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Jockey profile

Tom McLaughlin

2,312 rides in the lifetime window · 990 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2017 100% of rides on the flat
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.
169–2,312
Wins / Runs
7.3%
Strike rate
n=2,312
544 (24%)
Placed
0.94
n=2,297 · 0.81 incl. margin
−917.64
£1 level stake
n=2,312 at SP · −39.7%
£1.16m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 230 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.94). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 9% (165 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 2,312 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance 33.9% when favourite Malcolm Saunders: 10.8% from 278 Rode the favourite in 5% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Chepstow (14%, n=107), clear of the rider's 7.3% baseline. It is weakest at Haydock (0% over 30 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 2.8% (n=254, Fair A/E 0.49). The market has consistently overbet rides on last-time-out winners: 9.1% strike, Fair A/E 0.65 and −102.37 to a £1 stake over 165 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Malcolm Saunders supplied 12% of the rides and edges the rider's average (10.8% vs 7.3%, A/E 1.12) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well on Good to Soft going (11.4%, n=175). The record read poorly off a 61-180-day break — 2.7% over 148 rides, 4.6pts below the baseline. 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Sportingbet Yorkshire Cup at York (May 2012, £79,394). The standout partner of the record was Wooden King (IRE) — 6 wins from 39 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
5.1%−2.2
n=923 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −421.19
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
9.1%+1.8
n=165 · A/E 0.65 · £1 −102.37
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
2.8%−4.5
n=254 · A/E 0.49 · £1 −143.62
When favourite
33.9%
n=109 · A/E 1.28 · £1 +14.62
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.9%−1.4
n=375 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −129.25
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
8.7%+1.4
n=46 · A/E 1.42 · £1 +4.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.3% 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
At Chepstow 14% vs 7.3% · n=107
With debutants 1.8% vs 7.3% · n=164
With Phil McEntee 0% vs 7.3% · n=31
At Haydock 0% vs 7.3% · n=30
Off a 61-180-day break 2.7% vs 7.3% · n=148
On Good to Soft going 11.4% vs 7.3% · n=175
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) 1,081 75 6.9% −397.45
Good to Firm 447 29 6.5% −233.18
Good 340 20 5.9% −166.75
Good to Soft 175 20 11.4% −12.38
Soft 168 15 8.9% −65.13
Firm 76 9 11.8% −23.25
Heavy 25 1 4% −19.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 415 28 6.7% −212.33
Kempton 331 23 6.9% −42.20
Lingfield (AW) 199 13 6.5% −65.50
Bath 173 19 11% −63.50
Yarmouth 145 10 6.9% −66.00
Chepstow 107 15 14% +16.87
Southwell (AW) 93 9 9.7% −51.42
Brighton 78 6 7.7% −47.50
Nottingham 77 2 2.6% −62.38
Lingfield 70 5 7.1% −29.60
Windsor 65 3 4.6% −52.25
Salisbury 48 3 6.3% −8.00
Chelmsford (AW) 43 2 4.7% −26.00
Chester 42 2 4.8% −24.50
Warwick 40 3 7.5% +7.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 890 59 6.6% −485.34
Class 6 873 75 8.6% −191.09
Class 4 329 21 6.4% −172.96
Class 3 78 7 9% −21.75
Class 2 49 2 4.1% −21.00
Class 1 46 4 8.7% +4.50
Class 7 46 1 2.2% −29.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 133 41 30.8% 1.24 +10.62
2nd–3rd fav 377 56 14.9% 0.98 −45.76
4th–6th fav 688 51 7.4% 0.97 −184.00
7th+ in betting 1,114 21 1.9% 0.59 −698.50
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
Wooden King (IRE) 39 6 14 23 Nov 13
Dvinsky (USA) 26 2 8 6 Mar 13
Danzoe (IRE) 21 3 7 6 Nov 13
Sunny Future (IRE) 21 2 10 20 Oct 13
Gallantry (GB) 21 3 9 20 Mar 13
Scruffy Skip (IRE) 21 5 7 3 Nov 11
Matterofact (IRE) 20 2 10 4 May 11
Captain Carey (GB) 19 5 9 17 Aug 13
Tyfos (GB) 19 4 7 4 Jul 13
Ginzan (GB) 18 3 9 11 Aug 13
Lady Bayside (GB) 17 2 7 20 Nov 13
Secret Witness (GB) 16 1 8 24 Sep 11
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 990 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 6 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
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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
12% of all rides
10.8% SR · A/E 1.12
TrainerRWSR£1
Malcolm Saunders 278 30 10.8% −99.38
Mark Brisbourne 235 16 6.8% −131.00
Ed Dunlop 218 17 7.8% −90.97
David Evans 184 16 8.7% −77.47
Christine Dunnett 181 15 8.3% −29.00
Ronald Harris 144 10 6.9% −11.93
Paul Howling 110 7 6.4% −8.50
Rod Millman 91 7 7.7% −49.75
Karen George 85 7 8.2% −23.20
Ed Walker 49 4 8.2% −24.45
Jane Chapple-Hyam 43 3 7% −25.12
Nick Littmoden 42 4 9.5% −29.62
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
189
Archived wins
4
Pattern / graded wins
£1.31m
Prize money
2008
Best season · 53 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.
Red Cadeaux (GB) — Sportingbet Yorkshire Cup (British Champions Series) (Group 2) York · May 2012 · Group 2
£79,394
Wahylah (IRE) — 100,000 Tattersalls Millions Fillies' Median Auction Stakes Newmarket · Sep 2011 · Class 2
£54,100
Red Cadeaux (GB) — At The Races Curragh Cup (Group 3) Curragh · Jun 2011 · Group 3
£37,500

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Piccolo (GB) 4.4% · 3–68
Progeny have won 7.8% of 6,904 runs since 2008 (393 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 11.6% from 164. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.5% from 258.
Danetime (IRE) 12.1% · 8–66
Progeny have won 11.1% of 2,846 runs since 2008 (149 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.3% from 218.
Bertolini (USA) 10.6% · 5–47
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
King's Best (USA) 10.8% · 4–37
Progeny have won 9.9% of 7,763 runs since 2008 (574 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.8% from 249.
Oasis Dream (GB) 10.8% · 4–37
Progeny have won 11.8% of 18,002 runs since 2008 (1,509 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.3% from 150. Weakest on Heavy going: 8.5% from 482. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.1% from 790.
Diktat (GB) 13.9% · 5–36
Progeny have won 8.2% of 4,931 runs since 2008 (337 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.4% from 431. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 156.
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 2,595 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,595 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 27 July 2007 to 13 September 2017.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
18 Nov 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Caterina De Medici (FR)T: Ed Walker 32red HandicapClass 5 · 16.5f · Standard · 8 ran 3rd 12/1
07 Nov 13 Lingfield (AW) Lady Bayside (GB)T: Malcolm Saunders Ladbrokes HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 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 Tom McLaughlin's strike rate?
Tom McLaughlin has won 169 of 2,312 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.3% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Tom McLaughlin do best at?
Chepstow by strike rate: 15 wins from 107 rides (14%) 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 McLaughlin ride most for?
Malcolm Saunders, with 278 rides since 2008 — 12% of the total. That pairing has won 30 (10.8%).
What is Tom McLaughlin's Fair A/E?
0.94, from 2,297 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).