What is Mr D J Benson's strike rate?

Mr D J Benson has won 34 of 457 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.4% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Mr D J Benson do best at?

Fairyhouse by strike rate: 2 wins from 34 rides (5.9%) 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 Mr D J Benson ride most for?

G M Lyons, with 56 rides since 2008 — 12% of the total. That pairing has won 3 (5.4%).

What is Mr D J Benson's Fair A/E?

1.01, from 457 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

Mr D J Benson

457 rides in the lifetime window · 323 individual horses

As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Nov 2017

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2010→)

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.

34–457

Wins / Runs

7.4%

Strike rate

n=457

93 (20%)

Placed

1.01

Fair A/E

n=457 · 0.80 incl. margin

−118.52

£1 level stake

n=457 at SP · −25.9%

£391k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

15.6%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 60 times a season, across both codes, winning on 7% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.01). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 11% off breaks of two months or more (80 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 457 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fired Apr–May Fresh horses: 11.3% 21.9% when favourite G M Lyons: 5.4% from 56 Claiming: 7.5% Rode the favourite in 7% of races

The read

It is weakest at Punchestown (0% over 30 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 11.3% (n=80, Fair A/E 1.78). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 5.6% strike, Fair A/E 0.84 and −133.80 to a £1 stake over 323 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. G M Lyons supplied 12% of the rides and sits below the rider's average (5.4% vs 7.4%, A/E 0.71). The rider also read well in NH Flat races (20%, n=35) and off a 8-14-day break (12.7%, n=110). The market has also underrated the rider off a 61-180-day break: Fair A/E 1.97 across 52 rides (13.5% strike, +0.13 to a £1 stake). The record read poorly over 1m2f – 1m4f — 0% over 54 rides, 7.4pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper at Fairyhouse (Apr 2017, £59,000). Seasonally, the rider fired Apr–May.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.4% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

5.6%−1.8

n=323 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −133.80

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

20.8%+13.4

n=24 · A/E 1.73 · £1 +21.63

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

11.3%+3.9

n=80 · A/E 1.78 · £1 −18.87

When favourite

21.9%

n=32 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −12.52

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

7.5%+0.1

n=425 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −97.52

Big fields · 14+ runners

7.2%−0.2

n=236 · A/E 1.24 · £1 −22.00

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

9.1%+1.7

n=11 · A/E 2.22 · £1 +10.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.4% 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 Noel Meade 24.4% vs 7.4% · n=41

In NH Flat races 20% vs 7.4% · n=35

Over 1m2f – 1m4f 0% vs 7.4% · n=54

At Punchestown 0% vs 7.4% · n=30

Off a 8-14-day break 12.7% vs 7.4% · n=110

Off a 61-180-day break 13.5% vs 7.4% · n=52

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 255 19 7.5% −52.15

Hurdle 151 8 5.3% −45.00

NH Flat 35 7 20% −5.37

Chase 16 0 0% −16.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Soft 138 7 5.1% −60.50

Good 121 11 9.1% −11.35

Standard (AW) 67 2 3% −57.25

Heavy 48 5 10.4% −25.30

Good to Firm 42 5 11.9% +31.00

Good to Soft 40 4 10% +5.88

Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Dundalk (AW) 64 2 3.1% −54.25

Fairyhouse 34 2 5.9% −25.12

Punchestown 30 0 0% −30.00

Leopardstown 28 2 7.1% +14.00

Limerick 23 2 8.7% −10.00

Navan 22 2 9.1% +5.00

Down Royal 20 2 10% +9.00

Cork 19 1 5.3% −9.00

Curragh 19 0 0% −19.00

Galway 18 3 16.7% +12.00

Gowran Park 16 1 6.3% −7.00

Roscommon 16 3 18.8% −7.30

Wexford 13 1 7.7% −4.00

Clonmel 13 3 23.1% +27.75

Naas 13 3 23.1% +8.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 17 0 0% −17.00

Class 1 11 1 9.1% +10.00

Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00

Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 37 7 18.9% 0.82 −17.52

2nd–3rd fav 65 11 16.9% 1.29 −1.50

4th–6th fav 117 7 6% 0.83 −49.50

7th+ in betting 238 9 3.8% 1.11 −50.00

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

Mallards In Flight (IRE) 8 1 3 21 Jan 15

Romeo's On Fire (IRE) 7 0 0 6 Jan 12

Pencilhimin (IRE) 6 2 2 10 Apr 15

Waydownsouth (IRE) 6 0 0 1 Jan 15

Measured Approval (IRE) 6 2 2 3 Sep 12

Solent Ridge (IRE) 6 1 1 18 Jun 11

Independent Girl (IRE) 5 1 2 4 May 12

Capture The Drama (IRE) 4 0 0 13 Apr 15

Sulki Rose (IRE) 4 0 1 25 Oct 14

Tarvini (IRE) 4 0 0 10 Jun 13

Star Links (USA) 4 0 0 26 Jul 12

Dunne Grand (USA) 4 0 0 30 Apr 11

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 323 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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

8017111306146564

Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first

Main yardG M Lyons

12% of all rides
5.4% SR · A/E 0.71

TrainerRWSR£1

G M Lyons 56 3 5.4% −20.00

Noel Meade 41 10 24.4% +2.73

Patrick J Flynn 37 5 13.5% +18.00

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2010→

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£391k

Prize money

2017

Best season · 10 wins

Red Jack (IRE) — Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper Fairyhouse · Apr 2017

£59,000

Pencilhimin (IRE) — Proudstown Handicap Hurdle (grade C) Navan · Nov 2014 · Grade C

£19,500

Pencilhimin (IRE) — Follow Limerick Racecourse On Facebook Handicap Hurdle Limerick · Nov 2014

£10,350

Notable horses

Measured Approval (IRE) Pencilhimin (IRE) Red Jack (IRE) Mallards In Flight (IRE) Solent Ridge (IRE) Independent Girl (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Presenting (GB) 11.1% · 2–18

Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.

Chevalier (IRE) 9.1% · 1–11

Progeny have won 9.9% of 1,683 runs since 2008 (118 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 13.9% from 417.

Acclamation (GB) 33.3% · 3–9

Progeny have won 10% of 19,711 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.

Big Bad Bob (IRE) 0% · 0–9

Progeny have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since 2009 (314 horses).

Flemensfirth (USA) 22.2% · 2–9

Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,288 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses).

Milan (GB) 0% · 0–9

Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,876 runs since 2008 (1,463 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 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 457 · newest first

The latest 50 of 457 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 15 August 2010 to 4 November 2017.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

04 Nov 17 Down Royal Peace Party (IRE)T: Desmond McDonogh Daily Mirror (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 12 ran 8th 20/1

18 Oct 17 Punchestown Court Attire (IRE)T: Desmond McDonogh Black Hills Mares Flat Race16f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 13th 33/1

12 Oct 17 Thurles Peace Party (IRE)T: Desmond McDonogh Go Racing At Thurles Racecourse Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 3rd 6/1

10 Oct 17 Galway Some Day Soon (IRE)T: Patrick J Flynn Jamie Kyne Memorial Flat Race16.5f · Soft · 13 ran 7th 16/1

07 Oct 17 Fairyhouse Our Nest Egg (IRE)T: W F Treacy Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 10th 25/1

18 Sep 17 Galway Cantseeforlooking (IRE)T: Anthony Mulholland Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Mares Flat Race16.5f · Soft · 10 ran 10th 33/1

08 Sep 17 Kilbeggan Arch Stanton (IRE)T: Noel Meade September 8th Celebration Race Meeting (pro/am) Flat Race19.5f · Soft · 11 ran 3rd 6/1

05 Sep 17 Laytown (AW) Vitalized (IRE)T: Damian Joseph English Hibernia Steel (Q.R.) Race7f · Standard · 9 ran 8th 33/1

05 Sep 17 Laytown (AW) Usa (IRE)T: S J Mahon O'Neills Sports (Q.R.) Handicap (50-80)7f · Standard · 10 ran 10th 7/1

04 Sep 17 Roscommon Kirwans Lane (IRE)T: Noel Meade Four Roads (pro-am) Flat Race16f · Heavy · 8 ran 1st 6/5F

07 Aug 17 Cork Port Rashid (IRE)T: Timothy Townend Ticket Sales Online At corkracecourse.ie Flat Race19f · Yielding · 15 ran 7th 8/1

05 Aug 17 Galway (IRE) Florazi (IRE)T: Martin Brassil Galway Shopping Centre Irish EBF Mares Flat Race16f · Soft · 12 ran 6th 10/1

28 Jul 17 Wexford Lady Sherami (IRE)T: Matthew J Smith Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Mares Flat Race16f · Yielding · 12 ran 8th 33/1

27 Jul 17 Limerick Scorpion Scare (IRE)T: Keith Henry Clarke Ladbrokes Munster National 8th October Flat Race16f · Yielding · 9 ran 8th 33/1

23 Jul 17 Tipperary Battery Park (IRE)T: Augustine Leahy Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 7th 66/1

22 Jul 17 Limerick Eirene Wind (GB)T: Patrick J Flynn Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Fillies Flat Race16f · Good · 12 ran 10th 33/1

20 Jul 17 Killarney Watching Brief (IRE)T: P A Fahy Christy Lucey Transport Limited Flat Race17f · Good · 10 ran 7th 50/1

16 Jul 17 Sligo Royal Zorro (IRE)T: Nigel Thomas Slevin Foley's Bar & Off Licence Flat Race18f · Good · 10 ran 1st 25/1

14 Jul 17 Cork Port Rashid (IRE)T: Timothy Townend Cork Racecourse August Summer Festival Flat Race16f · Good · 14 ran 5th 33/1

08 Jul 17 Bellewstown Lady Sherami (IRE)T: Matthew J Smith McLoughlin Oil Flat Race16.5f · Good · 9 ran 7th 33/1

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 D J Benson's strike rate?: Mr D J Benson has won 34 of 457 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.4% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Mr D J Benson do best at?: Fairyhouse by strike rate: 2 wins from 34 rides (5.9%) 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 Mr D J Benson ride most for?: G M Lyons, with 56 rides since 2008 — 12% of the total. That pairing has won 3 (5.4%).
What is Mr D J Benson's Fair A/E?: 1.01, from 457 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.