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Jockey profile

Mark Savage

174 rides in our archive record, 2005 · 74 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2005 99% of rides on the flat
Archive record 2005
No rides from 1 Jan 2008, where our aggregate statistics normally begin — showing the full archive record instead, 19 Jan 2005 to 20 Oct 2005. Figures that need a horse's earlier runs (debuts, time since a run, first-time headgear, new connections, last-time-out winners) are left out: for runs this early our archive cannot see what came before.
15–174
Wins / Runs
8.6%
Strike rate
n=174
58 (33%)
Placed
0.88
Fair A/E
n=174 · 0.73 incl. margin
−27.42
£1 level stake
n=174 at SP · −15.8%
£88,439
Prize money (window)
KTB Rider Profile

Rode 174 times in our archive record (2005), almost all on the flat, winning on 9% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across that record (Fair A/E 0.88). In big fields of 14 or more the record reads 12% (77 rides). Rode mostly for Ronald Harris — 59% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 174 archived runs (archive record 2005) · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Ronald Harris: 8.7% from 103
The read

It is weakest at Wolverhampton (3.1% over 32 rides) — the largest sample in the record, and the widest gap. Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a positive signal at 11.7% (n=77, Fair A/E 1.49). The market has consistently overbet claiming rides: 7.1% strike, Fair A/E 0.74 and −42.75 to a £1 stake over 156 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Ronald Harris supplied 59% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (8.7%, A/E 0.82). The rider also read well at trips under 6f (15.6%, n=32). The record read poorly over 6f – 7f — 1.7% over 58 rides, 6.9pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider on Standard (AW) going: Fair A/E 0.55 across 57 rides (5.3% strike, −17.50 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.6% baseline
When favourite
18.8%
n=16 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −2.92
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.1%−1.5
n=156 · A/E 0.74 · £1 −42.75
Big fields · 14+ runners
11.7%+3.1
n=77 · A/E 1.49 · £1 +7.75

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.6% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races. Tiles that depend on a horse's earlier runs (debuts, time off, first-time headgear, new connections, last-time-out winners) are not shown on an archive-era record: for runs this early our archive cannot see what came before.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
Over 6f – 7f 1.7% vs 8.6% · n=58
At trips under 6f 15.6% vs 8.6% · n=32
At Wolverhampton 3.1% vs 8.6% · n=32
On Standard (AW) going 5.3% vs 8.6% · n=57
Over 1m – 1m1f 11.5% vs 8.6% · n=52
In Class 5 11.3% vs 8.6% · n=62
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 173 15 8.7% −26.42
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good to Firm 59 5 8.5% −23.25
Standard (AW) 57 3 5.3% −17.50
Good 28 3 10.7% +11.00
Good to Soft 15 1 6.7% −4.00
Firm 12 3 25% +9.33
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton 32 1 3.1% −26.50
Lingfield (AW) 20 2 10% +14.00
Brighton 20 3 15% +1.33
Chepstow 13 0 0% −13.00
Bath 11 3 27.3% +25.00
Warwick 8 0 0% −8.00
Lingfield 7 0 0% −7.00
Windsor 7 0 0% −7.00
Southwell (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Folkestone 5 0 0% −5.00
Nottingham 4 0 0% −4.00
Salisbury 4 0 0% −4.00
Goodwood 4 1 25% +7.00
Newbury 3 1 33.3% +2.00
Epsom Downs 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 74 6 8.1% −24.17
Class 5 62 7 11.3% +25.00
Class 7 22 2 9.1% −12.25
Class 4 14 0 0% −14.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 22 3 13.6% 0.67 −8.92
2nd–3rd fav 41 4 9.8% 0.69 −14.50
4th–6th fav 51 6 11.8% 1.33 +24.00
7th+ in betting 60 2 3.3% 0.88 −28.00
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
The Gaikwar (IRE) 15 1 6 1 Oct 05
Golden Dixie (USA) 11 1 5 16 Sep 05
Panjandrum (GB) 9 0 0 13 Oct 05
Ballybunion (IRE) 8 2 4 17 Sep 05
Zafarshah (IRE) 7 0 2 20 Oct 05
Stamford Blue (GB) 6 1 2 11 Oct 05
Hard To Catch (IRE) 6 0 3 26 Aug 05
Yorkies Boy (GB) 6 0 2 6 Aug 05
Lizarazu (GER) 5 1 3 19 Oct 05
Lenwade (GB) 4 1 3 8 Oct 05
Golden Spectrum (IRE) 4 1 1 26 Sep 05
Attorney (GB) 4 1 2 23 Jun 05
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 74 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, 2005
JFMAMJJASOND
070818813778··
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 yardRonald Harris
59% of all rides
8.7% SR · A/E 0.82
TrainerRWSR£1
Ronald Harris 103 9 8.7% −11.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
15
Archived wins
£88,439
Prize money
2005
Best season · 15 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. On this page the header statistics and this card both count from the archive floor (2005), so they agree.
Wind Chime (IRE) — Totequadpot Handicap Bath · Jun 2005 · Class 5
£4,572
Lizarazu (GER) — Bet365 Call 08000 322365 Be Hopeful Handicap Bath · Oct 2005 · Class 5
£4,423
Stamford Blue (GB) — Station Selling Stakes Thirsk · Jun 2005 · Class 5
£4,232
Notable horses
Ballybunion (IRE) The Gaikwar (IRE) Golden Dixie (USA) Stamford Blue (GB) Lizarazu (GER) Lenwade (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Indian Ridge (IRE) 10.5% · 2–19
Progeny have won 9.9% of 4,239 runs since 2005 (261 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 12.9% from 101.
Dixieland Band (USA) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 10.2% of 323 runs since 2005 (38 horses). Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.9% from 130.
Polar Falcon (USA) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,211 runs since 2005 (78 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.5% from 198.
Entrepreneur (GB) 25% · 2–8
Progeny have won 6.6% of 1,266 runs since 2005 (116 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.4% from 116.
Danehill (USA) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 13.2% of 3,185 runs since 2005 (270 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 9.8% from 358. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 16.3% from 759. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 161.
Bluegrass Prince (IRE) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 7.4% of 514 runs since 2005 (38 horses). Strongest on Good going: 11.9% from 134.
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 2005, 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 174 · newest first

The latest 50 of 174 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 19 January 2005 to 20 October 2005.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
20 Oct 05 Brighton Zafarshah (IRE)T: Ronald Harris Sporting Index HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 12th 7/1
19 Oct 05 Bath Lizarazu (GER)T: Ronald Harris Indian Maiden - Four Listed Wins This Year HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 7th 7/1
13 Oct 05 Southwell (AW) Panjandrum (GB)T: Ronald Harris Happy Birthday Helen From Thesoccersite.co.uk Banded StakesClass 7 · 5f · Standard · 14 ran 4th 12/1
12 Oct 05 Lingfield (AW) Royal Auditon (GB)T: Terry Clement Higgs International HandicapClass 6 · 16f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 10/1
11 Oct 05 Leicester Stamford Blue (GB)T: Ronald Harris Ladbrokescasino.com Selling HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 2nd 9/1
10 Oct 05 Wolverhampton Madrasee (GB)T: Ronald Harris Holiday Inn Dunstall Park HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Fast · 13 ran 3rd 9/1
09 Oct 05 Bath Lizarazu (GER)T: Ronald Harris Bet365 Call 08000 322365 Be Hopeful HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 1st 6/1
08 Oct 05 Warwick Lenwade (GB)T: George Margarson Racing UK Banded StakesClass 7 · 11f · Good · 16 ran 5th 3/1F
08 Oct 05 Warwick Lady Mo (GB)T: George Margarson Man-o-bong.com Banded StakesClass 7 · 6f · Good · 14 ran 7th 28/1
03 Oct 05 Brighton Boanerges (IRE)T: Milton Bradley Play Bingo at meccagames.com Banded StakesClass 7 · 5.5f · Good · 16 ran 2nd 14/1
03 Oct 05 Brighton Delcienne (GB)T: George Margarson Blue Square Banded StakesClass 7 · 10f · Good · 12 ran 5th 14/1
03 Oct 05 Brighton Lenwade (GB)T: George Margarson bluesqcasino.com Banded StakesClass 7 · 10f · Good · 17 ran 2nd 6/1
01 Oct 05 Wolverhampton (AW) The Gaikwar (IRE)T: Ronald Harris Asda HandicapClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 7th 6/1
28 Sep 05 Lingfield (AW) Zafarshah (IRE)T: Ronald Harris Custom Selling StakesClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd 11/2
26 Sep 05 Wolverhampton (AW) Stamford Blue (GB)T: Ronald Harris Scottish Widows Banded Stakes (Div 2)Class 7 · 7f · Standard To Fast · 12 ran 6th 9/2
26 Sep 05 Wolverhampton (AW) Golden Spectrum (IRE)T: Ronald Harris Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance Banded Stakes (Div 2)Class 7 · 9.5f · Standard To Fast · 13 ran 4th 5/1
24 Sep 05 Brighton Lenwade (GB)T: George Margarson BlueSQcasino.com Banded StakesClass 7 · 10f · Firm · 14 ran 1st 5/1
17 Sep 05 Warwick Ballybunion (IRE)T: Ronald Harris Chemique's 20th Anniversary HandicapClass 6 · 5.5f · Good · 15 ran 7th 9/2F
17 Sep 05 Warwick The Gaikwar (IRE)T: Ronald Harris The Greatest Bob Monkhouse Remembered HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good · 17 ran 4th 13/2
16 Sep 05 Ayr Golden Dixie (USA)T: Ronald Harris Totesport Ayr Silver Cup HandicapClass 2 · 6f · Good · 28 ran 3rd 12/1

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 Mark Savage's strike rate?
Mark Savage has won 15 of 174 rides in 2005, a strike rate of 8.6% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. Our archive begins in 2005, so anything earlier is not counted.
Which course does Mark Savage do best at?
Wolverhampton by strike rate: 1 wins from 32 rides (3.1%) in 2005. 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 Savage ride most for?
Ronald Harris, with 103 rides in 2005 — 59% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (8.7%).
What is Mark Savage's Fair A/E?
0.88, from 174 rides with a computed fair probability in 2005. 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). This profile has no runs from 2008, so every figure on this page counts from the start of the archive instead.