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Jockey profile

Andrew P Thornton

1,685 rides in the lifetime window · 793 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Nov 2014
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
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.
76–1,685
Wins / Runs
4.5%
Strike rate
n=1,685
303 (18%)
Placed
0.84
Fair A/E
n=1,685 · 0.63 incl. margin
−1,005.83
£1 level stake
n=1,685 at SP · −59.7%
£1.10m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.9%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 240 times a season, across both codes, winning on 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.84). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 15% (91 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,685 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance 28% when favourite Patrick Martin: 8.7% from 356 LTO winners: 15.4% Claiming: 4.8% Group/Graded: 7.7% Rode the favourite in 3% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Sligo (10.3%, n=58) and Tramore (9%, n=78) — all clear of the rider's 4.5% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 15.4% (n=91, Fair A/E 1.58). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 1.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.46 and −617.00 to a £1 stake over 792 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Patrick Martin supplied 21% of the rides and edges the rider's average (8.7% vs 4.5%, A/E 1.15) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Ladbrokes Irish Grand National Chase at Fairyhouse (Apr 2012, £141,000). The standout partner of the record was Lucky At Last (IRE) — 7 wins from 22 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 4.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
1.8%−2.7
n=792 · A/E 0.46 · £1 −617.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
15.4%+10.9
n=91 · A/E 1.58 · £1 +22.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
2%−2.5
n=395 · A/E 0.51 · £1 −288.00
When favourite
28%
n=50 · A/E 1.34 · £1 −6.70
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
4.8%+0.3
n=1,445 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −868.33
Big fields · 14+ runners
3.4%−1.1
n=1,124 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −808.87
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.7%+3.2
n=52 · A/E 1.52 · £1 +46.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.5% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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
On last-time-out winners 15.4% vs 4.5% · n=91
With C&D winners 10.3% vs 4.5% · n=116
With Patrick Martin 8.7% vs 4.5% · n=356
At Sligo 10.3% vs 4.5% · n=58
With debutants 0% vs 4.5% · n=91
At Tramore 9% vs 4.5% · n=78
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 916 43 4.7% −571.25
Flat 486 17 3.5% −327.70
Chase 264 15 5.7% −91.88
NH Flat 19 1 5.3% −15.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 477 23 4.8% −239.13
Good 339 13 3.8% −239.95
Heavy 326 14 4.3% −232.37
Good to Firm 203 13 6.4% −111.88
Standard (AW) 186 7 3.8% −93.00
Good to Soft 122 4 3.3% −74.00
Firm 32 2 6.3% −15.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 173 7 4% −80.00
Down Royal 130 5 3.8% −92.25
Fairyhouse 111 8 7.2% −24.12
Downpatrick 108 8 7.4% −43.50
Navan 91 5 5.5% −18.25
Tramore 78 7 9% −32.00
Punchestown 75 1 1.3% −66.00
Ballinrobe 72 3 4.2% −48.50
Kilbeggan 69 2 2.9% −57.75
Cork 68 1 1.5% −61.00
Clonmel 67 1 1.5% −65.20
Gowran Park 61 3 4.9% −25.50
Sligo 58 6 10.3% +3.25
Galway 54 5 9.3% −3.38
Naas 51 1 2% −48.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 54 4 7.4% +44.50
Class 4 8 2 25% −1.88
Class 5 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 6 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 3 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 64 18 28.1% 1.46 +0.80
2nd–3rd fav 174 27 15.5% 1.25 −22.63
4th–6th fav 353 20 5.7% 0.85 −140.00
7th+ in betting 1,094 11 1% 0.34 −844.00
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
82.2% completed · 1,180 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 264 71.2% 21 7 47 1 0
Hurdle 916 85.4% 25 10 91 5 3
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 ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Fleeting Moment (IRE) 27 2 9 2 Nov 12
Footprint (IRE) 26 4 13 6 Aug 14
Head Waiter (IRE) 22 1 8 11 Aug 14
Lucky At Last (IRE) 22 7 11 31 Dec 10
Nivek's Dream (IRE) 21 3 4 5 Apr 13
Strolling Home (IRE) 19 1 5 11 May 12
Irish Poli (FR) 18 2 6 30 Sep 12
Like Magic (IRE) 17 1 9 4 Sep 14
Lucky Spring (IRE) 17 4 8 6 Apr 13
Oh So Humbel (IRE) 17 2 6 5 Jun 11
Kahuna (IRE) 17 4 9 22 Aug 10
Arondo (GER) 15 3 6 25 Jun 13
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 793 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 4 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
JFMAMJJASOND
464732654545
A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardPatrick Martin
21% of all rides
8.7% SR · A/E 1.15
TrainerRWSR£1
Patrick Martin 356 31 8.7% −146.45
Gerard Keane 69 1 1.4% −65.75
Mervyn Torrens 68 6 8.8% −24.00
Muredach Kelly 54 4 7.4% −9.50
J Larkin 42 2 4.8% −36.75
Donal Kinsella 33 1 3% −27.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
76
Archived wins
4
Pattern / graded wins
£1.10m
Prize money
2009
Best season · 17 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.
Lion Na Bearnai (IRE) — Ladbrokes Irish Grand National Chase (Grade A Handicap) Fairyhouse · Apr 2012 · Grade A
£141,000
Kahuna (IRE) — Www.galwaynews.ie Handicap Hurdle Galway · Oct 2008
£32,550
Lion Na Bearnai (IRE) — Irish Form Book Ten Up Novice Chase (Grade 2) Navan · Feb 2012 · Grade 2
£24,375
Notable horses
Lucky At Last (IRE) Footprint (IRE) Kahuna (IRE) Lucky Spring (IRE) Nivek's Dream (IRE) Arondo (GER)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Key Of Luck (USA) 16.7% · 6–36
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,326 runs since 2008 (171 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 136.
Footstepsinthesand (GB) 12.5% · 4–32
Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,809 runs since 2009 (938 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
City Honours (USA) 25.8% · 8–31
Progeny have won 8% of 1,050 runs since 2008 (125 horses).
Flemensfirth (USA) 3.3% · 1–30
Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,288 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses).
Oasis Dream (GB) 6.7% · 2–30
Progeny have won 11.8% of 18,040 runs since 2008 (1,511 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.3% from 150. Weakest on Heavy going: 8.5% from 484. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.1% from 792.
Oscar (IRE) 3.3% · 1–30
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
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 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 1,695 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,695 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 November 2007 to 1 November 2014.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Nov 14 Down Royal Seriatim (IRE)T: William George Rankin Rainbow Communications Handicap Chase24f · Yielding · 7 ran 4th 9/1
11 Oct 14 Fairyhouse The Black Devil (IRE)T: Miss Claire Simpson Thistle Cheltenham Hotel Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 13 ran 10th 22/1
11 Oct 14 Fairyhouse Theatre One (IRE)T: Sarah Dawson New Years Day Racing At Fairyhouse - Book Today Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 16 ran 9th 100/1
09 Oct 14 Tramore Run Sally Run (IRE)T: Matthew J Smith Like Tramore Racecourse On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 10th 14/1
26 Sep 14 Downpatrick The Black Devil (IRE)T: Miss Claire Simpson At The Races Maiden Hurdle18f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 3rd 11/1
23 Sep 14 Ballinrobe Empresario (IRE)T: Matthew J Smith Follow Ballinrobe On Facebook Beginners Chase17.5f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 16/1
04 Sep 14 Laytown (AW) Like Magic (IRE)T: Patrick Martin Marquees Nationwide Claiming Race7f · Standard · 10 ran 2nd 7/1
04 Sep 14 Laytown (AW) Ruby Flipper (IRE)T: Miss Claire Simpson Gilna's Cottage Inn Maiden7f · Standard · 10 ran 4th 20/1
30 Aug 14 Wexford The Fox Tully (IRE)T: Gerard Keane Children's Day At Bettyville Handicap11.5f · Good · 10 ran 3rd 20/1
28 Aug 14 Bellewstown Buachaill Tapa (IRE)T: H Rogers Lougher Stables Handicap Hurdle (80-102)17f · Good · 16 ran 16th 25/1
19 Aug 14 Sligo Monahullan Prince (GB)T: Gerard Keane Sligo Park Hotel Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 5th 33/1
16 Aug 14 Tramore Black Spot On (IRE)T: J Woods Bet Online At Thetote.com Handicap (47-65)14f · Good · 12 ran 9th 14/1
15 Aug 14 Tramore Salacious Sally (IRE)T: Donal Kinsella Have Your Wedding At The Strand Inn Dunmore East Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Good · 16 ran 14th 14/1
14 Aug 14 Tramore Ruby Flipper (IRE)T: Miss Claire Simpson Bet Online At Thetote.com Claiming Race12f · Yielding · 9 ran 6th 50/1
11 Aug 14 Ballinrobe Head Waiter (IRE)T: Miss Claire Simpson Breaffy House Resort Handicap (47-65)13.5f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 3rd 16/1
09 Aug 14 Kilbeggan Salacious Sally (IRE)T: Donal Kinsella Joe Cooney Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran UR 12/1
06 Aug 14 Sligo Footprint (IRE)T: Patrick Martin Foley's Bar & Off Licence Handicap6.5f · Soft · 8 ran 1st 13/2
29 Jul 14 Galway Footprint (IRE)T: Patrick Martin Caulfield Industrial Athlone Handicap (55-80)7f · Good · 16 ran 15th 6/1F
25 Jul 14 Wexford Forjoethepainter (IRE)T: Anthony Mulholland Phelim Byrne Seasuir At Wexford Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Good · 12 ran 10th 14/1
06 Jul 14 Bellewstown Lady Brown (IRE)T: P M Rogers Indaver Maiden Hurdle24f · Good To Firm · 15 ran PU 33/1

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 Andrew P Thornton's strike rate?
Andrew P Thornton has won 76 of 1,685 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Andrew P Thornton do best at?
Sligo by strike rate: 6 wins from 58 rides (10.3%) 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 Andrew P Thornton ride most for?
Patrick Martin, with 356 rides since 2008 — 21% of the total. That pairing has won 31 (8.7%).
What is Andrew P Thornton's Fair A/E?
0.84, from 1,685 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).