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Jockey profile

Mick Fitzgerald

178 rides in the lifetime window · 116 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2008 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.
41–178
Wins / Runs
23%
Strike rate
n=178
72 (40%)
Placed
1.10
Fair A/E
n=178 · 0.95 incl. margin
−58.00
£1 level stake
n=178 at SP · −32.6%
£456k
Prize money (window)
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 180 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 23% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.10). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 35% (48 rides). Rode mostly for Nicky Henderson — 63% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 178 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 30% 46.2% when favourite Nicky Henderson: 28.6% from 112 LTO winners: 35.4% Rode the favourite in 29% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 35.4% (n=48, Fair A/E 1.23), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 19.7% (n=66, Fair A/E 1.33). Nicky Henderson supplied 63% of the rides and beats the rider's average (28.6% vs 23%, A/E 1.15) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well in Class 4 (35.9%, n=64). The record read poorly in Class 3 — 12.2% over 41 rides, 10.8pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider off a 15-30-day break: Fair A/E 0.71 across 71 rides (15.5% strike, −44.98 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. 13 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham (Mar 2006, £85,530). The standout partner of the record was Jack The Giant (IRE) — 6 wins from 10 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 23% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
21.4%−1.6
n=56 · A/E 1.19 · £1 −13.76
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
35.4%+12.4
n=48 · A/E 1.23 · £1 +5.48
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
30%+7.0
n=40 · A/E 1.33 · £1 −0.81
When favourite
46.2%
n=52 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −2.84
Big fields · 14+ runners
19.7%−3.3
n=66 · A/E 1.33 · £1 −15.08
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
6.7%−16.3
n=15 · A/E 0.34 · £1 −13.80

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 23% 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 horses switching code 40.6% vs 23% · n=32
In Class 4 35.9% vs 23% · n=64
On last-time-out winners 35.4% vs 23% · n=48
In Class 3 12.2% vs 23% · n=41
In Class 1 13.5% vs 23% · n=37
Off a 15-30-day break 15.5% vs 23% · n=71
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 104 23 22.1% −31.99
Chase 53 12 22.6% −23.41
NH Flat 21 6 28.6% −2.60

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good to Soft 60 14 23.3% −11.47
Good 53 12 22.6% −24.49
Soft 53 12 22.6% −19.37
Heavy 9 2 22.2% −4.67
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +3.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Sandown 19 3 15.8% −12.42
Kempton 18 5 27.8% −7.45
Cheltenham 14 0 0% −14.00
Fontwell 14 5 35.7% −1.27
Newbury 13 2 15.4% −6.37
Wincanton 12 1 8.3% −5.50
Ludlow 11 3 27.3% −0.26
Folkestone 11 3 27.3% −3.17
Taunton 6 4 66.7% +5.96
Huntingdon 6 1 16.7% −3.50
Aintree 5 0 0% −5.00
Doncaster 5 1 20% −3.09
Musselburgh 4 1 25% +1.00
Lingfield 4 2 50% +0.79
Exeter 4 1 25% −1.38

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 64 23 35.9% +2.92
Class 3 41 5 12.2% −27.95
Class 1 37 5 13.5% −25.41
Class 2 14 2 14.3% −9.34
Class 5 12 2 16.7% −0.67
Class 6 9 4 44.4% +3.45

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 60 26 43.3% 1.17 −4.59
2nd–3rd fav 54 12 22.2% 1.17 −11.91
4th–6th fav 40 3 7.5% 0.82 −17.50
7th+ in betting 24 0 0% 0.00 −24.00
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
79% completed · 157 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 53 71.7% 2 1 12 0 0
Hurdle 104 82.7% 4 0 14 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
Afsoun (FR) 4 1 1 5 Apr 08
Classic Fiddle (GB) 4 2 3 29 Mar 08
Dr Hart (IRE) 4 1 1 15 Mar 08
Bay Hawk (GB) 4 2 3 9 Mar 08
Khyber Kim (GB) 3 0 0 4 Apr 08
Princess Flame (GER) 3 1 1 29 Mar 08
Schiehallion (IRE) 3 0 1 24 Mar 08
La Dame Brune (FR) 3 0 2 17 Mar 08
Chomba Womba (IRE) 3 2 3 14 Mar 08
Temoin (GB) 3 0 0 13 Mar 08
Daraybad (FR) 3 0 1 3 Mar 08
Working Title (IRE) 3 2 3 1 Mar 08
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 116 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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
32211525········
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 yardNicky Henderson
63% of all rides
28.6% SR · A/E 1.15
TrainerRWSR£1
Nicky Henderson 112 32 28.6% −30.08
Brendan Powell 31 6 19.4% −2.67
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
224
Archived wins
13
Pattern / graded wins
£3.44m
Prize money
2006
Best season · 69 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.
Fondmort (FR) — Ryanair Chase (Grade 2) Cheltenham · Mar 2006 · Class 1
£85,530
Jack The Giant (IRE) — Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Ascot · Dec 2007 · Listed
£84,510
Trabolgan (IRE) — SunAlliance Novices' Chase (Grade 1) Cheltenham · Mar 2005 · Class 1
£81,200
Notable horses
Jack The Giant (IRE) Afsoun (FR) Classic Fiddle (GB) Papini (IRE) Barbers Shop (GB) Karello Bay (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bob Back (USA) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,724 runs since 2008 (338 horses).
Oscar (IRE) 28.6% · 2–7
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Alhaarth (IRE) 33.3% · 2–6
Progeny have won 9.7% of 4,158 runs since 2008 (308 horses).
Inchinor (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 9.4% of 973 runs since 2008 (62 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 6.4% from 125. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13.9% from 158.
Lomitas (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 10.7% of 1,870 runs since 2008 (163 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 15.6% from 122. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.2% from 319. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.7% from 120.
Alflora (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 9.8% of 5,312 runs since 2008 (535 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

latest 50 of 1,335 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,335 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 5 April 2008.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
05 Apr 08 Aintree L'Ami (FR)T: F Doumen John Smith's Grand National Chase (Handicap) Grade 3Class 1 · 36f · Good · 40 ran F 33/1
05 Apr 08 Aintree Afsoun (FR)T: Nicky Henderson Scottish And Newcastle Pub Enterprises Aintree Hurdle Grade 1Class 1 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 7th 13/2
05 Apr 08 Aintree Ingratitude (IRE)T: Nicky Henderson John Smith's Extra Smooth Handicap Hurdle ()Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 21 ran 14th 16/1
04 Apr 08 Aintree Khyber Kim (GB)T: Nicky Henderson Littlewoods Direct Imagine Appeal Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2)Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 4th 16/1
04 Apr 08 Aintree Crozan (FR)T: Nicky Henderson John Smith's Topham Handicap ChaseClass 2 · 21f · Good To Soft · 29 ran F 25/1
03 Apr 08 Taunton Bring Me Sunshine (IRE)T: Colin Tizzard Joe Dinham Memorial Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 18f · Good · 5 ran 1st 11/4J
03 Apr 08 Taunton Menchikov (FR)T: Nicky Henderson South Tetcott Hunt Supporters Novices' ChaseClass 4 · 23f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1st 5/2
02 Apr 08 Gowran Park Playing (FR)T: Thomas Foley Duggan Profiles Novice Hurdle16f · Heavy · 8 ran 5th 11/4
30 Mar 08 Wincanton Count Kristo (GB)T: Brendan Powell Wessex Waste Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 9 ran 3rd 11/4F
30 Mar 08 Wincanton Chantaco (USA)T: Nicky Henderson Mirage Signs Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 16 ran 1st 11/2
29 Mar 08 Newbury Tanikos (FR)T: Nicky Henderson Sporting Index Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 8 ran PU 7/1
29 Mar 08 Newbury Riverside Theatre (GB)T: Nicky Henderson DBS Spring Sales Bumper Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 2 · 16.5f · Soft · 14 ran 3rd 4/1C
29 Mar 08 Newbury First Point (GER)T: Nicky Henderson Johnny Haine Memorial Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 7/1
29 Mar 08 Newbury Princess Flame (GER)T: Brendan Powell EBF Byrne Bros Mares' 'NH' Novices' Handicap Hdl Final (Lst)Class 1 · 20.5f · Soft · 17 ran PU 33/1
29 Mar 08 Newbury Classic Fiddle (GB)T: Nicky Henderson E.B.F./TBA Mares' Novices' Handicap Chase Final (Listed)Class 1 · 22.5f · Soft · 15 ran 2nd 6/1J
28 Mar 08 Newbury Fiftyonefiftyone (IRE)T: Nicky Henderson Sporting Index 'Junior' Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 5 · 12.5f · Soft · 17 ran 14th 9/4F
28 Mar 08 Newbury Ship's Hill (IRE)T: Nicky Henderson Boundary Metal Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 11 ran 6th 7/1
28 Mar 08 Newbury Geneva Bay (GB)T: Nicky Henderson Berkshire Stand Bookshop Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 24.5f · Soft · 10 ran 6th 66/1
26 Mar 08 Kempton The Jolly Spoofer (IRE)T: Emma Lavelle intercasino.co.uk Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 21f · Good To Soft · 14 ran PU 8/1
26 Mar 08 Kempton Procas de Thaix (FR)T: Nicky Henderson intercasino.co.uk 'National Hunt' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2nd 11/10F

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 Mick Fitzgerald's strike rate?
Mick Fitzgerald has won 41 of 178 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 23% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which yard does Mick Fitzgerald ride most for?
Nicky Henderson, with 112 rides since 2008 — 63% of the total. That pairing has won 32 (28.6%).
What is Mick Fitzgerald's Fair A/E?
1.10, from 178 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).