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Jockey profile

S J Hassett

930 rides in the lifetime window · 415 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Dec 2016 96% 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.
44–930
Wins / Runs
4.7%
Strike rate
n=930
151 (16%)
Placed
0.85
n=930 · 0.64 incl. margin
−389.01
£1 level stake
n=930 at SP · −41.8%
£672k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 100 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.85). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 15% (46 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 930 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Oct–Nov Fresh horses: 6.1% 37.5% when favourite Adrian Maguire: 12.8% from 149 LTO winners: 15.2% Claiming: 5.1% Rode the favourite in 3% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Downpatrick (13.3%, n=30) and Thurles (10%, n=40) — all clear of the rider's 4.7% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 15.2% (n=46, Fair A/E 1.34). Horses returning fresh after 61+ days are the standout value angle: 6.1% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.40 and +8.00 to a £1 stake over 198 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 2.4% strike, Fair A/E 0.57 and −208.25 to a £1 stake over 377 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Adrian Maguire supplied 16% of the rides and beats the rider's average (12.8% vs 4.7%, A/E 1.52) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well off a 0-7-day break (10.7%, n=75) and off a 61-180-day break (9.4%, n=106). 3 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Ladbrokes.com Munster National Handicap Chase at Limerick (Oct 2010, £55,800). Seasonally, the rider fired Oct–Nov.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
2.4%−2.3
n=377 · A/E 0.57 · £1 −208.25
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
15.2%+10.5
n=46 · A/E 1.34 · £1 −10.62
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
6.1%+1.4
n=198 · A/E 1.40 · £1 +8.00
When favourite
37.5%
n=32 · A/E 1.67 · £1 +7.11
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
5.1%+0.4
n=826 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −311.01
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.1%−0.6
n=660 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −267.37
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
3.1%−1.6
n=65 · A/E 0.48 · £1 −41.12

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.7% 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 Adrian Maguire 12.8% vs 4.7% · n=149
On last-time-out winners 15.2% vs 4.7% · n=46
At Downpatrick 13.3% vs 4.7% · n=30
Off a 0-7-day break 10.7% vs 4.7% · n=75
Off a 61-180-day break 9.4% vs 4.7% · n=106
At Thurles 10% vs 4.7% · n=40
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 578 25 4.3% −195.97
Chase 311 19 6.1% −152.04
Flat 41 0 0% −41.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 310 15 4.8% −121.74
Good 206 9 4.4% −45.85
Heavy 202 11 5.4% −73.25
Good to Firm 108 6 5.6% −56.42
Good to Soft 61 0 0% −61.00
Firm 28 3 10.7% −15.75
Standard (AW) 15 0 0% −15.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 79 3 3.8% −56.60
Limerick 64 6 9.4% +25.38
Punchestown 63 1 1.6% −54.00
Clonmel 58 2 3.4% −36.67
Tramore 48 1 2.1% −37.00
Fairyhouse 46 1 2.2% −39.00
Kilbeggan 43 2 4.7% −37.75
Thurles 40 4 10% +2.00
Naas 40 3 7.5% +19.50
Down Royal 40 2 5% −26.00
Ballinrobe 37 3 8.1% +8.50
Gowran Park 36 1 2.8% −28.00
Tipperary 35 1 2.9% −14.00
Navan 35 0 0% −35.00
Killarney 35 2 5.7% −17.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 66 2 3% −42.12
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 3 1 33.3% −0.25
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 36 12 33.3% 1.48 +3.11
2nd–3rd fav 102 11 10.8% 0.87 −31.62
4th–6th fav 184 7 3.8% 0.59 −110.50
7th+ in betting 608 14 2.3% 0.74 −250.00
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
81.7% completed · 889 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 311 74% 16 11 52 1 1
Hurdle 578 85.8% 9 6 64 3 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
Nurse Ryan (IRE) 28 2 6 3 Sep 14
Let Yourself Go (IRE) 21 4 6 6 Jun 13
Do Be Doin' (IRE) 20 1 2 20 Oct 16
Master Speaker (IRE) 14 0 3 17 Oct 15
Bills Official (IRE) 13 1 3 6 Oct 16
Golden Kite (IRE) 13 4 5 9 Oct 11
Chestnut Friar (IRE) 12 0 0 1 May 14
Whats Up Gorden (IRE) 10 2 5 10 Apr 11
Coolnaharan (IRE) 9 1 3 6 Aug 09
What About Harry (IRE) 8 0 0 23 Sep 14
Too Straight (IRE) 8 0 0 20 Apr 14
Mr Warbucks (IRE) 8 1 3 27 Feb 11
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 415 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
25435120631060
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
16% of all rides
12.8% SR · A/E 1.52
TrainerRWSR£1
Adrian Maguire 149 19 12.8% +6.09
Martin Hassett 111 5 4.5% −18.50
F Flood 101 3 3% −85.50
Sabrina J Harty 73 3 4.1% +4.00
E J O'Grady 44 1 2.3% −23.00
Philip Fenton 43 3 7% −23.10
John C McConnell 38 3 7.9% −12.75
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
58
Archived wins
3
Pattern / graded wins
£937k
Prize money
2009
Best season · 16 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.
Golden Kite (IRE) — Ladbrokes.com Munster National Handicap Chase (Grade A) Limerick · Oct 2010 · Grade A
£55,800
Time To Sell (IRE) — Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase (0-140) Limerick · Dec 2007 · Grade C
£29,295
Smile Later (IRE) — Smirnoff Handicap Chase Galway (IRE) · Sep 2007
£24,087

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Anshan (GB) 11.9% · 5–42
Progeny have won 9.6% of 4,216 runs since 2008 (387 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 520.
Beneficial (GB) 2.8% · 1–36
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Distant Music (USA) 7.1% · 2–28
Progeny have won 8.1% of 1,086 runs since 2008 (79 horses).
Dr Massini (IRE) 7.1% · 2–28
Progeny have won 10.6% of 4,942 runs since 2008 (406 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14% from 421.
Zaffaran (USA) 16.7% · 4–24
Progeny have won 8.6% of 1,087 runs since 2008 (140 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.4% from 209. Weakest on Good to Soft going: 4% from 174. Weakest beyond 3m (all codes): 5.2% from 155.
Bob Back (USA) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,724 runs since 2008 (338 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 1,315 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,315 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 27 January 2005 to 26 December 2016.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Sep 16 Sedgefield Shamat (IRE)T: M J Tynan Bet365.com Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good · 9 ran 5th 6/1

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 S J Hassett's strike rate?
S J Hassett has won 44 of 930 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.7% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does S J Hassett do best at?
Thurles by strike rate: 4 wins from 40 rides (10%) 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 S J Hassett ride most for?
Adrian Maguire, with 149 rides since 2008 — 16% of the total. That pairing has won 19 (12.8%).
What is S J Hassett's Fair A/E?
0.85, from 930 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).