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Jockey profile

Joe Williamson

652 rides in the last 5 seasons · 192 individual horses
As at 3 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 4 days ago 99% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2016→)
from 1 Jan 2022
58–652
Wins / Runs
8.9%
Strike rate
n=652
143 (22%)
Placed
1.01
Fair A/E
n=651 · 0.89 incl. margin
−238.84
£1 level stake
n=652 at SP · −36.6%
£471k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
8.3%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 130 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 9% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.01). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 26% (58 rides). Rides mostly for Philip Kirby — 69% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 652 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 3 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Mar 45% when favourite Philip Kirby: 11% from 453 LTO winners: 25.9% Claiming: 9.3% Rides the favourite in 6% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 25.9% (n=58, Fair A/E 1.16), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 3.9% (n=128, Fair A/E 0.86). Philip Kirby supplies 69% of the rides and edges the rider's average (11% vs 8.9%, A/E 1.07) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well in Chase races (15.9%, n=113). The record reads poorly off a break of 180+ days — 0% over 64 rides, 8.9pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider over 1m5f – 2m: Fair A/E 0.70 across 142 rides (4.2% strike, −105.75 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. The standout partner of the record: Clean Getaway (IRE) — 8 wins from 44 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Feb–Mar.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4.5%−4.4
n=176 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −46.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
25.9%+17.0
n=58 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −10.84
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.9%−5.0
n=128 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −60.00
When favourite
45%
n=40 · A/E 1.25 · £1 +1.11
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
9.3%+0.4
n=472 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −208.96
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.2%−4.7
n=71 · A/E 1.18 · £1 +15.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.9
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.9% 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
On last-time-out winners 25.9% vs 8.9% · n=58
With C&D winners 17.7% vs 8.9% · n=79
Off a break of 180+ days 0% vs 8.9% · n=64
In Chase races 15.9% vs 8.9% · n=113
With Andrew Crook 0% vs 8.9% · n=36
Over 1m5f – 2m 4.2% vs 8.9% · n=142
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 463 36 7.8% −247.69
Chase 113 18 15.9% −13.06
NH Flat 68 4 5.9% +29.91
Flat 8 0 0% −8.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 296 25 8.4% −57.14
Good to Soft 162 15 9.3% −73.87
Soft 148 13 8.8% −80.07
Heavy 33 5 15.2% −14.76
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Sedgefield 112 15 13.4% −35.71
Newcastle 55 7 12.7% −20.20
Market Rasen 55 8 14.5% +3.12
Hexham 55 3 5.5% −40.76
Catterick 48 7 14.6% −13.45
Wetherby 41 2 4.9% −2.00
Carlisle 37 1 2.7% −29.00
Kelso 34 1 2.9% −27.50
Uttoxeter 24 0 0% −24.00
Cartmel 23 2 8.7% −7.50
Southwell 23 1 4.3% −19.25
Musselburgh 22 4 18.2% −3.59
Ayr 19 1 5.3% −16.50
Perth 18 1 5.6% −12.50
Stratford 15 1 6.7% −6.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 357 37 10.4% −146.65
Class 4 234 17 7.3% −142.69
Class 3 30 2 6.7% +10.50
Class 2 19 2 10.5% +52.00
Class 1 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 6 6 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 48 20 41.7% 1.22 +0.36
2nd–3rd fav 114 21 18.4% 1.07 −3.20
4th–6th fav 207 15 7.2% 1.09 −30.00
7th+ in betting 283 2 0.7% 0.26 −206.00
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
75.3% completed · 576 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 113 74.3% 2 2 25 0 0
Hurdle 463 75.6% 7 6 99 0 1
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
Clean Getaway (IRE) 44 8 15 18 Oct 26
Lone Star (GB) 37 6 11 14 Sep 26
Asa (FR) 24 5 9 13 Apr 26
Bathgate (GB) 22 5 10 18 Oct 26
Be The Difference (IRE) 16 2 4 10 Feb 26
Time Was (IRE) 16 0 4 2 Feb 26
Micks Jet (IRE) 15 3 6 22 Oct 26
The Clonmel Kid (IRE) 15 1 3 15 Aug 26
Bushypark (IRE) 15 1 2 30 Jan 26
Devon Skies (GB) 14 4 5 4 Apr 26
Jeepydoff Meel (FR) 13 1 3 31 Dec 25
Heritier De Sivola (FR) 12 3 5 28 Oct 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 192 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 3
Only 3 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
61215761371104159
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 yardPhilip Kirby
69% of all rides
11% SR · A/E 1.07
TrainerRWSR£1
Philip Kirby 453 50 11% −116.84
Andrew Crook 36 0 0% −36.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2016→
80
Archived wins
£628k
Prize money
2024
Best season · 21 wins
Lone Star (GB) — Racing TV Go North Lady Buttons Mares' Hurdle Series Final (Handicap Hurdle) (GBB Race) Musselburgh · Mar 2023 · Class 2
£15,609
Bushypark (IRE) — Betfred Merry Christmas Handicap Hurdle Haydock · Dec 2023 · Class 3
£10,562
Micks Jet (IRE) — Spreadex Sports Get 50 Bet Bonuses Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Cheltenham · Apr 2023 · Class 2
£8,169
Notable horses
Clean Getaway (IRE) Lone Star (GB) Asa (FR) Bathgate (GB) Devon Skies (GB) Bushypark (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 14.8% · 8–54
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,971 runs since 2016 (1,029 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Kayf Tara (GB) 16.2% · 6–37
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,751 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Balko (FR) 20.8% · 5–24
Progeny have won 12.7% of 2,660 runs since 2011 (297 horses).
Court Cave (IRE) 0% · 0–24
Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,949 runs since 2008 (552 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
Bathyrhon (GER) 21.7% · 5–23
Progeny have won 12.5% of 1,186 runs since 2019 (188 horses).
Telescope (IRE) 14.3% · 3–21
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,911 runs since 2019 (296 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 1.9% from 105. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 284.
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 3 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 934 · newest first

The latest 50 of 934 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 4 March 2016 to 30 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
30 Oct 26 Wetherby Starlet Du Brizais (FR)T: Philip Kirby Best Odds Guaranteed At Bet365 Maiden Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 5 ran 4th 100/1
27 Oct 26 Newcastle Batchelor's Lad (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Breeders' Cup On Sky Sports Racing Open Maiden National Hunt Flat Race (Category 3 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 17f · Good · 9 ran 4th 22/1
22 Oct 26 Carlisle Micks Jet (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Race Home With Genesis Homes Handicap Hurdle Race (Div II)Class 5 · 20f · Good · 13 ran PU 16/1
20 Oct 26 Hexham Mickthesoldier (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle Race (Go North Cab On Target Series Qualifier)Class 4 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 7th 28/1
18 Oct 26 Sedgefield Bathgate (GB)T: Philip Kirby Download The www.betvickers.com App Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 3 · 17f · Good · 9 ran 7th 20/1
18 Oct 26 Sedgefield Clean Getaway (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Vickers Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 5th 7/2
07 Oct 26 Sedgefield Starlet Du Brizais (FR)T: Philip Kirby Sedgefield Racecourse For Outdoor Events Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17f · Good · 7 ran 7th 50/1
07 Oct 26 Sedgefield Clean Getaway (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Winning Connections Conference Hire Handicap Hurdle Race (Go North Sea Pigeon Series Qualifier)Class 5 · 17f · Good · 10 ran 1st 11/2
07 Oct 26 Sedgefield Bathgate (GB)T: Philip Kirby Roxyfet Sports Lounge For Private Hire Handicap Hurdle Race (Go North Cab On Target Series Qualifier)Class 4 · 21f · Good · 7 ran 7th 33/1
07 Oct 26 Sedgefield Speechman (USA)T: Philip Kirby Mowden Park Rfc Maiden Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 4 · 17f · Good · 9 ran PU 250/1
14 Sep 26 Sedgefield Lone Star (GB)T: Philip Kirby Paxtons No1 Caseih Dealer Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 6th 9/1
14 Sep 26 Sedgefield Clean Getaway (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Bill & Teresa Florentines 50th Anniversary Handicap Steeple Chase (ARC Summer Chase Series Qualifier)Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 13/2
09 Sep 26 Sedgefield Lone Star (GB)T: Philip Kirby Roxyfet Sports Lounge For Private Hire Mares' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20f · Good · 7 ran 4th 6/1
29 Aug 26 Cartmel Redbridge Rocco (IRE)T: Patrick Neville RF Miller & Co Novices' Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17f · Good · 9 ran 7th 40/1
28 Aug 26 Sedgefield Clean Getaway (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Bodhi Solutions Handicap Steeple Chase (ARC Summer Chase Series Qualifier)Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 8 ran 5th 10/1
15 Aug 26 Market Rasen Lone Star (GB)T: Philip Kirby oddschecker.com Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 18.5f · Good · 10 ran 7th 20/1
15 Aug 26 Market Rasen The Clonmel Kid (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Oddschecker+ Subscription Service Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 6 ran 4th 13/2
15 Aug 26 Market Rasen Clean Getaway (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Download The Oddschecker App Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17f · Good · 8 ran 4th 9/1
20 Jul 26 Cartmel Steps In Time (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Cumbria Grand Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17f · Good · 8 ran PU 100/1
18 Jul 26 Cartmel Clean Getaway (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Shorefield Supplies Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 17.5f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 8/1

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 Joe Williamson's strike rate?
Joe Williamson has won 58 of 652 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 8.9% (as at 3 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Joe Williamson do best at?
Catterick by strike rate: 7 wins from 48 rides (14.6%) 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 Williamson ride most for?
Philip Kirby, with 453 rides since 2022 — 69% of the total. That pairing has won 50 (11%).
Is Joe Williamson in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 3 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Joe Williamson's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 651 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 3 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).