What is James Halliday's strike rate?

James Halliday has won 47 of 662 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.1% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does James Halliday do best at?

Kelso by strike rate: 6 wins from 38 rides (15.8%) 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 Halliday ride most for?

Malcolm Jefferson, with 292 rides since 2008 — 44% of the total. That pairing has won 25 (8.6%).

What is James Halliday's Fair A/E?

0.85, from 662 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 Halliday

662 rides in the lifetime window · 296 individual horses

As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Aug 2011 100% of rides over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.

47–662

Wins / Runs

7.1%

Strike rate

n=662

174 (26%)

Placed

0.85

Fair A/E

n=662 · 0.73 incl. margin

−273.25

£1 level stake

n=662 at SP · −41.3%

£341k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

6.8%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 170 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.85). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 17% (47 rides). Rode mostly for Malcolm Jefferson — 44% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 662 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fired May–Jun 21.6% when favourite Malcolm Jefferson: 8.6% from 292 LTO winners: 17% Claiming: 7.3% Rode the favourite in 6% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Kelso (15.8%, n=38), clear of the rider's 7.1% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 17% (n=47, Fair A/E 1.21), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 3.8% (n=183, Fair A/E 0.65). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 5% strike, Fair A/E 0.62 and −87.50 to a £1 stake over 141 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Malcolm Jefferson supplied 44% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (8.6%, A/E 0.87). The record read poorly in NH Flat races — 0% over 82 rides, 7.1pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider in Class 6: Fair A/E 0.00 across 61 rides (0% strike, −61.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. Seasonally, the rider fired May–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 7.1% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

5.5%−1.6

n=293 · A/E 0.74 · £1 −145.75

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

17%+9.9

n=47 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −6.00

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

5%−2.1

n=141 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −87.50

When favourite

21.6%

n=37 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −9.00

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

7.3%+0.2

n=618 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −244.25

Big fields · 14+ runners

3.8%−3.3

n=183 · A/E 0.65 · £1 −85.50

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−7.1

n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.1% 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

With C&D winners 17.3% vs 7.1% · n=75

On last-time-out winners 17% vs 7.1% · n=47

At Kelso 15.8% vs 7.1% · n=38

In NH Flat races 0% vs 7.1% · n=82

In Class 6 0% vs 7.1% · n=61

With debutants 0% vs 7.1% · n=32

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 436 33 7.6% −180.00

Chase 144 14 9.7% −11.25

NH Flat 82 0 0% −82.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 311 21 6.8% −123.75

Good to Firm 128 8 6.3% −69.00

Soft 97 11 11.3% −7.50

Good to Soft 92 4 4.3% −55.50

Heavy 34 3 8.8% −17.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Market Rasen 77 9 11.7% −8.50

Sedgefield 67 8 11.9% +2.50

Hexham 56 4 7.1% −3.00

Perth 49 4 8.2% −19.00

Wetherby 44 1 2.3% −41.00

Kelso 38 6 15.8% +6.75

Catterick 33 1 3% −24.00

Ayr 30 2 6.7% −15.50

Newcastle 29 1 3.4% −10.00

Bangor-on-Dee 27 2 7.4% −9.50

Southwell 27 1 3.7% −12.00

Carlisle 27 3 11.1% −8.00

Doncaster 25 1 4% −22.00

Uttoxeter 23 1 4.3% −16.50

Haydock 15 2 13.3% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 314 29 9.2% −45.25

Class 5 147 8 5.4% −86.00

Class 3 106 9 8.5% −57.00

Class 6 61 0 0% −61.00

Class 2 26 1 3.8% −16.00

Class 1 8 0 0% −8.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 43 9 20.9% 0.91 −11.50

2nd–3rd fav 133 18 13.5% 0.87 −45.75

4th–6th fav 198 13 6.6% 0.86 −64.00

7th+ in betting 288 7 2.4% 0.71 −152.00

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 · 580 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 144 81.3% 4 6 17 0 0

Hurdle 436 89% 9 5 31 1 2

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

Overbranch (GB) 19 3 6 13 Jun 11

Pokanoket (IRE) 19 2 12 9 Nov 10

Stick Together (GB) 18 1 6 15 May 11

Polar Gunner (GB) 15 3 6 11 May 11

Kingsben (GB) 14 2 4 15 May 11

What Happened (GB) 14 1 1 25 Oct 09

Schinken Otto (IRE) 13 3 5 23 Aug 11

Issaquah (IRE) 11 3 7 14 Nov 10

Calatagan (IRE) 10 0 0 14 Feb 11

The Magic Bishop (GB) 9 2 4 23 Apr 11

Kalatime (IRE) 9 1 1 27 Jul 10

Choctaw Nation (GB) 8 1 3 19 Jul 11

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 296 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime

JFMAMJJASOND

461039158035139

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 yardMalcolm Jefferson

44% of all rides
8.6% SR · A/E 0.87

TrainerRWSR£1

Malcolm Jefferson 292 25 8.6% −94.00

Martin Todhunter 41 2 4.9% −23.00

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

Archived wins

£345k

Prize money

2010

Best season · 17 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.

McMurrough (IRE) — Racing UK 20 Per Month 'Fixed Brush' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Haydock · Apr 2010 · Class 2

£11,384

Issaquah (IRE) — J Mallinson (Ormskirk) 'Fixed Brush' Handicap Hurdle Haydock · Dec 2008 · Class 3

£8,131

Polar Gunner (GB) — Blue Square Handicap Chase Wetherby · Dec 2008 · Class 3

£7,806

Notable horses

Overbranch (GB) Polar Gunner (GB) Schinken Otto (IRE) Issaquah (IRE) Fair Spin (GB) Pokanoket (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Kayf Tara (GB) 2.8% · 1–36

Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,744 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

Accordion (IRE) 7.4% · 2–27

Progeny have won 10.8% of 3,309 runs since 2008 (327 horses).

Overbury (IRE) 13% · 3–23

Progeny have won 10.7% of 4,657 runs since 2008 (423 horses).

Presenting (GB) 9.5% · 2–21

Progeny have won 11% of 20,050 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.

Sadler's Wells (USA) 5% · 1–20

Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,636 runs since 2008 (370 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.7% from 107.

Terimon (GB) 5.3% · 1–19

Progeny have won 7.7% of 868 runs since 2008 (96 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 28 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 668 · newest first

The latest 50 of 668 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 14 January 2005 to 23 August 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

23 Aug 11 Sedgefield I'm Your Man (GB)T: Evelyn Slack Roflow Environmental Engineering Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 21f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4th 17/2

23 Aug 11 Sedgefield Schinken Otto (IRE)T: Malcolm Jefferson Digibet.com Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3rd 8/1

22 Aug 11 Hereford Panashka (IRE)T: Mark Campion bet365 Mares' Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8th 25/1

31 Jul 11 Market Rasen The Panama Kid (IRE)T: Malcolm Jefferson RAFBF Ambassadors Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 18.5f · Good · 8 ran 8th 9/1

21 Jul 11 Uttoxeter Danny Cool (GB)T: Keith Reveley musicmagpie.co.uk Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 7th 16/1

19 Jul 11 Bangor-on-Dee Choctaw Nation (GB)T: Malcolm Jefferson Carlsberg Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good · 7 ran 7th 20/1

19 Jul 11 Bangor-on-Dee Schinken Otto (IRE)T: Malcolm Jefferson John & Gail's Wedding Day Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 17.5f · Good · 5 ran 4th 12/1

17 Jul 11 Stratford Captains Measure (IRE)T: Owen Brennan Claydon Horse Exercisers Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 3rd 14/1

10 Jul 11 Southwell Karingreason (GB)T: Keith Reveley Ashfield Chad Conditional Jockeys' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20.5f · Good · 9 ran 3rd 11/2

03 Jul 11 Market Rasen Captains Measure (IRE)T: Owen Brennan George 'Curly' Rance Memorial Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 3rd 33/1

03 Jul 11 Market Rasen Frameit (IRE)T: James Given Tom Halliday Memorial Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran PU 14/1

03 Jul 11 Market Rasen Irish Symphony (IRE)T: Owen Brennan donnoble.co.uk Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 13th 66/1

30 Jun 11 Perth Below The Deck (IRE)T: Barbara Butterworth Esk Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 7th 25/1

29 Jun 11 Perth Karingreason (GB)T: Keith Reveley Edinburgh Gin Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3rd 9/1

26 Jun 11 Uttoxeter Brooklyn Brownie (IRE)T: Malcolm Jefferson Britannia English Summer National (Listed Handicap Chase)Class 1 · 28f · Good · 17 ran 9th 14/1

26 Jun 11 Uttoxeter Choctaw Nation (GB)T: Malcolm Jefferson Tooltastic Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good · 16 ran 15th 25/1

24 Jun 11 Market Rasen Waldo Winchester (IRE)T: Noel Wilson Pd Ports' Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran PU 20/1

13 Jun 11 Sedgefield Overbranch (GB)T: Malcolm Jefferson Collins Seafoods Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 19.5f · Good · 7 ran 1st 6/1

11 Jun 11 Hexham Schinken Otto (IRE)T: Malcolm Jefferson Gordon Currie Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 5th 16/1

10 Jun 11 Market Rasen Think (GB)T: Clive Mulhall Would Care Services Standard Open NH FlatClass 6 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 4th 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).

Quick answers

What is James Halliday's strike rate?: James Halliday has won 47 of 662 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.1% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does James Halliday do best at?: Kelso by strike rate: 6 wins from 38 rides (15.8%) 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 Halliday ride most for?: Malcolm Jefferson, with 292 rides since 2008 — 44% of the total. That pairing has won 25 (8.6%).
What is James Halliday's Fair A/E?: 0.85, from 662 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.