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Jockey profile

Micheal Nolan

915 rides in the last 5 seasons · 252 individual horses
As at 11 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2025 100% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
107–915
Wins / Runs
11.7%
Strike rate
n=915
274 (30%)
Placed
1.02
n=913 · 0.88 incl. margin
−350.80
£1 level stake
n=915 at SP · −38.3%
£1.41m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
15.2%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 180 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 12% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.02). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 23% (112 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 915 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 11 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Dec–Mar 42% when favourite Philip Hobbs & Johnson White: 16.5% from 334 LTO winners: 23.2% Rides the favourite in 10% of races
The read

It is weakest at Worcester (3.2% over 31 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 23.2% (n=112, Fair A/E 1.08), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 6.7% (n=120, Fair A/E 1.11). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 8.2% strike, Fair A/E 0.82 and −122.88 to a £1 stake over 196 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Philip Hobbs & Johnson White supplies 37% of the rides and edges the rider's average (16.5% vs 11.7%, A/E 1.02) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also reads well in Class 3 (18.1%, n=166). The record reads poorly in Class 1 — 3% over 33 rides, 8.7pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider off a break of 180+ days: Fair A/E 0.71 across 94 rides (5.3% strike, −64.45 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the William Hill Betting Done Properly Handicap Chase at Aintree (Dec 2024, £18,484). The standout partner of the record: Tommie Beau (IRE) — 9 wins from 31 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Dec–Mar.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 11.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8.8%−2.9
n=216 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −72.65
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
23.2%+11.5
n=112 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −33.42
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
8.2%−3.5
n=196 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −122.88
When favourite
42%
n=88 · A/E 1.25 · £1 +10.81
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.7%−5.0
n=120 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −44.59
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
6.7%−5.0
n=15 · A/E 0.59 · £1 −12.12

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.7% 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 23.2% vs 11.7% · n=112
In Class 3 18.1% vs 11.7% · n=166
With horses switching code 5.5% vs 11.7% · n=145
In Class 1 3% vs 11.7% · n=33
At Worcester 3.2% vs 11.7% · n=31
Off a break of 180+ days 5.3% vs 11.7% · n=94
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 524 58 11.1% −227.34
Chase 328 42 12.8% −125.28
NH Flat 60 6 10% −21.18
Flat 3 1 33.3% +23.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 365 41 11.2% −115.69
Good to Soft 242 24 9.9% −131.67
Soft 209 26 12.4% −74.76
Heavy 85 13 15.3% −27.75
Good to Firm 14 3 21.4% −0.93

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Exeter 114 14 12.3% −32.41
Wincanton 79 11 13.9% −19.58
Taunton 73 12 16.4% −33.12
Newton Abbot 71 13 18.3% −20.64
Chepstow 61 6 9.8% −33.55
Fontwell 59 7 11.9% −13.50
Plumpton 53 7 13.2% −19.97
Newbury 40 5 12.5% −19.12
Worcester 31 1 3.2% −8.00
Ffos Las 26 3 11.5% −14.65
Stratford 25 1 4% −22.75
Cheltenham 24 0 0% −24.00
Hereford 24 4 16.7% −1.00
Huntingdon 23 1 4.3% −17.00
Uttoxeter 19 1 5.3% −17.27

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 389 47 12.1% −120.36
Class 5 274 25 9.1% −112.00
Class 3 166 30 18.1% −48.92
Class 2 53 4 7.5% −39.40
Class 1 33 1 3% −30.12

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 102 43 42.2% 1.29 +16.82
2nd–3rd fav 217 41 18.9% 1.04 −28.62
4th–6th fav 292 21 7.2% 0.91 −84.00
7th+ in betting 304 2 0.7% 0.23 −255.00
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
86.9% completed · 852 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 328 83.8% 6 4 42 0 1
Hurdle 524 88.7% 8 7 41 1 2
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
Tommie Beau (IRE) 30 8 14 29 Jun 25
Romanor (GB) 23 3 6 13 Jul 25
I See You Well (FR) 16 2 4 20 Jan 25
Sassified (IRE) 15 4 7 20 Jul 25
Lazy Sunday (GB) 14 4 9 22 Mar 25
Kentford Mallard (GB) 14 2 5 6 Nov 24
Miss Fedora (IRE) 14 1 4 21 Jul 24
Getupearly (GB) 13 0 4 7 May 25
Sheldon (IRE) 13 3 3 6 Mar 25
Gingerbred (GB) 13 1 5 29 Oct 24
En Coeur (FR) 13 2 5 23 Oct 23
Imperial Saint (FR) 12 5 9 5 Apr 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 252 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
1413146920517208814
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
37% of all rides
16.5% SR · A/E 1.02
TrainerRWSR£1
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 334 55 16.5% −96.18
Seamus Mullins 307 31 10.1% −134.39
Philip Hobbs 74 4 5.4% −50.00
Richard Mitford-Slade 46 4 8.7% −25.65
Syd Hosie 36 4 11.1% −12.13
Carroll Gray 33 2 6.1% −24.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
258
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£2.63m
Prize money
2023
Best season · 37 wins
Imperial Saint (FR) — William Hill Betting Done Properly Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Aintree · Dec 2024 · Class 2
£18,484
Lowry's Bar (IRE) — Coral 'We're Here For It' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Chepstow · Dec 2024 · Class 2
£18,211
Beau Du Brizais (FR) — Tanners Champagne Handicap Chase Ludlow · Dec 2018 · Class 3
£15,335

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 6.6% · 4–61
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,024 runs since 2016 (1,034 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Mahler (GB) 11.1% · 4–36
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,892 runs since 2014 (790 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Brian Boru (GB) 26.7% · 8–30
Progeny have won 11% of 4,124 runs since 2009 (285 horses).
Kayf Tara (GB) 11.1% · 3–27
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,767 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Malinas (GER) 23.1% · 6–26
Progeny have won 14.1% of 3,961 runs since 2010 (419 horses).
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 13% · 3–23
Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,888 runs since 2010 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
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 11 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 2,568 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,568 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 30 March 2008 to 15 October 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Jun 25 Newton Abbot Balboa (GB)T: Seamus Mullins Clearance Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 17f · Good · 6 ran 5th 16/1

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 Micheal Nolan's strike rate?
Micheal Nolan has won 107 of 915 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 11.7% (as at 11 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Micheal Nolan do best at?
Newton Abbot by strike rate: 13 wins from 71 rides (18.3%) since 2022. 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 Micheal Nolan ride most for?
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White, with 334 rides since 2022 — 37% of the total. That pairing has won 55 (16.5%).
What is Micheal Nolan's Fair A/E?
1.02, from 913 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 11 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).