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James O Smith

15 rides in the lifetime window · 7 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Mar 2011 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
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.
1–15
Wins / Runs
6.7%
Strike rate
n=15
4 (27%)
Placed
0.83
Fair A/E
n=14 · 0.65 incl. margin
−2.00
£1 level stake
n=15 at SP · −13.3%
£4,105
Prize money (window)
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 6.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−6.7
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−6.7
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−6.7
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
6.7%+0.0
n=15 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −2.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−6.7
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.7% 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
Good 7 0 0% −7.00
Heavy 5 1 20% +8.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newcastle 3 0 0% −3.00
Sedgefield 2 1 50% +11.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Cartmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Hexham 2 0 0% −2.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 9 1 11.1% +4.00
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 3 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 5 0 0% 0.00 −5.00
7th+ in betting 6 1 16.7% 4.23 +7.00
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
86.7% completed · 15 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Hurdle 15 86.7% 0 0 2 0 0
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
Devils Delight (IRE) 8 1 4 17 Mar 11
Border Tale (GB) 2 0 0 12 May 10
Ergo (FR) 1 0 0 31 Jan 11
Lets Go Girls (GB) 1 0 0 14 Jun 10
Mulligan's Pride (IRE) 1 0 0 3 Jun 10
Grethel (IRE) 1 0 0 31 May 10
Itstooearly (GB) 1 0 0 29 May 10
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
James Moffatt 14 1 7.1% −1.00
Alan Berry 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→
1
Archived wins
£4,105
Prize money
2010
Best season · 1 win
Devils Delight (IRE) — Toteplacepot Novices' Handicap Hurdle Sedgefield · Feb 2010 · Class 5
£2,342
Notable horses
Devils Delight (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Desert King (IRE) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 9% of 1,142 runs since 2008 (104 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 13.4% from 157.
Selkirk (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,371 runs since 2008 (333 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.9% from 228. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.7% from 143.
Fruits Of Love (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,777 runs since 2008 (221 horses). Strongest on Good going: 11.8% from 944. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.4% from 182. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4% from 150.
Grand Lodge (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,359 runs since 2008 (104 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.6% from 250. Weakest on Soft going: 4.4% from 182.
Kahyasi (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.7% of 2,120 runs since 2008 (185 horses).
Overbury (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.7% of 4,657 runs since 2008 (423 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 22 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 15 archived runs · newest first

Every one of James O Smith's 15 archived rides, from 18 December 2009 to 17 March 2011, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
17 Mar 11 Hexham Devils Delight (IRE)T: James Moffatt John Spence Community High School Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran PU 9/2
15 Feb 11 Newcastle Devils Delight (IRE)T: James Moffatt Digibet.com Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Heavy · 7 ran 4th 10/1
31 Jan 11 Ayr Ergo (FR)T: James Moffatt Watch Live Racing At Victorchandler.com Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 17 ran PU 25/1
19 Jan 11 Newcastle Devils Delight (IRE)T: James Moffatt LA Taxis Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Soft · 13 ran 3rd 9/2
13 Nov 10 Uttoxeter Devils Delight (IRE)T: James Moffatt Marston's EPA Pedigree Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Heavy · 7 ran 4th 5/1
14 Jun 10 Sedgefield Lets Go Girls (GB)T: James Moffatt tradersbettingexchange.co.uk Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 17f · Good · 14 ran 4th 10/1
03 Jun 10 Wetherby Mulligan's Pride (IRE)T: James Moffatt Wetherbyracing.co.uk Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 5th 25/1
31 May 10 Cartmel Grethel (IRE)T: Alan Berry A F Connell Mares' Novices' Selling HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good · 12 ran 4th 25/1
29 May 10 Cartmel Itstooearly (GB)T: James Moffatt Geoff's Last Hurdle Maiden HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good · 11 ran 6th 16/1
12 May 10 Perth Border Tale (GB)T: James Moffatt Glengoyne Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 4th 14/1
18 Mar 10 Hexham Devils Delight (IRE)T: James Moffatt Free Horse Racing Tips At Bigtips.co.uk Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 5th 16/1
17 Feb 10 Musselburgh Border Tale (GB)T: James Moffatt Country Refreshments Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 19.5f · Good · 12 ran 7th 33/1
16 Feb 10 Newcastle Devils Delight (IRE)T: James Moffatt Jennings Mazda (sunderland) Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Heavy · 8 ran 3rd 7/4F
09 Feb 10 Sedgefield Devils Delight (IRE)T: James Moffatt Toteplacepot Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Heavy · 12 ran 1st 12/1
18 Dec 09 Uttoxeter Devils Delight (IRE)T: James Moffatt Signs 2000 'Hands And Heels' Jumps Series Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Conds/Amats)Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran 3rd 14/1

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 James O Smith's strike rate?
James O Smith has won 1 of 15 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.7% (as at 22 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).