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Jockey profile

Sam Hitchcott

331 rides in the last 5 seasons · 228 individual horses
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 138 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
19–331
Wins / Runs
5.7%
Strike rate
n=331
75 (23%)
Placed
0.78
Fair A/E
n=330 · 0.68 incl. margin
−127.73
£1 level stake
n=331 at SP · −38.6%
£330k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
4.8%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 70 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 6% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.78). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 8% off breaks of two months or more (38 runs). Rides mostly for Richard Hannon — 76% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 331 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Aug Fresh horses: 7.9% Richard Hannon: 6% from 252
The read

The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 4.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.69 and −84.10 to a £1 stake over 221 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Richard Hannon supplies 76% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (6%, A/E 0.75). The rider also reads well in Class 6 (10.3%, n=68) and over 1m – 1m1f (9.4%, n=64). The record reads poorly in Class 2 — 0% over 43 rides, 5.7pts below the baseline. 3 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the 300,000 Tattersalls Millions 2yo Fillies' Trophy at Newmarket (Oct 2011, £162,330). The standout partner of the record: Sherjawy (IRE) — 5 wins from 40 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Jul–Aug.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4.5%−1.2
n=221 · A/E 0.69 · £1 −84.10
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
9.1%+3.4
n=22 · A/E 0.73 · £1 −4.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
7.9%+2.2
n=38 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −22.13
When favourite
37.5%
n=8 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −0.73
Big fields · 14+ runners
7.1%+1.4
n=28 · A/E 1.85 · £1 −10.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−5.7
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.7% 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
In Class 2 0% vs 5.7% · n=43
In Class 6 10.3% vs 5.7% · n=68
Over 1m – 1m1f 9.4% vs 5.7% · n=64
At trips under 6f 9.3% vs 5.7% · n=43
In Class 4 8.2% vs 5.7% · n=85
With debutants 2.9% vs 5.7% · n=35
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
Standard (AW) 95 4 4.2% −45.00
Good to Firm 86 6 7% −49.60
Good 86 5 5.8% −62.38
Good to Soft 28 1 3.6% −15.00
Soft 21 0 0% −21.00
Heavy 11 3 27.3% +69.25
Firm 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 27 2 7.4% +5.50
Newbury 27 0 0% −27.00
Kempton (AW) 26 2 7.7% −8.50
Windsor 23 0 0% −23.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 19 0 0% −19.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 18 0 0% −18.00
Chepstow 17 2 11.8% +6.00
Bath 17 0 0% −17.00
Salisbury 16 1 6.3% −10.00
Goodwood 16 2 12.5% +55.50
Lingfield 13 0 0% −13.00
Brighton 12 1 8.3% −8.25
Haydock 12 0 0% −12.00
Nottingham 12 2 16.7% +2.62
Newmarket 11 1 9.1% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 106 4 3.8% −78.13
Class 4 85 7 8.2% +18.90
Class 6 68 7 10.3% −1.50
Class 2 43 0 0% −43.00
Class 3 26 1 3.8% −21.00
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 11 3 27.3% 0.89 −3.73
2nd–3rd fav 47 6 12.8% 0.74 −18.00
4th–6th fav 126 9 7.1% 1.06 −26.00
7th+ in betting 147 1 0.7% 0.24 −80.00
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
Ciao Adios (IRE) 6 1 1 24 Jun 23
Ladypacksapunch (GB) 5 0 1 25 Jun 25
God Of Thunder (IRE) 5 0 1 5 Sep 24
Signcastle City (IRE) 4 1 4 24 May 25
Mr Baloo (IRE) 4 0 0 13 Sep 24
Talis Evolvere (IRE) 4 0 1 7 Sep 24
Ardara Rose (IRE) 4 0 0 10 Aug 24
Aramram (IRE) 4 1 1 17 Jun 24
Qandil (IRE) 4 0 2 25 Jul 23
King's Code (GB) 4 0 0 19 Jun 23
Barrister (GB) 3 0 0 11 Jun 26
Pierpoint (IRE) 3 0 0 11 Jun 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 228 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
···0727777··
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 yardRichard Hannon
76% of all rides
6% SR · A/E 0.75
TrainerRWSR£1
Richard Hannon 252 15 6% −154.98
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
250
Archived wins
3
Pattern / graded wins
£2.52m
Prize money
2010
Best season · 31 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.
Samitar (GB) — 300,000 Tattersalls Millions 2yo Fillies' Trophy Newmarket · Oct 2011 · Class 2
£162,330
Missoula (IRE) — Ascot Stakes (Handicap) Ascot · Jun 2008 · Class 2
£37,386
Mister Hughie (IRE) — totesport.com Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes (Listed) Beverley · Aug 2010 · Listed
£23,704
Notable horses
Sherjawy (IRE) Gottany O's (GB) Arnold Lane (IRE) Seebeedee (GB) Latif (USA) Saxon Lil (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kodiac (GB) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,593 runs since 2010 (1,666 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.
Churchill (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 11% of 4,837 runs since 2021 (462 horses).
Blue Point (IRE) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 14% of 3,440 runs since 2023 (418 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 10.4% from 211.
Dark Angel (IRE) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,928 runs since 2011 (1,595 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Havana Grey (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 13.2% of 4,592 runs since 2022 (419 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 16.2% from 105. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 421.
Acclamation (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 10% of 19,709 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.
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 4 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 4,182 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,182 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 19 June 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
19 Jun 26 Newmarket Angel Hunter (GB)T: Richard Hannon Zyn Frontrunner Finish HandicapClass 3 · 8f · Good · 13 ran 6th 28/1
11 Jun 26 Newbury Barrister (GB)T: Richard Hannon White Horse International Handicap (GBBPlus Race)Class 4 · 12f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3rd 7/1
11 Jun 26 Newbury Pierpoint (IRE)T: Richard Hannon HMC Horse Boxes EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 4 · 9f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 10th 50/1
09 Jun 26 Salisbury Unico (GB)T: Chris Gordon Remembering Jane Samuels HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Soft · 10 ran 9th 25/1
07 Jun 26 Goodwood Dannick (GB)T: Gary & Josh Moore Elston Support Your Local Air Ambulance HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Soft · 8 ran 8th 11/2
06 Jun 26 Lingfield My Mate Mackley (GB)T: Adam Kirby Free Race Replays On attheraces.com HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Soft · 3 ran 3rd 6/4F
27 May 26 Kempton (AW) Tamashal (IRE)T: Richard Hannon Unibet Supports Safer Gambling HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran 11th 14/1
27 May 26 Kempton (AW) Barrister (GB)T: Richard Hannon Unibet Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race)Class 3 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 4th 25/1
25 May 26 Windsor Angry Ant (USA)T: Adam Kirby Happy Birthday Sveta HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 10th 28/1
21 May 26 Chepstow My Mate Mackley (GB)T: Adam Kirby Guaranteed Odds At David Lucas Bookmakers HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 1st 12/1
16 May 26 Newbury Pearl River (GB)T: Richard Hannon Trade Nation London Gold Cup Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBB Race)Class 2 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 8th 50/1
09 May 26 Leicester Galba (GB)T: Richard Hannon British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 3 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3rd 28/1
09 May 26 Leicester Postcard (GB)T: Adam Kirby British EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 6th 80/1
08 May 26 Ascot Pierpoint (IRE)T: Richard Hannon Palmer & Co. Champagne Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race)Class 2 · 10f · Good · 7 ran 4th 40/1
02 May 26 Goodwood Rory Rocket (GB)T: Gary & Josh Moore Highclere Castle Gin HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Good · 9 ran 6th 11/1
01 May 26 Goodwood Rollthedicebaby (IRE)T: Richard Hannon Racing To School Celebrating 25 Years EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 2 · 5f · Good · 6 ran 2nd 12/1
27 Apr 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Funlover (GB)T: Richard Hannon Get Raceday Ready Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 18/1
25 Apr 26 Leicester Postcard (GB)T: Adam Kirby Juddmonte EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)Class 2 · 5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9th 33/1
18 Apr 26 Newbury Boyfriend (GB)T: Richard Hannon Win Unique Experiences At OLBG Prizes Spring Cup Handicap (Str)Class 2 · 8f · Good · 24 ran 8th 25/1
17 Apr 26 Newbury Barrister (GB)T: Richard Hannon Darley EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race)Class 2 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 7th 80/1

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 Sam Hitchcott's strike rate?
Sam Hitchcott has won 19 of 331 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 5.7% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which yard does Sam Hitchcott ride most for?
Richard Hannon, with 252 rides since 2022 — 76% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (6%).
What is Sam Hitchcott's Fair A/E?
0.78, from 330 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 4 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).