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Jockey profile

Liam Jones

4,568 rides in the lifetime window · 2,413 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Nov 2021 100% of rides on the flat
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.
383–4,568
Wins / Runs
8.4%
Strike rate
n=4,568
1,072 (24%)
Placed
0.95
n=4,539 · 0.82 incl. margin
−1,373.67
£1 level stake
n=4,568 at SP · −30.1%
£3.44m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.8%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 330 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 8% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.95). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 14% (373 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 4,568 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance 34.1% when favourite William Haggas: 16.9% from 785 LTO winners: 14.2% Group/Graded: 12.9% Rode the favourite in 6% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Beverley (18.5%, n=54) and Pontefract (17.9%, n=39) — all clear of the rider's 8.4% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 14.2% (n=373, Fair A/E 0.94), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 4.6% (n=633, Fair A/E 0.91). William Haggas supplied 17% of the rides and beats the rider's average (16.9% vs 8.4%, A/E 1.03) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also read well on Firm going (19.3%, n=88). 12 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the DBS Premier Yearling Stakes at York (Aug 2013, £154,769). The standout partner of the record was Triple Aspect (IRE) — 6 wins from 16 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 8.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
7.8%−0.6
n=2,325 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −589.22
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
14.2%+5.8
n=373 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −116.72
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
6.6%−1.8
n=573 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −256.57
When favourite
34.1%
n=296 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −35.51
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.6%−3.8
n=633 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −166.74
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
12.9%+4.5
n=93 · A/E 1.26 · £1 −16.05

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.4% 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
With William Haggas 16.9% vs 8.4% · n=785
On Firm going 19.3% vs 8.4% · n=88
At Beverley 18.5% vs 8.4% · n=54
With Michael Mullineaux 0% vs 8.4% · n=65
At Pontefract 17.9% vs 8.4% · n=39
On last-time-out winners 14.2% vs 8.4% · n=373
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 4,567 383 8.4% −1,372.67
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 2,234 169 7.6% −869.78
Good to Firm 903 97 10.7% −124.96
Good 705 48 6.8% −220.53
Good to Soft 314 28 8.9% −54.36
Soft 288 23 8% −104.93
Firm 88 17 19.3% +21.89
Heavy 36 1 2.8% −21.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 798 48 6% −452.49
Kempton (AW) 497 32 6.4% −167.50
Lingfield 428 39 9.1% −146.00
Southwell (AW) 322 39 12.1% +9.32
Yarmouth 243 19 7.8% −86.42
Chelmsford (AW) 181 11 6.1% −105.11
Bath 146 19 13% +28.35
Brighton 135 18 13.3% +22.12
Chester 133 15 11.3% +33.88
Newmarket 127 5 3.9% −74.00
Windsor 125 10 8% −38.90
Chepstow 120 11 9.2% −21.35
Nottingham 115 7 6.1% −59.97
Leicester 100 2 2% −80.90
Warwick 91 8 8.8% −43.76

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 1,628 127 7.8% −365.86
Class 5 1,619 147 9.1% −619.26
Class 4 692 59 8.5% −209.02
Class 2 259 20 7.7% −21.00
Class 3 216 17 7.9% −89.88
Class 1 93 12 12.9% −16.05
Class 7 54 0 0% −54.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 354 112 31.6% 1.03 −43.89
2nd–3rd fav 745 117 15.7% 0.96 −125.18
4th–6th fav 1,424 103 7.2% 0.94 −302.60
7th+ in betting 2,045 51 2.5% 0.80 −902.00
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
Lady Lunchalot (USA) 23 5 9 1 Jun 15
Skidby Mill (IRE) 16 1 5 21 Feb 15
Triple Aspect (IRE) 16 6 9 25 May 12
Machinate (USA) 16 1 2 27 May 10
Tableforten (GB) 15 1 4 31 Dec 14
King of Connacht (GB) 15 2 5 8 Mar 12
Kheley (IRE) 15 2 5 4 May 11
Rajeh (IRE) 14 3 7 29 Sep 11
Dudley Docker (IRE) 14 2 5 12 Aug 09
Luv U Whatever (GB) 13 5 5 17 Feb 16
Divine Rule (IRE) 13 2 4 5 Mar 15
Bold Max (GB) 12 0 3 10 Mar 16
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 2,413 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 7 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
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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
17% of all rides
16.9% SR · A/E 1.03
TrainerRWSR£1
William Haggas 785 133 16.9% −127.01
J S Moore 281 20 7.1% −56.48
Mark Brisbourne 228 9 3.9% −117.25
Ronald Harris 181 13 7.2% −61.50
Laura Mongan 138 15 10.9% −2.00
Mark Johnston 128 12 9.4% −20.26
Michael Appleby 126 14 11.1% −13.37
John Spearing 108 8 7.4% −47.87
James Unett 104 8 7.7% −20.55
Conor Dore 99 5 5.1% −57.17
Mark Loughnane 94 3 3.2% −60.00
Tom Dascombe 89 9 10.1% −28.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
497
Archived wins
12
Pattern / graded wins
£4.09m
Prize money
2007
Best season · 65 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.
Haikbidiac (IRE) — DBS Premier Yearling Stakes York · Aug 2013 · Class 2
£154,769
Jargelle (IRE) — Weatherbys Super Sprint Newbury · Jul 2008 · Class 2
£79,548
King's Apostle (IRE) — John Guest Diadem Stakes (Group 2) Ascot · Sep 2008 · Group 2
£56,770

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Pivotal (GB) 8.9% · 7–79
Progeny have won 13.6% of 12,788 runs since 2008 (1,019 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
Royal Applause (GB) 5.1% · 4–79
Progeny have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since 2008 (774 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
Acclamation (GB) 11.7% · 9–77
Progeny have won 10% of 19,696 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
Kodiac (GB) 9.7% · 6–62
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,566 runs since 2008 (1,665 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.
Kheleyf (USA) 16.7% · 10–60
Progeny have won 8.7% of 10,546 runs since 2008 (676 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 12.2% from 131. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 880.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 13.6% · 8–59
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,840 runs since 2008 (1,573 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
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 28 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 5,729 · newest first

The latest 50 of 5,729 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 4 January 2005 to 26 November 2021.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Nov 21 Chelmsford City (AW) Bom De Briga (IRE)T: Henry Spiller Betfred NurseryClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 7th 18/1
27 Oct 21 Kempton (AW) Dundory (IRE)T: John O'Shea Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 11th 80/1
18 Oct 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Resumption (GB)T: William Haggas Cazoo Novice StakesClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 6 ran 3rd 5/2
13 Oct 21 Nottingham Tropics (USA)T: Dean Ivory Persimmon Homes HandicapClass 4 · 5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7th 50/1

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 Liam Jones's strike rate?
Liam Jones has won 383 of 4,568 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.4% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Liam Jones do best at?
Brighton by strike rate: 18 wins from 135 rides (13.3%) 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 Liam Jones ride most for?
William Haggas, with 785 rides since 2008 — 17% of the total. That pairing has won 133 (16.9%).
What is Liam Jones's Fair A/E?
0.95, from 4,539 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 28 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).