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Jockey profile

Richard Evans

627 rides in the lifetime window · 195 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jul 2014 97% 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.
54–627
Wins / Runs
8.6%
Strike rate
n=627
168 (27%)
Placed
0.78
n=626 · 0.67 incl. margin
−257.92
£1 level stake
n=627 at SP · −41.1%
£314k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 90 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 9% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.78). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 15% (80 rides). Rode mostly for David Evans — 91% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 627 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Apr–Jun 31% when favourite David Evans: 9.3% from 572 LTO winners: 15% Claiming: 8.9% Rode the favourite in 11% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Bath (16.1%, n=31), clear of the rider's 8.6% baseline. It is weakest at Kempton (AW) (0% over 42 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 15% (n=80, Fair A/E 0.87), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 5% (n=40, Fair A/E 0.73). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 6.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.61 and −92.40 to a £1 stake over 184 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. David Evans supplied 91% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (9.3%, A/E 0.83). The record read poorly off a 31-60-day break — 0% over 42 rides, 8.6pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Ripon Champion Two Yrs Old Trophy, 2010 at Ripon (Aug 2010, £17,031). Seasonally, the rider fired Apr–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 8.6% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.5%−2.1
n=184 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −92.40
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
15%+6.4
n=80 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −26.61
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
5%−3.6
n=40 · A/E 0.73 · £1 −31.50
When favourite
31%
n=71 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −1.01
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
8.9%+0.3
n=585 · A/E 0.80 · £1 −235.02
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.5%−2.1
n=92 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −11.17
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
10%+1.4
n=10 · A/E 2.52 · £1 +7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.6% 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
At Kempton (AW) 0% vs 8.6% · n=42
Off a 31-60-day break 0% vs 8.6% · n=42
Over 1m5f – 2m 0% vs 8.6% · n=30
On last-time-out winners 15% vs 8.6% · n=80
At Bath 16.1% vs 8.6% · n=31
With C&D winners 13.6% vs 8.6% · n=154
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 606 54 8.9% −236.92
Hurdle 16 0 0% −16.00
NH Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 258 22 8.5% −125.50
Good to Firm 161 17 10.6% −46.41
Good 95 5 5.3% −23.67
Good to Soft 48 2 4.2% −39.50
Soft 39 4 10.3% −18.00
Firm 19 3 15.8% −2.34
Heavy 7 1 14.3% −2.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 127 13 10.2% −70.25
Lingfield (AW) 51 4 7.8% −32.50
Kempton (AW) 42 0 0% −42.00
Windsor 41 4 9.8% −5.75
Southwell (AW) 32 5 15.6% +25.25
Bath 31 5 16.1% −7.51
Chester 26 2 7.7% +4.00
Chepstow 24 1 4.2% −18.00
Catterick 22 2 9.1% −12.17
Brighton 19 3 15.8% −1.37
Leicester 19 1 5.3% −15.25
Salisbury 16 1 6.3% −13.00
Warwick 15 0 0% −15.00
Doncaster 13 1 7.7% +21.00
Nottingham 12 4 33.3% +11.63

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 240 16 6.7% −126.97
Class 6 207 27 13% −67.28
Class 4 112 9 8% −23.67
Class 3 33 1 3% −22.00
Class 2 19 0 0% −19.00
Class 1 10 1 10% +7.00
Class 7 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 84 25 29.8% 1.09 +0.49
2nd–3rd fav 149 17 11.4% 0.74 −64.41
4th–6th fav 192 4 2.1% 0.26 −140.00
7th+ in betting 202 8 4% 1.02 −54.00
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
Memphis Man (GB) 34 3 13 12 Dec 11
Carcinetto (IRE) 29 2 8 15 Oct 11
Obe Royal (GB) 25 2 8 16 Sep 09
I Confess (GB) 22 4 9 12 Apr 11
Desert Dreamer (IRE) 22 1 6 25 Jun 10
Bathwick Bear (IRE) 14 2 3 15 Oct 11
Climate (IRE) 12 3 5 11 Jan 10
Bosamcliff (IRE) 11 2 5 4 Oct 10
Vhujon (IRE) 11 1 2 4 Aug 10
Goodbye Cash (IRE) 11 0 2 20 Jul 10
Transfixed (IRE) 11 1 4 25 Jun 10
Wahoo Sam (USA) 11 2 5 9 May 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 195 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
697171413636685
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 yardDavid Evans
91% of all rides
9.3% SR · A/E 0.83
TrainerRWSR£1
David Evans 572 53 9.3% −206.42
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
56
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£325k
Prize money
2008
Best season · 24 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.
Bathwick Bear (IRE) — Ripon Champion Two Yrs Old Trophy, 2010 (Listed) Ripon · Aug 2010 · Listed
£17,031
Carcinetto (IRE) — Invesco Perpetual E.B.F. Fillies' Handicap Newmarket · Jul 2008 · Class 3
£9,347
Kumbeshwar (GB) — Heathcotes Outside E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Chester · Sep 2009 · Class 4
£5,828

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Danetime (IRE) 11.1% · 6–54
Progeny have won 11.1% of 2,846 runs since 2008 (149 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.3% from 218.
Bertolini (USA) 8.3% · 3–36
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Wizard King (GB) 8% · 2–25
Progeny have won 4.8% of 750 runs since 2008 (80 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 9.5% from 147. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.3% from 120.
Fantastic Light (USA) 18.2% · 4–22
Progeny have won 9.9% of 3,570 runs since 2008 (223 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 5.8% from 377.
Green Desert (USA) 4.5% · 1–22
Progeny have won 11% of 3,324 runs since 2008 (251 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.
Danehill Dancer (IRE) 0% · 0–19
Progeny have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since 2008 (783 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.
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 29 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 669 · newest first

The latest 50 of 669 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 18 December 2006 to 23 July 2014.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
09 Jul 14 Lingfield (AW) Prince Of Burma (IRE)T: David Evans 32Red Selling StakesClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 9 ran 3rd 5/1
05 Jul 14 Leicester Prince Of Burma (IRE)T: David Evans East Midlands Ceramics HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 3rd 8/1
23 Sep 13 Leicester Sure Fire (GER)T: David Evans Kirby Gate Maiden StakesClass 5 · 12f · Good · 15 ran 14th 100/1
13 Sep 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Willow Island (IRE)T: David Evans 32Red Casino Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 9th 66/1
24 Apr 13 Taunton Esteem (GB)T: David Evans Taunton Jaguar Xf Sportbrake Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 7th 20/1
08 Dec 12 Lingfield (AW) Sonara (IRE)T: David Evans 32 Bonus At 32Red.com HandicapClass 6 · 16f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 33/1
05 Dec 12 Hereford Esteem (GB)T: David Evans Casino At Bet365 Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19.5f · Soft · 14 ran 7th 16/1
29 Sep 12 Market Rasen Valley Lad (IRE)T: David Evans 32red Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 18.5f · Good · 12 ran PU 9/1

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 Richard Evans's strike rate?
Richard Evans has won 54 of 627 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.6% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Richard Evans do best at?
Bath by strike rate: 5 wins from 31 rides (16.1%) 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 Richard Evans ride most for?
David Evans, with 572 rides since 2008 — 91% of the total. That pairing has won 53 (9.3%).
What is Richard Evans's Fair A/E?
0.78, from 626 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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).