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Mr D A Fitzsimmons

40 rides in the lifetime window · 23 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride May 2013 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.
3–40
Wins / Runs
7.5%
Strike rate
n=40
7 (18%)
Placed
1.32
Fair A/E
n=40 · 0.98 incl. margin
+2.50
£1 level stake
n=40 at SP · +6.3%
£23,368
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
25%
KTB at a glance Claiming: 7.7%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4.3%−3.2
n=23 · A/E 0.80 · £1 −12.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−7.5
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−7.5
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.7%+0.2
n=39 · A/E 1.34 · £1 +3.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
8.3%+0.8
n=24 · A/E 1.82 · £1 +13.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.5% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
NH Flat 18 2 11.1% +19.00
Chase 16 1 6.3% −10.50
Hurdle 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Heavy 13 0 0% −13.00
Soft 12 0 0% −12.00
Good 9 2 22.2% +22.50
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +7.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Down Royal 15 1 6.7% −4.00
Downpatrick 14 2 14.3% +17.50
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 4 1 25% 2.13 +1.50
4th–6th fav 11 1 9.1% 1.32 +0.00
7th+ in betting 24 1 4.2% 1.36 +2.00
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
68.2% completed · 22 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 16 62.5% 2 0 4 0 0
Hurdle 6 83.3% 0 0 1 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
Seaneen Mac Ri (IRE) 6 1 1 13 Jul 11
Send For Paddy (IRE) 5 1 2 23 Apr 13
The Two Mc's (IRE) 2 0 0 1 Feb 12
Leish Oscar (IRE) 2 0 0 26 Dec 11
Casoran (IRE) 2 0 0 15 Oct 11
Baileys Ruffit (IRE) 2 0 1 15 Apr 11
Bachelor Lad (IRE) 2 1 1 22 Nov 09
Ballywooden King (IRE) 2 0 0 5 Jul 09
Selection Box (IRE) 2 0 0 15 Oct 08
Rugged Man (IRE) 2 0 2 18 May 08
Forpaddydatarmacer (IRE) 1 0 0 10 May 13
The Corby Glenn (IRE) 1 0 0 25 Apr 12
All 23 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
·013250500·0000
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
TrainerRWSR£1
C A McBratney 18 2 11.1% −1.50
J G Cosgrave 8 1 12.5% +18.00
Neil McKnight 6 0 0% −6.00
Liam Lennon 3 0 0% −3.00
S McParlan 2 0 0% −2.00
Paul Stafford 1 0 0% −1.00
James H Black 1 0 0% −1.00
Bernard Jones 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
3
Archived wins
£25,050
Prize money
2013
Best season · 1 win
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.
Bachelor Lad (IRE) — Tote Ireland (pro/am) Flat Race Down Royal · Jun 2009
£7,256
Send For Paddy (IRE) — Toals Bookmakers In Every County In The North Maiden Hunters Chase Downpatrick · Apr 2013
£4,830
Seaneen Mac Ri (IRE) — Ballynoe (pro/am) Flat Race Downpatrick · Mar 2011
£4,830
Notable horses
Seaneen Mac Ri (IRE) Send For Paddy (IRE) Bachelor Lad (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Alderbrook (GB) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 9.7% of 3,293 runs since 2008 (299 horses).
Mister Mat (FR) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 8.2% of 306 runs since 2008 (39 horses).
Deploy (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.5% of 839 runs since 2008 (112 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5.4% from 149.
Witness Box (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,675 runs since 2008 (194 horses). Weakest on Good to Firm going: 4% from 173.
Bach (IRE) 50% · 1–2
Progeny have won 7.8% of 2,289 runs since 2008 (240 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.7% from 244.
Exit To Nowhere (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,787 runs since 2008 (290 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.5% from 155.
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 72 · newest first

The latest 50 of 72 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 26 March 2005 to 10 May 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 May 13 Downpatrick Forpaddydatarmacer (IRE)T: C A McBratney Frank Fitzsimmons Maiden Hunters Chase23f · Good · 13 ran F 11/8F
23 Apr 13 Punchestown Send For Paddy (IRE)T: C A McBratney Kildare Hunt Club Fr Sean Breen Memorial Chase For The Ladies Perpetual Cup24f · Soft · 14 ran 8th 6/1
03 Apr 13 Downpatrick Send For Paddy (IRE)T: C A McBratney Toals Bookmakers In Every County In The North Maiden Hunters Chase21.5f · Good · 6 ran 1st 9/2
09 Feb 13 Leopardstown Send For Paddy (IRE)T: C A McBratney Raymond Smith Memorial Hunters Chase24f · Soft To Heavy · 17 ran PU 40/1
26 Dec 12 Down Royal Send For Paddy (IRE)T: C A McBratney Dark Horse Cafe & Wine Bar Hunters Chase23f · Heavy · 17 ran 5th 20/1
25 Apr 12 Perth The Corby Glenn (IRE)T: C A McBratney Caledonian Hunt Amateur Riders' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24f · Soft · 12 ran 8th 16/1
01 Mar 12 Thurles Cabra Cruizor (IRE)T: Liam Lennon Horse And Jockey Mares Flat Race16f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 13th 25/1
01 Feb 12 Down Royal The Two Mc's (IRE)T: S McParlan Dark Horse Cafe At Down Royal Flat Race16f · Heavy · 12 ran 5th 66/1
01 Feb 12 Down Royal Sole Witness (IRE)T: C A McBratney N.I. Hotels Federation Beginners Chase20f · Heavy · 10 ran F 33/1
26 Dec 11 Down Royal Leish Oscar (IRE)T: Neil McKnight Duke Of York (pro/am) Flat Race16f · Heavy · 14 ran 9th 8/1
26 Dec 11 Down Royal The Two Mc's (IRE)T: S McParlan Sean Graham Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 19 ran PU 33/1
21 Dec 11 Downpatrick Fast Gun (IRE)T: Bernard Jones Downpatrick Christmas Party Hunters Chase21.5f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 7th 25/1
04 Nov 11 Down Royal Leish Oscar (IRE)T: Neil McKnight Archie Watson Memorial Flat Race16f · Soft · 7 ran 3rd 8/1
15 Oct 11 Downpatrick Casoran (IRE)T: Neil McKnight Dunlop Agri & Nugent ''spirit 25'' Horse Trailers (pro/am) Flat Race18f · Soft · 10 ran 9th 25/1
13 Jul 11 Downpatrick Seaneen Mac Ri (IRE)T: J G Cosgrave Downpatrick Family Day Fun Maiden Hurdle18f · Good · 11 ran 7th 20/1
01 Jul 11 Wexford Seaneen Mac Ri (IRE)T: J G Cosgrave Info at wexfordraces.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)18f · Good · 16 ran 7th 33/1
17 Jun 11 Down Royal Seaneen Mac Ri (IRE)T: J G Cosgrave Medicare Pharmacy Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 16 ran 11th 20/1
20 May 11 Downpatrick Seaneen Mac Ri (IRE)T: J G Cosgrave Viva Las Vegas At Downpatrick Maiden Hurdle18f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 6th 11/2
15 Apr 11 Wexford Baileys Ruffit (IRE)T: Neil McKnight Knockhouse Stud Mares Flat Race20f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 4th 14/1
27 Mar 11 Downpatrick Seaneen Mac Ri (IRE)T: J G Cosgrave Ballynoe (pro/am) Flat Race18f · Good · 15 ran 1st 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 Mr D A Fitzsimmons's strike rate?
Mr D A Fitzsimmons has won 3 of 40 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Mr D A Fitzsimmons's Fair A/E?
1.32, from 40 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).