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Jockey profile

Phil Kinsella

784 rides in the lifetime window · 354 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Feb 2011 100% of rides over jumps
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.
52–784
Wins / Runs
6.6%
Strike rate
n=784
176 (22%)
Placed
0.81
n=783 · 0.71 incl. margin
−335.26
£1 level stake
n=784 at SP · −42.8%
£534k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
13.3%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 200 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.81). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 15% (61 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 784 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Feb–Mar 35.6% when favourite Malcolm Jefferson: 10.2% from 244 First rides: 7.4% LTO winners: 14.8% Rode the favourite in 6% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Kelso (13.6%, n=59), Wetherby (12.8%, n=47) and Hexham (12.5%, n=56) — all clear of the rider's 6.6% baseline. It is weakest at Southwell (0% over 39 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 14.8% (n=61, Fair A/E 0.96), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 2.4% (n=247, Fair A/E 0.52). Malcolm Jefferson supplied 31% of the rides and edges the rider's average (10.2% vs 6.6%, A/E 0.91). One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the totepool Grand Sefton Handicap Chase at Aintree (Nov 2007, £43,841). The standout partner of the record was Brave Rebellion (GB) — 6 wins from 17 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Feb–Mar.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.6% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
7.4%+0.8
n=285 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −98.33
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
14.8%+8.2
n=61 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −32.17
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
5.1%−1.5
n=176 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −59.25
When favourite
35.6%
n=45 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −6.62
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
5.3%−1.3
n=19 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −14.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
2.4%−4.2
n=247 · A/E 0.52 · £1 −73.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
11.1%+4.5
n=9 · A/E 1.19 · £1 −4.67

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.6% 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
On last-time-out winners 14.8% vs 6.6% · n=61
With C&D winners 14.3% vs 6.6% · n=56
At Kelso 13.6% vs 6.6% · n=59
At Southwell 0% vs 6.6% · n=39
At Wetherby 12.8% vs 6.6% · n=47
At Hexham 12.5% vs 6.6% · n=56
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
Hurdle 427 19 4.4% −190.14
Chase 279 26 9.3% −103.74
NH Flat 77 7 9.1% −40.38
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 274 22 8% −114.44
Good to Soft 188 12 6.4% −39.67
Soft 139 7 5% −73.55
Good to Firm 122 6 4.9% −64.46
Heavy 60 5 8.3% −42.14
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Market Rasen 75 5 6.7% −54.65
Sedgefield 74 3 4.1% −27.00
Kelso 59 8 13.6% +4.05
Hexham 56 7 12.5% −8.14
Newcastle 53 4 7.5% −34.25
Doncaster 49 5 10.2% +0.33
Wetherby 47 6 12.8% +59.95
Southwell 39 0 0% −39.00
Carlisle 39 1 2.6% −36.25
Catterick 39 1 2.6% −33.00
Bangor-on-Dee 31 2 6.5% −16.00
Perth 29 3 10.3% +14.00
Uttoxeter 27 1 3.7% −25.50
Haydock 23 1 4.3% −20.75
Ayr 23 0 0% −23.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 393 26 6.6% −114.43
Class 5 148 4 2.7% −122.38
Class 3 112 10 8.9% −69.53
Class 6 50 4 8% −24.00
Class 2 42 5 11.9% +20.00
Class 1 39 3 7.7% −24.92

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 51 16 31.4% 1.01 −12.62
2nd–3rd fav 122 20 16.4% 1.02 −3.64
4th–6th fav 233 9 3.9% 0.52 −141.00
7th+ in betting 378 7 1.9% 0.63 −178.00
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
77.3% completed · 706 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 279 72.8% 14 9 51 1 1
Hurdle 427 80.3% 12 5 65 2 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
Mini Minster (GB) 12 1 5 19 Apr 10
Gidam Gidam (IRE) 12 1 4 17 Apr 10
Brooklyn Brownie (IRE) 11 2 4 22 Apr 10
Norminster (GB) 11 1 5 19 Apr 10
Pilca (FR) 11 1 2 28 Oct 09
Tot O'Whiskey (GB) 10 1 2 27 Mar 10
McMurrough (IRE) 9 2 5 11 Mar 10
The Panama Kid (IRE) 8 0 3 28 Apr 10
Insignia (IRE) 8 0 3 21 Apr 10
Justtheoneforyou (GB) 8 0 3 3 Apr 10
Calatagan (IRE) 8 0 3 19 Mar 10
Brave Rebellion (GB) 8 2 4 19 Jan 10
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 354 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 4 times. 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
JFMAMJJASOND
410858410021554
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
31% of all rides
10.2% SR · A/E 0.91
TrainerRWSR£1
Malcolm Jefferson 244 25 10.2% −91.92
Keith Reveley 75 6 8% −47.80
Henry Hogarth 65 3 4.6% −45.00
John Mackie 62 4 6.5% −27.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
125
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£1.03m
Prize money
2007
Best season · 36 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
Lampion Du Bost (FR) — totepool Grand Sefton Handicap Chase Aintree · Nov 2007 · Class 3
£43,841
Tazbar (IRE) — Rossington Main Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) Doncaster · Jan 2008 · Grade 2
£26,250
Brooklyn Brownie (IRE) — Getyourbetson at stanjames.com Festival Chase Perth · Apr 2010 · Class 2
£19,249

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Saddlers' Hall (IRE) 5.9% · 2–34
Progeny have won 7.7% of 4,861 runs since 2008 (460 horses).
Presenting (GB) 9.4% · 3–32
Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Minster Son (IRE) 6.7% · 2–30
Progeny have won 7.7% of 662 runs since 2008 (57 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.7% from 102.
Classic Cliche (IRE) 8.7% · 2–23
Progeny have won 8% of 2,328 runs since 2008 (231 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.1% from 244.
King's Best (USA) 5% · 1–20
Progeny have won 9.9% of 7,763 runs since 2008 (574 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.8% from 249.
Kayf Tara (GB) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,756 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
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 1,651 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,651 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 5 February 2005 to 8 February 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
06 Feb 11 Musselburgh Lawgiver (IRE)T: Marjorie Fife Racing Uk Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 19.5f · Soft · 13 ran 10th 40/1
25 Jan 11 Sedgefield Mycenean Prince (USA)T: Karen Tutty Collins Seafoods Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3rd 28/1

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 Phil Kinsella's strike rate?
Phil Kinsella has won 52 of 784 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.6% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Phil Kinsella do best at?
Kelso by strike rate: 8 wins from 59 rides (13.6%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most rides on the same basis, and only those with at least 30 — a small sample cannot top the list, and a rarely-visited course is not in the comparison.
Which yard does Phil Kinsella ride most for?
Malcolm Jefferson, with 244 rides since 2008 — 31% of the total. That pairing has won 25 (10.2%).
What is Phil Kinsella's Fair A/E?
0.81, from 783 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).