What is James O'Farrell's strike rate?

James O'Farrell has won 26 of 414 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.3% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does James O'Farrell do best at?

Wetherby by strike rate: 4 wins from 35 rides (11.4%) 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 O'Farrell ride most for?

Howard Johnson, with 121 rides since 2008 — 29% of the total. That pairing has won 12 (9.9%).

What is James O'Farrell's Fair A/E?

0.97, from 413 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 O'Farrell

414 rides in the lifetime window · 266 individual horses

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

Last ride May 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.

26–414

Wins / Runs

6.3%

Strike rate

n=414

78 (19%)

Placed

0.97

Fair A/E

n=413 · 0.82 incl. margin

−163.55

£1 level stake

n=414 at SP · −39.5%

£152k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

7.1%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 100 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 6% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.97).

Deterministic profile computed from 414 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Howard Johnson: 9.9% from 121 Claiming: 6.4%

The read

The record is strongest at Wetherby (11.4%, n=35) and Hexham (11.1%, n=36) — all clear of the rider's 6.3% baseline. Howard Johnson supplied 29% of the rides and edges the rider's average (9.9% vs 6.3%, A/E 1.29) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well on Heavy going (14%, n=57) and off a 31-60-day break (10%, n=90).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.3% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

5.7%−0.6

n=244 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −89.00

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

11.1%+4.8

n=18 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −9.25

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

6.3%+0.0

n=111 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −26.00

When favourite

31.3%

n=16 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −3.80

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

6.4%+0.1

n=360 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −162.55

Big fields · 14+ runners

5%−1.3

n=159 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −48.50

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−6.3

n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.3% 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

On Heavy going 14% vs 6.3% · n=57

At Wetherby 11.4% vs 6.3% · n=35

With Howard Johnson 9.9% vs 6.3% · n=121

At Hexham 11.1% vs 6.3% · n=36

Off a 31-60-day break 10% vs 6.3% · n=90

With debutants 2.5% vs 6.3% · n=40

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 314 21 6.7% −81.00

Chase 63 3 4.8% −55.55

NH Flat 37 2 5.4% −27.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 108 5 4.6% −73.75

Soft 98 6 6.1% −21.50

Good to Soft 83 3 3.6% −56.50

Good to Firm 60 4 6.7% −16.00

Heavy 57 8 14% +12.20

Firm 6 0 0% −6.00

Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Sedgefield 52 4 7.7% −26.42

Hexham 36 4 11.1% −13.50

Wetherby 35 4 11.4% +19.00

Catterick 34 3 8.8% −3.00

Kelso 34 1 2.9% −30.50

Newcastle 31 1 3.2% −5.00

Ayr 28 3 10.7% +0.12

Musselburgh 27 2 7.4% −8.00

Perth 17 2 11.8% +17.50

Carlisle 15 1 6.7% −12.00

Navan 9 0 0% −9.00

Haydock 8 0 0% −8.00

Cork 7 0 0% −7.00

Punchestown 7 0 0% −7.00

Doncaster 7 0 0% −7.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 196 17 8.7% −27.05

Class 5 98 5 5.1% −42.00

Class 3 36 2 5.6% −23.00

Class 6 25 1 4% −20.50

Class 2 13 1 7.7% −5.00

Class 1 6 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 20 5 25% 0.86 −7.80

2nd–3rd fav 52 6 11.5% 0.85 −23.75

4th–6th fav 120 11 9.2% 1.36 +9.00

7th+ in betting 222 4 1.8% 0.67 −141.00

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

76.9% completed · 377 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 63 54% 6 5 17 1 0

Hurdle 314 81.5% 7 2 48 1 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

Bocciani (GER) 13 3 6 26 Apr 11

Knight Valliant (GB) 9 0 4 4 May 11

Woody Valentine (USA) 6 0 0 25 Apr 11

Luso's Lad (IRE) 5 0 1 27 Apr 11

Fred Grass (GB) 5 0 0 17 Apr 11

Brian's Journey (GB) 5 0 1 23 Nov 10

One More Cent (GB) 5 0 0 27 Jul 10

Mr Multifix (IRE) 5 2 3 27 Sep 08

Degas Art (IRE) 4 1 2 7 May 11

The Bravetraveller (IRE) 4 0 0 30 Apr 11

Below The Deck (IRE) 4 0 2 27 Mar 11

Pemberton (GB) 4 3 3 26 Mar 10

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 266 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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

51156105000658

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 yardHoward Johnson

29% of all rides
9.9% SR · A/E 1.29

TrainerRWSR£1

Howard Johnson 121 12 9.9% −25.92

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

Archived wins

£521k

Prize money

2006

Best season · 18 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.

P'tit Fute (FR) — G.P.T. Galway (Q.R.) Handicap (60-90) Galway · Jul 2006

£49,225

Proud To Be Irish (IRE) — Frank Hannon Memorial Hurdle Roscommon · Jun 2006

£14,648

Notanotherdonkey (IRE) — totesport.com Handicap Chase Wetherby · Nov 2007 · Class 3

£11,711

Notable horses

Bocciani (GER) Pemberton (GB) Proud To Be Irish (IRE) Allstar Leader (IRE) Mr Multifix (IRE) Flowonlovelyriver (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Banyumanik (IRE) 23.1% · 3–13

Progeny have won 8.6% of 152 runs since 2008 (12 horses).

Beneficial (GB) 0% · 0–13

Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,044 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).

Flemensfirth (USA) 25% · 3–12

Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,282 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses).

Saddlers' Hall (IRE) 0% · 0–12

Progeny have won 7.7% of 4,861 runs since 2008 (460 horses).

Oscar (IRE) 9.1% · 1–11

Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.

Sadler's Wells (USA) 0% · 0–10

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

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 776 · newest first

The latest 50 of 776 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 7 May 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

07 May 11 Hexham Degas Art (IRE)T: Howard Johnson Trade At tradersbettingexchange.co.uk Selling HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1st 1/2F

07 May 11 Hexham Gin Cobbler (GB)T: Howard Johnson tradersbettingexchange.co.uk 'National Hunt' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 3rd 5/1

04 May 11 Kelso Knight Valliant (GB)T: Barbara Butterworth Roxburghe Hotel And Golf Course Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 18f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 5th 5/2F

30 Apr 11 Hexham The Bravetraveller (IRE)T: Barbara Butterworth James The First Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 23.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4th 25/1

30 Apr 11 Hexham Knickerbokerglory (GB)T: Barbara Butterworth John Storey Retirement Selling HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6th 66/1

27 Apr 11 Perth Luso's Lad (IRE)T: Howard Johnson Aberdeen Asset Management Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 14 ran 9th 16/1

26 Apr 11 Sedgefield Bocciani (GER)T: Brian Ellison John Wade Equine Rubber Handicap Hurdle (John Wade Novices' Hurdle Series Final)Class 2 · 18f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 1st 7/1

25 Apr 11 Huntingdon Whatcanyasay (GB)T: Evelyn Slack Cambridge Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Good To Firm · 5 ran PU 5/1

25 Apr 11 Huntingdon Woody Valentine (USA)T: Evelyn Slack Cromwell Stand Selling Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7th 6/1

23 Apr 11 Carlisle Samizdat (FR)T: Dianne Sayer Bet On Today's Football At Totesport.com Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 4th 3/1

19 Apr 11 Fontwell Seffier (GB)T: Ian Patrick Browne SIS Live Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 1)Class 6 · 17.5f · Good · 14 ran 10th 100/1

19 Apr 11 Fontwell Ravanchi (GB)T: Ian Patrick Browne Sporting Appointments Mares' Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 17.5f · Good · 12 ran PU 100/1

18 Apr 11 Exeter Phlorian (GB)T: Ian Patrick Browne Finlake Holiday Park Novices' Selling HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran PU 33/1

17 Apr 11 Wetherby Fred Grass (GB)T: Jonathan Haynes Royal Pigeon Racing Association Novices' Hurdle (Div 1)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8th 100/1

17 Apr 11 Wetherby The Bravetraveller (IRE)T: Barbara Butterworth Minster Jaguar Leeds Beginners' ChaseClass 4 · 21.5f · Good To Firm · 3 ran 3rd 10/1

17 Apr 11 Wetherby Knickerbokerglory (GB)T: Barbara Butterworth Wetherby Racecourse For Conferences & Events Maiden HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8th 50/1

14 Apr 11 Sedgefield Solaise (IRE)T: Liam Corcoran cleanerairsolutions.co.uk Solar Powered Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 17f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 5th 10/1

14 Apr 11 Sedgefield Sadler's Cove (FR)T: J K Magee Collins Seafoods Novices' Chase (Qualifier) (Part Of The Collins Seafood Young Chasers Series)Class 4 · 21f · Good To Firm · 8 ran UR 250/1

11 Apr 11 Hexham My Friend George (GB)T: Dianne Sayer Durham C.C.C. Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 13th 22/1

11 Apr 11 Hexham Woody Valentine (USA)T: Evelyn Slack Primary Websites Ltd Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 5th 33/1

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 James O'Farrell's strike rate?: James O'Farrell has won 26 of 414 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.3% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does James O'Farrell do best at?: Wetherby by strike rate: 4 wins from 35 rides (11.4%) 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 O'Farrell ride most for?: Howard Johnson, with 121 rides since 2008 — 29% of the total. That pairing has won 12 (9.9%).
What is James O'Farrell's Fair A/E?: 0.97, from 413 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.