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Alex Hopkinson

22 rides in the lifetime window · 14 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Aug 2014 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2013→)
No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
1–22
Wins / Runs
4.5%
Strike rate
n=22
6 (27%)
Placed
0.64
Fair A/E
n=20 · 0.53 incl. margin
−11.00
£1 level stake
n=22 at SP · −50.0%
£5,698
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.7%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−4.5
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−4.5
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−4.5
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
4.5%+0.0
n=22 · A/E 0.64 · £1 −11.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−4.5
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.5% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. First rides are the first captured pairing of horse and rider; last-time-out winners are horses whose previous captured run was a win; claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Soft 6 1 16.7% +5.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Catterick 5 1 20% +6.00
Southwell (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Doncaster 3 0 0% −3.00
Leicester 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 18 1 5.6% −7.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
4th–6th fav 3 1 33.3% 6.56 +8.00
7th+ in betting 15 0 0% 0.00 −15.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Betty Boo (IRE) 4 1 2 2 Aug 14
Rockweiller (GB) 3 0 0 4 Jun 14
Major Muscari (IRE) 3 0 3 30 May 14
Father Shine (IRE) 2 0 1 21 Jul 14
Clumber Place (GB) 1 0 0 10 Jul 14
Blue Clumber (GB) 1 0 0 2 Jun 14
Botanist (GB) 1 0 0 19 May 14
El Bravo (GB) 1 0 0 17 May 14
Viking Warrior (IRE) 1 0 0 9 Apr 14
Fathom Five (IRE) 1 0 0 4 Feb 14
Poetic Belle (GB) 1 0 0 14 Nov 13
Stadium Of Light (IRE) 1 0 0 22 Oct 13
All 14 horses ridden in this window. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
Shaun Harris 22 1 4.5% −11.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2013→
1
Archived wins
£5,698
Prize money
2014
Best season · 1 win
Betty Boo (IRE) — Gordon William Coleman Selling Stakes Catterick · May 2014 · Class 6
£2,386
Notable horses
Betty Boo (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Thousand Words (GB) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 6.7% of 932 runs since 2012 (68 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 10.2% from 226. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 133.
Exceed and Excel (AUS) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 11.9% of 16,036 runs since 2008 (1,161 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on Soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.8% of 11,568 runs since 2008 (872 horses).
Supreme Leader (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,984 runs since 2008 (349 horses).
Bertolini (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Byron (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.4% of 3,248 runs since 2010 (225 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 172.
Top line: the rider's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 6 Nov 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

all 22 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Alex Hopkinson's 22 archived rides, from 13 September 2013 to 2 August 2014, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
02 Aug 14 Doncaster Betty Boo (IRE)T: Shaun Harris Unison And LV=Liverpool Victoria Car Insurance Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 7th 12/1
21 Jul 14 Ayr Father Shine (IRE)T: Shaun Harris Irvine Herald Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 13f · Good · 8 ran 5th 12/1
10 Jul 14 Doncaster Clumber Place (GB)T: Shaun Harris Les 'Buddy' Clarke Memorial HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good · 14 ran 9th 20/1
06 Jun 14 Catterick Betty Boo (IRE)T: Shaun Harris Park And Cycle At Catterick Racecourse HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Soft · 12 ran 3rd 7/2F
04 Jun 14 Nottingham Rockweiller (GB)T: Shaun Harris Follow totepool On Twitter 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series Handicap (Part Of The Racing Excellence Initiative)Class 6 · 10f · Soft · 6 ran 4th 11/4
02 Jun 14 Leicester Blue Clumber (GB)T: Shaun Harris Hickling Selling StakesClass 6 · 6f · Soft · 8 ran 5th 25/1
30 May 14 Catterick Betty Boo (IRE)T: Shaun Harris Gordon William Coleman Selling StakesClass 6 · 6f · Soft · 6 ran 1st 10/1
30 May 14 Catterick Major Muscari (IRE)T: Shaun Harris Yorkshire-outdoors.co.uk Adventure Activities Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Soft · 13 ran 2nd 14/1
19 May 14 Leicester Botanist (GB)T: Shaun Harris Leicestershire Cares Selling Stakes (Rnd)Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 5th 50/1
17 May 14 Doncaster El Bravo (GB)T: Shaun Harris Crownhotel-bawtry.com Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Good · 18 ran 15th 25/1
09 Apr 14 Catterick Viking Warrior (IRE)T: Shaun Harris Download New Racing Uk Ipad App Claiming StakesClass 6 · 7f · Soft · 8 ran 8th 66/1
21 Mar 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Rockweiller (GB)T: Shaun Harris Coral Mobile 'just Three Clicks To Bet' HandicapClass 7 · 9.5f · Standard · 5 ran 3rd 11/4
28 Feb 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Rockweiller (GB)T: Shaun Harris Coral Mobile 'Just Three Clicks To Bet' Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 9 ran 4th 20/1
04 Feb 14 Southwell (AW) Fathom Five (IRE)T: Shaun Harris bookmakers.co.uk Selling StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 9 ran 6th 20/1
05 Jan 14 Southwell (AW) Major Muscari (IRE)T: Shaun Harris bookmakers.co.uk 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series Handicap (Part Of The Racing Excellence Initiative)Class 6 · 5f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd 3/1
13 Dec 13 Southwell (AW) Major Muscari (IRE)T: Shaun Harris Compare Bookmakers At bookmakers.co.uk Apprentice Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 5f · Standard · 13 ran 2nd 12/1
14 Nov 13 Southwell (AW) Poetic Belle (GB)T: Shaun Harris Ladbrokes All-Weather 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series Handicap (Part Of The Racing Excellence Initiative)Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 20/1
22 Oct 13 Lingfield (AW) Stadium Of Light (IRE)T: Shaun Harris Baker Tilly Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 16 ran 5th 16/1
19 Oct 13 Catterick Father Shine (IRE)T: Shaun Harris Collect totepool Winnings At Betfred Shops Apprentice Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 14f · Heavy · 11 ran 3rd 16/1
29 Sep 13 Musselburgh Musical Strike (GB)T: Shaun Harris Royal Scots Apprentice Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7th 50/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is Alex Hopkinson's strike rate?
Alex Hopkinson has won 1 of 22 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).