What is Richard Hills's strike rate?

Richard Hills has won 279 of 1,623 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 17.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Richard Hills do best at?

Leicester by strike rate: 14 wins from 55 rides (25.5%) 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 Richard Hills ride most for?

John Dunlop, with 212 rides since 2008 — 13% of the total. That pairing has won 31 (14.6%).

What is Richard Hills's Fair A/E?

1.00, from 1,618 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.

Jockey profile

Richard Hills

1,623 rides in the lifetime window · 667 individual horses

As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Nov 2011 100% of rides on the flat

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.

279–1,623

Wins / Runs

17.2%

Strike rate

n=1,623

683 (42%)

Placed

1.00

Fair A/E

n=1,618 · 0.86 incl. margin

−284.94

£1 level stake

n=1,623 at SP · −17.6%

£7.22m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

15.2%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 410 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 17% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.00). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 22% (301 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,623 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 19.2% 36.6% when favourite John Dunlop: 14.6% from 212 LTO winners: 21.9% Rode the favourite in 22% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Leicester (25.5%, n=55), clear of the rider's 17.2% baseline. It is weakest at Goodwood (9.2% over 76 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 21.9% (n=301, Fair A/E 1.20), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 10.8% (n=444, Fair A/E 1.00). John Dunlop supplied 13% of the rides and sits below the rider's average (14.6% vs 17.2%, A/E 0.98) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also read well in Class 5 (24.1%, n=345). 78 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Stanjames.com 1000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket (May 2009, £227,080). The standout partner of the record was Laaheb (GB) — 7 wins from 16 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 17.2% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

14.8%−2.4

n=593 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −104.02

Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win

21.9%+4.7

n=301 · A/E 1.20 · £1 +12.62

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

19.2%+2.0

n=313 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −50.67

When favourite

36.6%

n=361 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −40.19

Big fields · 14+ runners

10.8%−6.4

n=444 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −118.12

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

12.4%−4.8

n=338 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −41.58

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 17.2% 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 Roger Varian 30.6% vs 17.2% · n=36

In Class 5 24.1% vs 17.2% · n=345

With William Haggas 25.2% vs 17.2% · n=151

With J W Hills 6.5% vs 17.2% · n=31

At Goodwood 9.2% vs 17.2% · n=76

At Leicester 25.5% vs 17.2% · n=55

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

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good to Firm 562 113 20.1% +13.77

Good 525 85 16.2% −159.99

Standard (AW) 208 38 18.3% −54.13

Good to Soft 198 23 11.6% −88.96

Soft 109 13 11.9% −24.96

Heavy 11 4 36.4% +15.58

Firm 10 3 30% +13.75

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Newmarket 191 27 14.1% −1.59

Newmarket 169 26 15.4% −31.21

Newbury 158 20 12.7% −55.22

Ascot 150 25 16.7% +40.00

Kempton (AW) 124 20 16.1% −32.66

Sandown 100 13 13% −42.65

Doncaster 86 11 12.8% −46.25

Yarmouth 81 16 19.8% −30.67

Goodwood 76 7 9.2% −27.84

York 68 11 16.2% +3.38

Leicester 55 14 25.5% −10.84

Lingfield (AW) 55 11 20% −9.64

Nottingham 45 8 17.8% −9.75

Salisbury 33 5 15.2% −12.72

Chester 29 7 24.1% +3.38

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 454 81 17.8% −75.70

Class 5 345 83 24.1% −74.57

Class 1 339 42 12.4% −42.58

Class 2 280 40 14.3% −40.92

Class 3 167 28 16.8% −26.68

Class 6 38 5 13.2% −24.49

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 419 147 35.1% 1.05 −38.28

2nd–3rd fav 557 91 16.3% 0.95 −114.16

4th–6th fav 393 29 7.4% 0.88 −115.50

7th+ in betting 254 12 4.7% 1.15 −17.00

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

Tastahil (IRE) 17 1 9 9 Sep 11

Laaheb (GB) 16 7 10 30 Nov 11

Akmal (GB) 16 5 8 26 May 11

Ouqba (GB) 16 3 7 11 Sep 10

Tazeez (USA) 11 5 9 1 Jul 11

Maqaasid (GB) 10 2 6 8 Oct 11

Fareer (GB) 10 3 5 26 Jul 11

Almiqdaad (GB) 10 2 2 18 Sep 10

Musharakaat (IRE) 9 1 1 11 Oct 11

Markazzi (GB) 9 1 3 24 Sep 11

Sharaayeen (GB) 9 1 3 8 Sep 11

Elzaam (AUS) 9 2 4 3 Sep 11

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 667 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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

··20142216161520178100

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

Main yardJohn Dunlop

13% of all rides
14.6% SR · A/E 0.98

TrainerRWSR£1

John Dunlop 212 31 14.6% −70.73

B W Hills 196 27 13.8% −43.72

Marcus Tregoning 177 31 17.5% −45.27

Ed Dunlop 167 26 15.6% −31.30

Mark Johnston 161 26 16.1% −23.05

William Haggas 151 38 25.2% +5.07

John Gosden 134 27 20.1% +32.08

Michael Jarvis 131 30 22.9% −27.42

Sir Michael Stoute 102 17 16.7% −39.42

Roger Varian 36 11 30.6% +4.52

Brian Meehan 33 3 9.1% −18.30

J W Hills 31 2 6.5% −20.50

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

478

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£11.5m

Prize money

2009

Best season · 100 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.

Ghanaati (USA) — Stanjames.com 1000 Guineas Stakes (Fillies Group 1) Newmarket · May 2009 · Group 1

£227,080

Eswarah (GB) — Vodafone Oaks (Group 1 Fillies) Epsom Downs · Jun 2005 · Group 1

£222,488

Aqlaam (GB) — Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Longchamp (FR) · Sep 2009 · Group 1

£221,903

Notable horses

Laaheb (GB) Maraahel (IRE) Akmal (GB) Tazeez (USA) Zaham (USA) Wasan (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Green Desert (USA) 15.8% · 12–76

Progeny have won 11% of 3,324 runs since 2008 (251 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.

Nayef (USA) 17.9% · 12–67

Progeny have won 10% of 5,636 runs since 2008 (518 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6% from 216.

Red Ransom (USA) 13.8% · 9–65

Progeny have won 9.7% of 3,290 runs since 2008 (303 horses). Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13% from 687.

Haafhd (GB) 22.4% · 13–58

Progeny have won 10.9% of 4,752 runs since 2008 (305 horses).

Alhaarth (IRE) 22.8% · 13–57

Progeny have won 9.7% of 4,158 runs since 2008 (308 horses).

Singspiel (IRE) 20.4% · 10–49

Progeny have won 12% of 4,376 runs since 2008 (378 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.5% from 118.

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 2,955 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,955 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 26 February 2005 to 30 November 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

30 Nov 11 Kempton (AW) Laaheb (GB)T: Roger Varian Back Or Lay At betdaq.com Wild Flower Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 12f · Standard · 6 ran 4th 11/4

05 Nov 11 Doncaster Burj Nahar (GB)T: Saeed bin Suroor Betfred November HandicapClass 2 · 12f · Soft · 23 ran 18th 25/1

05 Nov 11 Doncaster Tameen (GB)T: John Dunlop Betfred Goals Galore E.B.F. 'Sir Percy' Gillies Fillies' Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 10f · Soft · 17 ran 4th 16/1

02 Nov 11 Kempton (AW) Wiqaaya (IRE)T: Ed Dunlop TFM Networks HandicapClass 4 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 12/1

02 Nov 11 Kempton (AW) Laaheb (GB)T: Roger Varian Betdaq Mobile Apps Floodlit Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 12f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 15/8

01 Nov 11 Kempton (AW) Abhaath (USA)T: Saeed bin Suroor 32Red Casino NurseryClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 3rd 5/1

29 Oct 11 Newmarket Dangerous Midge (USA)T: Brian Meehan James Seymour Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 10f · Good · 7 ran 7th 10/1

29 Oct 11 Newmarket Heyaaraat (IRE)T: Charles Hills E.B.F. 'Makfi' Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 2)Class 4 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 10th 8/1

29 Oct 11 Newmarket Balady (IRE)T: John Dunlop E.B.F. 'Makfi' Maiden Fillies' Stakes (Div 1)Class 4 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 4th 9/4

28 Oct 11 Newmarket Hawaafez (GB)T: Marcus Tregoning E.B.F. 'Archipenko' Fillies' HandicapClass 3 · 12f · Good · 11 ran 1st 7/2F

28 Oct 11 Newmarket Moodhill (GB)T: Charles Hills Christine Kilker Memorial E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 2)Class 4 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 2nd 9/2

28 Oct 11 Newmarket Qannaas (USA)T: Charles Hills Christine Kilker Memorial E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 1)Class 4 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 2nd 11/4

27 Oct 11 Lingfield (AW) Mokbil (IRE)T: Roger Varian British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing E.B.F. Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 11/2

26 Oct 11 Nottingham Shuhra (IRE)T: William Haggas Roseland Group Ltd Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 2nd 4/1

25 Oct 11 Yarmouth Moshaagib (USA)T: John Gosden British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 2)Class 5 · 8f · Soft · 14 ran 2nd 11/2

25 Oct 11 Yarmouth Qaadira (USA)T: John Gosden British Stallion Studs E.B.F. Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 3rd 5/1

24 Oct 11 Leicester Fanoos (GB)T: John Gosden Hoby Median Auction Maiden Fillies' StakesClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 2nd 6/4F

24 Oct 11 Leicester Bakoura (GB)T: John Dunlop SIS Live Handicap (Div 2) (Rnd)Class 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 3rd 9/2

22 Oct 11 Newbury Nawwaar (USA)T: John Dunlop Worthington's Highfield Social Club Stakes (Registered As The Horris Hill Stakes) (Group 3) (Str)Class 1 · 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 8th 8/1

21 Oct 11 Newbury Jiwen (CAN)T: Roger Varian Play Rainbow Riches At bluesq.com Fillies' HandicapClass 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 1st 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 Richard Hills's strike rate?: Richard Hills has won 279 of 1,623 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 17.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Richard Hills do best at?: Leicester by strike rate: 14 wins from 55 rides (25.5%) 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 Richard Hills ride most for?: John Dunlop, with 212 rides since 2008 — 13% of the total. That pairing has won 31 (14.6%).
What is Richard Hills's Fair A/E?: 1.00, from 1,618 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.