What is Philip Hobbs's strike rate?

Philip Hobbs has won 1,319 of 8,087 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 16.3% (as at 8 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Philip Hobbs do best at?

Worcester by strike rate: 58 wins from 274 runners (21.2%) 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?

Richard Johnson, with 3,728 runners since 2008 — 46% of the total. That pairing has won 730 (19.6%).

What is Philip Hobbs's Fair A/E?

1.03, from 8,077 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.

Trainer profile

Philip Hobbs

8,087 runners in the lifetime window · 818 individual horses

As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner Mar 2023 98% of runners over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

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

1,319–8,087

Wins / Runs

16.3%

Strike rate

n=8,087

3,083 (38%)

Placed

1.03

Fair A/E

n=8,077 · 0.89 incl. margin

−1,430.97

£1 level stake

n=8,087 at SP · −17.7%

£18.5m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 430 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 16% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.03).

Deterministic profile computed from 8,087 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 8 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance 37.2% when favourite Richard Johnson: 19.6% from 3,728 New recruits: 17.1% Sends off the favourite in 20% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Leicester (28.1%, n=64), clear of the yard's 16.3% baseline. In Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 12% (n=706, Fair A/E 1.08). Richard Johnson rides 46% of the entries and edges the yard's average (19.6% vs 16.3%, A/E 1.06) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in Class 1 — 10.6% over 985 runners, 5.7pts below the baseline. 95 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Betfred Cesarewitch at Newmarket (Oct 2014, £155,625). The stable star of the record: Menorah (IRE) — 14 wins from 42 runs for the yard.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 16.3% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

14.9%−1.4

n=2,138 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −509.37

New recruits · first run for the yard

17.1%+0.8

n=246 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −25.68

Debutants · first career start

16%−0.3

n=463 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −59.05

First-time headgear · true-first definition

12.4%−3.9

n=322 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −55.87

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

12.6%−3.7

n=103 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −9.29

When favourite

37.2%

n=1,577 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −113.64

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

12.9%−3.4

n=1,392 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −376.61

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

12%−4.3

n=706 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −152.81

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 16.3% 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

With Barry Geraghty 31.9% vs 16.3% · n=69

At Leicester 28.1% vs 16.3% · n=64

On last-time-out winners 23.1% vs 16.3% · n=1,330

With Tom Cheesman 7.5% vs 16.3% · n=107

In Class 1 10.6% vs 16.3% · n=985

With Sean Houlihan 9.2% vs 16.3% · n=185

This filter uses derived form angles computed for 48.3% of the archive so far (as at 8 Nov 2026); the sample will grow as sequencing completes.

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 4,242 706 16.6% −754.19

Chase 3,120 499 16% −534.65

NH Flat 595 97 16.3% −123.19

Flat 130 17 13.1% −18.94

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 3,048 491 16.1% −510.06

Good to Soft 2,058 298 14.5% −511.85

Soft 1,830 294 16.1% −321.68

Heavy 700 151 21.6% −39.76

Good to Firm 415 78 18.8% −47.57

Standard (AW) 27 4 14.8% +0.58

Firm 9 3 33.3% −0.63

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Cheltenham 710 79 11.1% −181.73

Exeter 672 119 17.7% −177.48

Wincanton 549 81 14.8% −91.92

Chepstow 486 81 16.7% −35.56

Taunton 454 76 16.7% −144.53

Newbury 452 74 16.4% +105.85

Newton Abbot 395 67 17% −77.40

Kempton 340 46 13.5% −115.81

Ludlow 314 63 20.1% −44.49

Warwick 297 51 17.2% −80.47

Ascot 292 36 12.3% −78.28

Sandown 290 46 15.9% −6.61

Worcester 274 58 21.2% +28.87

Uttoxeter 265 42 15.8% −89.05

Aintree 244 25 10.2% −85.31

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 2,831 541 19.1% −308.71

Class 3 2,130 333 15.6% −436.71

Class 2 1,066 153 14.4% −150.00

Class 1 985 104 10.6% −294.26

Class 5 770 122 15.8% −187.61

Class 6 279 60 21.5% −87.43

Class 7 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 1,791 635 35.5% 1.08 −138.44

2nd–3rd fav 2,562 434 16.9% 0.98 −467.03

4th–6th fav 2,267 197 8.7% 1.02 −382.50

7th+ in betting 1,467 53 3.6% 0.94 −443.00

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.

Distance

DistanceRWSR£1

2m1f – 2m4f 2,608 466 17.9% −430.97

2m5f – 3m 2,437 369 15.1% −429.98

1m5f – 2m 2,282 380 16.7% −467.84

Over 3m 692 93 13.4% −115.76

1m2f – 1m4f 62 11 17.7% +19.58

6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00

1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2008 628 111 17.7% +8.94

2009 593 90 15.2% −139.33

2010 587 102 17.4% −99.69

2011 538 77 14.3% −106.48

2012 531 76 14.3% −79.65

2013 544 84 15.4% −104.25

2014 567 111 19.6% +4.15

2015 527 112 21.3% −28.71

2016 594 102 17.2% −147.15

2017 534 92 17.2% −125.97

2018 533 92 17.3% −25.94

2019 526 93 17.7% −141.50

2020 400 61 15.3% −121.21

2021 500 60 12% −160.58

2022 397 49 12.3% −133.60

2023 88 7 8% −30.00

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 4,784 642 13.4% −835.90

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

8-10 runners 2,237 376 16.8% −382.88

11-13 runners 1,790 221 12.3% −484.67

5-7 runners 1,727 416 24.1% −95.16

14-16 runners 1,226 150 12.2% −148.96

17+ runners 798 57 7.1% −249.79

2-4 runners 309 99 32% −69.51

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

86.8% completed · 7,362 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 3,120 81.4% 145 79 346 3 6

Hurdle 4,242 90.7% 117 26 233 10 8

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

Templer (IRE) 45 8 20 2 Sep 12

Menorah (IRE)from Thomas Mullins 42 14 24 29 Apr 17

Wishfull Thinking (GB) 42 12 21 13 Apr 16

Balthazar King (IRE)from Anabel K Murphy 42 14 24 16 Mar 16

Beau Du Brizais (FR) 41 5 11 11 Jun 21

Lord Lescribaa (FR) 40 5 13 29 Sep 14

Cockney Trucker (IRE) 39 4 16 25 Sep 13

Safari Journey (USA)from T Clout · then Lucinda Egerton 39 4 10 7 Apr 12

Duke Of Lucca (IRE)then Francesca Nimmo 38 8 18 25 Apr 15

Oldrik (GER)then Miss Charlotte Evans 38 7 19 11 Apr 13

Rolling Dylan (IRE) 37 6 19 7 Mar 23

Sternrubin (GER)from Peter Chapple-Hyam · then Fergal O'Brien 35 8 21 27 Dec 20

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 818 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 25 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, 17 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Anabel K Murphy (3); 43 had their first archived run for this yard.

28 have since run for another yard, most often for Philip Hobbs & Johnson White (4) and Fergal O'Brien (2); 32 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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime

JFMAMJJASOND

171615171514131816181617

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 riderRichard Johnson

46% of all rides
19.6% SR · A/E 1.06

RiderRWSR£1

Richard Johnson 3,728 730 19.6% −334.77

Tom O'Brien 1,786 249 13.9% −465.54

Micheal Nolan 494 54 10.9% −137.22

Rhys Flint 252 32 12.7% −87.44

James Best 230 26 11.3% −51.32

Sean Houlihan 185 17 9.2% −97.45

Mr David Maxwell 154 32 20.8% +23.40

Ben Jones 144 22 15.3% −37.54

Ciaran Gethings 111 15 13.5% −42.16

Tom Cheesman 107 8 7.5% −40.75

Giles Hawkins 106 13 12.3% −32.02

A P McCoy 77 19 24.7% −13.36

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

1,642

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£23.1m

Prize money

2006

Best season · 114 wins

In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. 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.

Big Easy (GER) — Betfred Cesarewitch (Heritage Handicap) Newmarket · Oct 2014 · Class 2

£155,625

Planet of Sound (GB) — Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup (Grade 1) Punchestown · Apr 2010 · Grade 1

£135,000

Detroit City (USA) — boylesports.com International Hurdle (Grade 2) Cheltenham · Dec 2006 · Class 1

£114,040

Notable horses

Menorah (IRE) Balthazar King (IRE) Defi Du Seuil (FR) Fair Along (GER) Wishfull Thinking (GB) Garde La Victoire (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Presenting (GB) 15.7% · 74–470

Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.

King's Theatre (IRE) 22.9% · 92–401

Progeny have won 14.4% of 12,129 runs since 2008 (746 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.8% from 125. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 203.

Kayf Tara (GB) 20.8% · 76–366

Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,760 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

Milan (GB) 17.7% · 39–220

Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,884 runs since 2008 (1,464 horses).

Oscar (IRE) 15.5% · 33–213

Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.

Getaway (GER) 15.6% · 30–192

Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,006 runs since 2016 (1,031 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.

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 8 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 10,006 · newest first

The latest 50 of 10,006 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 13 March 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

13 Mar 23 Taunton Golden Sovereign (IRE)J: Micheal Nolan WilliamHill Stayers Hurdle Top Price Guarantee Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 28.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran UR 4/1

13 Mar 23 Taunton High Game Royal (FR)J: Micheal Nolan WilliamHill Champion Chase Top Price Guarantee Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 3rd 5/4J

13 Mar 23 Taunton Georgi Girl (IRE)J: Ben Jones William Hill Cheltenham Epic Odds Junior 'National Hunt' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2nd 15/8

12 Mar 23 Warwick Jatiluwih (FR)J: Elizabeth Gale Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 26f · Soft · 7 ran 3rd 6/1

11 Mar 23 Sandown Keep Wondering (IRE)J: Micheal Nolan Daily Tips On Betting.Betfair.com Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran 7th 8/1

11 Mar 23 Sandown Monviel (IRE)J: Ben Jones Betfair Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 16f · Heavy · 16 ran 5th 11/2

10 Mar 23 Exeter Langley Hundred (IRE)J: Elizabeth Gale Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 23f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 13/2

10 Mar 23 Exeter Iberio (GER)J: Micheal Nolan Virgin Bet Fives Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 21.5f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 5/1

10 Mar 23 Exeter Dark Duomo (IRE)J: Ben Jones Virgin Bet Best Odds Daily Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 9 ran 6th 10/3

09 Mar 23 Wincanton Island Run (GB)J: Micheal Nolan Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1st 7/2

09 Mar 23 Wincanton Blue Anchor (GB)J: Micheal Nolan Julia's House Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 15f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5th 100/1

07 Mar 23 Sandown Rolling Dylan (IRE)J: Maj Charlie O'Shea Grand Military Gold Cup (Chase For Military Amateur Jockeys)Class 3 · 24f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4th 8/1

07 Mar 23 Sandown Far Sight (GB)J: Maj Charlie O'Shea Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Memorial Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Military Amateur Jockeys)Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 3rd 8/1

06 Mar 23 Southwell Keep Rolling (IRE)J: Ben Jones Starsports.Bet Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 24.5f · Good · 10 ran 8th 20/1

04 Mar 23 Doncaster Sporting John (IRE)J: Aidan Coleman Virgin Bet Grimthorpe Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 2 · 26f · Good · 7 ran 5th 9/1

04 Mar 23 Newbury Zanza (IRE)J: Micheal Nolan BetVictor Greatwood Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 20f · Good · 7 ran 4th 8/1

04 Mar 23 Newbury Umndeni (FR)J: Ben Jones BetVictor Non-Runner-No-Bet At Cheltenham Seniors' Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 20.5f · Good · 11 ran 5th 28/1

02 Mar 23 Ludlow Energy One (GB)J: Ben Jones Buttybach Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 21f · Good · 7 ran 1st 17/2

02 Mar 23 Taunton Dan's Chosen (IRE)J: Sean Houlihan Richard Williams Memorial Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 23f · Good · 8 ran F 6/1

02 Mar 23 Taunton Fancy Your Chances (IRE)J: Micheal Nolan Stables Business Park Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24f · Good · 9 ran 7th 9/1

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 Philip Hobbs's strike rate?: Philip Hobbs has won 1,319 of 8,087 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 16.3% (as at 8 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Philip Hobbs do best at?: Worcester by strike rate: 58 wins from 274 runners (21.2%) 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?: Richard Johnson, with 3,728 runners since 2008 — 46% of the total. That pairing has won 730 (19.6%).
What is Philip Hobbs's Fair A/E?: 1.03, from 8,077 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.