What is Mark Lawson's strike rate?

Mark Lawson has won 20 of 191 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10.5% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Mark Lawson do best at?

Wolverhampton (AW) by strike rate: 7 wins from 31 rides (22.6%) 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 Mark Lawson ride most for?

Mel Brittain, with 99 rides since 2008 — 52% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (15.2%).

What is Mark Lawson's Fair A/E?

1.41, from 189 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.

Jockey profile

Mark Lawson

191 rides in the lifetime window · 96 individual horses

As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Oct 2011 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.

20–191

Wins / Runs

10.5%

Strike rate

n=191

47 (25%)

Placed

1.41

Fair A/E

n=189 · 1.18 incl. margin

+35.31

£1 level stake

n=191 at SP · +18.5%

£71,671

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

6.7%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 50 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 11% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.41). When claiming the record reads 12% (165 rides). Rode mostly for Mel Brittain — 52% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 191 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Mel Brittain: 15.2% from 99 First rides: 11.8% Claiming: 12.1%

The read

The record is strongest at Wolverhampton (AW) (22.6%, n=31), clear of the rider's 10.5% baseline. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 6.5% (n=31, Fair A/E 1.45). Claiming rides are the standout value angle: 12.1% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.53 and +61.31 to a £1 stake over 165 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Mel Brittain supplied 52% of the rides and edges the rider's average (15.2% vs 10.5%, A/E 1.59) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well at trips under 6f (19.5%, n=41) and off a 0-7-day break (20%, n=30). The market has also underrated the rider on Standard (AW) going: Fair A/E 1.57 across 61 rides (16.4% strike, +11.93 to a £1 stake). The record read poorly on Good to Firm going — 4.2% over 48 rides, 6.3pts below the baseline.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.5% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

11.8%+1.3

n=85 · A/E 2.29 · £1 +74.50

Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win

10.5%+0.0

n=19 · A/E 0.56 · £1 −14.32

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

6.5%−4.0

n=31 · A/E 1.45 · £1 −1.00

When favourite

40%

n=10 · A/E 1.34 · £1 +1.06

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

12.1%+1.6

n=165 · A/E 1.53 · £1 +61.31

Big fields · 14+ runners

9.1%−1.4

n=33 · A/E 1.91 · £1 +23.00

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−10.5

n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.5% 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

At Wolverhampton (AW) 22.6% vs 10.5% · n=31

At trips under 6f 19.5% vs 10.5% · n=41

Off a 0-7-day break 20% vs 10.5% · n=30

On Good to Firm going 4.2% vs 10.5% · n=48

On Standard (AW) going 16.4% vs 10.5% · n=61

With Mel Brittain 15.2% vs 10.5% · n=99

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) 61 10 16.4% +11.93

Good to Firm 48 2 4.2% −27.50

Good 45 4 8.9% +34.00

Good to Soft 16 2 12.5% −0.12

Soft 15 2 13.3% +23.00

Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Wolverhampton (AW) 31 7 22.6% +1.43

Southwell (AW) 21 3 14.3% +19.50

Redcar 17 0 0% −17.00

Chepstow 11 1 9.1% +15.00

Thirsk 11 0 0% −11.00

Ripon 10 1 10% +3.00

Beverley 9 1 11.1% −3.00

Catterick 8 0 0% −8.00

Doncaster 8 0 0% −8.00

Kempton (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00

Musselburgh 6 1 16.7% +6.00

Carlisle 5 1 20% +21.00

Nottingham 5 1 20% +21.00

Ffos Las 5 0 0% −5.00

Pontefract 5 0 0% −5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 82 8 9.8% +48.00

Class 6 78 8 10.3% +0.63

Class 4 14 1 7.1% −11.12

Class 7 11 3 27.3% +3.80

Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00

Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 13 6 46.2% 1.65 +6.81

2nd–3rd fav 27 4 14.8% 0.95 −5.50

4th–6th fav 57 5 8.8% 1.28 +20.00

7th+ in betting 94 5 5.3% 2.03 +14.00

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

Qaasi (USA) 9 2 3 14 Aug 08

Present Story (GB) 7 0 1 10 Sep 11

Guadaloup (GB) 7 1 3 26 Mar 08

Grey Command (USA) 6 0 3 6 Aug 08

Straight (IRE) 5 1 2 8 Jul 08

Fulford (GB) 5 2 2 27 May 08

Steel Grey (GB) 5 0 1 15 Feb 08

Port Ronan (USA) 4 0 0 28 Aug 08

Nabeeda (GB) 4 1 1 24 Aug 08

Wulimaster (USA) 4 1 1 27 Jul 08

Lujiana (GB) 4 1 3 19 Apr 08

Bahamian Bay (GB) 4 1 2 18 Apr 08

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 96 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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

2017271171701300··

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 yardMel Brittain

52% of all rides
15.2% SR · A/E 1.59

TrainerRWSR£1

Mel Brittain 99 15 15.2% +53.81

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

Archived wins

£247k

Prize money

2008

Best season · 17 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.

Mr Wolf (GB) — St. Johns Ambulance Handicap Pontefract · Jul 2006 · Class 3

£8,102

Avertuoso (GB) — John Smith's 'Premier Club' Nursery Handicap York · Jul 2006 · Class 3

£7,772

Aegean Dancer (GB) — Elite Racing Club Handicap Carlisle · Aug 2006 · Class 4

£6,477

Notable horses

Aegean Dancer (GB) Qaasi (USA) Muara (GB) Jordans Spark (GB) Fulford (GB) Upstanding (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Lucky Story (USA) 0% · 0–9

Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,554 runs since 2008 (162 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14% from 351. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.5% from 451.

Rahy (USA) 22.2% · 2–9

Progeny have won 14.3% of 1,207 runs since 2008 (96 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 8.3% from 109.

Lujain (USA) 12.5% · 1–8

Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,688 runs since 2008 (99 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 4.6% from 108.

King Charlemagne (USA) 14.3% · 1–7

Progeny have won 7.4% of 1,605 runs since 2008 (116 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 3.7% from 189. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.9% from 156.

Kyllachy (GB) 0% · 0–7

Progeny have won 9.9% of 13,847 runs since 2008 (800 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 468.

Loup Sauvage (USA) 14.3% · 1–7

Progeny have won 5.5% of 437 runs since 2008 (75 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 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 645 · newest first

The latest 50 of 645 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 5 January 2005 to 12 October 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

12 Oct 11 Lingfield (AW) Kelpie Blitz (IRE)T: Seamus Durack Daily Mail Maiden Auction StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 8 ran 4th 14/1

10 Oct 11 Salisbury Wicked Wench (GB)T: Jo Hughes Bathwick Tyres Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 1)Class 5 · 7f · Good · 14 ran 11th 50/1

06 Oct 11 Wolverhampton (AW) Defector (IRE)T: Seamus Durack Elite Digital Systems Launching Systembee 01925232882 HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 13 ran 8th 9/1

21 Sep 11 Kempton (AW) Invincible Beauty (IRE)T: Seamus Durack Betdaq Multiples Maiden StakesClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 10 ran 6th 33/1

19 Sep 11 Kempton (AW) Daneside (IRE)T: Gary Harrison 32 For Slots Handicap (Div 1)Class 4 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 9/1

19 Sep 11 Kempton (AW) Kelpie Blitz (IRE)T: Seamus Durack 32 For Poker Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 80/1

17 Sep 11 Catterick Visions of Johanna (USA)T: Richard Guest Northallerton And Dales Branch Of Samaritans HandicapClass 6 · 14f · Good · 13 ran 10th 40/1

12 Sep 11 Kempton (AW) Nothing To Hide (IRE)T: Dominic Ffrench Davis 32 For Rummy HandicapClass 5 · 11f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 50/1

10 Sep 11 Kempton (AW) Lakota Ghost (USA)T: Seamus Durack Betfred 'The Bonus King' HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 16/1

10 Sep 11 Bath Present Story (GB)T: Gary Harrison bet365.com HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 10th 33/1

10 Sep 11 Bath Lily Le Braz (GB)T: Gary Harrison Casino At bet365.com Maiden StakesClass 5 · 11.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 10th 100/1

08 Sep 11 Chepstow Dreamy Nights (GB)T: Gary Harrison British Heart Foundation Mending Broken Hearts Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 7f · Soft · 5 ran 4th 66/1

05 Sep 11 Bath Coalburn (GB)T: Gary Harrison Ajk Premier Food Courts Maiden StakesClass 5 · 5.5f · Good · 9 ran 7th 40/1

03 Sep 11 Ascot Derfenna Art (IRE)T: Seamus Durack Ark Build Maiden StakesClass 4 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 9th 28/1

02 Sep 11 Chepstow Transeggselence (GB)T: Gary Harrison Newport County Lottery HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good · 16 ran 15th 66/1

02 Sep 11 Chepstow Present Story (GB)T: Gary Harrison Euro Commercials Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good · 10 ran 10th 20/1

02 Sep 11 Chepstow Elavssom (IRE)T: Jo Hughes Life Music Foundation Maiden Auction StakesClass 6 · 8f · Good · 11 ran 6th 25/1

31 Aug 11 Bath Only You Maggie (IRE)T: Gary Harrison Crabbies Alcoholic Ginger Beer Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good · 7 ran 6th 8/1

27 Aug 11 Beverley Caledonia Princess (GB)T: Jo Hughes totepool Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10th 100/1

26 Aug 11 Ffos Las Secret Witness (GB)T: Ronald Harris Toteswinger More Ways To Win HandicapClass 2 · 6f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5th 13/2

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 Mark Lawson's strike rate?: Mark Lawson has won 20 of 191 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10.5% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Mark Lawson do best at?: Wolverhampton (AW) by strike rate: 7 wins from 31 rides (22.6%) 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 Mark Lawson ride most for?: Mel Brittain, with 99 rides since 2008 — 52% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (15.2%).
What is Mark Lawson's Fair A/E?: 1.41, from 189 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.