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Jockey profile

Sean Palmer

79 rides in the lifetime window · 38 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Feb 2019 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.
5–79
Wins / Runs
6.3%
Strike rate
n=79
21 (27%)
Placed
0.93
Fair A/E
n=78 · 0.78 incl. margin
−45.25
£1 level stake
n=79 at SP · −57.3%
£21,274
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Claiming: 6.6%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
5.3%−1.0
n=38 · A/E 1.32 · £1 −22.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−6.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−6.3
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
When favourite
25%
n=4 · A/E 0.98 · £1 +0.50
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
6.6%+0.3
n=76 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −42.25
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−6.3
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.3% 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
Off a 8-14-day break 3.2% vs 6.3% · n=31
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) 50 4 8% −21.25
Good to Firm 14 1 7.1% −9.00
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 24 4 16.7% +4.75
Southwell (AW) 17 0 0% −17.00
Brighton 5 0 0% −5.00
Kempton (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Salisbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Ripon 2 0 0% −2.00
Bath 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Folkestone 2 1 50% +3.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 54 4 7.4% −30.25
Class 5 21 1 4.8% −11.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 7 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 1 25% 0.98 +0.50
2nd–3rd fav 13 2 15.4% 0.97 −4.75
4th–6th fav 13 2 15.4% 2.67 +8.00
7th+ in betting 49 0 0% 0.00 −49.00
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
Yossi (IRE) 10 0 4 16 Jan 11
Monte Major (IRE) 6 2 6 10 Mar 10
Muktasb (USA) 5 0 2 7 May 10
Stark Contrast (USA) 4 0 1 14 May 09
Ridgeway Jazz (GB) 4 2 3 27 Mar 09
Pajada (GB) 4 0 1 10 Feb 09
Our Kally (GB) 4 0 0 20 Dec 08
Kneesy Earsy Nosey (GB) 3 0 0 22 Aug 09
Crystallize (GB) 2 1 1 12 May 11
Jack's Rocket (GB) 2 0 0 15 Feb 11
Dickie Le Davoir (GB) 2 0 0 4 Dec 10
Crocodile Bay (IRE) 2 0 1 26 Aug 10
All 38 horses ridden in this window. 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
013252000000000
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
TrainerRWSR£1
Mark Usher 25 2 8% −4.00
Richard Guest 16 0 0% −16.00
Derek Shaw 15 2 13.3% −7.25
Neil Mulholland 4 0 0% −4.00
Andrew Haynes 3 1 33.3% +2.00
Ann Stokell 3 0 0% −3.00
Alan Berry 2 0 0% −2.00
Trevor Wall 2 0 0% −2.00
David Thompson 1 0 0% −1.00
Frank Sheridan 1 0 0% −1.00
David Bourton 1 0 0% −1.00
Milton Bradley 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
5
Archived wins
£21,274
Prize money
2010
Best season · 2 wins
Ridgeway Jazz (GB) — Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Fillies' Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Mar 2009 · Class 5
£2,730
Ridgeway Jazz (GB) — Betdaq Betting Exchange Apprentice Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Feb 2009 · Class 6
£2,388
Monte Major (IRE) — Free Horse Racing Tips At bigtips.co.uk Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Feb 2010 · Class 6
£2,047
Notable horses
Monte Major (IRE) Ridgeway Jazz (GB) Crystallize (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Montjeu (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 12.3% of 7,971 runs since 2008 (665 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.3% from 686.
Kyllachy (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 9.9% of 13,847 runs since 2008 (800 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 468.
Bertolini (USA) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Docksider (USA) 33.3% · 2–6
Progeny have won 7.6% of 569 runs since 2008 (42 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13% from 123.
Bahri (USA) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 8.2% of 1,889 runs since 2008 (148 horses).
Gulch (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 6.7% of 446 runs since 2008 (43 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 79 · newest first

The latest 50 of 79 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 13 May 2008 to 4 February 2019.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Feb 19 Wolverhampton (AW) With Pride (GB)T: Neil Mulholland Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost Novice StakesClass 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 7th 150/1
29 Dec 18 Southwell (AW) Morning Sequel (GB)T: Neil Mulholland Betway Casino Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 10 ran 7th 66/1
26 Oct 18 Kempton (AW) Simply Sin (IRE)T: Neil Mulholland 32Red Casino Novice Median Auction StakesClass 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 7th 50/1
30 Jul 18 Wolverhampton (AW) County Peckham (IRE)T: Neil Mulholland mymedsuk.com Novice StakesClass 5 · 5f · Standard To Slow · 6 ran 5th 250/1
12 May 11 Salisbury Crystallize (GB)T: Andrew Haynes Axminster Carpets Racing Excellence Apprentice Handicap (Whips Shall Be Carried But Not Used)Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9th 33/1
28 Apr 11 Bath Talamahana (GB)T: Andrew Haynes Buy Jaguar XK Convertible For The Summer Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 5.5f · Firm · 6 ran 2nd 20/1
12 Apr 11 Folkestone Crystallize (GB)T: Andrew Haynes Buttercups Sanctuary For Goats Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1st 4/1
15 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Jack's Rocket (GB)T: Richard Guest Southwell Golf Club Lady Members Maiden StakesClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 100/1
11 Feb 11 Southwell (AW) Jack's Rocket (GB)T: Richard Guest southwell-racecourse.co.uk Maiden StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 6 ran 6th 66/1
16 Jan 11 Southwell (AW) Yossi (IRE)T: Richard Guest Racing Excellence All Weather 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Series HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 17/2
06 Jan 11 Southwell (AW) Yossi (IRE)T: Richard Guest Play Megajackpots At Cleopatra At bluesq.com Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 10/1
21 Dec 10 Southwell (AW) Yossi (IRE)T: Richard Guest Happy Christmas HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 4th 15/2
18 Dec 10 Southwell (AW) Yossi (IRE)T: Richard Guest Bet totepool At totesport.com Claiming StakesClass 6 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 2nd 15/2
06 Dec 10 Southwell (AW) Yossi (IRE)T: Richard Guest toteplacepot Win Without Backing A Winner Claiming StakesClass 6 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 2nd 7/4F
04 Dec 10 Wolverhampton (AW) Dickie Le Davoir (GB)T: David Bourton Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Selling StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 6th 20/1
30 Nov 10 Southwell (AW) Yossi (IRE)T: Richard Guest Doug Clarke's 80th Birthday Celebrations HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 6 ran 2nd 10/3
23 Nov 10 Southwell (AW) Yossi (IRE)T: Richard Guest Bet Asian Handicaps - Betdaq HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 16/1
11 Nov 10 Southwell (AW) Yossi (IRE)T: Richard Guest Hospitality At Southwell Racecourse HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 11/1
03 Nov 10 Nottingham Yossi (IRE)T: Richard Guest B & M Installations Handicap (Div 1)Class 5 · 10f · Heavy · 14 ran 7th 16/1
25 Oct 10 Southwell (AW) Pavement Games (GB)T: Richard Guest Breeders' Cup Live Only On ATR Apprentice Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 12/1

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 Sean Palmer's strike rate?
Sean Palmer has won 5 of 79 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.3% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Sean Palmer's Fair A/E?
0.93, from 78 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).