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April Kitchener

10 rides in the lifetime window · 7 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2014 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)
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.
0–10
Wins / Runs
0%
Strike rate
n=10
0 (0%)
Placed
0.00
Fair A/E
n=10 · 0.00 incl. margin
−10.00
£1 level stake
n=10 at SP · −100.0%
Strike by season
0%

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%+0.0
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%+0.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
0%+0.0
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%+0.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. 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
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Kempton (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Brighton 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
4th–6th fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
7th+ in betting 8 0 0% 0.00 −8.00
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
Planetoid (IRE) 3 0 0 17 Mar 14
Goodwood Starlight (IRE) 2 0 0 17 Sep 12
Dorry K (IRE) 1 0 0 3 Apr 14
Bollin Judith (GB) 1 0 0 30 Jan 14
Sugar Hiccup (IRE) 1 0 0 19 Jan 14
Beggar's Opera (IRE) 1 0 0 22 Aug 12
Wayward Glance (GB) 1 0 0 27 Jun 12
All 7 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
Jim Best 10 0 0% −10.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Galileo (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since 2008 (1,776 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
Mtoto (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 8.7% of 1,003 runs since 2008 (82 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 13.3% from 135. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.9% from 203. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 2.9% from 103.
Ad Valorem (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,585 runs since 2008 (101 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 12.3% from 618. Weakest on Good to Firm going: 5.2% from 248.
Bollin Eric (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.7% of 1,319 runs since 2008 (115 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.7% from 126. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.6% from 257. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 101.
Refuse To Bend (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.8% of 4,868 runs since 2008 (320 horses).
Sadler's Wells (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,636 runs since 2008 (370 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.7% from 107.
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 28 Oct 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 10 archived runs · newest first

Every one of April Kitchener's 10 archived rides, from 27 June 2012 to 3 April 2014, newest first — no winners among them.

Best finish: 4th of 10 — Dorry K (IRE), Lingfield (AW), 3 Apr 2014.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
03 Apr 14 Lingfield (AW) Dorry K (IRE)T: Jim Best Coral.co.uk Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 10 ran 4th 7/2F
17 Mar 14 Kempton (AW) Planetoid (IRE)T: Jim Best BetVictor.com HandicapClass 5 · 11f · Standard · 6 ran 6th 25/1
01 Mar 14 Lingfield (AW) Planetoid (IRE)T: Jim Best coral.co.uk HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 33/1
12 Feb 14 Lingfield (AW) Planetoid (IRE)T: Jim Best Coral App Download From The App Store HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 10th 20/1
30 Jan 14 Kempton (AW) Bollin Judith (GB)T: Jim Best Cheltenham 2014 NRNB At BetVictor.com Classified Claiming StakesClass 5 · 11f · Standard · 8 ran 7th 25/1
19 Jan 14 Kempton (AW) Sugar Hiccup (IRE)T: Jim Best Like Racing Post On Facebook HandicapClass 5 · 11f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 100/1
17 Sep 12 Brighton Goodwood Starlight (IRE)T: Jim Best Ian Carnaby Apprentice Selling HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Firm · 9 ran 5th 16/1
22 Aug 12 Lingfield Beggar's Opera (IRE)T: Jim Best Help For Heroes HandicapClass 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5th 22/1
10 Aug 12 Lingfield (AW) Goodwood Starlight (IRE)T: Jim Best Ladbrokes Game On! HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 11 ran 11th 33/1
27 Jun 12 Kempton (AW) Wayward Glance (GB)T: Jim Best Racing Plus Out Every Saturday HandicapClass 4 · 12f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 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 April Kitchener's strike rate?
April Kitchener has won 0 of 10 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 0% (as at 28 October 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 28 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).