What is James Doyle's strike rate?

James Doyle has won 1,707 of 10,241 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 16.7% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does James Doyle do best at?

Chelmsford (AW) by strike rate: 68 wins from 299 rides (22.7%) 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 Doyle ride most for?

Charlie Appleby, with 842 rides since 2008 — 8% of the total. That pairing has won 226 (26.8%).

Is James Doyle in form?

Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 2 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is James Doyle's Fair A/E?

1.06, from 10,194 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 Doyle

10,241 rides in the lifetime window · 5,595 individual horses

As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride 8 days ago 100% of rides on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

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

1,707–10,241

Wins / Runs

16.7%

Strike rate

n=10,241

3,982 (39%)

Placed

1.06

Fair A/E

n=10,194 · 0.91 incl. margin

−1,654.49

£1 level stake

n=10,241 at SP · −16.2%

£54.3m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

18.8%

KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 540 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 17% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.06). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 22% (1,759 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 10,241 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 12 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Jan–Feb 38.2% when favourite Charlie Appleby: 26.8% from 842 First rides: 17.2% LTO winners: 22% Rides the favourite in 20% of races

The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 22% (n=1,759, Fair A/E 1.05), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 8.6% (n=1,648, Fair A/E 1.00). Charlie Appleby supplies 8% of the rides and beats the rider's average (26.8% vs 16.7%, A/E 1.13) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly over 2m1f – 2m4f — 5.2% over 58 rides, 11.5pts below the baseline. 257 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot (Oct 2014, £770,547). The standout partner of the record: Barons Spy (IRE) — 8 wins from 35 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Jan–Feb.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 16.7% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

17.2%+0.5

n=5,513 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −643.03

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

22%+5.3

n=1,759 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −299.50

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

16.7%+0.0

n=1,686 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −194.60

When favourite

38.2%

n=2,049 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −142.11

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

0%−16.7

n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Big fields · 14+ runners

8.6%−8.1

n=1,648 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −571.39

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

14.3%−2.4

n=1,795 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −451.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 16.7% 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 Charlie Appleby 26.8% vs 16.7% · n=842

With Ms J S Doyle 4.9% vs 16.7% · n=81

With Alan McCabe 8.1% vs 16.7% · n=310

Over 2m1f – 2m4f 5.2% vs 16.7% · n=58

With Saeed bin Suroor 24.5% vs 16.7% · n=359

With Sylvester Kirk 9.1% vs 16.7% · n=374

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

Flat 10,240 1707 16.7% −1,653.49

Chase 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 3,087 587 19% −282.33

Good to Firm 2,592 440 17% −360.12

Good 2,295 330 14.4% −538.93

Good to Soft 1,091 165 15.1% −272.46

Soft 925 144 15.6% −186.74

Heavy 187 29 15.5% −22.20

Firm 64 12 18.8% +8.29

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Kempton (AW) 1,247 222 17.8% −176.47

Newmarket 682 78 11.4% −227.14

Lingfield (AW) 666 120 18% −53.31

Wolverhampton (AW) 642 126 19.6% +38.56

Ascot 629 76 12.1% −129.74

Newbury 598 92 15.4% −67.54

Newmarket 587 109 18.6% −108.34

Goodwood 491 64 13% −116.60

Windsor 444 81 18.2% −18.52

Sandown 426 61 14.3% −133.71

Doncaster 351 51 14.5% −152.68

York 335 47 14% −39.35

Nottingham 300 64 21.3% −50.75

Chelmsford (AW) 299 68 22.7% −85.07

Haydock 279 52 18.6% −57.31

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 2,707 498 18.4% −421.64

Class 4 2,287 430 18.8% −175.45

Class 1 1,797 257 14.3% −453.50

Class 2 1,386 172 12.4% −427.26

Class 6 1,045 151 14.4% −91.01

Class 3 967 196 20.3% −45.03

Class 7 27 2 7.4% −17.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 2,331 859 36.9% 1.10 −128.82

2nd–3rd fav 3,014 548 18.2% 1.06 −345.17

4th–6th fav 2,703 235 8.7% 1.02 −313.00

7th+ in betting 2,193 65 3% 0.79 −867.50

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.

Distance

DistanceRWSR£1

6f – 7f 3,875 672 17.3% −646.84

1m – 1m1f 2,478 431 17.4% −244.62

1m2f – 1m4f 2,467 394 16% −568.30

Under 6f 834 138 16.5% −16.22

1m5f – 2m 520 69 13.3% −135.11

2m1f – 2m4f 58 3 5.2% −34.40

2m5f – 3m 9 0 0% −9.00

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2008 639 52 8.1% −231.06

2009 379 28 7.4% −130.75

2010 360 29 8.1% −127.44

2011 641 76 11.9% +22.78

2012 584 80 13.7% +24.24

2013 612 84 13.7% −107.64

2014 695 125 18% −30.65

2015 641 125 19.5% −95.79

2016 560 102 18.2% −70.58

2017 532 117 22% −89.34

2018 663 163 24.6% −39.56

2019 600 111 18.5% −97.12

2020 575 102 17.7% −109.23

2021 659 122 18.5% −114.71

2022 455 91 20% −67.05

2023 491 93 18.9% −98.93

2024 469 77 16.4% −173.77

2025 304 58 19.1% −63.72

2026 382 72 18.8% −54.17

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 5,182 763 14.7% −756.46

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

8-10 runners 3,384 556 16.4% −681.74

11-13 runners 2,746 400 14.6% −348.01

5-7 runners 2,213 525 23.7% −21.00

14-16 runners 1,038 95 9.2% −388.79

17+ runners 610 46 7.5% −182.60

2-4 runners 250 85 34% −32.35

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

Cornus (GB) 42 4 12 17 Sep 11

Baylini (GB) 32 1 11 9 Mar 11

Barons Spy (IRE) 23 6 12 1 Sep 12

If I Were A Boy (IRE) 20 1 7 2 Apr 14

Elusive Warrior (USA) 18 2 9 2 Aug 11

Raasel (GB) 15 6 10 23 Sep 23

Glorious Journey (GB) 14 4 8 21 Aug 21

Hallingdal (UAE) 14 2 4 20 Apr 09

Shostakovich (IRE) 13 4 7 18 Oct 11

Sir Randolf (IRE) 13 0 1 28 Sep 11

Steig (IRE) 13 4 9 23 Jun 09

Lord Theo (GB) 13 1 5 19 Feb 09

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 5,595 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample

1 from 2

Only 2 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, lifetime

JFMAMJJASOND

221916171616161718142417

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 yardCharlie Appleby

8% of all rides
26.8% SR · A/E 1.13

TrainerRWSR£1

Charlie Appleby 842 226 26.8% −71.33

Hugo Palmer 548 101 18.4% −117.51

William Haggas 546 123 22.5% −98.89

Roger Charlton 511 100 19.6% −27.33

Sylvester Kirk 374 34 9.1% −119.82

Saeed bin Suroor 359 88 24.5% −5.97

Alan McCabe 310 25 8.1% −132.87

Simon & Ed Crisford 298 63 21.1% −57.11

Mark Johnston 235 41 17.4% −20.86

John Gosden 224 52 23.2% −51.09

Charles Hills 184 28 15.2% −57.94

Roger Varian 173 32 18.5% −67.66

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

1,829

Archived wins

257

Pattern / graded wins

£55.2m

Prize money

2018

Best season · 163 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.

Noble Mission (GB) — Qipco Champion Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Middle Distance) Ascot · Oct 2014 · Group 1

£770,547

Poet's Word (IRE) — King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Sponsored By Qipco) (Group 1) Ascot · Jul 2018 · Group 1

£708,875

Naval Crown (GB) — Platinum Jubilee Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) Ascot · Jun 2022 · Group 1

£567,100

Notable horses

Barons Spy (IRE) Meditation (GB) Cornus (GB) Fabrian (GB) Raasel (GB) Al Kazeem (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Dubawi (IRE) 28.1% · 150–533

Progeny have won 18.4% of 12,995 runs since 2009 (1,531 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.

Invincible Spirit (IRE) 16.6% · 40–241

Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,875 runs since 2008 (1,574 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 844.

Dark Angel (IRE) 22% · 49–223

Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,957 runs since 2011 (1,596 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.

Exceed and Excel (AUS) 17.7% · 37–209

Progeny have won 11.9% of 16,039 runs since 2008 (1,161 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on Soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.

Shamardal (USA) 23.8% · 44–185

Progeny have won 14.7% of 10,414 runs since 2009 (1,008 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 11.7% from 1,289. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.

Kodiac (GB) 19.6% · 36–184

Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,604 runs since 2010 (1,666 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 12 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 11,776 · newest first

The latest 50 of 11,776 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 19 January 2005 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

04 Nov 26 Kempton (AW) Colombier (GB)T: Hamad Al Jehani Bet £20 Get £20 With Unibet Handicap StakesClass 2 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 9 ran 1st 9/4

04 Nov 26 Kempton (AW) Red Curry (GB)T: John & Thady Gosden Unibet/British EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (Div I) (GBB/GBBPlus Race)Class 3 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 13 ran 3rd 3/1

26 Oct 26 Redcar Rowlf (GB)T: William Haggas Wear Your Poppy With Pride Novice Stakes (gbb/gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 10f · Heavy · 10 ran 4th 11/2

26 Oct 26 Redcar Iron Stone Lad (GB)T: William Haggas Ebf "double Trigger" Novice Stakes (gbb/gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 9f · Soft · 8 ran 5th 4/7F

26 Oct 26 Redcar Procyon (IRE)T: William Haggas racingtv.com/Freetrial British Ebf Novice Stakes (gbb Race)Class 3 · 7f · Soft · 11 ran 1st 13/8

23 Oct 26 Doncaster Fine Interview (FR)T: Hamad Al Jehani William Hill Epic Boosts Handicap StakesClass 2 · 6f · Soft · 15 ran 9th 4/1

22 Oct 26 Newmarket The Quiet Gent (IRE)T: Brian Toomey CopyBet Follow Us On X Handicap StakesClass 4 · 6f · Soft · 12 ran 8th 7/1

22 Oct 26 Newmarket Artanis (GB)T: Ollie Sangster CopyBet Proudly Backs UK Horse Racing Handicap StakesClass 5 · 7f · Soft · 12 ran 9th 20/1

22 Oct 26 Newmarket Imperialism (IRE)T: Andrew Balding CopyBet For Europa League Profit Boosts EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (For Horses In Bands B, C And D) (Div II) (GBB/GBBPlus Race)Class 4 · 8f · Soft · 9 ran 1st 11/4

21 Oct 26 Newmarket Weekend Roar (IRE)T: Hugo Palmer Copybet Overnight Best Odds Guaranteed Nursery Handicap StakesClass 4 · 7f · Soft · 13 ran 13th 22/1

21 Oct 26 Newmarket Manolin (GB)T: Andrew Balding British Stallion Studs EBF Future Stayers Novice Stakes (Sire And Dam-Restricted Race) (GBB/GBBPlus Race)Class 3 · 8f · Soft · 5 ran 4th 100/30

21 Oct 26 Newmarket Henrik Ibsen (IRE)T: John & Thady Gosden Copybet Proudly Backs Uk Horse Racing Maiden Stakes (gbb/gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 10f · Soft · 7 ran 3rd 4/1

21 Oct 26 Newmarket Enactment (USA)T: Ralph Beckett Copybet For Champions League Profit Boosts Novice Stakes (Colts And Geldings Only)Class 3 · 7f · Soft · 5 ran 1st 7/2

18 Oct 26 Longchamp (FR) Quiescent (GB)T: Hamad Al Jehani Prix De Saint-cyr7f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 14th 9/1

18 Oct 26 Longchamp (FR) Best Secret (FR)T: S Wattel Prix Du Conseil De Paris (Group 2)11f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5th 11/8F

17 Oct 26 Ascot Torito (GB)T: Ed Walker Balmoral Handicap Stakes (sponsored By Qatar Racing)Class 2 · 8f · Good · 20 ran 13th 40/1

17 Oct 26 Ascot Danielle (GB)T: John & Thady Gosden Qatar Racing British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (Group 1)Class 1 · 12f · Good · 12 ran PU 22/1

17 Oct 26 Ascot Division (GB)T: William Haggas Qatar Racing British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1)Class 1 · 6f · Good · 16 ran 3rd 17/2

17 Oct 26 Ascot Gregory (GB)T: John & Thady Gosden Qatar Racing British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 1)Class 1 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 4th 100/30

17 Oct 26 Ascot Adaay Of Scarlett (IRE)T: Hugo Palmer Qatar Racing British Champions Day Two-Year-Old Conditions Stakes (GBB Race)Class 2 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 7th 28/1

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 9 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 7 runs (won 1) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 6 runs (won 1) · fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 1) · to 4 Nov 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 Doyle's strike rate?: James Doyle has won 1,707 of 10,241 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 16.7% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does James Doyle do best at?: Chelmsford (AW) by strike rate: 68 wins from 299 rides (22.7%) 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 Doyle ride most for?: Charlie Appleby, with 842 rides since 2008 — 8% of the total. That pairing has won 226 (26.8%).
Is James Doyle in form?: Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 2 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is James Doyle's Fair A/E?: 1.06, from 10,194 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.