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Mr James Hills

31 rides in the last 5 seasons · 23 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 25 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2025→)
from 1 Jan 2022
2–31
Wins / Runs
6.5%
Strike rate
n=31
7 (23%)
Placed
0.62
Fair A/E
n=31 · 0.52 incl. margin
−5.50
£1 level stake
n=31 at SP · −17.7%
£21,016
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
9.1%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8.7%+2.2
n=23 · A/E 0.88 · £1 +2.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−6.5
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−6.5
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
6.9%+0.4
n=29 · A/E 0.65 · £1 −3.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−6.5
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.5% 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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 11 0 0% −11.00
Good to Firm 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Soft 5 1 20% +14.00
Good 5 1 20% +1.50
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Goodwood 2 0 0% −2.00
Ascot 2 0 0% −2.00
Epsom 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Bath 2 0 0% −2.00
Brighton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 1 100% +18.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 1 100% +5.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 12 2 16.7% +13.50
Class 6 12 0 0% −12.00
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 9 0 0% 0.00 −9.00
4th–6th fav 11 1 9.1% 0.99 −4.50
7th+ in betting 10 1 10% 3.54 +9.00
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
Vaynor (IRE) 4 0 1 11 Dec 25
Kimeko Glory (GB) 3 1 2 2 Oct 26
Kodi Fire (IRE) 2 0 0 19 Sep 26
Flightofthephoenix (IRE) 2 0 1 3 Sep 26
Baloo's Blues (GB) 2 0 0 23 Jul 26
Assured (GB) 1 0 0 19 Oct 26
Cosmic Man (IRE) 1 0 0 16 Oct 26
Ibn Altheeb (IRE) 1 1 1 12 Oct 26
Make It Up (IRE) 1 0 1 6 Oct 26
The Ormer Gatherer (GB) 1 0 0 27 Sep 26
Norflondonforever (IRE) 1 0 0 1 Sep 26
Sweet Reward (IRE) 1 0 0 31 Aug 26
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, 5 seasons
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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
TrainerRWSR£1
Charles Hills 14 1 7.1% −7.50
William Knight 3 0 0% −3.00
Jonathan Portman 2 0 0% −2.00
Richard Hannon 2 0 0% −2.00
Faye Bramley 2 0 0% −2.00
Ian Williams 1 0 0% −1.00
Iain Jardine 1 1 100% +18.00
Tom Gretton 1 0 0% −1.00
Kevin Ryan 1 0 0% −1.00
Charlie Fellowes 1 0 0% −1.00
Stuart Edmunds 1 0 0% −1.00
George Boughey 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2025→
2
Archived wins
£21,016
Prize money
2026
Best season · 2 wins
Kimeko Glory (GB) — Taste The World Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Stakes Salisbury · Aug 2026 · Class 5
£4,346
Ibn Altheeb (IRE) — Join Racing TV Now Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Stakes Musselburgh · Oct 2026 · Class 5
£3,477
Notable horses
Kimeko Glory (GB) Ibn Altheeb (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Mastercraftsman (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 10.6% of 11,646 runs since 2013 (842 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.7% from 329.
Kameko (USA) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 9.9% of 1,001 runs since 2024 (136 horses).
Havana Grey (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 13.2% of 4,614 runs since 2022 (420 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 16.2% from 105. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9.9% from 426.
Kodi Bear (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.3% of 3,998 runs since 2020 (392 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.2% from 263.
Phoenix Of Spain (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 13.2% of 1,357 runs since 2023 (140 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 9.5% from 137. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19% from 105.
Blue Point (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 13.9% of 3,456 runs since 2023 (419 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 10.4% from 212.
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 13 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 31 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mr James Hills's 31 archived rides, from 24 July 2025 to 19 October 2026, newest first — 2 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
19 Oct 26 Bath Assured (GB)T: Tom Gretton Sw Hire Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 6 · 17f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8th 125/1
16 Oct 26 Redcar Cosmic Man (IRE)T: Kevin Ryan Watch Racing Replays At racingtv.com Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Good · 14 ran 8th 9/1
12 Oct 26 Musselburgh Ibn Altheeb (IRE)T: Iain Jardine Join Racing TV Now Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 9f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1st 18/1
06 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) Make It Up (IRE)T: William Knight bettingsites.co.uk Price Boosts Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 6 · 14f · Standard · 11 ran 3rd 14/1
02 Oct 26 Ascot Kimeko Glory (GB)T: Charles Hills Autumn Racing Weekend Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Stakes (For Male Amateur Riders)Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 6th 18/1
27 Sep 26 Ffos Las The Ormer Gatherer (GB)T: Faye Bramley Bridge Llangennech Open Daily Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Stakes (For Riders With 3 Wins Or Fewer At Start Of Season)Class 6 · 10f · Soft · 5 ran 3rd 7/1
19 Sep 26 Newmarket Kodi Fire (IRE)T: Charles Hills Turners Amateur Jockeys' Cambridgeshire (Class 4 Handicap) (Special Rider Conditions)Class 4 · 9f · Good · 14 ran 10th 50/1
03 Sep 26 Haydock Flightofthephoenix (IRE)T: Charles Hills 100% Racingtv Profits Back To Racing Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 11.5f · Soft · 11 ran 6th 7/2
01 Sep 26 Lingfield (AW) Norflondonforever (IRE)T: Faye Bramley Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 7th 11/2
31 Aug 26 Epsom Sweet Reward (IRE)T: Jonathan Portman Betfred 'nifty 50' Amateurs' Derby Handicap Stakes (for Gentleman Amateur Jockeys) (gbbplus Race)Class 4 · 12f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 8th 50/1
28 Aug 26 Goodwood Kimeko Glory (GB)T: Charles Hills Gay Kindersley Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 9f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2nd 9/4
21 Aug 26 Salisbury Kimeko Glory (GB)T: Charles Hills Taste The World Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 8f · Good · 7 ran 1st 11/2
06 Aug 26 Sandown Beach Point (IRE)T: William Knight Corinthian Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4th 7/1
30 Jul 26 Nottingham Flightofthephoenix (IRE)T: Charles Hills oddschecker.com AJA Novice Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Stakes (For Riders With 3 Wins Or Fewer At Start Of Season)Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 2nd 7/2
23 Jul 26 Newbury Baloo's Blues (GB)T: Charles Hills Frasers Plus Designer Outlet Swindon Amateur Jockeys' Handicap StakesClass 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4th 7/1
21 Jun 26 Brighton Kodi Fire (IRE)T: Charles Hills Fostering Changes Lives Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 4th 10/1
12 Jun 26 Goodwood Eupator (FR)T: Richard Hannon Download The Track Radio App Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 4 · 8f · Soft · 8 ran 5th 9/1
29 May 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Arth's Gold (GB)T: Richard Hannon Download The At The Races App Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 6th 8/1
27 Mar 26 Lingfield (AW) Baloo's Blues (GB)T: Charles Hills Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 12 ran 9th 4/1
25 Feb 26 Lingfield (AW) Broad Appeal (GB)T: Jonathan Portman Midnite Ain't Your Grandad's Bookie Amateur Jockeys' HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 80/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 12 Oct 2026: fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 1) · to 12 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Mr James Hills's strike rate?
Mr James Hills has won 2 of 31 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 6.5% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Mr James Hills's Fair A/E?
0.62, from 31 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).