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Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

918 runners in the lifetime window · 139 individual horses
As at 14 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 4.7% of 257 declared in the last 365 days, counting all recorded withdrawals, including reserves. For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.2–8.0% over 364 racing days). As at 14 Nov 2026.
Last runner 6 days ago 100% of runners over jumps
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
137–918
Wins / Runs
14.9%
Strike rate
n=918
335 (37%)
Placed
1.01
n=918 · 0.86 incl. margin
−252.08
£1 level stake
n=918 at SP · −27.5%
£2.07m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
13.3%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 50 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 15% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.01). The yard is quiet just now — 0 winners in the last fortnight, below its own baseline.

Deterministic profile computed from 918 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 14 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jan–Feb 43.4% when favourite Micheal Nolan: 16.5% from 334 Claiming riders: 15.5% Sends off the favourite in 16% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Taunton (23.8%, n=80) and Newton Abbot (23.7%, n=59) — all clear of the yard's 14.9% baseline. It is weakest at Uttoxeter (5.6% over 36 runners) — the widest gap in the record. A horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 7.1% (n=56, Fair A/E 0.57). Right now the yard is in a quiet spell: 0 from 17 runners in the last 14 days (0%, 14.9pts below the 14.9% baseline). Micheal Nolan rides 36% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (16.5%, A/E 1.02) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also reads well off a 8-14-day break (25.9%, n=54). The record reads poorly in Class 1 — 5.8% over 52 runners, 9.1pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Coral Scottish Grand National Handicap Chase at Ayr (Apr 2026, £112,873). The stable star of the record: Imperial Saint (FR) — 6 wins from 18 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Jan–Feb.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 14.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
13.8%−1.1
n=224 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −57.02
New recruits · first run for the yard
14.7%−0.2
n=68 · A/E 1.29 · £1 −18.95
Debutants · first career start
9.9%−5.0
n=71 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −37.88
First-time headgear · true-first definition
7.1%−7.8
n=56 · A/E 0.57 · £1 −43.50
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
21.1%+6.2
n=19 · A/E 1.46 · £1 +15.50
When favourite
43.4%
n=143 · A/E 1.24 · £1 +14.16
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
15.5%+0.6
n=207 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −32.94
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
5%−9.9
n=20 · A/E 0.25 · £1 −17.12

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 14.9% 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
Off a 8-14-day break 25.9% vs 14.9% · n=54
At Taunton 23.8% vs 14.9% · n=80
In Class 1 5.8% vs 14.9% · n=52
At Newton Abbot 23.7% vs 14.9% · n=59
On last-time-out winners 22% vs 14.9% · n=141
At Uttoxeter 5.6% vs 14.9% · n=36
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 566 88 15.5% −161.50
Chase 294 38 12.9% −93.77
NH Flat 54 9 16.7% −14.81
Flat 4 2 50% +18.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good to Soft 325 44 13.5% −104.27
Good 276 36 13% −89.67
Soft 229 41 17.9% −39.94
Heavy 81 13 16% −23.00
Good to Firm 5 2 40% −2.20
Standard (AW) 2 1 50% +7.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Exeter 115 15 13% −32.84
Taunton 80 19 23.8% −4.51
Chepstow 77 14 18.2% −5.11
Wincanton 63 10 15.9% −25.91
Newton Abbot 59 14 23.7% +10.61
Newbury 59 12 20.3% −7.14
Ffos Las 45 7 15.6% −19.17
Uttoxeter 36 2 5.6% −29.27
Cheltenham 34 2 5.9% −20.50
Fontwell 33 6 18.2% −1.75
Aintree 30 4 13.3% −16.42
Hereford 26 3 11.5% −12.80
Warwick 26 4 15.4% −8.87
Worcester 25 1 4% −22.00
Kempton 23 2 8.7% −14.90

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 414 66 15.9% −106.16
Class 3 196 33 16.8% −59.64
Class 5 169 20 11.8% −67.11
Class 2 84 15 17.9% +7.45
Class 1 52 3 5.8% −23.62

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 161 70 43.5% 1.29 +25.79
2nd–3rd fav 275 40 14.5% 0.79 −93.37
4th–6th fav 286 21 7.3% 0.87 −85.50
7th+ in betting 196 6 3.1% 0.88 −99.00
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
87.7% completed · 860 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 294 83.7% 5 3 38 0 2
Hurdle 566 89.8% 14 11 31 1 1
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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Sassified (IRE)from Philip Hobbs · then James Owen 23 4 9 29 Sep 25
Georgi Girl (IRE)from Philip Hobbs 19 3 6 6 Mar 26
Tiny Tetley (GB) 19 5 9 27 Feb 26
Imperial Saint (FR) 18 6 10 7 Nov 26
Royal Jewel (IRE) 18 4 11 4 Apr 26
Paddy In The Caddy (IRE) 18 4 6 9 Mar 26
Musical Slave (IRE)from Philip Hobbs 18 2 3 25 Apr 25
Solar System (FR) 17 4 7 4 Apr 26
Livin On Luco (IRE) 16 3 9 25 Oct 26
Langley Hundred (IRE)from Philip Hobbs 16 2 5 25 Mar 25
French Ship (GB) 15 5 7 7 Nov 26
Into The Park (IRE)then Billy Aprahamian 15 2 5 17 Mar 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 139 horses sent out 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.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 60 horses listed, 31 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Philip Hobbs (23) and David Pipe (2); 29 had their first archived run for this yard.

10 have since run for another yard, most often for James Owen (2); 50 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

Quiet spell
0 from 17 0% · −14.9pts vs baseline
Last 14 days0%
Lifetime base14.9%
Shown only when the 14-day window is large enough to mean anything (n≥15). A cold run renders the same card with a quiet badge — never hidden.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
1920151089143318181415
A jumps yard: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderMicheal Nolan
36% of all rides
16.5% SR · A/E 1.02
RiderRWSR£1
Micheal Nolan 334 55 16.5% −96.18
Sean Houlihan 218 25 11.5% −63.53
Callum Pritchard 127 19 15% −28.64
Ben Jones 86 18 20.9% −22.43
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2023→
137
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£2.07m
Prize money
2025
Best season · 46 wins
Kap Vert (FR) — Coral Scottish Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Ayr · Apr 2026 · Class 1
£112,873
Captain Hugo (IRE) — bet365 Morebattle Hurdle (Handicap) (GBB Race) Kelso · Feb 2026 · Class 2
£61,728
Imperial Saint (FR) — Sky Bet Peter Marsh Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Haydock · Jan 2026 · Class 1
£56,950

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 7.9% · 5–63
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,040 runs since 2016 (1,034 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Malinas (GER) 22.2% · 12–54
Progeny have won 14.1% of 3,965 runs since 2010 (420 horses).
Kayf Tara (GB) 10.5% · 4–38
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,769 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Soldier of Fortune (IRE) 18.9% · 7–37
Progeny have won 11.3% of 5,905 runs since 2013 (688 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Mount Nelson (GB) 27.3% · 9–33
Progeny have won 10% of 6,290 runs since 2012 (538 horses).
Milan (GB) 17.9% · 5–28
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,892 runs since 2008 (1,465 horses).
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 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 918 · newest first

The latest 50 of 918 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 15 March 2023 to 8 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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 21 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 5 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 4 runs (won 1) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 7 Nov 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 Philip Hobbs & Johnson White's strike rate?
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White has won 137 of 918 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 14.9% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Philip Hobbs & Johnson White do best at?
Taunton by strike rate: 19 wins from 80 runners (23.8%) 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 Philip Hobbs & Johnson White?
Micheal Nolan, with 334 runners since 2008 — 36% of the total. That pairing has won 55 (16.5%).
Is Philip Hobbs & Johnson White in form?
In the last 14 days: 17 runners, 0 winners, a strike rate of 0%. That is below the baseline of 14.9% since 2008.
What is Philip Hobbs & Johnson White's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 918 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 14 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).