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Jockey profile

Joshua Bryan

1,647 rides in the lifetime window · 845 individual horses
As at 15 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Rides today 94% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
168–1,647
Wins / Runs
10.2%
Strike rate
n=1,647
508 (31%)
Placed
0.96
n=1,639 · 0.82 incl. margin
−549.85
£1 level stake
n=1,647 at SP · −33.4%
£1.69m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.3%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 90 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 10% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.96). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 19% (155 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,647 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jun–Jul 35.9% when favourite Andrew Balding: 13.6% from 331 LTO winners: 18.7% Claiming: 10.3% Rides the favourite in 9% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 18.7% (n=155, Fair A/E 0.99), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 4.8% (n=165, Fair A/E 0.81). Andrew Balding supplies 20% of the rides and edges the rider's average (13.6% vs 10.2%, A/E 0.89). The rider also reads well off a 0-7-day break (21.9%, n=96) and at trips under 6f (16.5%, n=188). 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the John Smith's Cup Handicap at York (Jul 2021, £64,425). The standout partner of the record: The Defiant (GB) — 5 wins from 16 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Jun–Jul.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8.5%−1.7
n=845 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −368.80
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
18.7%+8.5
n=155 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −25.46
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
9.8%−0.4
n=205 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −61.76
When favourite
35.9%
n=153 · A/E 1.12 · £1 +1.33
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
10.3%+0.1
n=852 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −324.75
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.8%−5.4
n=165 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −73.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
22.2%+12.0
n=9 · A/E 5.56 · £1 +7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.2% 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
Off a 0-7-day break 21.9% vs 10.2% · n=96
With Daniel Steele 23.4% vs 10.2% · n=47
On last-time-out winners 18.7% vs 10.2% · n=155
With debutants 2.5% vs 10.2% · n=118
At trips under 6f 16.5% vs 10.2% · n=188
With Brian Barr 3% vs 10.2% · n=66
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 1,556 159 10.2% −521.40
Hurdle 59 5 8.5% −30.86
Chase 20 3 15% −4.59
NH Flat 12 1 8.3% +7.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 751 74 9.9% −268.50
Good to Firm 280 28 10% −119.73
Good 250 25 10% −66.97
Good to Soft 158 21 13.3% −1.17
Soft 120 7 5.8% −74.21
Heavy 58 8 13.8% −14.60
Firm 30 5 16.7% −4.67

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 199 17 8.5% −68.50
Lingfield (AW) 173 21 12.1% −34.70
Kempton (AW) 164 11 6.7% −95.25
Chelmsford (AW) 144 16 11.1% −49.80
Bath 84 8 9.5% −24.42
Chepstow 76 11 14.5% −8.17
Windsor 64 9 14.1% −19.55
Salisbury 63 9 14.3% +3.25
Southwell (AW) 61 9 14.8% −10.25
Brighton 57 8 14% −15.85
Lingfield 47 4 8.5% −27.36
Ffos Las 45 5 11.1% −29.99
Yarmouth 40 4 10% −21.63
Newbury 37 5 13.5% −0.29
Leicester 33 3 9.1% −16.77

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 576 63 10.9% −150.04
Class 5 521 62 11.9% −142.34
Class 4 316 26 8.2% −140.88
Class 3 103 10 9.7% −43.00
Class 2 78 3 3.8% −43.00
Class 7 12 0 0% −12.00
Class 1 9 2 22.2% +7.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 177 60 33.9% 1.11 −2.17
2nd–3rd fav 371 50 13.5% 0.82 −104.18
4th–6th fav 539 47 8.7% 1.10 −81.50
7th+ in betting 560 11 2% 0.61 −362.00
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
Zac Brown (IRE) 17 4 7 10 Jul 20
The Defiant (GB) 16 5 8 9 Mar 24
Toolatetodelegate (GB) 15 1 5 15 Oct 20
Chetan (GB) 14 2 6 24 Nov 20
Betties Bay (GB) 13 1 3 26 Oct 24
Snooze Lane (IRE) 13 4 9 24 Oct 24
Perfect Symphony (IRE) 13 1 4 4 Jul 23
Sunblazer (IRE) 13 0 5 19 Nov 18
Gold Souk (IRE) 12 3 5 1 May 23
Vincenzo Coccotti (USA) 12 1 5 3 Jun 22
Musique De Fee (IRE) 11 3 7 27 May 26
Croeso Cymraeg (GB) 11 2 5 22 Apr 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 845 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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
2 from 4
Only 4 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
13924510131299698
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
20% of all rides
13.6% SR · A/E 0.89
TrainerRWSR£1
Andrew Balding 331 45 13.6% −74.65
Archie Watson 133 11 8.3% −71.56
Charlie Wallis 79 8 10.1% −20.50
Brian Barr 66 2 3% −53.00
Mark Pattinson 64 3 4.7% −42.50
Bernard Llewellyn 63 4 6.3% −29.88
Alan Bailey 57 7 12.3% −16.00
John Butler 56 7 12.5% −30.75
Daniel Steele 47 11 23.4% +57.38
Heather Main 42 6 14.3% +3.25
Georgina Nicholls 33 6 18.2% −8.98
Kevin Frost 32 3 9.4% −21.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2016→
168
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£1.69m
Prize money
2017
Best season · 30 wins
Johnny Drama (IRE) — John Smith's Cup Handicap York · Jul 2021 · Class 2
£64,425
Shartash (IRE) — Pertemps Network Spring Trophy Stakes (Listed) Haydock · May 2024 · Listed
£28,355
Lisette D'estruval (FR) — Grand Steeple-chase-cross-country De Compiegne Compiegne (FR) · Nov 2026 · Listed
£24,380

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kodiac (GB) 9.8% · 5–51
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,605 runs since 2010 (1,665 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 255.
Dark Angel (IRE) 3.3% · 1–30
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,957 runs since 2011 (1,595 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Acclamation (GB) 19.2% · 5–26
Progeny have won 10% of 19,719 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.
Dandy Man (IRE) 7.7% · 2–26
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,990 runs since 2013 (929 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 171.
Showcasing (GB) 3.8% · 1–26
Progeny have won 10.1% of 11,666 runs since 2014 (999 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 109.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 20% · 5–25
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,874 runs since 2008 (1,572 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.9% from 845.
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 15 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 1,646 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,646 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 16 April 2016 to 15 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Oct 26 Auteuil (FR) Semper Adamas (FR)T: Davide Satalia Prix LusignanClass 2 · 17.5f · Heavy · 12 ran 9th 50/1
28 Oct 26 Auteuil (FR) Lidocaine De Cotte (FR)T: Lubos Urbanek Prix ElisaClass 2 · 22f · Heavy · 7 ran PU 10/1
28 Oct 26 Auteuil (FR) Bonita De La Serre (FR)T: Lubos Urbanek Prix HunoriskClass 4 · 18f · Heavy · 7 ran PU 14/1
04 Oct 26 Strasbourg (FR) Le Gene Bleu (FR)T: Lubos Urbanek Prix D'auteuilClass 4 · 21f · Heavy · 5 ran 2nd 9/4
26 Sep 26 Auteuil (FR) Balmoral (FR)T: Davide Satalia Prix Villez19.5f · Very Soft · 15 ran F 12/1

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 Joshua Bryan's strike rate?
Joshua Bryan has won 168 of 1,647 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10.2% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Joshua Bryan do best at?
Southwell (AW) by strike rate: 9 wins from 61 rides (14.8%) 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 Joshua Bryan ride most for?
Andrew Balding, with 331 rides since 2008 — 20% of the total. That pairing has won 45 (13.6%).
Is Joshua Bryan in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 4 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Joshua Bryan's Fair A/E?
0.96, from 1,639 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.
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 15 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).