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Jockey profile

Paddy Pilley

705 rides in the lifetime window · 386 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2020 100% of rides on the flat
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.
54–705
Wins / Runs
7.7%
Strike rate
n=705
184 (26%)
Placed
0.85
n=703 · 0.74 incl. margin
−178.13
£1 level stake
n=705 at SP · −25.3%
£387k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 90 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 8% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.85). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 19% (68 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 705 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired May–Jun 15.7% when favourite Mick Channon: 6.8% from 103 LTO winners: 19.1% Claiming: 7.8% Rode the favourite in 7% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Brighton (15.9%, n=44), clear of the rider's 7.7% baseline. It is weakest at Bath (2.2% over 45 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 19.1% (n=68, Fair A/E 1.14), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 3.3% (n=92, Fair A/E 0.55). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 6.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.82 and −82.09 to a £1 stake over 386 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Mick Channon supplied 15% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (6.8%, A/E 0.55). The rider also read well in Class 3 (17.1%, n=41). Seasonally, the rider fired May–Jun.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.5%−1.2
n=386 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −82.09
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
19.1%+11.4
n=68 · A/E 1.14 · £1 +12.29
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.3%−4.4
n=92 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −68.00
When favourite
15.7%
n=51 · A/E 0.54 · £1 −23.54
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.8%+0.1
n=630 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −141.88
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.5%−1.2
n=92 · A/E 1.24 · £1 −22.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.7% 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
On last-time-out winners 19.1% vs 7.7% · n=68
In Class 3 17.1% vs 7.7% · n=41
At Brighton 15.9% vs 7.7% · n=44
At Bath 2.2% vs 7.7% · n=45
With C&D winners 11.9% vs 7.7% · n=134
With Tom Dascombe 12.3% vs 7.7% · n=81
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
Standard (AW) 249 18 7.2% +10.75
Good to Firm 151 13 8.6% −59.34
Good 128 10 7.8% −49.37
Good to Soft 94 6 6.4% −44.50
Soft 57 5 8.8% −20.50
Firm 20 1 5% −18.17
Heavy 6 1 16.7% +3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 75 5 6.7% +59.50
Kempton (AW) 53 4 7.5% −11.00
Lingfield (AW) 45 4 8.9% −18.25
Bath 45 1 2.2% −43.17
Brighton 44 7 15.9% +8.00
Chelmsford (AW) 39 3 7.7% −9.50
Nottingham 30 3 10% +12.33
Leicester 27 6 22.2% +9.25
Southwell (AW) 26 2 7.7% +1.00
Chester 26 1 3.8% −19.50
Salisbury 26 3 11.5% −3.50
Lingfield 25 2 8% −10.00
Windsor 23 2 8.7% −13.50
Newbury 21 1 4.8% −12.00
Chepstow 20 2 10% −10.17

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 289 25 8.7% −45.92
Class 5 225 13 5.8% −49.67
Class 4 118 6 5.1% −76.37
Class 3 41 7 17.1% +8.50
Class 2 24 2 8.3% −13.67
Class 7 7 1 14.3% +0.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 58 10 17.2% 0.63 −21.04
2nd–3rd fav 120 20 16.7% 1.06 −13.09
4th–6th fav 222 14 6.3% 0.75 −95.00
7th+ in betting 305 10 3.3% 0.98 −49.00
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
Archie Stevens (GB) 15 1 7 30 Jul 18
Give Us A Belle (IRE) 15 1 4 28 Sep 16
Subtle Knife (GB) 12 3 5 16 Apr 16
Sir Geoffrey (IRE) 9 2 5 1 Jun 18
Prigsnov Dancer (IRE) 9 2 3 12 Oct 16
Tyrsal (IRE) 8 3 3 18 Sep 18
Highlife Dancer (GB) 8 2 3 28 Jul 16
Roger Thorpe (GB) 7 0 4 19 Aug 17
My Meteor (GB) 7 0 0 26 Jun 17
Perfect Rhythm (GB) 7 2 3 3 Jun 16
Roly Tricks (GB) 7 3 3 13 May 16
Essaka (IRE) 6 0 5 11 Aug 17
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 386 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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
411461098571146
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 yardMick Channon
15% of all rides
6.8% SR · A/E 0.55
TrainerRWSR£1
Mick Channon 103 7 6.8% −70.17
Tom Dascombe 81 10 12.3% +63.96
Scott Dixon 42 4 9.5% −17.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2013→
54
Archived wins
£387k
Prize money
2015
Best season · 25 wins
She Can Boogie (IRE) — British EBF Nursery Nottingham · Oct 2018 · Class 2
£10,350
Three Gracez (GB) — 32red/ebf Stallions Breeding Fillies' Handicap Kempton (AW) · Mar 2016 · Class 3
£10,271
Blyton (GB) — J W Lees Bitter 1828 Nursery Haydock · Sep 2018 · Class 2
£9,704

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Sixties Icon (GB) 12.9% · 4–31
Progeny have won 9.9% of 5,682 runs since 2012 (338 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.3% from 264. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.4% from 1,337.
Pastoral Pursuits (GB) 13.3% · 4–30
Progeny have won 9.5% of 7,219 runs since 2009 (437 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.4% from 109. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1.5% from 133.
Kheleyf (USA) 4.2% · 1–24
Progeny have won 8.7% of 10,549 runs since 2008 (676 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 12.2% from 131. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 880.
Dark Angel (IRE) 10% · 2–20
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,941 runs since 2011 (1,596 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Bushranger (IRE) 0% · 0–19
Progeny have won 7.7% of 4,449 runs since 2013 (300 horses).
Clodovil (IRE) 5.3% · 1–19
Progeny have won 9.7% of 6,513 runs since 2008 (415 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 13.5% from 155.
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 705 · newest first

The latest 50 of 705 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 20 November 2013 to 2 September 2020.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
20 Aug 20 Chester Comin' Through (AUS)T: George Scott Storyhouse HandicapClass 3 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 8th 50/1
31 Oct 18 Nottingham She Can Boogie (IRE)T: Tom Dascombe British EBF NurseryClass 2 · 5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1st 10/3
13 Oct 18 Newmarket Barristan The Bold (GB)T: Tom Dascombe Mydubai NurseryClass 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 6th 5/2F
08 Oct 18 Pontefract Dragons Tail (IRE)T: Tom Dascombe Leslie Burton (Fisher) HandicapClass 3 · 8f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 8th 16/1
29 Sep 18 Haydock Calder Prince (IRE)T: Tom Dascombe Smarkets.com HandicapClass 3 · 6f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 9th 10/1
28 Sep 18 Haydock Blyton (GB)T: Tom Dascombe J W Lees Bitter 1828 NurseryClass 2 · 5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1st 5/1

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 Paddy Pilley's strike rate?
Paddy Pilley has won 54 of 705 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.7% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Paddy Pilley do best at?
Brighton by strike rate: 7 wins from 44 rides (15.9%) 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 Paddy Pilley ride most for?
Mick Channon, with 103 rides since 2008 — 15% of the total. That pairing has won 7 (6.8%).
What is Paddy Pilley's Fair A/E?
0.85, from 703 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).