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Trainer profile

Clare Hobson

596 runners in the lifetime window · 96 individual horses
As at 7 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 2 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
17–596
Wins / Runs
2.9%
Strike rate
n=596
77 (13%)
Placed
0.64
Fair A/E
n=595 · 0.55 incl. margin
−395.76
£1 level stake
n=596 at SP · −66.4%
£206k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
2.9%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.64).

Deterministic profile computed from 596 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 7 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jun–Jul Fresh horses: 3.5% Ben Poste: 1.1% from 95 New recruits: 3.3%
The read

The record is strongest at Market Rasen (6.8%, n=44), clear of the yard's 2.9% baseline. The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 2.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.69 and −94.67 to a £1 stake over 145 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Ben Poste rides 16% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (1.1%, A/E 0.25). The yard also reads well at trips under 6f (8.1%, n=37) and over 1m – 1m1f (6.7%, n=45). The market has consistently overbet the yard in Class 4: Fair A/E 0.00 across 146 runners (0% strike, −146.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. Seasonally, the yard fires Jun–Jul.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 2.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.5%+0.6
n=144 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −91.84
New recruits · first run for the yard
3.3%+0.4
n=61 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −33.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.9
n=35 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −35.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
3.2%+0.3
n=31 · A/E 0.88 · £1 +20.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−2.9
n=25 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −25.00
When favourite
12.5%
n=8 · A/E 0.51 · £1 −3.67
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.8%−0.1
n=145 · A/E 0.69 · £1 −94.67

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.9% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Headgear figures use the true-first definition (first gear appearance in the captured career); returns are gear back on after a bare run. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
At trips under 6f 8.1% vs 2.9% · n=37
With Marco Ghiani 7.1% vs 2.9% · n=56
At Market Rasen 6.8% vs 2.9% · n=44
Over 1m – 1m1f 6.7% vs 2.9% · n=45
In Class 4 0% vs 2.9% · n=146
With horses switching code 0% vs 2.9% · n=90
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
Flat 271 9 3.3% −188.84
Hurdle 205 4 2% −112.67
Chase 80 4 5% −54.25
NH Flat 40 0 0% −40.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 214 7 3.3% −111.25
Standard (AW) 197 7 3.6% −138.34
Good to Soft 79 0 0% −79.00
Good to Firm 48 1 2.1% −39.50
Soft 45 1 2.2% −19.00
Heavy 11 1 9.1% −6.67
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Chelmsford (AW) 70 4 5.7% −28.17
Huntingdon 48 2 4.2% −30.50
Lingfield (AW) 45 1 2.2% −39.50
Market Rasen 44 3 6.8% −24.75
Southwell 39 0 0% −39.00
Uttoxeter 33 1 3% +18.00
Fakenham 32 0 0% −32.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 28 0 0% −28.00
Southwell (AW) 27 2 7.4% −15.67
Kempton (AW) 26 0 0% −26.00
Plumpton 19 1 5.3% +7.00
Lingfield 16 0 0% −16.00
Stratford 16 0 0% −16.00
Fontwell 16 1 6.3% −11.67
Yarmouth 14 1 7.1% −5.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 257 8 3.1% −145.92
Class 6 183 9 4.9% −93.84
Class 4 146 0 0% −146.00
Class 2 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 7 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 11 2 18.2% 0.73 −3.42
2nd–3rd fav 45 8 17.8% 1.19 −2.84
4th–6th fav 188 4 2.1% 0.38 −140.50
7th+ in betting 352 3 0.9% 0.46 −249.00
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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
United Force (IRE)from Archie Watson 32 3 7 18 Apr 26
Uncle O (GB) 32 1 7 3 Oct 23
Embolden (IRE)from Alice Haynes 27 2 9 21 Oct 24
Severus Alexander (IRE)from Gavin Cromwell 22 0 4 7 Sep 22
General Assembly (IRE)from Jack Morland 21 2 6 5 Nov 26
Honneur De Sivola (FR) 20 0 5 5 Sep 26
Dark Sorceress (GB) 20 1 6 26 Feb 26
Oldabbey Bridge (IRE) 16 1 4 14 Nov 20
Warner's Cross (IRE)then Sophie Leech 15 1 3 11 May 26
Vinnie's Getaway (IRE)from Olly Murphy 14 1 4 8 Feb 23
Ascot Jungle (IRE)from F Vermeulen 14 0 0 16 Jun 22
Bullsempire (IRE)from A Pennock 13 0 0 27 Sep 21
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 96 horses sent out 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.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 60 horses listed, 40 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Joanne Thomason-Murphy (2); 20 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard, most often for Sophie Leech (2); 52 have no later run for another yard in our archive.

Read from each listed horse's whole archived career (2005 onwards), not only this window, and counted over the horses listed above, not the whole string. “First archived run” means our archive holds nothing earlier, not that the horse was unraced. A horse with no later run elsewhere may still be here, be off the track, or have run somewhere our archive does not cover — none of that is asserted.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 5
Only 5 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderBen Poste
16% of all rides
1.1% SR · A/E 0.25
RiderRWSR£1
Ben Poste 95 1 1.1% −91.75
Marco Ghiani 56 4 7.1% −12.67
Jeremiah McGrath 51 1 2% +0.00
Tabitha Worsley 36 1 2.8% −31.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
17
Archived wins
£206k
Prize money
2024
Best season · 5 wins
United Force (IRE) — Happy Retirement Robert Cooper Handicap (Div 2) Yarmouth · Jul 2024 · Class 6
£5,234
General Assembly (IRE) — 'Timeform Sprint Series Qualifier' Handicap Chelmsford City (AW) · Nov 2025 · Class 5
£4,711
United Force (IRE) — Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Southwell (AW) · Dec 2024 · Class 6
£4,711
Notable horses
United Force (IRE) Embolden (IRE) General Assembly (IRE) Uncle O (GB) Dark Sorceress (GB) Oldabbey Bridge (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Showcasing (GB) 8.6% · 3–35
Progeny have won 10.1% of 11,656 runs since 2014 (999 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.5% from 109.
Fair Mix (IRE) 3.1% · 1–32
Progeny have won 7.3% of 2,578 runs since 2008 (251 horses).
Kodiac (GB) 7.4% · 2–27
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,601 runs since 2010 (1,666 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.
Advertise (GB) 4.5% · 1–22
Progeny have won 9.8% of 1,565 runs since 2023 (153 horses).
Zoffany (IRE) 0% · 0–22
Progeny have won 9.9% of 10,780 runs since 2015 (799 horses).
Starspangledbanner (AUS) 9.5% · 2–21
Progeny have won 11.1% of 7,222 runs since 2014 (664 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,199.
Top line: the yard'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 7 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 596 · newest first

The latest 50 of 596 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 7 March 2012 to 5 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
05 Nov 26 Chelmsford (AW) General Assembly (IRE)J: Jack Doughty Midnite It's Actually Pretty Good Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 2nd 9/1
05 Nov 26 Chelmsford (AW) Re Shardana (GER)J: Jack Doughty Juddmonte EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (For Horses In Bands C And D) (GBB Race)Class 2 · 7.5f · Standard · 12 ran 9th 150/1
02 Nov 26 Southwell Walk The Plank (IRE)J: Charlie Hammond Dance Through The Decades Christmas Parties Novices' Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 16f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 100/30
29 Oct 26 Stratford Indian Crunch (GB)J: Tabitha Worsley Charlotte Cole And Becky Rowland Memorial Fillies' "Junior" National Hunt Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8th 80/1
28 Oct 26 Huntingdon Papa Oscar (GB)J: Dylan Johnston Hospitality At Huntingdon Racecourse Novices' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 40/1
22 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) One For Harvey (GB)J: Taryn Langley Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Apprentice Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 11 ran 3rd 5/2F
19 Oct 26 Wolverhampton (AW) General Assembly (IRE)J: Marco Ghiani Follow @attheraces On Instagram Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 8/1
09 Oct 26 York God Of Titans (IRE)J: Jack Doughty British Ebf £100,000 Final (colts And Geldings)Class 2 · 7f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 12th 100/1
03 Oct 26 Southwell (AW) General Assembly (IRE)J: Jack Doughty Bettingsites.co.uk Find Your Bookmaker Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 10 ran 4th 7/1
17 Sep 26 Southwell (AW) One For Harvey (GB)J: Jack Gilligan Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 100/30F
17 Sep 26 Southwell (AW) God Of Titans (IRE)J: Jack Doughty Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (For Horses In Bands C And D) (EBF Restricted Race Qualifier) (Div I) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran 2nd 300/1
07 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) General Assembly (IRE)J: Lewis Edmunds Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap StakesClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 9 ran 8th 15/2
05 Sep 26 Stratford Honneur De Sivola (FR)J: Brendan Powell Envesca Safety Champions Handicap Steeple ChaseClass 5 · 22.5f · Good · 10 ran 9th 40/1
05 Sep 26 Stratford Bailey's Luck (GB)J: Ben Poste What The Frunk: The Geely Ex2 Novices' Hurdle Race (gbb Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 6 ran 6th 300/1
02 Sep 26 Kempton (AW) Anchor (GB)J: Marco Ghiani Unibet/ebf Novice Stakes (gbb/gbbplus Race)Class 3 · 11f · Standard / Slow · 6 ran 6th 300/1
27 Aug 26 Lingfield (AW) General Assembly (IRE)J: Marco Ghiani Free Tips On Attheraces.com Handicap StakesClass 5 · 5f · Standard · 6 ran 5th 3/1
13 Aug 26 Windsor One For Harvey (GB)J: Jack Gilligan Bet £20 Get £40 In Free Bets At matchbook.com Handicap StakesClass 6 · 6f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 4th 40/1
05 Aug 26 Kempton (AW) Anchor (GB)J: Gina Mangan Becky Burke Memorial Novice Stakes (Div I) (GBB/GBBPlus Race)Class 3 · 11f · Standard / Slow · 12 ran 12th 300/1
30 Jul 26 Wolverhampton (AW) God Of Titans (IRE)J: Darragh Keenan Free Bets On attheraces.com EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (For Horses In Bands C And D) (EBF Restricted Race Qualifier) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 300/1
24 Jul 26 Uttoxeter Bailey's Luck (GB)J: Ben Poste Chloe Mediumship Novices' Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 11th 300/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 22 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 22 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Clare Hobson's strike rate?
Clare Hobson has won 17 of 596 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 2.9% (as at 7 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Clare Hobson do best at?
Market Rasen by strike rate: 3 wins from 44 runners (6.8%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most runners 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.
Who rides most for Clare Hobson?
Ben Poste, with 95 runners since 2008 — 16% of the total. That pairing has won 1 (1.1%).
Is Clare Hobson in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 5 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Clare Hobson's Fair A/E?
0.64, from 595 runners 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 7 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).