What is Colm McCormack's strike rate?

Colm McCormack has won 28 of 571 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.9% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Colm McCormack do best at?

Sedgefield by strike rate: 6 wins from 92 rides (6.5%) 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 Colm McCormack ride most for?

Dianne Sayer, with 129 rides since 2008 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (6.2%).

What is Colm McCormack's Fair A/E?

0.86, from 564 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

Colm McCormack

571 rides in the lifetime window · 272 individual horses

As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Apr 2021 99% 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.

28–571

Wins / Runs

4.9%

Strike rate

n=571

99 (17%)

Placed

0.86

Fair A/E

n=564 · 0.77 incl. margin

−188.50

£1 level stake

n=570 at SP · −33.1%

£224k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

10%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 40 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.86). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 7% (30 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 571 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 5.2% Dianne Sayer: 6.2% from 129

The read

Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 1% (n=100, Fair A/E 0.24). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 5.2% strike, Fair A/E 0.78 and −35.80 to a £1 stake over 135 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Dianne Sayer supplied 23% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (6.2%, A/E 1.13) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well in Class 5 (8.6%, n=198) and in Chase races (8.5%, n=142). The record read poorly in Class 3 — 0% over 33 rides, 4.9pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider off a 8-14-day break: Fair A/E 0.23 across 100 rides (1% strike, −91.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.9% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

4.4%−0.5

n=272 · A/E 0.79 · £1 −137.25

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

6.7%+1.8

n=30 · A/E 0.52 · £1 −23.00

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

5.2%+0.3

n=135 · A/E 0.78 · £1 −35.80

When favourite

30%

n=20 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −2.80

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

4.6%−0.3

n=523 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −167.50

Big fields · 14+ runners

1%−3.9

n=100 · A/E 0.24 · £1 −33.00

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−4.9

n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.9% 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

With C&D winners 10.4% vs 4.9% · n=48

In Class 5 8.6% vs 4.9% · n=198

Off a 8-14-day break 1% vs 4.9% · n=100

In Chase races 8.5% vs 4.9% · n=142

In Class 3 0% vs 4.9% · n=33

In NH Flat races 1.5% vs 4.9% · n=65

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 358 15 4.2% −61.75

Chase 142 12 8.5% −64.75

NH Flat 65 1 1.5% −56.00

Flat 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Soft 182 10 5.5% −77.70

Good 177 10 5.6% +22.95

Good to Soft 133 4 3% −105.25

Heavy 59 3 5.1% −10.50

Good to Firm 13 0 0% −13.00

Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Sedgefield 92 6 6.5% +3.50

Catterick 65 4 6.2% +23.50

Wetherby 46 3 6.5% −7.25

Newcastle 43 2 4.7% −37.50

Hexham 43 1 2.3% −37.50

Musselburgh 34 2 5.9% −11.00

Carlisle 31 1 3.2% −18.00

Doncaster 25 0 0% −25.00

Market Rasen 25 1 4% +26.00

Kelso 23 0 0% −23.00

Cartmel 21 0 0% −21.00

Southwell 18 0 0% −18.00

Perth 18 2 11.1% +8.50

Uttoxeter 16 1 6.3% −1.00

Ayr 15 0 0% −15.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 260 7 2.7% −97.00

Class 5 198 17 8.6% +0.50

Class 6 55 1 1.8% −46.00

Class 3 33 0 0% −33.00

Class 2 8 0 0% −8.00

Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 22 6 27.3% 0.97 −4.80

2nd–3rd fav 53 7 13.2% 0.90 −15.50

4th–6th fav 172 10 5.8% 0.96 −25.20

7th+ in betting 323 5 1.5% 0.64 −143.00

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

80% completed · 500 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 142 80.3% 3 7 18 0 0

Hurdle 358 79.9% 7 12 51 0 2

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

Fiddler's Flight (IRE) 16 2 4 23 Mar 18

Wye Aye (GB) 13 3 8 10 Apr 21

Sussex Road (IRE) 12 0 0 10 Aug 20

Discoverie (GB) 12 1 3 22 Feb 18

Letemgo (IRE) 11 0 2 26 Jan 20

Naasik (GB) 10 0 0 25 Jan 19

The Junior Man (IRE) 8 0 0 21 Feb 19

Ronaldinho (IRE) 8 0 2 28 Aug 17

Turtle Cask (IRE) 8 0 2 31 Mar 17

Cooking Fat (GB) 7 1 2 5 Nov 17

Gorey Lane (IRE) 7 1 1 15 Jan 17

Deportation (GB) 7 0 2 9 Feb 16

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 272 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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

3755127680325

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 yardDianne Sayer

23% of all rides
6.2% SR · A/E 1.13

TrainerRWSR£1

Dianne Sayer 129 8 6.2% +47.75

John Norton 72 3 4.2% −40.50

Keith Reveley 63 4 6.3% −36.50

Kenneth Slack 36 3 8.3% −18.00

Philip Kirby 34 3 8.8% −23.25

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→

Archived wins

£224k

Prize money

2017

Best season · 5 wins

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.

Lucky To Be (FR) — Gras Savoye Prix Marechal Foch (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Gentlemen Riders) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · May 2012

£21,200

D'Accord (GER) — Prix Colonel de la Chauvelais (Chase) La Roche-Posay · Aug 2010

£5,522

Roxyfet (FR) — Lloyd's Ltd. Leaders In Our Field Handicap Chase Hexham · May 2019 · Class 5

£5,003

Notable horses

Wye Aye (GB) Fiddler's Flight (IRE) Main Fact (USA) Newdane Dancer (IRE) Discoverie (GB) Cooking Fat (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Mahler (GB) 0% · 0–17

Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,837 runs since 2008 (784 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.

Convinced (GB) 12.5% · 2–16

Progeny have won 7.7% of 39 runs since 2008 (4 horses).

Tobougg (IRE) 14.3% · 2–14

Progeny have won 8.5% of 6,096 runs since 2008 (464 horses).

Brian Boru (GB) 0% · 0–13

Progeny have won 11% of 4,123 runs since 2008 (285 horses).

Shirocco (GER) 23.1% · 3–13

Progeny have won 11.2% of 9,163 runs since 2008 (920 horses). Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.

Runyon (IRE) 8.3% · 1–12

Progeny have won 8.3% of 300 runs since 2008 (29 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 22 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 575 · newest first

The latest 50 of 575 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 9 May 2007 to 10 April 2021.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

10 Apr 21 Newcastle Wye Aye (GB)T: Philip Kirby vertem.co.uk Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 23.5f · Good · 8 ran 1st 6/4F

09 Apr 21 Sedgefield High Moor Flyer (GB)T: Philip Kirby Vickers.bet Casino And Live Casino Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good · 11 ran 6th 22/1

09 Apr 21 Sedgefield Infinite Sun (GB)T: Simon Waugh Vickers.bet Bet 10get10 New Customers Offer Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 6th 50/1

30 Mar 21 Newcastle Ardglass Star (IRE)T: Rose Dobbin Download The QuinnBet App Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 23.5f · Good · 11 ran UR 28/1

30 Mar 21 Newcastle Cimetta (GB)T: Gillian Boanas Download The QuinnBet App Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)Class 5 · 23.5f · Good · 12 ran 4th 33/1

25 Mar 21 Sedgefield High Moor Flyer (GB)T: Philip Kirby Sean Conway Racing Jumps And Flat Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Good · 11 ran UR 18/1

24 Mar 21 Market Rasen Mr Scrumpy (GB)T: Jedd O'Keeffe Racing Tv Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 23f · Good To Soft · 8 ran UR 25/1

23 Mar 21 Huntingdon Wye Aye (GB)T: Philip Kirby Racing TV Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 1st 7/2

11 Mar 21 Carlisle High Moor Flyer (GB)T: Jedd O'Keeffe Join Racing TV Now Mares' Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Soft · 9 ran PU 16/1

02 Mar 21 Catterick Hallowed Ground (IRE)T: Paula Smith Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 9th 300/1

23 Feb 21 Wetherby Stellar Notion (IRE)T: Mrs Emma Clark Join Racing TV Now 'Grassroots' Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 24f · Soft · 12 ran PU 33/1

22 Feb 21 Carlisle Black Label (GB)T: Barbara Butterworth MansionBet Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 17f · Soft · 9 ran PU 50/1

17 Feb 21 Wetherby Hallowed Ground (IRE)T: Paula Smith Every Race Live On Racing TV Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 14 ran 12th 250/1

08 Feb 21 Newcastle (AW) Milanvera (IRE)T: Philip Kirby QuinnCasino Mares' 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat RaceClass 5 · 16.5f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 11th 150/1

05 Feb 21 Catterick Euro Fou (IRE)T: Tim Easterby Racing Again 15th February Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 12th 125/1

05 Feb 21 Catterick Hallowed Ground (IRE)T: Paula Smith Racing TV Profits Returned To Racing Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 11th 200/1

02 Feb 21 Newcastle (AW) Brawny (GB)T: Paula Smith quinnbet.com 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race (Div 2)Class 5 · 16.5f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 8th 200/1

22 Jan 21 Musselburgh Major Davis (FR)T: Andrew Hamilton Betway Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Soft · 14 ran PU 400/1

16 Jan 21 Market Rasen Wye Aye (GB)T: Philip Kirby MansionBet Live Casino Cashback Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21.5f · Heavy · 10 ran PU 3/1F

08 Jan 21 Newcastle (AW) Wye Aye (GB)T: Philip Kirby QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat RaceClass 5 · 16.5f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 2nd 4/1

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 Colm McCormack's strike rate?: Colm McCormack has won 28 of 571 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.9% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Colm McCormack do best at?: Sedgefield by strike rate: 6 wins from 92 rides (6.5%) 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 Colm McCormack ride most for?: Dianne Sayer, with 129 rides since 2008 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (6.2%).
What is Colm McCormack's Fair A/E?: 0.86, from 564 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.