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Jockey profile

Martin Harley

164 rides in the last 5 seasons · 108 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 115 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
18–164
Wins / Runs
11%
Strike rate
n=164
52 (32%)
Placed
0.94
Fair A/E
n=163 · 0.81 incl. margin
−38.78
£1 level stake
n=164 at SP · −23.6%
£248k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 30 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 11% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.94). First rides on a horse are a strength: 17% on the first captured pairing (78 rides). Rides mostly for Alan King — 41% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 164 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 12.1% Alan King: 6% from 67 First rides: 16.7%
The read

First rides on a horse have been a positive signal at 16.7% (n=78, Fair A/E 1.42). Alan King supplies 41% of the rides and sits below the rider's average (6% vs 11%, A/E 0.56). The rider also reads well over 1m – 1m1f (16.2%, n=37). The record reads poorly over 6f – 7f — 3.8% over 52 rides, 7.2pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider off a 15-30-day break: Fair A/E 0.47 across 71 rides (5.6% strike, −49.84 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. 47 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the King's Stand Stakes at Ascot (Jun 2015, £212,663). The standout partner of the record: On The Cusp (IRE) — 5 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 11% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
16.7%+5.7
n=78 · A/E 1.42 · £1 +19.28
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
20%+9.0
n=15 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −8.40
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
12.1%+1.1
n=33 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −5.88
When favourite
37.5%
n=16 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −2.53
Big fields · 14+ runners
3.8%−7.2
n=26 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −18.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−11.0
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11% 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
Over 6f – 7f 3.8% vs 11% · n=52
On first rides for the horse 16.7% vs 11% · n=78
Off a 15-30-day break 5.6% vs 11% · n=71
With Alan King 6% vs 11% · n=67
Over 1m – 1m1f 16.2% vs 11% · n=37
On Good going 7.5% vs 11% · n=53
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
Good 53 4 7.5% −18.00
Standard (AW) 47 6 12.8% −23.94
Good to Firm 29 5 17.2% +15.66
Good to Soft 22 1 4.5% −9.00
Soft 10 2 20% −0.50
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newbury 18 1 5.6% −10.50
Yarmouth 16 2 12.5% −1.50
Kempton (AW) 15 1 6.7% −12.38
Wolverhampton (AW) 14 4 28.6% +5.00
Haydock 13 0 0% −13.00
Doncaster 11 1 9.1% −2.00
Windsor 10 2 20% +19.00
Nottingham 9 2 22.2% −3.84
Southwell (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Newmarket 6 0 0% −6.00
Ascot 6 1 16.7% +1.50
Newmarket 6 2 33.3% +17.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Lingfield (AW) 6 1 16.7% −4.56
York 5 0 0% −5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 56 5 8.9% −20.50
Class 5 50 4 8% −32.09
Class 6 19 6 31.6% +28.56
Class 1 15 0 0% −15.00
Class 2 12 1 8.3% −3.00
Class 3 12 2 16.7% +3.25

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 16 6 37.5% 0.96 −2.53
2nd–3rd fav 41 5 12.2% 0.73 −11.25
4th–6th fav 61 7 11.5% 1.47 +21.00
7th+ in betting 46 0 0% 0.00 −46.00
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
Admiralty House (GB) 6 0 3 13 Sep 22
Raymond Tusk (IRE) 6 1 2 20 Aug 22
Benjamin Bear (IRE) 4 1 2 5 Oct 22
Give A Little Back (FR) 4 0 2 28 Jul 22
Ravigill (FR) 3 0 1 12 Oct 22
Sea Sylph (IRE) 3 0 1 10 Oct 22
Lionella (GB) 3 0 0 3 Oct 22
Liverpool Knight (GB) 3 1 1 24 Sep 22
Victory (IRE) 3 0 1 21 Sep 22
Teresa Mendoza (IRE) 3 0 1 17 Sep 22
Super Lover (GB) 3 0 1 18 Jun 22
Pangloss (GB) 3 1 2 4 Jun 22
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 108 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
0132071013235130··
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 yardAlan King
41% of all rides
6% SR · A/E 0.56
TrainerRWSR£1
Alan King 67 4 6% −27.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
777
Archived wins
47
Pattern / graded wins
£10.4m
Prize money
2013
Best season · 104 wins
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.
Goldream (GB) — King's Stand Stakes (British Champions Series & Global Sprint Challenge) (Group 1) Ascot · Jun 2015 · Group 1
£212,663
Sheikhzayedroad (GB) — Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) Ascot · Oct 2016 · Group 2
£198,485
Samitar (GB) — Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas (Fillies' Group 1) Curragh · May 2012 · Group 1
£174,000
Notable horses
On The Cusp (IRE) Doctor Sardonicus (GB) Solar Deity (IRE) Yeeoow (IRE) Nonios (IRE) Eastern Hills (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Sea The Stars (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 15.7% of 9,936 runs since 2008 (1,110 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on Heavy going: 9.3% from 453. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
Kodiac (GB) 33.3% · 3–9
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,534 runs since 2008 (1,665 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.
Kingman (GB) 28.6% · 2–7
Progeny have won 14.6% of 7,470 runs since 2008 (775 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 11.1% from 959. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
Adaay (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,957 runs since 2008 (192 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6% from 497.
High Chaparral (IRE) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 10.3% of 8,730 runs since 2008 (682 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 419.
Iffraaj (GB) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 10.6% of 13,950 runs since 2008 (1,089 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.6% from 489.
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 20 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 6,561 · newest first

The latest 50 of 6,561 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 15 June 2007 to 27 June 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
27 Jun 26 Eagle Farm (AUS) Poster Girl (AUS)T: Chris & Corey Munce Tattersall's Tiara (Turf)7f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 5th 30/1
13 Jun 26 Eagle Farm (AUS) Poster Girl (AUS)T: Chris & Corey Munce Magic Millions Dane Ripper Stakes (Fillies & Mares) (Turf)6.5f · Heavy · 15 ran 4th 10/1
29 Oct 22 Newmarket Medici Chapel (GB)T: John & Thady Gosden British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 13 ran 12th 17/2
22 Oct 22 Newbury Magisterial (IRE)T: John & Thady Gosden Horris Hill School HandicapClass 2 · 10f · Heavy · 8 ran 3rd 13/2
22 Oct 22 Newbury Fully Wet (GB)T: John & Thady Gosden Galloping To Give Stakes (Registered As The Radley Stakes) (Fillies' Listed)Class 1 · 7f · Heavy · 11 ran 2nd 12/1
19 Oct 22 Newmarket Royal Deeside (GB)T: Alan King Home Of Racing Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 3 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 4th 22/1
19 Oct 22 Newmarket Kitaro Kich (IRE)T: George Baker Stephen Rowley Remembered Novice StakesClass 4 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 6th 100/1
19 Oct 22 Newmarket Ribla (IRE)T: John & Thady Gosden Discover Newmarket Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 4 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 2nd 6/1
12 Oct 22 Nottingham Ravigill (FR)T: Alan King Join Racing TV Now NurseryClass 5 · 8.5f · Soft · 10 ran 3rd 40/1
12 Oct 22 Nottingham Westerton (IRE)T: Alan King British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 5 · 8.5f · Soft · 10 ran 2nd 14/1
10 Oct 22 Yarmouth Sea Sylph (IRE)T: Alan King British Stallion Studs EBF Beckford Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Listed)Class 1 · 14f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 9th 80/1
10 Oct 22 Yarmouth Alhabor (GB)T: Alan King Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 HandicapClass 4 · 11.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8th 25/1
10 Oct 22 Yarmouth Sous Surveillance (GB)T: Alan King Cazoo HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 10th 66/1
10 Oct 22 Yarmouth Speziato (IRE)T: Kevin Philippart De Foy British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 9th 150/1
08 Oct 22 York Mehme (IRE)T: Richard Hannon Coral Rockingham Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 6f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6th 33/1
05 Oct 22 Kempton (AW) Benjamin Bear (IRE)T: Alan King Unibet Support Safe Gambling HandicapClass 5 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 13th 40/1
03 Oct 22 Windsor Lionella (GB)T: Alan King At The Races App Expert Tips Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 5 · 8f · Good · 10 ran 4th 11/1
01 Oct 22 Ascot Romantic Rival (IRE)T: George Boughey Peroni Nastro Azzurro British EBF Stakes (Registered As The October Stakes) (Fillies' & Mares' Listed)Class 1 · 7f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 3rd 7/1
29 Sep 22 Wolverhampton (AW) Typewritten (USA)T: Tom Ward At The Races App Expert Tips Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 1st 7/1
29 Sep 22 Wolverhampton (AW) Conquistador (GB)T: John & Thady Gosden At The Races App Market Movers EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran 2nd 5/4F

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 Martin Harley's strike rate?
Martin Harley has won 18 of 164 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 11% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which yard does Martin Harley ride most for?
Alan King, with 67 rides since 2022 — 41% of the total. That pairing has won 4 (6%).
What is Martin Harley's Fair A/E?
0.94, from 163 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).