What is Tom Cheesman's strike rate?

Tom Cheesman has won 27 of 572 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.7% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Tom Cheesman do best at?

Newton Abbot by strike rate: 3 wins from 33 rides (9.1%) 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 Tom Cheesman ride most for?

Philip Hobbs, with 107 rides since 2008 — 19% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (7.5%).

What is Tom Cheesman's Fair A/E?

0.66, from 567 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

Tom Cheesman

572 rides in the lifetime window · 264 individual horses

As at 14 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Apr 2022 100% of rides over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

27–572

Wins / Runs

4.7%

Strike rate

n=572

108 (19%)

Placed

0.66

Fair A/E

n=567 · 0.57 incl. margin

−270.12

£1 level stake

n=569 at SP · −47.5%

£285k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 30 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 0.66).

Deterministic profile computed from 572 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 14 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Philip Hobbs: 7.5% from 107

The read

It is weakest at Wincanton (0% over 42 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 1% (n=96, Fair A/E 0.25). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 4.1% strike, Fair A/E 0.62 and −49.00 to a £1 stake over 121 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Philip Hobbs supplies 19% of the rides and edges the rider's average (7.5% vs 4.7%, A/E 0.79). The rider also reads well beyond 3m (11.1%, n=54) and in Class 3 (10.5%, n=57). The record reads poorly off a break of 180+ days — 0% over 59 rides, 4.7pts below the baseline.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.7% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

4.5%−0.2

n=264 · A/E 0.73 · £1 −92.87

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

2.9%−1.8

n=35 · A/E 0.23 · £1 −29.00

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

4.1%−0.6

n=121 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −49.00

When favourite

13.6%

n=22 · A/E 0.49 · £1 −11.25

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

4.7%+0.0

n=527 · A/E 0.66 · £1 −238.62

Big fields · 14+ runners

1%−3.7

n=96 · A/E 0.25 · £1 −92.00

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−4.7

n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.7% 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

Beyond 3m 11.1% vs 4.7% · n=54

With Martin Smith 11.8% vs 4.7% · n=34

In Class 3 10.5% vs 4.7% · n=57

Off a break of 180+ days 0% vs 4.7% · n=59

With C&D winners 9.1% vs 4.7% · n=55

At Wincanton 0% vs 4.7% · n=42

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 383 20 5.2% −165.12

Chase 147 7 4.8% −63.00

NH Flat 40 0 0% −40.00

Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 220 11 5% −125.00

Soft 132 8 6.1% +11.88

Good to Soft 110 3 2.7% −92.50

Heavy 66 4 6.1% −33.50

Good to Firm 42 1 2.4% −29.00

Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Plumpton 61 5 8.2% +32.00

Fontwell 50 3 6% −30.50

Wincanton 42 0 0% −42.00

Taunton 38 2 5.3% −26.25

Exeter 35 2 5.7% −21.25

Newton Abbot 33 3 9.1% −7.00

Uttoxeter 28 1 3.6% −19.00

Worcester 24 0 0% −24.00

Chepstow 22 2 9.1% −14.00

Stratford 18 2 11.1% +3.00

Warwick 15 1 6.7% −6.50

Cheltenham 13 0 0% −13.00

Southwell 13 0 0% −13.00

Huntingdon 13 0 0% −13.00

Towcester 11 0 0% −11.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 5 250 12 4.8% −148.25

Class 4 193 6 3.1% −147.87

Class 3 57 6 10.5% +33.00

Class 6 26 1 3.8% −23.50

Class 2 19 1 5.3% −10.50

Class 1 10 0 0% −10.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 27 4 14.8% 0.55 −13.37

2nd–3rd fav 81 6 7.4% 0.48 −51.75

4th–6th fav 175 12 6.9% 0.91 −32.00

7th+ in betting 286 5 1.7% 0.62 −173.00

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

83.6% completed · 530 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 147 74.1% 6 4 26 0 2

Hurdle 383 87.2% 5 5 34 3 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

Kalaskadesemilley (GB) 28 1 11 12 Nov 19

Trakeur (FR) 13 0 0 23 Oct 16

Maccabees (GB) 13 1 4 25 Jan 16

What Larks (IRE) 11 0 2 10 Apr 19

Ossie's Dancer (GB) 11 2 4 14 May 17

Lord Lescribaa (FR) 11 2 2 29 Sep 14

St Saviour (GB) 9 1 3 27 Oct 17

Titch Strider (IRE) 9 1 2 4 Nov 16

Fearsome Fred (GB) 8 0 0 1 May 21

Edeiff's Lad (GB) 8 0 3 18 Apr 17

Watchmetail (IRE) 8 0 3 19 Oct 16

Joyful Motive (GB) 8 0 1 20 Sep 15

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 264 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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

963956004235

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 yardPhilip Hobbs

19% of all rides
7.5% SR · A/E 0.79

TrainerRWSR£1

Philip Hobbs 107 8 7.5% −40.75

Zoe Davison 42 0 0% −42.00

Martin Smith 34 4 11.8% +15.00

Mark Gillard 33 3 9.1% −15.75

John Panvert 30 1 3.3% −21.00

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→

Archived wins

£285k

Prize money

2015

Best season · 7 wins

Vaugeoise (FR) — Prix Orvilliers (Div 1) (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) Compiegne (FR) · Apr 2019

£19,459

Uncle Jimmy (IRE) — Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (series Qualifier) Warwick · Jan 2014 · Class 2

£11,574

Ossie's Dancer (GB) — Speedcut Contractors Racing Excellence Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Final Handicap Hurdle Plumpton · May 2015 · Class 3

£9,747

Notable horses

Lord Lescribaa (FR) Ossie's Dancer (GB) Notebook (GB) Kalaskadesemilley (GB) Maccabees (GB) St Saviour (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Myboycharlie (IRE) 3.6% · 1–28

Progeny have won 7.8% of 3,315 runs since 2013 (314 horses). Weakest on Good to Firm going: 4% from 225. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 4.1% from 195.

Motivator (GB) 4.8% · 1–21

Progeny have won 12% of 5,599 runs since 2009 (515 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 15.9% from 1,091. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.8% from 1,282. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 15.2% from 593. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.7% from 575.

Milan (GB) 5.3% · 1–19

Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,892 runs since 2008 (1,465 horses).

Phoenix Reach (IRE) 7.1% · 1–14

Progeny have won 7.8% of 1,950 runs since 2010 (140 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14% from 178. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 3.1% from 257.

Myrakalu (FR) 0% · 0–13

Progeny have won 4.2% of 95 runs since 2008 (10 horses).

Westerner (GB) 7.7% · 1–13

Progeny have won 12.1% of 11,873 runs since 2009 (946 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.

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 14 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 572 · newest first

The latest 50 of 572 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 14 May 2009 to 17 April 2022.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

17 Apr 22 Plumpton Fred Bear (IRE)T: Sheena West Strong Flavours Catering Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran 7th 11/4F

03 Apr 22 Plumpton Hit The Rocks (IRE)T: Gary Moore Global Herbs Supporting Equine Athletes Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good · 4 ran 3rd 9/1

21 Mar 22 Plumpton Hit The Rocks (IRE)T: Gary Moore At The Races App Market Movers Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 12/1

19 Jan 22 Newbury Systemic (GB)T: Gary Moore Start Your RacingTV Free Trial Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 10th 125/1

17 Dec 21 Ascot Shantou Master (IRE)T: Gary Moore Howden Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 21.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 11th 25/1

11 Dec 21 Hereford Black Gerry (IRE)T: Gary Moore Manor Elite Horse Boxes Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 5th 14/1

11 Dec 21 Hereford Gleno (IRE)T: Gary Moore Cazoo Conditional Jockeys' Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 25f · Good · 11 ran 8th 22/1

14 Nov 21 Fontwell Hayedo (GER)T: Gary Moore Duncan Burnett 60th Birthday Celebrations Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 12 ran 7th 9/1

01 May 21 Uttoxeter Fearsome Fred (GB)T: Dr Jeremy Naylor Kentucky Derby On Sky Sports Racing Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)Class 5 · 23.5f · Good · 16 ran 16th 28/1

16 Apr 21 Fontwell Steel The China (IRE)T: Linda Jewell Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 6th 125/1

11 Apr 21 Plumpton Twenty Twenty (IRE)T: Gary Moore Evening With Paul Merson 9th September Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 25.5f · Good · 6 ran 4th 22/1

05 Apr 21 Plumpton Steel The China (IRE)T: Linda Jewell An Evening With Paul Merson 9th September Novices' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 25.5f · Good · 8 ran 6th 66/1

15 Mar 21 Stratford Big Dawg (IRE)T: Mrs P A Tetley pointtopoint.co.uk Novices' Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 21f · Soft · 12 ran PU 100/1

12 Mar 21 Sandown Hit The Rocks (IRE)T: Gary Moore Paddy Power Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 5th 12/1

28 Feb 21 Fontwell Big Dawg (IRE)T: Mrs P A Tetley Taste Champagne At champagnepiaff.com Open Hunters' ChaseClass 6 · 26f · Soft · 16 ran PU 100/1

18 Feb 21 Sandown Twenty Twenty (IRE)T: Gary Moore Kingston Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 20f · Heavy · 10 ran 6th 40/1

13 Jan 21 Leicester Red Mix (FR)T: Gary Moore Pertemps Network Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 15.5f · Heavy · 9 ran PU 66/1

13 Jan 21 Leicester Twenty Twenty (IRE)T: Gary Moore Pertemps Network Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran 8th 11/1

03 Jan 21 Plumpton Twenty Twenty (IRE)T: Gary Moore Follow At The Races On Twitter Novices' ChaseClass 3 · 19.5f · Soft · 7 ran 1st 40/1

18 Dec 20 Ascot Ar Mest (FR)T: Gary Moore Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 17f · Soft · 6 ran 3rd 14/1

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 Tom Cheesman's strike rate?: Tom Cheesman has won 27 of 572 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.7% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Tom Cheesman do best at?: Newton Abbot by strike rate: 3 wins from 33 rides (9.1%) 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 Tom Cheesman ride most for?: Philip Hobbs, with 107 rides since 2008 — 19% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (7.5%).
What is Tom Cheesman's Fair A/E?: 0.66, from 567 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.