What is Danny Cook's strike rate?

Danny Cook has won 393 of 2,626 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 15% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Danny Cook do best at?

Catterick by strike rate: 29 wins from 130 rides (22.3%) 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 Danny Cook ride most for?

Sue Smith, with 816 rides since 2008 — 31% of the total. That pairing has won 140 (17.2%).

What is Danny Cook's Fair A/E?

1.07, from 2,619 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

Danny Cook

2,626 rides in the lifetime window · 864 individual horses

As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Nov 2020 100% 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.

393–2,626

Wins / Runs

15%

Strike rate

n=2,626

959 (37%)

Placed

1.07

Fair A/E

n=2,619 · 0.94 incl. margin

−284.16

£1 level stake

n=2,624 at SP · −10.8%

£4.23m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

18%

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 200 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 15% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.07). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 18% (327 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 2,626 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fired Jan–Mar 35.3% when favourite Sue Smith: 17.2% from 816 LTO winners: 17.7% Rode the favourite in 14% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Catterick (22.3%, n=130), clear of the rider's 15% baseline. Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 6.9% (n=407, Fair A/E 1.06). Claiming rides are the standout value angle: 14% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.52 and +86.90 to a £1 stake over 487 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Sue Smith supplied 31% of the rides and edges the rider's average (17.2% vs 15%, A/E 1.08) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. 19 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the QTS Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr (Apr 2018, £59,798). The standout partner of the record was Definitly Red (IRE) — 9 wins from 20 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Jan–Mar.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 15% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

14.5%−0.5

n=862 · A/E 1.29 · £1 −40.43

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

17.7%+2.7

n=327 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −82.16

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

12.2%−2.8

n=524 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −31.51

When favourite

35.3%

n=368 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −33.47

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

14%−1.0

n=487 · A/E 1.52 · £1 +86.90

Big fields · 14+ runners

6.9%−8.1

n=407 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −61.50

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

13.1%−1.9

n=145 · A/E 1.33 · £1 −1.97

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 15% 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 first-time headgear 3.1% vs 15% · n=64

With debutants 5.2% vs 15% · n=116

With Tim Easterby 3% vs 15% · n=33

At Catterick 22.3% vs 15% · n=130

With Joanne Foster 5.6% vs 15% · n=36

With C&D winners 21% vs 15% · n=267

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 1,426 199 14% −103.18

Chase 1,027 176 17.1% −100.80

NH Flat 166 18 10.8% −74.18

Flat 7 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 778 107 13.8% −13.25

Soft 775 125 16.1% −142.12

Good to Soft 620 75 12.1% −215.82

Heavy 289 54 18.7% +24.34

Good to Firm 143 28 19.6% +74.80

Standard (AW) 21 4 19% −12.11

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Wetherby 279 31 11.1% −129.63

Sedgefield 219 40 18.3% −48.81

Market Rasen 166 26 15.7% −40.49

Carlisle 150 23 15.3% −36.13

Uttoxeter 147 23 15.6% +37.85

Newcastle 134 23 17.2% −34.21

Catterick 130 29 22.3% −7.77

Haydock 122 22 18% +56.41

Musselburgh 109 19 17.4% −3.71

Hexham 108 17 15.7% +36.09

Kelso 99 17 17.2% +0.70

Ayr 84 8 9.5% −3.50

Doncaster 70 10 14.3% −25.58

Southwell 63 6 9.5% −27.50

Bangor-on-Dee 57 8 14% −19.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 1,241 199 16% −114.87

Class 3 486 84 17.3% −58.32

Class 5 419 62 14.8% −35.09

Class 2 208 19 9.1% −27.59

Class 1 177 21 11.9% +6.03

Class 6 92 8 8.7% −53.32

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 431 149 34.6% 1.07 −20.27

2nd–3rd fav 815 158 19.4% 1.10 −4.89

4th–6th fav 794 64 8.1% 1.01 −163.00

7th+ in betting 584 22 3.8% 1.14 −96.00

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

86.3% completed · 2,453 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 1,027 81.4% 51 24 109 3 4

Hurdle 1,426 89.8% 32 10 98 0 6

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

Vintage Clouds (IRE) 26 4 18 18 Jan 20

Cracking Find (IRE) 23 5 8 24 Jan 20

Kirkhammerton (IRE) 21 3 12 27 Aug 12

Definitly Red (IRE) 20 9 12 28 Nov 20

Dartford Warbler (IRE) 20 4 10 3 Apr 19

Straidnahanna (IRE) 20 3 4 28 Mar 19

Ultimate (GB) 20 3 6 1 Feb 15

Just Georgie (GB) 19 1 7 14 Mar 20

Midnight Shadow (GB) 18 5 10 12 Mar 20

Swing Hard (IRE) 18 3 7 15 Apr 18

Absolutely Dylan (IRE) 17 3 5 22 Nov 20

I Just Know (IRE) 17 3 6 19 Feb 20

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 864 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 9 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

18171714159152117131314

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 yardSue Smith

31% of all rides
17.2% SR · A/E 1.08

TrainerRWSR£1

Sue Smith 816 140 17.2% +24.77

Brian Ellison 656 122 18.6% −125.56

David Pipe 159 26 16.4% +27.76

Barry Leavy 94 13 13.8% +25.50

Michael Smith 74 14 18.9% +19.04

Nigel Hawke 51 6 11.8% −30.08

Laura Young 45 4 8.9% +10.57

Martin Todhunter 43 6 14% −10.00

Joanne Foster 36 2 5.6% −20.00

Harriet Bethell 35 4 11.4% −3.25

Sandy Thomson 34 7 20.6% +27.55

Tim Easterby 33 1 3% −29.50

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

395

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£4.24m

Prize money

2017

Best season · 54 wins

In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. 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.

Midnight Shadow (GB) — QTS Scottish Champion Hurdle (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) Ayr · Apr 2018 · Grade 2

£59,798

Definitly Red (IRE) — Bet365 Charlie Hall Chase (Grade 2) Wetherby · Nov 2018 · Grade 2

£58,727

Definitly Red (IRE) — Betbright Trial Cotswold Chase (Grade 2) Cheltenham · Jan 2018 · Grade 2

£56,950

Notable horses

Definitly Red (IRE) Wakanda (IRE) Joke Dancer (GB) Cracking Find (IRE) Midnight Shadow (GB) Delusionofgrandeur (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Kayf Tara (GB) 10.8% · 8–74

Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,744 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

Presenting (GB) 12.5% · 9–72

Progeny have won 11% of 20,050 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.

Westerner (GB) 20.3% · 14–69

Progeny have won 12.1% of 11,837 runs since 2008 (941 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.

Beneficial (GB) 17.7% · 11–62

Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,044 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).

Robin Des Pres (FR) 16.4% · 10–61

Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,800 runs since 2008 (229 horses).

Flemensfirth (USA) 17.9% · 10–56

Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,282 runs since 2008 (1,594 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 28 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 2,654 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,654 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 14 January 2005 to 28 November 2020.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

28 Nov 20 Newcastle Definitly Red (IRE)T: Brian Ellison Betfair Exchange Rehearsal Handicap Chase (Listed) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 23.5f · Good · 10 ran F 18/1

28 Nov 20 Newcastle Fearless Fracas (IRE)T: Tom George Watch Off The Fence On attheraces.com EBF 'National Hunt' Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 2nd 4/1

28 Nov 20 Newcastle Oscar Robertson (IRE)T: Tom George nationwidevehiclecontracts.co.uk Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 23.5f · Good · 6 ran 4th 11/4J

28 Nov 20 Newcastle Small Present (IRE)T: Sue Smith Newcastle Flooring 'The French Furze' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 2 · 22f · Good · 6 ran 4th 10/1

28 Nov 20 Newcastle Oscar Ceremony (IRE)T: Brian Ellison D J Jeffreys Racing Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 11/4

28 Nov 20 Newcastle Temper Trap (GB)T: Tim Easterby Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group Introductory Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 2 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 7th 33/1

27 Nov 20 Newbury Financier (GB)T: Kerry Lee Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boosts Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) (For the Fulke Walwyn Trophy) (GBB Race)Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 7th 8/1

25 Nov 20 Wetherby Just Jess (IRE)T: Sue Smith EBF Stallions Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1)Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 7th 20/1

25 Nov 20 Wetherby The Imposter (FR)T: Nigel Hawke wetherbyracing.co.uk Juvenile Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 8th 50/1

24 Nov 20 Sedgefield Chase The Wind (IRE)T: Joanne Foster Bet 10 Get 20 With MansionBet Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 26.5f · Good · 9 ran PU 11/1

23 Nov 20 Musselburgh Swaffham Bulbeck (IRE)T: Brian Ellison racingtv.com Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 16f · Good · 4 ran 3rd 11/2

22 Nov 20 Uttoxeter Silva Eclipse (GB)T: Sue Smith mansionbet.com Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 23.5f · Soft · 13 ran 9th 18/1

22 Nov 20 Uttoxeter Absolutely Dylan (IRE)T: Sue Smith Follow MansionBet On Twitter Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 20f · Soft · 12 ran 2nd 17/2

21 Nov 20 Haydock Forest Bihan (FR)T: Brian Ellison Betfair Racing Only Bettor Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 2 · 19f · Soft · 14 ran F 66/1

21 Nov 20 Haydock Ravenhill Road (IRE)T: Sue Smith Back And Lay On Betfair Exchange Graduation Chase (GBB Race)Class 2 · 21.5f · Soft · 6 ran F 33/1

21 Nov 20 Haydock Sam's Adventure (GB)T: Brian Ellison Betfair Supports Safer Gambling Week Handicap ChaseClass 2 · 25.5f · Soft · 12 ran 5th 11/1

17 Oct 20 Market Rasen Ravenhill Road (IRE)T: Sue Smith MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Prelude Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 2 · 21.5f · Good · 10 ran F 12/1

16 Oct 20 Fakenham Cormier (IRE)T: Brian Ellison Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 1st EvensF

16 Oct 20 Fakenham Chieftain's Choice (IRE)T: Kevin Frost Champions Day Form Study On attheraces.com/ascot Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good · 13 ran 7th 14/1

15 Oct 20 Carlisle Valence D'aumont (FR)T: Sue Smith Like Racing TV On Facebook Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 10/1

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 Danny Cook's strike rate?: Danny Cook has won 393 of 2,626 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 15% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Danny Cook do best at?: Catterick by strike rate: 29 wins from 130 rides (22.3%) 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 Danny Cook ride most for?: Sue Smith, with 816 rides since 2008 — 31% of the total. That pairing has won 140 (17.2%).
What is Danny Cook's Fair A/E?: 1.07, from 2,619 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.