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Jockey profile

Harry Kimber

1,027 rides in the lifetime window · 349 individual horses
As at 15 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 3 days ago 99% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
113–1,027
Wins / Runs
11%
Strike rate
n=1,027
251 (24%)
Placed
1.19
n=1,027 · 1.03 incl. margin
−193.12
£1 level stake
n=1,027 at SP · −18.8%
£1.11m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 50 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 11% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.19). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 24% (113 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,027 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Apr 41.6% when favourite Robert Walford: 18.2% from 269 LTO winners: 23.9% Claiming: 11.5% Rides the favourite in 9% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 23.9% (n=113, Fair A/E 1.24), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 1.7% (n=116, Fair A/E 0.33). Robert Walford supplies 26% of the rides and beats the rider's average (18.2% vs 11%, A/E 1.39) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in NH Flat races — 3.2% over 63 rides, 7.8pts 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 11% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8%−3.0
n=349 · A/E 1.22 · £1 −136.89
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
23.9%+12.9
n=113 · A/E 1.24 · £1 −8.92
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
11%+0.0
n=219 · A/E 1.49 · £1 −29.93
When favourite
41.6%
n=89 · A/E 1.40 · £1 +23.03
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
11.5%+0.5
n=598 · A/E 1.19 · £1 −160.11
Big fields · 14+ runners
1.7%−9.3
n=116 · A/E 0.33 · £1 −107.25
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−11.0
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11% 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 23.9% vs 11% · n=113
With debutants 0% vs 11% · n=66
With Robert Walford 18.2% vs 11% · n=269
With horses switching code 3.3% vs 11% · n=150
In NH Flat races 3.2% vs 11% · n=63
With Keiran Burke 18.3% vs 11% · n=82
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 578 58 10% −139.26
Chase 374 52 13.9% −38.86
NH Flat 63 2 3.2% −44.00
Flat 12 1 8.3% +29.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 412 45 10.9% −76.74
Good to Soft 261 21 8% −103.74
Soft 205 27 13.2% −20.52
Heavy 106 15 14.2% −14.00
Good to Firm 40 5 12.5% +24.88
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Fontwell 139 22 15.8% +18.77
Newton Abbot 110 15 13.6% −14.55
Wincanton 106 11 10.4% −28.82
Taunton 96 16 16.7% +3.41
Exeter 95 12 12.6% −19.42
Chepstow 61 5 8.2% −32.29
Plumpton 56 4 7.1% −24.30
Hereford 46 3 6.5% +12.58
Worcester 42 3 7.1% −23.12
Ludlow 36 2 5.6% −6.25
Lingfield 26 1 3.8% −22.00
Stratford 23 1 4.3% −19.25
Kempton 20 3 15% +0.00
Warwick 19 0 0% −19.00
Newbury 16 0 0% −16.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 442 42 9.5% −178.29
Class 5 407 46 11.3% −30.73
Class 3 122 20 16.4% +11.52
Class 2 36 4 11.1% −16.62
Class 1 13 0 0% −13.00
Class 6 6 1 16.7% +35.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 107 44 41.1% 1.44 +30.16
2nd–3rd fav 173 35 20.2% 1.16 +3.22
4th–6th fav 352 23 6.5% 0.92 −88.50
7th+ in betting 395 11 2.8% 1.16 −138.00
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
83.9% completed · 952 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 374 81.6% 13 11 42 1 2
Hurdle 578 85.5% 15 10 56 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
Born At Midnight (GB) 19 4 10 16 Nov 25
Flash Gorcombe (GB) 16 3 6 6 Mar 26
My Mate Polly (GB) 14 1 3 28 Jan 25
Marettimo (IRE) 14 3 3 22 Dec 24
Mutley Crew (FR) 13 3 7 6 Nov 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 349 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
612121471214517101112
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
26% of all rides
18.2% SR · A/E 1.39
TrainerRWSR£1
Robert Walford 269 49 18.2% +23.88
Bill Turner 159 15 9.4% +17.20
Colin Tizzard 124 10 8.1% −53.25
Keiran Burke 82 15 18.3% −21.51
Joe Tizzard 79 9 11.4% −34.90
Jackie Du Plessis 34 4 11.8% +8.38
Sheila Lewis 30 1 3.3% −22.50
Richenda Ford 30 3 10% −3.00
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).
Midnight Legend (GB) 16.7% · 5–30
Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,312 runs since 2008 (494 horses).
Telescope (IRE) 3.3% · 1–30
Progeny have won 8.4% of 1,922 runs since 2019 (298 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 1.9% from 106. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.3% from 286.
Leading Light (IRE) 14.8% · 4–27
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,220 runs since 2018 (226 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
Saddler's Rock (IRE) 30.8% · 8–26
Progeny have won 18.9% of 132 runs since 2020 (16 horses).
Geordieland (FR) 4% · 1–25
Progeny have won 11.9% of 717 runs since 2016 (71 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 15 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 1,027 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,027 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 5 October 2018 to 12 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
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 3 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · to 6 Nov 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 113 of 1,027 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 11% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Harry Kimber do best at?
Taunton by strike rate: 16 wins from 96 rides (16.7%) since 2008. 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 269 rides since 2008 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 49 (18.2%).
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?
1.19, from 1,027 rides with a computed fair probability since 2008. 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 15 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).