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Jockey profile

Marc Halford

615 rides in the lifetime window · 316 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2014 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.
32–615
Wins / Runs
5.2%
Strike rate
n=615
102 (17%)
Placed
0.94
Fair A/E
n=610 · 0.79 incl. margin
−277.91
£1 level stake
n=615 at SP · −45.2%
£191k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 90 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.94). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 16% (31 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 615 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Jul–Aug Fresh horses: 6.4% John Bridger: 4.9% from 122 LTO winners: 16.1% Claiming: 5.5%
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 16.1% (n=31, Fair A/E 1.30). John Bridger supplied 20% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (4.9%, A/E 0.99) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also read well on Soft going (10.3%, n=39) and at trips under 6f (9.3%, n=54). One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Foundation Developments Dragon Stakes at Sandown (Jul 2009, £17,031). The standout partner of the record was Attorney (GB) — 6 wins from 16 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Jul–Aug.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4.8%−0.4
n=289 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −113.54
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
16.1%+10.9
n=31 · A/E 1.30 · £1 +3.63
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
6.4%+1.2
n=78 · A/E 1.55 · £1 −26.00
When favourite
58.3%
n=12 · A/E 2.46 · £1 +11.59
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
5.5%+0.3
n=398 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −146.37
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.3%−0.9
n=116 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −30.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
16.7%+11.5
n=6 · A/E 3.48 · £1 +9.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.2% 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
On last-time-out winners 16.1% vs 5.2% · n=31
With C&D winners 11.3% vs 5.2% · n=71
With David Elsworth 9.5% vs 5.2% · n=95
With Terry Clement 0% vs 5.2% · n=37
On Soft going 10.3% vs 5.2% · n=39
At trips under 6f 9.3% vs 5.2% · n=54
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) 272 12 4.4% −144.37
Good to Firm 142 8 5.6% −71.37
Good 83 4 4.8% −19.00
Good to Soft 55 2 3.6% −36.17
Soft 39 4 10.3% −2.50
Firm 19 1 5.3% −14.50
Heavy 5 1 20% +10.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 114 4 3.5% −68.00
Kempton (AW) 113 6 5.3% −43.62
Yarmouth 54 2 3.7% −44.00
Goodwood 26 0 0% −26.00
Brighton 26 3 11.5% −2.50
Windsor 24 1 4.2% +2.00
Newmarket 23 0 0% −23.00
Lingfield 23 0 0% −23.00
Folkestone 21 3 14.3% −5.12
Salisbury 21 1 4.8% −15.00
Newmarket 20 0 0% −20.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 20 0 0% −20.00
Chelmsford (AW) 15 2 13.3% −2.75
Newbury 14 1 7.1% +3.00
Nottingham 10 2 20% +39.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 264 13 4.9% −121.62
Class 6 207 13 6.3% −70.50
Class 4 87 4 4.6% −52.79
Class 3 22 1 4.5% −13.00
Class 2 14 0 0% −14.00
Class 7 12 0 0% −12.00
Class 1 6 1 16.7% +9.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 15 7 46.7% 2.06 +8.59
2nd–3rd fav 63 6 9.5% 0.71 −29.00
4th–6th fav 154 9 5.8% 0.76 −59.50
7th+ in betting 383 10 2.6% 0.97 −198.00
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
Inquisitress (GB) 15 1 2 18 Feb 10
Rosy Dawn (GB) 10 1 2 26 Apr 12
Binnion Bay (IRE) 10 1 1 22 Jan 10
Iver Bridge Lad (GB) 8 2 3 14 Sep 10
Multahab (GB) 8 3 5 4 Aug 10
Temperence Hall (USA) 8 0 3 2 Sep 09
Mr Willis (GB) 7 0 4 31 Mar 12
Starwatch (GB) 7 0 1 13 Feb 10
Zazous (GB) 7 1 1 28 Jan 10
Upstairs (GB) 7 0 0 7 Dec 08
Choral Festival (GB) 6 0 0 6 Jun 11
Ishibee (IRE) 6 1 1 19 Feb 10
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 316 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
300393884429
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 yardJohn Bridger
20% of all rides
4.9% SR · A/E 0.99
TrainerRWSR£1
John Bridger 122 6 4.9% −45.00
John Best 106 2 1.9% −88.12
David Elsworth 95 9 9.5% +20.25
John Ryan 45 2 4.4% −26.00
Terry Clement 37 0 0% −37.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
88
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£519k
Prize money
2005
Best season · 25 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.
Iver Bridge Lad (GB) — Foundation Developments Dragon Stakes (Listed) Sandown · Jul 2009 · Listed
£17,031
Just Dust (GB) — Scottish Equitable/GB Jockeys Association Nursery Handicap Goodwood · Aug 2006 · Class 3
£11,011
Inter Vision (USA) — Armstrong Memorial Handicap Ripon · Aug 2005 · Class 3
£10,645
Notable horses
Attorney (GB) Just Dust (GB) Zazous (GB) Inter Vision (USA) Multahab (GB) Aggravation (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Zafonic (USA) 23.8% · 5–21
Progeny have won 9.7% of 658 runs since 2008 (52 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 14.2% from 190.
Hernando (FR) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 12.1% of 3,531 runs since 2008 (273 horses). Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 120.
Royal Applause (GB) 0% · 0–14
Progeny have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since 2008 (774 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
Fasliyev (USA) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 8.3% of 4,140 runs since 2008 (273 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.1% from 124.
Bertolini (USA) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,863 runs since 2008 (1,574 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 844.
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 1,413 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,413 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 12 April 2014.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 Apr 14 Newbury Leftrightleftright (IRE)T: Luke Dace Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Maiden Stakes (BOBIS Race) (Str)Class 4 · 8f · Good · 15 ran 15th 125/1
04 Feb 14 Lingfield (AW) Bobby Benton (IRE)T: Luke Dace Download The Ladbrokes App Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 100/1
30 Jan 14 Kempton (AW) Dawnfromthepast (IRE)T: Luke Dace Turftv HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 66/1
05 Oct 13 Newmarket Gertrude Versed (GB)T: John Gosden TRM Pride Stakes (Formerly The Severals Stakes) (Fillies' Listed)Class 1 · 10f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 7th 12/1
24 Jul 13 Lingfield (AW) Holli Deya (GB)T: Andi Brown Porto Racing Maiden Stakes (Div 1)Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 13 ran 9th 100/1
17 Jul 13 Lingfield Patino Kash (GB)T: Richard Rowe Britaniacrest Maiden StakesClass 5 · 9f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9th 100/1
10 Jul 13 Lingfield (AW) Black Sceptre (IRE)T: Edward Creighton Hooves & Grooves Maiden Auction Stakes (AWT)Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 50/1
28 Jun 13 Doncaster Holli Deya (GB)T: Andi Brown E.b.f. Trade Union Congress Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 10f · Good · 11 ran 10th 100/1
13 Jun 13 Nottingham Spirit Rider (USA)T: John Gosden ABG Law Classic Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8.5f · Soft · 14 ran 6th 12/1
11 Jun 13 Lingfield (AW) Princess Spirit (GB)T: Edward Creighton Lingfield Park Owners Group HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 33/1
30 May 13 Brighton Bold Ring (GB)T: Edward Creighton Dfsk Cutie Campervan Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 4th 9/2
27 May 13 Windsor Tartan Trip (GB)T: Luke Dace Congratulations Mr And Mrs Brown Handicap (Div 1)Class 4 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 7th 66/1
22 May 13 Kempton (AW) Bold Ring (GB)T: Edward Creighton Irish Night On 10.07.13 HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 3rd 16/1
22 May 13 Kempton (AW) We're In The Red (IRE)T: Mark Hoad 200 Free Bets At Betdaq Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 150/1
20 May 13 Windsor Princess Spirit (GB)T: Edward Creighton Bugler Developments Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good · 13 ran 9th 100/1
07 May 13 Kempton (AW) Tartaria (GB)T: Edward Creighton Kempton For Weddings HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 6th 14/1
07 May 13 Kempton (AW) Bold Ring (GB)T: Edward Creighton Irish Night On 10.07.13 Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 1st 7/1
29 Apr 13 Lingfield (AW) Princess Spirit (GB)T: Edward Creighton Lingfield Park Supports Bhest Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 9th 100/1
29 Apr 13 Lingfield (AW) Bold Ring (GB)T: Edward Creighton Your Guide To Lingfield At Lingfieldracecoursetips.co.uk HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 7 ran 1st 8/1
22 Apr 13 Kempton (AW) Tartaria (GB)T: Edward Creighton Mascot Grand National 06.05.13 Classified StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 7th 66/1

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 Marc Halford's strike rate?
Marc Halford has won 32 of 615 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 5.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Marc Halford do best at?
Kempton (AW) by strike rate: 6 wins from 113 rides (5.3%) 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 Marc Halford ride most for?
John Bridger, with 122 rides since 2008 — 20% of the total. That pairing has won 6 (4.9%).
What is Marc Halford's Fair A/E?
0.94, from 610 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).