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Jockey profile

Mr Byron Moorcroft

294 rides in the lifetime window · 155 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride May 2019 92% of rides over jumps
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.
14–294
Wins / Runs
4.8%
Strike rate
n=294
62 (21%)
Placed
0.82
Fair A/E
n=291 · 0.69 incl. margin
−169.12
£1 level stake
n=294 at SP · −57.5%
£87,681
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 20 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.82).

Deterministic profile computed from 294 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
The read

First rides on a horse have been a poor signal at 1.4% (n=146, Fair A/E 0.34). The market has consistently overbet rides in big fields of 14 or more: 1.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.40 and −79.00 to a £1 stake over 106 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. The rider also read well in Class 5 (7.8%, n=102). The record read poorly on Good to Soft going — 0% over 50 rides, 4.8pts 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 4.8% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
1.4%−3.4
n=146 · A/E 0.34 · £1 −110.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
6.3%+1.5
n=16 · A/E 0.48 · £1 −12.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
2.7%−2.1
n=73 · A/E 0.66 · £1 −37.00
When favourite
38.5%
n=13 · A/E 1.44 · £1 +1.38
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
4.7%−0.1
n=255 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −155.37
Big fields · 14+ runners
1.9%−2.9
n=106 · A/E 0.40 · £1 −79.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.8% 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
With Dai Burchell 14.3% vs 4.8% · n=35
On Good to Soft going 0% vs 4.8% · n=50
Off a 31-60-day break 0% vs 4.8% · n=48
On first rides for the horse 1.4% vs 4.8% · n=146
In Class 5 7.8% vs 4.8% · n=102
Off a 15-30-day break 7.2% vs 4.8% · n=83
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
Hurdle 166 10 6% −63.37
Chase 79 4 5.1% −56.75
NH Flat 25 0 0% −25.00
Flat 24 0 0% −24.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 124 8 6.5% −51.00
Good to Soft 50 0 0% −50.00
Good to Firm 48 3 6.3% −19.37
Soft 43 2 4.7% −23.75
Heavy 20 1 5% −16.00
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Chepstow 28 1 3.6% −24.00
Ludlow 28 3 10.7% +3.00
Hereford 20 0 0% −20.00
Worcester 18 3 16.7% +20.75
Newton Abbot 17 1 5.9% +6.00
Uttoxeter 17 1 5.9% −14.00
Fontwell 13 2 15.4% −7.25
Stratford 13 0 0% −13.00
Taunton 13 0 0% −13.00
Ffos Las 12 0 0% −12.00
Towcester 11 0 0% −11.00
Exeter 9 1 11.1% −6.12
Market Rasen 8 0 0% −8.00
Cartmel 8 0 0% −8.00
Southwell 7 1 14.3% −0.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 129 4 3.1% −105.62
Class 5 102 8 7.8% −28.75
Class 6 33 1 3% −30.75
Class 3 28 1 3.6% −2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 14 5 35.7% 1.38 +0.38
2nd–3rd fav 31 2 6.5% 0.49 −23.00
4th–6th fav 85 6 7.1% 1.11 −8.50
7th+ in betting 164 1 0.6% 0.24 −138.00
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.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
83.7% completed · 245 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 79 79.7% 3 1 12 0 0
Hurdle 166 85.5% 4 4 14 1 1
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Rainbow Haze (GB) 10 2 4 26 Feb 16
Peak Seasons (IRE) 10 2 3 17 Nov 09
Walton Way (GB) 10 0 3 26 May 09
Dreams Jewel (GB) 8 1 6 25 Oct 09
Feeling (IRE) 6 1 2 26 Nov 09
Petrosian (GB) 6 2 3 8 Nov 09
Scotsbrook Cloud (GB) 6 0 0 25 Oct 09
Santera (IRE) 6 0 2 24 May 09
Form And Beauty (IRE) 5 0 2 13 Feb 11
Northgeorge (GB) 4 0 1 9 Jun 17
Driftwood Haze (GB) 4 0 0 26 Feb 16
Sahara Haze (GB) 4 0 0 26 Feb 16
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 155 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
70511630130340
A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardC Roberts
14% of all rides
2.5% SR · A/E 0.37
TrainerRWSR£1
C Roberts 40 1 2.5% −37.12
Dai Burchell 35 5 14.3% +1.75
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
27
Archived wins
£156k
Prize money
2007
Best season · 10 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.
Dun An Doras (IRE) — Western Morning News One And Only Handicap Hunters' Chase Newton Abbot · May 2006 · Class 3
£9,003
Symbiosis (GB) — Lunch In The Severn Suite Restaurant Handicap Hurdle Worcester · Aug 2008 · Class 3
£5,855
Red Moor (IRE) — P4 Marketing Handicap Hurdle Newton Abbot · Aug 2007 · Class 4
£4,554
Notable horses
Rainbow Haze (GB) Peak Seasons (IRE) Classi Maureen (GB) Petrosian (GB) Dreams Jewel (GB) Brochrua (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Rainbow High (GB) 14.3% · 2–14
Progeny have won 6.6% of 560 runs since 2008 (48 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.9% from 132. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.2% from 158.
Charmer (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 8.5% of 153 runs since 2008 (13 horses).
Cloudings (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 10.5% of 3,887 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.6% from 411. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 815.
Raise A Grand (IRE) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 7.5% of 811 runs since 2008 (50 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 13.9% from 115.
Dreams End (GB) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 4.1% of 196 runs since 2008 (25 horses).
Sadler's Wells (USA) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,636 runs since 2008 (370 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.7% from 107.
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 438 · newest first

The latest 50 of 438 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 10 November 2005 to 16 May 2019.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
16 May 19 Fontwell Sweet Lady Jane (IRE)T: Byron Moorcroft Denmans Graden New Ducklings Mares' Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 26f · Good To Firm · 5 ran F 5/1
08 Jun 18 Stratford Benemeade (IRE)T: Kieran Price White Swan Hotel Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 17f · Good · 17 ran PU 9/1
17 May 18 Fontwell Jamrham (IRE)T: Miss S McQueen bettrendsshop.co.uk Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 18f · Good · 8 ran 5th 50/1
14 Jun 17 Worcester Bedrock Boy (GB)T: Deborah Faulkner EFG Harris Allday Maiden HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Good · 7 ran PU 66/1
09 Jun 17 Stratford Northgeorge (GB)T: J W Tudor pointtopoint.co.uk Champion Novices' Hunters' Chase (For The John Corbet Cup)Class 2 · 27.5f · Good · 14 ran PU 20/1
09 Jun 17 Stratford Spencer Moon (IRE)T: Kieran Price Subaru 'Restricted Point-to-Point' Series Final (Novices' Hunters' Chase)Class 3 · 22.5f · Good · 14 ran 4th 3/1
01 Jun 17 Ffos Las Union Jack D'ycy (FR)T: Deborah Faulkner Ray Gravell And Friends Charitable Trust Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 24f · Good · 10 ran 9th 40/1
18 May 17 Fontwell Spencer Moon (IRE)T: Kieran Price Westbourne Racing Club Maiden Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 21f · Soft · 7 ran 1st 5/4F
05 May 17 Cheltenham Northgeorge (GB)T: J W Tudor Connolly's Red Mills Intermediate Point-To-Point Championship Final Hunters' ChaseClass 4 · 26f · Good · 16 ran 7th 16/1
28 Apr 17 Chepstow Spencer Moon (IRE)T: Kieran Price Dunraven Bowl Novices' Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 3rd 7/1
20 May 16 Stratford Northgeorge (GB)T: J W Tudor Subaru 'Restricted Point-To-Point' Series Final (Novices' Hunters' Chase)Class 3 · 22.5f · Good · 14 ran 3rd 20/1
27 Apr 16 Cheltenham Doctor Braveheart (IRE)T: David Brace Connolly's Red Mills Precision Nutrition Intermediate Point-To-Point Championship Final Hunters' ChaseClass 4 · 26f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 22/1
27 Apr 16 Cheltenham Mad Money (IRE)T: J W Tudor Racing Uk Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran UR 100/1
22 Apr 16 Chepstow Bob The Butcher (GB)T: David Brace Dunraven Bowl Novices' Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 12 ran 7th 16/1
31 Mar 16 Ffos Las Northgeorge (GB)T: J W Tudor Victorian House Window Group Novices' Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 21f · Heavy · 4 ran 4th 9/1
26 Feb 16 Exeter Rainbow Haze (GB)T: Phillip Dando Roa/racing Post Owners Jackpot Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 23f · Soft · 12 ran PU 18/1
26 Feb 16 Exeter Driftwood Haze (GB)T: Phillip Dando starsportsbet.co.uk 'National Hunt' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 18.5f · Soft · 8 ran 6th 28/1
26 Feb 16 Exeter Sahara Haze (GB)T: Phillip Dando Call Star Sports On 08000 521 321 Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 17f · Soft · 6 ran 3rd 100/1
23 Jan 16 Taunton Driftwood Haze (GB)T: Phillip Dando Bathwick Tyres Bath Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Heavy · 14 ran 8th 20/1
23 Jan 16 Taunton Sahara Haze (GB)T: Phillip Dando Ebf Stallions 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (qualifier)Class 4 · 19f · Heavy · 9 ran UR 100/1

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 Mr Byron Moorcroft's strike rate?
Mr Byron Moorcroft has won 14 of 294 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Mr Byron Moorcroft's Fair A/E?
0.82, from 291 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).