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Jockey profile

Kevin Ghunowa

761 rides in the lifetime window · 249 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2010 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
52–761
Wins / Runs
6.8%
Strike rate
n=761
170 (22%)
Placed
0.88
Fair A/E
n=757 · 0.74 incl. margin
−158.59
£1 level stake
n=761 at SP · −20.8%
£383k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 250 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.88). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 18% (57 rides). Rode mostly for Ronald Harris — 58% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 761 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance 17.1% when favourite Ronald Harris: 8.1% from 444 LTO winners: 17.5% Claiming: 7.7% Rode the favourite in 5% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 17.5% (n=57, Fair A/E 1.29), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 3.4% (n=89, Fair A/E 0.85). Rides in big fields of 14 or more are the standout value angle: 7.6% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.37 and +70.50 to a £1 stake over 144 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 4.2% strike, Fair A/E 0.76 and −75.25 to a £1 stake over 213 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Ronald Harris supplied 58% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (8.1%, A/E 0.90). The rider also read well off a 0-7-day break (10.3%, n=126). The record read poorly off a break of 180+ days — 2.4% over 42 rides, 4.4pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider over 1m – 1m1f: Fair A/E 0.60 across 119 rides (3.4% strike, −26.50 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. The standout partner of the record was Judge 'n Jury (GB) — 6 wins from 20 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.8% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4.2%−2.6
n=213 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −75.25
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
17.5%+10.7
n=57 · A/E 1.29 · £1 +4.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.4%−3.4
n=89 · A/E 0.85 · £1 +14.00
When favourite
17.1%
n=41 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −7.34
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.7%+0.9
n=650 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −60.09
Big fields · 14+ runners
7.6%+0.8
n=144 · A/E 1.37 · £1 +70.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.8
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.8% 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 17.5% vs 6.8% · n=57
With Graham Smith 14.7% vs 6.8% · n=34
With new recruits 11.6% vs 6.8% · n=43
Off a 0-7-day break 10.3% vs 6.8% · n=126
Off a break of 180+ days 2.4% vs 6.8% · n=42
Over 1m – 1m1f 3.4% vs 6.8% · n=119
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) 364 25 6.9% −106.25
Good to Firm 174 13 7.5% −12.75
Good 119 6 5% −55.67
Good to Soft 45 3 6.7% −30.25
Soft 29 4 13.8% +65.33
Firm 20 0 0% −20.00
Heavy 10 1 10% +1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 125 8 6.4% −29.50
Southwell (AW) 90 7 7.8% +6.75
Kempton (AW) 78 6 7.7% −37.50
Bath 61 2 3.3% +10.50
Chepstow 56 3 5.4% −30.50
Lingfield (AW) 56 3 5.4% −36.00
Brighton 46 2 4.3% −33.50
Leicester 36 3 8.3% −16.00
Salisbury 24 0 0% −24.00
Windsor 18 2 11.1% −6.25
Lingfield 17 2 11.8% +21.00
Nottingham 16 2 12.5% +7.00
Sandown 16 1 6.3% −11.67
Chelmsford (AW) 15 1 6.7% −10.00
Goodwood 14 1 7.1% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 394 28 7.1% −33.92
Class 5 220 12 5.5% −123.75
Class 4 89 6 6.7% −48.42
Class 2 21 3 14.3% +52.50
Class 3 17 2 11.8% +10.50
Class 1 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 7 10 1 10% −5.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 57 11 19.3% 0.83 −5.59
2nd–3rd fav 114 20 17.5% 1.25 +10.00
4th–6th fav 224 11 4.9% 0.62 −108.00
7th+ in betting 366 10 2.7% 0.81 −55.00
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
Cape Royal (GB) 28 2 11 22 Mar 10
Best One (GB) 27 2 8 6 Jun 10
Judge 'n Jury (GB) 20 6 9 12 Sep 09
Decider (USA) 20 2 6 4 Sep 09
Toms Laughter (GB) 18 6 10 17 Oct 09
The Grey One (IRE) 15 1 6 20 Dec 09
Red Current (GB) 15 1 3 17 Dec 09
Back In The Red (IRE) 14 2 4 7 Jul 09
Don Pele (IRE) 13 1 5 23 Jun 09
Hart of Gold (GB) 13 1 4 10 Jun 09
Hamaasy (GB) 13 0 6 10 Mar 09
Ten Pole Tudor (GB) 13 0 1 5 Mar 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 249 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
671128710641180
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 yardRonald Harris
58% of all rides
8.1% SR · A/E 0.90
TrainerRWSR£1
Ronald Harris 444 36 8.1% −15.17
Milton Bradley 76 3 3.9% −49.00
Graham Smith 34 5 14.7% +8.83
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
94
Archived wins
£589k
Prize money
2008
Best season · 36 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.
Toms Laughter (GB) — Cisco Hong Kong Sprint Heritage Handicap Ascot · Jul 2008 · Class 2
£43,617
Judge 'n Jury (GB) — Coral.co.uk Handicap Doncaster · Oct 2008 · Class 2
£31,155
Judge 'n Jury (GB) — GL Events Owen Brown Hong Kong Sprint Heritage Handicap Ascot · Jul 2009 · Class 2
£31,155
Notable horses
Judge 'n Jury (GB) Magic Amour (GB) Toms Laughter (GB) Novestar (IRE) Cape Royal (GB) The Grey One (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Best Of The Bests (IRE) 5.7% · 2–35
Progeny have won 6.6% of 979 runs since 2008 (74 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 10.1% from 307. Weakest on Good to Firm going: 3.2% from 188. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 9.8% from 193. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.9% from 139.
Prince Sabo (GB) 6.9% · 2–29
Progeny have won 6.1% of 245 runs since 2008 (14 horses).
Pivotal (GB) 22.2% · 6–27
Progeny have won 13.6% of 12,789 runs since 2008 (1,019 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
High Yield (USA) 10% · 2–20
Progeny have won 9.5% of 744 runs since 2008 (80 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 6.5% from 107.
Redback (GB) 10% · 2–20
Progeny have won 7.6% of 2,888 runs since 2008 (249 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.9% from 181.
Mamalik (USA) 33.3% · 6–18
Progeny have won 15.7% of 51 runs since 2008 (4 horses).
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 6 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 1,426 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,426 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 12 January 2005 to 2 October 2010.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
02 Oct 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Novestar (IRE)T: Graham Smith Cleanevent HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 50/1
27 Sep 10 Bath Looney Les (IRE)T: Barry Brennan E.B.F. & parkgardencentres.co.uk Maiden StakesClass 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9th 100/1
23 Aug 10 Windsor Looney Les (IRE)T: Barry Brennan E.b.f. Sportingbet.com Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 11th 66/1
19 Jun 10 Lingfield (AW) Senator Logan (IRE)T: Barry Brennan Sevenoaks Selling Stakes (AWT)Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 10 ran 10th 50/1
17 Jun 10 Leicester Josie's Dream (IRE)T: Barry Brennan Greenshires Maiden StakesClass 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6th 50/1
11 Jun 10 Goodwood Gypsy Boy (USA)T: Barry Brennan Frankie's 23rd Anniversary Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good · 11 ran 7th 33/1
06 Jun 10 Brighton Best One (GB)T: Ronald Harris August Festival Here 4th, 5th, 6th HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 7th 15/2
03 Jun 10 Lingfield Mossmann Gorge (GB)T: Anthony Middleton Yamaha - When You Need Real Horsepower HandicapClass 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 10th 5/1C
29 May 10 Catterick Best Known Secret (IRE)T: Chris Bealby Bet Totepool On 0800 221 221 Median Auction Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 6 · 6f · Good · 9 ran 8th 16/1
22 May 10 Lingfield Al Andalyya (USA)T: David Lanigan E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 5th 11/2
21 May 10 Chepstow Berry Pomeroy (GB)T: Liam Grassick Win Saturday's Scoop6 Jackpot With iscooped6.co.uk Claiming StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 11th 200/1
19 May 10 Lingfield Mossmann Gorge (GB)T: Anthony Middleton Lingfield Park Owners Club Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 3rd 8/1
18 May 10 Musselburgh Beachwood Bay (GB)T: Roger Curtis European Breeders' Fund Maiden StakesClass 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7th 33/1
03 May 10 Chepstow Sweet Request (GB)T: Dr Jeremy Naylor Lindley Catering First Choice For Events Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 9th 66/1
03 May 10 Chepstow Mullsdword (IRE)T: Pat Murphy Lindley Catering Maiden StakesClass 5 · 10f · Good · 14 ran 14th 100/1
26 Apr 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Michael Collins (IRE)T: Graham Smith Wolverhampton Hospitality - A Pleasure Claiming StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 7 ran 7th 200/1
24 Apr 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Mini Max (GB)T: Brendan W Duke CE Risk, Safety & Security Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 9 ran 5th 20/1
22 Apr 10 Southwell (AW) Zambuka (FR)T: Roger Curtis Bet In Play At Ladbrokes.com HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 11th 8/1
22 Apr 10 Southwell (AW) Pinewood Polly (GB)T: Shaun Harris Ladbrokes.com Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 250/1
20 Apr 10 Folkestone Sweet Request (GB)T: Dr Jeremy Naylor totepool A Better Way To Bet Maiden StakesClass 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 3rd 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).

Quick answers

What is Kevin Ghunowa's strike rate?
Kevin Ghunowa has won 52 of 761 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Kevin Ghunowa do best at?
Leicester by strike rate: 3 wins from 36 rides (8.3%) 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 Kevin Ghunowa ride most for?
Ronald Harris, with 444 rides since 2008 — 58% of the total. That pairing has won 36 (8.1%).
What is Kevin Ghunowa's Fair A/E?
0.88, from 757 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).