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Jockey profile

P J Benson

317 rides in the lifetime window · 199 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride May 2011 100% 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.
19–317
Wins / Runs
6%
Strike rate
n=317
79 (25%)
Placed
0.71
Fair A/E
n=317 · 0.59 incl. margin
−134.58
£1 level stake
n=317 at SP · −42.5%
£138k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 80 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 6% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.71). Rode mostly for Donald McCain — 52% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 317 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Donald McCain: 10.4% from 164 Claiming: 6.4%
The read

The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 4.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.61 and −99.50 to a £1 stake over 178 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Donald McCain supplied 52% of the rides and edges the rider's average (10.4% vs 6%, A/E 0.94). The rider also read well off a 15-30-day break (9.4%, n=106) and in Class 4 (9.2%, n=130). The record read poorly on Good to Firm going — 2.3% over 43 rides, 3.7pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider over 1m5f – 2m: Fair A/E 0.30 across 126 rides (2.4% strike, −106.33 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 6% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4.5%−1.5
n=178 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −99.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
6.7%+0.7
n=30 · A/E 0.39 · £1 −17.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.4%−2.6
n=59 · A/E 0.60 · £1 −39.00
When favourite
17.4%
n=23 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −10.58
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
6.4%+0.4
n=296 · A/E 0.74 · £1 −113.58
Big fields · 14+ runners
5%−1.0
n=120 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −48.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6% 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 Donald McCain 10.4% vs 6% · n=164
Over 1m5f – 2m 2.4% vs 6% · n=126
Off a 15-30-day break 9.4% vs 6% · n=106
In Class 4 9.2% vs 6% · n=130
On Good to Firm going 2.3% vs 6% · n=43
Off a 31-60-day break 2.8% vs 6% · n=71
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 204 15 7.4% −60.08
Chase 67 2 3% −48.50
NH Flat 46 2 4.3% −26.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 120 8 6.7% −18.00
Good to Soft 62 2 3.2% −40.00
Soft 61 5 8.2% −31.33
Good to Firm 43 1 2.3% −32.00
Heavy 31 3 9.7% −13.25

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Bangor-on-Dee 33 1 3% −30.00
Sedgefield 30 2 6.7% −11.50
Kelso 24 1 4.2% −15.00
Catterick 15 0 0% −15.00
Newcastle 14 0 0% −14.00
Market Rasen 14 1 7.1% −9.00
Ayr 14 2 14.3% −2.00
Wetherby 14 0 0% −14.00
Uttoxeter 11 2 18.2% +25.00
Haydock 10 3 30% +3.75
Hexham 9 0 0% −9.00
Aintree 8 1 12.5% +13.00
Perth 7 0 0% −7.00
Punchestown 7 0 0% −7.00
Fairyhouse 7 0 0% −7.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 130 12 9.2% −21.58
Class 5 67 3 4.5% −49.00
Class 6 31 2 6.5% −11.00
Class 3 26 2 7.7% +10.00
Class 2 15 0 0% −15.00
Class 1 6 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 27 4 14.8% 0.56 −14.58
2nd–3rd fav 62 8 12.9% 0.87 −5.00
4th–6th fav 89 4 4.5% 0.64 −33.00
7th+ in betting 139 3 2.2% 0.70 −82.00
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
81.2% completed · 271 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 67 77.6% 5 4 5 0 1
Hurdle 204 82.4% 7 5 23 0 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
Peters Star (IRE) 6 3 3 11 Dec 09
Phoenix Eye (GB) 6 1 4 17 May 09
Lord Multifix (IRE) 5 0 1 14 Apr 10
Vicario (GB) 5 2 2 8 May 09
Our Jim (GB) 5 1 2 6 May 09
Macchiato (GB) 5 0 1 4 Mar 09
Whistle Blowing (IRE) 5 0 2 25 Mar 08
Royal Reveille (IRE) 4 0 1 15 Jan 11
Rightway Star (IRE) 4 0 0 14 Nov 09
Danny Zuko (IRE) 4 1 2 4 Oct 09
Wizards Dust (GB) 4 0 1 2 Oct 09
Morning Sunshine (IRE) 4 0 0 10 Mar 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 199 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
81165300070243
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 yardDonald McCain
52% of all rides
10.4% SR · A/E 0.94
TrainerRWSR£1
Donald McCain 164 17 10.4% −7.58
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
33
Archived wins
£217k
Prize money
2009
Best season · 12 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.
The Rocking Dock (IRE) — Letheby And Christopher Handicap Hurdle Aintree · May 2008 · Class 3
£7,806
Inventor (IRE) — Robert Giles Agencies Introductory Hurdle Ascot · Nov 2009 · Class 3
£6,888
Original Fly (FR) — seriousquitters.co.uk Novices' Handicap Hurdle Aintree · Nov 2007 · Class 3
£6,506
Notable horses
Peters Star (IRE) Vicario (GB) Dickie Lewis (GB) Rosie All Over (GB) Phoenix Eye (GB) Our Jim (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Presenting (GB) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Sir Harry Lewis (USA) 18.2% · 2–11
Progeny have won 11.8% of 2,425 runs since 2008 (190 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 17.3% from 306.
Classic Cliche (IRE) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 8% of 2,328 runs since 2008 (231 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.1% from 244.
Overbury (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 10.7% of 4,657 runs since 2008 (423 horses).
Vettori (IRE) 25% · 2–8
Progeny have won 7.2% of 1,775 runs since 2008 (163 horses).
Beneficial (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since 2008 (1,155 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 525 · newest first

The latest 50 of 525 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 4 May 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 May 11 Punchestown Accordion To Paddy (IRE)T: Michael O'Hare Martinstown Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle (81-123)20f · Good · 25 ran PU 12/1
15 Jan 11 Naas Royal Reveille (IRE)T: T M Walsh I.N.H. Stallion Owners European Breeders Fund Maiden Hurdle19f · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 10th 20/1
09 Jan 11 Leopardstown Captain Dreyfus (IRE)T: T M Walsh www.thetote.com Beginners Chase17f · Soft To Heavy · 10 ran 9th 66/1
31 Dec 10 Punchestown Captain Dreyfus (IRE)T: T M Walsh Punchestown Hospitality Beginners Chase24f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 8th 25/1
30 Dec 10 Down Royal Amber Bob (IRE)T: T M Walsh Irish Stallions Farms European Breeders Fund Beginners Chase20f · Heavy · 10 ran 8th 33/1
30 Dec 10 Down Royal Selection Box (IRE)T: C A McBratney Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Heavy · 18 ran 3rd 8/1
30 Dec 10 Down Royal Firm Foundations (IRE)T: Michael Mulvany Sean Graham Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 20 ran 6th 20/1
29 Dec 10 Leopardstown Royal Reveille (IRE)T: T M Walsh paddypower.com Android App Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 17 ran 9th 14/1
24 Nov 10 Naas Captain Dreyfus (IRE)T: T M Walsh Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase16f · Soft · 12 ran 9th 33/1
03 Nov 10 Fairyhouse Royal Reveille (IRE)T: T M Walsh Fairyhouse Membership 2011 Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 16 ran 3rd 5/2
03 Nov 10 Fairyhouse Mountmassey (IRE)T: T M Walsh Value Days Out At Fairyhouse Beginners Chase16f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 2nd 10/1
25 Sep 10 Navan Royal Reveille (IRE)T: T M Walsh Navan Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding To Soft · 30 ran 5th 33/1
26 May 10 Punchestown Dalkey Island (IRE)T: T M Walsh Panoramic Restaurant (c & G) Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 25 ran PU 20/1
26 May 10 Punchestown Queen Of Hardship (IRE)T: Paul W Flynn Dobbins Panoramic Restaurant Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 24 ran 3rd 25/1
18 May 10 Punchestown Bishop's Lane (IRE)T: T M Walsh Motivate Challenge In Association With The Evening Hearld Beginners Chase20f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 10th 33/1
10 May 10 Killarney Buckskin Bob (IRE)T: S Donohoe Laurels Bar (c & G) Maiden Hurdle Div 220f · Good · 16 ran PU 33/1
10 May 10 Killarney Mr Ramsay (IRE)T: S Donohoe Laurels Bar (c & G) Maiden Hurdle Div 120f · Good · 16 ran 6th 14/1
03 May 10 Down Royal Instigator (GB)T: S Donohoe Rainbow Telecom Beginners Chase20f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 2nd 9/1
29 Apr 10 Tipperary Boyney Boy (IRE)T: S Donohoe Kedrah House Stud 'Well Chosen' Handicap Hurdle (81-116)16f · Good · 16 ran 9th 16/1
14 Apr 10 Gowran Park Lord Multifix (IRE)T: Liam Lennon Inistioge Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 20 ran 18th 16/1

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 P J Benson's strike rate?
P J Benson has won 19 of 317 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does P J Benson do best at?
Sedgefield by strike rate: 2 wins from 30 rides (6.7%) 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 P J Benson ride most for?
Donald McCain, with 164 rides since 2008 — 52% of the total. That pairing has won 17 (10.4%).
What is P J Benson's Fair A/E?
0.71, from 317 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).