Research Corner – Profiting from Jockey’s

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Generally speaking we spend a lot of time researching trainer trends and many profitable angles and strategies have been found over the years, but after all the preparations before the race the one person tasked with delivering the anticipated result is the guy/gal aboard the racehorse.

With that in mind this month we are going to be delving into the recent record of a select number of top jockey’s with a view to potentially uncovering some profitable snippet’s.

First up is Rossa Ryan who since the start of 2017 has achieved an increasing number of winners culmanating in breaking the 200 winners mark during 2023 coupled with a winning strike rate of 18.52%.

Rossa Ryan

Was born in 2000 and with his father being involved in National Hunt racing it was likely that this would kindle a keen interest in horses and as such he became a champion rider on the pony racing circuit in Ireland, riding 150 winners, before taking out an apprentice jockey’s licence in 2016.

In January 2017 he moved to England to take up a position of apprentice jockey with Richard Hannon and rode 21 winners during that first year.

In 2018 he more than tripled that tally to ride 78 winners and finished second in the British Apprentice Jockey’s Championship and by 2021 he cracked the 100+ total of winners in a calendar year.

For a number of years (2019-2022) Rossa Ryan had been the retained rider for Amo Racing but after a breakdown in the relationship with the owner, Kia Joorabchian, he has been freelance and looked after by jockey’s agent Steven Croft. Clearly the agent is doing a grand job given how many winners he has managed to get him aboard in recent times.

But which trainers have been the source of these winners?

The above table details the trainers for which Rossa Ryan has ridden 10 or more winners since the start of 2021. As we can see he is still riding a decent amount of winners for the yard of Richard Hannon where his Apprentice career blossomed.

However sitting above that yard in the above Table is Ralph Beckett and we will start with that particular trainer in search of our potentially profitable angles.

Ralph Beckett

Beckett’s training career started when he took over the Peter Walwyn yard for whom he had been the assistant since 1996. From 2000 onwards he trained 105 winners from Windsor House in Lambourn. He was then invited to move to Whitsbury Manor by the landlord, Chris Harper, and a further 245 winners followed including the 2008 winner of the Epsom Oaks Look Here.

By the start of 2011 he had successfully negotiated and bought the Kimpton Down stables which is where he is currently based in Hampshire.

The combi of Rossa Ryan and Ralph Beckett first occurred during 2019 and as can be seen from the below Table it has clearly blossomed since.

If we consider the “Combi” runners by race code we find.

Although the runners on the Flat Turf have a slightly better profit, the AW ones have still returned +17.76% ROI to level stakes at the Betfair SP.

If we next consider the Combi runners competing in Handicaps and Non we find.

The profit with this combi would appear to be when they team up in Handicap races, but given the earlier stats how do the results stack up by Flat and AW?

Both of the race codes have been profitable with the Rossa Ryan/Ralph Beckett when they have teamed up in Handicap races.

System JO-112-21-03-24-SC: Back the runners trained by Ralph Beckett when they are ridden by Rossa Ryan and running in Flat or AW Handicap races.

If we revisit the earlier Table next on the total winner’s podium when teaming up in the most recent period is Rossa Ryan and Richard Hannon.

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