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Jockey profile

Simon Whitworth

453 rides in the lifetime window · 239 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2010 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.
21–453
Wins / Runs
4.6%
Strike rate
n=453
84 (19%)
Placed
0.67
Fair A/E
n=449 · 0.58 incl. margin
−293.37
£1 level stake
n=453 at SP · −64.8%
£105k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3.4%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 150 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.67).

Deterministic profile computed from 453 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance J R Jenkins: 5.5% from 73
The read

The record is strongest at Lingfield (AW) (12.8%, n=78), clear of the rider's 4.6% baseline. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 1.3% (n=76, Fair A/E 0.26). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 1.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.38 and −184.50 to a £1 stake over 211 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. J R Jenkins supplied 16% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (5.5%, A/E 1.00) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also read well off a 0-7-day break (12.5%, n=40). The record read poorly on Good to Firm going — 0% over 67 rides, 4.6pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider off a 61-180-day break: Fair A/E 0.00 across 56 rides (0% strike, −56.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the parquedafloresta.com Chester City Wall Stakes at Chester (Jul 2005, £17,400). The standout partner of the record was Benllech (GB) — 5 wins from 9 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.6% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
1.9%−2.7
n=211 · A/E 0.38 · £1 −184.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
16.7%+12.1
n=24 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −9.37
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
1.3%−3.3
n=76 · A/E 0.26 · £1 −70.50
When favourite
31.3%
n=16 · A/E 1.18 · £1 +1.01
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.3%+0.7
n=76 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −38.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.6% 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 Michael Wigham 16.7% vs 4.6% · n=36
At Lingfield (AW) 12.8% vs 4.6% · n=78
With C&D winners 11.3% vs 4.6% · n=97
Off a 0-7-day break 12.5% vs 4.6% · n=40
On Good to Firm going 0% vs 4.6% · n=67
Off a 61-180-day break 0% vs 4.6% · n=56
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) 285 20 7% −134.37
Good to Firm 67 0 0% −67.00
Good 53 1 1.9% −44.00
Soft 18 0 0% −18.00
Good to Soft 17 0 0% −17.00
Firm 12 0 0% −12.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kempton (AW) 111 6 5.4% −52.50
Lingfield (AW) 78 10 12.8% −31.87
Wolverhampton (AW) 56 3 5.4% −17.00
Southwell (AW) 30 0 0% −30.00
Bath 23 0 0% −23.00
Brighton 20 0 0% −20.00
Windsor 18 0 0% −18.00
Salisbury 13 0 0% −13.00
Folkestone 13 0 0% −13.00
Nottingham 11 0 0% −11.00
Lingfield 11 0 0% −11.00
Chelmsford (AW) 10 1 10% −3.00
Newbury 10 0 0% −10.00
Chepstow 9 0 0% −9.00
Yarmouth 7 1 14.3% +2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 203 8 3.9% −122.50
Class 5 161 6 3.7% −128.87
Class 4 57 3 5.3% −40.50
Class 7 21 3 14.3% +2.50
Class 3 7 1 14.3% +0.00
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 21 5 23.8% 0.93 −3.99
2nd–3rd fav 52 7 13.5% 0.78 −3.88
4th–6th fav 125 8 6.4% 0.87 −47.50
7th+ in betting 255 1 0.4% 0.13 −238.00
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
Takitwo (GB) 15 1 5 25 Mar 10
Divine Force (GB) 13 3 5 27 May 10
Davids Mark (GB) 11 1 4 11 Feb 10
Jolly Ranch (GB) 7 1 2 23 Jul 09
Benllech (GB) 7 4 6 26 Jun 08
Largem (GB) 6 1 2 7 Jun 10
Sherjawy (IRE) 6 1 3 22 May 09
Love You Louis (GB) 6 1 2 18 May 09
Babel (GB) 6 0 0 20 Mar 09
Supreme Speedster (GB) 5 0 1 31 Jul 09
Amwell Brave (GB) 5 1 3 22 Apr 09
Sgt Roberts (IRE) 5 0 1 13 Mar 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 239 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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
14510002004465
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 yardJ R Jenkins
16% of all rides
5.5% SR · A/E 1.00
TrainerRWSR£1
J R Jenkins 73 4 5.5% −29.00
Michael Wigham 36 6 16.7% −11.99
Peter Cundell 31 1 3.2% −18.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
59
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£332k
Prize money
2005
Best season · 22 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.
Tournedos (IRE) — parquedafloresta.com Chester City Wall Stakes (Listed) Chester · Jul 2005 · Listed
£17,400
Gimasha (GB) — Intercasino.co.uk Handicap Windsor · Aug 2005 · Class 2
£12,700
Gaelic Princess (GB) — City Cabs Salisbury Fillies' Handicap Salisbury · Jul 2005 · Class 4
£8,351
Notable horses
Benllech (GB) Divine Force (GB) Gaelic Princess (GB) Kentucky Bullet (USA) Salut Saint Cloud (GB) Cold Turkey (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bertolini (USA) 15% · 3–20
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Compton Place (GB) 5% · 1–20
Progeny have won 8.5% of 8,347 runs since 2008 (515 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 11.5% from 165.
Delta Dancer (GB) 5% · 1–20
Progeny have won 10% of 140 runs since 2008 (8 horses).
Royal Applause (GB) 7.1% · 1–14
Progeny have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since 2008 (774 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
Diktat (GB) 7.7% · 1–13
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.
Mark of Esteem (IRE) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,657 runs since 2008 (199 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 11.7% from 128.
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 1,180 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,180 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 6 October 2010.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
06 Oct 10 Kempton (AW) Alana Banana (IRE)T: John Akehurst Kia Sportage HandicapClass 7 · 5f · Standard · 7 ran 4th 9/1
06 Oct 10 Nottingham King Cobra (IRE)T: J W Hills Red Box Recorders Simply, Smarter, Voice Nursery (Div 1)Class 6 · 6f · Soft · 16 ran 15th 17/2
29 Sep 10 Salisbury Edgewater (IRE)T: John Akehurst Wood BMW HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Soft · 13 ran 6th 20/1
24 Sep 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Alana Banana (IRE)T: John Akehurst Play Bingo At williamhillbingo.com HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 33/1
20 Sep 10 Kempton (AW) Dubawi Dancer (GB)T: William Haggas CRN Race Day E.B.F Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 2)Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 66/1
15 Sep 10 Yarmouth Dubawi Dancer (GB)T: William Haggas European Breeders' Fund Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Soft · 16 ran 10th 80/1
30 Aug 10 Bath Doctor's Cave (GB)T: Ken Cunningham-Brown digibet.com Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 5.5f · Good · 10 ran 8th 40/1
27 Aug 10 Newmarket Dubawi Dancer (GB)T: William Haggas European Breeders' Fund Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 1)Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 6 ran 5th 16/1
22 Aug 10 Folkestone King Cobra (IRE)T: J W Hills Church & Dwight Employee Suggestion Scheme Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 5f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 20/1
09 Aug 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Jezza (GB)T: Victor Dartnall Best Odds Guaranteed At ladbrokes.com Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 6/1
30 Jul 10 Bath Going French (IRE)T: Barry Brennan Grange Jaguar Swindon HandicapClass 5 · 5.5f · Firm · 7 ran 6th 8/1
26 Jul 10 Windsor King Cobra (IRE)T: J W Hills sportingbet.com Maiden Auction StakesClass 4 · 5f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 4th 11/1
26 Jul 10 Windsor Luv U Too (GB)T: Barry Brennan E.B.F. Francesca Tizzard 21st Birthday Today Maiden StakesClass 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7th 66/1
22 Jul 10 Bath Going French (IRE)T: Barry Brennan Parkgardencentres.co.uk HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Firm · 9 ran 4th 20/1
12 Jul 10 Wolverhampton (AW) King Cobra (IRE)T: J W Hills Equine Rescue Services Maiden Auction StakesClass 5 · 6f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 66/1
10 Jul 10 Nottingham Rosetta Hill (GB)T: J R Jenkins Peppa Visits Wheelgate 27th July, Oink HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6th 16/1
10 Jul 10 Nottingham Laugia (GB)T: J R Jenkins Doh! Simpsons Visit Twinlakes 3rd August E.B.F. Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9th 100/1
08 Jul 10 Warwick Gypsy Boy (USA)T: Barry Brennan Sisk Group Construction HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 7th 7/1
29 Jun 10 Brighton Gypsy Boy (USA)T: Barry Brennan Brighton Racecourse Ladies Day 5th August HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 5th 6/1
21 Jun 10 Lingfield Glan Y Mor (IRE)T: Barry Brennan Cundall Sustainable Engineering Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 9f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 12th 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 Simon Whitworth's strike rate?
Simon Whitworth has won 21 of 453 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.6% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Simon Whitworth do best at?
Lingfield (AW) by strike rate: 10 wins from 78 rides (12.8%) 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 Simon Whitworth ride most for?
J R Jenkins, with 73 rides since 2008 — 16% of the total. That pairing has won 4 (5.5%).
What is Simon Whitworth's Fair A/E?
0.67, from 449 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).