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Jockey profile

Brian Toomey

736 rides in the lifetime window · 406 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jun 2016 93% of rides over jumps
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.
54–736
Wins / Runs
7.3%
Strike rate
n=736
172 (23%)
Placed
0.87
n=735 · 0.75 incl. margin
−254.36
£1 level stake
n=736 at SP · −34.6%
£274k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 80 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.87). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 16% (57 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 736 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Mar–Apr 34.1% when favourite Tony Coyle: 8.8% from 80 LTO winners: 15.8% Claiming: 7.6% Rode the favourite in 6% of races
The read

It is weakest at Bangor-on-Dee (0% over 33 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 15.8% (n=57, Fair A/E 0.91), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 2.4% (n=165, Fair A/E 0.53). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 3.4% strike, Fair A/E 0.59 and −76.00 to a £1 stake over 146 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Tony Coyle supplied 11% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (8.8%, A/E 0.79). The rider also read well off a 0-7-day break (24.4%, n=45). The record read poorly off a break of 180+ days — 0% over 69 rides, 7.3pts below the baseline. Seasonally, the rider fired Mar–Apr.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
5.9%−1.4
n=405 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −236.60
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
15.8%+8.5
n=57 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −0.85
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.4%−3.9
n=146 · A/E 0.59 · £1 −76.00
When favourite
34.1%
n=41 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −1.69
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.6%+0.3
n=682 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −212.36
Big fields · 14+ runners
2.4%−4.9
n=165 · A/E 0.53 · £1 −124.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−7.3
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.3% 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
Off a 0-7-day break 24.4% vs 7.3% · n=45
With Kevin Ryan 21.7% vs 7.3% · n=46
On last-time-out winners 15.8% vs 7.3% · n=57
Off a break of 180+ days 0% vs 7.3% · n=69
At Bangor-on-Dee 0% vs 7.3% · n=33
At Newcastle 0% vs 7.3% · n=32
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 441 32 7.3% −143.64
Chase 130 12 9.2% −19.92
NH Flat 115 5 4.3% −77.00
Flat 50 5 10% −13.80

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 288 25 8.7% +2.68
Good to Soft 142 7 4.9% −85.88
Soft 131 5 3.8% −107.62
Good to Firm 99 8 8.1% −41.09
Heavy 57 7 12.3% −20.65
Standard (AW) 18 2 11.1% −0.80
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Sedgefield 66 8 12.1% +3.95
Market Rasen 61 6 9.8% −17.00
Wetherby 52 4 7.7% −26.17
Uttoxeter 40 2 5% +18.00
Catterick 39 2 5.1% −21.00
Hexham 35 4 11.4% −19.59
Bangor-on-Dee 33 0 0% −33.00
Newcastle 32 0 0% −32.00
Musselburgh 26 2 7.7% −17.88
Worcester 25 1 4% −16.50
Carlisle 21 3 14.3% −3.40
Southwell 20 2 10% −16.06
Perth 20 1 5% −8.00
Doncaster 19 2 10.5% +19.00
Huntingdon 18 1 5.6% −7.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 310 27 8.7% −120.70
Class 5 208 18 8.7% −34.86
Class 6 122 5 4.1% −92.80
Class 3 71 4 5.6% +19.00
Class 2 16 0 0% −16.00
Class 1 5 0 0% −5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 50 15 30% 1.05 −4.69
2nd–3rd fav 140 19 13.6% 0.84 −8.17
4th–6th fav 214 14 6.5% 0.88 −61.50
7th+ in betting 332 6 1.8% 0.66 −180.00
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
73.7% completed · 571 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 130 63.1% 3 6 38 1 0
Hurdle 441 76.9% 5 3 91 1 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 ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Phoenix Eye (GB) 23 1 5 5 Oct 11
Lucky Landing (IRE) 14 3 6 21 Jun 13
Billy Cuckoo (IRE) 14 3 6 21 Apr 13
River Dragon (IRE) 12 0 3 26 Dec 12
Orrezzo (GER) 12 2 3 18 Jun 09
Shifting Gold (IRE) 10 2 4 26 Nov 11
Wee Ziggy (GB) 10 0 2 18 Apr 11
Zefooha (FR) 9 2 2 21 Feb 13
Lawgiver (IRE) 9 0 1 5 Dec 12
Yes Daddy (IRE) 8 1 4 4 Jul 13
Flaming Arrow (IRE) 8 2 5 30 Jun 13
Dubaianswer (GB) 7 0 4 23 May 13
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 406 horses ridden 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
66997106311387
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 yardTony Coyle
11% of all rides
8.8% SR · A/E 0.79
TrainerRWSR£1
Tony Coyle 80 7 8.8% −20.87
Michael Mullineaux 71 2 2.8% −8.00
Donald McCain 63 4 6.3% −37.88
Tim Walford 47 2 4.3% −26.00
Kevin Ryan 46 10 21.7% +26.39
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
54
Archived wins
£279k
Prize money
2011
Best season · 15 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.
Beshairt (GB) — Toteswinger Mares' Handicap Hurdle Stratford · Apr 2009 · Class 3
£6,337
Orrezzo (GER) — totesport Betxtra Win Only Novices' Chase Ludlow · Apr 2008 · Class 3
£6,262
Alsadaa (USA) — Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series Final Handicap (Amateur Riders) Ascot · Sep 2008 · Class 4
£6,002

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Sadler's Wells (USA) 8.3% · 2–24
Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,636 runs since 2008 (370 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.7% from 107.
Tragic Role (USA) 4.3% · 1–23
Progeny have won 10% of 330 runs since 2008 (34 horses).
Alderbrook (GB) 19% · 4–21
Progeny have won 9.7% of 3,293 runs since 2008 (299 horses).
Well Chosen (GB) 21.4% · 3–14
Progeny have won 12.6% of 1,923 runs since 2008 (156 horses).
Night Shift (USA) 25% · 3–12
Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,176 runs since 2008 (140 horses).
Zinaad (GB) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 14.3% of 84 runs since 2008 (11 horses).
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 748 · newest first

The latest 50 of 748 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 28 April 2006 to 14 June 2016.

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).

Quick answers

What is Brian Toomey's strike rate?
Brian Toomey has won 54 of 736 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.3% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Brian Toomey do best at?
Sedgefield by strike rate: 8 wins from 66 rides (12.1%) 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 Brian Toomey ride most for?
Tony Coyle, with 80 rides since 2008 — 11% of the total. That pairing has won 7 (8.8%).
What is Brian Toomey's Fair A/E?
0.87, from 735 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).