What is Michael Hussey's strike rate?

Michael Hussey has won 79 of 2,460 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 3.2% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Michael Hussey do best at?

Down Royal by strike rate: 5 wins from 62 rides (8.1%) 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 Michael Hussey ride most for?

Tracey Collins, with 266 rides since 2008 — 11% of the total. That pairing has won 16 (6%).

What is Michael Hussey's Fair A/E?

0.70, from 2,458 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

Michael Hussey

2,460 rides in the lifetime window · 1,442 individual horses

As at 15 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Nov 2022 100% of rides on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

79–2,460

Wins / Runs

3.2%

Strike rate

n=2,460

299 (12%)

Placed

0.70

Fair A/E

n=2,458 · 0.54 incl. margin

−1,567.75

£1 level stake

n=2,460 at SP · −63.7%

£1.54m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 130 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.70). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 8% (105 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 2,460 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Nov–Feb 27.5% when favourite Tracey Collins: 6% from 266 LTO winners: 7.6% Rides the favourite in 2% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Down Royal (8.1%, n=62), clear of the rider's 3.2% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 7.6% (n=105, Fair A/E 0.83). The market has consistently overbet in Group and Graded company the record: 2.6% strike, Fair A/E 0.49 and −113.50 to a £1 stake over 156 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Tracey Collins supplies 11% of the rides and edges the rider's average (6% vs 3.2%, A/E 0.97) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also reads well at trips under 6f (7.3%, n=178). 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Bold Lad' Sprint Handicap at Curragh (Sep 2021, £73,750). Seasonally, the rider fires Nov–Feb.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.2% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

3%−0.2

n=1,388 · A/E 0.73 · £1 −843.50

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

7.6%+4.4

n=105 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −33.00

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

2%−1.2

n=502 · A/E 0.51 · £1 −341.50

When favourite

27.5%

n=40 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −3.00

Big fields · 14+ runners

2.6%−0.6

n=1,369 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −905.50

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

2.6%−0.6

n=156 · A/E 0.49 · £1 −113.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.2% 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

With A P O'Brien 8.3% vs 3.2% · n=217

At trips under 6f 7.3% vs 3.2% · n=178

With C&D winners 7.5% vs 3.2% · n=134

On last-time-out winners 7.6% vs 3.2% · n=105

At Down Royal 8.1% vs 3.2% · n=62

With Charles O'Brien 8.3% vs 3.2% · n=48

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

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 652 28 4.3% −373.75

Soft 610 13 2.1% −444.00

Good 427 14 3.3% −193.75

Good to Firm 348 8 2.3% −284.25

Heavy 208 10 4.8% −119.00

Good to Soft 188 6 3.2% −126.00

Firm 27 0 0% −27.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Dundalk (AW) 642 28 4.4% −363.75

Curragh 318 6 1.9% −214.00

Leopardstown 179 5 2.8% −132.00

Gowran Park 138 2 1.4% −78.00

Naas 136 2 1.5% −108.00

Navan 134 4 3% −113.50

Cork 115 4 3.5% −84.00

Fairyhouse 95 3 3.2% −46.00

Tipperary 81 4 4.9% −28.50

Bellewstown 68 1 1.5% −34.00

Tramore 65 1 1.5% −54.00

Roscommon 64 1 1.6% −60.75

Down Royal 62 5 8.1% −10.75

Killarney 57 2 3.5% −46.00

Galway 55 3 5.5% −24.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 1 156 4 2.6% −113.50

Class 5 3 1 33.3% +12.00

Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 48 12 25% 1.08 −7.50

2nd–3rd fav 151 21 13.9% 1.06 −43.75

4th–6th fav 431 24 5.6% 0.82 −164.50

7th+ in betting 1,830 22 1.2% 0.42 −1,352.00

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

Big Gossey (IRE) 19 3 7 10 Apr 22

Gothen Niece (IRE) 15 1 3 11 Jun 14

Scatty Cat (IRE) 13 2 4 24 Aug 13

Aine Beag (IRE) 11 0 2 21 Oct 09

Queens Carriage (IRE) 10 1 4 26 Aug 21

Blue Bullet (IRE) 10 0 0 26 Mar 16

Pencil Hill (IRE) 10 0 1 13 Mar 15

Cristy's Call (IRE) 10 1 5 14 Nov 14

Zeftan (IRE) 10 1 4 11 Jul 14

Marias Dream (IRE) 9 0 2 25 Apr 10

Milford Lass (IRE) 8 0 2 18 Nov 16

Indian Landing (IRE) 8 2 3 13 Sep 16

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,442 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 4 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

851334322447

A flat rider: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first

Main yardTracey Collins

11% of all rides
6% SR · A/E 0.97

TrainerRWSR£1

Tracey Collins 266 16 6% −131.25

A P O'Brien 217 18 8.3% −69.25

Gordon Elliott 70 3 4.3% −2.00

J T Gorman 70 2 2.9% −47.00

Liam McAteer 63 3 4.8% −28.00

Patrick J Flynn 57 1 1.8% −31.00

Peter McCreery 56 4 7.1% −27.50

C P Donoghue 53 1 1.9% −44.00

Seamus Fahey 52 1 1.9% −48.50

Charles O'Brien 48 4 8.3% +17.00

W McCreery 45 2 4.4% −2.00

Adrian Paul Keatley 41 0 0% −41.00

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

120

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£2.27m

Prize money

2006

Best season · 16 wins

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.

Big Gossey (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Bold Lad' Sprint Handicap (Premier Handicap) Curragh · Sep 2021

£73,750

Raggtime Toon (IRE) — Boylesports 85 Nationwide Handicap (Premier Handicap) Curragh (IRE) · May 2005

£48,825

Iowa (IRE) — BoyleSports Ulster Derby (Extended Handicap) Down Royal · Jun 2021

£47,200

Notable horses

Big Gossey (IRE) Lady Schmuck (IRE) Marias Dream (IRE) Scatty Cat (IRE) Raggtime Toon (IRE) Indian Landing (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Galileo (IRE) 7.4% · 9–122

Progeny have won 14.5% of 18,203 runs since 2008 (1,776 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.4% from 890.

Big Bad Bob (IRE) 7.1% · 3–42

Progeny have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since 2009 (314 horses).

Captain Rio (GB) 2.5% · 1–40

Progeny have won 9.5% of 6,912 runs since 2008 (423 horses).

Acclamation (GB) 0% · 0–39

Progeny have won 10% of 19,719 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.

High Chaparral (IRE) 5.6% · 2–36

Progeny have won 10.3% of 8,730 runs since 2008 (682 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 419.

Danehill Dancer (IRE) 5.7% · 2–35

Progeny have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since 2008 (783 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.

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 15 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 3,572 · newest first

The latest 50 of 3,572 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 20 March 2005 to 4 November 2022.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

04 Nov 22 Dundalk (AW) Donbeg Reel (IRE)T: N Stokes Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden8f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 22/1

18 Oct 22 Gowran Park Duke Cador (IRE)T: A P O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden8.5f · Soft · 15 ran 6th 11/1

08 Oct 22 Curragh Donbeg Reel (IRE)T: N Stokes Mongey Communications Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden9f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 5th 150/1

01 Oct 22 Killarney Oh So Lovely (IRE)T: A P O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden11f · Soft · 9 ran 3rd 11/1

01 Oct 22 Killarney The Prairie (IRE)T: A P O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden8f · Soft · 10 ran 4th 12/1

10 Aug 22 Gowran Park Lullaby (IRE)T: A P O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Hurry Harriet Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Listed)9.5f · Good · 12 ran 11th 40/1

07 Jul 22 Leopardstown Kiss You Later (IRE)T: A P O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Stanerra Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Group 3)14f · Good · 12 ran 7th 33/1

22 May 22 Curragh Honeycomb (IRE)T: A P O'Brien William Hill Bet Boost Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden10f · Good · 15 ran 8th 33/1

08 May 22 Leopardstown Forbidden Planet (GB)T: Paul W Flynn Visit The Kids Play Area At Leopardstown Handicap10f · Good · 14 ran 13th 80/1

16 Apr 22 Cork Forbidden Planet (GB)T: Paul W Flynn Racing Again Tomorrow Handicap10f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 17th 66/1

10 Apr 22 Curragh Big Gossey (IRE)T: Charles O'Brien Hollywoodbets Daily Boosts Handicap6f · Yielding · 22 ran 14th 33/1

29 Mar 22 Navan Forbidden Planet (GB)T: Paul W Flynn Sp Or Better Guaranteed With Tote Handicap13f · Good · 10 ran 10th 16/1

26 Mar 22 Curragh Big Gossey (IRE)T: Charles O'Brien Dmg Media Handicap5f · Yielding · 11 ran 10th 10/1

05 Nov 21 Dundalk (AW) Awhile (IRE)T: A P O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Cooley Fillies Stakes (Fillies' And Mares' Listed)8f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 40/1

31 Oct 21 Naas Woodland Garden (IRE)T: A P O'Brien Finale Stakes (Listed)12f · Heavy · 16 ran 10th 125/1

29 Oct 21 Dundalk (AW) Big Gossey (IRE)T: Charles O'Brien View Restaurant At Dundalk Handicap6f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 15/2

23 Oct 21 Leopardstown Lullaby (IRE)T: A P O'Brien Eyrefield Stakes (Group 3)9f · Good · 13 ran 9th 80/1

17 Oct 21 Naas Martinique (GB)T: A P O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Garnet Stakes (Listed)8f · Yielding · 17 ran 13th 40/1

09 Oct 21 Limerick Giovanni Bellini (IRE)T: A P O'Brien Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter Maiden7f · Heavy · 16 ran 11th 20/1

12 Sep 21 Curragh Big Gossey (IRE)T: Charles O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Bold Lad' Sprint Handicap (Premier Handicap)6f · Good · 22 ran 1st 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 Michael Hussey's strike rate?: Michael Hussey has won 79 of 2,460 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 3.2% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Michael Hussey do best at?: Down Royal by strike rate: 5 wins from 62 rides (8.1%) 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 Michael Hussey ride most for?: Tracey Collins, with 266 rides since 2008 — 11% of the total. That pairing has won 16 (6%).
What is Michael Hussey's Fair A/E?: 0.70, from 2,458 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.