What is Kyle James's strike rate?

Kyle James has won 45 of 665 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.8% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Kyle James do best at?

Hexham by strike rate: 5 wins from 40 rides (12.5%) 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 Kyle James ride most for?

Philip Kirby, with 209 rides since 2008 — 31% of the total. That pairing has won 23 (11%).

What is Kyle James's Fair A/E?

0.93, from 665 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.

Jockey profile

Kyle James

665 rides in the lifetime window · 317 individual horses

As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Dec 2015 98% of rides over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

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.

45–665

Wins / Runs

6.8%

Strike rate

n=665

130 (20%)

Placed

0.93

Fair A/E

n=665 · 0.81 incl. margin

−172.23

£1 level stake

n=665 at SP · −25.9%

£268k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

11.1%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 80 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.93). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 29% (38 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 665 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Philip Kirby: 11% from 209 LTO winners: 28.9% Claiming: 6.9%

The read

It is weakest at Uttoxeter (0% over 37 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 28.9% (n=38, Fair A/E 1.64), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 1.5% (n=130, Fair A/E 0.31). Philip Kirby supplied 31% of the rides and edges the rider's average (11% vs 6.8%, A/E 1.11) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well in Class 3 (19%, n=58) and beyond 3m (17.6%, n=34). The standout partner of the record was Goldan Jess (IRE) — 5 wins from 19 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.8% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

5.1%−1.7

n=315 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −119.69

Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win

28.9%+22.1

n=38 · A/E 1.64 · £1 +5.81

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

1.5%−5.3

n=130 · A/E 0.31 · £1 −20.00

When favourite

48.3%

n=29 · A/E 1.68 · £1 +15.19

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

6.9%+0.1

n=636 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −147.73

Big fields · 14+ runners

5.5%−1.3

n=146 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −76.50

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−6.8

n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.8% 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.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline

On last-time-out winners 28.9% vs 6.8% · n=38

In Class 3 19% vs 6.8% · n=58

Beyond 3m 17.6% vs 6.8% · n=34

With Brian Ellison 14% vs 6.8% · n=57

On Heavy going 13.3% vs 6.8% · n=45

At Uttoxeter 0% vs 6.8% · n=37

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 486 35 7.2% −98.86

Chase 95 7 7.4% −22.00

NH Flat 68 2 2.9% −61.37

Flat 16 1 6.3% +10.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 274 20 7.3% −135.61

Good to Soft 122 8 6.6% +25.00

Soft 111 3 2.7% −70.70

Good to Firm 94 6 6.4% −53.25

Heavy 45 6 13.3% +38.33

Standard (AW) 19 2 10.5% +24.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Sedgefield 79 4 5.1% −59.25

Wetherby 63 5 7.9% +8.05

Market Rasen 58 4 6.9% −25.25

Hexham 40 5 12.5% −5.62

Uttoxeter 37 0 0% −37.00

Catterick 36 2 5.6% +80.00

Southwell 31 1 3.2% −26.50

Carlisle 28 1 3.6% −23.00

Kelso 27 1 3.7% −18.50

Newcastle 24 1 4.2% +10.00

Cartmel 24 4 16.7% +19.50

Bangor-on-Dee 19 1 5.3% −11.50

Stratford 18 1 5.6% −9.00

Ludlow 16 0 0% −16.00

Doncaster 15 2 13.3% +4.88

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 292 17 5.8% −129.37

Class 5 231 13 5.6% −32.37

Class 6 71 3 4.2% −38.37

Class 3 58 11 19% +29.88

Class 2 10 1 10% +1.00

Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 38 15 39.5% 1.48 +11.19

2nd–3rd fav 94 15 16% 1.05 +4.08

4th–6th fav 200 8 4% 0.54 −81.50

7th+ in betting 333 7 2.1% 0.77 −106.00

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

77.5% completed · 581 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 95 70.5% 2 6 19 0 1

Hurdle 486 78.8% 6 9 84 1 3

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

King Mak (GB) 28 3 9 13 Sep 13

Goldan Jess (IRE) 19 5 10 31 Oct 15

Dontpaytheferryman (USA) 17 5 10 29 Mar 14

Lawgiver (IRE) 17 1 6 5 Aug 12

Ancient Times (USA) 11 2 3 11 Mar 14

Simply Smashing (IRE) 11 4 5 30 Oct 11

Apache Dawn (GB) 9 0 4 13 Aug 13

Haka Dancer (USA) 9 0 2 3 Sep 11

Amjad (GB) 9 1 3 1 Oct 10

Freedom Flying (GB) 8 2 3 1 Mar 15

Iktiview (GB) 8 1 2 26 Dec 13

Call It On (IRE) 8 2 2 29 Nov 13

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 317 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime

JFMAMJJASOND

147556145136067

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

Main yardPhilip Kirby

31% of all rides
11% SR · A/E 1.11

TrainerRWSR£1

Philip Kirby 209 23 11% −43.78

Marjorie Fife 71 5 7% +16.00

Brian Ellison 57 8 14% −19.50

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→

Archived wins

£268k

Prize money

2012

Best season · 10 wins

This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.

Goldan Jess (IRE) — totepool.com Cumbria Crystal Trophy Handicap Hurdle Cartmel · Jul 2014 · Class 3

£16,245

Dontpaytheferryman (USA) — Tikram Handicap Hurdle Fontwell · Nov 2009 · Class 3

£12,524

Goldan Jess (IRE) — Coral.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Cartmel · Aug 2015 · Class 2

£11,574

Notable horses

Goldan Jess (IRE) Dontpaytheferryman (USA) Simply Smashing (IRE) King Mak (GB) Ancient Times (USA) Freedom Flying (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Makbul (GB) 10.7% · 3–28

Progeny have won 8.5% of 1,039 runs since 2008 (65 horses). Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 12.8% from 117. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 120.

Definite Article (GB) 5.3% · 1–19

Progeny have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since 2008 (527 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.

Golan (IRE) 26.3% · 5–19

Progeny have won 8.7% of 3,151 runs since 2008 (288 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.4% from 258.

Wiseman's Ferry (USA) 29.4% · 5–17

Progeny have won 13.6% of 198 runs since 2008 (4 horses).

Simply Great (FR) 33.3% · 4–12

Progeny have won 7.4% of 460 runs since 2008 (53 horses). Strongest on Good going: 11.4% from 140. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1% from 101.

Turgeon (USA) 0% · 0–12

Progeny have won 12.3% of 3,187 runs since 2008 (341 horses). Weakest beyond 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 267.

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

latest 50 of 672 · newest first

The latest 50 of 672 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 30 April 2006 to 31 December 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

31 Dec 15 Uttoxeter Midnight Target (GB)T: John Groucott Ashleigh Builders Mares' Maiden Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Heavy · 11 ran 4th 14/1

26 Dec 15 Sedgefield Eastview Boy (GB)T: Philip Kirby Hardwick Arms Hotel Sedgefield Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 17f · Heavy · 4 ran 3rd 11/1

27 Nov 15 Doncaster Little Big Town (IRE)T: Julia Brooke Massarellas 'Mister Softee' Novices' Hurdle (Div 2)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 7th 100/1

17 Nov 15 Southwell Candelita (GB)T: Clare Ellam Southwell January To December Annual Membership Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 15.5f · Soft · 12 ran 10th 16/1

07 Nov 15 Aintree Nautical Nitwit (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Series Qualifier)Class 2 · 24.5f · Soft · 7 ran F 12/1

31 Oct 15 Wetherby Goldan Jess (IRE)T: Philip Kirby bet365 West Yorkshire Hurdle (Grade 2)Class 1 · 24f · Soft · 9 ran PU 66/1

09 Sep 15 Uttoxeter Candelita (GB)T: Alan Berry Betfred 'Home Of Goals Galore' Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 7th 40/1

31 Aug 15 Cartmel Candelita (GB)T: Alan Berry Swan Hotel & Spa Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 22f · Good · 8 ran PU 33/1

31 Aug 15 Cartmel Goldan Jess (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Coral.co.uk Handicap HurdleClass 2 · 25.5f · Good · 8 ran 1st 10/1

24 Jul 15 Uttoxeter Housewives Choice (GB)T: James Bethell Indian Spice Mares' Maiden HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 6th 25/1

18 Jul 15 Cartmel Goldan Jess (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Totepool Cumbria Crystal Trophy Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 22f · Good · 16 ran 12th 12/1

18 Apr 15 Bangor-on-Dee Truckers Highway (IRE)T: John Groucott Wrexham Lager Export Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 19.5f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 11/2

01 Mar 15 Sedgefield Freedom Flying (GB)T: Lee James Jardines Catering Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 27f · Soft · 8 ran 8th 15/2

27 Feb 15 Doncaster Thankyou Very Much (GB)T: James Bethell Betbright Mobile Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 16.5f · Good · 7 ran 3rd 8/1

06 Feb 15 Newcastle Birthday Guest (GER)T: Philip Kirby Gem Partnerships Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Heavy · 8 ran 6th 12/1

20 Jan 15 Wetherby Nalim (IRE)T: Harriet Bethell wetherbyracing.co.uk Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 24f · Soft · 13 ran 3rd 9/1

10 Jan 15 Wetherby Holderness (GB)T: Shaun Harris Racing UK Anywhere Available Now Fillies' 'Junior' Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 12.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 9th 50/1

01 Jan 15 Catterick Freedom Flying (GB)T: Lee James yorkshire-outdoors.co.uk Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 25.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1st 100/1

27 Dec 14 Wetherby Troubled Waters (GB)T: Chris Fairhurst William Hill - Download The App Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 10 ran PU 33/1

10 Dec 14 Hexham Transient Bay (IRE)T: Philip Kirby Hexham Bookmakers 'national Hunt' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Heavy · 9 ran PU 33/1

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 Kyle James's strike rate?: Kyle James has won 45 of 665 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.8% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Kyle James do best at?: Hexham by strike rate: 5 wins from 40 rides (12.5%) 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 Kyle James ride most for?: Philip Kirby, with 209 rides since 2008 — 31% of the total. That pairing has won 23 (11%).
What is Kyle James's Fair A/E?: 0.93, from 665 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.