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Jockey profile

Harry Kimber

778 rides in the last 5 seasons · 260 individual horses
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride yesterday 98% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
97–778
Wins / Runs
12.5%
Strike rate
n=778
211 (27%)
Placed
1.24
n=778 · 1.08 incl. margin
−57.25
£1 level stake
n=778 at SP · −7.4%
£944k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.5%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 160 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 13% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.24). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 25% (96 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 778 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Apr 40.8% when favourite Robert Walford: 18.4% from 267 LTO winners: 25% Claiming: 14.6% Rides the favourite in 10% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Fontwell (19.5%, n=113), clear of the rider's 12.5% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 25% (n=96, Fair A/E 1.27), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 2.7% (n=74, Fair A/E 0.44). Robert Walford supplies 34% of the rides and beats the rider's average (18.4% vs 12.5%, A/E 1.40) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in NH Flat races — 2.9% over 35 rides, 9.6pts below the baseline. The standout partner of the record: Art Decco (GB) — 6 wins from 11 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Feb–Apr.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 12.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
7.7%−4.8
n=234 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −98.14
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
25%+12.5
n=96 · A/E 1.27 · £1 −4.80
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
11%−1.5
n=164 · A/E 1.45 · £1 −32.18
When favourite
40.8%
n=76 · A/E 1.36 · £1 +16.40
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
14.6%+2.1
n=362 · A/E 1.27 · £1 −37.24
Big fields · 14+ runners
2.7%−9.8
n=74 · A/E 0.44 · £1 −65.25
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−12.5
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.5% 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.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
On last-time-out winners 25% vs 12.5% · n=96
With debutants 0% vs 12.5% · n=48
With horses switching code 3.8% vs 12.5% · n=106
In NH Flat races 2.9% vs 12.5% · n=35
At Fontwell 19.5% vs 12.5% · n=113
With Robert Walford 18.4% vs 12.5% · n=267
Descriptive splits ranked by divergence × sample — insight, not instruction. Every angle carries its N; nothing under 30 runs qualifies. Rows within 2pts of the baseline appear only when the market-relative read (Fair A/E) diverges, and show it.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 425 46 10.8% −58.89
Chase 306 49 16% +3.64
NH Flat 35 1 2.9% −31.00
Flat 12 1 8.3% +29.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 318 39 12.3% −4.99
Good to Soft 205 18 8.8% −73.74
Soft 155 25 16.1% +5.48
Heavy 78 14 17.9% −3.00
Good to Firm 19 1 5.3% +22.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Fontwell 113 22 19.5% +44.77
Taunton 77 13 16.9% +8.53
Exeter 76 10 13.2% −16.67
Wincanton 72 9 12.5% −5.82
Newton Abbot 70 9 12.9% −9.55
Chepstow 52 5 9.6% −23.29
Plumpton 43 4 9.3% −11.30
Hereford 38 3 7.9% +20.58
Worcester 33 3 9.1% −14.12
Ludlow 29 2 6.9% +0.75
Lingfield 21 1 4.8% −17.00
Stratford 18 1 5.6% −14.25
Kempton 16 2 12.5% −1.00
Warwick 13 0 0% −13.00
Uttoxeter 12 2 16.7% −6.09

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 336 35 10.4% −115.04
Class 5 315 43 13.7% +46.39
Class 3 90 15 16.7% −4.48
Class 2 27 3 11.1% −15.12
Class 6 5 1 20% +36.00
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 90 38 42.2% 1.46 +27.53
2nd–3rd fav 146 30 20.5% 1.16 −1.78
4th–6th fav 268 21 7.8% 1.08 −21.00
7th+ in betting 274 8 2.9% 1.20 −62.00
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.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
84.1% completed · 731 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 306 82% 10 8 35 0 2
Hurdle 425 85.6% 8 7 43 2 1
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Gorcombe Moonshine (GB) 21 1 7 24 May 26
Flash Gorcombe (GB) 16 3 6 6 Mar 26
Born At Midnight (GB) 15 4 9 16 Nov 25
My Mate Polly (GB) 14 1 3 28 Jan 25
Marettimo (IRE) 14 3 3 22 Dec 24
Mutley Crew (FR) 12 3 7 14 Feb 26
He'llstopatthetop (GB) 12 0 0 30 Dec 25
Leading Swoop (IRE) 12 1 7 23 Oct 25
Elios D'or (FR) 12 4 7 24 Sep 23
Grenadier Jed (GB) 11 3 6 21 Feb 26
Art Decco (GB) 11 6 7 20 Feb 26
Loverdose (FR) 11 4 6 15 Jan 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 260 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 4 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 5
Only 5 rides in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
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A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
34% of all rides
18.4% SR · A/E 1.40
TrainerRWSR£1
Robert Walford 267 49 18.4% +25.88
Bill Turner 99 12 12.1% +56.20
Keiran Burke 82 15 18.3% −21.51
Joe Tizzard 79 9 11.4% −34.90
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2018→
113
Archived wins
£1.11m
Prize money
2022
Best season · 27 wins
Art Decco (GB) — Nick Ansell, Devon National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Exeter · Feb 2026 · Class 3
£15,860
Art Decco (GB) — Nick Ansell, Devon National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Exeter · Feb 2025 · Class 3
£14,787
Prince Quali (FR) — Betting.Bet New Betting Sites Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Chepstow · Apr 2024 · Class 2
£13,203

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Alqaahir (USA) 10.8% · 4–37
Progeny have won 8.9% of 79 runs since 2020 (7 horses).
Telescope (IRE) 3.3% · 1–30
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,914 runs since 2019 (297 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 1.9% from 106. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 284.
Leading Light (IRE) 15.4% · 4–26
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,210 runs since 2018 (225 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
Saddler's Rock (IRE) 30.4% · 7–23
Progeny have won 18.9% of 132 runs since 2020 (16 horses).
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 10.3% of 4,686 runs since 2008 (466 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Milan (GB) 10.5% · 2–19
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,871 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).
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 5 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

latest 50 of 1,023 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,023 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 5 October 2018 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Nov 26 Chepstow Just Jaffa (IRE)T: Kathy Turner LSL Racing 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Race (Div I) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 13 ran PU 300/1
31 Oct 26 Ascot Zillow (GB)T: Faye Bramley Lavazza Handicap Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 2 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 10th 40/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 15 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · to 15 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Harry Kimber's strike rate?
Harry Kimber has won 97 of 778 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 12.5% (as at 5 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Harry Kimber do best at?
Fontwell by strike rate: 22 wins from 113 rides (19.5%) since 2022. Read from the 15 courses with the most rides on the same basis, and only those with at least 30 — a small sample cannot top the list, and a rarely-visited course is not in the comparison.
Which yard does Harry Kimber ride most for?
Robert Walford, with 267 rides since 2022 — 34% of the total. That pairing has won 49 (18.4%).
Is Harry Kimber in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 5 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Harry Kimber's Fair A/E?
1.24, from 778 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. Fair A/E compares actual wins with a margin-stripped market expectation, so 1.00 is par: above it the wins came at bigger prices than the margin-free market implied, below it they did not.
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 5 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).