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Jockey profile

Joe Fanning

1,872 rides in the last 5 seasons · 798 individual horses
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 62 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
251–1,872
Wins / Runs
13.4%
Strike rate
n=1,872
598 (32%)
Placed
1.07
n=1,853 · 0.92 incl. margin
−269.67
£1 level stake
n=1,872 at SP · −14.4%
£4.47m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 370 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 13% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.07). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 18% (236 rides). Rides mostly for Charlie Johnston — 51% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 1,872 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 12 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jan–Feb Fresh horses: 14.4% 34.1% when favourite Charlie Johnston: 13.5% from 958 LTO winners: 18.2% Rides the favourite in 11% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Carlisle (22.5%, n=40), clear of the rider's 13.4% baseline. It is weakest at York (4.5% over 67 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 18.2% (n=236, Fair A/E 1.03), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 4.4% (n=205, Fair A/E 0.79). Charlie Johnston supplies 51% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (13.5%, A/E 1.01) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also reads well on Heavy going (25%, n=36). The record reads poorly in Class 2 — 6.2% over 289 rides, 7.2pts below the baseline. 71 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Goffs Million Mile at Curragh (Sep 2009, £985,000). The standout partner of the record: Watersmeet (GB) — 12 wins from 43 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 13.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
11.9%−1.5
n=712 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −70.51
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
18.2%+4.8
n=236 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −44.77
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
14.4%+1.0
n=263 · A/E 1.33 · £1 −11.17
When favourite
34.1%
n=214 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −26.34
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.4%−9.0
n=205 · A/E 0.79 · £1 −86.62
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
11%−2.4
n=73 · A/E 1.46 · £1 −9.62

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 13.4% 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 Harriet Bethell 27.3% vs 13.4% · n=33
On Heavy going 25% vs 13.4% · n=36
In Class 2 6.2% vs 13.4% · n=289
At York 4.5% vs 13.4% · n=67
At Carlisle 22.5% vs 13.4% · n=40
With new recruits 20.4% vs 13.4% · n=108
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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 573 78 13.6% −156.87
Good 515 66 12.8% −98.69
Good to Firm 373 54 14.5% +24.26
Good to Soft 203 28 13.8% −40.78
Soft 169 15 8.9% −1.37
Heavy 36 9 25% +3.28
Firm 3 1 33.3% +0.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newcastle (AW) 201 29 14.4% −32.22
Wolverhampton (AW) 137 21 15.3% −56.31
Musselburgh 134 20 14.9% −18.16
Hamilton 131 13 9.9% −8.93
Ayr 127 22 17.3% −8.43
Beverley 107 18 16.8% +39.03
Ripon 77 14 18.2% +3.73
Southwell (AW) 76 8 10.5% −22.05
York 67 3 4.5% −49.02
Chelmsford City (AW) 63 9 14.3% −4.63
Haydock 63 9 14.3% +5.70
Pontefract 58 7 12.1% −29.00
Goodwood 58 7 12.1% −11.14
Newmarket 53 4 7.5% −1.50
Chester 51 11 21.6% +7.29

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 524 79 15.1% −56.33
Class 4 428 75 17.5% +19.15
Class 6 365 43 11.8% −78.62
Class 2 289 18 6.2% −131.59
Class 3 190 28 14.7% −9.66
Class 1 73 8 11% −9.62

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 253 82 32.4% 1.05 −26.63
2nd–3rd fav 484 98 20.2% 1.19 +24.26
4th–6th fav 636 51 8% 0.91 −138.30
7th+ in betting 499 20 4% 1.07 −129.00
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
Dutch Decoy (GB) 24 1 6 17 May 25
Yorkindness (GB) 23 5 12 12 Oct 24
Ludo's Landing (IRE) 19 2 10 23 Oct 25
Align The Stars (IRE) 17 3 5 12 Sep 25
Individualism (GB) 16 2 8 24 Aug 25
Trilby (GB) 14 3 6 18 Jul 25
Francophone (GB) 13 4 6 26 Sep 25
Qitaal (GB) 13 1 3 24 Jul 25
Finn's Charm (GB) 13 3 3 10 Aug 24
Sennockian (IRE) 13 3 6 27 Jul 24
Thunder Wonder (IRE) 12 3 3 26 Sep 25
Curran (IRE) 12 2 6 3 Sep 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 798 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 6 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
181710171217111313108·
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
51% of all rides
13.5% SR · A/E 1.01
TrainerRWSR£1
Charlie Johnston 958 129 13.5% −155.60
Charlie & Mark Johnston 213 35 16.4% −43.94
David & Nicola Barron 70 12 17.1% +18.88
Harriet Bethell 33 9 27.3% +30.83
Ann Duffield 31 4 12.9% +2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
2,284
Archived wins
71
Pattern / graded wins
£26.9m
Prize money
2012
Best season · 188 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.
Shakespearean (IRE) — Goffs Million Mile Curragh · Sep 2009
£985,000
Secret Brief (IRE) — 500,000 Tattersalls Millions 2YO Trophy Newmarket · Oct 2014 · Class 2
£280,331
Subjectivist (GB) — Gold Cup (Group 1) (British Champions Series) Ascot · Jun 2021 · Group 1
£213,017

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kodiac (GB) 14.7% · 11–75
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.
Iffraaj (GB) 10% · 5–50
Progeny have won 10.5% of 13,998 runs since 2010 (1,093 horses).
Sea The Moon (GER) 24.4% · 10–41
Progeny have won 12% of 4,593 runs since 2018 (505 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.1% from 816.
No Nay Never (USA) 17.9% · 7–39
Progeny have won 12.1% of 6,381 runs since 2018 (710 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 187.
Study Of Man (IRE) 22.2% · 8–36
Progeny have won 14.6% of 1,188 runs since 2023 (149 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.4% from 129. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 9.6% from 251.
Sea The Stars (IRE) 14.3% · 5–35
Progeny have won 15.7% of 9,989 runs since 2013 (1,119 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on Heavy going: 9.4% from 459. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
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 16,480 · newest first

The latest 50 of 16,480 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 11 January 2005 to 11 September 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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 Joe Fanning's strike rate?
Joe Fanning has won 251 of 1,872 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 13.4% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Joe Fanning do best at?
Chester by strike rate: 11 wins from 51 rides (21.6%) 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.
Which yard does Joe Fanning ride most for?
Charlie Johnston, with 958 rides since 2022 — 51% of the total. That pairing has won 129 (13.5%).
What is Joe Fanning's Fair A/E?
1.07, from 1,853 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 12 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).