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George Downing: Jockey Form, Stats and Records

George Downing has ridden 206 winners from 2854 rides, a strike rate of 7%. A further 548 finished second or third. The record reads best at Thirsk, where 5 wins from 19 is 26% against 7% everywhere else.

A record is what has happened, not a forecast of what will.

By course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Wolverhampton (AW) 449 36 8% -157.05
Kempton (AW) 381 18 5% -232.80
Lingfield (AW) 260 25 10% -33.74
Chelmsford (AW) 144 13 9% -13.75
Brighton 136 15 11% -24.12
Salisbury 121 9 7% -23.38
Windsor 120 5 4% -64.50
Chepstow 119 7 6% -52.50
Bath 116 10 9% -22.75
Southwell (AW) 110 6 5% +25.50
Leicester 91 7 8% -40.17
Nottingham 87 5 6% -52.10

By distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
6f 533 34 6% -289.54
7f 494 33 7% -160.05
8f 425 23 5% -191.54
5f 313 26 8% -32.92
10f 287 31 11% -60.98
12f 212 13 6% -120.18
8.5f 103 10 10% -41.75
14f 92 7 8% -33.55
16f 74 5 7% -39.50
9.5f 67 5 7% -14.00
5.5f 48 6 13% -7.62
11f 45 3 7% -20.50

Best trainers to ride for

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Tony Carroll 1069 81 8% -373.26
Ed Walker 234 20 9% -114.40
Ian Williams 230 17 7% -128.29
David Evans 196 17 9% -51.75
Eve Johnson Houghton 192 24 13% -17.54
Dean Ivory 171 8 5% -34.50
Seamus Mullins 96 5 5% -34.50
Daniel Kubler 93 6 6% -47.00
Mick Channon 64 3 5% -44.50
Robert Cowell 54 3 6% -37.25
Jim Goldie 41 5 12% +21.00
Jonathan Portman 29 0 0% -29.00

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