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Major Alex Michael

21 rides in the lifetime window · 18 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Mar 2015 100% 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.
2–21
Wins / Runs
9.5%
Strike rate
n=21
6 (29%)
Placed
0.76
Fair A/E
n=21 · 0.67 incl. margin
−9.50
£1 level stake
n=21 at SP · −45.2%
£22,063
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 9.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
11.1%+1.6
n=18 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −6.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
100%+90.5
n=1 · A/E 8.59 · £1 +6.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
14.3%+4.8
n=7 · A/E 1.22 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
9.5%+0.0
n=21 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −9.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.5% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Chase 16 2 12.5% −4.50
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Good 8 2 25% +3.50
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Sandown 20 2 10% −8.50
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 3 14 2 14.3% −2.50
Class 4 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
2nd–3rd fav 6 1 16.7% 0.92 −2.00
4th–6th fav 8 1 12.5% 1.22 −0.50
7th+ in betting 5 0 0% 0.00 −5.00
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
71.4% completed · 21 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 16 68.8% 1 2 2 0 0
Hurdle 5 80% 0 1 0 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
Scots Dragoon (GB) 3 1 1 11 Mar 11
Bolachoir (IRE) 2 1 1 6 Mar 09
Lambro (IRE) 1 0 0 6 Mar 15
Red Seventy (GB) 1 0 0 6 Mar 15
Ballybough Gorta (IRE) 1 0 0 13 Feb 15
Benedictus (IRE) 1 0 1 2 Apr 14
Ultra Klass (FR) 1 0 0 7 Mar 14
Le Reve (IRE) 1 0 1 7 Mar 14
Alanjou (FR) 1 0 0 7 Mar 14
Knighton Combe (GB) 1 0 0 8 Mar 13
Shootin The Breeze (IRE) 1 0 0 8 Mar 13
Van Diemens Land (USA) 1 0 0 8 Mar 13
All 18 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
Jamie Snowden 3 0 0% −3.00
Nicky Henderson 3 1 33.3% +1.00
Miss Jane Western 2 0 0% −2.00
Patrick Chamings 2 1 50% +5.50
Charlie Mann 2 0 0% −2.00
S Slevin 1 0 0% −1.00
Mrs L Borradaile 1 0 0% −1.00
Sarah Humphrey 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack R Barber 1 0 0% −1.00
Milton Harris 1 0 0% −1.00
Mrs Sophie Lacey 1 0 0% −1.00
Kim Bailey 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
2
Archived wins
£24,073
Prize money
2010
Best season · 1 win
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. 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.
Scots Dragoon (GB) — Grand Military Gold Cup Chase (Amateur Riders) Sandown · Mar 2010 · Class 3
£7,495
Bolachoir (IRE) — Grand Military Gold Cup Amateur Riders' Chase Sandown · Mar 2008 · Class 3
£7,495
Notable horses
Scots Dragoon (GB) Bolachoir (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Silver Patriarch (IRE) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 7.8% of 2,609 runs since 2008 (262 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.3% from 274. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 11.3% from 300.
Alderbrook (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.7% of 3,293 runs since 2008 (299 horses).
Hubbly Bubbly (USA) 50% · 1–2
Progeny have won 7.4% of 489 runs since 2008 (56 horses).
Milan (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,876 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).
Arch (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 12.9% of 1,676 runs since 2008 (171 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 9.4% from 180.
Bob Back (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,724 runs since 2008 (338 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 6 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

all 32 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Major Alex Michael's 32 archived rides, from 10 February 2005 to 6 March 2015, newest first — 2 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
06 Mar 15 Sandown Lambro (IRE)T: Charlie Mann Grand Military Gold Cup (Military Amateur Riders' Chase)Class 3 · 24f · Good To Soft · 12 ran PU 25/1
06 Mar 15 Sandown Red Seventy (GB)T: Sarah Humphrey Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Memorial Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle (Military Amateur Riders)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 9 ran UR 25/1
13 Feb 15 Sandown Ballybough Gorta (IRE)T: Mrs Sophie Lacey Royal Artillery Gold Cup (Amateur Riders' Chase)Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 10 ran 7th 16/1
02 Apr 14 Wincanton Benedictus (IRE)T: Jack R Barber Royal Artillery Gold Cup (Amateur Riders' Chase)Class 3 · 25f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2nd 3/1
07 Mar 14 Sandown Ultra Klass (FR)T: Jamie Snowden Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Memorial Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase (Military Amateur Riders)Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 5 ran 5th 8/1
07 Mar 14 Sandown Le Reve (IRE)T: Lucy Wadham Grand Military Gold Cup (Military Amateur Riders' Chase) (Sponsored By The Military Mutual)Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 9 ran 2nd 3/1
07 Mar 14 Sandown Alanjou (FR)T: Jamie Snowden Annington Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle (Military Amateur Riders)Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 6th 15/2
08 Mar 13 Sandown Shootin The Breeze (IRE)T: Miss Jane Western Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Memorial Hunters' Chase (Military Amateur Riders)Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 5 ran UR 12/1
08 Mar 13 Sandown Knighton Combe (GB)T: Jamie Snowden Grand Military Gold Cup (Amateur Riders' Chase Sponsored By The Military Mutual)Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 10 ran 4th 17/2
08 Mar 13 Sandown Van Diemens Land (USA)T: Charlie Mann Annington Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle (Military Amateur Riders)Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran 7th 4/1J
15 Feb 13 Sandown Lord Tomnoddy (GB)T: Kim Bailey Royal Artillery Gold Cup (Amateur Riders' Chase) (Supported By NP Aerospace)Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 8 ran 3rd 6/1
11 Mar 11 Sandown Turko (FR)T: Mrs L Borradaile Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Memorial Hunters' ChaseClass 4 · 24f · Good · 6 ran UR 6/4F
11 Mar 11 Sandown Scots Dragoon (GB)T: Nicky Henderson Grand Military Gold Cup (Chase For Amateur Riders)Class 3 · 24f · Good · 8 ran 4th 15/2
18 Feb 11 Sandown Scots Dragoon (GB)T: Nicky Henderson Royal Artillery Gold Cup (Amateur Riders' Chase)Class 3 · 24f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4th 7/1
12 Mar 10 Sandown Scots Dragoon (GB)T: Nicky Henderson Grand Military Gold Cup Chase (Amateur Riders)Class 3 · 24f · Good · 12 ran 1st 3/1
12 Mar 10 Sandown Bold Policy (IRE)T: Milton Harris Barclays Amateur Riders' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 6th 33/1
19 Feb 10 Sandown Terrible Tenant (GB)T: Seamus Mullins Royal Artillery Gold Cup Amateur Riders ChaseClass 3 · 24f · Soft · 8 ran PU 12/1
06 Mar 09 Sandown Bolachoir (IRE)T: S Slevin Grand Military Gold Cup Amateur Riders' ChaseClass 3 · 24f · Good · 8 ran F 11/4
07 Mar 08 Sandown Cardozer (IRE)T: Patrick Chamings Charles Stanley Group Countryside Alliance Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 22f · Good · 9 ran 5th 33/1
07 Mar 08 Sandown Bolachoir (IRE)T: Patrick Chamings Grand Military Gold Cup Amateur Riders' ChaseClass 3 · 24f · Good · 11 ran 1st 13/2

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 Major Alex Michael's strike rate?
Major Alex Michael has won 2 of 21 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 9.5% (as at 6 November 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).