Statistics

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
jockey_id	path	string	yes	Opaque jockey identifier.
by	query	string	no	A breakdown dimension: course, region, run_type, distance, going, surface, class, year, month, draw, field_size, layoff, sp_band, trainer, owner or sire. Omit for the overall block.
min_runs	query	integer	no	Drop breakdown rows with fewer rides than this. Defaults to 1; 30 is a more useful floor for anything you intend to act on.
date_from	query	string	no	YYYY-MM-DD. Clamped to your plan's window.
date_to	query	string	no	YYYY-MM-DD. Clamped to your plan's window.

Request

curl https://api.apihorseracing.com/v1/jockeys/jk_1ABH146/stats \
  -H "X-API-Key: $AHR_KEY"

$ch = curl_init('https://api.apihorseracing.com/v1/jockeys/jk_1ABH146/stats');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ['X-API-Key: ' . getenv('AHR_KEY')],
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true)['data'];

const res = await fetch(
  'https://api.apihorseracing.com/v1/jockeys/jk_1ABH146/stats',
  { headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.AHR_KEY } }
);
const { meta, data } = await res.json();

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.apihorseracing.com/v1/jockeys/jk_1ABH146/stats",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["AHR_KEY"]},
).json()

Response

200 OK application/json harvested 8 days ago

{
    "meta": {
        "request_id": "c45b629a09627222",
        "data_as_of": "2026-09-12T05:10:27+00:00",
        "plan": "analyst",
        "window": "2017 → upcoming",
        "count": 3
    },
    "data": {
        "jockey_id": "jk_1ABH146",
        "jockey": "Millie Wonnacott",
        "window": {
            "from": null,
            "to": null,
            "note": "The whole archive. Your plan sets no date limit."
        },
        "overall": {
            "runs": 449,
            "priced": 449,
            "first": 50,
            "second": 46,
            "third": 50,
            "fourth": 44,
            "win_pct": 0.1114,
            "top3_pct": 0.3252,
            "expected_wins": 39.02,
            "a_e": 1.281,
            "a_e_range": [
                0.926,
                1.636
            ],
            "a_e_beats_market": false,
            "significant": false,
            "low_sample": false,
            "pl_1pt": 15.89,
            "roi_pct": 3.54
        },
        "by": "course",
        "course": [
            {
                "course": "Wolverhampton",
                "runs": 58,
                "priced": 58,
                "first": 6,
                "second": 2,
                "third": 5,
                "fourth": 7,
                "win_pct": 0.1034,
                "top3_pct": 0.2241,
                "expected_wins": 4.57,
                "a_e": 1.313,
                "a_e_range": [
                    0.262,
                    2.363
                ],
                "a_e_beats_market": false,
                "significant": false,
                "low_sample": true,
                "pl_1pt": 9,
                "roi_pct": 15.52
            },
            {
                "course": "Bath",
                "runs": 43,
                "priced": 43,
                "first": 5,
                "second": 8,
                "third": 3,
                "fourth": 1,
                "win_pct": 0.1163,
                "top3_pct": 0.3721,
                "expected_wins": 3.79,
                "a_e": 1.318,
                "a_e_range": [
                    0.163,
                    2.473
                ],
                "a_e_beats_market": false,
                "significant": false,
                "low_sample": true,
                "pl_1pt": 25,
                "roi_pct": 58.14
            },
            "… 1 more"
        ]
    }
}

A real response from /v1/jockeys/jk_1ABH146/stats?by=course&limit=3, captured by calling the live API rather than written by hand.

Response fields

Each field is described once and rendered on every endpoint that returns it, so the wording cannot drift between pages.

Field	Type	What it is
jockey_id	string	Opaque jockey identifier.
jockey	string	Rider name.
window	string	How far back and forward that plan can read.
runs	integer	Rides in the slice, priced or not.
priced	integer	Rides carrying a starting price. A/E and the profit figures use these; runs is the wider count.
first	integer	Wins.
second	integer	Seconds. Positions are returned separately so you apply your own place terms.
third	integer	Thirds.
fourth	integer	Fourths.
win_pct	number	Wins over runs. The number everyone quotes and the one that tells you least.
top3_pct	number	First, second or third over runs. Not a place strike rate; place terms vary.
expected_wins	number	Wins the market implied, summed over the slice.
a_e	number	Actual wins over expected. Above 1.00 means winning more often than the prices said.
a_e_range	array	Ninety five percent interval on A/E. If it spans 1.00 the figure is not evidence of anything.
a_e_beats_market	boolean	True only where the whole interval sits above 1.00.
significant	boolean	Whether the interval excludes 1.00 in either direction.
low_sample	boolean	Fewer than five expected wins. Treat A/E as noise.
pl_1pt	number	One point on every runner, settled at starting price.
roi_pct	number	Level stakes return. Backing everything loses more than the book margin, because equal stakes overweight the longshots.
course	string	Course name.

Errors this endpoint returns

Code	Status	When
unauthorized	401	No key, or one we do not recognise. Check the header name and that the key has not been rotated from your account page.
upgrade_required	403	The endpoint returns computed statistics and your plan does not include them. The body names every plan that does reach it, so you never have to look it up.
not_found	404	The identifier is well formed but nothing has it. Distinct from invalid_id, which means the identifier itself is wrong.
invalid_id	422	The prefix does not match the kind of thing the path expects, or the identifier is malformed. A horse id passed where a race is wanted lands here rather than returning the wrong race.
invalid_param	422	A date that is not YYYY-MM-DD, a by= dimension we do not have, or a cursor that did not come from us. The message names the parameter.
rate_limited	429	Past your per-minute rate. Retry-After is set, and X-RateLimit-Remaining tells you where you stand on every successful response too.
server_error	500	Ours, not yours. Every response carries a request_id; quote it and we can find the exact request.

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jockey_id

by optional

min_runs optional

date_from optional

date_to optional

What this is for

The standard statistics block for a rider, split any of sixteen ways, each row with a confidence interval.

A/E matters more for jockeys than for anyone else in this API, because a jockey's strike rate is almost entirely a function of the horses he is put on. A/E asks whether the rides beat their prices, which is the only version of the question that is about the rider at all.

Even then, be careful about what you conclude. A high A/E over a career is more likely to mean a rider is systematically underrated by the market than that he is better than everyone thinks. Those are different claims, and only the first is about prices.

The two dimensions worth reaching for first are by=course, because riders genuinely ride some tracks better, and by=run_type, because a flat jockey and a jumps jockey are different professions and a few people do both.

Common uses

Judging a claimer

A claiming rider carries a weight allowance, so a positive A/E may be the allowance rather than the rider. by=year over the period the claim reduced shows which.

Finding a course specialist

by=course with min_runs=30. Big galloping tracks and tight turning ones reward different riding.

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