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Sophie Silvester

69 rides in the lifetime window · 46 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Aug 2012 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
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.
8–69
Wins / Runs
11.6%
Strike rate
n=69
16 (23%)
Placed
1.21
Fair A/E
n=69 · 1.05 incl. margin
−28.13
£1 level stake
n=69 at SP · −40.8%
£26,609
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Claiming: 13.6%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 11.6% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.5%−5.1
n=46 · A/E 0.77 · £1 −30.63
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
33.3%+21.7
n=6 · A/E 2.40 · £1 +0.62
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−11.6
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
When favourite
66.7%
n=6 · A/E 2.77 · £1 +6.87
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
13.6%+2.0
n=59 · A/E 1.44 · £1 −18.13
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−11.6
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.6% 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
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 20% vs 11.6% · n=30
On first rides for the horse 6.5% vs 11.6% · n=46
In Class 5 9.1% vs 11.6% · n=33
When claiming 13.6% vs 11.6% · n=59
In Flat races 11.6% vs 11.6% · n=69 · A/E 1.21
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
Good to Firm 23 3 13% −11.63
Standard (AW) 15 1 6.7% −8.00
Good 14 1 7.1% −7.00
Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Good to Soft 5 2 40% +7.00
Firm 3 1 33.3% +0.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 8 1 12.5% −1.00
Haydock 7 3 42.9% +10.00
Yarmouth 5 1 20% −1.88
Beverley 4 0 0% −4.00
Brighton 4 1 25% +3.00
Lingfield 3 0 0% −3.00
Leicester 3 0 0% −3.00
Bath 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Newmarket 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Folkestone 2 0 0% −2.00
Newmarket 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 33 3 9.1% −21.50
Class 6 32 4 12.5% −11.63
Class 4 4 1 25% +5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 7 4 57.1% 2.45 +5.87
2nd–3rd fav 15 1 6.7% 0.43 −10.00
4th–6th fav 16 3 18.8% 1.95 +7.00
7th+ in betting 31 0 0% 0.00 −31.00
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
Ghufa (IRE) 6 3 4 16 Jul 10
Count Ceprano (IRE) 5 2 2 17 Aug 12
Kipchak (IRE) 4 0 1 14 Jul 11
Olney Lass (GB) 3 1 2 13 Oct 11
Quince (IRE) 3 0 0 21 Oct 10
Given A Choice (IRE) 3 0 0 19 Oct 10
Brunelleschi (GB) 3 0 0 26 Jul 10
Hatta Stream (IRE) 2 0 0 15 Jun 12
Chosen One (IRE) 2 1 1 1 Jul 11
Dinner Date (GB) 2 0 0 25 Oct 10
Land Hawk (IRE) 1 0 0 26 Aug 12
George Tilehurst (GB) 1 0 0 4 Aug 12
All 46 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
··033251424011000
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
Jeff Pearce 17 6 35.3% +7.87
Lydia Pearce 10 1 10% −3.00
Conor Dore 8 0 0% −8.00
Ruth Carr 6 1 16.7% +3.00
Patrick Gilligan 3 0 0% −3.00
Andrew Balding 3 0 0% −3.00
Tom Keddy 2 0 0% −2.00
David Evans 1 0 0% −1.00
Patrick Leech 1 0 0% −1.00
John Bridger 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael Mullineaux 1 0 0% −1.00
Ed de Giles 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→
8
Archived wins
£26,609
Prize money
2010
Best season · 7 wins
Chosen One (IRE) — Betdaq The Betting Exchange Apprentice Training Series Handicap Haydock · Jul 2010 · Class 4
£4,533
Ghufa (IRE) — Betdaq The Betting Exchange Apprentice Training Series Handicap Haydock · May 2010 · Class 5
£3,238
Ghufa (IRE) — Betdaq Betting Exchange Apprentice Training Series Handicap Haydock · Jun 2010 · Class 5
£2,914
Notable horses
Ghufa (IRE) Count Ceprano (IRE) Olney Lass (GB) Chosen One (IRE) Dazzling Begum (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Sakhee (USA) 42.9% · 3–7
Progeny have won 11.1% of 3,981 runs since 2008 (296 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.9% from 611. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.2% from 139.
Desert Prince (IRE) 40% · 2–5
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,734 runs since 2008 (178 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.6% from 425.
Bertolini (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Soviet Star (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,621 runs since 2008 (171 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5% from 160. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 320.
Trans Island (GB) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 9% of 4,741 runs since 2008 (295 horses).
Fruits Of Love (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,777 runs since 2008 (221 horses). Strongest on Good going: 11.8% from 944. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.4% from 182. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4% from 150.
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 69 · newest first

The latest 50 of 69 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 28 September 2009 to 26 August 2012.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Aug 12 Yarmouth Land Hawk (IRE)T: Lydia Pearce Weddings At Great Yarmouth Racecourse Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 9th 22/1
17 Aug 12 Newmarket Count Ceprano (IRE)T: Lydia Pearce Ngk Spark Plugs HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 9th 50/1
04 Aug 12 Lingfield George Tilehurst (GB)T: Geoffrey Deacon Lingfieldpark.co.uk Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 7.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 12th 40/1
02 Aug 12 Epsom Downs Count Ceprano (IRE)T: Lydia Pearce Download Epsom's Android Or Iphone App Now Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good · 12 ran 12th 14/1
13 Jul 12 Newbury Admirable Duque (IRE)T: Dominic Ffrench Davis Chris Beek Racing Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 11f · Soft · 13 ran 12th 20/1
22 Jun 12 Ayr Crocodile Bay (IRE)T: Richard Guest College Group Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 6th 14/1
15 Jun 12 Goodwood Hatta Stream (IRE)T: Lydia Pearce Gordon's Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 6th 9/2
18 May 12 Newmarket Hatta Stream (IRE)T: Lydia Pearce Racing Excellence 'hands And Heels' Apprentice Series HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4th 11/2
13 Oct 11 Brighton Olney Lass (GB)T: Lydia Pearce Ricky Hatton Here 9th November HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 8th 5/1F
03 Oct 11 Warwick Black Iceman (GB)T: Lydia Pearce Warwick Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 12.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5th 15/2
14 Sep 11 Beverley Fitzwarren (GB)T: Alan Brown Betfair Racing Excellence Apprentice Training Series Classified Stakes (Div 2)Class 6 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 10th 50/1
14 Sep 11 Beverley Chicamia (GB)T: Michael Mullineaux Betfair Racing Excellence Apprentice Training Series Classified Stakes (Div 1)Class 6 · 8.5f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 8th 25/1
12 Sep 11 Brighton Command Marshal (FR)T: Ed de Giles Ian Carnaby Apprentice Selling HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Soft · 9 ran UR 6/1
02 Sep 11 Brighton Olney Lass (GB)T: Lydia Pearce Donatello Ristorante Supports The Martlets Hospice Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Good · 9 ran 1st 6/1
21 Aug 11 Folkestone Olney Lass (GB)T: Lydia Pearce Lauren Gordon Apprentice Handicap (Str)Class 6 · 7f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 2nd 10/3
15 Aug 11 Windsor Count Ceprano (IRE)T: Lydia Pearce Sportingbet.com Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4th 11/1
12 Aug 11 Kempton (AW) Punching (GB)T: Conor Dore Racing At Skysports.com HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 20/1
12 Aug 11 Newbury Grand Piano (IRE)T: Andrew Balding Christopher Smith Associates 30th Anniversary Claiming Stakes (Str)Class 5 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 3rd 25/1
30 Jul 11 Lingfield My Learned Friend (IRE)T: Andrew Balding Val & Don Meredith Diamond Wedding HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3rd 16/1
20 Jul 11 Catterick Obara d'Avril (FR)T: Simon West Yorkshire Radio Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Soft · 11 ran 2nd 7/1

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 Silvester's strike rate?
Sophie Silvester has won 8 of 69 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 11.6% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Sophie Silvester's Fair A/E?
1.21, from 69 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).