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Mr Douglas Gittins

9 rides in the lifetime window · 3 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2018 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2016→)
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.
2–9
Wins / Runs
22.2%
Strike rate
n=9
3 (33%)
Placed
2.23
Fair A/E
n=8 · 1.88 incl. margin
+2.00
£1 level stake
n=9 at SP · +22.2%
£8,261
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 22.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−22.2
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−22.2
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−22.2
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
25%+2.8
n=8 · A/E 2.26 · £1 +3.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
25%+2.8
n=4 · A/E 2.77 · £1 +3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 22.2% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 4 1 25% +3.00
Soft 2 1 50% +2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Stratford 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheltenham 2 1 50% +5.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 1 100% +3.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 2 100% +9.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 1 100% 4.59 +3.00
2nd–3rd fav 4 1 25% 1.86 +3.00
4th–6th fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
7th+ in betting 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
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
88.9% completed · 9 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 9 88.9% 1 0 0 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
Dolatulo (FR) 5 2 3 5 May 17
Vide Cave (FR) 3 0 0 9 Jun 17
The Caller (GB) 1 0 0 22 Apr 18
All 3 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
Ben Pauling 7 2 28.6% +4.00
Mrs N White 1 0 0% −1.00
Mary Vestey 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2016→
2
Archived wins
£8,261
Prize money
2017
Best season · 2 wins
Dolatulo (FR) — Book Now For The McCoy Awards Open Hunters' Chase Cheltenham · May 2017 · Class 4
£3,743
Dolatulo (FR) — Dunraven Welsh Foxhunters Open Hunters' Chase Ffos Las · Feb 2017 · Class 4
£3,743
Notable horses
Dolatulo (FR)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Le Fou (IRE) 40% · 2–5
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,417 runs since 2010 (137 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 12.1% from 239.
Secret Singer (FR) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 10% of 617 runs since 2009 (72 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 13.5% from 148.
Yeats (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,844 runs since 2013 (707 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 820.
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

all 9 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mr Douglas Gittins's 9 archived rides, from 10 May 2016 to 22 April 2018, newest first — 2 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 Apr 18 Stratford The Caller (GB)T: Mary Vestey totepool Betting On All UK Racing 'Grassroots' Hunter' ChaseClass 5 · 22.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5th 7/1
09 Jun 17 Stratford Vide Cave (FR)T: Mrs N White Foxdenton Gins Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 17f · Good · 10 ran 9th 66/1
05 May 17 Cheltenham Dolatulo (FR)T: Ben Pauling Book Now For The McCoy Awards Open Hunters' ChaseClass 4 · 32.5f · Good · 17 ran 1st 6/1
17 Mar 17 Cheltenham Dolatulo (FR)T: Ben Pauling St. James's Place Foxhunter Challenge Cup Open Hunters' ChaseClass 2 · 26.5f · Good · 23 ran 17th 66/1
19 Feb 17 Ffos Las Dolatulo (FR)T: Ben Pauling Dunraven Welsh Foxhunters Open Hunters' ChaseClass 4 · 24f · Soft · 8 ran 1st 3/1J
26 Jan 17 Warwick Dolatulo (FR)T: Ben Pauling 188Bet Willoughby De Broke Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 24f · Soft · 15 ran 8th 7/2
15 Jan 17 Kelso Dolatulo (FR)T: Ben Pauling Eildon Hill Stables Open Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 2nd 6/1
20 May 16 Stratford Vide Cave (FR)T: Ben Pauling Apple Tree Exhibitions Motorhome Show Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 17f · Good · 16 ran 8th 16/1
10 May 16 Wincanton Vide Cave (FR)T: Ben Pauling ApolloBet Casino Free 10 Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 20f · Good To Firm · 6 ran F 10/1

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 Douglas Gittins's strike rate?
Mr Douglas Gittins has won 2 of 9 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 22.2% (as at 6 November 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).