The Top Jockeys
One thing I have noticed is that not every punter has the patience (or the betting bank) needed to put up with a losing run when it comes to statistic based systems like the majority I produce, and that is understandable and something I will try to put right here.
Although the profits may not be as good as other options I have put forward in the past, this month I am looking for something that will give us regular winners, and lots of them.
The concept is simple enough, I am listing the five top jockeys by races won on the Flat for the whole of 2025 (believe it or not finding an official list is close to impossible so I ran my own query), then digging deeper to see if we can find “tune” to make ourselves a profit. The figures below apply to the last 10 years - let’s see where that takes us shall we?
NOTE* As always, all profits are to a fictitious £1 unit and are after the standard Betfair commission of 2% - I am using the top five jockeys numerically from 2025 – but the numbers quoted below are form 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2025 inclusive.
Flat only, all races turf and all-weather base figures only.
Thoughts – well I was tempted to put my laptop away instantly – I really did not expect to see profits of any kind, everyone knows the best jockeys, they usually get to ride the best horses, and I would have guessed they would be over bet – what do I know ( I would also add that Billy Loughane only started riding in public in November 2022 and would have started as an apprentice on lesser known horses, so his small loss over his riding career is unlikely to be a true assessment).
Naturally, and being greedy, I can’t simply stop there (but I wouldn’t blame you if you did!), so my next step is to see if any links with certain trainers can increase the percentages (the above has a return on investment of only 8.7%) – minimum 40 rides to qualify.
Billy Loughnane
Admittedly the bottom line figures in “Cash” aren’t as impressive but the Return On Investment of 46.46% certainly is!
Oisin Murphy
Oisin is perhaps our most popular jockey, an affable chap and in front of the camera more often than most, but that may mean he can be over bet by the armchair punter. Nothing wrong with the figures above, more £ profit, but the Return On Investment drops to 18.12% and others may be able to improve on that figure.
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