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Matthew Birch

18 rides in the lifetime window · 12 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jun 2009 100% of rides on the flat
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.
2–18
Wins / Runs
11.1%
Strike rate
n=18
5 (28%)
Placed
1.03
Fair A/E
n=18 · 0.89 incl. margin
−11.50
£1 level stake
n=18 at SP · −63.9%
£8,234
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
16.7%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 11.1% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8.3%−2.8
n=12 · A/E 1.19 · £1 −8.75
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−11.1
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−11.1
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 1.63 · £1 +1.25
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
5.9%−5.2
n=17 · A/E 0.60 · £1 −13.75
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−11.1
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.1% 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
Standard (AW) 10 1 10% −6.75
Good to Soft 3 1 33.3% +0.25
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell (AW) 2 1 50% +1.25
Salisbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 1 100% +2.25
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 9 1 11.1% −5.75
Class 5 7 1 14.3% −3.75
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 1 50% 1.63 +1.25
2nd–3rd fav 3 1 33.3% 1.66 +0.25
4th–6th fav 5 0 0% 0.00 −5.00
7th+ in betting 8 0 0% 0.00 −8.00
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.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
True Decision (GB) 3 1 2 17 Apr 09
Themwerethedays (GB) 3 0 0 25 Oct 08
Blue Charm (GB) 2 0 0 13 Dec 08
Alonso de Guzman (IRE) 2 1 2 13 Nov 08
Silk Star (IRE) 1 0 0 22 Jun 09
Great Knight (IRE) 1 0 0 8 May 09
Polish Power (GER) 1 0 0 2 May 09
Trick Or Two (GB) 1 0 0 21 Nov 08
Elhamri (GB) 1 0 0 20 Sep 08
Havanavich (GB) 1 0 0 27 Aug 08
Miss Phoebe (IRE) 1 0 1 15 Jun 08
Yattendon (GB) 1 0 0 14 Feb 08
All 12 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
Sylvester Kirk 14 1 7.1% −10.75
Jim Boyle 2 1 50% +1.25
Patrick Morris 1 0 0% −1.00
J S Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
2
Archived wins
£8,234
Prize money
2009
Best season · 1 win
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.
Alonso de Guzman (IRE) — Kevin Darley Apprentice Handicap Haydock · Aug 2008 · Class 5
£3,412
True Decision (GB) — Membership At Southwell Golf Club Median Auction Maiden Stakes Southwell (AW) · Mar 2009 · Class 6
£2,047
Notable horses
True Decision (GB) Alonso de Guzman (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Olden Times (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.2% of 736 runs since 2008 (67 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 17.6% from 108. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 13.7% from 117.
Reset (AUS) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 8.4% of 1,388 runs since 2008 (99 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12% from 208.
Averti (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 8.6% of 1,137 runs since 2008 (79 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 3.6% from 110. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 13.6% from 140. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 5.6% from 162.
Docksider (USA) 50% · 1–2
Progeny have won 7.6% of 569 runs since 2008 (42 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13% from 123.
Acclamation (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10% of 19,696 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
Catcher In The Rye (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 8.9% of 2,570 runs since 2008 (239 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 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

all 19 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Matthew Birch's 19 archived rides, from 3 December 2007 to 22 June 2009, newest first — 2 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 Jun 09 Wolverhampton (AW) Silk Star (IRE)T: Patrick Morris Betdaq Poker Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 9th 200/1
08 May 09 Nottingham Great Knight (IRE)T: Sylvester Kirk Bet Totepool On 0800 221 221 Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Firm · 14 ran 11th 8/1
02 May 09 Doncaster Polish Power (GER)T: J S Moore Doncaster Free Press Gary Griffiths Apprentice HandicapClass 4 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 5th 11/1
17 Apr 09 Kempton (AW) True Decision (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Federation Of Bloodstock Agents HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 7th 9/2
26 Mar 09 Southwell (AW) True Decision (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Membership At Southwell Golf Club Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 1st 9/4
14 Mar 09 Lingfield (AW) True Decision (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk freebets.co.uk New Online Betting Forum Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 33/1
13 Dec 08 Southwell (AW) Blue Charm (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Southwell-racecourse.co.uk HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 5/2
21 Nov 08 Wolverhampton (AW) Trick Or Two (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Ringside Conference Suite Maiden Auction StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 80/1
13 Nov 08 Lingfield (AW) Alonso de Guzman (IRE)T: Jim Boyle Ashurst Wood Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 13f · Standard · 6 ran 2nd 13/8F
25 Oct 08 Wolverhampton (AW) Themwerethedays (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Better Prices, Bigger Wins At Ladbrokes.com Apprentice Claiming StakesClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 16/1
20 Sep 08 Newmarket Elhamri (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Mike De Kock International Racing HandicapClass 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 16th 16/1
04 Sep 08 Salisbury Themwerethedays (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Axminster Carpets Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good · 12 ran 5th 20/1
27 Aug 08 Chelmsford (AW) Havanavich (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Avon Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 13 ran 4th 12/1
18 Aug 08 Windsor Themwerethedays (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Get On With William Hill - 0800 444040 Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7th 11/1
15 Aug 08 Newbury Blue Charm (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Jack Colling Polar Jest Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 9f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 10th 12/1
01 Aug 08 Haydock Alonso de Guzman (IRE)T: Jim Boyle Kevin Darley Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 14f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1st 9/4F
15 Jun 08 Salisbury Miss Phoebe (IRE)T: Sylvester Kirk Pertemps People 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good · 14 ran 2nd 12/1
14 Feb 08 Wolverhampton (AW) Yattendon (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk Ladbrokes REwards Loyalty HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 14/1
03 Dec 07 Wolverhampton (AW) Greenmeadow (GB)T: Sylvester Kirk pontins.com HandicapClass 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 25/1

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 Matthew Birch's strike rate?
Matthew Birch has won 2 of 18 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 11.1% (as at 28 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 28 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).