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Jockey profile

Ross Atkinson

817 rides in the lifetime window · 471 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2015 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.
65–817
Wins / Runs
8%
Strike rate
n=817
189 (23%)
Placed
0.90
n=811 · 0.76 incl. margin
−275.20
£1 level stake
n=817 at SP · −33.7%
£300k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 100 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 0.90). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 17% (92 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 817 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Nov–Feb 31.8% when favourite Tom Dascombe: 10.2% from 205 LTO winners: 17.4% Rode the favourite in 5% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 17.4% (n=92, Fair A/E 1.02), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 3.4% (n=116, Fair A/E 0.62). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 6.4% strike, Fair A/E 0.81 and −157.65 to a £1 stake over 467 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Tom Dascombe supplied 25% of the rides and edges the rider's average (10.2% vs 8%, A/E 0.87). The rider also read well off a 0-7-day break (15.8%, n=120). The record read poorly on Good to Soft going — 0% over 40 rides, 8pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider off a 61-180-day break: Fair A/E 0.49 across 65 rides (3.1% strike, −48.50 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. The standout partner of the record was Plush (GB) — 6 wins from 17 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Nov–Feb.

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% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.4%−1.6
n=467 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −157.65
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
17.4%+9.4
n=92 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −9.96
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.4%−4.6
n=116 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −78.50
When favourite
31.8%
n=44 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −4.20
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.3%−0.7
n=711 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −292.11
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.2%−2.8
n=115 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −18.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8% 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
On last-time-out winners 17.4% vs 8% · n=92
Off a 0-7-day break 15.8% vs 8% · n=120
On Good to Soft going 0% vs 8% · n=40
With C&D winners 13.5% vs 8% · n=178
Off a 61-180-day break 3.1% vs 8% · n=65
On Soft going 3.8% vs 8% · n=52
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 816 65 8% −274.20
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 447 43 9.6% −157.96
Good to Firm 150 10 6.7% −16.94
Good 115 10 8.7% −7.30
Soft 52 2 3.8% −40.00
Good to Soft 40 0 0% −40.00
Firm 11 0 0% −11.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 186 20 10.8% −58.50
Kempton (AW) 93 9 9.7% −28.17
Lingfield 91 7 7.7% −54.70
Southwell (AW) 66 6 9.1% −14.09
Brighton 33 2 6.1% −26.06
Chester 25 0 0% −25.00
Bath 23 0 0% −23.00
Windsor 19 4 21.1% +40.00
Goodwood 18 3 16.7% +17.00
Chepstow 18 2 11.1% −6.00
Nottingham 18 0 0% −18.00
Leicester 17 0 0% −17.00
Yarmouth 16 0 0% −16.00
Doncaster 15 1 6.7% −9.00
Newbury 15 2 13.3% −3.80

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 366 31 8.5% −148.37
Class 5 281 23 8.2% −61.33
Class 4 114 8 7% −39.00
Class 3 24 1 4.2% −16.50
Class 7 23 2 8.7% −1.00
Class 2 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 61 18 29.5% 1.07 −2.20
2nd–3rd fav 158 20 12.7% 0.80 −53.00
4th–6th fav 251 20 8% 1.04 −38.00
7th+ in betting 347 7 2% 0.61 −182.00
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
Join Up (GB) 24 3 13 7 May 11
Plush (GB) 17 6 9 25 Feb 11
Sherjawy (IRE) 15 3 5 1 Mar 14
Mocha Java (GB) 14 3 6 17 May 10
Pipers Piping (IRE) 10 1 2 4 Feb 15
Double Carpet (IRE) 10 2 4 10 Dec 10
Reigning Monarch (USA) 10 0 2 2 Mar 10
Brouhaha (GB) 9 1 1 10 Feb 12
Edgware Road (GB) 7 0 1 10 Apr 15
Caledonia Princess (GB) 7 3 3 12 Aug 11
Coconut Ice (GB) 7 1 3 21 Oct 10
Sir Loin (GB) 7 2 2 10 Feb 10
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 471 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
1114686696331316
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 yardTom Dascombe
25% of all rides
10.2% SR · A/E 0.87
TrainerRWSR£1
Tom Dascombe 205 21 10.2% −93.19
Zoe Davison 50 5 10% −26.17
Mark Brisbourne 39 3 7.7% −25.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
66
Archived wins
£307k
Prize money
2010
Best season · 18 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.
Caledonia Princess (GB) — rippleffect.com Handicap Windsor · Aug 2010 · Class 3
£7,124
Naughty Thoughts (IRE) — Collingwood Cleaning Services Apprentice Handicap York · Jun 2008 · Class 4
£6,476
Clifton Dancer (GB) — Catridge Farm Stud & Manor Farm Packers Fillies' Handicap Newbury · May 2008 · Class 4
£6,476

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Green Desert (USA) 10% · 3–30
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.
Bertolini (USA) 13% · 3–23
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Compton Place (GB) 14.3% · 3–21
Progeny have won 8.5% of 8,347 runs since 2008 (515 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 11.5% from 165.
Diktat (GB) 14.3% · 3–21
Progeny have won 8.2% of 4,931 runs since 2008 (337 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.4% from 431. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 156.
Medicean (GB) 30% · 6–20
Progeny have won 10.4% of 9,890 runs since 2008 (682 horses).
Bahamian Bounty (GB) 5.3% · 1–19
Progeny have won 9.6% of 9,353 runs since 2008 (598 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1% from 202.
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 831 · newest first

The latest 50 of 831 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 26 September 2007 to 26 September 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Aug 15 Goodwood Presburg (IRE)T: Joseph Tuite Qatar Apprentice Stakes (Handicap)Class 3 · 9f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 14th 16/1
20 Jun 15 Lingfield (AW) Goal (IRE)T: Andy Turnell Harris And Bailey Handicap (AW)Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 33/1
09 Jan 15 Lingfield (AW) Angelena Ballerina (IRE)T: Andy Turnell Coral.co.uk HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 66/1
15 Dec 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Roxy Madam (GB)T: Mandy Rowland Ladbrokes Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 5 ran 4th 50/1

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 Ross Atkinson's strike rate?
Ross Atkinson has won 65 of 817 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Ross Atkinson do best at?
Wolverhampton (AW) by strike rate: 20 wins from 186 rides (10.8%) 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 Ross Atkinson ride most for?
Tom Dascombe, with 205 rides since 2008 — 25% of the total. That pairing has won 21 (10.2%).
What is Ross Atkinson's Fair A/E?
0.90, from 811 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).