What is Richard Thomas's strike rate?

Richard Thomas has won 30 of 677 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.4% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Richard Thomas do best at?

Brighton by strike rate: 4 wins from 48 rides (8.3%) 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 Thomas ride most for?

John E Long, with 152 rides since 2008 — 22% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (5.9%).

What is Richard Thomas's Fair A/E?

0.83, from 674 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 Thomas

677 rides in the lifetime window · 340 individual horses

As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Nov 2013 100% of rides on the flat

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.

30–677

Wins / Runs

4.4%

Strike rate

n=677

104 (15%)

Placed

0.83

Fair A/E

n=674 · 0.69 incl. margin

−397.25

£1 level stake

n=677 at SP · −58.7%

£127k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

3.4%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 110 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.83). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 6% (32 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 677 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fired Jun–Jul John E Long: 5.9% from 152

The read

Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 1.4% (n=142, Fair A/E 0.34). John E Long supplied 22% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (5.9%, A/E 1.00) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also read well over 1m5f – 2m (10.2%, n=49). The record read poorly on Soft going — 0% over 41 rides, 4.4pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the 32redpoker.com Handicap at Epsom Downs (Oct 2005, £17,400). The standout partner of the record was Efisio Princess (GB) — 6 wins from 27 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Jun–Jul.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.4% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

4.2%−0.2

n=308 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −199.50

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

6.3%+1.9

n=32 · A/E 0.47 · £1 −23.50

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

3.4%−1.0

n=118 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −66.00

When favourite

5.6%

n=18 · A/E 0.21 · £1 −15.75

Big fields · 14+ runners

1.4%−3.0

n=142 · A/E 0.34 · £1 −123.00

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−4.4

n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.4% 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

With Jim Best 18.8% vs 4.4% · n=32

Over 1m5f – 2m 10.2% vs 4.4% · n=49

With Ralph Beckett 10.3% vs 4.4% · n=39

With new recruits 9.4% vs 4.4% · n=32

On Soft going 0% vs 4.4% · n=41

With David Evans 0% vs 4.4% · n=37

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) 287 13 4.5% −168.75

Good to Firm 158 7 4.4% −84.75

Good 103 4 3.9% −72.00

Good to Soft 59 4 6.8% −16.75

Soft 41 0 0% −41.00

Firm 25 1 4% −16.50

Heavy 4 1 25% +2.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Lingfield (AW) 113 2 1.8% −98.50

Kempton (AW) 100 3 3% −62.00

Brighton 48 4 8.3% −8.50

Bath 43 2 4.7% −31.25

Chepstow 40 3 7.5% −22.25

Salisbury 39 1 2.6% −30.00

Lingfield 37 2 5.4% −5.50

Wolverhampton (AW) 36 3 8.3% +0.00

Windsor 25 1 4% −16.00

Yarmouth 25 1 4% −16.00

Southwell (AW) 22 3 13.6% +0.75

Folkestone 22 2 9.1% +4.50

Goodwood 19 0 0% −19.00

Newbury 17 1 5.9% −9.50

Chelmsford (AW) 16 2 12.5% −9.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 6 314 18 5.7% −134.00

Class 5 277 11 4% −180.25

Class 4 53 1 1.9% −50.00

Class 2 16 0 0% −16.00

Class 3 9 0 0% −9.00

Class 7 7 0 0% −7.00

Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 24 2 8.3% 0.33 −18.75

2nd–3rd fav 47 10 21.3% 1.46 +11.00

4th–6th fav 172 13 7.6% 1.14 −45.50

7th+ in betting 434 5 1.2% 0.42 −344.00

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

Briannsta (IRE) 22 1 4 30 Jul 11

Efisio Princess (GB) 21 4 9 21 Oct 12

Brandywell Boy (IRE) 21 1 7 26 Jul 12

Microlight (GB) 16 1 1 15 Jun 13

Tinkerbell Will (GB) 13 2 6 31 Oct 12

Cativo Cavallino (GB) 12 0 2 23 Jun 12

Bollin Franny (GB) 11 0 3 17 Sep 09

Mannello (GB) 10 2 3 26 Apr 09

April Fool (GB) 9 1 2 9 Sep 09

Wishformore (IRE) 8 1 4 31 Oct 13

Jane's Payoff (IRE) 8 1 2 22 Jul 09

Princess Willow (GB) 7 0 2 16 Jun 12

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 340 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

4428266425120

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 yardJohn E Long

22% of all rides
5.9% SR · A/E 1.00

TrainerRWSR£1

John E Long 152 9 5.9% −76.25

Jonathan Geake 51 1 2% −42.50

Ralph Beckett 39 4 10.3% −6.50

David Evans 37 0 0% −37.00

Dominic Ffrench Davis 36 1 2.8% −28.50

Jim Best 32 6 18.8% +24.50

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£569k

Prize money

2005

Best season · 27 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.

Jayanjay (GB) — 32redpoker.com Handicap Epsom Downs · Oct 2005 · Class 2

£17,400

Ripples Maid (GB) — Betdaq Henry Gee Fillies' Stakes (Listed) Chester · Sep 2006 · Listed

£15,898

King's Caprice (GB) — Avonbridge At Whitsbury Manor Stud Sprint Handicap Chepstow · Jul 2006 · Class 2

£15,580

Notable horses

Efisio Princess (GB) Lady Pilot (GB) Ripples Maid (GB) Reggae Rhythm (IRE) Katiypour (IRE) Quality Street (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Bertolini (USA) 0% · 0–38

Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).

Danetime (IRE) 6.9% · 2–29

Progeny have won 11.1% of 2,846 runs since 2008 (149 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.3% from 218.

Efisio (GB) 17.4% · 4–23

Progeny have won 9.8% of 1,142 runs since 2008 (73 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.2% from 121.

Bluebird (USA) 4.5% · 1–22

Progeny have won 7.3% of 260 runs since 2008 (17 horses).

Sleeping Indian (GB) 6.3% · 1–16

Progeny have won 8.9% of 3,714 runs since 2008 (238 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 0.9% from 108.

Where Or When (IRE) 12.5% · 2–16

Progeny have won 9.2% of 1,578 runs since 2008 (124 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 4.1% from 217. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4.6% from 151.

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 1,688 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,688 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 6 November 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

06 Nov 13 Kempton (AW) Venus Grace (GB)T: Ralph Beckett British Stallion Studs E.B.F. Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 4th 50/1

31 Oct 13 Kempton (AW) Wishformore (IRE)T: Zoe Davison Book Christmas Festival Tickets Now Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 25/1

17 Oct 13 Brighton Shikamoo (GB)T: Dr Jeremy Naylor 32Red Casino HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Soft · 10 ran 8th 66/1

16 Oct 13 Kempton (AW) Atmanna (GB)T: Zoe Davison Betdaq 1st UK Race Commission Free Maiden StakesClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 66/1

15 Oct 13 Kempton (AW) Wishformore (IRE)T: Zoe Davison Day Delegate Rates From 39 Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 20/1

10 Oct 13 Kempton (AW) Breezealong Riley (GB)T: Zoe Davison Download The BetVictor App Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 10th 66/1

08 Oct 13 Brighton Waspy (GB)T: Dr Jeremy Naylor Union Events Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11th 66/1

07 Oct 13 Windsor Bossy Jane (GB)T: Zoe Davison Joe Ward Hill Memorial Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 10th 100/1

04 Oct 13 Ascot Asker (IRE)T: Zoe Davison Mitie Events & Leisure Gordon Carter HandicapClass 3 · 16f · Soft · 13 ran 13th 50/1

02 Oct 13 Kempton (AW) Spymistress (GB)T: Zoe Davison Reindeer Racing At Kempton Park 06.12.13 Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 100/1

18 Sep 13 Kempton (AW) Bossy Jane (GB)T: Zoe Davison William Hill Jump Sunday 20.10.13 Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 6 ran 6th 25/1

16 Sep 13 Brighton Wishformore (IRE)T: Zoe Davison Harveys Brewery HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 7/1

17 Aug 13 Lingfield (AW) Red Willow (GB)T: John E Long Lauren Thea Birthday Handicap (AWT)Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 25/1

17 Aug 13 Lingfield Chandrayaan (GB)T: John E Long Sandra Harman Birthday HandicapClass 6 · 7.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 7th 12/1

09 Aug 13 Lingfield (AW) Red Willow (GB)T: John E Long Bet On Your Mobile With Ladbrokes HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 13 ran 8th 50/1

09 Aug 13 Lingfield (AW) Chandrayaan (GB)T: John E Long Ladbrokes Follow Us On Twitter HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 25/1

03 Aug 13 Lingfield Wishformore (IRE)T: Zoe Davison Freddie Parker Winning Fashion HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6th 5/1

26 Jul 13 Chepstow Lunette (IRE)T: Ralph Beckett Festival Racing Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1st 5/4F

26 Jul 13 Chepstow Solicitation (IRE)T: Ralph Beckett South Wales Argus Maiden Auction StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9th 10/1

20 Jul 13 Newbury Khalice (GB)T: Richard Fahey Weatherbys Super SprintClass 2 · 5f · Good To Firm · 24 ran 13th 66/1

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 Thomas's strike rate?: Richard Thomas has won 30 of 677 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.4% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Richard Thomas do best at?: Brighton by strike rate: 4 wins from 48 rides (8.3%) 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 Thomas ride most for?: John E Long, with 152 rides since 2008 — 22% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (5.9%).
What is Richard Thomas's Fair A/E?: 0.83, from 674 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.