Spencer 54 8 14.8% −22.35

Caroline Bailey 53 5 9.4% +9.00

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2017→

569

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£8.03m

Prize money

2025

Best season · 100 wins

Jonbon (FR) — BetMGM Clarence House Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Ascot · Jan 2026 · Grade 1

£112,394

Raz De Maree (FR) — Coral Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Chepstow · Jan 2018 · Grade 3

£85,425

Potters Corner (IRE) — Marston's 61 Deep Midlands Grand National (Listed Handicap Chase) Uttoxeter · Mar 2019 · Listed

£84,655

Notable horses

Peejaybee (FR) Village Master (IRE) Francky Du Berlais (FR) Courtland (IRE) King Roly (GB) Numitor (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Getaway (GER) 22.1% · 30–136

Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,047 runs since 2016 (1,034 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.

Yeats (IRE) 21.5% · 20–93

Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,863 runs since 2013 (709 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 821.

Milan (GB) 21.4% · 15–70

Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,892 runs since 2008 (1,465 horses).

Scorpion (IRE) 14.3% · 10–70

Progeny have won 9.1% of 6,329 runs since 2011 (609 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.1% from 142.

Soldier of Fortune (IRE) 21.7% · 15–69

Progeny have won 11.3% of 5,905 runs since 2013 (688 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.

Flemensfirth (USA) 10.6% · 7–66

Progeny have won 11.8% of 17,297 runs since 2008 (1,595 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 14 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 3,711 · newest first

The latest 50 of 3,711 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 8 April 2017 to 27 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

27 Oct 26 Bangor-on-Dee Laughing John (GB)T: Nicky Henderson Mount Vines Novices' Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran F 3/1F

24 Oct 26 Cheltenham Landsborough (FR)T: Mickey Bowen William Hill Extra Places Every Day Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 2 · 24f · Good · 6 ran 6th 18/1

24 Oct 26 Cheltenham Ballykinlar (IRE)T: Mickey Bowen William Hill Epic Boosts Novices' Limited Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 3 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 7th 12/1

23 Oct 26 Cheltenham Governors Rock (IRE)T: Warren Greatrex Oddschecker Novices' Hurdle Race(grade 2) (registered As The Sharp Novices' Hurdle Race) (gbb Race)Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 9th 22/1

23 Oct 26 Cheltenham La Pinsonniere (FR)T: Nicky Henderson William Hill Epic Boosts Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8th 18/1

22 Oct 26 Ffos Las Kayf Dancer (GB)T: Mickey Bowen bettingsites.co.uk Fast Paying Bookmakers Novices' Limited Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 7 ran 2nd 14/1

22 Oct 26 Ffos Las Jet Bay (IRE)T: Mickey Bowen bettingsites.co.uk Get Paid By Uk Betting Sites Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 2 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 3rd 9/2

22 Oct 26 Ffos Las Common Sense (IRE)T: Rebecca Curtis bettingsites.co.uk Instant Withdrawal Novices' Hurdle Race (Div II) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran 3rd 100/30

21 Oct 26 Worcester Mouth Watering (FR)T: Deborah Cole Richard And Ann Hitchings Memorial Mares' Novices' Hurdle Race (Herring Queen Mares' Novices' Hurdle Series Qualifier) (Div I) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 6th 100/1

21 Oct 26 Worcester Modus Operendi (FR)T: Deborah Cole Fred & Mercy Rimell Memorial Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2nd 8/1

18 Oct 26 Sedgefield Dexperts Opinion (IRE)T: Mickey Bowen Bet Vickers Durham National Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 2 · 29f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 13/8F

17 Oct 26 Market Rasen Annies Pass (GB)T: Charlie Longsdon Pertemps Network "Junior" National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 6 ran 2nd 5/1

17 Oct 26 Market Rasen Caelan (IRE)T: Sarah Humphrey Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 16.5f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 14/1

17 Oct 26 Market Rasen Transmission (IRE)T: Neil Mulholland Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle Race (Pertemps Hurdle Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)Class 2 · 23f · Good · 5 ran 5th 14/1

17 Oct 26 Market Rasen Light N Strike (IRE)T: Emma Lavelle Pertemps Network Jean & Paul Lucas Memorial Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 3 · 21.5f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 9/2

17 Oct 26 Market Rasen Forest Spirit (IRE)T: Mickey Bowen Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 23f · Good · 8 ran 4th 3/1

17 Oct 26 Market Rasen Sir Edward Lear (GB)T: James Owen Pertemps Network Maiden Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 6th 11/2

14 Oct 26 Ffos Las Tamarind Bay (IRE)T: Mickey Bowen Adept GRP Cabinets Novices' Steeple Chase (Listed Race) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 19.5f · Soft · 4 ran PU 17/2

13 Oct 26 Southwell Golden Garden (USA)T: Warren Greatrex Celebrate With Sponsorship At Southwell Racecourse Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran PU 28/1

13 Oct 26 Southwell Axel Bleue (GB)T: Mickey Bowen Gents Night Saturday 24th October Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 4 · 26f · Good · 3 ran 2nd 11/8

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: the KTB Selection in 3 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 2 runs (won 1) · fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 0) · to 17 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 James Bowen's strike rate?: James Bowen has won 569 of 3,711 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 15.3% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does James Bowen do best at?: Perth by strike rate: 28 wins from 114 rides (24.6%) 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 James Bowen ride most for?: Nicky Henderson, with 737 rides since 2008 — 20% of the total. That pairing has won 153 (20.8%).
What is James Bowen's Fair A/E?: 1.03, from 3,706 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.