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Jockey profile

Sean Levey

2,883 rides in the last 5 seasons · 1,444 individual horses
As at 11 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 4 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
342–2,883
Wins / Runs
11.9%
Strike rate
n=2,883
961 (33%)
Placed
1.02
n=2,868 · 0.87 incl. margin
−579.74
£1 level stake
n=2,883 at SP · −20.1%
£11.1m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.2%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 580 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 12% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.02). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 14% (293 rides). Rides mostly for Richard Hannon — 46% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 2,883 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 11 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jan–Feb Fresh horses: 13% 30.8% when favourite Richard Hannon: 13.6% from 1,321 Rides the favourite in 10% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Doncaster (18%, n=111) and Southwell (AW) (16%, n=163) — all clear of the rider's 11.9% baseline. It is weakest at Ascot (5.5% over 145 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 5.4% (n=354, Fair A/E 0.88). Richard Hannon supplies 46% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (13.6%, A/E 1.07) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well off a 0-7-day break (20.4%, n=108). The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 3.6% over 56 rides, 8.3pts below the baseline. 69 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot (Oct 2019, £623,810). The standout partner of the record: Happy Romance (IRE) — 7 wins from 21 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Jan–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 11.9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
10.7%−1.2
n=1,355 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −386.57
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
13.7%+1.8
n=293 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −89.79
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
13%+1.1
n=430 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −19.10
When favourite
30.8%
n=292 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −41.95
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.4%−6.5
n=354 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −131.92
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
12%+0.1
n=300 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −48.58

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.9% 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
Off a 0-7-day break 20.4% vs 11.9% · n=108
On Heavy going 3.6% vs 11.9% · n=56
At Ascot 5.5% vs 11.9% · n=145
At Doncaster 18% vs 11.9% · n=111
In Class 2 7.3% vs 11.9% · n=356
At Southwell (AW) 16% vs 11.9% · n=163
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) 1,170 147 12.6% −280.32
Good to Firm 652 70 10.7% −100.43
Good 569 71 12.5% −80.73
Good to Soft 237 25 10.5% −92.85
Soft 190 25 13.2% +14.59
Heavy 56 2 3.6% −37.00
Firm 9 2 22.2% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kempton (AW) 392 35 8.9% −177.00
Newbury 249 22 8.8% −42.55
Lingfield (AW) 229 36 15.7% +28.30
Wolverhampton (AW) 216 32 14.8% −43.09
Windsor 176 19 10.8% −20.14
Southwell (AW) 163 26 16% −11.78
Ascot 145 8 5.5% −76.50
Newmarket 140 16 11.4% +67.75
Chelmsford (AW) 138 13 9.4% −78.75
Doncaster 111 20 18% +0.02
Goodwood 108 10 9.3% −40.42
Salisbury 91 10 11% −18.25
Sandown 91 8 8.8% −29.00
Newmarket 86 10 11.6% −32.50
Haydock 77 8 10.4% −29.25

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 774 93 12% −82.35
Class 5 690 93 13.5% −147.42
Class 6 456 60 13.2% −75.09
Class 2 356 26 7.3% −172.80
Class 1 301 36 12% −49.58
Class 3 298 33 11.1% −51.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 344 102 29.7% 1.01 −42.29
2nd–3rd fav 769 135 17.6% 1.05 −96.45
4th–6th fav 988 84 8.5% 1.04 −182.00
7th+ in betting 782 21 2.7% 0.84 −259.00
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
Dark Thirty (IRE) 23 5 10 20 Sep 25
Witch Hunter (FR) 22 3 7 9 May 26
Shouldvebeenaring (GB) 22 5 12 19 Oct 24
Mums Tipple (IRE) 17 2 7 11 Jul 25
Gisburn (IRE) 17 1 7 22 Aug 24
Persica (IRE) 16 5 7 22 Aug 26
Great Bedwyn (GB) 13 1 5 14 Sep 26
Diamond Bay (GB) 13 2 5 3 Apr 26
Rosallion (IRE) 13 5 10 18 Oct 25
Talis Evolvere (IRE) 12 2 5 4 Nov 26
Gemmari (GB) 12 3 5 2 Nov 26
An Outlaw's Grace (IRE) 12 1 1 19 Oct 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,444 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 6 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Steady
4 from 33 12.1% · +0.2pts vs baseline
Last 14 days12.1%
5-season base11.9%
Shown only when the 14-day window is large enough to mean anything (n≥15). A cold run renders the same card with a quiet badge — never hidden.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
171912141311913119710
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
46% of all rides
13.6% SR · A/E 1.07
TrainerRWSR£1
Richard Hannon 1,321 179 13.6% −133.27
Tom Ward 207 22 10.6% −84.79
Stuart Williams 146 16 11% −21.30
Brian Meehan 145 13 9% −66.37
David Menuisier 53 5 9.4% −22.50
Dylan Cunha 44 6 13.6% −8.50
Robert Cowell 37 4 10.8% +31.38
John Butler 35 3 8.6% −21.25
David Evans 31 3 9.7% −17.63
Conrad Allen 31 5 16.1% −9.38
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
986
Archived wins
69
Pattern / graded wins
£20.8m
Prize money
2025
Best season · 86 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.
King Of Change (GB) — Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Group 1) (Sponsored By Qipco) (Str) Ascot · Oct 2019 · Group 1
£623,810
Jan Brueghel (IRE) — Betfred St Leger Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) Doncaster · Sep 2024 · Group 1
£421,355
Rosallion (IRE) — St James's Palace Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Rnd) Ascot · Jun 2024 · Group 1
£390,094

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dark Angel (IRE) 13.6% · 12–88
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,953 runs since 2011 (1,596 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Mehmas (IRE) 11.5% · 9–78
Progeny have won 11.5% of 8,239 runs since 2020 (755 horses).
Dandy Man (IRE) 10.3% · 7–68
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,989 runs since 2013 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 171.
Kodiac (GB) 13.4% · 9–67
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,604 runs since 2010 (1,666 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.
Blue Point (IRE) 17.2% · 11–64
Progeny have won 14% of 3,454 runs since 2023 (419 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 10.4% from 212.
New Bay (GB) 20.6% · 13–63
Progeny have won 14.3% of 4,006 runs since 2020 (426 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
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 11 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 8,466 · newest first

The latest 50 of 8,466 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 17 April 2005 to 7 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 5 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 12 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 8 runs (won 3) · fastest on KTB Speed in 13 runs (won 2) · to 5 Nov 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Sean Levey's strike rate?
Sean Levey has won 342 of 2,883 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 11.9% (as at 11 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Sean Levey do best at?
Doncaster by strike rate: 20 wins from 111 rides (18%) since 2022. 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 Sean Levey ride most for?
Richard Hannon, with 1,321 rides since 2022 — 46% of the total. That pairing has won 179 (13.6%).
Is Sean Levey in form?
In the last 14 days: 33 rides, 4 winners, a strike rate of 12.1%. That is in line with the baseline of 11.9% since 2022.
What is Sean Levey's Fair A/E?
1.02, from 2,868 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 11 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).