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Jockey profile

William Featherstone

313 rides in the lifetime window · 162 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Rides today 97% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
28–313
Wins / Runs
8.9%
Strike rate
n=313
74 (24%)
Placed
1.00
n=312 · 0.87 incl. margin
−94.77
£1 level stake
n=313 at SP · −30.3%
£175k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
33.3%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 20 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 9% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.00). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 11% off breaks of two months or more (64 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 313 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 10.9% Zoe Davison: 5.3% from 75 First rides: 10.5% Claiming: 9.9%
The read

Zoe Davison supplies 24% of the rides and sits below the rider's average (5.3% vs 8.9%, A/E 1.12) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well off a 61-180-day break (16.2%, n=37). The record reads poorly on Good to Soft going — 4.5% over 66 rides, 4.4pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider in Chase races: Fair A/E 0.45 across 61 rides (4.9% strike, −35.71 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
10.5%+1.6
n=162 · A/E 1.29 · £1 −3.77
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
14.3%+5.4
n=21 · A/E 0.73 · £1 −6.59
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
10.9%+2.0
n=64 · A/E 1.55 · £1 +25.50
When favourite
36.4%
n=22 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −0.27
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
9.9%+1.0
n=273 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −75.77
Big fields · 14+ runners
6%−2.9
n=50 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −13.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.9% 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
With Alan King 21.2% vs 8.9% · n=33
Off a 61-180-day break 16.2% vs 8.9% · n=37
Off a 15-30-day break 4.8% vs 8.9% · n=105
On Good to Soft going 4.5% vs 8.9% · n=66
In Chase races 4.9% vs 8.9% · n=61
With Zoe Davison 5.3% vs 8.9% · n=75
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
Hurdle 228 22 9.6% −50.56
Chase 61 3 4.9% −35.71
NH Flat 15 2 13.3% −5.50
Flat 9 1 11.1% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 105 10 9.5% −22.09
Soft 87 9 10.3% −38.50
Good to Soft 66 3 4.5% −32.56
Heavy 37 4 10.8% −10.62
Good to Firm 13 1 7.7% +8.00
Standard (AW) 5 1 20% +1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Plumpton 27 2 7.4% +3.00
Uttoxeter 26 0 0% −26.00
Fontwell 23 2 8.7% −8.00
Taunton 16 1 6.3% −12.50
Kempton 14 0 0% −14.00
Lingfield 14 2 14.3% −5.62
Fakenham 13 3 23.1% +0.50
Warwick 13 1 7.7% −9.50
Chepstow 13 2 15.4% −2.09
Wincanton 13 0 0% −13.00
Huntingdon 12 2 16.7% −5.56
Bangor-on-Dee 10 1 10% −3.00
Stratford 10 1 10% −0.50
Newton Abbot 9 1 11.1% +12.00
Leicester 9 2 22.2% +22.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 157 13 8.3% −54.21
Class 5 110 9 8.2% −28.56
Class 3 30 3 10% −11.50
Class 6 12 3 25% +3.50
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 27 9 33.3% 1.04 −2.27
2nd–3rd fav 60 9 15% 1.00 −4.00
4th–6th fav 97 8 8.2% 1.17 −1.50
7th+ in betting 129 2 1.6% 0.56 −87.00
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.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
78.5% completed · 289 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 61 67.2% 2 7 11 0 0
Hurdle 228 81.6% 4 5 31 1 1
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Daliance (IRE) 12 3 3 29 Aug 17
Handsome Sam (GB) 9 1 3 4 Apr 17
Georgieshore (IRE) 9 1 2 6 Mar 17
Frank N Fair (GB) 8 1 2 6 Nov 17
Our Reward (IRE) 7 2 4 28 May 17
Between The Waters (IRE) 6 0 2 11 Sep 17
Royal Plaza (GB) 6 1 3 8 Jan 17
Dylanseoghan (IRE) 6 0 1 6 Dec 16
Gustav (IRE) 5 0 0 2 Nov 20
Alpha Indi (IRE) 5 0 1 6 Jun 17
Shadarpour (IRE) 5 0 2 1 Jul 16
Glorious Boru (IRE) 4 0 1 31 Dec 20
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 162 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
1 from 3
Only 3 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
10515681480201188
A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardZoe Davison
24% of all rides
5.3% SR · A/E 1.12
TrainerRWSR£1
Zoe Davison 75 4 5.3% −18.00
Jamie Snowden 35 3 8.6% −8.50
Alan King 33 7 21.2% +7.44
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2010→
28
Archived wins
£175k
Prize money
2016
Best season · 17 wins
Theatre Goer (GB) — Racing Uk Winter Season Ticket Mares' Handicap Hurdle Ludlow · Jan 2017 · Class 3
£6,498
Oscar Prairie (IRE) — Haygain Hay Steamers Clean Healthy Forage Handicap Hurdle Towcester · Jan 2014 · Class 3
£6,498
Kerrow (IRE) — Download The App At 188Bet Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Aintree · Oct 2016 · Class 3
£6,256

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Oscar (IRE) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Dalakhani (IRE) 25% · 3–12
Progeny have won 11.6% of 5,037 runs since 2008 (497 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 8.6% from 278. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 153.
Definite Article (GB) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since 2008 (527 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.
King's Theatre (IRE) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 14.4% of 12,129 runs since 2008 (746 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.8% from 125. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 203.
Turtle Island (IRE) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 7.5% of 3,325 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 10.7% from 215.
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 10.3% of 4,689 runs since 2008 (466 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
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 13 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 313 · newest first

The latest 50 of 313 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 28 May 2010 to 13 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
05 Nov 26 Newbury Non Stop (FR)T: Joe Tizzard OLBG Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 5th 11/1

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 Nov 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · 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 William Featherstone's strike rate?
William Featherstone has won 28 of 313 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.9% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which yard does William Featherstone ride most for?
Zoe Davison, with 75 rides since 2008 — 24% of the total. That pairing has won 4 (5.3%).
Is William Featherstone in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 3 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is William Featherstone's Fair A/E?
1.00, from 312 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).