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Jockey profile

Lee Vickers

556 rides in the lifetime window · 230 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Mar 2011
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.
17–556
Wins / Runs
3.1%
Strike rate
n=556
72 (13%)
Placed
0.74
Fair A/E
n=554 · 0.63 incl. margin
−220.50
£1 level stake
n=556 at SP · −39.7%
£131k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 140 times a season, across both codes, winning on 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.74).

Deterministic profile computed from 556 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Sep–Oct Michael Chapman: 3.4% from 207
The read

It is weakest at Southwell (0% over 30 rides) — the widest gap in the record. The market has consistently overbet rides in big fields of 14 or more: 1.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.45 and −112.00 to a £1 stake over 136 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Michael Chapman supplied 37% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (3.4%, A/E 0.98) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also read well off a 0-7-day break (7.4%, n=68). The record read poorly off a 61-180-day break — 0% over 56 rides, 3.1pts below the baseline. The standout partner of the record was Orpen Wide (IRE) — 7 wins from 40 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Sep–Oct.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.1% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
1.9%−1.2
n=207 · A/E 0.56 · £1 −110.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
5.6%+2.5
n=18 · A/E 0.65 · £1 −8.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
1.2%−1.9
n=84 · A/E 0.42 · £1 −69.00
When favourite
0%
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
2.6%−0.5
n=349 · A/E 0.70 · £1 −204.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
1.5%−1.6
n=136 · A/E 0.45 · £1 −112.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.1
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.1% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. 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 7.4% vs 3.1% · n=68
With C&D winners 6.4% vs 3.1% · n=47
Off a 61-180-day break 0% vs 3.1% · n=56
With horses switching code 5.5% vs 3.1% · n=110
With debutants 0% vs 3.1% · n=33
At Southwell 0% vs 3.1% · n=30
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 274 9 3.3% −51.00
Hurdle 174 4 2.3% −123.50
Chase 95 4 4.2% −33.00
NH Flat 13 0 0% −13.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 188 6 3.2% −123.00
Good to Firm 144 5 3.5% −5.50
Good to Soft 78 1 1.3% −63.00
Standard (AW) 75 3 4% +21.00
Soft 43 1 2.3% −34.00
Heavy 22 1 4.5% −10.00
Firm 6 0 0% −6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Market Rasen 64 1 1.6% −55.00
Southwell (AW) 34 2 5.9% −5.00
Southwell 30 0 0% −30.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 30 1 3.3% +37.00
Catterick 25 0 0% −25.00
Uttoxeter 24 0 0% −24.00
Cartmel 23 2 8.7% −10.00
Beverley 22 0 0% −22.00
Doncaster 20 1 5% +31.00
Stratford 20 1 5% −10.50
Redcar 18 0 0% −18.00
Huntingdon 16 1 6.3% −1.00
Fakenham 16 1 6.3% +1.00
Thirsk 16 0 0% −16.00
Ripon 15 0 0% −15.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 193 8 4.1% −3.00
Class 5 188 4 2.1% −98.00
Class 6 103 4 3.9% −57.00
Class 3 56 1 1.8% −46.50
Class 1 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 2 6 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 9 0 0% 0.00 −9.00
2nd–3rd fav 30 3 10% 0.89 −9.50
4th–6th fav 136 6 4.4% 0.74 −73.00
7th+ in betting 381 8 2.1% 0.85 −129.00
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
Orpen Wide (IRE) 31 4 7 31 Jul 09
Feeling Peckish (USA) 21 0 2 13 Aug 09
Peak Seasons (IRE) 18 1 1 9 Jun 09
Galley Slave (IRE) 15 0 3 15 Aug 09
Finnegans Rainbow (GB) 13 1 1 14 Sep 09
McEldowney (GB) 12 0 1 25 May 09
Night Reveller (IRE) 11 0 0 16 Aug 09
Simplified (GB) 9 0 0 16 Aug 09
Ahlawy (IRE) 8 2 2 18 Feb 11
Omix D'or (FR) 8 1 3 14 Mar 10
Government (IRE) 8 0 1 16 Feb 09
Danum Dancer (GB) 7 1 2 7 Aug 10
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 230 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
5523113246013
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardMichael Chapman
37% of all rides
3.4% SR · A/E 0.98
TrainerRWSR£1
Michael Chapman 207 7 3.4% −84.50
James Given 48 1 2.1% −36.00
Philip Kirby 35 2 5.7% −18.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
29
Archived wins
£224k
Prize money
2006
Best season · 8 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.
Siegfrieds Night (IRE) — Ladies Night Handicap Hurdle Southwell · Jun 2006 · Class 3
£7,807
Cool Chilli (GB) — Howden Joinery Maiden Chase Catterick · Mar 2005 · Class 3
£6,715
Royal Max (IRE) — Happy Birthday Becca Rollings Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Stratford · Aug 2009 · Class 3
£6,337
Notable horses
Orpen Wide (IRE) Siegfrieds Night (IRE) Dalriath (GB) Ahlawy (IRE) Peak Seasons (IRE) Finnegans Rainbow (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Orpen (USA) 12.9% · 4–31
Progeny have won 9% of 4,037 runs since 2008 (381 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.4% from 113.
Point Given (USA) 0% · 0–21
Progeny have won 3.5% of 254 runs since 2008 (15 horses).
Raise A Grand (IRE) 5.6% · 1–18
Progeny have won 7.5% of 811 runs since 2008 (50 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 13.9% from 115.
Night Shift (USA) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,176 runs since 2008 (140 horses).
Spartacus (IRE) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 6.5% of 1,325 runs since 2008 (113 horses).
Spectrum (IRE) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 7.7% of 1,553 runs since 2008 (110 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 11.2% from 259.
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 22 Oct 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 895 · newest first

The latest 50 of 895 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 8 January 2005 to 30 March 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
30 Mar 11 Catterick April Fool (GB)T: David Evans Williamhill.com HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good · 15 ran 4th 9/1
18 Feb 11 Wolverhampton (AW) Ahlawy (IRE)T: Frank Sheridan Name A Race To Enhance Your Brand Claiming StakesClass 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 5 ran 4th 9/1
12 Nov 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Polemica (IRE)T: Frank Sheridan betdaqextra.com Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 8th 20/1
08 Nov 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Ahlawy (IRE)T: Frank Sheridan betdaq.com HandicapClass 4 · 8.5f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 14/1
27 Oct 10 Kempton (AW) Ruler's Honour (IRE)T: Tim Etherington digibet Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 2nd 20/1
27 Oct 10 Kempton (AW) Blue Zephyr (GB)T: David C Griffiths Kia Venga Classified StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 11/1
26 Oct 10 Catterick Shanavaz (GB)T: Colin Teague Racing UK On Sky 432 Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 12f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 8th 80/1
25 Oct 10 Leicester Scoglio (GB)T: Frank Sheridan Haymarket Nursery (Div 2)Class 6 · 7f · Heavy · 13 ran 2nd 12/1
22 Oct 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Ruler's Honour (IRE)T: Tim Etherington Betdaq The Betting Exchange Classified StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 6th 22/1
19 Oct 10 Yarmouth Scoglio (GB)T: Frank Sheridan Avenue Pub NurseryClass 6 · 8f · Soft · 15 ran 11th 8/1
19 Oct 10 Yarmouth The Absent Mare (GB)T: Frank Sheridan European Breeders' Fund Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 1)Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 9 ran 9th 250/1
16 Oct 10 Wolverhampton (AW) La Columbina (GB)T: James Evans Play Blackjack At totesport.com HandicapClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 33/1
15 Oct 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Ahlawy (IRE)T: Frank Sheridan Bet Newmarket Champions Day - Betdaq HandicapClass 4 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 1st 66/1
15 Oct 10 Redcar Miss T (GB)T: James Given Hold Your Christmas Party Here Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 8f · Good · 16 ran 11th 66/1
11 Oct 10 Kempton (AW) Phoenix Flight (IRE)T: James Evans Betdaq The Betting Exchange HandicapClass 4 · 12f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 25/1
07 Oct 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Ahlawy (IRE)T: Frank Sheridan MRG's Daily Form HandicapClass 4 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 28/1
06 Oct 10 Kempton (AW) Blue Zephyr (GB)T: David C Griffiths Book Now For Jump Racing HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 3rd 25/1
06 Oct 10 Nottingham Scoglio (GB)T: Frank Sheridan Red Box Recorders Simply, Smarter, Voice Nursery (Div 2)Class 6 · 6f · Soft · 17 ran 4th 8/1
05 Oct 10 Catterick Shanavaz (GB)T: Colin Teague Skyram Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 16f · Soft · 13 ran 11th 66/1
04 Oct 10 Warwick Icelandic (GB)T: Frank Sheridan warwickracecourse.co.uk HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Heavy · 11 ran 4th 33/1

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 Lee Vickers's strike rate?
Lee Vickers has won 17 of 556 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 3.1% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Lee Vickers do best at?
Southwell (AW) by strike rate: 2 wins from 34 rides (5.9%) 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 Lee Vickers ride most for?
Michael Chapman, with 207 rides since 2008 — 37% of the total. That pairing has won 7 (3.4%).
What is Lee Vickers's Fair A/E?
0.74, from 554 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).