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Jockey profile

Theodore Ladd

334 rides in the last 5 seasons · 134 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2023 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2016→)
from 1 Jan 2022
30–334
Wins / Runs
9%
Strike rate
n=334
61 (18%)
Placed
1.01
Fair A/E
n=333 · 0.87 incl. margin
−62.27
£1 level stake
n=334 at SP · −18.6%
£287k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.7%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 70 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 9% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.01). When claiming the record reads 12% (81 rides). Rides mostly for Michael Appleby — 73% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 334 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Michael Appleby: 9.8% from 244 First rides: 10.3% Claiming: 12.3%
The read

The record is strongest at Southwell (AW) (13%, n=46), clear of the rider's 9% baseline. Claiming rides have been a positive signal at 12.3% (n=81, Fair A/E 1.22), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 5.5% (n=55, Fair A/E 0.65). First rides on a horse are the standout value angle: 10.3% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.66 and +7.98 to a £1 stake over 107 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Michael Appleby supplies 73% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (9.8%, A/E 0.99) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also reads well off a 31-60-day break (19.2%, n=52) and over 6f – 7f (12.2%, n=131). The record reads poorly over 1m2f – 1m4f — 2.3% over 44 rides, 6.7pts below the baseline. The standout partner of the record: Eponina (IRE) — 5 wins from 33 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 9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
10.3%+1.3
n=107 · A/E 1.66 · £1 +7.98
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
9.4%+0.4
n=32 · A/E 0.51 · £1 −23.26
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
5.5%−3.5
n=55 · A/E 0.65 · £1 −48.39
When favourite
34.8%
n=23 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −2.10
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
12.3%+3.3
n=81 · A/E 1.22 · £1 −13.99
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.5%−2.5
n=31 · A/E 1.23 · £1 −13.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−9.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9% 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
Off a 31-60-day break 19.2% vs 9% · n=52
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 2.3% vs 9% · n=44
Off a 0-7-day break 2.7% vs 9% · n=37
Off a 61-180-day break 4.7% vs 9% · n=43
Over 6f – 7f 12.2% vs 9% · n=131
At Southwell (AW) 13% vs 9% · n=46
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) 199 19 9.5% −53.02
Good to Firm 48 3 6.3% −8.00
Good 46 6 13% −1.25
Soft 16 1 6.3% +10.00
Good to Soft 15 0 0% −15.00
Heavy 6 0 0% −6.00
Firm 4 1 25% +11.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 53 3 5.7% −12.00
Southwell (AW) 46 6 13% −13.03
Chelmsford City (AW) 44 4 9.1% −25.42
Kempton (AW) 30 2 6.7% −22.67
Leicester 21 2 9.5% +4.00
Nottingham 14 3 21.4% +17.00
Newcastle (AW) 13 4 30.8% +33.10
Lingfield (AW) 13 0 0% −13.00
Windsor 9 0 0% −9.00
Epsom Downs 8 1 12.5% +0.00
Beverley 7 0 0% −7.00
Newmarket 7 0 0% −7.00
Doncaster 6 1 16.7% +5.00
Bath 5 1 20% +1.50
Goodwood 5 0 0% −5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 124 15 12.1% +0.67
Class 5 102 7 6.9% −33.57
Class 4 59 4 6.8% −20.87
Class 2 25 2 8% +1.00
Class 3 22 2 9.1% −7.50
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 28 9 32.1% 1.09 −4.22
2nd–3rd fav 53 6 11.3% 0.68 −21.55
4th–6th fav 112 10 8.9% 1.19 +11.50
7th+ in betting 141 5 3.5% 1.19 −48.00
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
Larado (FR) 16 2 4 25 Oct 23
Channel Packet (GB) 14 1 3 19 Oct 23
Eponina (IRE) 14 2 3 25 Sep 23
Sir Gregory (FR) 12 2 5 1 Jan 23
Thank The Lord (GB) 11 3 4 21 Aug 23
Dew You Believe (IRE) 11 1 2 29 Apr 23
Twilight Jazz (GB) 9 1 4 31 Aug 23
Starsong (IRE) 9 2 3 2 Jun 23
Mohareb (GB) 8 1 1 11 Mar 23
Intervention (GB) 7 0 0 24 Oct 23
Ha'an (GB) 7 0 0 29 Jun 23
Blissful Song (IRE) 7 1 2 28 Sep 22
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 134 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
103111847166010922
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 yardMichael Appleby
73% of all rides
9.8% SR · A/E 0.99
TrainerRWSR£1
Michael Appleby 244 24 9.8% −50.02
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2016→
114
Archived wins
£1.08m
Prize money
2021
Best season · 25 wins
Caspian Prince (IRE) — William Hill Gosforth Park Cup Handicap Newcastle (AW) · Jun 2021 · Class 2
£25,770
Star Of Southwold (FR) — Lilian Thompson 'Best Mum' Optional Claiming Handicap Chelmsford City (AW) · Aug 2019 · Class 2
£19,407
Star Of Southwold (FR) — Vw Volkswagen Van Centre (leeds) Ltd Optional Claiming Handicap Pontefract · Jul 2019 · Class 2
£19,407
Notable horses
Eponina (IRE) Free Love (GB) Swinton Noon (GB) Larado (FR) Wrath Of Hector (GB) Affair (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Equiano (FR) 11.1% · 3–27
Progeny have won 9.1% of 7,539 runs since 2008 (549 horses).
Shalaa (IRE) 12.5% · 2–16
Progeny have won 9.6% of 2,442 runs since 2008 (279 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 14.8% from 142.
Zoffany (IRE) 12.5% · 2–16
Progeny have won 9.9% of 10,768 runs since 2008 (799 horses).
Champs Elysees (GB) 7.1% · 1–14
Progeny have won 11.5% of 7,122 runs since 2008 (521 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.9% from 391. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 387.
Starspangledbanner (AUS) 15.4% · 2–13
Progeny have won 11.1% of 7,176 runs since 2008 (662 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,191.
Twilight Son (GB) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 9.6% of 3,653 runs since 2008 (283 horses).
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 1,306 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,306 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 21 October 2016 to 25 October 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
25 Oct 23 Kempton (AW) Larado (FR)T: Michael Appleby Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder HandicapClass 3 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 2nd 50/1
24 Oct 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Intervention (GB)T: Michael Appleby Find More Big Deals With BetUK HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 13/8F
19 Oct 23 Chelmsford City (AW) Channel Packet (GB)T: Michael Appleby Armed Forces Remembrance Raceday HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 66/1
26 Sep 23 Beverley Intervention (GB)T: Michael Appleby Dennis Smith Memorial HandicapClass 4 · 7.5f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 12/1
25 Sep 23 Leicester Eponina (IRE)T: Michael Appleby SAS Logistics Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 4th 14/1
23 Sep 23 Newmarket Royal Parade (IRE)T: Michael Appleby Turners Parks Group Ltd HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Good · 11 ran 11th 28/1
15 Sep 23 Sandown Twilight Madness (GB)T: Simon Hodgson Christophe Duchamp Perpetual Luxury HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Good · 11 ran 10th 9/2F
14 Sep 23 Epsom Downs Larado (FR)T: Michael Appleby Bohle Centenary HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4th 3/1
09 Sep 23 Kempton (AW) Golden Sands (IRE)T: Michael Appleby Unibet London Mile Series Final HandicapClass 2 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran 12th 33/1
08 Sep 23 Haydock Eponina (IRE)T: Michael Appleby Betfair Weighed In Podcast Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good · 9 ran 9th 17/2
02 Sep 23 Sandown Twilight Madness (GB)T: Simon Hodgson Virgin Bet Daily Prices Boost HandicapClass 4 · 5f · Good · 12 ran 8th 33/1
31 Aug 23 Chelmsford City (AW) Twilight Jazz (GB)T: Michael Appleby Gentlemen's Day 30th September HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 14/1
29 Aug 23 Newbury Intervention (GB)T: Michael Appleby Outdoor Digital Productions Handicap (Str)Class 3 · 8f · Good · 9 ran 6th 50/1
28 Aug 23 Epsom Downs Larado (FR)T: Michael Appleby Betfred Play Fred's 5 Million HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 6/1
27 Aug 23 Beverley Parrsicoe (IRE)T: Michael Appleby Procters And Taylors Making Each Day Count EBF Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 7.5f · Good · 13 ran 13th 66/1
21 Aug 23 Lingfield Thank The Lord (GB)T: Simon Hodgson Great Prices On BresBet.com HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 11th 3/1
19 Aug 23 Ripon Larado (FR)T: Michael Appleby William Hill Epic Value HandicapClass 4 · 8f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 11th 33/1
18 Aug 23 Wolverhampton (AW) Intervention (GB)T: Michael Appleby Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 11/2
11 Aug 23 Newmarket Eponina (IRE)T: Michael Appleby Maritime Cargo Services Smart Customs Clearance Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good · 8 ran 4th 9/1
05 Aug 23 Goodwood Aphelios (GB)T: Michael Appleby Coral Stewards' Cup (Heritage Handicap)Class 2 · 6f · Heavy · 27 ran 9th 80/1

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 Theodore Ladd's strike rate?
Theodore Ladd has won 30 of 334 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 9% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Theodore Ladd do best at?
Southwell (AW) by strike rate: 6 wins from 46 rides (13%) 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 Theodore Ladd ride most for?
Michael Appleby, with 244 rides since 2022 — 73% of the total. That pairing has won 24 (9.8%).
What is Theodore Ladd's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 333 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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).