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Sophie Killoran

232 rides in the lifetime window · 105 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride May 2017 100% of rides on the flat
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.
20–232
Wins / Runs
8.6%
Strike rate
n=232
58 (25%)
Placed
0.99
n=232 · 0.85 incl. margin
−31.25
£1 level stake
n=232 at SP · −13.5%
£148k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 60 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 9% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.99).

Deterministic profile computed from 232 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance David Simcock: 10.4% from 77
The read

The record is strongest at Chelmsford (AW) (15%, n=40), Wolverhampton (AW) (12.2%, n=41) and Kempton (AW) (12.1%, n=33) — all clear of the rider's 8.6% baseline. David Simcock supplied 33% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (10.4%, A/E 0.96). The rider also read well off a 15-30-day break (17.3%, n=81). The record read poorly off a 8-14-day break — 3.6% over 56 rides, 5pts below the baseline.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.6% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.7%−1.9
n=105 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −5.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
12.5%+3.9
n=24 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −4.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
6.3%−2.3
n=32 · A/E 0.93 · £1 +2.00
When favourite
10%
n=10 · A/E 0.38 · £1 −8.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.9%−0.7
n=214 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −39.75
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.5%−4.1
n=22 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.6% 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 15-30-day break 17.3% vs 8.6% · n=81
At Chelmsford (AW) 15% vs 8.6% · n=40
Off a 8-14-day break 3.6% vs 8.6% · n=56
With C&D winners 12.5% vs 8.6% · n=56
At Wolverhampton (AW) 12.2% vs 8.6% · n=41
At Kempton (AW) 12.1% vs 8.6% · n=33
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) 146 16 11% +7.75
Good 30 2 6.7% −9.00
Good to Firm 28 1 3.6% −11.00
Soft 15 1 6.7% −6.00
Good to Soft 12 0 0% −12.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 41 5 12.2% +15.50
Chelmsford (AW) 40 6 15% +8.75
Kempton (AW) 33 4 12.1% +7.50
Lingfield (AW) 19 0 0% −19.00
Southwell (AW) 9 0 0% −9.00
Newmarket 8 0 0% −8.00
Haydock 8 0 0% −8.00
Salisbury 7 0 0% −7.00
Windsor 7 1 14.3% +10.00
Newmarket 6 0 0% −6.00
Brighton 5 1 20% −1.00
Leicester 5 0 0% −5.00
Yarmouth 5 1 20% +12.00
Doncaster 4 0 0% −4.00
Newcastle (AW) 4 1 25% +4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 91 9 9.9% +0.50
Class 5 73 6 8.2% −17.25
Class 4 25 3 12% +14.00
Class 2 22 0 0% −22.00
Class 3 12 1 8.3% −3.00
Class 7 9 1 11.1% −3.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 14 2 14.3% 0.58 −8.00
2nd–3rd fav 42 6 14.3% 0.87 −6.25
4th–6th fav 78 7 9% 1.18 −3.00
7th+ in betting 98 5 5.1% 1.26 −14.00
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
Bush Beauty (IRE) 22 3 6 17 Apr 17
Gleaming Girl (GB) 15 3 6 29 Aug 16
Himalayan Queen (GB) 12 2 3 24 May 17
Dylan's Centenary (GB) 12 0 1 26 Nov 15
Yasir (USA) 11 4 8 22 Sep 16
Hierarch (IRE) 10 1 3 11 Feb 16
Unsuspected Girl (IRE) 7 1 4 26 Oct 16
Castilo Del Diablo (IRE) 7 0 2 18 May 16
India's Song (GB) 6 2 3 17 Mar 16
Mary Ann Bugg (IRE) 6 0 1 11 Apr 15
Dark Forest (GB) 4 0 0 29 Jul 16
Plover (GB) 4 0 0 9 Dec 15
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 105 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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
215474791381578
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 yardDavid Simcock
33% of all rides
10.4% SR · A/E 0.96
TrainerRWSR£1
David Simcock 77 8 10.4% −4.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2014→
20
Archived wins
£148k
Prize money
2016
Best season · 15 wins
India's Song (GB) — 32Red/EBF Stallions Breeding Fillies' Handicap Kempton (AW) · Jan 2016 · Class 3
£10,674
Bush Beauty (IRE) — JJ Whitley Fillies' Handicap Chester · Jun 2016 · Class 4
£6,225
Unsuspected Girl (IRE) — Totetrifecta Pick The 1,2,3 Handicap Chelmsford City (AW) · Sep 2016 · Class 5
£5,175

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bushranger (IRE) 10.7% · 3–28
Progeny have won 7.7% of 4,449 runs since 2013 (300 horses).
Arabian Gleam (GB) 20% · 3–15
Progeny have won 7.6% of 524 runs since 2014 (39 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 12.7% from 237.
Kyllachy (GB) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 9.9% of 13,847 runs since 2008 (800 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 468.
Poet's Voice (GB) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 10% of 6,046 runs since 2015 (384 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.3% from 264. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13% from 494. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.3% from 142.
Dynaformer (USA) 36.4% · 4–11
Progeny have won 14.6% of 1,776 runs since 2008 (154 horses). Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 20.6% from 199. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.3% from 169.
Dansili (GB) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 13.7% of 11,842 runs since 2008 (983 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.8% from 101. Weakest on Heavy going: 7.9% from 428. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.1% from 209.
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 232 · newest first

The latest 50 of 232 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 15 June 2014 to 24 May 2017.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 May 17 Nottingham Saxo Jack (FR)T: Sophie Leech 49 Squadron HandicapClass 4 · 8.5f · Good · 11 ran 7th 50/1
08 Mar 17 Kempton (AW) King of Dreams (GB)T: David Simcock 32Red Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 3rd 11/2
10 Dec 16 Wolverhampton (AW) Saxo Jack (FR)T: Sophie Leech sunbets.co.uk HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 9th 66/1
10 Nov 16 Southwell (AW) Pavela (IRE)T: Scott Dixon 32Red.com NurseryClass 2 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 9th 100/1

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 Sophie Killoran's strike rate?
Sophie Killoran has won 20 of 232 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.6% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Sophie Killoran do best at?
Chelmsford (AW) by strike rate: 6 wins from 40 rides (15%) 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 Sophie Killoran ride most for?
David Simcock, with 77 rides since 2008 — 33% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (10.4%).
What is Sophie Killoran's Fair A/E?
0.99, from 232 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).