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Mr James Hughes

34 rides in the lifetime window · 22 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2017
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2013→)
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.
2–34
Wins / Runs
5.9%
Strike rate
n=34
8 (24%)
Placed
0.68
Fair A/E
n=34 · 0.59 incl. margin
−25.50
£1 level stake
n=34 at SP · −75.0%
£6,951
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
9.1%+3.2
n=22 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −13.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
100%+94.1
n=1 · A/E 4.04 · £1 +2.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−5.9
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 1.62 · £1 +1.50
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
6.9%+1.0
n=29 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −20.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−5.9
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.9% 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
Flat 29 2 6.9% −20.50
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 15 0 0% −15.00
Good to Firm 8 1 12.5% −4.50
Good 7 1 14.3% −2.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 10 0 0% −10.00
Southwell (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Redcar 2 0 0% −2.00
Salisbury 2 1 50% +1.50
Southwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 2 0 0% −2.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 23 1 4.3% −18.00
Class 5 9 1 11.1% −5.50
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 1 50% 1.62 +1.50
2nd–3rd fav 5 1 20% 1.01 +0.00
4th–6th fav 11 0 0% 0.00 −11.00
7th+ in betting 16 0 0% 0.00 −16.00
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
Josie's Dream (IRE) 8 1 2 22 Jun 15
City Of Angkor Wat (IRE) 2 0 1 25 Nov 14
Miss P (GB) 2 0 0 21 Oct 14
Beachwood Bay (GB) 2 0 0 12 Apr 14
Just A Pound (IRE) 2 0 0 8 Feb 14
Oscar Tanner (IRE) 2 0 2 27 Apr 13
Bostonian (GB) 1 0 0 25 Apr 17
Canadian Diamond (IRE) 1 0 0 19 Oct 15
Stow (GB) 1 0 0 13 Jun 15
Parisian Pyramid (IRE) 1 0 0 5 Jun 15
Hail Promenader (IRE) 1 0 0 15 Dec 14
Company Secretary (USA) 1 0 1 25 Nov 14
All 22 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
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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
Jo Hughes 29 2 6.9% −20.50
Alan Berry 3 0 0% −3.00
Paul Midgley 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian Baugh 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2013→
2
Archived wins
£6,951
Prize money
2013
Best season · 2 wins
Harbour Captain (IRE) — JRL Group 'Carnarvon' Handicap (Gentleman Amateur Riders) Salisbury · Jul 2013 · Class 5
£2,808
Josie's Dream (IRE) — Bridgwater PR Amateur Riders' Handicap Warwick · Jun 2013 · Class 6
£1,872
Notable horses
Josie's Dream (IRE) Harbour Captain (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Tau Ceti (GB) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 6.3% of 80 runs since 2010 (6 horses).
Bahamian Bounty (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.6% of 9,353 runs since 2008 (598 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1% from 202.
Ad Valorem (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,585 runs since 2010 (101 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 12.3% from 618. Weakest on Good to Firm going: 5.2% from 248.
Elusive City (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.7% of 8,429 runs since 2008 (636 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.4% from 1,123.
Oscar (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Tobougg (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 8.5% of 6,096 runs since 2008 (464 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

all 34 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mr James Hughes's 34 archived rides, from 22 March 2013 to 25 April 2017, newest first — 2 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
25 Apr 17 Wolverhampton (AW) Bostonian (GB)T: Jo Hughes Invest Wolverhampton For Life, Work & Learning Handicap (Gentleman Amateur Riders)Class 5 · 16.5f · Standard · 6 ran 5th 2/1
19 Oct 15 Windsor Canadian Diamond (IRE)T: Jo Hughes JRL Group Amateur Handicap (Gentleman Amateur Riders) (Div 2)Class 6 · 11.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 9th 7/1
22 Jun 15 Wolverhampton (AW) Josie's Dream (IRE)T: Jo Hughes Holiday Inn Wolverhampton Amateur Riders' Selling StakesClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 50/1
13 Jun 15 Hexham Stow (GB)T: Jo Hughes Marie Curie Amateur Riders' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 23.5f · Good · 8 ran 6th 9/1
05 Jun 15 Goodwood Parisian Pyramid (IRE)T: Jo Hughes Levin Down Amateur Riders' HandicapClass 5 · 9f · Good · 16 ran 12th 50/1
03 Feb 15 Southwell (AW) Josie's Dream (IRE)T: Jo Hughes Coral Mobile 'just Three Clicks To Bet' Amateur Riders' HandicapClass 6 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 8/1
15 Dec 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Hail Promenader (IRE)T: Jo Hughes Bet In Play At Coral Amateur Riders' Handicap (Div 2)Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 9 ran 7th 16/1
01 Dec 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Josie's Dream (IRE)T: Jo Hughes 32Red Casino Handicap (Amateur Riders)Class 6 · 14f · Standard · 13 ran 7th 16/1
25 Nov 14 Southwell (AW) City Of Angkor Wat (IRE)T: Jo Hughes Ladbrokes Amateur Riders' Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 11/8F
25 Nov 14 Southwell (AW) Company Secretary (USA)T: Jo Hughes Ladbrokes Amateur Riders' Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 8 ran 2nd 9/4
21 Oct 14 Exeter Miss P (GB)T: Jo Hughes Blackdown Buildings Ltd Amateur Riders' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 23f · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU 200/1
30 Jul 14 Redcar Echologic (GB)T: Brian Baugh Betfair Novice Flat Amateur Riders' Handicap (Novice Amateur Riders)Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 7th 50/1
26 Jul 14 Salisbury City Of Angkor Wat (IRE)T: Jo Hughes CPA Scaffolding "Carnarvon" Handicap (For Gentleman Amateur Riders)Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 8th 16/1
23 Jul 14 Leicester Alberto (GB)T: Jo Hughes Betfair Amateur Handicap (Novice Amateur Riders)Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 11th 20/1
13 May 14 Southwell Miss P (GB)T: Jo Hughes Bet totetrifecta Intermediate NH Flat Race (Conditionals And Amateurs)Class 6 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7th 50/1
12 Apr 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Beachwood Bay (GB)T: Jo Hughes Compare Bookmakers At Bookmakers.co.uk Amateur Riders' HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 22/1
17 Feb 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Josie's Dream (IRE)T: Jo Hughes Coral Mobile 'Just Three Clicks To Bet' Amateur Riders' Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 7/1
08 Feb 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Just A Pound (IRE)T: Jo Hughes Ladbrokes Amateur Riders' Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 8 ran 6th 10/1
04 Feb 14 Southwell (AW) Josie's Dream (IRE)T: Jo Hughes Coral Mobile 'Just Three Clicks To Bet' Amateur Riders' Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 11f · Standard · 8 ran 3rd 7/1
27 Jan 14 Wolverhampton (AW) Amis Reunis (GB)T: Alan Berry Compare Bookmakers At bookmakers.co.uk Amateur Riders' HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 40/1

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 James Hughes's strike rate?
Mr James Hughes has won 2 of 34 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 5.9% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Mr James Hughes's Fair A/E?
0.68, from 34 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).