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Jockey profile

Josephine Gordon

1,070 rides in the last 5 seasons · 475 individual horses
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 8 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
78–1,070
Wins / Runs
7.3%
Strike rate
n=1,070
235 (22%)
Placed
1.04
n=1,060 · 0.89 incl. margin
−381.39
£1 level stake
n=1,070 at SP · −35.6%
£937k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.1%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 210 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 7% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.04). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 19% (75 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,070 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 12 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Apr–May 31% when favourite Phil McEntee: 4.2% from 283 LTO winners: 18.7% Rides the favourite in 4% of races
The read

It is weakest at Chelmsford City (AW) (2% over 100 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 18.7% (n=75, Fair A/E 1.28), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 3.8% (n=156, Fair A/E 0.91). Phil McEntee supplies 26% of the rides and sits below the rider's average (4.2% vs 7.3%, A/E 0.63). The record reads poorly off a break of 180+ days — 0% over 42 rides, 7.3pts below the baseline. 9 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Totescoop6 Victoria Cup at Ascot (May 2017, £65,363). The standout partner of the record: Gentlemen (GB) — 7 wins from 25 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Apr–May.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
5.2%−2.1
n=446 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −218.17
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
18.7%+11.4
n=75 · A/E 1.28 · £1 +6.29
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.8%−3.5
n=156 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −79.50
When favourite
31%
n=42 · A/E 1.15 · £1 +4.92
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
0%−7.3
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.4%−0.9
n=78 · A/E 1.56 · £1 −33.17
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.3%+7.0
n=7 · A/E 1.90 · £1 −3.25

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.3% 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 18.7% vs 7.3% · n=75
With C&D winners 13.3% vs 7.3% · n=173
With new recruits 0% vs 7.3% · n=52
Off a break of 180+ days 0% vs 7.3% · n=42
With first-time headgear 0% vs 7.3% · n=35
At Chelmsford City (AW) 2% vs 7.3% · n=100
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) 661 40 6.1% −268.01
Good to Firm 146 13 8.9% −30.54
Good 118 11 9.3% −37.67
Soft 74 9 12.2% −5.92
Good to Soft 51 2 3.9% −42.75
Heavy 11 2 18.2% +6.00
Firm 9 1 11.1% −2.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 201 10 5% −109.25
Kempton (AW) 120 12 10% +16.83
Lingfield (AW) 116 7 6% −64.00
Southwell (AW) 100 7 7% −21.67
Chelmsford City (AW) 100 2 2% −92.92
Brighton 58 6 10.3% −22.37
Yarmouth 54 3 5.6% −13.50
Bath 41 3 7.3% −18.50
Leicester 34 4 11.8% +1.75
Newcastle (AW) 24 2 8.3% +3.00
Windsor 23 0 0% −23.00
Newmarket 20 2 10% +3.00
Lingfield 19 4 21.1% +14.83
Newmarket 18 1 5.6% −13.67
Doncaster 17 2 11.8% −7.30

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 536 35 6.5% −225.16
Class 5 312 25 8% −80.00
Class 4 120 11 9.2% −37.06
Class 2 55 2 3.6% −32.00
Class 3 40 4 10% −3.92
Class 1 7 1 14.3% −3.25

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 54 16 29.6% 1.20 +7.92
2nd–3rd fav 142 20 14.1% 0.87 −38.81
4th–6th fav 341 33 9.7% 1.31 +17.00
7th+ in betting 533 9 1.7% 0.67 −367.50
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
Vitalline (GB) 32 4 11 30 Sep 26
Whitcombe Rockstar (GB) 21 5 6 5 Sep 26
Stacey Racey (GB) 20 2 5 11 Aug 26
Autumn Flight (IRE) 18 2 5 15 May 24
Alafdhal (IRE) 16 1 6 7 Nov 24
Em Jay Kay (GB) 16 1 7 28 Sep 24
Jacquelina (IRE) 16 2 7 21 May 24
Next Second (GB) 14 3 5 13 Jan 25
Zoffandia (IRE) 12 1 3 30 Sep 26
All About George (GB) 11 0 0 15 Oct 26
Seattle King (GB) 11 2 4 16 Nov 23
Big Time Maybe (IRE) 11 1 4 26 Sep 23
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 475 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 4 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 2
Only 2 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
746101071365893
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
Main yardPhil McEntee
26% of all rides
4.2% SR · A/E 0.63
TrainerRWSR£1
Phil McEntee 283 12 4.2% −191.37
Keiran Burke 148 16 10.8% +24.16
Tony Carroll 30 1 3.3% −23.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
438
Archived wins
9
Pattern / graded wins
£4.80m
Prize money
2017
Best season · 106 wins
Fastnet Tempest (IRE) — Totescoop6 Victoria Cup (Heritage Handicap) Ascot · May 2017 · Class 2
£65,363
Major Jumbo (GB) — Coral Sprint Trophy Handicap York · Oct 2018 · Class 2
£62,250
Encrypted (GB) — Pavers Foundation Catherine Memorial Sprint Handicap York · Jun 2018 · Class 2
£62,250

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Due Diligence (USA) 8% · 4–50
Progeny have won 10.3% of 2,564 runs since 2019 (194 horses).
Dandy Man (IRE) 12.5% · 5–40
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,990 runs since 2013 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 171.
Bated Breath (GB) 5.9% · 2–34
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,180 runs since 2016 (670 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.6% from 857.
Footstepsinthesand (GB) 14.7% · 5–34
Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,816 runs since 2009 (938 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
Lope De Vega (IRE) 11.1% · 3–27
Progeny have won 13.8% of 12,241 runs since 2014 (1,110 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 961.
Brazen Beau (AUS) 4.2% · 1–24
Progeny have won 10.2% of 2,475 runs since 2019 (186 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 3.7% from 162. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 15.8% from 158.
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 4,933 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,933 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 21 November 2012 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
19 Oct 26 Bath Baynoona (IRE)T: Susan Gardner Elite Racing Club Handicap Stakes (Div II)Class 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 7th 18/1
19 Oct 26 Bath Christmas Is Comin (GB)T: Sophie Leech Mj Church Nursery Handicap StakesClass 5 · 5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3rd 14/1
05 Oct 26 Kempton (AW) Maury (IRE)T: Craig Benton Set Your Limits With Unibet Handicap StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard / Slow · 13 ran 2nd 40/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 8 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 0) · to 4 Nov 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Josephine Gordon's strike rate?
Josephine Gordon has won 78 of 1,070 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 7.3% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Josephine Gordon do best at?
Leicester by strike rate: 4 wins from 34 rides (11.8%) 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 Josephine Gordon ride most for?
Phil McEntee, with 283 rides since 2022 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 12 (4.2%).
Is Josephine Gordon in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 2 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Josephine Gordon's Fair A/E?
1.04, from 1,060 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).