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Jockey profile

James Orman

121 rides in the last 5 seasons · 100 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 16 days ago 99% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2026→)
from 1 Jan 2022
9–121
Wins / Runs
7.4%
Strike rate
n=121
29 (24%)
Placed
0.51
Fair A/E
n=51 · 0.42 incl. margin
+16.00
£1 level stake
n=51 at SP · +31.4%
£1.48m
Prize money (window)
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 20 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 7% of them. The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 12% off breaks of two months or more (34 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 121 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 11.8% First rides: 8%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 11.8% (n=34, Fair A/E 0.00). The rider also reads well off a 61-180-day break (13.3%, n=30) and on Good to Firm going (11.9%, n=42). The record reads poorly on Good going — 3.8% over 52 rides, 3.6pts below the baseline.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8%+0.6
n=100 · A/E 0.64 · £1 +21.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−7.4
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
11.8%+4.4
n=34 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
0%
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
7.7%+0.3
n=65 · A/E 0.71 · £1 +38.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.4% 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
Off a 61-180-day break 13.3% vs 7.4% · n=30
On Good to Firm going 11.9% vs 7.4% · n=42
On Good going 3.8% vs 7.4% · n=52
Over 6f – 7f 10.4% vs 7.4% · n=77
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 120 9 7.5% +16.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 52 2 3.8% +27.00
Good to Firm 42 5 11.9% −8.00
Good to Soft 16 1 6.3% +2.00
Standard (AW) 10 1 10% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Sha Tin 85 7 8.2% +29.00
Happy Valley 35 2 5.7% −13.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 33 2 6.1% +36.00
Class 3 13 0 0% −6.00
Class 5 10 1 10% −7.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −1.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 0 0% 0.00 −5.00
2nd–3rd fav 6 0 0% 0.00 −6.00
4th–6th fav 11 1 9.1% 1.29 +2.00
7th+ in betting 29 1 3.4% 1.45 +25.00
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.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Solid Car (AUS) 3 1 2 1 Oct 26
Private Wealth (AUS) 3 0 0 1 Oct 26
Mabubu (AUS) 3 0 0 6 Sep 26
Soaring Bronco (NZ) 2 0 0 4 Oct 26
City Gold Banner (AUS) 2 0 0 4 Oct 26
Peridot (NZ) 2 0 0 4 Oct 26
Steadfast Fort (AUS) 2 0 0 4 Oct 26
Money Games (AUS) 2 0 0 1 Oct 26
Rising From Ashes (AUS) 2 0 0 1 Oct 26
Mugen (AUS) 2 0 0 27 Sep 26
Ever Luck (AUS) 2 0 0 13 Sep 26
Inno Super (AUS) 2 0 1 9 Sep 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 100 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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
····1054·620··
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
TrainerRWSR£1
D J Hall 23 2 8.7% −10.00
W Y So 20 1 5% −12.00
Jamie Richards 13 0 0% −5.00
Mark Newnham 9 1 11.1% +50.00
David Eustace 6 1 16.7% −3.00
C W Chang 6 0 0% −1.00
C Fownes 6 1 16.7% −1.00
K W Lui 5 1 20% +8.00
P F Yiu 4 0 0% —
K L Man 4 0 0% −2.00
Douglas Whyte 4 0 0% −2.00
P C Ng 4 1 25% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2026→
9
Archived wins
£1.48m
Prize money
2026
Best season · 9 wins
Sky Jewellery (AUS) — Beijing Handicap Sha Tin (HK) · Oct 2026
£229,041
Perfectday — All You Wish Handicap Sha Tin · Jul 2026
£150,470
Kempes (ARG) — Lok Wah Handicap Sha Tin (HK) · Sep 2026
£94,359
Notable horses
Solid Car (AUS) Joyful Joy (AUS) Majestic Delight (AUS) Meaningful Dragon (IRE) Perfectday No Other Choice (AUS)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Capitalist (AUS) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 8.5% of 82 runs since 2008 (35 horses).
Deep Field (AUS) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 8.6% of 105 runs since 2008 (41 horses).
Tivaci (AUS) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 6.7% of 15 runs since 2008 (6 horses). A small sample.
All Too Hard (AUS) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 11.5% of 52 runs since 2008 (21 horses).
Churchill (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 11% of 4,781 runs since 2008 (458 horses).
Grunt (NZ) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 5.9% of 17 runs since 2008 (5 horses). A small sample.
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 20 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 121 · newest first

The latest 50 of 121 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 27 May 2026 to 4 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) City Gold Banner (AUS)T: Jamie Richards Yau Kom Tau Handicap6f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 7th —
04 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Alpha Strike (AUS)T: C Fownes Shing Mun Handicap5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 14th —
04 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Nezha (NZ)T: D J Hall Shek Wai Kok Handicap8f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd —
04 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Steadfast Fort (AUS)T: W Y So Sham Tseng Handicap7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 8th —
04 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Supreme Agility (BRZ)T: P C Ng Sha Tsui Handicap8f · Standard · 13 ran 1st —
04 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Peridot (NZ)T: D J Hall Lo Wai Handicap7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 9th —
04 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Soaring Bronco (NZ)T: Mark Newnham Chai Wan Kok Handicap8f · Standard · 14 ran 4th —
01 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Money Games (AUS)T: Mark Newnham Tianjin Handicap7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 10th —
01 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Sky Jewellery (AUS)T: J Size Beijing Handicap7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 1st —
01 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Private Wealth (AUS)T: D J Hall Chongqing Handicap6f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 11th —
01 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Rising From Ashes (AUS)T: C W Chang Chongqing Handicap6f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 5th —
01 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Yee Cheong Glory (AUS)T: Jamie Richards Hangzhou Handicap5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 4th —
01 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Solid Car (AUS)T: D J Hall Chengdu Handicap7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 1st —
01 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Super Sicario (NZ)T: C Fownes Shenyang Handicap8f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 11th —
01 Oct 26 Sha Tin (HK) Falcon Hunter (NZ)T: James Cummings Nanning Handicap6f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 2nd —
27 Sep 26 Sha Tin (HK) Mugen (AUS)T: Brett Crawford Magpie Handicap6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 10th —
27 Sep 26 Sha Tin (HK) Solid Win (AUS)T: P F Yiu Mesia Handicap8f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 7th —
27 Sep 26 Sha Tin (HK) Raging Warrior (AUS)T: D J Hall Swallow Handicap6f · Standard · 12 ran 3rd —
27 Sep 26 Sha Tin (HK) Aquaman (AUS)T: P C Ng Woodpecker Handicap7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 2nd —
27 Sep 26 Sha Tin (HK) So My Folks (AUS)T: C S Shum Tropicbird Handicap6f · Standard · 12 ran 6th —

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 Orman's strike rate?
James Orman has won 9 of 121 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 7.4% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does James Orman do best at?
Sha Tin by strike rate: 7 wins from 85 rides (8.2%) 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.
What is James Orman's Fair A/E?
0.51, from 51 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).