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Jockey profile

W. J. Lee

3,175 rides in the last 5 seasons · 1,310 individual horses
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 2 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
459–3,175
Wins / Runs
14.5%
Strike rate
n=3,175
1,166 (37%)
Placed
1.07
Fair A/E
n=3,172 · 0.88 incl. margin
−531.23
£1 level stake
n=3,175 at SP · −16.7%
£13.4m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
14.9%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 640 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 15% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.07). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 21% (365 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 3,175 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires May–Jun 32.8% when favourite W McCreery: 12.6% from 531 LTO winners: 20.5% Rides the favourite in 17% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Sligo (23.9%, n=46) and Down Royal (21.9%, n=105) — all clear of the rider's 14.5% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 20.5% (n=365, Fair A/E 1.08). W McCreery supplies 17% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (12.6%, A/E 1.03) — the market has that partnership priced right. 135 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Goffs Million at Curragh (Sep 2023, £610,000). The standout partner of the record: Verhoyen (GB) — 7 wins from 40 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires May–Jun.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 14.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
11.8%−2.7
n=1,204 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −276.98
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
20.5%+6.0
n=365 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −8.69
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
12.7%−1.8
n=557 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −168.31
When favourite
32.8%
n=536 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −58.59
Big fields · 14+ runners
12.7%−1.8
n=1,244 · A/E 1.23 · £1 −113.33
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
16%+1.5
n=444 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −55.62

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 14.5% 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
With P Twomey 27.8% vs 14.5% · n=518
With horses switching code 5.7% vs 14.5% · n=87
At Sligo 23.9% vs 14.5% · n=46
On last-time-out winners 20.5% vs 14.5% · n=365
At Down Royal 21.9% vs 14.5% · n=105
With Gillian Scott 7.7% vs 14.5% · n=78
This filter uses derived form angles computed for 8.1% of the archive so far (as at 8 Nov 2026); the sample will grow as sequencing completes.
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

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Flat 3,173 457 14.4% −535.61
NH Flat 2 2 100% +4.38

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 1,143 176 15.4% −142.13
Soft 856 128 15% −106.93
Standard (AW) 536 74 13.8% −124.37
Heavy 282 29 10.3% −141.53
Good to Soft 238 33 13.9% −19.80
Good to Firm 120 19 15.8% +3.53

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Curragh 541 62 11.5% −64.42
Dundalk (AW) 529 73 13.8% −122.87
Leopardstown 252 33 13.1% +12.13
Gowran Park 248 33 13.3% −61.31
Naas 236 26 11% −117.82
Cork 206 40 19.4% −17.36
Navan 177 29 16.4% −31.36
Galway 111 16 14.4% −1.17
Killarney 110 19 17.3% −24.83
Fairyhouse 106 18 17% +27.41
Down Royal 105 23 21.9% −21.01
Roscommon 102 20 19.6% −16.84
Listowel 68 11 16.2% −16.13
Bellewstown 67 6 9% −25.60
Tipperary 64 10 15.6% −16.25

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 444 71 16% −55.62
Class 2 13 3 23.1% +17.12
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 626 199 31.8% 1.11 −48.02
2nd–3rd fav 914 161 17.6% 1.08 −110.71
4th–6th fav 931 73 7.8% 0.99 −215.00
7th+ in betting 704 26 3.7% 1.03 −157.50
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
Verhoyen (GB) 22 4 5 10 Sep 26
Keke (GB) 19 6 11 22 Aug 26
Morning Approach (IRE) 18 1 6 5 Sep 26
Moss Tucker (IRE) 18 5 8 12 Jun 26
The Highway Rat (IRE) 16 3 8 1 Nov 26
Stag Night (IRE) 16 3 7 26 Sep 26
Big Gossey (IRE) 16 3 8 13 Sep 26
Ferrybank (GB) 16 3 7 13 Feb 26
Relevant Range (IRE) 16 1 7 30 Sep 25
Barretstown (IRE) 13 3 7 10 Sep 26
Apercu (IRE) 13 4 8 23 Jul 26
Starting Monday (IRE) 13 0 3 6 Oct 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,310 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 7 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

Small sample
3 from 12
Only 12 rides in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
18181213181615151413128
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 yardW McCreery
17% of all rides
12.6% SR · A/E 1.03
TrainerRWSR£1
W McCreery 531 67 12.6% −82.86
P Twomey 518 144 27.8% +12.82
A Oliver 247 39 15.8% +6.22
K J Condon 218 28 12.8% −17.84
Henry De Bromhead 217 28 12.9% −47.17
M C Grassick 119 10 8.4% −34.00
Miss Natalia Lupini 79 14 17.7% −11.62
Gillian Scott 78 6 7.7% −45.37
Edward Lynam 65 11 16.9% −17.18
James McAuley 59 6 10.2% +0.00
Paul W Flynn 39 4 10.3% −20.00
Richard John O'Brien 39 4 10.3% −6.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
1,101
Archived wins
135
Pattern / graded wins
£27.1m
Prize money
2024
Best season · 105 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.
One Look (IRE) — Goffs Million Curragh · Sep 2023
£610,000
Trean (IRE) — Goffs Million Curragh (IRE) · Sep 2026
£561,700
Romanised (IRE) — Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois (3yo+ Colts Horses F & M) Deauville (FR) · Aug 2019 · Group 1
£514,775
Notable horses
Verhoyen (GB) Pearls Galore (FR) Moss Tucker (IRE) Keke (GB) King Cuan (GB) Rosscarbery (GER)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Sioux Nation (USA) 22.4% · 19–85
Progeny have won 12.3% of 2,917 runs since 2022 (363 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 17.2% from 425. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.1% from 583. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.7% from 190.
Make Believe (GB) 12.3% · 9–73
Progeny have won 11.1% of 3,628 runs since 2019 (298 horses).
Starspangledbanner (AUS) 17.1% · 12–70
Progeny have won 11.1% of 7,222 runs since 2014 (664 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,199.
Dandy Man (IRE) 18.2% · 12–66
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,988 runs since 2013 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
Mehmas (IRE) 14.3% · 9–63
Progeny have won 11.5% of 8,229 runs since 2020 (753 horses).
Australia (GB) 16.1% · 10–62
Progeny have won 11.2% of 5,677 runs since 2018 (566 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
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 8 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 10,459 · newest first

The latest 50 of 10,459 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 6 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Jasmine Affanalis (IRE)T: David Marnane BAR 1 Betting Bet Builder Boost Handicap8f · Standard · 14 ran 4th 9/2
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Booyea (IRE)T: Thomas Gibney BAR 1 Betting '2Up Early Payout' Handicap8f · Standard · 8 ran 1st 7/1
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Drive On There (USA)T: P. Twomey Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden8f · Standard · 10 ran 5th 6/4
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Aviatrice (IRE)T: David Marnane Irish Stallion Farms EBF Cooley Fillies Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 1st 3/1
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Sensational Filly (FR)T: P. Twomey Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden7f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 8/15F
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Thread Of Gold (IRE)T: W. P. Mullins QuinnBet Finale Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 12f · Yielding · 12 ran 1st 2/1F
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Starting Fifteen (GB)T: E McNamara Velo Coffee At The Curragh Maiden12f · Yielding · 19 ran 3rd 3/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Victory Tip (IRE)T: Henry de Bromhead Keadeen Hotel Premier Handicap8f · Yielding To Soft · 21 ran 13th 8/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Absurde (FR)T: W. P. Mullins QuinnBet Loughbrown Stakes (Group 3)Class 1 · 16.5f · Yielding · 11 ran 11th 22/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Great Mover (IRE)T: W. McCreery Isuzu Ireland Handicap7f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran 12th 22/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) The Highway Rat (IRE)T: A Oliver Mongey Communications Sprint Handicap5f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 10th 8/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Favour Royal (IRE)T: A Oliver Irish EBF Maiden (Smullen Series)8f · Yielding To Soft · 23 ran 2nd 20/1
24 Oct 26 Doncaster Hi Corbett Court (IRE)T: P. Twomey William Hill Remembering Sue Wright Prospect Stakes (registered As The Doncaster Stakes) (Listed Race)Class 1 · 6f · Heavy · 7 ran 2nd 3/1
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Heriot's Hope (GB)T: A Oliver Des Byrne Memorial Maiden10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 2nd 25/1
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Astroway (FR)T: David Marnane Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden (Smullen Series)8f · Standard · 14 ran 3rd 11/4
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Rosie Frith (IRE)T: Patrick Magee BAR 1 Betting Mercury Stakes (Group 3)Class 1 · 5f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 28/1
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Gonna Be Golden (IRE)T: A Oliver Braham Electrical Handicap6f · Standard · 14 ran 6th 11/2
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) River Trieux (GB)T: P. Twomey Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Fillies Optional Claiming Race7f · Standard · 9 ran 4th 13/8F
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Divine Believer (IRE)T: Henry de Bromhead Navan Racecourse Handicap14f · Yielding · 23 ran 15th 15/2
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Peace Pebble (IRE)T: W. McCreery WTW Willis Towers Watson Maiden14f · Yielding · 12 ran 2nd 25/1

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).

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 5 runs (won 2) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 12 runs (won 2) · fastest on KTB Speed in 7 runs (won 2) · to 6 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 W. J. Lee's strike rate?
W. J. Lee has won 459 of 3,175 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 14.5% (as at 8 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does W. J. Lee do best at?
Down Royal by strike rate: 23 wins from 105 rides (21.9%) 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 W. J. Lee ride most for?
W McCreery, with 531 rides since 2022 — 17% of the total. That pairing has won 67 (12.6%).
Is W. J. Lee in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 12 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is W. J. Lee's Fair A/E?
1.07, from 3,172 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 8 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).