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David Allan

There are jockeys who ride for the glamour yards and feature on the front pages, and then there are the ones who quietly get on with the job, race after race, meeting after meeting, building a career through sheer volume and consistency. David Allan is very much the latter — and after four years in the saddle, the numbers are starting to tell a compelling story.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Jockey
Record
75 wins from 654 races
Win rate
11.5%
Top trainer
Best course
Hamilton Park (20% from 35 races)
Best going
Good (firm-ish)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this jockey's performance over the last 12 months
654
Races
75
Wins
11.5%
Win rate
avg ~10%
36.4%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Jockey Breakdown
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Since 2021, Allan has ridden 297 career winners, and in the last twelve months alone he has racked up 75 from 654 rides — that's roughly 1 in every 9 races, or an 11% win rate. For context, 654 rides in a season is a serious workload. This isn't someone picking and choosing their spots; this is someone grinding through the card at tracks up and down the country, making things happen on horses that aren't always the most obvious winners.

The partnership that defines his career so far is with trainer Tim Easterby, one of the north's most prolific yards. Allan has ridden 57 winners for Easterby from 540 rides — again, that 11% figure, but the sheer scale of it matters here. Fifty-seven wins from a single training operation is a genuine working relationship, built on trust and repetition. When Easterby needs something delivered, Allan is clearly the first call. Hamilton Park is where that productivity sharpens into something more striking — 7 winners from just 35 rides at that track, a ratio that suggests he reads it particularly well.

What elevates Allan beyond a solid journeyman, though, is what he has done at the very top level. He has won five Class 1 races in his career — the elite tier of British racing, where the competition is as good as it gets. Those wins have come at Ascot, Redcar, Ripon and York, and two of them arrived within two days of each other in late August 2025. Winning a top-level race at York on 23 August and then another at Ripon on 25 August is the kind of form that makes people sit up and take notice. Add a win at Newmarket's July course in June 2025 and you have a jockey who, when the big occasions come around, is not found wanting.

Four years in, 297 winners, and five at the highest level. Allan is building something worth watching.

📈 Form Trend

How this jockey's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
20%
Jan
0%
Mar
15.5%
Apr
15.0%
May
8.2%
Jun
12.5%
Jul
14.4%
Aug
10.5%
Sep
13.7%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Mar
7.7%
Apr

🎯 Where This Jockey Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Standard (all-weather)
Good to firm (drying out)
Ok
Good to soft (some give)
Ok
Soft (muddy)
Ok
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 1 (elite)
Class 2 (high-level)
Ok
Class 3 (mid-level)
Avoids
Class 4 (standard)
Class 5 (entry-level)
Class 6 (grassroots)
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Left-handed, tight turns
Right-handed, long straights
Left-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, hilly
Ok
Left-handed, hilly
Ok
Left-handed, tight
Avoids

🏇 Trainer Partnerships

The trainers they work with most, sorted by rides together
Tim Easterby First Choice
10.6%
Win rate
57/540
Won / Rode
13.3%
Win rate
2/15
Won / Rode
6.7%
Win rate
1/15
Won / Rode
40%
Win rate
4/10
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
2/6
Won / Rode
60%
Win rate
3/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this jockey
Form: 37-722
Form: 3636-2
Form: 80-531
Form: 5342-2
Form: 198-21
Form: 67922-
Form: 17833-
Form: 211D-35
Form: 151132
Form: /441-5

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Ripon 61 9 14.8%
Thirsk 59 6 10.2%
Pontefract 55 5 9.1%
Redcar 53 7 13.2%
Beverley 48 6 12.5%
Catterick Bridge 43 6 14.0%
Newcastle 41 4 9.8%
Ayr 40 5 12.5%
Carlisle 38 3 7.9%
York 36 2 5.6%
Hamilton Park 35 7 20%
Southwell 22 4 18.2%
Haydock Park 17 1 5.9%
Leicester 16 3 18.8%
Musselburgh 16 2 12.5%
Doncaster 14 1 7.1%
Nottingham 14 1 7.1%
Chester 8 0 0%
Newmarket 7 1 14.3%
Chepstow 6 1 16.7%
Wolverhampton 5 0 0%
Windsor 4 0 0%
Wetherby 4 0 0%
Great Yarmouth 3 0 0%
Ascot 3 0 0%
Goodwood 3 0 0%
The Curragh 2 1 50%
Kempton Park 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
30 Apr
Redcar · 1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm
6th
30 Apr
Redcar · 7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm
4th
30 Apr
Redcar · 7f – 1m · Good_To_Firm
7th
29 Apr
Pontefract · 1m1f – 1m2f · Good
6th
29 Apr
Pontefract · 5f – 6½f · Good
3rd
29 Apr
Pontefract · 1m1f – 1m2f · Good
5th
29 Apr
Pontefract · 5f – 6½f · Good
2nd
26 Apr
Musselburgh · 5f – 6½f · Good
4th
26 Apr
Musselburgh · 7f – 1m · Good
10th
26 Apr
Musselburgh · 1m1f – 1m2f · Good
3rd
26 Apr
Musselburgh · 5f – 6½f · Good
7th
25 Apr
Ripon · 1m1f – 1m2f · Good
4th
25 Apr
Ripon · 5f – 6½f · Good
2nd
25 Apr
Ripon · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
Won
25 Apr
Ripon · 5f – 6½f · Good
3rd
24 Apr
Doncaster · 5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm
2nd
23 Apr
Beverley · 1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Firm
3rd
23 Apr
Beverley · 5f – 6½f · Good
Won
22 Apr
Catterick Bridge · 7f – 1m · Good
2nd
21 Apr
Pontefract · 5f – 6½f · Good
2nd