What is Richard Johnson's strike rate?

Richard Johnson has won 2,098 of 11,288 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 18.6% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Richard Johnson do best at?

Perth by strike rate: 108 wins from 405 rides (26.7%) 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 Richard Johnson ride most for?

Philip Hobbs, with 3,728 rides since 2008 — 33% of the total. That pairing has won 730 (19.6%).

What is Richard Johnson's Fair A/E?

1.03, from 11,276 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

Richard Johnson

11,288 rides in the lifetime window · 4,100 individual horses

As at 15 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Sep 2024 100% of rides over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

2,098–11,288

Wins / Runs

18.6%

Strike rate

n=11,288

4,825 (43%)

Placed

1.03

Fair A/E

n=11,276 · 0.89 incl. margin

−1,459.74

£1 level stake

n=11,288 at SP · −12.9%

£23.2m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 590 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 19% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.03). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 26% (1,889 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 11,288 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Aug 38.2% when favourite Philip Hobbs: 19.6% from 3,728 First rides: 18.7% LTO winners: 26.1% Rides the favourite in 23% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Perth (26.7%, n=405), clear of the rider's 18.6% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 26.1% (n=1,889, Fair A/E 1.07), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 12.5% (n=1,898, Fair A/E 1.18). Philip Hobbs supplies 33% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (19.6%, A/E 1.06) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well off a 0-7-day break (29.2%, n=236). 116 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Folkestone Maiden Hurdle at Folkestone (Jan 2008, £677,966). The standout partner of the record: Menorah (IRE) — 14 wins from 39 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Jul–Aug.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 18.6% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

18.7%+0.1

n=3,900 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −191.03

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

26.1%+7.5

n=1,889 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −156.08

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

16.9%−1.7

n=2,833 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −435.82

When favourite

38.2%

n=2,578 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −143.43

Big fields · 14+ runners

12.5%−6.1

n=1,898 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −70.65

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

13.8%−4.8

n=776 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −41.54

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 18.6% 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 Gordon Elliott 29.3% vs 18.6% · n=369

Off a 0-7-day break 29.2% vs 18.6% · n=236

On last-time-out winners 26.1% vs 18.6% · n=1,889

With Alan King 32% vs 18.6% · n=50

At Perth 26.7% vs 18.6% · n=405

With Paul Henderson 8% vs 18.6% · n=87

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 6,403 1220 19.1% −826.68

Chase 3,761 676 18% −490.58

NH Flat 1,115 202 18.1% −133.48

Flat 9 0 0% −9.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 4,679 887 19% −478.10

Good to Soft 2,363 405 17.1% −330.32

Soft 2,236 395 17.7% −305.57

Good to Firm 1,041 217 20.8% −137.51

Heavy 894 185 20.7% −160.61

Standard (AW) 62 5 8.1% −44.88

Firm 13 4 30.8% −2.75

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Cheltenham 666 79 11.9% −180.36

Worcester 611 101 16.5% −84.70

Uttoxeter 603 101 16.7% −90.91

Newton Abbot 520 95 18.3% −113.59

Exeter 478 100 20.9% −113.40

Stratford 473 94 19.9% −35.81

Chepstow 435 82 18.9% −11.38

Newbury 430 87 20.2% +250.52

Ludlow 410 85 20.7% −85.61

Perth 405 108 26.7% −65.23

Ffos Las 392 61 15.6% −133.99

Market Rasen 384 74 19.3% −66.17

Fontwell 373 82 22% −1.85

Southwell 347 78 22.5% −54.19

Warwick 344 68 19.8% −52.60

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 4,598 954 20.7% −734.49

Class 3 2,327 405 17.4% −138.87

Class 5 1,834 362 19.7% −114.15

Class 1 1,043 129 12.4% −140.48

Class 2 929 134 14.4% −227.03

Class 6 546 110 20.1% −117.58

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 2,929 1066 36.4% 1.08 −173.05

2nd–3rd fav 4,113 705 17.1% 0.95 −759.69

4th–6th fav 2,958 267 9% 1.02 −415.00

7th+ in betting 1,288 60 4.7% 1.08 −112.00

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.

Distance

DistanceRWSR£1

2m1f – 2m4f 3,622 711 19.6% −363.78

1m5f – 2m 3,621 671 18.5% −700.63

2m5f – 3m 3,266 595 18.2% −281.07

Over 3m 758 119 15.7% −113.76

1m2f – 1m4f 12 2 16.7% +8.50

1m – 1m1f 9 0 0% −9.00

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2008 876 143 16.3% −58.92

2009 842 154 18.3% −187.72

2010 763 160 21% +15.86

2011 823 149 18.1% −10.41

2012 884 159 18% −86.43

2013 787 122 15.5% −130.19

2014 875 170 19.4% −10.13

2015 1,015 215 21.2% −154.50

2016 1,010 198 19.6% −164.26

2017 941 179 19% −165.92

2018 994 207 20.8% −103.69

2019 843 150 17.8% −251.05

2020 485 73 15.1% −124.75

2021 148 19 12.8% −25.63

2023 1 0 0% −1.00

2024 1 0 0% −1.00

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 6,240 976 15.6% −887.71

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

8-10 runners 3,479 636 18.3% −425.71

5-7 runners 2,979 734 24.6% −259.54

11-13 runners 2,431 329 13.5% −602.02

14-16 runners 1,288 187 14.5% −12.78

17+ runners 610 51 8.4% −57.87

2-4 runners 501 161 32.1% −101.82

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

87.7% completed · 10,164 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 3,761 82.3% 143 69 444 3 6

Hurdle 6,403 90.8% 142 25 409 6 6

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

Menorah (IRE) 39 14 24 29 Apr 17

Wishfull Thinking (GB) 37 11 19 13 Apr 16

Balthazar King (IRE) 36 13 23 16 Mar 16

The Last Bridge (GB) 32 5 17 10 Apr 19

Dunraven Storm (IRE) 30 8 12 10 Jun 17

Duke Of Lucca (IRE) 30 8 14 25 Apr 15

Garde La Victoire (FR) 27 11 15 29 Nov 20

Village Vic (IRE) 26 6 12 13 Apr 18

Cockney Trucker (IRE) 25 4 14 21 Apr 12

Rock The Kasbah (IRE) 24 6 11 9 Nov 19

Planet of Sound (GB) 24 6 13 22 Feb 14

Brother Tedd (GB) 23 6 10 3 Apr 21

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 4,100 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 14 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

171819162018202119191720

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 yardPhilip Hobbs

33% of all rides
19.6% SR · A/E 1.06

TrainerRWSR£1

Philip Hobbs 3,728 730 19.6% −334.77

Tim Vaughan 1,777 329 18.5% −316.67

Henry Daly 633 110 17.4% −90.49

Gordon Elliott 369 108 29.3% −67.63

Olly Murphy 326 70 21.5% −67.82

Charlie Longsdon 273 56 20.5% −23.87

Warren Greatrex 258 43 16.7% −84.99

Jonjo O'Neill 197 40 20.3% −26.11

Richard Phillips 185 30 16.2% +35.31

Tom Lacey 179 44 24.6% +32.51

Alison Thorpe 149 31 20.8% +36.25

Martin Keighley 111 22 19.8% −6.75

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

2,530

Archived wins

116

Pattern / graded wins

£28.4m

Prize money

2015

Best season · 215 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.

Souriceau (FR) — Folkestone Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) Folkestone · Jan 2008

£677,966

Native River (IRE) — Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1) Cheltenham · Mar 2018 · Grade 1

£369,822

Planet of Sound (GB) — Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup (Grade 1) Punchestown · Apr 2010 · Grade 1

£135,000

Notable horses

Menorah (IRE) Balthazar King (IRE) Wishfull Thinking (GB) Garde La Victoire (FR) Mighty Man (FR) Dunraven Storm (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Levmoss (GB) 17.8% · 88–495

Progeny have won 11% of 20,054 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.

Kayf Tara (GB) 24.2% · 104–430

Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,772 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

King's Theatre (IRE) 25.8% · 103–399

Progeny have won 14.4% of 12,129 runs since 2008 (746 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.8% from 125. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 203.

Oscar (IRE) 13.4% · 37–277

Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,544 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.

Milan (GB) 17.2% · 46–268

Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,893 runs since 2008 (1,465 horses).

Beneficial (GB) 18.3% · 45–246

Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,047 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 15 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 13,805 · newest first

The latest 50 of 13,805 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 15 September 2024.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

15 Sep 24 Doncaster Slaney Swagger (IRE)T: Alice Haynes Graham Lee Vickers.Bet Leger Legends Classified Stakes (Str)Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 16 ran 14th 22/1

17 Sep 23 Doncaster Always Fearless (IRE)T: Richard Hannon Vickers.Bet Leger Legends Classified Stakes (Str)Class 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 10th 20/1

08 Sep 21 Doncaster Greek Kodiac (IRE)T: Michael Bell Mondialiste Leger Legends Classified Stakes (Str)Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 7th 14/1

03 Apr 21 Newton Abbot Brother Tedd (GB)T: Philip Hobbs newtonabbotracing.com Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 21f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 9/1

03 Apr 21 Newton Abbot Winter Getaway (IRE)T: Philip Hobbs Fudge Bassett Memorial Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 26.5f · Good · 9 ran 5th 7/1

03 Apr 21 Newton Abbot Auld Sod (IRE)T: Philip Hobbs Racing Welfare Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good · 13 ran 4th 10/3F

03 Apr 21 Newton Abbot Forever Des Long (FR)T: Philip Hobbs Sky Sports Racing On Sky 415 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 4 · 18.5f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 2/1

03 Apr 21 Newton Abbot Ronde De Nuit (FR)T: Philip Hobbs South West Racing Club Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good · 12 ran PU 3/1F

03 Apr 21 Newton Abbot Trailboss (IRE)T: Fergal O'Brien Racing Partnership Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17f · Good · 11 ran 3rd 6/1

29 Mar 21 Wincanton Dangan Des Champs (IRE)T: Philip Hobbs Bet At racingtv.com Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 6 ran PU 50/1

29 Mar 21 Wincanton Hope You Do (FR)T: Philip Hobbs Racing TV Extra 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 10 ran 5th 4/1

28 Mar 21 Ascot Awake At Midnight (GB)T: Philip Hobbs Berkshire Community Foundation Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 21f · Good · 7 ran 4th 4/1

27 Mar 21 Newbury Socks Off (IRE)T: Adrian Paul Keatley BetVictor Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5th 25/1

27 Mar 21 Newbury Across The Channel (FR)T: Philip Hobbs Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 6th 18/1

27 Mar 21 Newbury Kalooki (GER)T: Philip Hobbs BetVictor Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 2 · 20f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 2nd 2/1F

26 Mar 21 Newbury Larkbarrow Lad (GB)T: Philip Hobbs BetVictor Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (For The Brown Chamberlin Trophy) (GBB Race)Class 3 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3rd 6/1

24 Mar 21 Hereford Winter Getaway (IRE)T: Philip Hobbs Central Roofing Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 25.5f · Good · 4 ran 2nd 10/3

23 Mar 21 Taunton From The Heart (IRE)T: Philip Hobbs Newton King Estate Agents Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 26.5f · Good · 9 ran 3rd 6/1

23 Mar 21 Taunton Earth Lord (IRE)T: Philip Hobbs Taunton Branch RNLI Supporters Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 10/1

23 Mar 21 Taunton Camprond (FR)T: Philip Hobbs Game And Wildlife Conservation Trust Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 1st 2/1

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 Johnson's strike rate?: Richard Johnson has won 2,098 of 11,288 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 18.6% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Richard Johnson do best at?: Perth by strike rate: 108 wins from 405 rides (26.7%) 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 Richard Johnson ride most for?: Philip Hobbs, with 3,728 rides since 2008 — 33% of the total. That pairing has won 730 (19.6%).
What is Richard Johnson's Fair A/E?: 1.03, from 11,276 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.