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Ross Smith

47 rides in the lifetime window · 32 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 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.
2–47
Wins / Runs
4.3%
Strike rate
n=47
9 (19%)
Placed
0.90
Fair A/E
n=46 · 0.77 incl. margin
−29.50
£1 level stake
n=47 at SP · −62.8%
£8,247
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
3.1%−1.2
n=32 · A/E 0.57 · £1 −21.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−4.3
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−4.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
When favourite
0%
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
4.3%+0.0
n=46 · A/E 0.90 · £1 −28.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
25%+20.7
n=4 · A/E 9.35 · £1 +7.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−4.3
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.3% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good to Firm 18 0 0% −18.00
Good 16 1 6.3% −9.50
Heavy 5 1 20% +6.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Ayr 20 0 0% −20.00
Hamilton 13 1 7.7% −6.50
Musselburgh 10 0 0% −10.00
Newcastle 3 1 33.3% +8.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 29 2 6.9% −11.50
Class 5 16 0 0% −16.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
2nd–3rd fav 2 1 50% 4.01 +4.50
4th–6th fav 10 1 10% 1.24 +1.00
7th+ in betting 33 0 0% 0.00 −33.00
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
Defi (IRE) 5 0 0 27 Aug 09
Walleyd (IRE) 4 0 0 27 Jun 11
Dragon Spirit (IRE) 3 0 1 30 Aug 12
Piper's Song (IRE) 3 1 2 27 Sep 11
Seafield Towers (GB) 3 0 0 20 Jun 09
Tadalavil (GB) 2 0 0 29 Sep 13
Shunkawakhan (IRE) 2 0 0 30 Jul 12
High Resolution (GB) 1 0 1 1 Oct 13
Princess Cayan (IRE) 1 0 0 3 Aug 13
Retreat Content (IRE) 1 0 1 2 Oct 12
Dynamic Drive (IRE) 1 0 0 30 Aug 12
Jinky (GB) 1 0 0 11 Aug 12
All 32 horses ridden in this window. 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
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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
TrainerRWSR£1
Linda Perratt 28 2 7.1% −10.50
Donal Nolan 14 0 0% −14.00
Ian Semple 3 0 0% −3.00
David Thompson 1 0 0% −1.00
D W Barker 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
2
Archived wins
£8,247
Prize money
2011
Best season · 1 win
Prince Rhyddarch (GB) — Gowland And Dawson Amateurs' Handicap Newcastle · Oct 2008 · Class 6
£1,978
Piper's Song (IRE) — Racing UK 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series Handicap (Round Four) Hamilton · Aug 2011 · Class 6
£1,943
Notable horses
Piper's Song (IRE) Prince Rhyddarch (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Compton Place (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 8.5% of 8,347 runs since 2008 (515 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 11.5% from 165.
Rainbow Quest (USA) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 10% of 1,384 runs since 2008 (113 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.1% from 230.
Cape Cross (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since 2008 (988 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
Bertolini (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Distant Music (USA) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 8.1% of 1,086 runs since 2008 (79 horses).
Indian Danehill (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.6% of 2,742 runs since 2008 (216 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 11.9% from 143.
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 22 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

all 47 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Ross Smith's 47 archived rides, from 30 June 2008 to 1 October 2013, newest first — 2 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Oct 13 Ayr High Resolution (GB)T: Linda Perratt Talk To Victor Racing Excellence Apprentice Training Series HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good · 10 ran 2nd 3/1F
29 Sep 13 Musselburgh Tadalavil (GB)T: Linda Perratt Royal Scots Apprentice Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4th 22/1
03 Aug 13 Hamilton Princess Cayan (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Mcguire On Fire Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good · 10 ran 10th 100/1
02 Oct 12 Ayr Retreat Content (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Best Odds Guaranteed At BetVictor.com Racing Excellence Apprentice Training Series HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Heavy · 11 ran 2nd 12/1
30 Aug 12 Hamilton Dynamic Drive (IRE)T: Linda Perratt hamilton-park.co.uk 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series Handicap (Round Four Of The Hamilton Park Apprentice Series)Class 6 · 8.5f · Heavy · 6 ran 4th 13/2
30 Aug 12 Hamilton Dragon Spirit (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Prestige Scotland Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Heavy · 6 ran 6th 22/1
11 Aug 12 Ayr Jinky (GB)T: Linda Perratt Jockeyjan.co.uk Jan Wilson Memorial Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 4th 11/1
04 Aug 12 Hamilton Dragon Spirit (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Kane Gang Maiden StakesClass 5 · 6f · Soft · 12 ran 3rd 66/1
30 Jul 12 Ayr Shunkawakhan (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Bettor.com Finale Last Chance To Bet Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good · 9 ran 6th 50/1
22 Jun 12 Ayr Dragon Spirit (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Scottish Sun Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 10th 100/1
22 Jun 12 Ayr Shunkawakhan (IRE)T: Linda Perratt College Group Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 8th 20/1
20 Jun 12 Hamilton Escape Artist (GB)T: David Thompson Turftv In Your Betting Shop Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Good · 8 ran 4th 25/1
30 May 12 Ayr Abernethy (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Happy 70th Birthday Eileen Wedlock Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 9f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 7th 33/1
11 May 12 Hamilton Saxonette (GB)T: Linda Perratt Follow At Hamiltonparkrc On Twitter Apprentice Handicap (Round One Of The Hamilton Park Apprentice Series)Class 6 · 5f · Soft · 8 ran 8th 14/1
29 Oct 11 Ayr Silver Rime (FR)T: Linda Perratt John Smith's No Nonsense HandicapClass 3 · 9f · Heavy · 9 ran 8th 14/1
27 Sep 11 Ayr Piper's Song (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Betfair Racing Excellence Apprentice Training Series HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Soft · 12 ran 6th 8/1
18 Aug 11 Hamilton Piper's Song (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Racing UK 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series Handicap (Round Four)Class 6 · 8.5f · Good · 10 ran 1st 11/2
06 Aug 11 Ayr Weetentherty (GB)T: Linda Perratt Jockeyjan.co.uk Jan Wilson Memorial Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good · 9 ran 6th 8/1
03 Aug 11 Newcastle Piper's Song (IRE)T: Linda Perratt Border Minstrel Pub Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good · 13 ran 2nd 6/1
25 Jul 11 Ayr Cold Quest (USA)T: Linda Perratt Scottish Racing Apprentice Handicap (Qualifier For The Betfair Bonus Scottish Racing Mile Final)Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3rd 33/1

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 Smith's strike rate?
Ross Smith has won 2 of 47 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.3% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Ross Smith's Fair A/E?
0.90, from 46 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).