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Jockey profile

Mr S Drinkwater

167 rides in the lifetime window · 91 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2015 99% 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.
14–167
Wins / Runs
8.4%
Strike rate
n=167
36 (22%)
Placed
1.05
Fair A/E
n=167 · 0.91 incl. margin
−63.20
£1 level stake
n=167 at SP · −37.8%
£62,375
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 20 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 8% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.05). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 16% off breaks of two months or more (44 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 167 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 15.9% First rides: 9.9% Claiming: 8.9%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 15.9% (n=44, Fair A/E 1.91), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 5.4% (n=56, Fair A/E 1.15). The rider also read well off a break of 180+ days (18.8%, n=32) and in Class 5 (11.4%, n=44). The record read poorly off a 15-30-day break — 2.3% over 43 rides, 6.1pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider on Good going: Fair A/E 0.59 across 79 rides (3.8% strike, −50.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
9.9%+1.5
n=91 · A/E 1.43 · £1 −10.80
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
9.1%+0.7
n=11 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −8.90
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
15.9%+7.5
n=44 · A/E 1.91 · £1 +12.45
When favourite
71.4%
n=7 · A/E 1.83 · £1 +5.80
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
8.9%+0.5
n=157 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −53.20
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.4%−3.0
n=56 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −19.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.4% 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.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
With horses switching code 19.4% vs 8.4% · n=31
Off a break of 180+ days 18.8% vs 8.4% · n=32
Off a 15-30-day break 2.3% vs 8.4% · n=43
On Good going 3.8% vs 8.4% · n=79
In Chase races 11% vs 8.4% · n=82
In Class 5 11.4% vs 8.4% · n=44
Descriptive splits ranked by divergence × sample — insight, not instruction. Every angle carries its N; nothing under 30 runs qualifies. Rows within 2pts of the baseline appear only when the market-relative read (Fair A/E) diverges, and show it.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Chase 82 9 11% −22.45
Hurdle 61 4 6.6% −37.75
NH Flat 23 1 4.3% −2.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 79 3 3.8% −50.00
Soft 37 4 10.8% −3.65
Good to Firm 23 3 13% −2.80
Good to Soft 20 2 10% −8.75
Heavy 6 2 33.3% +4.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cheltenham 23 3 13% +12.00
Worcester 23 2 8.7% −13.80
Stratford 12 0 0% −12.00
Towcester 11 1 9.1% −8.75
Ludlow 8 1 12.5% −4.75
Uttoxeter 7 1 14.3% +0.00
Leicester 6 0 0% −6.00
Fontwell 6 1 16.7% −3.90
Warwick 6 0 0% −6.00
Ffos Las 6 1 16.7% +15.00
Bangor-on-Dee 5 1 20% +4.00
Market Rasen 5 0 0% −5.00
Doncaster 5 0 0% −5.00
Newbury 4 0 0% −4.00
Chepstow 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 59 4 6.8% −31.75
Class 5 44 5 11.4% +3.25
Class 6 39 4 10.3% −24.70
Class 3 14 1 7.1% +1.00
Class 2 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 8 6 75% 2.08 +9.80
2nd–3rd fav 28 3 10.7% 0.64 −11.00
4th–6th fav 48 4 8.3% 1.15 +6.00
7th+ in betting 83 1 1.2% 0.43 −68.00
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
79.7% completed · 143 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 82 73.2% 4 0 18 0 0
Hurdle 61 88.5% 1 0 6 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
Sunny Ledgend (GB) 10 2 4 15 Apr 12
Bob 'n' You (IRE) 5 1 1 15 Feb 13
Fitz Volonte (GB) 5 0 0 30 May 12
Oranger (FR) 5 0 1 6 Jul 11
Dammam (GB) 4 1 3 1 May 13
Radetsky March (IRE) 4 2 2 16 Apr 13
Maxdelas (FR) 4 0 0 22 Feb 13
Mezarat (ITY) 4 0 0 5 Oct 11
Crack At Dawn (IRE) 4 1 2 16 Aug 11
Hi Wycombe (IRE) 4 0 1 28 Oct 10
Royal Crystalcadou (FR) 4 0 1 19 Nov 09
Poppy Parade (IRE) 4 0 1 6 Sep 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 91 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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 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
David Bridgwater 24 1 4.2% −17.00
Andrew J Martin 20 2 10% −8.75
Fergal O'Brien 16 4 25% +21.20
Nigel Twiston-Davies 14 1 7.1% −9.00
Michael Gates 11 1 9.1% −4.00
Hilary Parrott 10 2 20% +14.25
Martin Keighley 10 0 0% −10.00
Tom Lacey 9 1 11.1% −2.00
Roy Brotherton 7 0 0% −7.00
Giles Smyly 6 0 0% −6.00
Charlie Brooks 5 0 0% −5.00
Miss Sally Duckett 4 2 50% +1.10
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
14
Archived wins
£62,375
Prize money
2013
Best season · 4 wins
Dammam (GB) — Connolly's Red Mills Intermediate Point-To-Point Championship Final Hunters' Chase Cheltenham · May 2011 · Class 3
£4,372
Bradley (GB) — Connolly's Red Mills Intermediate Point-to-point Championship Final Hunters' Chase Cheltenham · May 2010 · Class 4
£4,372
Major Malarkey (IRE) — Betfair Amateur Riders' Finale Handicap Hurdle Perth · Apr 2008 · Class 4
£3,748
Notable horses
Sunny Ledgend (GB) Radetsky March (IRE) Bob 'n' You (IRE) Dammam (GB) Crack At Dawn (IRE) Trouble Digger (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Midnight Legend (GB) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,311 runs since 2008 (494 horses).
Bob Back (USA) 14.3% · 1–7
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,724 runs since 2008 (338 horses).
Anshan (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 9.6% of 4,216 runs since 2008 (387 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 520.
Presenting (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Antarctique (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 12.2% of 830 runs since 2008 (87 horses). Weakest on Good going: 8.7% from 127.
Flemensfirth (USA) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,288 runs since 2008 (1,595 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

latest 50 of 167 · newest first

The latest 50 of 167 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 7 March 2008 to 9 April 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
09 Apr 15 Aintree Shoreacres (IRE)T: Mrs Gillian Jones Crabbie's Fox Hunters' Chase (National Course)Class 2 · 21f · Good To Soft · 29 ran 10th 20/1
02 Apr 15 Ludlow Domtaline (FR)T: Mrs A Rucker Abberley Hall Old Pupils Association Open Hunters' Chase (For The Ludlow Gold Cup)Class 5 · 24f · Soft · 6 ran 5th 14/1
24 Mar 15 Southwell Maximus Maridius (GB)T: Tom Lacey Nottinghamshire Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7th 16/1
19 Mar 15 Chepstow Zuccotti Park (IRE)T: Tom Lacey Sika Liquid Plastics Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4th 14/1
13 Mar 15 Cheltenham Following Dreams (IRE)T: Alastair Ralph St. James's Place Foxhunter Chase Challenge CupClass 2 · 26.5f · Soft · 24 ran 2nd 50/1
28 Feb 15 Doncaster Tinos Tank (IRE)T: Hilary Parrott Betbright Festival Betting Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 33/1
23 Jan 15 Doncaster Tinos Tank (IRE)T: Hilary Parrott Sportinglife My Stable Maiden HurdleClass 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran F 80/1
09 Jan 15 Doncaster Cloudy Spirit (GB)T: Tom Lacey Betdaq Comm Free Football On Saturday's Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good · 11 ran 7th 18/1
21 Mar 14 Newbury Max Ward (IRE)T: Charlie Brooks Emma Lavelle Racing Maiden HurdleClass 3 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran 8th 50/1
09 Mar 14 Warwick Chiquilline (FR)T: Tom Lacey CGA Foxhunter Open Hunters' Chase (For The Air Wedding Challenge Trophy)Class 6 · 20.5f · Soft · 7 ran PU 9/4
03 Mar 14 Southwell Max Ward (IRE)T: Charlie Brooks We'll Double Your Deposit At totepool Casino 'National Hunt' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 50/1
25 Feb 14 Leicester Illicit Illusion (IRE)T: Tom Lacey CGA Foxhunter Maiden Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 22.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 4th 8/1
24 Feb 14 Plumpton Present To You (IRE)T: David Bridgwater Windsor Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase (For The Gay Kindersley Memorial Salver)Class 4 · 25.5f · Soft · 4 ran 2nd 8/11F
15 Feb 14 Haydock Chiquilline (FR)T: Tom Lacey Cga Foxhunter Trial Walrus Open Hunters' ChaseClass 3 · 24f · Heavy · 13 ran 4th 20/1
01 May 13 Cheltenham Dammam (GB)T: Fergal O'Brien Jockey Club 7.75% Racecourse Bond Hunters' ChaseClass 4 · 32.5f · Good · 19 ran 3rd 10/3
01 May 13 Cheltenham Trouble Digger (GB)T: Tom Lacey Hunt Staff Benefit Society Hunters' Chase (For The United Hunts Challenge Cup)Class 4 · 25.5f · Good · 8 ran PU 16/1
28 Apr 13 Wetherby Serious Mixture (GB)T: Hilary Parrott DM Keith Skoda & Seat Maiden HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 14 ran PU 16/1
16 Apr 13 Kempton Radetsky March (IRE)T: Miss Sally Duckett Undercover Roofing & Insulation Group Hunters' ChaseClass 5 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran PU 6/1
12 Apr 13 Chepstow Soeur Blanche (IRE)T: Roy Brotherton At The Races Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 5th 100/1
11 Apr 13 Fontwell Serious Mixture (GB)T: Hilary Parrott Weatherbys Hamilton Insurance Novices' Hurdle (Div 2)Class 4 · 19f · Soft · 11 ran 4th 4/1

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 S Drinkwater's strike rate?
Mr S Drinkwater has won 14 of 167 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.4% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Mr S Drinkwater's Fair A/E?
1.05, from 167 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).