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Jockey profile

Trevor Whelan

1,688 rides in the last 5 seasons · 832 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2025 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
144–1,688
Wins / Runs
8.5%
Strike rate
n=1,688
412 (24%)
Placed
1.03
n=1,677 · 0.88 incl. margin
−585.17
£1 level stake
n=1,688 at SP · −34.7%
£2.14m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
10.3%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 340 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 9% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.03). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 16% (147 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,688 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Mar–May Fresh horses: 10% 35.4% when favourite Henry Candy: 7% from 185 LTO winners: 16.3% Group/Graded: 11.6% Rides the favourite in 6% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Leicester (17%, n=47), clear of the rider's 8.5% baseline. It is weakest at Kempton (AW) (2.5% over 244 rides) — the largest sample in the record, and the widest gap. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 16.3% (n=147, Fair A/E 1.06), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 3.9% (n=153, Fair A/E 0.86). Henry Candy supplies 11% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (7%, A/E 0.79). 10 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Coral Hurdle at Ascot (Nov 2017, £56,950). The standout partner of the record: Zeroeshadesofgrey (IRE) — 7 wins from 26 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Mar–May.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
5.9%−2.6
n=769 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −367.83
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
16.3%+7.8
n=147 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −42.76
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
10%+1.5
n=271 · A/E 1.40 · £1 −36.39
When favourite
35.4%
n=99 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −10.81
Big fields · 14+ runners
3.9%−4.6
n=153 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −70.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
11.6%+3.1
n=43 · A/E 2.28 · £1 +42.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.5% 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
On last-time-out winners 16.3% vs 8.5% · n=147
With C&D winners 15.3% vs 8.5% · n=163
At Kempton (AW) 2.5% vs 8.5% · n=244
At Leicester 17% vs 8.5% · n=47
With Harry Charlton 14.7% vs 8.5% · n=156
With first-time headgear 2.1% vs 8.5% · n=95
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) 769 58 7.5% −347.07
Good to Firm 334 34 10.2% −79.51
Good 301 30 10% −65.87
Soft 125 8 6.4% −54.10
Good to Soft 114 7 6.1% −44.88
Heavy 34 3 8.8% +3.75
Firm 11 4 36.4% +2.51

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kempton (AW) 244 6 2.5% −206.25
Wolverhampton (AW) 197 21 10.7% −69.03
Lingfield (AW) 136 13 9.6% −0.89
Bath 126 13 10.3% −31.84
Southwell (AW) 105 12 11.4% −24.70
Windsor 103 8 7.8% −41.92
Chepstow 91 11 12.1% −27.48
Newbury 86 5 5.8% +20.62
Salisbury 76 11 14.5% +28.58
Chelmsford City (AW) 61 4 6.6% −27.50
Brighton 59 4 6.8% −14.50
Ffos Las 50 5 10% −33.15
Leicester 47 8 17% −19.94
Goodwood 45 3 6.7% −20.00
Nottingham 39 3 7.7% −23.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 562 58 10.3% −213.64
Class 6 518 48 9.3% −144.84
Class 4 384 22 5.7% −153.77
Class 3 93 5 5.4% −65.67
Class 2 88 6 6.8% −49.25
Class 1 43 5 11.6% +42.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 115 40 34.8% 1.13 −3.31
2nd–3rd fav 271 50 18.5% 1.15 −25.86
4th–6th fav 531 44 8.3% 1.11 −64.00
7th+ in betting 771 10 1.3% 0.47 −492.00
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
Sly Madam (GB) 14 1 2 15 Oct 23
Tiger Bay (GB) 13 1 6 7 Sep 25
San Francisco Bay (IRE) 13 2 7 4 Sep 25
Chifa (IRE) 13 4 7 7 Jul 23
Treacherous (GB) 12 2 4 31 Aug 23
Double Red (GB) 11 1 4 29 Aug 25
Roarin' Success (GB) 10 0 3 10 May 25
Run To Freedom (GB) 9 1 3 6 Sep 25
Completely Random (GB) 9 3 4 23 Aug 25
Kiniro (GB) 9 1 4 19 Jul 25
Ten Pounds (IRE) 9 4 5 12 Jul 25
Racing Demon (GB) 9 3 4 1 Oct 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 832 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
43131112812737711
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 yardHenry Candy
11% of all rides
7% SR · A/E 0.79
TrainerRWSR£1
Henry Candy 185 13 7% −54.50
Harry Charlton 156 23 14.7% −27.89
Harry & Roger Charlton 114 10 8.8% −1.91
George Baker 105 6 5.7% −68.87
Ed de Giles 101 12 11.9% −17.88
Jonathan Portman 93 8 8.6% −45.37
Ollie Sangster 82 11 13.4% −17.09
Sheena West 73 9 12.3% −16.39
Marcus Tregoning 55 8 14.5% +36.08
Tom Ward 52 4 7.7% −15.25
Adam West 51 3 5.9% −2.25
Ivan Furtado 38 4 10.5% +0.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
393
Archived wins
10
Pattern / graded wins
£4.23m
Prize money
2024
Best season · 44 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.
Lil Rockerfeller (USA) — Coral Hurdle (Registered As The Ascot Hurdle) (Grade 2) Ascot · Nov 2017 · Grade 2
£56,950
Lil Rockerfeller (USA) — totepool National Spirit Hurdle (Grade 2) Fontwell · Feb 2016 · Grade 2
£45,560
Ten Pounds (IRE) — Tote.co.uk Let's Gan Into Toon Racing League Race 35 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) Newcastle (AW) · Aug 2024 · Class 2
£38,655

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kodiac (GB) 4% · 2–50
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,598 runs since 2010 (1,666 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.
Sixties Icon (GB) 14.6% · 7–48
Progeny have won 9.9% of 5,682 runs since 2012 (338 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.3% from 264. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.4% from 1,337.
Muhaarar (GB) 14.3% · 6–42
Progeny have won 11.6% of 4,825 runs since 2019 (415 horses).
Mayson (GB) 7.7% · 3–39
Progeny have won 10.7% of 7,391 runs since 2016 (442 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.7% from 1,731. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.8% from 106.
Havana Grey (GB) 12.1% · 4–33
Progeny have won 13.2% of 4,599 runs since 2022 (419 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 16.2% from 105. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 422.
Belardo (IRE) 15.6% · 5–32
Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,735 runs since 2020 (280 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 6 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 4,301 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,301 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 22 June 2007 to 7 September 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Sep 25 Brighton Mrembo (GB)T: Jonathan Portman Download The Raceday Ready App HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3rd 11/2
29 Aug 25 Sandown Secret Handsheikh (GB)T: John Gallagher Killik & Co HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Soft · 10 ran 3rd 20/1

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 Trevor Whelan's strike rate?
Trevor Whelan has won 144 of 1,688 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 8.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Trevor Whelan do best at?
Leicester by strike rate: 8 wins from 47 rides (17%) 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 Trevor Whelan ride most for?
Henry Candy, with 185 rides since 2022 — 11% of the total. That pairing has won 13 (7%).
What is Trevor Whelan's Fair A/E?
1.03, from 1,677 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).