What is Tom Symonds's strike rate?

Tom Symonds has won 181 of 1,827 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 9.9% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Tom Symonds do best at?

Exeter by strike rate: 7 wins from 51 runners (13.7%) 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 Tom Symonds?

Ben Poste, with 652 runners since 2008 — 36% of the total. That pairing has won 54 (8.3%).

Is Tom Symonds 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 Tom Symonds's Fair A/E?

0.95, from 1,824 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

Tom Symonds

1,827 runners in the lifetime window · 238 individual horses

As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner 2 days ago 97% of runners over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)

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

181–1,827

Wins / Runs

9.9%

Strike rate

n=1,827

529 (29%)

Placed

0.95

Fair A/E

n=1,824 · 0.82 incl. margin

−450.51

£1 level stake

n=1,827 at SP · −24.7%

£1.95m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

10.8%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 100 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 10% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.95). New recruits from other yards win at 12% first time out (94 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,827 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 10% 34.4% when favourite Ben Poste: 8.3% from 652 New recruits: 11.7% Claiming riders: 11% Sends off the favourite in 8% of races

The read

A horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 4.5% (n=88, Fair A/E 0.50). Ben Poste rides 36% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (8.3%, A/E 0.89). The yard also reads well beyond 3m (17.4%, n=121). 7 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Unibet International Hurdle at Cheltenham (Dec 2020, £63,784). The stable star of the record: Midnight Belle (GB) — 7 wins from 29 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 9.9% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

10%+0.1

n=432 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −95.60

New recruits · first run for the yard

11.7%+1.8

n=94 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −31.82

Debutants · first career start

6.3%−3.6

n=144 · A/E 0.92 · £1 +18.83

First-time headgear · true-first definition

4.5%−5.4

n=88 · A/E 0.50 · £1 −34.50

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

8.7%−1.2

n=46 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −11.50

When favourite

34.4%

n=151 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −1.53

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

11%+1.1

n=429 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −80.63

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

10%+0.1

n=70 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −32.08

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.9% 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

With Aidan Coleman 23.4% vs 9.9% · n=47

With David Noonan 0% vs 9.9% · n=43

Beyond 3m 17.4% vs 9.9% · n=121

With Jordan Nailor 19.5% vs 9.9% · n=41

On last-time-out winners 15.9% vs 9.9% · n=176

With Denis O'Regan 2.4% vs 9.9% · 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 1,094 118 10.8% −235.76

Chase 472 49 10.4% −170.25

NH Flat 214 11 5.1% −34.50

Flat 47 3 6.4% −10.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Soft 594 73 12.3% −110.99

Good to Soft 475 51 10.7% −5.38

Good 469 32 6.8% −229.50

Heavy 222 20 9% −93.64

Good to Firm 40 3 7.5% −15.50

Standard (AW) 25 2 8% +6.50

Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Hereford 140 18 12.9% +15.78

Uttoxeter 138 13 9.4% −6.09

Ludlow 127 12 9.4% −37.40

Huntingdon 104 14 13.5% +1.83

Warwick 104 9 8.7% −35.62

Ffos Las 101 5 5% −76.42

Chepstow 86 9 10.5% −14.52

Bangor-on-Dee 74 8 10.8% −20.05

Southwell 72 8 11.1% −14.20

Worcester 67 3 4.5% −58.20

Fontwell 57 5 8.8% −15.25

Exeter 51 7 13.7% −10.25

Towcester 51 6 11.8% −3.25

Doncaster 50 3 6% −23.84

Wetherby 49 4 8.2% −32.55

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 794 79 9.9% −218.10

Class 5 496 46 9.3% −107.21

Class 3 259 34 13.1% +0.93

Class 6 104 5 4.8% −62.00

Class 2 93 9 9.7% −29.55

Class 1 80 8 10% −33.58

Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 186 58 31.2% 1.06 −12.33

2nd–3rd fav 428 58 13.6% 0.81 −140.18

4th–6th fav 589 48 8.1% 1.09 −52.00

7th+ in betting 624 17 2.7% 0.86 −246.00

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

1m5f – 2m 733 60 8.2% −211.10

2m1f – 2m4f 540 56 10.4% −176.40

2m5f – 3m 407 42 10.3% −99.57

Over 3m 121 21 17.4% +31.06

1m2f – 1m4f 16 1 6.3% +10.00

1m – 1m1f 6 0 0% −6.00

6f – 7f 4 1 25% +1.50

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2011 41 3 7.3% −17.00

2012 148 9 6.1% +21.38

2013 172 24 14% −3.96

2014 174 8 4.6% −132.04

2015 119 14 11.8% −14.67

2016 83 5 6% −67.20

2017 133 11 8.3% −3.70

2018 98 8 8.2% −23.25

2019 110 10 9.1% −53.37

2020 141 30 21.3% +21.94

2021 121 9 7.4% −32.00

2022 101 7 6.9% −57.68

2023 110 10 9.1% −56.55

2024 115 14 12.2% +6.53

2025 87 11 12.6% −16.60

2026 74 8 10.8% −22.34

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 1,127 126 11.2% −254.98

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

8-10 runners 577 63 10.9% −116.01

11-13 runners 468 36 7.7% −72.67

5-7 runners 420 57 13.6% −93.85

14-16 runners 264 13 4.9% −117.93

2-4 runners 51 11 21.6% −11.05

17+ runners 47 1 2.1% −39.00

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

84.9% completed · 1,566 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 472 78.4% 12 11 74 2 3

Hurdle 1,094 87.8% 22 5 103 2 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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first

HorseRWPlLast ran

Bobo Mac (IRE)from Michael Hourigan 38 5 16 7 Apr 24

Foxcub (IRE)then Ryan Potter 33 5 12 9 Nov 16

Cobra Commander (IRE) 32 2 9 6 Jun 24

Kings Apollo (GB) 31 5 11 4 Apr 16

Carhue Princess (IRE)from John Flint 30 3 8 26 Jan 16

Midnight Belle (GB) 29 7 12 5 Feb 16

Hystery Bere (FR)from J Boisnard · then J Neal 27 3 10 23 Nov 25

Tweedledrum (GB)from Andrew Balding 26 4 8 9 Feb 14

Eaton Miller (IRE)then Ryan Potter 25 1 8 11 Mar 20

Night Jet (GB) 24 1 5 26 Mar 26

Royal Claret (GB) 24 4 10 17 Feb 21

Trojan Sun (GB)from Nicky Henderson 24 3 7 20 May 15

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 238 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 10 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, 20 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Nicky Henderson (2); 40 had their first archived run for this yard.

17 have since run for another yard, most often for Dan Skelton (3) and Ryan Potter (3); 43 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

1 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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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 riderBen Poste

36% of all rides
8.3% SR · A/E 0.89

RiderRWSR£1

Ben Poste 652 54 8.3% −200.35

Felix De Giles 295 33 11.2% −4.33

James Davies 143 13 9.1% −39.40

James Nixon 70 11 15.7% −2.63

Aidan Coleman 47 11 23.4% +44.88

David Noonan 43 0 0% −43.00

Denis O'Regan 42 1 2.4% −34.50

Jordan Nailor 41 8 19.5% +13.35

Caoilin Quinn 37 4 10.8% −18.05

David Bass 33 2 6.1% −20.00

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

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→

181

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£1.95m

Prize money

2020

Best season · 30 wins

Song For Someone (GER) — Unibet International Hurdle (Grade 2) Cheltenham · Dec 2020 · Grade 2

£63,784

Lud'or (FR) — ZYN Rendlesham Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Haydock · Feb 2026 · Grade 2

£34,572

Navajo Indy (GB) — Coral Racing Club Intermediate Handicap Hurdle (Registered As The Gerry Feilden) (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Newbury · Nov 2024 · Class 1

£31,323

Notable horses

Midnight Belle (GB) Issam (FR) Song For Someone (GER) Bobo Mac (IRE) Foxcub (IRE) Kings Apollo (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Kayf Tara (GB) 7.1% · 7–98

Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,756 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

Midnight Legend (GB) 14.3% · 10–70

Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,311 runs since 2008 (494 horses).

Milan (GB) 4.7% · 3–64

Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,876 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).

Flemensfirth (USA) 6.5% · 4–62

Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,288 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses).

Presenting (GB) 1.6% · 1–61

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) 16.7% · 9–54

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.

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 6 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 1,827 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,827 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 October 2011 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

04 Nov 26 Chepstow Plan De Stan (GB)J: Caoilin Quinn LSL Racing 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Race (Div I) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 13 ran F 9/1

29 Oct 26 Stratford Issam (FR)J: Gavin Sheehan Happy Birthday Penny Tyacke Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5th 7/1

29 Oct 26 Ffos Las Country Mouse (IRE)J: Ned Fox bettingsites.co.uk Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 20f · Heavy · 6 ran 2nd 4/1

26 Oct 26 Hereford Echo Valley (GB)J: Gavin Sheehan BETTING.BET Play Champion Tipster Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Race (Div II) (gbb Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1st 17/2

24 Oct 26 Cheltenham Gold For Alec (FR)J: Caoilin Quinn Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle Race (Pertemps Hurdle Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)Class 2 · 24f · Good · 19 ran 2nd 28/1

22 Oct 26 Ffos Las Mighty Rhythm (GB)J: Ned Fox bettingsites.co.uk Get Paid By Uk Betting Sites Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 2 Elimination) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 5th 40/1

22 Oct 26 Ffos Las Right Royal Rascal (IRE)J: Ben Poste bettingsites.co.uk Instant Withdrawal Novices' Hurdle Race (Div I) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 9th 50/1

21 Oct 26 Worcester Gaelic Saint (GB)J: Rian Corcoran Squarcle Sprint Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 4th 3/1

12 Oct 26 Worcester Jasmin De Cotte (FR)J: Ben Poste PJ Nicholls KGM Korea Genuinely Made Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 6th 14/1

10 Oct 26 Chepstow Gold For Alec (FR)J: Ben Poste Dragonbet John Ayres Memorial Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran F 11/1

09 Oct 26 Chepstow Kind Intention (GB)J: Ben Poste Wasdell Group Novices' Hurdle Race (Div I) (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3rd 9/1

29 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Echo Valley (GB)J: Tyler Heard Follow @AtTheRaces On Instagram Handicap StakesClass 6 · 16.5f · Standard · 11 ran 4th 20/1

25 Sep 26 Worcester Peter's Last Deal (FR)J: Callum Pritchard Fbc Manby Bowdler Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran PU 11/1

25 Sep 26 Worcester Gold For Alec (FR)J: Ben Poste Pj Nicholls Kgm Korea Genuinely Made Handicap Hurdle RaceClass 4 · 23f · Good · 9 ran 6th 6/1

15 Sep 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Echo Valley (GB)J: Tyler Heard Download The Racecourse App Raceday-Ready Handicap StakesClass 6 · 14f · Standard · 9 ran 4th 22/1

18 Jun 26 Southwell (AW) Echo Valley (GB)J: Tyler Heard Lionel Henry James Memorial HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 6 ran 2nd 40/1

06 Jun 26 Worcester Peter's Last Deal (FR)J: Ben Poste CopyBet Overnight Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 23f · Good · 11 ran 6th 28/1

06 Jun 26 Worcester Master Tim (GB)J: Ben Poste Manby Not Mandy Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 7th 33/1

29 May 26 Chepstow Echo Valley (GB)J: William Carver Finli Live Your Best Financial Life HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 4th 22/1

22 May 26 Worcester Kind Intention (GB)J: Ned Fox Fen Collison-Hughes Happy 21st Birthday Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)Class 4 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 1st 5/2

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: top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 0) · to 29 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 Tom Symonds's strike rate?: Tom Symonds has won 181 of 1,827 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 9.9% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Tom Symonds do best at?: Exeter by strike rate: 7 wins from 51 runners (13.7%) 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 Tom Symonds?: Ben Poste, with 652 runners since 2008 — 36% of the total. That pairing has won 54 (8.3%).
Is Tom Symonds 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 Tom Symonds's Fair A/E?: 0.95, from 1,824 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.