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Mr Joseph Drinkwater

20 rides in the lifetime window · 14 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2018 95% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2014→)
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.
2–20
Wins / Runs
10%
Strike rate
n=20
6 (30%)
Placed
0.99
Fair A/E
n=20 · 0.88 incl. margin
+1.00
£1 level stake
n=20 at SP · +5.0%
£11,201
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
20%

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
7.1%−2.9
n=14 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −8.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−10.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
40%+30.0
n=5 · A/E 4.39 · £1 +16.00
When favourite
0%
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
10.5%+0.5
n=19 · A/E 0.99 · £1 +2.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−10.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−10.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10% 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
Chase 9 1 11.1% −3.00
Hurdle 8 1 12.5% +7.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 7 1 14.3% +8.00
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Soft 4 1 25% +2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Southwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 2 1 50% +13.00
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 1 100% +5.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 5 6 1 16.7% +0.00
Class 4 5 1 20% +10.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
2nd–3rd fav 5 1 20% 1.33 +1.00
4th–6th fav 5 1 20% 2.34 +10.00
7th+ in betting 8 0 0% 0.00 −8.00
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
76.5% completed · 17 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 9 66.7% 1 1 1 0 0
Hurdle 8 87.5% 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
General Consensus (GB) 3 1 2 25 Apr 18
Working Title (IRE) 3 1 1 31 Jan 17
Shoreacres (IRE) 2 0 0 21 Apr 16
Archie Boy (IRE) 2 0 2 12 May 15
Medieval Bishop (IRE) 1 0 0 21 Apr 18
Northandsouth (IRE) 1 0 0 14 Apr 18
Billy Hicks (GB) 1 0 0 7 Apr 18
Maximus Maridius (GB) 1 0 0 31 Jul 17
Chatelier (FR) 1 0 0 9 May 17
Bueno Rica (FR) 1 0 0 9 Apr 16
Rebekah Rabbit (IRE) 1 0 1 22 Nov 15
Posh Trip (GB) 1 0 0 29 May 15
All 14 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
Samuel Drinkwater 10 2 20% +11.00
Ryan Potter 2 0 0% −2.00
Mrs Gillian Jones 2 0 0% −2.00
Richard Hobson 1 0 0% −1.00
Graeme McPherson 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Gretton 1 0 0% −1.00
Lady Blandford 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Lacey 1 0 0% −1.00
Tony Forbes 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2014→
2
Archived wins
£11,201
Prize money
2018
Best season · 1 win
General Consensus (GB) — Daily Racing Specials At 188bet Maiden Hurdle Warwick · Mar 2018 · Class 4
£4,419
Working Title (IRE) — Country Harvest Farm Foods Handicap Chase Sedgefield · Dec 2016 · Class 5
£3,249
Notable horses
General Consensus (GB) Working Title (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 10.3% of 4,687 runs since 2008 (466 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 145.
Oscar (IRE) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Basanta (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 8.7% of 368 runs since 2008 (41 horses).
Turtle Island (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 7.5% of 3,325 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 10.7% from 215.
Bachelor Duke (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 7.8% of 1,605 runs since 2008 (109 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 11.2% from 143.
Califet (FR) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,802 runs since 2008 (399 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 20 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mr Joseph Drinkwater's 20 archived rides, from 23 July 2014 to 25 April 2018, newest first — 2 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
25 Apr 18 Punchestown General Consensus (GB)T: Samuel Drinkwater Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)24f · Yielding · 11 ran 9th 100/1
21 Apr 18 Bangor-on-Dee Medieval Bishop (IRE)T: Tony Forbes Weatherbys General Stud Book Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU 33/1
14 Apr 18 Chepstow Northandsouth (IRE)T: Samuel Drinkwater Bet On The Grand National With Totepool Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Heavy · 13 ran 13th 9/1
07 Apr 18 Uttoxeter Billy Hicks (GB)T: Samuel Drinkwater Betfred 'Watch Sky Sports In Our Shops' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Heavy · 6 ran 5th 15/8F
28 Mar 18 Warwick General Consensus (GB)T: Samuel Drinkwater Daily Racing Specials At 188bet Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 21f · Soft · 9 ran 1st 14/1
31 Jul 17 Newton Abbot Maximus Maridius (GB)T: Samuel Drinkwater Racing Welfare Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 6th 14/1
09 May 17 Ffos Las Chatelier (FR)T: Samuel Drinkwater Felinfoel Brewery Maiden NH Flat Race (Conditionals And Amateurs)Class 6 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 5th 6/1
28 Apr 17 Punchestown General Consensus (GB)T: Samuel Drinkwater Gva Donal O'buachalla Property Advisors Flat Race18f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 3rd 50/1
31 Jan 17 Southwell Working Title (IRE)T: Samuel Drinkwater grandnational2017.com Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 6 ran 6th 11/1
04 Jan 17 Hereford Working Title (IRE)T: Samuel Drinkwater Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 16f · Soft · 5 ran F 15/8F
26 Dec 16 Sedgefield Working Title (IRE)T: Samuel Drinkwater Country Harvest Farm Foods Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1st 5/1
21 Apr 16 Warwick Shoreacres (IRE)T: Mrs Gillian Jones Close Brothers Crudwell Cup Hunters' Chase (For The Crudwell Challenge Cup)Class 6 · 25.5f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 9/2
09 Apr 16 Chepstow Bueno Rica (FR)T: Richard Hobson toteexacta Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 10th 100/1
03 Mar 16 Ludlow Shoreacres (IRE)T: Mrs Gillian Jones George Jones Memorial Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Soft · 12 ran 4th 11/4
22 Nov 15 Uttoxeter Rebekah Rabbit (IRE)T: Tom Lacey Draincare Maintenance Services Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Soft · 8 ran 2nd 7/1
29 May 15 Stratford Posh Trip (GB)T: Lady Blandford Technicair Air Conditioning & Ventilation Engineers Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 17f · Good · 17 ran PU 100/1
12 May 15 Southwell Archie Boy (IRE)T: Ryan Potter T Frost Racing Saddlers Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 20.5f · Good · 10 ran 3rd 16/1
17 Apr 15 Southwell Archie Boy (IRE)T: Ryan Potter Advertiser Media Group Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 20.5f · Good · 13 ran 2nd 40/1
27 Mar 15 Wetherby Crazy Jane (IRE)T: Tom Gretton Aidan Coleman Every Friday racinguk.com Mares' Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 25f · Good · 2 ran UR 15/2
23 Jul 14 Worcester Citrus Mark (GB)T: Graeme McPherson Herefordshire And Worcestershire Age Uk Amateur Riders' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 23f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 8th 8/1

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 Joseph Drinkwater's strike rate?
Mr Joseph Drinkwater has won 2 of 20 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10% (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).