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Jockey profile

Yuichi Kitamura

5 rides in the last 5 seasons · 3 individual horses
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 140 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2025→)
from 1 Jan 2022
1–5
Wins / Runs
20%
Strike rate
n=5
2 (40%)
Placed
1.21
Fair A/E
n=5 · 0.99 incl. margin
−2.60
£1 level stake
n=5 at SP · −52.0%
£599k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 20% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
33.3%+13.3
n=3 · A/E 2.36 · £1 −0.60
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−20.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−20.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 1.51 · £1 +0.40
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−20.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
33.3%+13.3
n=3 · A/E 1.34 · £1 −0.60

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 20% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Longchamp (FR) 3 1 33.3% −0.60
Hanshin (JPN) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chantilly (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 3 1 33.3% −0.60

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 1 50% 1.51 +0.40
4th–6th fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
7th+ in betting 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
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
Croix Du Nord (JPN) 3 1 2 14 Jun 26
Hot And Beauty (FR) 1 0 0 30 Sep 25
Gran Habano (FR) 1 0 0 14 Sep 25
All 3 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.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
Takashi Saito 3 1 33.3% −0.60
S Kobayashi 1 0 0% −1.00
Davy Bonilla 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2025→
1
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£599k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 1 win
Croix Du Nord (JPN) — Prix du Prince d'Orange (3yo+) (Grande Course) (Turf) Longchamp (FR) · Sep 2025 · Group 3
£30,248
Notable horses
Croix Du Nord (JPN)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kitasan Black (JPN) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 14.3% of 7 runs since 2008 (5 horses). A small sample.
Almanzor (FR) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.6% of 2,106 runs since 2008 (282 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.2% from 154. Weakest on Heavy going: 4.7% from 149. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12.9% from 303.
Ribchester (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9% of 2,764 runs since 2008 (261 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 15.3% from 118. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14% from 215.
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 1 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

all 5 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Yuichi Kitamura's 5 archived rides, from 14 September 2025 to 14 June 2026, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
14 Jun 26 Hanshin (JPN) Croix Du Nord (JPN)T: Takashi Saito The Takarazuka Kinen (Turf)11f · Yielding · 18 ran 2nd 6/4F
05 Oct 25 Longchamp (FR) Croix Du Nord (JPN)T: Takashi Saito Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (3yo+ No Geldings) (Grande Course) (Turf)12f · Very Soft · 17 ran 14th 87/10
30 Sep 25 Chantilly (FR) Hot And Beauty (FR)T: Davy Bonilla Prix de la Galerie des Actions de Monsieur le Prince (Handicap) (3yo) (Turf)8f · Soft · 15 ran 6th 32/1
14 Sep 25 Longchamp (FR) Gran Habano (FR)T: S Kobayashi Prix de l'Hotel du Chevalier-du-Guet (Handicap) (3yo+) (Grande Course) (Turf)9f · Very Soft · 11 ran 8th 15/1
14 Sep 25 Longchamp (FR) Croix Du Nord (JPN)T: Takashi Saito Prix du Prince d'Orange (3yo+) (Grande Course) (Turf)10f · Very Soft · 7 ran 1st 7/5F

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 Yuichi Kitamura's strike rate?
Yuichi Kitamura has won 1 of 5 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 20% (as at 1 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
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 1 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).