What is Sam Jones's strike rate?

Sam Jones has won 69 of 1,129 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.1% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Sam Jones do best at?

Leicester by strike rate: 4 wins from 34 rides (11.8%) 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 Sam Jones ride most for?

Oliver Sherwood, with 197 rides since 2008 — 17% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (7.6%).

What is Sam Jones's Fair A/E?

0.85, from 1,127 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

Sam Jones

1,129 rides in the lifetime window · 550 individual horses

As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Apr 2015 100% 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.

69–1,129

Wins / Runs

6.1%

Strike rate

n=1,129

223 (20%)

Placed

0.85

Fair A/E

n=1,127 · 0.73 incl. margin

−507.36

£1 level stake

n=1,129 at SP · −44.9%

£479k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

10%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 140 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 6% 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 18% (71 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,129 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fired Dec–Jan Fresh horses: 6.2% 22.5% when favourite Oliver Sherwood: 7.6% from 197 LTO winners: 18.3% Rode the favourite in 4% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Fakenham (20%, n=30), clear of the rider's 6.1% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 18.3% (n=71, Fair A/E 1.52). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 4% strike, Fair A/E 0.72 and −302.03 to a £1 stake over 495 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Oliver Sherwood supplied 17% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (7.6%, A/E 0.95). The rider also read well in Class 6 (12%, n=75). One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Betfair Handicap Hurdle at Ascot (Feb 2007, £50,104). Seasonally, the rider fired Dec–Jan.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.1% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

4%−2.1

n=495 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −302.03

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

18.3%+12.2

n=71 · A/E 1.52 · £1 +20.63

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

6.2%+0.1

n=289 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −48.54

When favourite

22.5%

n=40 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −11.77

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

5.4%−0.7

n=481 · A/E 0.73 · £1 −309.50

Big fields · 14+ runners

3.6%−2.5

n=302 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −142.62

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−6.1

n=16 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −16.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.1% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. 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 18.3% vs 6.1% · n=71

At Fakenham 20% vs 6.1% · n=30

With C&D winners 16.1% vs 6.1% · n=62

In Class 6 12% vs 6.1% · n=75

With first-time headgear 0% vs 6.1% · n=48

With Renee Robeson 10.5% vs 6.1% · n=172

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 647 34 5.3% −260.57

Chase 367 25 6.8% −183.74

NH Flat 114 10 8.8% −62.05

Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 464 25 5.4% −186.17

Good to Soft 227 15 6.6% −94.15

Soft 193 14 7.3% −86.50

Good to Firm 148 10 6.8% −87.04

Heavy 88 5 5.7% −44.50

Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00

Firm 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Fontwell 100 6 6% −56.00

Huntingdon 87 6 6.9% −52.05

Uttoxeter 69 7 10.1% +28.46

Towcester 59 5 8.5% −27.00

Stratford 50 2 4% −24.00

Wincanton 50 1 2% −45.50

Southwell 46 2 4.3% −35.00

Ludlow 44 3 6.8% +25.50

Worcester 41 1 2.4% −37.75

Market Rasen 41 4 9.8% −13.00

Hereford 40 3 7.5% −8.00

Plumpton 38 3 7.9% −11.50

Chepstow 37 1 2.7% −33.50

Leicester 34 4 11.8% −10.62

Taunton 31 3 9.7% +1.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 554 29 5.2% −323.86

Class 5 272 20 7.4% −35.50

Class 3 169 9 5.3% −78.45

Class 6 75 9 12% −29.55

Class 1 30 0 0% −30.00

Class 2 29 2 6.9% −10.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 53 13 24.5% 0.97 −7.77

2nd–3rd fav 172 30 17.4% 1.18 +4.41

4th–6th fav 350 18 5.1% 0.69 −158.00

7th+ in betting 554 8 1.4% 0.50 −346.00

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

76.3% completed · 1,014 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 367 69.5% 20 14 77 0 1

Hurdle 647 80.2% 21 5 101 1 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

Kikos (FR) 32 4 15 21 Oct 12

College Ace (IRE) 11 3 4 14 May 10

Genny Wren (GB) 10 0 4 2 Jan 14

Changing The Guard (GB) 10 1 4 24 Jul 12

Silver Wren (GB) 9 0 4 27 Feb 14

Lady Sinatra (GB) 9 0 1 29 May 13

Fulgora (GB) 9 3 4 25 Jan 13

Von Galen (IRE) 9 1 2 5 Oct 11

Important Business (IRE) 9 0 4 25 Jun 10

Willow Wren (GB) 8 0 2 28 Mar 13

Rash Moment (FR) 8 0 1 7 Mar 12

Salut Honore (FR) 8 0 1 19 Jan 12

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 550 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

757944733459

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

Main yardOliver Sherwood

17% of all rides
7.6% SR · A/E 0.95

TrainerRWSR£1

Oliver Sherwood 197 15 7.6% −90.13

Renee Robeson 172 18 10.5% +24.13

Brendan Powell 120 8 6.7% −52.17

Dr Richard Newland 59 1 1.7% −53.50

Paul Webber 56 4 7.1% −15.50

Michael Scudamore 53 1 1.9% −41.00

Jo Davis 35 3 8.6% +8.00

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

108

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£950k

Prize money

2008

Best season · 21 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.

Overstrand (IRE) — Betfair Handicap Hurdle Ascot · Feb 2007 · Class 2

£50,104

Burntoakboy (GB) — Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Cheltenham · Mar 2007 · Class 1

£45,616

Overstrand (IRE) — William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Sandown · Dec 2006 · Listed

£28,510

Notable horses

Kikos (FR) Rash Moment (FR) College Ace (IRE) Sunley Shines (GB) Fulgora (GB) Justazippy (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Kayf Tara (GB) 9.6% · 5–52

Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,744 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

Alflora (IRE) 0% · 0–37

Progeny have won 9.8% of 5,312 runs since 2008 (535 horses).

Nikos (GB) 11.4% · 4–35

Progeny have won 12.9% of 628 runs since 2008 (57 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 17.7% from 130. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.8% from 147.

Generous (IRE) 7.4% · 2–27

Progeny have won 10.7% of 3,332 runs since 2008 (251 horses).

Presenting (GB) 5.6% · 1–18

Progeny have won 11% of 20,050 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.

Oscar (IRE) 5.9% · 1–17

Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.

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 29 Oct 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 1,583 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,583 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 22 July 2005 to 30 April 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

30 Apr 15 Towcester Kayla (GB)T: Stuart Edmunds Bet toteswinger Mares' Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 1st 9/2

30 Apr 15 Towcester Fort Gabriel (FR)T: Fiona Kehoe Bet Totejackpot Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 5 ran F 16/1

17 Apr 15 Fontwell Georgies Pip (GB)T: Brendan Powell Jan Gilbert 37th?? Birthday Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 13.5f · Good · 12 ran 11th 33/1

12 Apr 15 Market Rasen Waterford Star (IRE)T: Fiona Kehoe Jh Walter Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Good · 13 ran 12th 20/1

06 Apr 15 Fakenham Kayla (GB)T: Stuart Edmunds Tour Of Britain 12th Sept At Fakenham Mares' Maiden Open NH Flat RaceClass 4 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 4th 20/1

06 Apr 15 Fakenham Ereyna (GB)T: Stuart Edmunds Fakenham Ladies Raceday 31st May Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 23.5f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 16/1

26 Mar 15 Newbury Heroes Or Ghosts (IRE)T: Jo Davis Visit Sri Lanka Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 5th 16/1

23 Mar 15 Towcester Reyno (GB)T: Stuart Edmunds Play Tipzone On gg.com Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 12th 13/2

21 Mar 15 Stratford Hazzaat (IRE)T: Neil King Get Value On Course At Stratford Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 22f · Good · 10 ran 5th 12/1

11 Mar 15 Huntingdon John Biscuit (IRE)T: Jo Davis Cheltenham Price Boosts At 32RedSport.com Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 11 ran 10th 100/1

09 Mar 15 Taunton Vering (FR)T: Polly Gundry Bell Inn At Watchet Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran PU 10/1

09 Mar 15 Taunton Kavestorm (GB)T: Polly Gundry Evergreen Landscaping And Tree Surgery Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 7th 33/1

09 Mar 15 Taunton Crazy Jane (IRE)T: Tom Gretton Red Berry Recruitment Ltd Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7th 50/1

05 Mar 15 Carlisle Primo Rossi (GB)T: Tom Gretton Horse Racing Loyalty Bonus At winner.co.uk 'National Hunt' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 9 ran 6th 100/1

05 Mar 15 Carlisle Thats Ben (IRE)T: Tom Gretton Bet And Watch At winner.co.uk Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 21f · Soft · 13 ran PU 33/1

22 Feb 15 Southwell Bonelli's Warbler (GB)T: Stuart Edmunds Follow Southwell-Races On Twitter 'Newcomers' Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 5 · 15.5f · Soft · 10 ran 9th 40/1

21 Feb 15 Kempton Mister Green (FR)T: David Flood Sky Bet Dovecote Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2)Class 1 · 16f · Soft · 4 ran 4th 150/1

18 Feb 15 Doncaster Sir Luke Arno (GB)T: Christopher Kellett BetBright Casino Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 12th 250/1

15 Feb 15 Ffos Las Appletree Lane (GB)T: Tom Gretton Ashburnham Maiden Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 5th 25/1

14 Feb 15 Wincanton Memphis Magic (GER)T: Brendan Powell Bathwick Tyres Salisbury Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 12 ran 4th 33/1

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 Jones's strike rate?: Sam Jones has won 69 of 1,129 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.1% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Sam Jones do best at?: Leicester by strike rate: 4 wins from 34 rides (11.8%) 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 Sam Jones ride most for?: Oliver Sherwood, with 197 rides since 2008 — 17% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (7.6%).
What is Sam Jones's Fair A/E?: 0.85, from 1,127 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.