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Jockey profile

Matt Griffiths

1,306 rides in the lifetime window · 430 individual horses
As at 14 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 119 days ago 100% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
140–1,306
Wins / Runs
10.7%
Strike rate
n=1,306
374 (29%)
Placed
1.12
n=1,304 · 0.97 incl. margin
−248.34
£1 level stake
n=1,306 at SP · −19.0%
£1.24m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
20%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 70 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 1.12). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 20% (133 rides). Rides mostly for Jeremy Scott — 47% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 1,306 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 14 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jun–Aug 34.7% when favourite Jeremy Scott: 13.1% from 613 LTO winners: 20.3% Rides the favourite in 8% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 20.3% (n=133, Fair A/E 1.16), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 2.9% (n=34, Fair A/E 0.48). The market has consistently overbet rides in big fields of 14 or more: 4.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.85 and −159.20 to a £1 stake over 291 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Jeremy Scott supplies 47% of the rides and edges the rider's average (13.1% vs 10.7%, A/E 1.19) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in Class 6 — 3.1% over 64 rides, 7.6pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Betfair Ascot Chase at Ascot (Feb 2021, £59,620). The standout partner of the record: Unison (IRE) — 8 wins from 22 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Jun–Aug.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8.4%−2.3
n=430 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −53.13
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
20.3%+9.6
n=133 · A/E 1.16 · £1 +3.61
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
10.2%−0.5
n=305 · A/E 1.23 · £1 −42.24
When favourite
34.7%
n=98 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −2.96
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
10.6%−0.1
n=669 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −112.79
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.8%−5.9
n=291 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −159.20
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
2.9%−7.8
n=34 · A/E 0.48 · £1 −29.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.7% 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 20.3% vs 10.7% · n=133
With first-time headgear 0% vs 10.7% · n=59
With Laura Young 0% vs 10.7% · n=32
With Sue Gardner 21.2% vs 10.7% · n=33
With debutants 3.5% vs 10.7% · n=86
In Class 6 3.1% vs 10.7% · n=64
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 819 83 10.1% −229.43
Chase 383 52 13.6% −18.41
NH Flat 102 5 4.9% +1.50
Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 445 47 10.6% −128.06
Soft 339 40 11.8% −50.62
Good to Soft 262 26 9.9% −12.96
Heavy 155 17 11% −2.25
Good to Firm 99 9 9.1% −52.20
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Firm 2 1 50% +1.75

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wincanton 156 13 8.3% −26.32
Exeter 146 16 11% −1.63
Taunton 123 13 10.6% −54.28
Newton Abbot 102 10 9.8% −37.00
Chepstow 92 8 8.7% −43.67
Uttoxeter 78 12 15.4% −2.84
Fontwell 71 6 8.5% −52.57
Worcester 60 4 6.7% −40.79
Ludlow 47 5 10.6% −15.62
Stratford 44 5 11.4% +0.00
Warwick 44 3 6.8% +12.50
Hereford 35 2 5.7% −25.17
Kempton 30 4 13.3% +4.75
Cheltenham 26 1 3.8% −23.12
Ffos Las 24 6 25% +27.80

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 618 62 10% −150.80
Class 5 335 40 11.9% −42.26
Class 3 202 26 12.9% −51.32
Class 6 64 2 3.1% −26.25
Class 2 49 9 18.4% +55.29
Class 1 38 1 2.6% −33.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 127 42 33.1% 1.21 −0.96
2nd–3rd fav 276 50 18.1% 1.13 −9.38
4th–6th fav 397 30 7.6% 0.99 −71.00
7th+ in betting 506 18 3.6% 1.14 −167.00
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
82.1% completed · 1,202 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 383 75.5% 19 10 62 2 1
Hurdle 819 85.2% 18 7 92 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
Best Boy Barney (IRE) 25 6 10 7 Jul 17
Unison (IRE) 22 8 13 17 Apr 19
Decimus (IRE) 22 5 10 27 Jun 17
Tikkinthebox (IRE) 21 2 4 27 Sep 21
Cantabilly (IRE) 18 1 5 30 Dec 13
Notarfbad (IRE) 17 3 6 13 May 18
The Snappy Poet (GB) 16 2 7 20 Oct 16
Popping Along (GB) 15 3 4 19 May 17
Posh Emily (GB) 15 0 6 30 Dec 12
The Two Amigos (GB) 14 3 8 20 Mar 21
Dashel Drasher (GB) 14 8 10 20 Feb 21
Shoofly Milly (IRE) 14 3 7 8 Apr 18
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 430 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 6 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
810161110121413311118
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 yardJeremy Scott
47% of all rides
13.1% SR · A/E 1.19
TrainerRWSR£1
Jeremy Scott 613 80 13.1% −83.69
Nicky Martin 140 15 10.7% +14.47
Ron Hodges 80 4 5% −46.67
Philip Hobbs 48 5 10.4% −14.46
Nigel Hawke 37 4 10.8% +6.33
Sue Gardner 33 7 21.2% +52.00
Laura Young 32 0 0% −32.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
140
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£1.24m
Prize money
2018
Best season · 18 wins
Dashel Drasher (GB) — Betfair Ascot Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Ascot · Feb 2021 · Grade 1
£59,620
Dashel Drasher (GB) — bet365 Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Ascot · Jan 2021 · Class 2
£32,844
Monkerhostin (FR) — totesport Masters Handicap Chase Sandown · Feb 2010 · Class 2
£28,179

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Oscar (IRE) 5% · 3–60
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Milan (GB) 10% · 4–40
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,892 runs since 2008 (1,465 horses).
Alflora (IRE) 10.7% · 3–28
Progeny have won 9.8% of 5,312 runs since 2008 (535 horses).
Tikkanen (USA) 7.1% · 2–28
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,014 runs since 2009 (170 horses).
Alderbrook (GB) 11.1% · 3–27
Progeny have won 9.7% of 3,293 runs since 2008 (299 horses).
Rashar (USA) 24% · 6–25
Progeny have won 6.3% of 997 runs since 2008 (122 horses). Strongest on Good going: 10.4% from 251. Weakest on Heavy going: 2.7% from 219.
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 14 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 1,306 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,306 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 18 December 2008 to 18 July 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
17 Mar 26 Exeter Special John (IRE)T: Sam Thomas Oddschecker Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 23f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 5th 9/4F
19 May 21 Warwick Blazing Saddles (GB)T: Jeremy Scott Coronation Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2nd 7/2

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 Matt Griffiths's strike rate?
Matt Griffiths has won 140 of 1,306 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10.7% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Matt Griffiths do best at?
Uttoxeter by strike rate: 12 wins from 78 rides (15.4%) 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 Matt Griffiths ride most for?
Jeremy Scott, with 613 rides since 2008 — 47% of the total. That pairing has won 80 (13.1%).
What is Matt Griffiths's Fair A/E?
1.12, from 1,304 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 14 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).