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Jockey profile

Matt Cosham

719 rides in the lifetime window · 325 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Feb 2018 100% of rides on the flat
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.
62–719
Wins / Runs
8.6%
Strike rate
n=719
175 (24%)
Placed
0.99
Fair A/E
n=714 · 0.85 incl. margin
−229.22
£1 level stake
n=719 at SP · −31.9%
£250k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 70 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). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 23% (70 rides). Rode mostly for David Evans — 47% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 719 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance 27.3% when favourite David Evans: 11.3% from 337 LTO winners: 22.9% Rode the favourite in 6% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 22.9% (n=70, Fair A/E 1.46), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 1.4% (n=72, Fair A/E 0.29). David Evans supplied 47% of the rides and edges the rider's average (11.3% vs 8.6%, A/E 1.12) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well off a 8-14-day break (13.6%, n=184). The record read poorly off a 61-180-day break — 2.3% over 43 rides, 6.3pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider on Good going: Fair A/E 0.38 across 97 rides (3.1% strike, −67.50 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 8.6% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
8.3%−0.3
n=324 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −111.07
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
22.9%+14.3
n=70 · A/E 1.46 · £1 −3.40
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
1.4%−7.2
n=72 · A/E 0.29 · £1 −46.00
When favourite
27.3%
n=44 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −12.85
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
8.3%−0.3
n=672 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −229.47
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.4%−3.2
n=74 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −36.75

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.6% 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
On last-time-out winners 22.9% vs 8.6% · n=70
Off a 8-14-day break 13.6% vs 8.6% · n=184
Off a 31-60-day break 2.7% vs 8.6% · n=75
On Good going 3.1% vs 8.6% · n=97
With Nikki Evans 2.1% vs 8.6% · n=47
Off a 61-180-day break 2.3% vs 8.6% · n=43
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) 376 37 9.8% −62.91
Good to Firm 120 11 9.2% −39.68
Good 97 3 3.1% −67.50
Soft 51 5 9.8% −24.63
Good to Soft 50 5 10% −15.00
Firm 15 0 0% −15.00
Heavy 10 1 10% −4.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 160 16 10% +25.42
Lingfield (AW) 83 7 8.4% −42.84
Kempton (AW) 79 9 11.4% −21.00
Southwell (AW) 47 4 8.5% −28.49
Chepstow 45 2 4.4% −21.00
Bath 30 2 6.7% −22.25
Salisbury 29 5 17.2% +5.50
Brighton 24 1 4.2% −15.00
Windsor 22 2 9.1% −1.50
Leicester 20 3 15% +6.50
Folkestone 15 1 6.7% −8.00
Yarmouth 14 0 0% −14.00
Warwick 14 2 14.3% −7.93
Newbury 14 0 0% −14.00
Haydock 13 0 0% −13.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 326 30 9.2% −70.83
Class 5 249 23 9.2% −63.39
Class 4 85 5 5.9% −53.50
Class 7 27 2 7.4% −20.00
Class 3 19 1 5.3% −14.50
Class 2 13 1 7.7% −7.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 56 14 25% 0.93 −14.85
2nd–3rd fav 123 23 18.7% 1.16 −7.87
4th–6th fav 212 17 8% 0.99 −56.50
7th+ in betting 328 8 2.4% 0.73 −150.00
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
Memphis Man (GB) 37 4 8 13 Sep 12
Vincentti (IRE) 11 1 6 30 Sep 15
Prince Charlemagne (IRE) 11 1 3 2 Mar 12
Top Cop (GB) 10 0 4 12 Aug 15
Bold Cross (IRE) 10 1 3 27 Aug 12
Steelcut (GB) 10 1 3 14 May 12
Captain Dimitrios (GB) 10 2 5 23 Mar 12
Fred Willetts (IRE) 10 3 4 26 Aug 11
Aviso (GER) 8 1 4 19 Mar 12
Dilgura (GB) 7 2 4 30 Sep 16
Mother Jones (GB) 7 1 3 18 Aug 12
Haadeeth (GB) 7 2 3 9 Jul 12
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 325 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
1571351190967164
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 Evans
47% of all rides
11.3% SR · A/E 1.12
TrainerRWSR£1
David Evans 337 38 11.3% −54.72
Nikki Evans 47 1 2.1% −18.00
Ronald Harris 42 1 2.4% −33.00
Dr Jeremy Naylor 33 1 3% −7.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
62
Archived wins
£250k
Prize money
2011
Best season · 24 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.
Fred Willetts (IRE) — Raymond Corbett Memorial Handicap Chester · Jun 2011 · Class 2
£12,952
Dilgura (GB) — Betfred TV Fillies' Handicap Salisbury · May 2016 · Class 3
£7,763
May Be Some Time (GB) — Betfair Racing Excellence Apprentice Jockeys' Training Series Final Handicap Newmarket · Oct 2011 · Class 5
£5,175
Notable horses
Memphis Man (GB) Fred Willetts (IRE) I Confess (GB) Redair (IRE) Captain Dimitrios (GB) Haadeeth (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bertolini (USA) 9.8% · 4–41
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 4% · 1–25
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,818 runs since 2008 (1,573 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
Acclamation (GB) 5.3% · 1–19
Progeny have won 10% of 19,685 runs since 2008 (1,326 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
Royal Applause (GB) 5.6% · 1–18
Progeny have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since 2008 (774 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
Dubai Destination (USA) 13.3% · 2–15
Progeny have won 11% of 6,950 runs since 2008 (521 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.9% from 136.
Noverre (USA) 26.7% · 4–15
Progeny have won 10.7% of 3,831 runs since 2008 (235 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 13.7% from 803. Weakest on Soft going: 6.9% from 407.
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 729 · newest first

The latest 50 of 729 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 9 August 2007 to 12 February 2018.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 Feb 18 Wolverhampton (AW) Sheer Intensity (IRE)T: David Evans sunbets.co.uk HandicapClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 7th 16/1
03 Feb 18 Lingfield (AW) Mouchee (IRE)T: David Evans Betway HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 6 ran 3rd 8/1
23 Jan 18 Southwell (AW) Princess Way (IRE)T: David Evans Sunbets.co.uk HandicapClass 6 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 25/1
22 Jan 18 Wolverhampton (AW) Lastoneforthecraic (IRE)T: David Evans 10 Free At 32Red.com HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 8th 80/1
19 Jan 18 Lingfield (AW) Teardrop Island (USA)T: David Evans 32red.com Novice StakesClass 5 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 16/1
26 Dec 17 Wolverhampton (AW) Pastamakesufaster (GB)T: David Evans 32Red.com NurseryClass 3 · 8.5f · Standard · 6 ran 5th 14/1
13 Dec 17 Wolverhampton (AW) Dibloam (USA)T: David Evans Betway Casino HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 8th 7/2
13 Dec 17 Wolverhampton (AW) Athassel (GB)T: David Evans sunbets.co.uk HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 6th 11/2
13 Dec 17 Wolverhampton (AW) Sheer Intensity (IRE)T: David Evans Follow Sun Bets On Twitter Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 9/1
13 Dec 17 Wolverhampton (AW) Satchville Flyer (GB)T: David Evans Follow Sun Bets On Twitter Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 12 ran 3rd 13/2
05 Dec 17 Wolverhampton (AW) Sanches (GB)T: Dr Jeremy Naylor Bet & Watch At sunbets.co.uk Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 8 ran 6th 40/1
28 Nov 17 Southwell (AW) Kheleyf's Girl (GB)T: David Evans 32Red.com Claiming StakesClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 5 ran 2nd 13/2
21 Nov 17 Lingfield (AW) Brockey Rise (IRE)T: David Evans 32Red Casino NurseryClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 5 ran 5th 10/1
21 Nov 17 Lingfield (AW) Letmestopyouthere (IRE)T: David Evans Play Jackpot Games At Sunbets.co.uk/vegas Claiming StakesClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 11/2
20 Nov 17 Wolverhampton (AW) Mouchee (IRE)T: David Evans 32Red.com NurseryClass 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 13 ran 1st 4/1
18 Nov 17 Lingfield (AW) Sanches (GB)T: Dr Jeremy Naylor Betway Median Auction Maiden StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 12 ran 9th 100/1
17 Nov 17 Chelmsford City (AW) Dibloam (USA)T: David Evans Laser Sensory HandicapClass 7 · 13.5f · Standard · 14 ran 2nd 8/1
16 Nov 17 Southwell (AW) Daily Trader (GB)T: David Evans Betway HandicapClass 5 · 12f · Standard · 13 ran 4th 5/1
15 Nov 17 Newcastle (AW) Wordiness (GB)T: David Evans Betway Casino HandicapClass 4 · 16.5f · Standard · 13 ran 6th 33/1
11 Nov 17 Wolverhampton (AW) Black Dave (IRE)T: David Evans sunbets.co.uk HandicapClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 13 ran 9th 25/1

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 Matt Cosham's strike rate?
Matt Cosham has won 62 of 719 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.6% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Matt Cosham do best at?
Kempton (AW) by strike rate: 9 wins from 79 rides (11.4%) 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 Matt Cosham ride most for?
David Evans, with 337 rides since 2008 — 47% of the total. That pairing has won 38 (11.3%).
What is Matt Cosham's Fair A/E?
0.99, from 714 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).