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Kielan Woods

1,519 rides in the last 5 seasons · 572 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Won yesterday Last ride yesterday 100% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
221–1,519
Wins / Runs
14.5%
Strike rate
n=1,519
541 (36%)
Placed
1.07
n=1,516 · 0.92 incl. margin
−98.59
£1 level stake
n=1,519 at SP · −6.5%
£3.11m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
15.4%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 300 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 15% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.07). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 20% (209 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,519 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires May–Jul 37.3% when favourite Ben Pauling: 16.8% from 483 LTO winners: 19.6% Rides the favourite in 14% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Stratford (22.8%, n=79), clear of the rider's 14.5% baseline. It is weakest at Warwick (5.6% over 72 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 19.6% (n=209, Fair A/E 0.94), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 8.4% (n=178, Fair A/E 1.22). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 9.6% strike, Fair A/E 0.83 and −129.80 to a £1 stake over 397 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Ben Pauling supplies 32% of the rides and edges the rider's average (16.8% vs 14.5%, A/E 1.08) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly beyond 3m — 4% over 50 rides, 10.5pts below the baseline. 11 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle at Ascot (Dec 2024, £71,188). The standout partner of the record: Arkaim (GB) — 7 wins from 16 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires May–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 14.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
10.9%−3.6
n=487 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −93.10
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
19.6%+5.1
n=209 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −54.36
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
9.6%−4.9
n=397 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −129.80
When favourite
37.3%
n=217 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −19.45
Big fields · 14+ runners
8.4%−6.1
n=178 · A/E 1.22 · £1 +5.71
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
10.5%−4.0
n=86 · A/E 1.25 · £1 −4.62

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 14.5% 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 Fergal O'Brien 28.3% vs 14.5% · n=92
With David Killahena & Graeme McPherson 24.6% vs 14.5% · n=126
Beyond 3m 4% vs 14.5% · n=50
With D J Jeffreys 6.5% vs 14.5% · n=123
At Warwick 5.6% vs 14.5% · n=72
At Stratford 22.8% vs 14.5% · n=79
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 963 124 12.9% −72.62
Chase 412 75 18.2% −15.58
NH Flat 143 22 15.4% −9.39
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 679 101 14.9% −55.39
Good to Soft 447 60 13.4% −57.12
Soft 297 41 13.8% −9.18
Heavy 64 12 18.8% +26.86
Good to Firm 29 6 20.7% −3.51
Standard (AW) 3 1 33.3% −0.25

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Worcester 138 26 18.8% +62.06
Uttoxeter 98 15 15.3% +61.17
Huntingdon 88 14 15.9% −39.83
Southwell 87 12 13.8% +16.02
Stratford 79 18 22.8% +48.13
Warwick 72 4 5.6% −49.29
Market Rasen 67 7 10.4% −33.67
Doncaster 63 4 6.3% −48.12
Cheltenham 59 6 10.2% −0.25
Aintree 49 4 8.2% −22.59
Hereford 42 5 11.9% −19.76
Sandown 42 2 4.8% −29.00
Ascot 38 7 18.4% +8.33
Newbury 38 4 10.5% −4.00
Bangor-on-Dee 36 3 8.3% −19.40

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 637 102 16% +35.81
Class 5 439 62 14.1% −49.02
Class 3 196 32 16.3% −27.88
Class 1 124 11 8.9% −21.62
Class 2 123 14 11.4% −35.88

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 235 84 35.7% 1.06 −25.70
2nd–3rd fav 449 74 16.5% 0.93 −91.89
4th–6th fav 487 44 9% 1.17 −47.50
7th+ in betting 348 19 5.5% 1.74 +66.50
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.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
88% completed · 1,375 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 412 84.5% 10 9 43 1 1
Hurdle 963 89.5% 7 9 84 1 0
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
Harper's Brook (IRE) 19 3 8 21 Feb 26
Jipcot (FR) 18 3 6 29 Oct 26
Gone In Sixty (GB) 18 0 10 17 Oct 26
Getthepot (IRE) 16 2 8 4 Nov 25
Golden Ambition (IRE) 15 2 4 17 Oct 25
Storminhome (IRE) 13 1 7 2 Mar 26
Morning Mayhem (GB) 12 3 7 23 Oct 26
Tellherthename (IRE) 12 3 4 30 Jun 26
Wreckless Eric (GB) 12 3 6 7 Mar 26
Hiconic (GB) 12 2 5 7 Jun 25
No Risk With Lou (FR) 11 2 5 17 Nov 25
Kankin (GB) 11 1 5 2 Nov 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 572 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Steady
3 from 24 12.5% · −2.0pts vs baseline
Last 14 days12.5%
5-season base14.5%
Shown only when the 14-day window is large enough to mean anything (n≥15). A cold run renders the same card with a quiet badge — never hidden.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
17111591622211416161214
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 yardBen Pauling
32% of all rides
16.8% SR · A/E 1.08
TrainerRWSR£1
Ben Pauling 483 81 16.8% −27.90
Alex Hales 323 36 11.1% −19.47
D J Jeffreys 123 8 6.5% −65.59
Dan Skelton 96 12 12.5% −32.08
Fergal O'Brien 92 26 28.3% +69.75
Jonjo & A J O'Neill 40 3 7.5% −14.50
Nick Scholfield 33 5 15.2% +16.29
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→
487
Archived wins
11
Pattern / graded wins
£5.50m
Prize money
2022
Best season · 65 wins
Fiercely Proud (IRE) — Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Ascot · Dec 2024 · Class 1
£71,188
Global Citizen (IRE) — Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (GBB Race) Cheltenham · Mar 2022 · Grade 3
£70,338
Millers Bank (GB) — SSS Super Alloys Manifesto Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Aintree · Apr 2022 · Grade 1
£68,721

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 14.3% · 10–70
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,033 runs since 2016 (1,034 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Walk In The Park (IRE) 4.7% · 2–43
Progeny have won 13.4% of 7,091 runs since 2011 (711 horses).
Mahler (GB) 9.5% · 4–42
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,894 runs since 2014 (790 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Fame And Glory (GB) 15.4% · 6–39
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,217 runs since 2016 (504 horses).
Blue Bresil (FR) 25% · 9–36
Progeny have won 12.1% of 3,568 runs since 2013 (469 horses).
Passing Glance (GB) 8.3% · 3–36
Progeny have won 12.4% of 3,582 runs since 2008 (296 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 15.8% from 222. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.2% from 290. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.8% from 171.
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 13 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 4,093 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,093 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 27 November 2009 to 12 November 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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 7 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 9 runs (won 4) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 5 runs (won 3) · fastest on KTB Speed in 6 runs (won 3) · to 12 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 Kielan Woods's strike rate?
Kielan Woods has won 221 of 1,519 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 14.5% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Kielan Woods do best at?
Stratford by strike rate: 18 wins from 79 rides (22.8%) 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 Kielan Woods ride most for?
Ben Pauling, with 483 rides since 2022 — 32% of the total. That pairing has won 81 (16.8%).
Is Kielan Woods in form?
In the last 14 days: 24 rides, 3 winners, a strike rate of 12.5%. That is in line with the baseline of 14.5% since 2022.
What is Kielan Woods's Fair A/E?
1.07, from 1,516 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).